Right now, my Twihard brain is really bugging me to create a little crossover after Ezra and Aria spend the morning being the adorable couple they are. I am not going to have Ezra sneak through her window and watch her sleep at night, but I rather make a little meadow for them, sort of their place , like that's a place that they can escape to.
Ezra's POV
Ezra wakes up alone on the leather sofa after hearing the shower in his bathroom turn on. He sits up and rubs his eyes it's only seven. Why am I awake on a Wednesday morning at seven? Doesn't Aria want to sleep in?
He hears the bathroom door open and he settles back down into the couch, pretending to be asleep. He keeps his eyes squinted, though, just to observe his beautiful fiancé and see what she did when he was asleep.
His heart begins to pound when he sees her step out the bathroom, with a white towel wrapped around her, her hair wet, clinging to her back, which the light is shining off of the dripping smoothness of her skin.
She starts gathering stuff for coffee and when her back is turned to him, Ezra very quietly sneaks up behind her and goes, "Boo!", wrapping his arms tightly around her waist and clinging her to his chest.
Aria giggles, "Morning, cutie." She gives him a morning kiss and then continues to make the coffee.
He smiles, "How is coffee outside of the apartment looking today?"
She stops, "Sounds great to me. Want to bring anyone with us?"
He shakes his head, "Just the two of us, okay? Or, the three of us. Do you know yet or…?" He gestures toward her stomach.
She rolls her eyes, "I'll find out soon, don't worry about it. Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to get dressed and go to coffee with my sexy fiancé who I love so much."
"You're still talking about me right?"
She laughs, "Nope. I'm talking about another really sexy English teacher who I have been with for the last two years."
"He's a lucky guy. Well, I won't keep you then." He reluctantly tears himself away from her and she runs into the bathroom, shutting it loudly behind her.
Aria's POV
The pregnancy test is sitting on the counter of Ezra's bathroom sink and Aria tries to ignore it as she blow dries her hair.
She knows that Ezra will be supportive if she is having his baby, so that's nothing she has to worry about. It's more like what she's going to tell people. Hey everybody! I'm knocked up and getting married. How fun is my life? Could she pretend three months that she isn't with child? Then after their honeymoon, she'll come back, beaming that she is pregnant, though her body is already dropping hints that it is more than a few weeks. The town will be lit up with gossip about her already and this would only cause gasoline to be poured onto the flames.
She hears a knock on the door and then Ezra's voice, "You ready yet? Or do I have to wait longer?"
She giggles, "Come in and brush your teeth, Mr. Fitz. I'm decent now."
Ezra opens the door and smiles, holding up his hand to shield his eyes, "Looks like the summer heat is coming in already because something is making me feel hot."
Wow, how's that for a cheesy pick up line?
She pulls him all the way into the bathroom. He laughs as he puts toothpaste on his toothbrush and starts to brush his pearly whites.
He spits into the sink and then wipes the white paste from his lips, "Ready to go yet?"
She nods, "Just let me put on my makeup." When she starts to reach for it, he snags it away and she looks at him with annoyance in her green eyes, "Ezra, give it back."
Ezra shakes his head, "You don't need makeup to make yourself any more beautiful than you already are."
If I were to lineup a bunch of guys in a "Who is the awesomeness" contest, I would vote for Ezra a hundred million times. I find it ironic that when I was writing this and listening to iTunes, "Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars started to play.
She tears it away from him, "That's sweet, but if you want to see me in a bad mood when you take my makeup away from me, then you can."
He puts his hands up in surrender, "Fine, I'll be waiting downstairs if you need me." He shuts the door behind him on his way out.
Aria starts to apply the cover-up and couldn't help but smile. Ezra is the sweetest guy on the planet and she gets to spend the rest of her life with him and their maybe child. Her hand instantaneously flies to her stomach and she looks down Is there a little me or a little Ezra inside of me right now? She gazes at the pregnancy test and snatches up the box. It'll only take a minute.
Ezra's POV
What in the hell is in her hand? Ezra thinks when his fiancé comes down from the apartment. She has a little white wand in her hand and she is staring at him, waving it for him to see, a wide smile on her face.
The pregnancy test! He leaps out of the car and runs toward her, catching her in his arms, twirling her around in a circle.
She giggles, "Ezra, put me down."
He does as he's told, but keeps his arms around her, kissing her neck, "Aria, so there are three of us now, in this family?"
She smiles when he says Family, "I guess we're going to have to make room in the apartment pretty soon. Because this little David or McKenzie Fitz is going to be here before we know it."
I'm going to be a daddy. Me, Ezra Fitz, a former victim of child abuse and being raised by the hand by an alcoholic father, is going to be a daddy.
He kisses her passionately, letting her lean against the Sedan, his lips moving with hers.
She breaks away after a few moments, "We better go and get that coffee. Remember, I'm eating for two now."
He helps her into the car and then climbs in next to her in the driver's seat, taking her hand in his, "I love you, Aria and," He ducks his head down to his eyes being level to her stomach, "I love you, my little son or daughter."
Aria strokes his hair, "I love you too, Daddy Fitz and I love the little mini-you inside of me."
Ezra laughs, "Or a mini you. I have to admit, I hope this baby is a baby girl. Just wait until I get to braid her hair and kill any guy who even sneaks a glance at her."
She rolls her eyes, "If we have a little girl, you are going nowhere near her hair. I remember when you tried to help me brush mine. The roots still hurt when I had to get the straightener out of it."
"Hey, I was only trying to help. Maybe at baby classes, they can teach me how to braid her hair right."
"We can discuss more baby talk during breakfast. Now just get moving. The baby and I are getting grouchy."
This is only going to get worse, isn't it? Ezra thinks, smiling as he puts the car into drive.
Aria pulls her knees to her chest and lays her head on then, gazing over at him. When they stop at a stop sign, he meets her gaze, "What?"
She replies, "I'm just thinking of how lucky I am to have you as my fiancé. Noel doesn't come close to what you are to me, Ezra."
For some reason, the name Noel makes him cringe mentally. The last time that Ezra and Aria broke off their relationship, Aria started to see Noel again. Though this was almost 6 months ago, the pain still stuck with him, the pain of seeing the woman that he loved with another guy. He knew that Aria still loved him, which is probably why they got back together three short weeks later. Noel was okay with it, just wanting Aria to be happy, even if she was with her English teacher, and Ezra was sort of grateful that the young man had kept the secret of who Aria was really with.
He pastes a smile on his face and wraps his free arm around her, "I was just thinking the same thing."
Aria's POV
Ezra gets out of the car and helps her get out herself. He takes her hand and they start to walk down the street to the Applerose Grille.
Aria sees people watching them and he whispers, "Don't worry, Aria. Let them think what they want, because I could care less about their opinion." As if to show people he didn't care he stops in his tracks, and pulls Aria into his arms, and kisses her.
When their lips unlock, she smiles, "What people are you talking about, again?" They kiss again.
Ezra breaks the moment and starts up the street again, his arm tightly wound around her waist.
He wants a daughter. He wants to braid her hair and protect her from the cruelties of the world. He's going to be the best father that any little girl could ever ask for.
Ezra opens the door for her and waits for the host to seat them. He smiles when he reads the nametag Hardy
Hardy smiles at him and pulls him into a brosuff hug, "Hey, man, good to see you." He turns to Aria, "Still carting around this little number, are you?"
He nods, "We're getting married in September."
His best friend laughs, "Finally, you're letting her take your name. It's only been what? Three years?"
Ezra shrugs and they share a chuckle. Aria knows that Hardy was one of the few that actually knew about Aria and Ezra's relationship when it was first starting out. At the reading in that college bar on the Hollis campus, where Ezra reconciled his long friendship with him. Though Hardy was worried about his friend and the trouble that he would get into, he stuck behind the couple through all the crap they had to go through and even helped plan a getaway weekend that they had on their second anniversary to Washington D.C.
Hardy seats them in the back in a private booth, "I'm glad you guys are finally public. I don't know how much longer I could have kept this a secret."
"Hardy!" A young and petite blonde calls from the host's stand.
He rolls his eyes, "That's Tiffany. She's an intern and I have to babysit her. Talk to you guys later." He heads back to the front of the restaurant, calling out, "Tiffany, didn't I tell you to seat Mister and Mrs. Smith twenty minutes ago?"
"When did he start working here?" Aria asks Ezra.
He shrugs, "I guess right after the IRS got after him for paying off his student debts. He was already working at the college as a TA but he needed a second job. So, I guess he is finally making his dream of seating people and watching them eat in a local town restaurant."
Sounds like Hardy is making his dreams come true.
The waitress is a girl that Aria went to school with and when she sees them, her eyes widen, "Aria Montgomery? Mr. Fitz? I hadn't expected to see you two in here today."
He smiles a boyish smile at her, "Call me Ezra, Natalie. I am not your teacher anymore."
"So, it's true what I've heard around town? You two are a couple?"
Aria smiles, "We are."
"Well good for you, I guess. None of my business. Would you like to try our eggs Benedict style? It's a special today. If not, I highly suggest the jelly filled pastries."
Ezra replies, "I would just like a cup of coffee. Aria, how about you?" He asks her tenderly.
"I'll try those eggs and I will have a cup of coffee as well, thank you."
"Coming right up." Natalie puts on her warmest smile and walks to the kitchen.
Aria pokes him, "Aren't you going to eat something?"
He shakes his head, "I'm not the one feeding for two, now am I?"
She giggles, "You still should eat."
He wraps his arm around her, "I'm not that hungry. Anyway, I'm sure Hanna will have plenty of snacks at her house later for me to devour."
She tucks her head into his shoulder, "You're such a goofball, but I guess that's one of the many reasons why I love you so much."
He kisses her head.
Ezra's POV
"Ezra, where are you taking me?"
"Shhhh. I want you to be surprised."
Ezra has her blindfolded as he leads her to the meadow. He found it on one of his runs and he thought that it would be perfect for the two of them.
"Step over this log. Okay just a little bit farther. Alright," He faces her towards the flower filled pasture and drops the blindfold from her eyes, "open your eyes."
The first emotion that he sees fly on her face is initial shock. Then it works its way to curiosity and adoration, "What is this place? It's beautiful."
"This is where the wedding ceremony is going to be."
She wipes a tear from her eyes and he takes her into his arms and holds her in a comforting hug, "Why are you crying, Aria?"
"They're not tears of sadness, smart one. They're tears of happiness. Pure happiness."
He starts to softly sing the song, "Happiness feels a lot like sorrow. Let it be; you can't make it come or go. "
In case you are a little confused on why he is singing the lyrics to this song, it's because it's their song. B-26 is the number on the jukebox for it and they heard it when they first met. So technically it's their love song.
She smiles into his white t-shirt, "This is going to be our place, isn't it?"
"It already is, Aria, it already is."
Lots of stuff happened in here and that's why it took me so long to write it. Fluffiness is my specialty, even it takes me a while to think of how fluffy a chapter needs to be. This one needed a lot of baby talk and a little public defiance to make me happy enough to share it with you guys. So, I've done my part; now you do yours by R&R. Please and thank you!
