Ella sprung up out of her seat when the doctor walked into the waiting room. She had been clinging to Byron as they waited to hear if their daughter would be alright, but she didn't think twice about letting go of him now. All that mattered right now was finding out if Aria was okay.

The doctor was middle aged and bald. He wore glasses and a white coat over his green scrubs. He looked exactly like what you think of when you think of a doctor. Someone that could remain clam in a crisis and knew what he was doing. This was some comfort to Ella as she walked over to him.

"Is she okay? What happened?" she demanded, sounding every bit like a worried mother who thought she might lose her child.

The doctor spoke in a low, soothing voice. "She's going to be just fine, Mrs. Montgomery. Physically anyway. She may have some emotional issues to deal with, but I can't help with that."

"Emotional issues?" Byron repeated, coming to stand beside his wife. "What do you mean?"

"Well," the doctor said. "It looks like your daughter was pregnant. A little over a month."

Byron and Ella were both stunned at this news. Ella was speechless and could only stare at the doctor. Byron put his arm around his ex-wife, trying to offer some comfort.

"Did she miscarry?" he asked.

"Possibly." The doctor said. "But it looks like she had a medicine abortion."

The doctor explained the procedure as simply as he could because he didn't think that the Montgomerys could handle all the medical jargon at the moment. "Usually the abortion with occur a few hours after the second medication is taken, but it looks like your daughter was one of the few women that take a few days. I think it's safe to say she was fairly surprised and not expecting it to happen in the middle of class."

Mike had stayed in his seat across the room until the doctor left. As soon as his parents were alone he rushed over to make sure he still had a sister. "Is she okay? What did the doctor say?"

"Aria's going to be just fine." Byron assured his son, not wanting to explain what had happened. He was still in shock over the whole thing.

Ella, however, seemed to have no problem spitting out the truth. Or at least half of it. "She miscarried."

Mike stared at them, shifting his gaze from one parent to the other. "Miscarried? She was pregnant? Why didn't she say anything?"

"She was probably scared." Byron said.

Mike had a pretty good idea of who the father was and didn't blame his sister for being scared. She had good reason to be scared if Mr. Fitz, who he refused to call by his first name like the rest of his family, had gotten her pregnant. Even if he hadn't been her teacher at the time it could still get him in trouble if anyone found out that they had been together when he was her teacher.

He knew Aria well enough to know that that was probably her main concern. What would happen to Mr. Fitz, not what would happen to her. Typical Aria, he thought, worried about everyone else but herself.

Mike sensed that his parents hadn't told him everything, but he didn't push them. No one in Rosewood ever told the whole truth. Everyone kept secrets. That was why he wanted to get out as soon as he could. He was sick of the lies and secrets, and tired of the looks he got from his friends because of the trouble his sister and her friends caused.

He knew they didn't mean to cause trouble for everyone, but they did. And this was just one more thing that would put his family in the spotlight. He was certain that everyone at school already knew what had happened in the middle of Mr. Fitz' class, and he knew it wouldn't be long before everyone was spreading rumors about what they thought had happened.

As he followed his parents back to Aria's room he wondered if it was a bad sign that he was used to hearing gossip and rumors involving his sister and her friends. He thought it should bother him more, but it didn't. Not after everything that had happened since Alison DiLaurentis' funeral.

He suddenly found himself wishing that Aria had never met Alison. Maybe everything would be normal.