Ezra's POV:
As I get into the shower, I hear the door open. At first, I think it's an intruder, but the I hear.
Aria: EZRA!
I run to the front door where my wife looks like she's about to cry.
Ezra: Aria!
As I say her name she runs into my arms and hugs me.
Aria: I've missed you so much.
Ezra: So have I, how is my little soldier?
Aria: You don't even know if it's a boy or girl.
Ezra: When's the next appointment?
Aria: In two weeks.
Ezra: Aria, can I talk to you for a minute?
Aria: Of course and you know that you can talk to me about anything!
We walk over to the couch and I start to talk.
Ezra: I've been offered a new job.
Aria: That's amazing!
As aria tells me it's amazing, she hugs me tightly.
Ezra: Ok, you think it's amazing. But, the job that they have offered me is in England.
As I say this, I can see tears forming in Aria's eyes.
Aria: How long?
Ezra: Do you mean: how long is the job or how long till I make my final decision or how long have I known?
Aria: All of them!
Aria's POV:
Ezra: Well the job is 6 months to 1 year and till I make my final decision, I have 2 weeks. And the job starts in 6 months, and I've known for about a week.
Aria: Do you realise what this is going to do to our future, our baby's future. What about family and friends, they can't come with us.
Ezra: I know, I've thought about that, but this is a new life for us.
Aria: a new life, that's what you want. I'm happy hear, in our small apartment. We would have been happy in a new house that I was looking for.
Ezra: You were looking for houses?
Aria: Yes Ezra, a new house. And it might come as a shock to you, but we can't raise a child in a tiny apartment with only one bed.
Ezra: That's true, but we still can raise a child in England.
At this point we are shouting and screaming.
Aria: I don't care about England, I'M NOT GOING!
Ezra: FINE!
As Ezra shouts back at me, I storm out the apartment, slam the door and head for the stairs. Actually I'm running for the stairs and…
Ezra: What the hell was that?
As I lay on my side at the bottom of the stairs with blood on my head,mi hear the noise of running feet. I try to shout Ezra's name but all that comes out is a mumble.
Ezra: Aria!
As Ezra finally finds me, he runs down the stairs and actually starts to cry.
Ezra: I'm so sorry, this is all my fault.
Aria: It's ok, I'm sorry to, I shouldn't have stormed out like that.
Ezra: None of this s your fault. You need to go to hospital.
As Ezra stands up, he gets his phone out and dials 911.
911: Hello this is 911 what is your emergency?
Ezra's POV:
Ezra: Hello, it's my wife, she's 5 and a half months pregnant and she's fallen down a block of stairs.
911: ok sir, an ambulance is on its way. Whilst your waiting, try to keep her warm and keep her talking. It's vital that she stays awake.
Ezra: Ok.
911: The ambulance is on its way.
Ezra: a thank you, you've been very kind.
911: Happy to help, now go help your wife.
As I end the phone call, I tell Aria I'll be back in two seconds and I run back up the stairs to the apartment and fetch a blanket, Aria's favourite blanket. Then I run out the apartment again without closing the door and head back down the stairs, where the paramedics are already treating her.
Ezra: Please help my wife.
Paramedic: We are going to do everything we can, but we can't promise anything.
Ezra: Can I come in the ambulance with her?
Paramedic: Of course.
As we leave the block of flats with Aria lying on a stretcher wearing a neck brace, we get into the ambulance and Aria is strapped tightly in.
Ezra: I live you so much Aria, promise me you won't go.
I don't get a response as she is unconscious.
Paramedic: He body is going to start shutting down soon if we don't get to the hospital.
Ezra: What's wrong with her?
Paramedic: Well she has a suspected spinal injury, a broken ankle and a suspected brain injury. None of this is good for the baby. The baby has little chance of survival.
Ezra: This is all my fault.
Paramedic: What do you mean?
Ezra's POV:
Ezra: Well I was telling Aria that I've been offered a new job in England.
Paramedic: And…
Ezra: And she didn't take it too well, she stormed out of the apartment and fell down the stairs,
Paramedic: Congratulations on the job.
Ezra: That's not the point though, if I didn't tell her, none of this would have happened. I can't take the job.
Paramedic: How far are we from the hospital?
Driver: We are there now.
As we arrive at the hospital, they get Aria out and I'm still holding her hand.
Ezra: Aria, you're a fighter, you're my fighter, fight for our baby.
Paramedic: Please you can't go any further. You can wait in the waiting room and a nurse will update you whenever she can.
Ezra: Promise me she will be ok.
Paramedic: I can't promise that she will be ok, but I can promise that she is in safe hands.
Ezra: I LOVE YOU ARIA!
I still don't get a response even though she is now awake.
Nurse: Excuse me sir, is she your wife?
Ezra: Yes.
Nurse: Ok, the paramedics didn't give any information about her, could you fix that?
Ezra: Ok, where do you want me to start?
I ask this s as I walk up to the front desk and take a seat in a stool.
Nurse: Ok, first of all, what is her name?
Ezra: Aria Fitz.
Aria's POV:
Nurse: And how old is she?
Ezra: 25
Nurse: How far along is the pregnancy?
Ezra: 5 and ½ months.
Nurse: And lastly, how did this happen?
As she asks me this question, I have to stop for a moment. I have to take a deep breath in and then I realise that I am about to re-tell the whole story of how my wife nearly died.
Nurse: Sir, are you ok?
Ezra: I'm fine. Ok, she got home from a shopping trip with her friends and I told her I needed to talk to her about something.
Nurse: Go on.
Ezra: The news that I had to tell her was that I had been offered a new job in England.
Nurse: And.
Ezra: And she didn't take it well. We started to argue and she got so stressed that she ran out the apartment and fell down the stairs.
Nurse: thank you sir, you've been very helpful.
Ezra: Your welcome and please, call me Ezra,mor . What ever suits you best.
Nurse: Ok and we will keep you updated about Aria's condition.
I lay there thinking, why, why did I have to storm out, why did I do this!
Nurse 2: Aria, can you hear me?
As a nurse shines a bright light in my eyes, I blink rapidly. I try to move but I am held in place by straps.
Aria: Where am I? Where's Ezra? I want Ezra!
Nurse 2: Tour in the hospital and whoever Ezra is, then he will be in the waiting room probably.
