My first Ezria story and I hope it'll be good.

Name: Home

The plot: Rosewood after -A is revealed. For the purposes of this story, Melissa is -A. Caleb is back in town and Aria's parents are back together. Aria and Ezra continue their hidden relationship. It is revealed that -A set him up in that place in Ravenswood. It wasn't his one. There's no more -A and the life in Rosewood is back to normal. Or maybe not. What is Rosewood without secrets?

Rate: T or PG-13, whatever goes.

Couple: Ezra/Aria

Writer's note: Enjoy reading. You can either leave or not reviews. It doesn't matter to me if you enjoy the story and I hope you will. :)

Chapter 20: Surprises

When she opened her eyes, Aria found herself in the hospital. She could hear a machine beeping and that unpleasant feeling of wires attached to your skin. She couldn't move. It was not because she was too weak to do that. It was simply because... she couldn't. She looked around, moving only her head. Then she felt that something was wrapped around her waist. She looked down and her eyes widened. That something, was looking like a belt. But it was a belt with more wires attached to it. Her look followed the wires from it to a nearby machine. The beeping sound was coming from it. Aria shook her head and lay back, still in confusion.

The last thing she remembered was her dance with Ezra, then... nothing. What had happened? She fell? She bumped her head? Why was that machine attached to her body? What was that beeping sound? What was all of it? Why she was alone? She coughed and tried to relax, but all these questions just didn't let her. Her breathing fastened and she felt like she was about to panic any second now. Just then the door opened and for her surprise, doctor Martin entered the room. She was holding a file and reading to it, failing to notice that Aria was awake. But then her look fell on her and she put the file on the night stand.

"Aria?" She looked at the monitor, close to the bed. "You scared us! How are you feeling?"

"How did I end up here?" Aria liked her lips. "And... what are you doing here?"

"They called me as soon as they brought you here," doctor Martin took her file again and wrote something. "My name is in your file already."

"What am I doing here?" Aria was still confused. "What's going on?"

"What is the last thing you remember?" Doctor Martin pulled up a chair and sat close to her. "Can you tell me?"

"The prom," Aria frowned. "And then I woke up here. What happened?"

"You bled and then passed out," her doctor informed her. "We're still trying to figure out what happened."

"Trying?" Aria got worried all of a sudden. "Why?"

"Just calm down now," doctor Martin went to see the monitor, attached to the belt. "The things are looking good for now."

"What things? Can you just tell me?"

"I think there's something wrong with the placenta?" Doctor Martin looked at her. "We're not completely sure though, this is why you're here. This is why you passed out back there. Your body just shut down for awhile. The oxygen supply for the baby wasn't enough and that was the reaction. But they got you here on time. Now, I want you to relax and lie down. We're monitoring you and we managed to stop the bleeding again. The baby's heartbeats are looking good, so don't worry."

"Okay," Aria lower lip trembled, but she refused to cry.

"Aria? Hey," doctor Martin had noticed her. "It's not an uncommon situation. It happens to all mothers... around your age."

"So, the problem is me then?" She looked up.

"No," doctor Martin sighed. "Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. We can't predict such things, okay?"

"Yeah," Aria sighed.

"Do you want me to call someone?" Her doctor asked her. "Your parents, your friends and your boyfriend are outside and waiting for news."

"Ezra," she said right away. "Can he... come here?"

"Sure," doctor Martin smiled and put her hand on the door knob. "Don't give up hope, Aria. I'm sure things are not looking good for you now, but I've been there. I've had lots of patients like you. And trust me, all these women now have beautiful babies."

"Yeah," Aria tried to smile and doctor Martin left the room.

The only sound that echoed between the white walls, was the beeping sound of the machine. Then suddenly, Aria realized that beeping sound were actually her baby's heartbeat. That sudden realization made everything to look more real now. The baby was something imaginary before. Something that was going to happen in the nearest future. It was all real now! She could hear it!

"Aria?" The sound of Ezra's voice made her turn her head to the door. He looked bad. His hair was messy. His suit was all wrinkled and his tie was gone. He sat on the chair, close to her bed and took her hand. "How are you feeling?"

"How are you feeling?" She stared at him.

"That's not important now, okay?" His look fell on the monitor. "I talked to your doctor. She said that you're getting better and..."

"Ezra!" Aria rose her voice.

"You're gonna be fine," he took her hand and his lips touched the back of her fingers. "I'll make sure of it... in any cause."

"What are you talking about?" She stared at him. "What is that supposed to mean?"

"Just saying," he said quietly.

"I need you! Now!" Aria tried to reach him. "I need you to be here and tell me that everything is going to be okay. I need you to tell me that you love us more than anything and you won't give up hope! For both of us!"

"What?" His voice was still quiet.

"You hear that?" She nodded at the machine. "That's your baby. That's our baby and it's fighting for it's life! I want you to fight with it... with me... with us! Okay? I don't know what happened and I'm freaking out right now! I'm scared and I'm so angry at myself like... you can't even imagine! This is why I need you here! I need you to be my strength now, because I'm not strong and I want o cry so bad..."

"Hey, hey!" Ezra touched her face with the back of his fingers. "You know you can count on me, right? You know I'll always be your strength when you need me."

"Do you know how much I love you?" Aria sniffed and she hated herself for being so weak right now.

"Yeah," a hint of a smile touched Ezra's lips. "I know and I love you too. Just try to relax now. I'll be here."

Her eyes started to close, but she grasped his hand desperately. "Don't go! Please!"

"I'll be here when you wake up," he leaned and his lips touched her forehead. "I promise!" He whispered and then pulled back, watching her asleep already. "I promise," he whispered to himself and kept staring at her as if she was the most precious thing in the Earth.

His thoughts were interrupted by doctor Martin walking into the room. He turned around and she smiled as a response. Ezra tried to smile as well, but he couldn't force himself to do such thing right now.

"She's going to sleep the next few hours," doctor Martin told him. "You can go home and change your clothes if you want to? Maybe you can get some sleep even?"

"I promised her, I'll be here." Ezra shrugged.

"Okay," doctor Martin checked the monitor again. "But it's also okay if she doesn't see you like this when she wakes up."

"Maybe you're right," Ezra looked hesitantly at her. "Maybe I'll go change my clothes."

"Don't worry," she told him when he got off his chair and leaned to kiss Aria's forehead. "I'll call you if there's something while you're gone, okay?"

"Okay," Ezra nodded and left the room.

He talked briefly to Ella on his way out of the hospital and when he finally left, Byron walked to his wife with frowned expression. Ella sighed and prepared for another round with her husband. Byron just refused to agree with the whole situation. He thought that everything was against Aria's interest and everyone but him, were failing to see that. Ella knew how stubborn he was. She also knew that the last time they had disagreed about Aria's relationship, they got divorced. Their way back to each other was long and though. They both had agreed if they were going to live together, there must be some compromises from the both sides. Now Byron just refused to make that compromise. It was obvious to Ella how much Aria loved Ezra. She could also see how much Ezra loved her daughter. She was far from the thought that what they were doing was the right thing, but she didn't want to see her daughter unhappy. That was the reason that made Ella to chose Aria's side. She wanted her daughter to be happy.

"What he said?" Byron interrupted her thoughts.

"She's fine and she's sleeping," Ella sighed and turned around to face her husband. "He's going to change and he's coming back."

"It's his fault for her being here!" Byron snapped and sat on the nearest bench. "If she could only listen to me..."

"Stop it!" Ella snapped and stared at him. "She wants this, okay? I don't like it and I can see that you don't like it, but this is what she wants! This is what will make her happy!"

"Happy?" Byron scoffed. "She's in a hospital bed, Ella! Is that your idea of happiness?"

"She wants that baby!" Ella sat close to Byron. "She wants Ezra! That makes her happy and I want my daughter happy, Byron!"

"But..."

"Sometimes, you just have to think about what she wants and not what you want for her," Ella said quietly. He didn't say a word and just leaned back on the bench.