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Here is chapter seventeen
"You were right Aria." He whispered. "You and me, we do deserve to be happy."
Aria briefly closed her eyes and attempted to blink back a lone tear that had fallen from her eye. As she did so she managed to say a silent prayer in hopes that the recent conversation she had with Ezra hadn't been a dream. If it were a dream there was no way she wanted to be brought back to reality.
"So" Aria finally spoke after a few to many seconds of silence. "What does this mean?"
Ezra shrugged his shoulders lightly which only stirred Jake even more. "Well I don't know exactly. I have hopes but I don't know."
"Well what do you want this to mean?"
Ezra carefully lifted Jake out of his arms and placed him lightly on the couch beside him. He heard Jake mumble something incoherently but as soon as he started to mumble a reply the boy's eyes were already closed. Ezra shrugged it off and scooted closer to Aria quickly grabbing her hands in his.
"I want us to be together of course. I wasn't us to have another shot, one without all the sneaking around and constantly having to look over my shoulder. Not that I didn't thoroughly enjoy the sneaking around aspect of our relationship." Ezra laughed. "But, there's nothing holding us back now so why not try again?"
Aria managed a slight chuckle and a smile appeared on her face. "I love how you just booted our son out of your lap." This earned a laugh from Ezra as well.
"What can I say, I couldn't resist being close to you. So, what do you say?"
"I say yes. I would love nothing more than to give our love a second chance. "
A wide grin quickly showed on Ezra's face and he immediately closed the gap between the two of them and gave Aria a chaste kiss on the lips. "it'll be better this time. I promise." He said before meeting her lips again
Aria broke away for a single moment to mumble, "Who said it wasn't good last time."
The two remained lip locked, in their trance for a surprising amount of time, but in their minds it wasn't long enough. The movement of their bodies on the couch managed to disturb Jake's sleeping body and he soon awoke to the sight of his kissing parents.
"Ewe. Nasty." Jake yelled loudly as he quickly attempted to cover his eyes with his small hands. "Stop it."
Ezra and Aria chuckled as they broke apart and stared at a noe fully awake Jake. "Sorry bud." Ezra continued to laugh when he finally saw Jake uncover his eyes. "But I love your mommy."
'You have to do that though?" Jake answered in his most serious voice.
"I sure do."
"Gross." Jake replied. He quickly tried to maneuver himself back in his father's lap. It was then that something caught his attention. "You have red on your cheek daddy."
Ezra creased his brow in confusion and he quickly looked up at Aria. "I do, do I?"
Jake began to laugh. "Yeah right there." He pointed his finger to where the lipstick was located. "Mommy gets it on me too when she tells me bye bye at school." Jake yawned.
"Hmm." Ezra said sending Aria a smirk. "Do you mind wiping away the lipstick that you so kindly left on my face?" Ezra laughed. "It seems you have a habit of doing this."
Aria simply shrugged. "I can't help myself." She then did as she was told and wiped away the red that was plastered on Ezra's cheek.
"I should get going." Aria finally spoke moments later after witnessing several more yawns escape Jake's mouth. "I've got a tired boy on my hands. I should probably put him too bed."
Ezra nodded. "Yeah you could do that." He paused. "Or you could both stay here." He answered with a pleading look.
Aria stood up and grabbed Jake in her arms. 'I'm not sure that's a great idea. We've been back together for a total of, what seventeen minutes." She answered glancing at her wrist watch.
"Yeah you're right. That would be moving a little too fast." He sighed following Aria and Jake to the door. He opened the door and watchedAria pause before leaving. "I'll see you at school tomorrow." She said as she reached up and gently kissed him on the lips.
"That statement sounds awfully familiar." He answered with a grin.
"Shut up. I've really got to go."
"I know. Now get out of here." He said with a brief pause as he kissed the top of Jake's head. 'Bye buddy." He laughed before giving Aria one last kiss goodbye and watching with a frown as she walked out of the door.
PLLPLLPLLPLL
The next morning came quickly and Aria drove her car into the parking lot of Rosewood High promptly at 7:31. As usual, she got herself out of the car and immediately opened the door to retrieve Jake from his car seat. As soon as she unbuckled the seat belt he jumped out and grabbed her hand, pulling her in the direction of his day care.
"C'mon mommy." Jake spoke watching impatiently as his mother gathered his small red back pack and her oversized black purse in her free hand.
"What's got you in such a rush?"
"I want to go play." Jake replied in a "duh" kind of way.
"The toys will be there when we get there Jake." Aria retorted nonchalantly.
"New toys." Jake laughed. "Gavin brought new toys. " Aria simply nodded. Gavin was a four year old in Jake's class. The two had become fast friends and Jake often talked about the different games they played together. "Oh I see." She mumbled.
"And I want to see Emma."
"I knew it must have something to do with a girl." Aria laughed as she followed Jake through the double doors of Rosewood Elementary School. "So, tell me about Emma."
Jake began to chuckle. "She just turned three. She turned it yesterday."
"You mean she had a birthday?"'
Jake simply nodded.
"Buddy you're almost four."
"So?"
"I guess you are your father's son, crushing on the younger girls and all." Aria laughed to herself.
Two minutes passed and Jake finally stopped in front of Ms. Suzy's familiar door. He rapidly let go of his mother's hand, grabbed his small bag, and attempted to rush into the classroom, but Aria managed to stop him with her arms. "Not so fast little man."
Jake sighed but finally stopped. Aria bent down and placed a kiss to Jake's cheek. "Bye buddy. Have a great day."
"Any red stuff?" Jake muttered looking up innocently at his mother.
Aria glanced at his cheek for a moment. "Not this time."
"Good." Jake giggled before turning his back and rushing off into the classroom.
Aria couldn't help but crack a smile when she noticed Jake slow down in front of a small girl with wearing a pink bow. She watched as he dropped his backpack on the ground and unzipped one of the pockets. He quickly pulled out a bag of crackers she had packed for him earlier in the morning and picked a single one out. He held his hand out to Emma and she smiled in acceptance.
Jake was already becoming quite the ladies' man.
Fifteen minutes later Aria strolled down the halls of Rosewood High School and stopped in front of her classroom. She stood for a moment searching threw her purse until she found the right key and quickly opened the door. She sat her purse under her desk, got the paper that sat atop it situated, and began to write the day's lesson on the board when a familiar voice surprised her.
"Good morning."
"Good morning." Aria replied as she turned around to face Ezra.
"I missed you last night."
"Me too." Aria replied stepping closer to Ezra.
"How's Jake?"
"Good. He was quite excited to get to school this morning. It seems your son has a girl friend."
"My son?" Ezra laughed. "Last time I checked he was our son."
"He's yours when he crushes on younger girls."
"Oh really. How old is she?"
"Her name is Emma." Aria replied with a laugh. "She turned three yesterday."
Ezra scoffed. "Aria, that's hardly an age difference."
"Yeah well she's tiny. The girl could pass for barely two."
"Hmm I see."
"Yeah the apple doesn't fall far from the tree." Aria teased.
"Hey now." Ezra chuckled holding up his hands. "You wouldn't have me any other way."
Aria was silent for a moment. "You're right." She laughed. I wouldn't." You better go before the kids start getting suspicious."
"Do I have too?" Ezra answered with a frown.
"Yes." Aria answered quickly pushing him out the door. "You have your own class to teach now go."
At that exact moment Ezra's cell phone began to ring. A generic echo filled the room and Ezra quickly grabbed the phone out of his pocket and flipped it open. "Crap it's my mom."
"Y-your mom?" Aria asked hesitantly.
Ezra nodded and put the phone to his ear. "Hello. Yeah mom it's me. Y-you are in town. Oh I see , for Gretchen's birthday. Hmm. Yeah she stopped by. Same old Gretchen. She told you. Huh. Okay, okay mom I'll see what I can do. I'll see you tonight. I've got a class to teach. Okay. Uh huh. Bye mom. Love you." Ezra sighed as he brought the phone away from his ear and ended the call.
"What was that about?"
"My mom's in town. Apparently Gretchen told her about Jake. S-she wants to meet him at dinner. Tonight."
"Oh I see. Shit, does she want me there too? I planned on going out with the girls; Supposedly Hanna dumped Lucas for another boy from high school, Caleb Rivers. But that's beside the point. If you want me there I'll cancel my plans."
"No you go ahead. It may be a little less awkward if I do this alone."
"if you insist."
Ezra nodded. "Yeah, but have Jake ready by six. I'll pick him up then."
Aria nodded in reply and watched as Ezra turned and made his way back to his classroom. It felt like every other day Jake was being introduced to someone new. Only it was different this time. Aria hadn't even met Ezra's mother yet. But she was sure of one thing,: tonight's dinner was going to be one awkward occasion.
There is chapter seventeen. I hope you enjoy it and please feel free to drop some ideas in a review. I would love to hear what you all would like to see.