A/N Hello! Here's the next chapter! It's a teensy bit overdue, but I had driver's ed, then had things to do and bla bla bla. I hope you enjoy! Oh, and Happy Fourth of July to all my fellow Americans! Please Review, it would make my day a little brighter. :)

The next day Aria woke up with a smile on her face, thrilled to be bringing her things to Ezra's, but tired from hardly getting any sleep the night before. She had trouble falling asleep after Ezra went home because of her excitement, and afterwards, kept getting woken up by the baby moving around. For the past few weeks, Aria had barely gotten any sleep at night, usually having to take naps in the middle of the day. Her whole life was revolving around this new life, and it wasn't even born yet. Everything in her life has changed, and she was only seventeen years old.

All of her friends were going on with their lives as normal teenagers, attending high school with everyone else and worrying about homework and tests instead of scheduling doctor's appointments and saving up money for diapers. There was always a bit of jealousy that Aria felt when she talked to Emily, Hanna, and Spencer. She knew that they didn't mean to make her feel that way, but once in a while she'd wonder how her life would be like if she wasn't pregnant. In August her friends would all be going off to college, while she was taking care of a nine month old infant.

But the jealousy and sadness would always vanish when she looked at the ultrasound photos or felt the kicking. She was excited to meet her baby and become a mom, knowing that the feeling of holding her baby for the first time would be greater than going to prom or working on the yearbook committee. She smiled to herself, imagining Ezra in the hospital room with her holding their baby.

A loud knock on her bedroom door brought Aria back from her thoughts. The door opened slightly, enough for Ella to let Aria know that they should start packing as soon as possible.

"Ezra's coming over in fifteen minutes." Her mother said before shutting the door again, giving Aria privacy to get done.

Yawning, Aria got up from underneath her covers and walked to her closet. Opening it, she laughed softly, wondering if her clothing was even going to fit into his small apartment. She highly doubted it as she grabbed the first thing she saw, a plain bright blue maternity top and a pair of stretchy black pants. The doorbell rang as soon as she had finished brushing her teeth.

She heard the talking downstairs, before Ezra appeared in her doorway. They both smiled to each other as Aria walked over to him to give him a hug. She pulled away scowling when she could hardly get her arms around his neck without her bump pressing into his abdomen. He pulled her back and gave her a small kiss before surveying her room. He had only been in there a few short times, and now that Byron wouldn't be bugging them to go someplace else, he could fully appreciate it. Her old furniture and collection of books upon books was just so Aria.

Ella walked up behind them with all different sized boxes for them to pack Aria's belongings into. After jokingly wishing Ezra a "good luck" and receiving an annoyed look from her daughter, she left them alone.

Aria let out a big sigh and looked at Ezra again. "So I'll need mostly just maternity clothes for now, until the baby is born. And obviously my hair brush, toothbrush, makeup, jewelry, and shoes. And my laptop." Aria pointed to the closed MacBook on her desk.

Ezra nodded, looking lost on what he should be doing. Not being a particularly fashion-forward man made him want leave Aria to all that stuff, while he was also a hopeless folder. Aria laughed at his expression, grabbing a box and putting in on her bed, the area where most of her books were.

"You can pack up some of my books. The shelf above my bed holds my favorites."

They set to work, quietly doing their jobs. As Aria was finishing up her clothing, folding them into neat piles in a big brown box, she felt Ezra come up behind her, resting his head on her shoulder and wrapping his arms around her to show her the book he came across. Winesburg, Ohio.

"You keep this on your nightstand?" He asked as he kissed her neck.

"Mhmm." Aria mumbled as she leaned into his embrace. She turned around so that their lips were almost touching. "It comes in handy when 'I need to get away'." She whispered, quoting what he had written in the front of the book.

He smiled, brushing his lips softly against hers as he placed the book next to him on an empty box. Aria wrapped her arms around Ezra's neck and attacked his lips. They hadn't had kisses like this in what seemed like forever. Their recent kisses had been short and sweet, mostly because they were afraid Byron would walk in on them. She opened her mouth slightly, inviting Ezra's tongue in. They held each other close, marveling the feeling of each other. Ezra's hand went down from her shoulder to rest on her hip, while the other was in her hair, pulling her closer. Aria's hands caressed his cheeks, moving them down to rest clasped together behind his neck.

They heard the door downstairs open and close, with the shuffling of feet coming up the stairs. They jumped apart just as Mike passed the door and went into his room. Ezra cleared his throat and began to close the box he just filled with books while Aria fit the last clothing item into hers and did the same. She grabbed a smaller box, opened the first drawer on her dresser and started packing underwear. She felt awkward pulling out her panties and bras in front of Ezra, but thankfully he was busy looking around at all of her pictures.

He was walking around her room, glancing at all the photos there were of Aria. There was one when she was a small child, maybe four or five, smiling with a boy who looked around the same age. He guessed it was Holden, the boy who was their alibi when her parents forbade them to see each other. There was another one, maybe when Aria was in middle school, where she was smiling next to Mike. He smiled, looking at her pink streaks and dark wardrobe. The next one made him feel a hint of sadness for Aria, it was a picture of her and her friend Alison. He must have been looking at it for a while because Aria came and stood next to him, finished with her other box.

She smiled at the memory. "That was a year before she went missing. We went to the carnival in Philadelphia, her uncle knew the person that owned it or something, so we went on practically every ride for free."

She turned to look at the picture beside it. She reached up and took it down, giving it to Ezra. "That's from my first ultrasound."

Ezra studied the photo, all it looked like was a small dot, and if not for the arrow pointing it out, would he have though it was a baby. Aria walked over to a bag beside her closet, taking out a small picture frame she had bought a few months ago. She brought it back, took the picture from Ezra, and slid it in. It fit perfectly.

"I've been meaning to put this in here." Aria said as she put it back on her desk.

"I have the perfect place for it at our apartment." Ezra replied.

Aria beamed up at him. Hearing him say our apartment put butterflies in her stomach and made her feel like the luckiest woman alive.


Ezra stood at the front door of the Montgomery home, all of Aria's things packed into his car, ready to leave. Byron approached him, a kind smile on his face.

Aria stood in the hallway hugging her mother goodbye.

"I love you so much, Mom." She said as a few tears welled up in her eyes.

"Oh, sweetie, I love you, too." Ella pulled back, putting her arms on her daughter's shoulders. "And you know that you're always welcome here. Both you and Ezra." She laughed, shedding a few tears herself. "I can't believe my oldest baby is already settling down and having a baby of her own. It feels like just yesterday I was holding you for the first time."

"Do you think that I'm ready for this?" Aria asked, looking her mom in the eye.

"I do. You're going to be a wonderful mother, Aria. And I'm sure Ezra's going to be a big help and an amazing father. I know this is hard to believe coming from my mouth, but you're really lucky to have him."

"I know." She hugged Ella one last time before walking up to where her father was, talking to Ezra.

"Take good care of her, Ezra." Her father said, patting her boyfriend on the back.

"I will." He smiled as Aria walked over to them.

She hugged her dad as tight as she could, silently thanking him for letting her do this. They pulled back, and before Aria and Ezra made their way out the door and to the car, she said, "I love you forever, Dad."

Bryon and Ella watched their daughter as she got into the car with Ezra, driving down the road to their apartment.