Disclaimer: I don't own Pretty Little Liars.
Author's note: This is dedicated to JemilyPLLGleek78-10.
Aria will become a mama
29 year old Aria Fitz is pregnant and has been so for around 5 months by now.
For a petite lady such as her, being pregnant involves some risk, but she is a mature adult with a good solid sense of logic and judgement and so she consider it worth it, since she can have a child that is truly hers by blood.
When she found out that she was pregnant she became so happy.
Now that she's pregnant, Aria is on leave from work.
She spend most time at home, reading classic books and playing piano.
Ezra and Aria already know that their kid will be a girl.
They've decided on the name Belle for her.
It was Aria who suggested it and Ezra thought it was a good name.
"Let's see...what book should I read...?" says Aria as she walk over to the big bookshelf filled with wonderful amazing books, including some very rare ones worth a lot of money.
Recently Aria and Ezra were given some French books as a gift from Aria's best friend Spencer.
Aria grab one of them.
It is an old book from 1855. It has a cover of red leather and a black rose on the front.
Aria takes a seat on the cozy black couch and read and drink tea.
"Nice." says Aria when she discover that the book is one she will enjoy a lot.
She love a good book and she read a lot.
"This book seems wonderful." says Aria.
2 hours later.
Aria notice her laptop on a table at the other side of the room light up.
She put down the book and walk over to the laptop.
She can feel the extra preggo-fat that makes her chubby.
This makes walking around a bit more of a challenge.
Being mature though, Aria can deal with it pretty easy.
When she check her laptop she sees that she has a Skype video-chat request from username Little_Fishno1.
Aria accpet because she is well aware of who that username belongs to.
Emily Fields appear on the screen.
"Hi, Aria. Are you okay?" says Emily with a sweet casual smile.
"Yeah, Em. Nice of ya to ask." says a happy Aria.
Aria notice that Emily is at work.
Emily is in her office at Rosewood High.
Emily is the swim-coach there.
"Of course. I care about my friends."
"Thank ya. You're as sweet as ever. And that's wonderful."
"Awww! Thanks, Aria. I hope the pregnancy works out nice."
"So far there's been no issues of any kind. Being a rather petite lady as I am it's a bit of a risk to be pregnant, but I believe it's worth it so I can have a kid that's truly mine. Yes, I could adopt a kid, but I prefer to give birth to my own kid."
"Makes sense, for sure. I'm glad my daughters are my biological children too. Sure, I didn't get to carry them in my tummy, but they're still mine."
"I understand, Em. They indeed have much in common with you, that's quite clear."
"Grace and Lily are so sweet. Ali and I hope they'll stay sweet as they grow older and not take on any of Ali's bad girl personality."
"That is always a slight possibility, but if you and Ali are good parents to the lil' girls I think there's not much of a reason to worry."
"Okay."
"Yup."
"Both me and Ali are kinda worried though. Especially over what Lily and Grace might be like as teens."
"Don't worry about that now. That's still years away. Enjoy the time when they're still 100 % adorable and face the problems when those show their damn face."
"Good advice."
"Thanks."
"Yeah."
"Are you still on the Rosewood Sharks Wall of Fame?"
"I am. Still on the very top, but I don't seek fame."
"Yes, I know. Ya deserve the spot though. After all, you're the girl who lead the team to 4 consecutive regional victories. That's very impressive."
"Guess it is, but I shouldn't get credits for that all myself. It was the team that won, not just me."
"Perhaps so, but it was your leadership and strategy that made it possible."
"Awww! Okay."
"Feel honored that any girl on the Rosewood Sharks team wanna be like you, Em. They see ya as an inspiration."
"Yeah and that's so sweet."
"Indeed, Em. They are lucky to have you s their coach. Not every teen swimmer-girl get to be trained by someone as talented as you. I'm sure some still consider ya to be a living swim-legend."
"Being able to teach new swimmers all I know is so much fun."
"Okay. Ya do a wonderful job. I've heard that from some of the other teachers at our old school."
"Cute."
"Yup."
"Have a cute day, Aria. Bye."
Emily ends the video-chat.
Aria return to the couch and her book.
4 hours later, Ezra get home.
Aria is in the kitchen, cooking dinner.
"Babe, you shouldn't be too active. 5 months pregnant ladies should get a solid amount of rest and comfort." says Ezra.
"Don't worry about me. I may be all preggo, but I can still swing together a very good meal without breakin' a sweat." says Aria.
"Okay. That's good. Just let me know i you need any help." says Ezra.
Aria gives Ezra a sweet romantic kiss.
This is easier for her these days than it was back when they first became a couple, since 2 years or so ago, Aria finally grew to full adult-height, now being just as tall as Spencer is.
She is glad to no longer being the short woman.
She's also in good shape, having continued with karate, even managed to make it all te way to black belt level and as such she's ranked high enough to teach others.
Of course now during the pregnancy she cannot do any karate, but before that she'd spend a few hours in the local dojo twice a week.
They even saked if she wanted to join the Rosewood Pro Karate Team, but Aria said no in a friendly way, wanting to focus on being an author and professor at Hollis instead, since books are her true primary passion.
"What food are we having? It smells very nice." says Ezra.
"Nothing too complicated, really. Fried fish, pasta and black sauce." says Aria.
"Very interesting. I'm sure that it will be good, Aria." says Ezra.
"Awww. Thanks, Ezra. I love ya." says Aria.
"I love you." says Ezra.
"Wonderful. I'm so happy to be your wife." says Aria.
"For me it's an honor to be your husband." says Ezra.
"That's awesome." says Aria.
"Yeah." says Ezra.
"Cozy." says Aria.
"Looks like being pregnant hasn't made you any less romantic." says Ezra.
"So true, man. I'm kinda turned on." says Aria.
"We gotta take care of that, babe." says Ezra.
He hug Aria gently from behind and slowly grind himself against her awesome firm ass.
"Mmmm!" moans Aria, all sensual and happy.
"Yes." whisper Ezra into Aria's right ear.
Aria enjoy this.
"Very cozy!" moans Aria.
4 days later.
Aria open her eyes as the morning-sun shine into the room.
She slowly sit up in bed.
To move her body at all feels a bit awkward and clumsy because of the pregnancy-fat.
When she look to the side, Aria sees that Ezra isn't there.
He has already gone to work.
"Oh my gosh. I'm really gettin' chubby." says Aria when she notice how big her stomach is now.
She of course know why.
Her kid is growing in there.
Her daughter.
Little Belle.
The name comes from Belle in Beauty and the Beast, since Belle is Aria's favorite Disney princess.
"Alright." says Aria as she put clothes on.
22 minutes later, Aria eat her breakfast while watching the local morning-news on TV.
"Ezra?" says Aria surprised when she sees her own husband on the local TV-news.
"Mr Fitz, what's it like to have your wife work for you?" says a female reporter named Daniella Gordon.
"Honestly this has never been a problem for Aria and I. At work she's just another professor. It wouldn't be fair to everyone else if I gave her special treatment." says Ezra.
"Good. Can you tell us anything about the new book your wife is writing?" says Daniella.
"Aria doesn't want any details to be revealed ahead of time." says Ezra.
"Is the rumar true that the book is baded on real life?" says Daniella.
"That I cannot answer." says Ezra.
"Okay. Your wife's pregnant, are you happy about this?" says Daniella.
"Yeah, of course. The child will be a girl." says Ezra.
"Did you and Aria consider any names?" says Daniella.
"We've already decided on a name." says Ezra.
"Please tell us about the new Hollis Online Class system." says Daniella.
"Emma McLeod is in charge of that project. For details you'll have to ask her." says Ezra.
"Alright. Thanks for talking to me a bit, Mr Fitz. That was Ezra Fitz, the president of Hollis College here in Rosewood. Back to Laura in the studio." says Daniella.
50 minutes later.
"Sweet." says Aria as she listen to old music while she work on something on her laptop.
Aria is happy.
"Nice, indeed." says Aria.
The music helps her to relax so the pain of being pregnant doesn't feel as intense and annoying as it could otherwise be.
On this day, Aria wear a French black t-shirt and baggy white sweatpants.
She also wear doaimon ear rings that Ezra gave her for her birthdaya couple years ago as well as a custom necklace that one of Alison's college-friends has designed.
It is a slim, but strong real gold chain with 3 smooth round blood-red gems on it.
Alison's friend Clara Watson designed it according to suggestions by Alison so it would fit Aria's style.
What Aria is currently working on turns out to be the book she's been writing for nearly 4 years by now.
Just not any simple book, but a serious mature drama-novel for adults based partly on everything that Aroa herself has been through because of A.
Out of resepct for the good people involved in the real events, Aria has made certain modifications to the plot so it's not an exact telling of how things truly happened.
For example, some names are different.
Aria gave the character based on herself the name Melody Greenwille instead of Aria Montgomery.
The character based on Alison is named Natasha DeLaVega.
The character based on Ezra is named John Martins.
The character based on Mona is named Roxy Hart.
The story is also set in a fictional town known as Gasthill instead of Rosewood.
Most other characters have also been given new names.
None of the major characters has the same name as the real life counterpart, but the characters' physical appearances are in most cases nearly the same as the actual people they're based on, such as Melody having the same hair, eyes, voice and personality as Aria.
Hanna, Emily, Spencer, Paige, Alison, Ezra, Caleb, Toby and Mona have all given their okay for Aria to have characters based on them in her novel.
DiMera & Forrester in NYC is the company that will publish Aria's boon when it is finally completed.
So far, the book has no name yet.
Aria hasn't been able to decide on a good name for it.
"Not bad." says Aria with a casual smile.
The parts of the book Aria has written are good.
Aria is more than happy about them.
"I wonder who wanna talk to me." says Aria when a Skype video-chat request pop up on the screen of her laptop.
She accept it when she notice that it is from username Blue_Shark Lesbo.
This is Paige, who now live in Miami.
"Oh, hi, Paige." says Aria.
"Hi, Aria. Are you doing well as a preggo lady?" says Paige.
"Sure, as good as possible."
"Okay. Nice."
"Yup."
"Life's good for me too. I recently returned to swimming."
"That's good."
"Yeah. I've finally found a team again."
"Wonderful."
"So true."
"Indeed, Paige."
"Yeah."
"How is Em doing?"
"As far as I'm aware, really well. She's still working as the Rosewood High swim-coach."
"Alright. Cute. Em is amazing."
"She sure is."
"Absolutely. I love Tammy Kou now, but Emily will always have a spot in my heart also."
"That makes sense. She was your first lesbian crush, right?"
"Yes, she was."
"Okay. Sweet."
"Very."
"Do ya plan to become a pro-swimmer?"
"Not really. I'm on the team here, but I also still work at the pizza-place."
"Pizza huh? Em's had some influence on ya."
"Yeah. I've taken on some of Emily's habits."
"She'll be proud when I tell her that."
"Cool. Bye. Have a cute day."
"Thanks. You too."
Paige ends the video-chat.
"Adorable that Paige called me." says Aria.
2 hours later, Hanna visit to hang out with Aria and help her if needed.
Since Ezra work so much, Hanna and Emily takes turns to be on what Hanna call Aria-duty.
"Here, coffe and a sandwich." says Hanna.
"Thanks, Hanna." says Aria.
"No problem. Hanna-Boo is sweet and ready to be of great help." says Hanna.
"Okay. I do appreciate that." says Aria.
"Me cannot even imagine what it's like being preggo." says Hanna.
"It's kinda hard to understand it without experiencing it yourself." says Aria.
"I wanna be a mommy too someday. Having a little Hanna Junior would be adorable." says Hanna.
"Yeah, but if ya have a kid it could also become a boy." says Aria.
"True. I wanna have a daughter though, a cute girl who I can teach girlie stuff to." says Hanna.
"Best of luck on that. Ya must understand that there's no way to guarantee a specific gender." says Aria.
"I know, Aria. Even so I really wanna have a Hanna Junior." says Hanna.
"That'd be cute. I hope that if ya have son you'll still be as good of a mother to him as ya would to the daughter you clearly wish for so much." says Aria.
"Of course I would be nice to a son too." says Hanna.
"Good." says Aria.
"Yeah." says Hanna.
"Another thing. You clearly want a daughter, but Caleb's opinion must also be taken into account." says Aria.
"So true. I'll ask him if he wanna have a Hanna Junior with me." says Hanna.
"Don't expect too much. Caleb might wanna have a son." says Aria.
"True. That's possible." says Hanna.
"Yup." says Aria.
"When your kid is born, do I get to be godmommy?" says Hanna.
"I'm sorry, Hanna. That task I've already decided to give to Spencer, since she is my best friend." says Aria.
"Makes sense, actually. She's probably better for it anyways." says Hanna.
"Han, if I ever have a second kid, you're first in line to be godmama to him or her." says Aria.
"Sweet, Aria." says Hanna.
"Yeah." says Aria.
"Aria, does it hurt to have a baby in your tummy?" says Hanna.
"Hurt? Not exactly. Though at this point in the pregnancy it is a pretty large amount of extra weight to carry around." says Aria.
"There's a reason I might skip on having bio-babies. I've already been fat before." says Hanna.
"Ya shouldn't allow that part to keep you from getting to have a kid of your own. At least this time no one's goin' to bully ya for being chubby. Remember that Ali is sweet now." says Aria.
"Yes, but I really don't wanna be Heft Hanna 2.0." says Hanna.
"Relax. If you get pregnant, all of us will understand. There won't be anyone who'll be rude to ya about the fact that you've gained some weight. It happens to any lady who's preggo." says Aria.
"You're so smart." says Hanna.
"Thanks." says Aria.
"Yeah." says Hanna.
Hanna's phone beeps.
She answer.
"Hi, Hanna here."
"Han, it's Caleb. I just got home from work. Where are you?"
"Just over at Aria's. Hanna-Boo's on Aria-duty again, since Em's working."
"Oh, okay. See ya soon, babe."
"You sure will see all of me, man."
Hanna ends the phone-call.
"Aria, sorry. I have to go home." says Hanna.
"Not a problem." says Aria.
Hanna leave.
2 weeks later.
Aria is at Rosewood Memorial Hospital for her regular check up.
"Everything appears to be normal, Mrs Fitz." says Doctor Kathryn Nova.
"Does that include my baby?" says Aria.
"Yes, the baby as well." says Doctor Nova.
"Thanks, doctor." says Aria.
"No problem. You shouldn't worry. I see no reason for that." says Doctor Nova.
"Really? I thought pregnancy was kind of a risk for me who's a rather petite lady." says Aria.
"Some risk, yes, but I consider them minor in this case. You are very healthy and according to all tests things seem to go as they're supposed to. You can relax." says Doctor Nova.
"Okay."s ays Aria.
4 months later, Aria gives birth to Belle, who turns out to be almost a total replica of Aria herself, aside from having Ezra's eyes.
"Here, Mrs Fitz. You just had a little cute-girl." says Nurse Emma Granger as she hand over Belle to Aria.
"Awww, she's adorable." says a happy Aria.
"Yes, very true." says Ezra.
2 days later.
"Here, girl. This is a plushie." says Aria as she give a white teddy bear to Belle.
It looks almost like Snow Baby, the white plushie bear Aria herself used to play with so much as a kid.
Unfortunately this plushie isn't Snow Baby and the reason for this is that the actual Snow Baby is in sort of a fragile condition now after all the years, since Aria would actively play with it, so it wouldn't hold up to be played with anymore.
Aria instead keep it on the display-shelf in her home-office.
She tried to buy another one to give to Belle, but YumJam Toys, the company who made these plushies, was long closed down.
Even so, Aria wanted Belle to have a white plush bear so Aria payed a woman who make custom-plushies to create a very good replica of Snow Baby.
The woman ( named Evelyn Barthold ) took some 3D scans of Aria's original Snow Baby and thanks to those were able to create a 94 % correct replica.
Aria was totally fine with it not being 100 % exact to the real thing.
Few people would notice a difference anyway.
Belle seem very happy upon being given her first plushie.
Aria hope Belle will treat Snow Baby 2.0 as well as she herself always treated the original one.
"You're adorable." says Aria.
Belle smile.
"Aww." says Aria.
The next day.
"So, tell me, are you a proud mama?" says Ella as she visit.
"Yup. I sure am. Little Belle is so cute." says Aria.
"Belle? That's a very good name." says Ella.
"True." says Aria.
"Can I see her?" says Ella.
"Of course." says Aria.
Ella follow Aria into Belle's room.
Belle sit in her bed, holding the white plush bear.
"Awww. So cute. You gave her your old toy." says Ella.
"Not exactly. i wanted to give Snow baby to Belle, but Snow Baby is not nearly in great enough condition to hold up to a lil' girl's playtime so I had a replica made." says Aria.
"You could've simply purchased a new one." says Ella.
"That was my original plan B, but unfortunately they no longer make these sweet teddy bears anymore." says Aria.
"Okay." says Ella.
"Aria, your daughter is very cute. SHe remind me of you when you were her age." says Ella.
"Belle does indeed look a lot like me, aside from her eyes." says Aria.
Ella now notice that Belle has Ezra's eye-color.
"I didn't see that at first, but you're right, of course. Her eyes are different." says Ella.
"She's got Ezra's eyes." says Aria.
"How do you feel about that fact, Aria?" says Ella.
"Just fine. I'm honestly glad she recieved Ezra's wonderful charming eyes instead of mine." says Aria.
"Nice." says Ella.
"Yeah. Uh...where's...dad...?" says Aria.
"Right now he's at home. I'm not sure why didn't wanna come along and see your kid." says Ella.
"Is he still mad at me for being in love with Ezra? If so, he's more stubborn than I thought he was." says Aria.
"Not sure what he feels. Lately he's losed off most of his emotions, showing neither joy nor anger. Most of the time he simly sit in a corner, reaing some old book." says Ella.
"We gotta hope it get better soon, mom." says Aria.
"Yes, but it doesn't look as if though it will. More like the opposite." says Ella.
Belle makes a cute little sound.
"Awww, lil' girl. You're so cute." says Aria.
Ella is happy to see Aria being such a good mother.
"C'mon, we should leave my kid for now." says Aria.
Aria and Ella exit the room.
"I like that you seem to have it in you to be a wonderful mom to Belle." says Ella.
"Thanks. I'm doin' my best." says Aria.
"Nobody can ask for more." says Ella.
"Alright." says Aria.
The next day.
"Aww." says Aria, who sit on the couch in the living room, watching TV while she breast-feed Belle.
On the TV is an old black and white movie.
It is one that Aria has seen many times, but she never get tired of it.
The movie is French, but the version on TV right now is the English dub of it.
"Do you need anything in particular?" says Ezra.
"Nothing I can think of." says Aria.
"Okay." says Ezra.
Ezra put on his jacket, walk out to his car and drives to the grocery store.
"Lil' Belle, you're adorable. And someday you'll be smart and beautiful, just like me." says Aria.
Belle seem happy.
Aria is happy too.
She feel that being pregnant was more than worth it, since Belle turned out to be such a sweet little girl.
2 weeks later.
Emily visit.
"Awww, she's cute." says Emily when she get to see Belle.
"Yup. She truly is." says Aria, being a proud happy mama.
"She look like you, but has different eyes." says Emily.
"Indeed. Belle recieved Ezra's crystal-blue eyes and I'm glad she did." says Aria.
"What's wrong with your eyes?" says Emily.
"Nothing at all, Em. I simply think Ezra has much more interesting eyes than I have." says Aria.
"Okay." says Emily.
"How's life for you and Ali...?" says Aria.
"Pretty good. Nothing to complain over." says Emily.
"Good. You ladies are my friends and I want you no less than the best." says Aria.
"Awww. Thanks. We feel the same for you." says Emily.
"Thank ya, Em." says Aria.
"No problem, Aria." says Emily.
"Sweet." says Aria.
"It's cute that you gave your old plushie to little Belle." says Emily.
"Well, actually that ain't me old plush bear. Sure, it may look like it, but it's a very close replica. Snow Baby's no longer in condition that would hold up to being played with by a lil' kid so I someone custom-make this replica version instead." says Aria.
"Oh...what did you do to the real ting?" says Emily.
"It's on my shelf of memories." says Aria.
"Sweet." says Emily.
"Yup." says Aria.
3 hours later, Spencer visit.
"You've given your daughter a replica of your old plush, it seems." says Spencer, who is as smart and observant as ever, and as such notice within seconds that the white plushie bear Belle holds isn't Snow Baby.
"I did. Snow Baby was goin' to become Belle's, but unfortunately lil' Snow Baby can no longer stand being actually played with so I had a sweet lady make a replica." says Aria.
"Alright. It's a bit sad that you can't hand down your actual childhood favorite toy to your own first-born daughter." says Spencer.
"Yes. Even so, a replica is better than nothing." says Aria.
"That's true. I have no plushie to give to my future kid." says Spencer.
"No 'cause you sold all of 'em years ago. I still remember when ya held that yard sale and some random girl we never even knew the name of bought your once so beloved black plush bear." says Aria.
"Honestly I remember as well. And yes, I did love that teddy bear a lot as a kid, but I couldn't keep it anymore." says Spencer.
"Sir Goodnight was your absolute favorite plushie and ya once said that you'd never get rid of him." says Aria.
"Perhaps I said so at some point, but that was my childish self." says Spencer.
"Ya could've kept him as a lil' momento of times that were, like I did with Snow Baby. Nobody would've blamed ya for doin' so." says Aria.
"Nostalgia doesn't really exist in the Hastings-family. That concept is burnt too deep into my mind for me to simply cast it off in the flip of a damn coin." says Spencer.
"I'm aware of your views, Spencer, but nostalgia can be a lot of fun." says Aria.
"Unfortunately I was raised by parents who's always seen nostalgia as a weakness. Now I'm too old to change." says Spencer.
"Sure about that? It's not too late yet, my friend." says Aria.
"For me it is, Aria. I'm so stubborn that a change wouldn't be possible." says Spencer.
"Okay then." says Aria.
"Indeed, my friend." says Spencer.
"Trust me, I wish I could enjoy nostalgia just like you. Though I can't. My mind is stuck in the ways of old." says Spencer.
Aria laugh a bit, in a friendly way, at her best friend's personality, which is still as much Hastings as it's ever been.
Spencer has become a bit more casual over the years, thanks to Toby, but she is still mostly a true Hastings in so many ways.
"Uh...what's so funny?" says Spencer.
"Just that you are still, to a certain degree, the same Spencer as ya were the night Ali wen't missin' all those years ago." says Aria.
"What can I say? It's really hard to promote change in a woman like me, who's often too stubborn for her very own good." says Spencer.
"Ya may be stubborn, but that's one of several things that makes you the person we all love." says Aria.
"Thanks, Aria. You're a true friend." says Spencer.
"I'm doin' my best, Spencer." says Aria.
"No one could ask for more." says Spencer.
"Crystal-clear logic, as always. Another thing about ya we like." says Aria.
"Haven't you grown tired of me after kowing me for so long?" says Spencer, making a sweet joke.
"I have not. You're funny in your own specific way and that's part of what makes you the best friend I've ever had." says Aria.
"Okay. Nice that people don't think of me as some uptight anti-fun weird lady." says Spencer.
"Anyone who thinks that you are like that hasn't seen your true self." says Aria.
"Sometimes I fear that I'm sort of overHastings, if you know what I mean..." says Spencer.
"It's not your fault. Your mom and dad raised ya to their values so if we're to blame anyone for your negative traits it will be them, nobody else. You yourself are innocent." says Aria.
"Thank you, Aria Jennifer Fitz." says Spencer.
"You're welcome, Spencer Rowena Kathleen Astoria Nicole Cavanaugh." says Aria.
"Good that you didn't forget my bunch of middle-names." says Spencer.
"Awww. Thanks." says Aria.
The End.