Sorry for the delay! My computer broke so I had to take care of that and I've had a ton of homework. I actually wrote this chapter instead of studying for my Gov test tomorrow.
Hanna's POV:
"Oh my." Ezra stumbles back.
"Welcome Home Zoe!" I walk over to Ezra and hold out my arms for Zoe. He hands her to me and everyone walks over.
"She's so cute!" I tickle her little nose and she giggles.
"She has your eyes." I pass Zoe to Spencer. Zoe gets passed around and ogled while I talk to Ezra.
"I was hoping Aria would be here to celebrate with us."
"Me too."
"She's getting better right?"
"The doctors think she's going to wake up soon."
"I hope she does. It doesn't feel right without her. I feel like a part of me is missing. She's been my best friend for like half my life."
"Everything here reminds me of Aria. Especially Zoe." We hug then join the rest of the group.
"Hanna!"
"Ella!" Ella pulls me aside.
"Can I just ask you something?"
"Sure what's up Ella?"
"You and Ezra seem really close."
"Yeah we're really good friends."
"You seem very close."
"It's a very trying time right now Ella. Ezra needs all his friends."
"Are you sure you don't have any other feelings for Ezra?" Was she asking if I had a crush on Ezra?
"Eww Ella how could you even ask that? I'm in love with Caleb. Ezra is just a friend. I would never do that to Aria." I walk away over to Spencer. I can't believe Ella would assume something like that.
"Hey Han, is there something wrong?"
"Ella thinks I'm in love with Ezra." Spencer starts laughing.
"Sorry. I mean that's crazy. Why would she think that?"
"I don't know." I know I have spent a lot of time with Ezra, but I'm helping him survive. Without Aria he's been completely lost. I've been helping him. I'm not in love with him.
"Come on let's go join the rest of the party." We drink and eat til finally it's time for presents. Spencer and I go get the presents while Emily and Maya distract Ezra.
"A celebration party wouldn't be complete without PRESENTS!" Spencer and I walk out and lay out the presents for Ezra to open.
"I'll open these right after I put Zoe down for a nap." Ezra picks up Zoe and takes her to the nursery. "Ok I'm ready. Or should I wait for Aria."
"We have separate presents for Aria to open." He takes Spencer and Hardy's present first.
"Aww these are cute. Zoe will look adorable in these." He holds up five different baby girl outfits.
"Mine next." Ella hands Ezra her present. He opens it and finds diapers.
"These are important. I actually haven't bought any yet."
"I thought you wouldn't have. Open Bryon's next." Bryon hands Ezra his. He opens it and finds a picture of him holding Aria.
"This is beautiful."
"I just thought Aria might like it, but she isn't here…" Ella hugs him.
"We should get going. We have a lot of things to move for you guys. Take care." Ella hugs Ezra before taking Bryon's hand and going home.
"Okay open mine!" Emily hands Ezra her present.
"I love it!" He holds the painting Emily had given.
"I had it in my room when I was a child. I loved it and I thought maybe Zoe would like it too."
"Thanks Em."
"Mine next." Maya hands him a small package.
"You didn't have to Maya."
"I wanted to." He opens it and finds a small charm bracelet.
"It's beautiful."
"It's for when she's older. The charms have an A+E for you and Aria and it's in the shape of a heart."
"I love it."
"I guess my present is next."
"Actually Hardy and I have to go." Spencer and Hardy stand up and hug Ezra. "We have a dinner thing with some clients." Emily and Maya stand up.
"We have something too so we should get going." They hug Ezra leaving only me and Ezra.
"Can I get a ride?" Caleb jumps up.
"Oh right you have that meeting." I get up and kiss Caleb good-bye. "I guess it's just us now." I hand him my presents. He unwraps the first one.
"It's beautiful." It's a picture of Emily, Spencer, Aria, Alison, and me before Ali went missing.
"I want Zoe to know where her middle name came from. Ali had shaped us all before she was killed."
"I'll put this in her room when she wakes up."
"And then the other one." He opens it and sees an array of things.
"This is too much Hanna."
"It was nothing. I didn't want Aria to worry about the little things when she wakes up." He lies down all the assorted baby things I had given; bottles, some clothes, some music, etc. He hugs me, but it feels different. It feels right.
"You are the best friend I could ever have." He leans back, but I don't want to let him go.
"I'm going to check on Zoe." He leaves leaving me alone. I couldn't have feelings for my best friend's husband. He's in love with Aria. He's been in love with her since junior year.
"She's still sound asleep." I nod and grab my things to get ready to go.
"Do you have to go?" I should go, but for some reason I nod no.
"I can stay."
"It's been really lonely here without Aria."
"I know. Whenever I want to talk to someone I go to call her and remember that she won't pick up."
"Do you have plans for tonight?"
"I was going to watch chick flicks and cry. Caleb has this huge interview for this company that he's dying to work for. He leaves tonight and then he'll be back tomorrow."
"Where is the job?"
"It's in Philly. The interview is tomorrow morning, but he doesn't want to be drowsy." Ezra nods.
"Would that mean you would be moving to Philly if he gets the job?"
"Probably." Ezra steps closer to me.
"I'll miss you." He takes another step towards me.
"I'll miss you too." We're face to face now. So close… "Do you have any wine?" He steps back.
"I think so." I follow him to the kitchen where he pours two glasses of wine.
After two hours of talking and drinking I get ready to go.
"I should probably go. It's getting late." I walk to the door and stumble. Ezra grabs me.
"Maybe you should just stay here." That would be bad, but my head was beginning to pound.
"No I'm fine." I stumble again, but Ezra catches me. He lifts me up and carries me upstairs." I start kicking.
"Put me down." He puts me down at the top of the stairs. We're super close, almost touching. He leans in and kisses me and I don't push him away. It feels different. Caleb was sweet and caring. Ezra was passionate and strong. I throw my arms around him and he lifts me up. He puts me down and unzips my dress letting it fall to the ground. I unbutton his shirt and finally we're in a bedroom. He tosses me down on the bed and takes his shirt off. God was he perfect. I throw my shoes to the ground and he falls on top of me. We're panting now; caught up in the moment. I kiss him and he doesn't pull back. He slides his pants off. We're left only in our underwear.
"I'm sorry." Ezra rolls off me.
"No don't be." I turn to face him. A piece of hair falls in my face and Ezra pushes it back. He leans in and kisses me softly on the lips. I kiss him back. I grab his hand and put it on my back so he can unhook my bra.
Aria's POV:
"DOCTOR DOCTOR." I see a woman running out of my room.
"Aria Fitz. You're awake." A man walks over to me and starts checking my stats.
"I want…" my voice is weak.
"What Aria?"
"I want Ezra." The doctor whispers something to the nurse.
"He'll be here soon. You need some rest."
"What happened?"
"You lost a lot of blood and have been in a coma."
"My baby…"
"Is fine. Ezra took him home." He turns to the nurse. "Call her parents also."
Hanna's POV:
We're in sync. Moving together in a way Caleb and I have never been. Ezra's phone starts buzzing, but neither one of us stops moving. We're in the moment. We want each other more than we want to accept the consequences. Ezra pulls out of me and rolls over. We didn't have time to get a condom. We were too caught up in the moment to leave the room. I pull the covers over me and check my phone. Ezra turns his off.
"Did you even check it?"
"No I just turned it off. I don't want anything to wreck this moment." He grabs me and kisses me.
"One second." He takes my phone and finishes my text to Caleb.
"There done." He pulls me on top of him.
"What did you send him?"
"I said don't bother coming home I'm sleeping with someone else."
"You didn't say that."
"No I just said can't talk busy." I lean forward and kiss him.
"I think I need some more wine."
"I'll get it." He leaves the bed not even bothering to put on clothes. How could something that is so wrong be so right? I grab my phone and see Ella calling me. I turn my phone off. Ezra was right. Checking phones would only make things worse.
"Here's the wine." He walks in with two glasses and another bottle of wine. I take one and he pours me a glass and then fills one for himself.
"To us."
"To us." We clink glasses.
Aria's POV:
"Aria, my baby." My mom walks into my room followed by my dad.
"Mom, dad." My throat still hurts really badly. "Where's Ezra?"
"We tried calling him and all your friends, but none of them are answering. I'm sure they will come tomorrow. It is really late."
Can you get some me some water? My throat hurts really badly." My mom rushes out leaving just me and my dad.
"How do you feel like?"
"I feel like crap." My dad walks over and just holds my hand. For once I actually liked the silence.
Hanna's POV:
I roll off Ezra.
"That was intense." He grabs my hand.
"Yes it was." We're both sweating and still panting. Ezra pulls me close. I rest my head on his chest moving up and down as he breathes heavily.
"I should get going." I pull the covers with me as I look for my clothes.
"Wait." I stop even though I know I shouldn't. "Couldn't you stay?" I turn around and see his face. I crawl over to him and stroke his face.
"Why should I?"
"Everything feels right. I haven't felt…felt happy since Aria told me she was pregnant. You're the reason I didn't try to kill myself when Aria was missing and in the coma. You're the reason I'm here." He kisses me softly on the lips, but instead of having sex we just talk the night away.
I wake up in Ezra's arm with the light streaming in. I get out of bed and put Ezra's shirt on. I walk downstairs with a pounding headache. I make some eggs quickly and fry some bacon. I put it on two plates and then grab some orange juice. I go upstairs and find Ezra stretching.
"Hey." I walk in with the food. "Here's some eggs and bacon." I pour the orange juice into his wine glass.
"I thought you had left." I should have.
"I have the worst headache in the world so I thought I would make some food." I pour some orange juice for myself. We eat and laugh like yesterday we didn't have sex twice.
"Leave the plates. I'll take care of everything." Ezra pulls me into his arms. "You look so much sexier in that shirt then I did."
"You looked pretty sexy." He unbuttons a few buttons. I look at him and he looks at me. I kiss him while he unbuttons the rest of the shirt. He slides the top off and slides me on top of him. I kiss him when the landline phone rings.
"Ugh I have to go unplug all these phones so people will stop interrupting us." I slide off him so he can take care of the phone. The mood is wrecked so I put on my underwear and Ezra's top and walk downstairs.
"Yes I will be there soon. I have some things to take care of." Ezra hangs up the phone.
"Who was that?" I walk over to him. He sits down on a chair.
"It was the hospital." Oh my god is Aria dead?
"Why were they calling?" I sit down across from him.
"Aria…Aria woke up."
"That's good. Why aren't you happier?"
"I am happy, but last night…"
"Last night was a mistake. We were drunk and we gave into our fantasies."
"I can't face Aria after everything last night. I cheated on her. And I…"
"You what?" I stand up and get ready to grab my stuff.
"I want you." I stop and turn around.
"What?"
"Everything I've felt with you these past few months has been amazing. Completely different than with Aria. You make it so easy."
"Aria is your wife. You have a child with her."
"I love her, but I think I love you too." I walk over to Ezra.
"I love you too, but I'm leaving and I don't want you to come after me." I kiss him one last time before walking upstairs to gather my clothes. I get dressed quickly and grab my phone. Ella must have been called to tell me last night. I delete all messages before going back down.
"I'm going to go home and change before I get to the hospital. You should go now."
"Good-bye Hanna."
"Good-bye Ezra."
"I'm sorry that we had so little time together."
"You belong with Aria. You always have and you always will."
"Thank you for everything."
"Thank you." He opens the door and I kiss him one last time on the lips.
"I'll miss you." I run to my car. I break down in tears as I start the car.
Aria's POV:
"Spencer."
"Aria you do not know how happy I am you're awake. I have missed you and you have missed so much."
"Yeah I know I've missed a lot with Zoe."
"She's beautiful Aria. She's almost two months old."
"Where's Ezra?" Just as I ask the door opens and Ezra walks through.
"Aria?" He walks over to me and Spencer slips out.
"Ezra!" He hugs me and everything feels perfect.
"I've missed you." Ezra whispers into my ear as we hug.
"I've missed you too."
So Ezra has been a bad bad boy. I wasn't actually planning on them sleeping together, but I felt like, in my story, Hanna and Ezra have a strong connection. Ezra will be dealing with should he or should he not tell her and Hanna will pull away. Jason's trial will probably be in two chapters. Aria comes home in the next one and finally meets her daughter. I hope to have it up middle of next week, but it really depends on homework and orchestra.
