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Chapter 14
(eight weeks later)
Aria and Jason laid in their bed together, both not wanting to leave from each others side. Jason had been tracing circles on Aria's stomach while she slept, thinking of the baby. He wanted it to be a girl badly. He also thought to Callie, he knew Aria was already attached and he found himself getting attached to her the more he spent time with her. She was like Aria in so many ways and he couldn't help but adopt her and add her to their growing family. He thought of what it would be like to have a family with Aria, she would be an amazing mother, she was kind and caring, he had no doubt she was going to be able to do this. He was nervous. He admitted it, it was the most terrifying thing to him. He was going to be a dad and he wasn't sure how to be one.
Aria shifted in her sleep, her eyes slowly opening as she scrunched her face and yawned. Jason found it the most adorable sight. He watched as her eyes shifted around the room. soon landing on him. She smiled up at him, she loved waking up to him, to his hand running circles on her stomach. She loved how he held her when she slept. She had just started showing, the baby now the size of a pea pod. They had been making arrangements to adopt Callie, they were finally filing the paper. They had weekly visits to the house to see if it was good for her. They passed. Along with Jason's promotion eight weeks ago, he had been extremely happy. He said that being the boss was much simpler than he expected. Sure the paperwork and budgeting are a pain, but he managed to stay positive.
"Morning," he whispered, his voice rugged and deep. Aria couldn't help but smile even more, she leaned up and kissed him softly. Jason climbed on top of her, Aria giggled at him as he kissed her nose. "How's our little one?" he asked kissing her stomach over the fabric of her white tank-top. Aria thought for a moment, "Hungry," she replied, Jason nodded at her.
"Do you want to go get something? We could go to the Brew, get millions of those crepes you love," he asked, Aria nodded, "Those sound amazing, and my morning sickness has been a lot better, it should be ending in a week or so," she told him as he climbed of her. He smiled, "That's good," he said.
Aria crawled out of bed, heading over the mirror, she looked at the growing bump every morning. Aria saw Jason come behind her, his hands snaking around her waist, hugging her from behind. He kissed her cheek and got dressed in a dark blue t-shirt and jeans. Aria dressed in a black tank top and shorts. It had been hot in Rosewood recently, in the nineties all week. Aria left out of the bedroom entering the living room. Jason had been grabbing his keys and wallet and stuffing them in his pockets. He looked over at Aria, "You ready?" Aria nodded as she struggled to put a pair of Adidas shoes on. Aria followed him out to the car, hopping in beside him, and with that they left.
Aria sat with Jason at an outside table at the Brew. Aria was scarfing down crepes as Jason watched her. He loved watching Aria, not in a creepy way or anything, but he would always find some little detail that Aria has. Like the way she would bite her lip without thinking, or the when she shook her leg because of her ADHD. Aria looked up at Jason as a crepe hung out of her mouth, "What?" she asked. Jason chuckled, "Nothing." Aria eyed him for a moment, "Liar," she said. Jason shrugged, "You're just cute," he smiled shyly, "You're not to bad yourself," she told him.
"So, what do you want to do today?" he asked, shrugged as she took a sip of her water.
"I don't know," she said, "We could go see a movie later. I'm meeting with my mom at the gallery around two and it's only 12:00," she finished.
"I've been meaning to ask you something," Jason started, Aria looked up at him suspiciously. "Okay..." she drew out the word.
"I wanted to know if you would come with me on a trip," he said, Aria smiled, "A trip, where?" she asked excitingly. Aria had only been to Iceland. She loved traveling, even if it wasn't far. Jason shrugged, "I was thinking maybe Europe," he said. Aria's eyes widened, her jaw practically dropping to the ground.
"Europe? Are you serious?" she asked. Jason nodded in reply smiling. Aria sat up right, "Europe? How would we even-I mean- why?" she stuttered. Jason laughed, "After owning the construction work, I have been making a lot of money recently. Besides, I saved a lot of money after getting out of drugs and that. And mom left me and Ali money when she passed," he explained. Aria couldn't keep her amazement contained.
"And you never thought to mention this?" she asked. Jason shrugged, "You never asked," he said.
"So? Would you be interested?" Aria gave a deep breath, rolling her eyes. "I-it sounds amazing. I would love to Jason, but what about the construction site?" she asked. Jason waved his hand, "Alex will be watching it over. We wouldn't be gone long Aria," he told her. Aria nodded at him. She thought it was sudden. There was no doubt about it. She wanted to go, it sounded amazing. But she wasn't sure, it was sudden and Aria had plans for the year. But she wouldn't say no to him. Not when everything was going good for him. She wanted to go and he did also. What was stopping them?
"Okay," she said, her voice a bit high pitched from her excitement. Jason smiled widely at her. "Okay," he said. Aria squealed and leaned over the table to hug him, almost knocking over the plates on the table. Jason hugged her back, "Calm down, we have to plan everything still," he said. Aria pulled away, "I know, but still," she said.
"I have to tell my mom!" she said suddenly. Aria gathered her purse and stood up. "Aria, I can drive you," he said. She shook her head, "It's the gallery, it's only a few blocks away," she told him, looking back over her shoulder. "Besides, you have to go to that meeting at 12:30 remember?" she reminded him. Aria smiled and walked away. Aria liked walking around Rosewood when people were outside having fun with their friends and family.
Aria was halfway to the gallery when she heard someone yell her name.
"Aria!" she whipped around looking for whoever called out. The only person her eyes landed on was Ezra. She smiled, she hadn't seen him for awhile. It was nice seeing him, in a weird way.
"Hey," she said. Ezra caught up to her, smiling. "Hey, how are you, and you," he said, gesturing to her stomach. Aria laughed, "We are fine, thank you very much," she said. "That's good. How does it feel?" he asked, Aria shrugged. She wasn't even sure how to answer it. Happy? Unreal? It was a jumble of things and she couldn't explain it.
"I honestly don't know," she breathed out. Ezra nodded, "Well it must be good, you look happy," he told her. She nodded, "I am. I'm also adopting," she told him. Ezra frowned at this. Adopting? he thought. She hasn't even had her baby yet and she was going to adopt? Ezra didn't know how to approach it.
"Wow," was all he said. Aria gave him an unsure smile, "Yeah. It was kind of a spur of the moment thing. More like a feeling," she told him. And it was, the second she met Callie she knew she was going to be important in so many ways.
"Well, if I know you, most of your feelings are right," he said. She smiled at the comment. She missed talking to Ezra, but she didn't miss being with him. She liked that he was always supportive.
"Thanks. How have you been, and Nicole?" she said. He smiled, "Were great. Actually we recently bought a place. No more living above the Brew," he said.
"That's amazing, Ezra," she said. "Seriously, that's great," she told him. Ezra laughed, "Yeah, it's been good," he told her. She looked at him, really looked. He seemed happy mostly, but something was off. Something in his face showed uncertainty. Aria looked at him with hooded eyes.
"What's wrong? Something's bothering you, Ezra I can tell," she said softly. He smiled faintly at her, his arms crossing over his chest. "Do you think it's the right choice? Moving in with Nicole, I mean," he asked. Aria was taken back, she thought he and Nicole were doing good. She didn't have second thoughts about moving in with Jason, not one.
"I can't decide that. I think you should just take sometime and think about it," she said, hoping it would help him. She saw him nod a little, she then put her hand on his shoulder, "Hey, you will figure it out, you always do," she told him. Ezra nodded, "Thank you, Aria. Seriously you are really good at this, giving advice," he said. Aria smiled at him, "Thanks, I should go, and you should go give Nicole a answer," she said. Ezra smiled, "Okay, I'll see you later," he said. Aria left him and walked down the sidewalk. She made it to the gallery, looking around for her mom. She saw her at the front desk talking to the secretary. Ella looked up and saw Aria, she smiled and said a goodbye to Alice, the secretary.
"Hey honey," she wrapped her arms around her daughter, "How are you?" she asked, pulling away. "I'm good, I actually came to talk to you about something," she said. Ella nodded, "What is it?" she asked. Aria smiled, already thinking about telling her about the trip. "Jason and I are planning to go on a trip," she told her.
"A trip, where?" her mom asked, filling out a paper on her clipboard.
"Europe," she said. Ella looked up, "Europe?" she asked, confirming what she heard. "Yes, Europe," Aria repeated. Her mom put her clipboard to her side. "It's kind of surprising, I mean. Why don't you wait until you have the baby?" she asked. Aria scoffed, "If I do that then I probably won't even go. This is my only chance, mom. I want to go with your permission," she begged. Aria knew her mom was worried, about Aria and if anything went wrong. Ella turned her head to the side.
"Okay, but I want you to call every two days," her mom laughed, Aria smiled widely, she lunged at her mom, wrapping her arms around her. Her mother laughed, as Aria squealed, "Thank you thank you thank you!" she said. She let go of Ella, "Thank you!" she said. Her mom ran her hands down her arms, "You're welcome," she said. "Are you and Jason going to plan it? When are you going?" she asked. Aria looked at her, she bit her lip, "Um, I'm not sure, but I will text you when I know the details," she said. Her mom laughed, "I am definitely planning this with you," she smiled. "Okay," Aria said.
"Oh, I also wanted to tell you that I know the gender," Aria said. Ella's eyes widened, "Are you serious?" her mom asked, tear forming.
"Oh my god, don't cry," Aria said laughing, "I'll cry to, so please stop," Aria said. Her mom laughed, "I'm sorry, have you told Jason?" she asked. Aria shook her head, "I plan to tell him in Europe, a little surprise," Aria said.
"That sound amazing," her mom said. "So, girl or boy?" she asked. Aria scrunched her face, "I'm not telling," she said, her mom gave her a look. "You can't do that! Aria, I am your mother, you can't just leave me hanging," she whined. Aria laughed, "You will find out when me and Jason announce it, like everyone else," she teased. "You are cruel, you get that from your father," she said. Aria shrugged, "Oh well, what are you going do?" she said smiling. "I'll call you later," she told her mother. Ella smiled as she watched her daughter leave.
Aria opened the door to her house, she went and sat on the couch, taking her computer from the coffee table. Aria opened it up, nearly blinded by the brightness of it. She typed in "Things to do in Europe" hoping to find some interesting places to do. Aria had seen a abandon mansion before called the Chateau Lumiere, she loved abandoned places, seeing the beauty in them. Aria saw a few places, but she wanted to wait until Jason was home to talk about the trip.
Aria sighed, she decided to stop looking at the computer, she knew she would get to excited while researching. Aria wasn't sure what to do. She was usually bored out of her mine, and she didn't feel like doing nothing. She hated being bored, it was in her DNA. Jason wouldn't be home for another hour. She got up from the couch, sighing as she paced around the living room. Aria felt weird, like she was trapped in time. It was weird, she knew it, but she couldn't help it. She hated being bored, hated it.
She finally stopped, going on her phone and looking through her contacts seeing who she could call. She came across a number she hadn't saw in awhile. Before she thought she pressed the call button, putting the phone to her ear.
"Olivia, it's Aria," she said. Olivia was a girl she met when she was taking a photography class at Hollis. Olivia was an amazing photographer.
"Aria! Oh my god how are you?" she asked, Aria sighed into the speaker, "I'm great, um pregnant actually," she heard Olivia gasp a little. "Oh my god, Aria! That's amazing, who's the father, Ezra?" she asked, apparently not knowing that they broke up. "No, actually me and Ezra broke up awhile back," she said.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know," she said.
"It's fine, me and him are still friends. Actually I'm with Jason Dilaurentis," she said.
"Oh, yeah I've heard about him, are you happy?" she asked. Aria nodded even though Olivia couldn't see it, "Yeah, I'm happy, how about you?" she asked. Aria heard a sigh and smiled, she knew that sighed.
"I'm good, I'm in a happy relationship, my photography is doing great, everything's amazing," she said. Aria couldn't help but be happy, "That's great. We should meet up sometime, like lunch," Aria told her.
"That would be amazing, why don't I text you a time and place, and we can work it out?" she asked, "Yeah, that would be great," Aria said. "Good, I should get going, I have a client coming over for some wedding photo shoot plans, I'll text you later," she said. "Yeah, bye," Aria said, and with that the call ended. Aria sighed, now not knowing what to do again. She thought about getting herself off, but she felt weird doing it while pregnant. She knew it was stupid, but it made her uncomfortable, especially now that she was starting to show.
Aria heard a knock at the door, she sighed as she crawled off the couch and trudging over to the door, swinging it open.
"Aria thank god you are here," she said walking into the house. Aria sighed, looking at them.
"Hanna, what are you doing here?" Aria asked her. Hanna turned to her friend, her face looking like she was about to explode. Hanna gave a deep breathe, throwing her hands down. "I need your help, artistically," she said. Aria shut the door and frowned at Hanna, "Okay, more intel please," she walked in front of Hanna.
"Okay, I need you to take a few photo's of me for this magazine thing," she said. Aria's brows went up, "Magazine thing?" she asked. Hanna turned her head to the sign, obviously annoyed, "Please? My boss is on my ass about this. She needs someone to send in for her magazine friend," she explained, crossing her arms over her chest. Aria sighed, "I guess I can, not right now though, the sun is down so the lighting wouldn't be good enough. Did she say what kind of photo's she needed?" Aria asked.
"No, she said any photo would work, but I want to go for like a sun-kissed glow," she said, switching her hands in the air making a rainbow. Aria gave a breathy laugh watching her friend looking into her own world.
"Oh! How are you by the way," she asked, Aria smiled, "I'm good, me and Jason are planning a trip to-" Hanna cut her off, "I wasn't asking you, I was asking it," she said looking at her stomach. Aria tilted her head, "It? And 'it' can't exactly talk at the moment Han," she retorted. Han crossed her arms, "Well I don't know the gender, and I know, I just can't wait until it- I mean they, are born," she caught herself, Aria sighed.
"I know the gender, and I will reveal it to you when I'm ready, and after I tell Jason," Aria said the last part slowly as she looked away from her friend. Hanna slapped her hand on the couch, leaning into Aria, "You haven't told Jason yet?" she asked, Aria shook her head. She planned to, she wanted to make it special. She wondered how he would react, maybe he would cry, or maybe he would be mad that she kept it a secret. Aria didn't want to think about the possibility.
"I plan to tell him when we go to Europe," she said. Hanna then smiled widely, "Europe, that's where you guys are going?" she asked excitedly, Aria nodded in response, Hanna squealed, "I am so helping you plan, when me and Jordan went it was amazing, Europe is breathtaking. I still have our plan book for it, I could lend it to you for some intel," she said. Aria smiled at her, her eyebrows scrunching, "Really? That would be great Han," she said enveloping her friend in a hug. Their height difference made hugging a perfect fit. Hanna pulled away, "Ok, I will give it to you tomorrow, I'll text you in the morning about the photo shoot," she said smiling and wrinkling her nose, and with that she made her way to the door and disappeared. Aria sighed, she couldn't wait for Europe.
Hello! I hope you liked this chapter, it was a bit more chill, the next chapter should have a little more drama in it, please review. The next chapter they will be going to Europe, so be excited for that. There will be a lot a love and twists in it.