Allthingstv242, I absolutely loved your comment on the last chapter. It made me laugh so hard and I'm sitting here laughing as I type :D

I love how no one expected that to happen. Because, honestly, I didn't expect that either, it just happened! Review please!

Aria gasped as soon as she heard Jackie's heart wrenching confession: "This... this is your daddy."

Aria's heart sunk to her knees as she felt fresh, hot, tears fall from her eyes. This wasn't possible. Ezra couldn't have a daughter. Who was that lady anyway? Had Ezra been cheating on her? After what had they had done yesterday? Did he even mean it when he told her he loved her that very morning? She leaned against the wall next to Ezra's classroom for support, as her knees slowly gave out. Her small body crumbled to the floor and she brought her legs up to her chest, as more tears continued to flow.

"Aria?" She heard a concerned voice ask.

She lifted her head from her knees to see her father standing a few feet away from her with a look of confusion on his face.

"Daddy." She cried, as she rushed into his arms and buried herself into the comfort of his chest.

She continued sobbing as he crushed his little girl closer to him. He hated seeing her in pain and couldn't figure out what it was that was making her so sad. He soon realized that they were standing right outside Ezra's classroom.

"Did you and Ezra break up?" Byron asked. In the back of his mind, he hoped she would say yes, so they could all avoid having to tell Ella.

Aria's tears started flowing more freely as she lifted her head from his chest and wiped her eyes with her sleeve.

"He-he has a d-daughter." Aria whimpered, as she broke into another round of sobs.

He wrapped his arms around her and crushed her tightly against him once more.

"Honey... I'm so sorry." He said, as he stroked her hair.

"How am I going to tell Aria?" Ezra said, as he walked out of the classroom. Immediately, he almost ran into Byron who Ezra had now realized was holding a crying Aria in his arms.

"Aria?" Ezra gasped. "Are you okay? What's wrong?"

Aria turned her head to face Ezra but not lifting her head from Byron's chest. Her eyes were big and glassy.

"Y-you have a daughter?" She whispered.

Ezra ran a hand nervously through his head.

"That seems to be the news of the day." He said quietly.

Aria released herself from Byron's grasp and stood in front of Ezra.

"Did you cheat on me?"

"NO! I would never do that Aria! You don't realize how much I love you? I would never dream of it!" He grabbed my hands and held them in his. After a moment, he spoke again.

"Jackie" He nodded his head towards his classroom, where Jackie was still standing inside. "is my ex-fiance

And apparently... she got pregnant when we were together, but failed to tell me until five minuets ago." He said quietly.

"Are you gonna break up with me?" Aria asked quietly.

"Why do you think I would do that?" Hurt from Aria's question was evident in his eyes.

"BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER!" Aria screamed as tears started pouring down her face once again. She turned and ran down the hall in the opposite direction, leaving Ezra standing next to a tense looking Byron.

"What's going on out here?" Jackie appeared outside the classroom holding Maria's small hand who was walking along side her.

"Nothing." Ezra said bitterly as he began to walk away.

"Wait! Ezra, can we talk, about this?" Jackie pleaded as she began to come after Ezra.

Ezra stopped, but didn't look back. "Ju-just give me some time to think about this," He told her, before continuing down the hallway. He sent Aria a text telling her he needed to talk to her. She didn't reply.

As he got into his car, he struggled to put the keys in the ignition. His thoughts were clouded with Aria, and there was nothing he could do to change that. Aria and Maria. How could Jackie keep something like a daughter from him for so long? Did she ever think of anyone but herself? Ezra started driving, straight to Aria's house. He didn't care that Aria's mom was home, who supposedly didn't know about their relationship.

As he arrived at Aria's house, he quickly got out of his car, but paused for a moment before walking up to the door. What he was doing was insane. What reason was he going to give of why he suddenly needed to see a student outside of school? But Aria was hardly that, a student. She was so much more. And he was determined to get her back, even if that meant telling Ella so soon. He took a deep breathe, preparing himself for what was to come, before knocking on the door.

"Ezra? What a surprise! But what are you doing here?" Ella Montgomery asked, as soon as she opened the door.

Ezra let out the breath he hadn't realized he had been holding.

"Hi Ella, how are you? I just needed to talk to Aria about a scholarship I wanted to enter her into. For w-writing." He improvised.

"Oh, um, sure!" Ella responded, a little confused. "She's right upstairs, first door on the left."

"Thanks." He smiled, and started making his way towards the stairs.

"Oh and Ezra?" He turned as he heard Ella's voice.

"Be careful, she's a bit upset. I don't know what about though, she won't tell me."

Ezra gave her a small smile in response, as he continued up the stairs. He reached her door and gave a small knock.

"Mom, I just wanna be alone for a little bit!" Aria cried from the other side of the door.

Ezra turned the knob and let himself in.

"Mom, I-" Aria stopped as soon as she realized Ezra wasn't her mom.

"What do you want?" She snapped at him, and looked back down at the book she was reading.

"I want to talk to you. And I'm not going to let you push me away." He closed the door and sat next to her on her bed, silently hoping with his whole heart that she wasn't about to kick him off. She didn't.

"Did you cheat on me? Tell me the truth." She said quietly, without meeting his eyes.

"No." He said, in a almost desperate tone. "That lady in there, her name is Jackie. She's my ex... fiancée. And just an hour ago, I found out we have a daughter." He could see the pain forming in Aria's eyes.

"But Aria, this doesn't have to change anything between us!"

"Yes it does!" She said fiercely. "You have a daughter Ezra! Obviously, you want to be a part of her life. And in order for her to be a part of your life, Jackie has to also!"

Ezra suddenly realized what was bothering her.

"Aria... is that what's bothering you? Not that I have a daughter, but that in order to get to know my daughter, Jackie has to be a part of my life again?"

Aria nodded silently.

"I just... am scared of losing you." She confessed.

"Aria! I would never leave you and if I were to ever go anywhere, I would want you by my side."

"We're going to get through this," He took her hands in his and scooted closer to her on the bed. "Together. I promise, everything will be okay."

She looked at him for a moment, then crushed her lips to his, in a kiss full of need and despair. Ezra could tell she was deathly afraid of losing him. What did he have to do to get her to understand that she could never lose him? He loved her way too much to ever leave her. He knew they were meant to be together, and that's why he risked so much every day for the past few months to be with her. As he pulled away a moment later, he looked at her sincerely.

"Ezra, we should tell my mom. About us, and about Jackie." Aria said, intertwining their fingers together.

"You sure you want to do that now?" He asked hesitantly.

She nodded in response, before getting off the bed.

"Ready?" She asked.

"As I'll ever be." Ezra stated, as they walked down the stairs, hand in hand.

I could never keep them in a fight for too long. They're just to perfect for each other:) hope you liked it! Review please! :)