POV Aria
"I don't know why this is happening to us Hanna, but like with everything else we are just going to have to roll with the punches." Caleb said in an attempt to make Hanna feel better. His fingers are winding their way through her hair and there is tear coming to his eyes.
Hanna pushed Caleb away and ran upstairs tears running down her face. Caleb started to go after her but I grabbed his arm before he had the chance to. "Give her some time. This is a lot for her to take in, and you know Hanna. If it's not from a fashion magazine any big news makes her head spin for a while. I'll go make sure she's alright. While I'm gone can you get lunch started?" I said walking to the stair case.
He nodded his head, "Alright. She'll listen to you more then she would to me anyway, she always has. Especially after everything that when down last summer." he said as turned around and he walked into the kitchen.
I climbed the stairs, and looked in her bedroom. Empty. I saw the bathroom door closed but there is light peaking out from the crack under the door. I knocked on the door. "Hanna? Are you alright?" I asked her, fearing the worst.
The toilet flushed. "No." I heard her mumble. A few seconds later I heard to doorknob click and the door opened. Hanna's face is bright red and she is trembling. "I can't believe that just happened." she sobbed putting her arms around me looking for comfort.
Doing as she needed, I put my arms around her. "What happened Hanna?" I asked her, knowing that there is a really good chance that I really don't want to hear what she is about to tell me, but it's definitely something that I need to know so I can help her.
She pulled away, walked back into the bathroom and took a seat on the edge of the tub. I walked in with her, closing the door behind me then proceeded to take my seat next to her. She fixed her eyes on my knee and took a deep breath. "I didn't make myself throw-up if that's what your thinking." she informed me. I then spotted something that changed everything.
There is fresh blood soaking Hanna's white skirt and pooling on the side of the tub. Tears came to both of our eyes. "Oh Hanna, I am so sorry." I said putting my arms around her not bothering about getting her blood all over me.
She looked down at the mess and started to shake her head. "No, no, no, NO! Not now, not so soon. Not before she had a chance at anything!" she sobbed leaning against me with her head in my lap. She is shaking from the tears flowing from her eyes.
I started to rub her back, "We should call your doctor, we need to get you to the hospital now." I told her after a moment. I know that she probably just wants to sit there and break down for a while, but we just can't let her sit there and uncontrollably bleed forever, we at least need to get her bleeding to stop, and if there is a chance to save the baby, then we need to get to the hospital as soon as possible.
She nodded her head. So I pulled her up and helped her out the door. "Caleb! We need you to come up here please!" I called him because I know that I'm not going to be able to get her down the stairs with her the way she is right now.
When Caleb got there his face went pitch white and he really started to cry. For the first time ever, I am witnessing Caleb Rivers cry. "Oh my goodness Hanna." he cried lifting her into his arms. "Aria do you think you can call her doctor?" he asked me as we all started walking down the stairs as quickly as safely possible.
Once I called her doctor, he told us to go to the hospital. We walked outside, Toby looked at us, then at all of the blood, and ran over to us as fast as his legs would allow him. "Guys! What's going on?" he asked in worry for Hanna. If only he knew…
"Hanna's having a miscarriage. She was three weeks." I informed him while opening the door to the backseat of Caleb's car. Caleb put Hanna is there and fastened her in. "I've got to stay with her." I added to Toby, getting in on the other side of the car.
Before Toby had time to give us a reaction to the news about Hanna we were all in the car speeding to the hospital. "I feel dizzy." Hanna muttered after we got on the road. All of the color is gone from her face, and she is weak from the blood loss.
I took one of Hanna's into both of mine, "We're on our way to the hospital, everything is going to be alright, okay? We love you Hanna." I said more of to myself than to her. I'm not even sure if she is really paying a bit of attention to me, but I can tell that at least hearing my voice is calming her down.
We got to the hospital, and they got Hanna a room right away. "Well Mrs. Rivers, I'm very sorry for you loss." a nurse told her after she looked at Hanna's chart when she walked into the room.
Hanna nodded her head and wiped the tears from her eyes, "So what happened?" Hanna asked the nurse, her eyes replacing the tears that she had just wiped away. She's weak and is leaning back against the pillow not letting her eyes look away from the nurse for she can have some answers.
"Well you had the miscarriage, then a vessel burst causing the excessive bleeding. We got the vessel taken care of and gave you a blood transfusion." she informed us. "We want to keep you overnight for some observation though just to make sure you're alright." she went on, still reading through Hanna's chart.
"I'll call her mom. I'm sure Toby has already told Spencer and Spencer has probably told everyone else. Too bad they're still in school" I said pulling out my phone, wiping tears out of my own eyes. This has been an awfully hard day…
After I called her mom, who said that she would be over here and a few minutes, Wren walked in. "We always seem to run into each other here don't we? Well I came to say that I heard, and I am really very sorry Hanna. If there is anything that I can do please let me know." he told her, looking honestly sorry for her loss. He makes it sound even a little sexy with his British accent making Hanna give a weak smile.
"Yeah, if I think of anything I'll give you a call." Hanna told him. She hasn't gotten a chance to sleep since we've got here so she is having trouble keeping her eyes open, even with hearing his voice. She's is too tired to even speak now.
Wren noted her drowsiness and walked back to the door, "I'll leave you to rest." he said and left the room. I thought about following him to give him some more details, but decided against it because Hanna doesn't want either me or Caleb out of her sight right now, the comfort and support from us means more to her then anyone's, and she honestly really needs our support right now. I sighed as I placed my hand on my stomach and started at my best friend.
A little while later her mom walked in, and she pulled me out into the hall way. "Aria, what happened? Please don't tell me we are getting a repeat of later summer, I don't think any of us would be able to handle that." she questioned freaking out about all of the possible reason why Hanna might be here right now, non of them to which, are good.
I glanced through the window of the door in at Hanna who is currently holding Caleb's hand and taking deep breaths. "She had a miscarriage. She was three weeks pregnant. She only had her first appointment earlier this morning." I told her wiping some more tears from my eyes.
Mrs. Marin's eyes widened when she hear the news that I just told her, "She was pregnant? Wow. Do you know how long she's going to need to stay here?" she asked me wiping the tears that have formed in her own eyes.
"She'll get to leave in the morning, they want to keep her overnight for observation because of all of the bleeding." I informed her starting to loose it myself. My best friend just lost her baby, and yet my baby is just fine, at lease my baby is fine for the moment…
"Are you alright Aria? I'm sure that this has been pretty hard on you in particular." she asked me placing her hand on my arm. She's thinking what I just though. My best friend just lost her baby and I'm just fine. This statement won't leave my mind.
I nodded my head no, "That could have been me. It could have been me in that room, I had just as traumatic summer as she did, and I had just as much if not more damage on my body than she did. Now, she lost her baby, and mine is still here, and, for the moment at least, it fine." I sobbed wrapping both of my arms around my abdomen.
Mrs. Marin put her arms around me embracing me in a motherly hug. "But it isn't you in there Aria. You are standing right here right in front of me, still very much pregnant. I know that it isn't fair that Hanna lost her baby and you still get the joy of a baby, but that is just life. There isn't anything that we can do about it. Why don't you go and get some rest. I can take it from here." she said stopping comforting me even though her daughter is in that hospital bed and not me.
"Alright, just let me go tell her bye and that I'll be back in a little while. I don't want to leave her for too long. She needs me." I told her walking back into Hanna's room. I walked over to her and took her hand. "I'm going to go rest for a little while, but I will be back in two hours, ok? Your mom is here to take my place for that time." I told Hanna stroking her hair out of her face and gave her forehead a kiss.
She nodded her head, "'Kay. Love you, take care of the baby for me." she told me rubbing my stomach, even after everything that's just happened she is still thinking of my baby and much to my surprise remembers about my baby. She is an awesome friend.
"I will, don't worry, I will. Love you too, and I'll see you in a few hours." I told her reluctantly letting go of her hand and I walked to the door. I let myself out and walked very swiftly out of there and to my Ezra. I really need him right now. There has been way too much happen since I've seen him last and I need to talk to him.
When I got to Hollis campus I went into autopilot and made my way to Ezra's office. When I got there Ezra looked at me a little confused. "Aria, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with the baby?" he asked me jumping out of his chair and over to me looking me up and down seeing if he can find anything wrong.
"No, no, our baby is fine. Listen there is something that I need to tell you." I told him walking over to the sofa and took a seat. Once he got sat down next to me he nodded his head for me to go on. "This morning Hanna went to her first appointment for her pregnancy. Just a few minutes after we got home from her appointment she had a miscarriage. She is in the hospital right now, and that's where I've been for most of the day. I would have called you but I really haven't gotten a chance to, and when I did, I wanted to tell you this to your face." I informed him with more tears coming to my eyes.
His face looked broken, "How is she taking everything?" he asked me with a tear forming in the corner of his right eye. His big green eyes have that glossy look that they get when you are about to cry, I know exactly how he feels. That could have been me in there…
I shrugged my shoulders, "Out first, how anybody would, she broke down crying and she shut herself down to where she couldn't move. Now she's alright, she knew that there was a big chance of this happened because of everything that happened last summer. When I left her a few minutes ago, she told me to take care of the baby. She even rubbed my belly." I replied. I put my face into his chest and my arms around him.
Ezra moved my wild-looking chocolate brown hair from out of my face and ran his fingers through it. "She's strong, you both are. Everything is going to turn out ok. It has to." he told me pulling me into him, letting me rest my head on his chest rubbing my back in a rhythmic, soothing motion.
After sitting for a few minutes like that Ezra looked at his new platinum watch that I got him as a wedding present alone with a book called 'Caddy Woodlawn'. When I was looking for something to get him and I had heard he had never read that amazing classic I knew I had to get it for him, it's an awesome book. "I'm sorry Aria but I've got to head to my next class, it's the last one of the day though. I'll call you when I get out to see where you are. Okay?" he reluctantly told me, not wanting to let me go. I feel the exact same way.
I reluctantly sat up and we both stood up. I turned and looked into his perfect beautiful eyes and pulled him into a kiss. He kissed me back, but all too soon pulled away. "I love you, and I'll see you in a few hours." he told me as he walked out the door.
Following him I gave him a peck on the cheek as he closed his door. I then made my way back to the house to update Toby, and whoever else is there about Hanna. The drive over there I turned on the radio trying to focus on the music playing to take my mind off of everything that's happened today. As the song ended the DJ started talking, "This next song goes out to an Aria M. in Rosewood selected by her best friend -A, they say that they are going to get some Revenge." he said. This is all too familiar, this happened to Hanna once, sounds like -A is recycling Mona's old ideas.
The song that came on was Taylor Swift's 'Better Then Revenge'. Ok, who the hell wants to get revenge on us so bad? We didn't do anything that bad did we? 'There is nothing I do better then Revenge' floated around in my head. So. True. There is nothing -A does better then revenge, revenge that makes our lives a living hell.
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