Title - Ezria in LA.
Characters - Aria and Ezra
Story Summery - Following the adventures of Ezrias life as the years passed by. Starts 10 years after Arias High School Graduation. Ezria is married and they live in a big house in Los Angeles, California. Ezra is a teacher at LAs most known private school and Aria is a singer still struggling to become famous. Can they balance their relationship and a family or will their marriage fall apart when Aria gets offered an opportunity of a lifetime?
seeing an old friend
Arias POV
I know I will have to tell Ezra eventually but I really don't know how to tell him that I am going out to dinner with Jason tonight and by the way I have to take the kids with me because the baby sitter wasn't available. Ezra just left to go to the LA Dodgers game. We live about 45 minutes from the stadium so he left and had plenty of time since the game didn't start for another 2 hours. This baseball game was special to both of us because it was LA dodgers Vs. Philadelphia Phillies.
Riley and Lucy were hungry so I fed them a small snack because we would not be eating dinner for at least another hour. Lucy gets cranky when she is hungry and Riley gets upset at either me or Ezra for letting Lucy get cranky. My kids sibling relationship is really cute. They may love each other but they also fight sometimes. Well I guess that is how it is in every relationship no matter if it is a relative or your husband. Ezra and I fight on the occasion but we always make sure to never fight around our kids.
I called Jason to make sure that we still had plans and I told him that I had to bring my kids along. He was surprisingly okay with it and it was a good thing that we picked a family restaurant with a kids menu. I got to applebees right on time. Ezra and I bring Riley and Lucy here all the time because this is one restaurant were all of us can find something we like on the menu.
"Table for three?" The hostess asked
"Um no actually, I am meeting someone so there is going to be four of us. He should be here any minute now." I said
As soon as I said that Jason walked into the restaurant waiting area. We gave each other a quick hug. Then I introduced him to Riley and Lucy. He already knew who Riley was so it was only weird for Lucy. She didn't understand why we where meeting someone other then her dad for dinner tonight.
"Just give us about 15 to 20 minutes and then we will have a table ready for the four of you." The hostess said
"Sure no problem." Jason said
The four of us sat down on the couch in the waiting area.
"Long time no see" Jason said
"I know." I said
"Well you should have kept in contact with me." Jason said
"Jason, The phone works both ways." I said
"So how long have you and Ezra been married?" Jason asked
"7 years this past July." I said
"Are you happy with him?" Jason asked
"As happy as I can be. When Ezra and I first got married I told myself that I was only marring him for Riley, but then by the time Lucy was born I decided that I really loved him. Ezra still doesn't know that for the first two years of our marriage I was questioning how much I really loved him." I said
"As long as you are happy now then that's all that matters." Jason said
"Your table for four is now ready, I assume you went two kids menus" The hostess said
We were then seated at a booth. I told Lucy and Riley to sit on one side. Jason and I sat on the other side of the booth. Lucy was coloring her kids menu and Riley was just siting there watching her.
"I am to old for this." Riley said
"The Kids menu says 12 and under. You still fit that age so there for you are not to old for coloring." I said
"Fine I will color but can I at least order off the adult menu?" Riley asked
"How about you order off of the kids menu and I will let you try whatever I get off the adult menu. Remember the last time you wanted to order something from the adult menu, you ordered it, took two bites, and decided you didn't like it. Your dad and I took the leftovers home and split it the next day so it was no big deal but I don't want you to go hungry." I said
"Fine but I won't be able to order off the kids menu for much longer." Riley said
We ordered food and beverages. Jason and I ordered of the 2 for $20 menu which included an appitiser for all of us to share. We decided on the mozzarella sticks. Riley and Lucy both ordered off of the kids menu. I could tell that Riley was not happy because I wouldn't let her order off the adults menu. Jason was watching the start of the baseball game while we waited for the food to arrive. Since we both grew up in a suburb of Philly we somehow started a conversation about sports.
"Do you watch a lot of sports?" Jason asked
"No not really. Riley likes to pretend that she is watching with Ezra. She sits on the couch and pretends to pay attention to the TV but she usually has a book or magazine in front of her face. Ezra is so into the game that he never notices that Riley isn't actually watching." I said
"Aw cute." Jason said
"Do you have any kids?" I asked
"Yes actually but they still live in Nashville, Tennessee with their mom. We where married for a few years but then we went through this nasty divorce and a year after that I lost custody of them. Noah is 7 and Alexandra is 5. We got divorced when Noah was 4 and Alexandra was 2." Jason said
"I'm sorry, Do you think you are ever going to see your kids again?" I asked
"I hope so but their mom really meant it when she said she didn't want me to have custody. I send them letters and card but who know if they even see them. I would tell you the story but Its not something that your kids should be hearing." Jason said
We ate our food and we where about ready to pay the bill and leave. Jason was trying to pay me and the kids but I wouldn't let him. We did how ever agree that he would pay for his meal.
"Mommy, I have to go to the bathroom." Lucy said
"It's right there. Riley go with her please. You both need to go before we leave anyway." I said
I watched as Riley and Lucy went into the bathroom.
"Wait so you won't let Riley order off of the adult menu but you let both her and Lucy go to the bathroom without adult supervision." Jason said
"I normally wouldn't but the restroom just so happen to be close enough that I could see them." I said
"I have to ask you one thing. Is she mine?" Jason asked
"Who, Riley, no that's not possible." I said
"Think about it. You told me that she is going to turn 11 on September 21 which means she would have been conceived around Christmas time the year before she was born." Jason said
"We were broken up at least 6 months before that though so you're 100 percent wrong." I said
"Do you recall that Christmas party I had that I invited you and all your friends to. My parents were out of town for work. You, your friends, and I were all grieving over my sisters death. I had a party at my house and you were the only one out of your friends that didn't have a date. Spencer had Toby, Hanna had Caleb, Emily had Paige, and you had no one." Jason said
"I was with Ezra then but we were on a break because I had just told my parents about our relationship and they were keeping me away from Ezra. We made up with each other on New Years Eve that year so that's when Riley was concived." I said
"Yes but more important I was over 21 so I bought the drinks. You and your friends were drinking. I know it was almost 12 years ago but its possible that we might have slept together. You probably don't remember because we were both pretty drunk." Jason said
Riley and Lucy walked backed to the booth.
"We can't talk about this now okay. If you want to talk about it then just follow me back to the house." I said
"Yes because this conversation isn't over." Jason said
Jason followed me back to my house. It was still fairly early and Ezra wouldn't be home for another few hours. Riley and Lucy got on their pajamas and brushed their teeth.
"Riley you should go pick out a movie that you and Lucy can watch before bed. Keep it g Rated because Lucy can't see PG yet unless either your dad or I are watching with her." I said
"But I want to watch Frozen and I think it's PG." Riley said
"This one time then I think it is okay for Lucy to watch a PG movie as long as you are watching it with her." I said
Riley handed me the Movie and she followed me into the living room to start the movie for her and Lucy.
"Where's the DVD copy?" I asked
"I gave it to a friend last week and she hasn't given it back to me yet." Riley said
"I will have to call her mom another day to remind her. You and Lucy can watch the Blu Ray copy then. You can watch it in my bedroom because your dad moved the Blu Ray player last week." I said
Riley and Lucy followed me upstairs. They sat down on the queen size bed and I put the movie in and turned the TV on to start it.
"Can we have some popcorn?" Riley asked
"Yes but promise not to make a mess." I said
I went downstairs and made some microwavable popcorn and then went back upstairs to give it to the girls. I made sure to give them a few extra napkins. I also each gave Riley and Lucy a small kid size water bottle.
This whole time Jason was waiting patiently for me in the kitchen
"Okay, Now we can continue our conversation from earlier." I said
"Look okay, I am just saying that there is a chance that Riley could be mine." Jason said
"Maybe there is a small chance but I am not letting this break apart my family. Just because you have kids out there that you don't have custody of that doesn't mean that you are going to get custody of mine." I yelled
"I want a paternity test." Jason said
"No, this needs to stay between you and me." I yelled
"Well then how else I am supposed to find out?" Jason yelled
"Riley already has a great dad so she doesn't need another one. All you are to Riley is her choir teacher. I yelled
"If I have another kid out there I want to know about it. If she really is my daughter then I want to be in her life." Jason yelled
"Maybe if you had been a better dad then you would still have two kids in your life." I yelled
"You don't know what happened okay. My ex and I were going through the divorce process. I started drinking again after we finalized. One night I got pulled over and ticked for a DUI, What makes matters even worse was that Noah and Alexandra where sleeping in the backseat of the car at the time. My ex's lawyer made me a deal. It was either I spend several years in Jail or I lose all custody of Noah and Alexandra. I chose to loose the custody because I thought I could move on and have a better life. Then I lost my management business in Nashville due to the economy. I moved out to LA and now I am teaching at Rileys school." Jason yelled
"Can we just stop fighting and talk about what we were originally supposed to talk about?" I asked
"We can talk about me possibly managing you another day." Jason said
Just then Ezra walked into the kitchen. I wasn't expecting him home for at least another hour. I had no idea if he had heard any of the fight that I just had with Jason.
"I was just leaving." Jason said and then left.
"What was he doing here and what were you two just arguing about?" Ezra asked
"I can't tell you right now." I said
"Why not." Ezra said
"Because I am not about to start a fight with you right now." I said
"So whatever it is that you're not telling me is bad enough that we'll fight over it." Ezra said
"If you really want to know I'll tell you after church tomorrow." I said
"If this secret is what I'm thinking then maybe I don't want to know." Ezra said
"What are you thinking?" I asked
"I'm thinking that you kissed Jason and I'm afraid that you're going to tell me that your old feelings for him came back." Ezra said
"You are not even close to being right. I love you okay and I haven't had feelings for Jason in a long time. Right now I need to get the kids to bed." I said
"It's almost 11 PM and they're not sleeping yet. Was fighting with Jason more important then taking care of our kids?" Ezra asked
"No but I lost track of time. We got back from Applebee's. They put their pajamas on and brushed their teeth. They were watching Frozen in our room but the movie should be over by now." I said
"Why were Riley and Lucy watching a movie in our room?" Ezra asked
"They wanted to watch Frozen and Riley had lent the DVD to a friend so they had to watch the Blu Ray disc. Remember you moved the Blu Ray player into our room last week when we watched that adult movie." I said
"Right, so should I leave the Blu Ray player in our room or move it back downstairs to the living room?" Ezra asked
"Just leave it for now. The only movie that the kids can watch in Blu Ray is frozen. All of the other Blu Ray movies that we have are rated PG -13 and higher." I said
"Was it just you and the kids at dinner or was Jason there to?" Ezra asked
"So what, I went out to dinner with him and yes the kids were with me. You just went out with Hardy a few weeks ago when I was having a girls night with the kids so whats the big deal?" I asked
"Because Hardy isn't my ex plus he was only going to be in town for a week so we were catching up. I can be friends with him but I don't think it's a good idea for to be friends with an ex boyfriend." Ezra said
"Well last week you told me you were okay with Jason and I being friends. You also promised that you wouldn't get jealous." I said
"I changed my mind." Ezra said
Ezra and I each gave each other a quick hug and kiss. To say that we loved each other and we were both on the same page when it came down to things like our relationship and our kids.
"You smell like beer." I said after we kissed and hugged
"I only had 1 cup to drink at the game." Ezra said
"Your're aloud, you are way over the drinking age and you were at a baseball game." I said
"This Phillies fan was sitting behind me and he accidentally spilled some of his beer on me at the end of the game." Ezra said
"Did he apologize?" I asked
"Yes, he was kind of rude about it but he did apologize. The dodgers won by one run. The Phillies almost tied it up in the top of the 9th but the play was ruled an out instead of a run." Ezra said
We both went upstairs to put the kids to bed. Lucy was already sound asleep and Riley was trying to clean up from the spilled popcorn while struggling to stay awake. Ezra carefully carried a sleeping Lucy into her own room and tucked her into to bed without waking her up.
"Mom I'm so sorry about the mess." Riley said
"It's fine sweetie, Why don't you go to bed and I will clean the rest of this up." I said
Riley left the room and went into her own room to go to sleep. I cleaned the rest of the mess up. Then I took the movie out of the Blu Ray player and turned the TV off. I went to sleep and Ezra joined me after he took a shower.
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