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Chapter 3: A surprise Around Every Corner

Two Months Later

I was with Ezra at Hollis so he could grade some papers. It was getting close to dinner time for me.

"Hey babe, this is the last one, okay?" he said as he took the last essay out of his stack. I had mostly been texting my friends or surfing the web on my phone. An email dinged on the screen. It was from Hollis Admissions and Scheduling.

"Babe, they put me in your English Literature class," I told Ezra, who had a sly grin on his face. "You knew about this and you didn't tell me?"

"Yeah, I wanted you to be surprised," he responded, his grin widening, writing a grade on the last paper and circling it. He grabbed his brief case and came over to me.

"Looks like our relationship has now become teacher-student again," I stated before I became too intoxicated by him.

"Looks like it. C'mon, let's go back to the apartment," he said, taking my hand and shutting off the overhead lights.

We were sitting at his apartment eating Chinese takeout when I had a lurching thought.

I had missed my period again.

I panicked. This couldn't be good. This could not be good.

"Aria, what's wrong?" Ezra asked.

"I think I need to get something at Walgreens." My voice sounded very empty. I'm sure that Ezra noticed.

"Okay, let's go then," he said, getting up and grabbing his keys on the kitchen counter. I followed him, still distant.

I could barely drag myself to the pharmacy, I was so afraid. Ezra followed me, looking very nervous. He was probably worried that I would break down at any moment. We reached the isle with the pregnancy tests and I grabbed the first one I saw.

Adrenaline now in my veins, I walked quickly as to not be seen by any of the booster club at Rosewood Day. That would be the talk of the town, "Did you see Aria and Mr. Fitz buying a pregnancy test yesterday?" That's definitely not what we needed.

I threw the box on the counter and tried to not make eye contact with the cashier. They rang it up without asking any questions. I handed them the bill and got out of there as fast as I could. I ran to the car, getting in as quickly as I could. Ezra slammed the door, turning to look at me.

"Aria Montgomery, are you out of your damn mind?" he questioned breathlessly.

"Ezra, I just want to make sure. This is the second period I've missed. I'm getting nervous," Ezra still looked mad but nonetheless pulled out of the parking space.

He was pacing. I was silently praying and then the time went off.

"Can you get it for me?" I requested meekly to the still pacing Ezra.

He nodded and went into the bathroom and returned a moment later. I looked up at him

"What's the verdict?" I asked, afraid of the answer.

"Negative," he said, a boyish smile spreading across his face. I couldn't believe my ears. He crossed the room and took my face in his.

"Please, never scare me like that again," I nodded, never wanting to feel like that ever again.

"Promise," I swore. He got up to clean the plates. And I silently followed him. I wrapped my hands around his waist from behind, causing him to freeze.

"Aria," he sighed. He turned around and I could tell we were on different pages.

"Ezra, please, we're here, we're alone and it's perfect." I gave him my biggest innocent looking face.

"I would Aria, but we just had a pregnancy scare. A pregnancy scare. And I do not want to ever go through that ever again, okay? So not tonight. Because next time, it might not be just a scare." Tears that were on my lash line now spilled over. He was supposed to love me. And if he loved me, he would willingly take me into the bedroom and make hot sweet passionate love with me. And he wouldn't be thinking about the pregnancy scare. He would be thinking about how much he really loved me.

"Ezra, please, I am asking you, as my boyfriend, to just this once-" He cut me off.

"Aria, not tonight." He was really sticking to his guns.

"Then I guess I won't stay here tonight," was all I said, taking my bag and walking out of the apartment. As I rounded the corner, I saw Ezra standing in the hallway.

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10 Messages from Ezra Fitz:

Aria, will you just call me so we can work this out.

Aria, I love you, please can we talk about this?

Aria, I should have never turned you down

Aria, come over so I can talk to you.

Aria, please pick up your phone.

Aria, I'm sorry, forgive me?

Aria, I miss you

Aria, I love you

Aria, I'm sorry!

Aria…

Two missed messages from Ezra Fitz…

"Hey Aria... It's me. I miss you...and I'm sorry. I should have never turned you down. Please… just hear me out. I love you so much and I'm so sorry. Come by my apartment or Hollis. If you want me to come by, I'll do that. Please. I miss you and I'm sorry."

"Aria, pick up your phone. Please. Just give me another chance, please. I love you."

It had been over a week since I had last seen Ezra Fitz. And truthfully, I missed him. But only a little bit. And sometimes, I didn't even miss him. Like when I was sleeping and….

I missed him a lot. But he needed to realize just how much I meant to him.

"Aria, honey, we're leaving for Mike's tournament. We'll be back on Monday. Are you sure you don't want to come?" My mom prattled as she came into my room.

"No mom, I'm fine. I need a 'Me' weekend." Granted, she didn't know the whole story, but my mom did know that Ezra and I were taking a week or two off to be alone. She wouldn't say it to my face, but she was hoping this would mean that we were done for good.

"Alright, honey. Call if you need anything, okay? And Ashley said that if a disaster strikes to call her, okay? Love you, Aria." She kissed my forehead and left. A few moments later, I saw the family suburban pull out of the garage. This would have been a golden opportunity if I weren't mad at Ezra. We could have the whole house to ourselves for the whole weekend. I wrote in my journal and then tried to find something to eat. I heard my phone go off again. No doubt it was Ezra. I ignored it.

All we had in the fridge was a few chicken breasts, a hot dog and some salsa. I made a list of things for the grocery store that I would need for four days. I hated grocery shopping, but I couldn't live on fast food for twelve meals over the four days I would be home.

I was in the pasta aisle when someone came up from behind and knocked their shopping cart into my ankle. Rude! I turned around; ready to tell them off, when I saw just who it was.

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