Hey guys! Short chapter this time i'm afraid and its also the last i have written so this may just be the last, i'm afraid! I hope you enjoy.
By the time me and the baby were both fit and healthy enough to be discharged, I'd been in hospital for a whole nine weeks. I'd missed a lot of school but that wasn't my priority. Most people would cry at the thought of being stuck in hospital for that long, but not me. The hospital was about the only place in Rosewood I could feel safe in at the moment. The one place A couldn't harm me. I sat at the edge of my bed while mom signed the needed forms. My hands played with the little strap around my wrist that read my name. I couldn't wait to take it off. I still felt weak and my body still ached but I wasn't sure if that was A's fault or the fact that I was 29 weeks pregnant. Mom came into the room with a smile on her face. "Hey, beautiful, you ready? You're all free to go." I simply nodded and followed her out.
The journey back home was quiet. I didn't feel like speaking. I was tired and I was glad that instead of pushing me, Mom could see and let me be. When she pulled up outside the house, I almost wished I could just stay sat in the car. "Come on, sweetheart," mom said as opened the door. "Welcome home" she whispered. As we walked into the house I was startled as the room of faces surrounding me all shouted it in turn. The room was laced with welcome home balloons and banners and a small buffet had been laid out. My face turned to the people. As well as mom, there was Mike, Spencer, Emily, Hanna and then my eyes met his. Ezra's. The love of my life. The man I hadn't seen in nine weeks. I had stayed quite strong throughout the time I had spent in hospital but at this, as I made my way across the room to him, as quickly as my legs could manage, I cried. At first, no words were said. He just welcomed me into loving arms and hugged me tight. I couldn't possibly thank my mom enough. I cried into his shirt, overwhelmed with emotions and when I looked up to see him, I saw that he was crying too."Aria Montgomery. Dont you ever do that to me again, do you hear me?"
"I'm sorry," I cried.
"Shhh, its ok, its over now."
After I mingled with everyone and caught up on everything I had missed the girls went home and Mike went out leaving me, mom and Ezra alone. "Aria?" Mom called from the living room while I picked at the left over buffet. I followed her voice and found her and Ezra sat down on the couch together. "Could you sit down please, Sweetie? We need to talk." I sat down cautiously on a chair opposite them both. "Ezra tells me you want to move away." I glared at him furiously. "Aria Montgomery pack that in!" She scalded me. "In light of what has happened, I think that's for the best." My mouth dropped. Did she actually just say that?
"What's the catch mom?"
"There isn't one. You aren't safe here. Not at the moment. I don't know why and I don't know who, but someone hurt you Aria because of your baby. Neither of you are safe till the person who did it is locked behind bars! We've been looking, and we've found a nice house in the countryside... about an hour and a half drive from here and well, its yours." Once again, my mouth dropped. My eyes flashed from one of them to the other.
"You bought me a house?"
"Yes... well I've been planning on buying a country house for a while now, somewhere to get away for a bit. You two aren't going to want to stay there forever and when the day comes you want to leave again, the house will continue on being mine. I'll let you go on one condition though. I will be visiting every week, once a week, for two nights stay. You are still my daughter and you are still carrying my grandchild. I need to be there for both of you... and Ezra now too! And you're to keep in touch. You let me know how you are every day!" I nodded, overwhelmed with joy.
"Yes mom, of course!" I got up and crossed over to her. "Thank you so, so much," I said while I hugged her.
