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EIGHT

Aria's POV

I had to blink at least another dozen of times to make sure I wasn't dreaming and that this wasn't another one of my delusional dream. Ezra Fitz the man I hadn't seen in over eight month was standing right before my eyes, in the middle of my hospital room. But more importantly, the man I had miss more than anything in this entire world was now back and carrying the precious life I had just brought to this world. The view was absolutely and I wouldn't have ask for anything more. I couldn't speak; I was paralyzed by the surprise and the bliss of having Ezra back in my life and the thought of him being safe back home. I tried to call his name but no sound came out of my mouth. Tears were rolling down my face, but for the first time in month, those were tears of comfort, and for the first time since Ezra had left, I could feel the world disappear of my shoulders.

Few hours earlier

Ezra's POV

Looking at the calendar I always carried with me on my dark green jacket, I sight at the look of the date. Aria was in her final trimester, today was the beginning of the last month of her pregnancy and I wasn't there to support her. The closer we came to her due date, the more hopeless I felt. I knew there was no way humanly possible that I could be back at home in time to witness the birth of my child. The war wasn't really progressing and the least we could say is that it wasn't improving if not getting worse. Today my unit and I were living Berlin, they needed help in the east front were the Russian army had deployed another hundredth of men to keep the Russian borders safe. The situation in east was far worse than ours and giving our situation, I wasn't in a hurry to get there.

I was about to get on the military plane, with the rest of my unit and resources for the men stationed back east, when I hear my name being shout from the main pavilion. I looked over my shoulder and saw Officer Halforth running towards me. I didn't know he was in Europe, the last time I had seen him was the day I had left when he handed me my uniform and letter assigning me to the 26th unit. I had come to understand that his job in this war was to stay back in America to coordinate the fetching of wounded men; well things much have changed if he was now on the German ground.

"Officer Daniel Halforth, to what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you during a time like this?" I joked. It was good to see a familiar and friendly face after being for so long after Hardy's death.

"Ezra Fitz, I am so glad to see you safe and alive. I am really sorry about Hardy I knew how much he meant to you and your family"

"Thank you... So when did you arrive? I thought you were supposed to stay in the United States." I was curious about why he was here but more importantly I didn't want the conversion about Hardy's death to last another minute.

"Well my job is still to coordinate the fetching of wounded men, so this will come to a surprise for you but I am here to take you home"

"I am sorry what?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing "take me home? but I am not wounded and the war is far from being over so why would I be able to leave this hell we all have been for the past eight month? If this is a joke it's really not funny"

"Calm down Ezra, this is surely not a joke, I am serious. I am here about your wife; she was admitted to the hospital this morning"

"How... How do you know about Aria?"

"I met her couple of month ago. I was the one chosen to announce her Hardy's death. She had a major panic attack that leads to a heart attack"

"I'm sorry what? Oh no... she can't be please..." I was on the verge of collapsing on my knees when Daniel interrupted me

"She recovered since she is doing much better physically but mentally she is slowly closing herself to people that cares about her. She is missing you more than I could ever explain to you. So ever since that day I promised myself that I would do anything in my power to bring you back home as soon as possible. I had a call this morning informing me that your wife had been rushed to the hospital in labor. So, I used my situation on the commanding line to negotiate your return. And since you lost your best-friend/member of your family in the war and since Aria is alone and given her recent heart attack, they agreed to bring you back home. So here I am"

"No way, this is just... I don't know what to say... I just... Thank you so much Daniel. I can't tell you how much this means to me. Thank you so much, how can I ever repay you for doing this for me and my family?"

"We'll worry about that later, now we have to hurry to my plane so I can take you back home and back to your wife and child who probably will be born by the time we get there."

Thirty minutes later, I was sitting on a plane taking me back to the United States, taking me back to the love of my life and taking me back to my child. During the entire plane ride, I couldn't stop thinking about Aria; I was supposed to be there for this changing moment of our lives. Suddenly the thoughts of all the men that weren't going home tonight hit me. The men stuck in this ragging war, afraid of what tomorrow might bring, afraid that the sight of a bullet coming towards them might be the last thing they will ever witness. A certain guilty feeling twitched my stomach and the excitement look I had on my face slowly faded away something that Daniel immediately noticed.

"You don't have to feel this way" Daniel simply stated. I had no idea how he knew that this was the reason my happiness was shattered

The astonished look I gave him was enough for him to answer my question.

"The look you have on your face right, it's the look I see on every men's face when I bring them back home. Ezra, I can only imagine how guilty you may feel right now, but trust me when I say that I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't really believe that your place should be next to your wife rather than being a gun."

"Thank you Daniel" I knew he was right and that I should be next to Aria right now, this was all I had dreamed of ever since I stepped on that airplane 9 month ago. I also knew that the faces of wounded, scared and lonely men lost in the non-sense and meaningless war were not going to stop haunting me every time I closed my eyes.

Despite all the guilt and the pain in my stomach I managed to fell asleep. I was awoken by Daniel slightly shaking me by the shoulders.

"Ezra, wake up we are landing in Philadelphia"

Philadelphia, I couldn't quite realize that just in a few hours I was going to hold Aria in my arms. I stepped out of the plane and grabbed my bag that was waiting for me on the tarmac. I was about to climb into the dark SUV waiting for me when I turned around and saw that Daniel wasn't following me. I threw my bag in the car and made my way back to where he was standing.

"You're not coming?"

"No, I have to get back to Washington, for a meeting with the president"

"Duty's calling then"

"Goodbye Ezra, take care of your wife and your child. I hope we don't have to meet again or if we do in better circumstances"

"Thank you so much Daniel, what you did for my family and me is a debt I can never repay. Take care of yourself"

I sat down on the dark leather seat of the SUV and at this point my heart starting to beat twice as fast as before… In only forty-five minutes I would be with my family.

Present time

Aria's POV

"Ez…. Ezra, how… how…" I tried to formulate a complete sentence but the tears and happiness and confusion, the overwhelming feeling of happiness completely too over me.

Instead of trying to say anything Ezra simply walked up to me carrying our precious little girl. He sat on the bed next to me, wrapped his arm around me, hugged me and for the first time in the past nine month I felt like I had my family and life back.

When Ezra and I broke our embrace, our sweet baby girl was opening her eyes and she starred at me and Ezra.

"She is so precious and perfect, you did an amazing job darling, I love you so much I can't even tell you how much I love you right now"

"Ezra, I love you so much too and I can't believe that you are here with me, with us. I love you"

"I can't believe that I am here either, I have missed you so much and I am so sorry that I wasn't here to help you through this and to support you today"

"Ezra no, this isn't your fault, you were defending our country so that our future, her future could be brighter and more peaceful. You are a hero, my hero and I love you for that"

"The more I look at her, the more perfect and gorgeous she seems to me and I still can't get over the fact that I am a father and that she is our daughter" The way he said the world "daughter" couldn't have been more perfect, this is something I wanted to hear ever since I found out I was pregnant. "Nobody wanted to tell me what her name was. How did you call her?" Ezra asked with a inquiring look on his sweet perfect face.

"Actually I only choose her first name; I thought that you could choose her middle names"

"I would love too, I would be honored"

"So Ezra Fitz, my love I want you to meet Hope" there was a blank and tears streamed down Ezra's face "Oh no, you don't like it… I knew I should have gone with something more classical"

"Why Hope?"

"I decided to name her Hope, because this four letter world is the first word that came in my mind when I found out about her. She is the reason why I kept on going when you left; she is the reason why I had the courage to keep believing that you would come back from this horrible war. I know this might sound stupid but this is the reason why"

"I love it; you couldn't have chosen a better name. This is perfect for our daughter and it suits our life. I love both of you so much"

"I am so glad you like it. Do you have an idea what her middle name should be?"

"Daisy"

"Hope Daisy Fitz… I love it"

Ezra kissed Hope's forehead and slowly put her in her crib as she was falling into deep slumber.

He turned around, helped me stand up and he kissed me like there would be no tomorrow, like we were the only two people on this earth.

So I decided to include more of Ezra's POV in this chapter and I feel like adding more of it now that Ezra's back in Rosewood. What do you think about this?

So do you like the baby's name?

Also I won't update until next year so I want to wish you all a Happy New Year! I hope that 2015 and that this New Year is going to bring you love and joy. I also hope that this year is going to be kind to you and that you will have everything you deserves. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Reviews are always welcome and I love hearing your thoughts on the chapter and your hopes for the next :)

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Eléonore