The following Monday back in school I was feeling more myself, enjoying the last few days, maybe weeks of calm before spilling the news to my parents. I hadn't seen the girls since the following Saturday, when I told them about Ezra, so when I saw them all sat at a table in the canteen at lunch time, waving me over to the spare seat, I smiled. "Hey, Aria! How are you feeling today?" Spencer asked.
"I'm good, very good considering!"
"Have you thought about booking yourself a doctors appointment yet?" Emily asked.
"God, it hadn't even crossed my mind!"
"You really are lucky to have us mind," she laughed. "We booked you one. Fourth period. You have a free one don't you?" I nodded. "We'll, so do me and Spencer. We thought we'd finish our food and come with you, if you want us there of course."
"I'd love to be there too, but unfortunately, I have physics." Hanna rolled her eyes. "I'll settle for a scan picture though." I smiled, realising how lucky I was to have these girls in my life.
"Thanks girls, you really are all the best!"
As Spencer drove us the short drive to the doctors, I felt sick with nerves and excitement, but as Spencer pulled into the parking bay it eased slightly. "Come on then, Lets go see our baby." She smiled as she got out of the car and we all jumped out after her. I hated doctors surgeries. The smell of them. The atmosphere in them. Everything. Emily and I sat down in the waiting area while Spencer checked us in.
"You ok?" Emily asked.
"Yeah... I'm good... Just... Nervous. It feels so real now." Spencer came and sat next to us.
"The last appointment was a no show, so we shouldn't have to wait long." She was right. As if on cue, a male doctor entered the room.
"Aria Mongommery?" All three of us stood up and filed into his room after him. "You're going to have to help me out a little here girls. Which one of you is Aria?" I stood forward with a chuckle.
"That would be me, this is Spencer and Emily. They are two of my best friends." I signalled over to them.
"We'll girls, it's a pleasure to meet you. My names Doctor James, but you girls can just call me James. Aria, would you like to pop yourself up onto the bed, girls, you can both take a seat." We all did as we were told almost instantly. "So Aria, this is your first, yes?"
"Yes, and I am petrified." James laughed.
"Most first time mothers usually are, especially at your age, but don't worry. You're in good hands and I promise you, you'll be fine. Now, if you could just pop your top up a bit, we'll see if we can see that baby of yours." I lifted my top and let James put the cool gel on my stomach before placing the stick, which they apparently called a transducer over my stomach. He began to point at the fuzzy image on the screen. "There you go. That, Aria, is your little baby!" I was speechless. It was quite literally the most amazing thing I had ever seen. I looked over to Emily and Spencer, who both had tears flowing.
"I'm going to be an Aunty!" Spencer grinned.
"And me!" I laughed at the girls before looking back at my baby.
"And I'm going to be a mom."
"Pretty amazing, huh? From this, I'd say you are about 10 weeks pregnant, does that sound about right?" I nodded. "I can estimate your due date for about the 28th of December. Is the dad around?"
"Yes.. Well he knows I'm pregnant, I'm not sure what's happening in that respect yet though."
"Well, don't worry, I'm sure you'll do amazing, with or without him. Especially with these two girls! Right, now, Emily, Spencer, if you'd like to wait outside, I'm just going to print off some scans for Aria and go through some of the information Aria needs to know and she will be right out."
All three of us went back to school with a spring in our step. "Did you see it? It looked like a proper baby?" Spencer cooed.
"I should hope so, I mean, I don't want to end up giving birth to, I don't know, a puppy or something!" The girls both laughed in tandem.
"Right, English time with Fitz! Are you going to give him a scan picture?"
"Yes, but I'll wait until the end of the lesson."
"GIRLS!" We looked up to see Hanna sprinting towards us. "We'll, how was it?"
"It was AMAZING!" Emily grinned.
"I got you a present!" I handed her the scan picture and her face lit up.
"Oh my god! She is gorgeous!"
"She?"
"Well, duh! Course she's going to be a girl."
"Haha, well, there is at least a fifty percent chance! Come on, we're going to be late."
At the end of English, I lingered behind. "We'll wait outside, Aria," Spencer said.
"Aria, is everything ok? Do they know?"
"Everything's fine. Yes, they know, but they won't say anything, promise. I do have something to show you though." I put my bag down on the desk and fished in for the picture. "For you," I smiled as I handed it to him. "Meet your baby. Hanna is convinced it's a girl but..." I looked at Ezra's face, the twinkle in his eye. "Are you ok?" With that he pulled me in to a close embrace. "Ezra... Can't... Breathe!" He dropped his arms and stepped back straight away.
"I'm so sorry, it's just... Wow. I'm going to be a Dad! I loved you so much before, but for some reason, now, it just makes all my feelings a thousand times stronger. I just... I can't believe it. You never said you had an appointment.
"I know, I'm sorry, the girls surprised me at lunch time. If you'd like, maybe you could come to the next one?"
"Really? Seriously?"
"Of course!" I chuckled. "It's your baby too! I'd love for you to be there. I'm due December 28th, just in time for the new year."
"It all feels so real now. We can do this! We're going to be a family." Ezra smiled, the biggest smile I'd ever seen.
"I know, you, me and baby Fitz."
