Alright I only had eight reviews on the last chapter but I decided to post this one anyway. A couple people commented on loving the Ezria moments and I can asure you in the next few chapters after this one we will get more Ezria. I hope y'all enjoy this chapter! The next one is a game changer! And please please please review!

P.S If y'all notice any typos in future or past chapters please forgve me, I broke my finger two weeks ago and its not easy typing when my broken finger is buddy taped to another. Anyway enjoy this chapter!

Amanda

Chapter Seven: It Will Rain

1 week later.

After telling the girls about my miscarriage and illness, they began calling my constantly, checking to see how I was. They brought over dinner a few nights a week and Emily and Hanna offered to take the kids for a couple hours a day and to watch them while I had appointments.

At my two recent visits with Dr. Sullivan I began opening up more and revealing how I felt as well as beginning to accept help she offered. Finally feeling as though I'm beginning to get better, I skip two doses of my medication in a row.

Today was my first day back to work, which I think has gone incredibly well under the circumstances. As I head out to my car afterwards my phone rings.

Incoming call: Em

"Hey Em, calling to check up on me?" I ask when I answer the call.

"Yes. And to tell you that you're new niece is on her way!" Emily squeals, excitement laced in her voice.

"Oh my God! I'm coming to the hospital right now!"

"Okay, Spencer and Hanna are on their way as well."

"Yay! I can't wait to meet her!"

"Neither can we!"

"Alright I will see you there mommy!"

"Okay!"

I hang up the phone and jump into my car. The hospital is just fifteen minutes from my work and knowing I have plenty of time to get there I make sure to drive the speed limit even though I'm dancing with excitement. I grab my phone out of my purse and dial Ezra.

"Hey baby." Ezra answers on the second ring.

"Hey, you're going to have to pick the kids up from Ella's tonight after you get off work. Emily and Maya's surrogate is in labor so I'm heading to the hospital." I say hurriedly.

"Okay, I'll call Ella and let her know she'll have the kids for a while longer then. Call and update me in a while okay?"

"I will. Love you baby, bye."

"Bye. Love you too."

Roughly ten minutes later I pull into a parking space as close to the hospital entrance as I can find. I hurry inside to the elevator. I know exactly where I'm headed as this is the same hospital Ben, Lila and Brennen were born at. I punch the button for the sixth floor and the doors slide shut. Seconds later I step out onto the labor and delivery floor. Two nurses run in different directions past me while another pushes a patient in a wheelchair down the hall. I walk over to the nurses' station, informing the head nurse who I am here to visit, and she points me toward the waiting room closest to the room Emily and Maya's little girl will be born in.

Hanna, Spencer, Emily, Maya and Emily and Maya's parents are all seated on soft couches and comfy chairs, talking excitedly. As I watch them, hidden behind the corner of a wall, my excitement vanishes, replaced unexpectedly by the feelings of jealousy and longing. Enviously, I wish it were me they were happily chatting about, waiting anxiously to meet my fourth child. I hesitate for a few moments, wishing away my bitter thoughts before I step into the waiting room.

Everyone is happy and excited to see me, embracing me instantly when I walk through the door, and though I'm surrounded by love and excitement, my desirous feelings fail to escape my mind.

Ava Brielle is beautiful. Curly black hair falls against her forehead. Her olive-toned skin is soft and velvety, and her eyes, laced with long dark lashes, are a golden brown instead of the normal newborn-blue. She is six pounds, three ounces of complete perfection.

"She is a doll." Hanna comments, gazing adoringly down at the sleeping little girl in her arms.

"She is going to be a heartbreaker that is for sure." Spencer adds, playing with Ava's curly locks.

"Aria have you held her yet?" Maya asks, looking from Ava to me.

I shake my head.

"Do you want too?" Hanna offers, shifting Ava in her arms.

"I'm okay. I'll have plenty of opportunities to hold her." I say as an excuse, but Hanna, Emily and Spencer look at me knowingly, sad expressions written across their faces.

"Are you sure?" Hanna asks, and I know she thinks holding Ava will help.

"Hanna!" Spencer snaps, warning in her voice.

"It's okay Spence." I say. "I should probably get home anyway. I'm not sure how much frozen milk I have left for Bren and I'm sure he will be getting hungry again soon."

"Thank you so much for being here." Emily says, standing to hug me.

"You're welcome. Congratulations again to you guys. She is beautiful and you two are going to make wonderful mothers."

"Thank you."

"It was so nice seeing you again. Tell Ezra hi for us." Maya says as she hugs me.

"I will." I smile.

Spencer hugs me next, telling me to call her in the morning.

"Okay." I say as I turn to Hanna and Ava. I kiss Ava on her forehead, caressing her soft downy hair.

"Aria, I'm sorry. I hope I didn't upset you." Hanna whispers in my ear as I pull her into an embrace.

"Han. You don't need to be sorry. It's okay." I say so only she can hear. We hug for a few moments longer and then pull away.

"I'll call you okay?" I tell her. She nods.

"Bye." I say as I reach the door and I exit the room to a chorus of replies.

The mild spring air greets me when I exit the automatic doors at the hospital's main entrance, smelling sweetly of recently planted flowers. But the typically calming fragrance of lavender has no effect on me as tears trickle from my eyes. Disoriented from my blurry vision I narrowly avoid being hit by a car as I walk across the parking lot in search of my own vehicle.

Lights from another car flicker on, shining directly on my car just several feet away from me. I stagger forward, desperate to reach it before I lose myself completely. But it's too late, I'm too far gone. I sink to the pavement, the lights of an oncoming car growing closer and the sound of someone calling my name in the distance.

Ezra's POV:

The shrill ringing sound of my cell phone breaks my concentration. I glance up from the pile of papers I've been slowly wading through for the past hour. The caller I.D on the screen is a local number, though I don't recognize it. I pick it up, pressing the answer button.

"Hello?"

"Hello. Is this Mr. Fitz I'm speaking to?" The female voice on the other end replies.

"This is." I say.

"Mr. Fitz, I'm calling from Rosewood Regional Medical Center, do you have a moment?"

Cliffhanger! Why is the hospital calling Ezra? Is Aria in trouble?