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On to chapter three:
"A…Aria, y…you have a son."
Boy did she have some explaining to do.
Even days later Aria continued to believe that hearing those words fall out of Ezra's mouth was some kind of dream. Granted if it were a dream, it would be considered more along the lines of a nightmare, but a dream none the less.
Sadly it wasn't a dream. It was real. Very, very real.
It had been four days since Ezra found out about Jake. Well, actually he only found out that Aria was the mother of a three and a half year old boy. He didn't know Jake's name, hell he didn't know anything about the boy. She hadn't given him time to put two and two together.
Instead she did what she did best. She ran. Aria grabbed Jake as quickly as she could and left the tremendously awkward scene at the playground, not before leaving some lame excuse about having to sign Jake up for the daycare program inside Rosewood Day Elementary School. Okay so maybe it wasn't really a lame excuse, it was actually the truth; she did go sign Jake up for the program. Give her just a little credit.
Soon after fleeing the scene she received two texts, she wasn't all that surprised as to whom they were from, well maybe just a little, she half expected one from Ezra but then again he didn't have her number. One was from Hanna saying something along the lines of how could you keep such a secret for so long and how she wanted so bad to meet Jake, but she had to meet Lucas for a lunch date. And then there was one from Emily asking when she could meet the "cute little man" as she had referred to Jake. And then she had said something else, something completely true but very nerve wrecking. She said that it was amazing how much Jake resembled Ezra. That made Aria want to run away even more. But she didn't, she simply replied back that a lunch date would be great. But of course she hadn't got around to going yet. She just wanted to run away.
But what was she going to do in thirty minutes when the clock struck eight o'clock and her first official day as a teacher at Rosewood Day High School began. She had no idea.
Aria said her goodbyes to Jake and left after giving him a small peck on the cheek. He wasn't too thrilled with the idea of staying at school all day until she informed him that his classroom was filled with all sorts of fun toys, his eyes went wide when he entered the large classroom and he quickly left her side. The rest was history.
If only her problems were that simple.
Ten minutes later at approximately 7:41 Aria entered the high school's large campus building and found her classroom, room 123, down the hall.
Luck was not on her side once again.
She looked up noticing the nameplate above her door reading: Ms. Montgomery, Senior Advanced Placement English, only to turn around and discover that the classroom across the hall read: Mr. Fitz, Junior Advanced Placement English. He must have been assigned a new classroom, because she specifically remembered his classroom being on a completely different hall when she was a student at Rosewood.
Could she ever catch a break?
Aria opened the door to her classroom and quickly stepped in. She paused at the classroom's entrance and let her eyes study the sight in front of her, the place she would be spending a lot of time in for the next several months and years. She stepped out of her daze and immediately found the large desk sitting in the front of the room. She made her way over to it and began putting her belongings away in a safe place under the desk.
She jolted up from her spot on the ground when she registered the sound of voices coming from her classroom, finally realizing that it was only her students finding their seats and talking to their peers about how their summers were spent. A smile appeared on her face at the thought of a new school year, but it quickly disappeared when she spotted Ezra standing across the hall, his face turned to the chalk board, a writing utensil in his hand. She groaned though she was glad he hadn't seen her, and quickly turned to her own board and began to write her own name as a form of introduction.
Minutes later as the last members of her first period class entered the room introductions were made and class syllabuses were handed out. Aria didn't feel the least bit nervous or intimidated by her students, her personal life, now that was a completely different story.
The class groaned as she gave then their first assignment of the school year: read the first three chapters of the classic English novel Jane Eyre. The guys were none too pleased with being forced to read a novel "about a chick" as one boy had stated. She let it slide and continued on with her lecture about the great piece of literature, and ever so often she would sneak a peek through the door window into Ezra's classroom, although he never looked back.
The rest of her day, a total of six more classes went by fairly smoothly. Lunch on the other hand did not. After making a short trip to Jake's class to say hi to her son, she forced herself to eat her meal alone in her classroom, with the door locked shut. That was the only way she could think of to steer clear of Ezra Fitz, and to her surprise it worked.
The bell rang signaling her final class of the day was complete and she watched from her desk as the students anxiously piled out of the classroom in an effort to be the first ones to their vehicles. When the last student exited the classroom, Aria stood from her chair, grabbed her oversized purse, and made her way out as well, not before shutting off the overhead light.
Much to her dismay Ezra had chosen that exact time to exit his classroom and as she shut the door behind her, his eyes locked with hers.
Fate sure did have a way of bringing them together, didn't it?
"Aria" Ezra was the first to speak. "I think we need to talk."
Aria attempted to force eyes to look anywhere but at him, but to no avail. They stayed glued on his face, his very handsome face.
"Look, I know. But, I've really got to go. I have to pick Jake up from daycare, so this isn't exactly the best time for us to talk."
"I'll come along, I insist. Besides, I would love to meet the little guy.' Ezra spoke as he followed Aria's speeding form down the hall.
This was definitely not a good idea.
"Um, I'm not sure that's necessary, besides you can meet him some other time. I'm sure he will be up here during after school hours while I have to grade papers."
"Aria, what is so wrong with me wanting to talk to you, meet your son even?" Ezra spoke walking faster in an attempt to catch up with her.
"As if you don't already know." Aria spoke under her breath, but to her surprise Ezra, of course, had heard her.
"Um, what exactly do you mean by that, Aria? As if I don't already know what?"
Aria stayed silent as she made her way to the elementary school to pick up Jake, Ezra was trailing not far behind her, nipping at her heels.
"Look, like I said I don't really want to talk about this here. Silence speaks volumes Ezra, and I know enough."
"Aria, you're confusing the hell out of me? What are you talking about?"
A confused expression appeared on Aria's face as she came in view of Jake's classroom. With Ezra behind her, she just really hoped the cat didn't come out of the bag in a few short moments, which would result in the shit hitting the fan.
The door to Jake's classroom was wide open and his teacher Ms. Suzy was standing beside it talking to another parent. Aria waited patiently for the woman to finish and quickly spotted Jake in the corner of the classroom gathering his things. This gave Ezra enough time to catch up with Aria and take a look at things for himself.
Aria snuck a glance at Ezra as the teacher finally came over to join them. His face was once again ghostly white and his lips in the form of an O. "You're here to pick up Jake, right?" Ms. Suzy asked as she came face to face with Aria.
Aria simply nodded, that is until she heard the words Ezra spoke next. "Aria, why does Jake look like me?"
And, then as if that wasn't enough Ms. Suzy had to call Jake over to them at that very moment. "Jacob Fitz your mom is waiting on you."
Aria gasped as she turned to Ezra, only seeing the hurt expression his face held.
"H..He's mine?"
Thank you, thank you for all of the reviews. I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the rest. I'll try my best, but I probably won't have another chapter up until Friday. Love you all and love all of your reviews. Oh and I apologize for any typos.