Chapter 37:

Aria's POV:

Ezra comes back from the store with some groceries and diapers for Hanna.

Hanna: I gotta go so I'll see you on the weekend Aria.

Aria: Ok bye!

Hanna leaves and Ezra comes and sits with me.

Ezra: What does she mean that she will see you on the weekend?

Aria: Well, Emily and Danielle have broken up. They are getting a divorce and Danielle wants nothing to do with a Lucy and James.

Ezra: That awful.

Aria: I know. But, we have been in contact with Allison and we are hoping to get them back together.

Ezra: So how are you going to do it?

Aria: Well we are taking Emily to Disney world and Allison is going to be dressed as Emily's favourite Disney princess, Belle.

Ezra: Ok, I'm doing something on the weekend anyway.

I can see that Ezra is disappointed, because he wanted to go to Disney world as a family.

Aria: You know your coming, so is Jade. We are all going.

Ezra looks up at me.

Aria: You want to know a list. Well the people that are going are: Me you, Jade, Hanna, Caleb, Jacob, April, Spencer, Toby, Mason, Emily, James and Lucy.

Ezra: Cool, what hotel are we staying in?

Aria: W are staying in the Disney world hotel witch is in the actual park.

Ezra: Are our rooms next to each other?

Aria: Yeah. Everyone is on the first floor and we are on the ground floor, directly beneath them as of my condition.

He know I mean pregnancy.

Ezra's POV:

Now that I know I have definite plans for the weekend, I mark it on the calendar on the kitchen wall.

I walk up behind Aria, who is doing the washing up, and wrap my arms around her and the bump. I start to kiss her neck and then her lips.

Ezra: Shall we finish what we started?

Aria turns round.

Aria: I don't want to. I have a stomach ache.

Ezra: Do you think it's anything serious?

Aria: No.

We sit on the couch and watch some Netflix. We find a film but Aria is already asleep. I get up and cover her with a blanket. Then I sit at the breakfast bar and read the newspaper. It's been about 15 minutes since I left aria on the couch. Then I hear my name.

Aria: Ezra!

I walk into the front room to find aria on her side, on the floor. I rush to her side and notice she had been crying.

Ezra: What happened?

I say this as I help her sit on the couch.

Aria: I don't know. I guess I rolled over in my sleep and fell off.

Ezra: Are you ok?

Aria: Yes, I have a bruise on my stomach though.

I lift up Aria's shirt and see circles of bruises on her stomach.

Ezra: What have you done Aria?

Aria burst into tears. I drop her shirt and sit next to her so I can hug her.

Ezra: How did you get these bruises?

Aria: I don't know.

Ezra: Wait, I know what it is.

Aria's POV:

I realise that is after Ezra telling me. I wipe my tears and return to my conversation.

Ezra: Well, I'll book your for an appointment and we can see if there's anything we can do.

Aria: Instead of us going there, can yo get Kathy to come here?

Ezra: Yeah, you shouldn't be walking. Your ankles are starting to swell.

I look at my bear feet and understand what Ezra is on about. Then I lay back on the sofa. Ezra lays with me and starts talking to the baby.

Ezra: Hey little man. Your gonna meet your mommy and daddy very soon.

Aria: And his sister.

Ezra: Yeah. We all love you so much and I ant wait till your old enough so I can take you to the park and play baseball or something.

Aria: And I can't wait to kick your ass dad.

Ezra: Well, we will see about that.

Ezra kisses my bump and returns to his original position which was cuddling with me. We fall asleep and I wake up to my phone ringing loudly.

Aria: Hello?

I can hear the noise of coughing and crackling.

Mike: Aria, help us.

Aria: Mike, what's going on?

Mike: The kitchen, it got set on fire. I managed to get out the house, but mom and dad are trapped.

I can feel tears welling up inside my eyes.

Aria: Are emergency services there?

Mike: They just arrived. I'm being helped. Please come.

Aria: I'm on my way.

I end the phone call and wake Ezra up.

Ezra's POV:

We arrive to the burning house scene and Aria gets out the car. She sees Mike sitting on the edge of an ambulance and sits with him. Then they see their parents being wheeled out on stretchers. I assume they are still alive as they have oxygen masks on.

Aria: Mom, dad!

Aria rushes over but o pull her back.

Aria: No let me go. I need to be with them. We need to be with the. They are our parents!

Aria screams this. Then she hugs me and cries very hard.

Ezra: It's ok. Do you want to go in the ambulance with Mike?

Aria: Yeah.

I walk my wife Ito the ambulance and then get back into my car. I follow the ambulance all the way to the hospital and when I'm there I quickly park my car. I get out and race to mikes ambulance to get Aria.

Ezra: Aria.

We get into to hospital and Aria collapses in tears. I take her into my arms and we sit in mikes room. Ella and Byron are taken to the ICCU. Mike is sitting up in his bed with an oxygen mask.

Mike: Where am I?

Aria: Mike!

Aria hugs her brother and sits in the chair next to his bed.

Aria: Your at the hospital, your okay. Just a bit of smoke inhalation.

Mike: What about mom and dad?

Aria: They are in the ICCU. They're in coma's.

Mike: Dammit.

Aria: Why, dammit?

Mike: I said it because I think I know how the fire started.

Aria: How Mike?

Aria's POV:

Me and Ezra have been at the hospital for about 4 hours now. It turns out that the fire started after a match was lit on the upstairs carpet. The police already know who started the fire, Cece drake. She escaped police custody. There's no change in my mom and dads condition. I'm asleep in Ezra's arms.

Ezra: Don't look so miserable Mike, I'm sure your parents will pull through.

Mike: I hope so. Look at Aria. She sleeps like and Angel. Why did this have to happen!

Aria: Ezra?

I slowly wake up. I get off of Ezra and sit on the edge of mikes bed.

Mike: Im sorry Aria.

Aria: None of this is your fault. You couldn't have done anything to change what Cece did!

Doctor: Excuse me. Can I gave a word?

Mike: Of course.

I sit back in Ezra's lap and the doctor takes my seat.

Doctor: I have some sad news.

Aria: What?

Doctor: Well actually, there is good and bad new. What do you want to hear first?

Mike/Aria: Good!

Doctor: Well the good news is that your mother, Ella, is going to be ok. She suffered smoke inhalation and 1st degree burns on her arms and legs. She's still in a coma though, but should wake up in the next few days.

Aria: And the bad news?

Doctor: Your father, Byron. He's not doing so well. He suffered 3rd degree burns which are much much worse than 1st degree on his face, arms and legs. He also has inhaled a lot of toxic fumes. His condition was so bad that we needed to put him in life support. The maximum amount of time he can stay on it is 4 weeks.

Mike: Oh my god!

I burst into tears and Ezra comforts me. The thought of my dad potentially never waking up, kills me inside.