A/N: HI everyone! Here is chapter One! Thank you for everyone that reviewed/favorite this story it means a lot to me!
So some of you seemed lost in the context of the story so I'll try to make it clearer so you grasp the concept of the story and where I am going with it!
So basically we were in 2020, Ezra and Aria are living in Rosewood, she was never his student, they met in Hollis when he was a senior and she was a freshman, they ran into each other when she went into her dad's office and it was love at first sight.
But the problem is that Russia and the European Union had a peace treaty that the Russian broke, first it was just an economic war and with the break of the treaty it became World War III. Since the European Union and The United States are close, America has been involved in the war so every men between 18 and 35 are required to join the army in order to defend America in the war and help the European defeat the Russian.
I hope I made it clearer, if not tell me so and I'll try again to make it simpler! Oh and BTW I have absolutely nothing against Russia, I just needed a god and bad side for this story, so nothing personal here!
Two
It had been exactly one week since Ezra hoped up on that plane. Every morning she would wake up and call out Ezra's name in order to see if he was home before remembering that he wasn't, that he probably wouldn't for a long time. Every morning was a challenge for Aria, she had to sit on her bed for ten minutes trying to figure out what she would during her day to stop thinking about him. Aria didn't have a job to go to too keep her mind of him since she was a stay at home writer, two of her books had previously been on the New York times best seller list. She could have been living a glamorous life in New York but that wasn't who she was, she wasn't writing to earn some money, she was writing for herself out of pure passion. Those were the words Ezra had used when he first discovered that she was writing. Once again he was taking over her entire mind, but she couldn't help it. Worrying was a feeling she couldn't shake off her body, that is one of the reason why the news were permanently running on the living room flat screen. No matter what time of the day it was, Aria would never shut it down, she had to know what was going on over there but unfortunately the news were very short on information. They couldn't tell how many soldier had perish to this day. This though make her sick to her stomach. Aria quickly ran to the bathroom, vomiting the breakfast she had previously eaten.
She opened the bathroom cabinet in order to find some anti-vomiting pills when she came across her box of tampon. She dropped the pills and grabbed her phone to check out her calendar. August 26th, she was two weeks late on her period. For the first time in a week after feeling sick everyday Aria wondered if she could be pregnant. She had though that this feeling was coming from the fact that the love of her life had left for war but thinking she could be pregnant that something she hadn't even think about. She couldn't pregnant, not with what was going on, she couldn't bring a child out in this world without Ezra by her side. She couldn't bring a child in this world knowing that the war was raging in Europe and that it was only a matter of time before it reached the United States. She just couldn't do it, this couldn't be happening.
She had to be sure of this before freaking out about this she told herself calmly. She got dressed much to her despair and jumped in her car. After a quick drive, she arrived at the drug store which wasn't opened already. She jumped out of her car as soon as it opened. Once inside she directly made her way towards she "health section" of the store. She thought that buying a pregnancy test would be an easy task but there she was facing 6 different test. Some were old school, other were digital… she was lost in her choice. After spending 10 minutes staring at the test in the aisle, she decided to buy 4 of them, you know just to be sure it would work. After paying for her 4 test and a box of chocolate marshmallow, she would need them in any of the circumstances, she went back to her car. The entire drive home felt like an eternity, her mind wouldn't stop going back and forth between being scared and excited.
So here she was, 23, alone, scared, facing the four pregnancy tests that were lying on the bathroom counter. The five minutes she had set up on her phone were passing really slowly. She sat down on the side of the bathtub and for a moment and she closed her eyes in an attempt to reach for a more comforting thoughts. The awful sound of her alarm woke her up from her state of denial. She stood up, rather slowly, still with her eyes closed. She gently put her hand on the bathroom counter to make sure that when she would open her eyes, she would be facing the tests. This is it, she just had to open her eyes, a simple muscle coordination and she would either be pregnant or not. How hard could it be to open your eyes you may ask, well Aria would have ask the exact same question five minutes ago but now she knew that it wasn't that easy to do.
After taking a breath, she opened her eyes and there in front of her laid four perfect positive pregnancy test. She was pregnant, she was going to be a mother. She knew excitement should have took over her body but she felt nothing apart from the unstopping feeling of loneliness. She had absolutely no idea of when Ezra will be back or even if he was going to back, she tried not think that way but it was a reality she couldn't ignore. Learning that she was pregnant should have been the most amazing experience in her life yet, she should have been in Ezra's arms, waiting for the answer. He should have been there to swept her of her feet and kiss her passionately when the positive sign showed up. He should have been by her side, not fitting in a pointless war for unworthy politicians and the pride of few frustrated men.
Aria was sitting on the bathroom floor quietly crying, she didn't know if she was crying because she was beyond happy to be pregnant or because the love of her life wasn't there to share the news with her. Maybe it was because of both. She swept her tears away and lovingly put both of her hands on her stomach. She was creating a life at this very same moment, a life made from true love, from Ezra's love for her. She bent down a bit and whispered to the baby growing inside of her. "Hi, I am your mommy. I just found out about you but I want you to know that I already love you with all my heart. Your daddy doesn't know about you but I am sure that the moment he will find out he will love you just as much as I do. And even if he doesn't come home safe and sound, and just thinking of this possibility breaks my heart, I know that he loves you and that he is doing the best that he can to win this war to make sure that you will grow up in a safe world. Your daddy is a hero, he is my hero" tears were falling down her eyes again, but this time she was sure that those tears were tears of joy.
So like a lot of you asked, I made Aria pregnant! I know there isn't much cliffhanger in this chapter but you will be surprised by what is going to happen in the next one ! I hope you still like it ! Oh and what would you prefer, a baby boy or a baby girl? Tell me and I'll pick the one that is most wanted ;)
Reviews are always welcome and appreciate !
Love you guys
Eléonore
