Aria woke up the next morning with Noel not in bed beside her. She started to get a little nervous when she saw a note on the bedside table. The note said," I got a call from my commanding officer, I will be back in a few hours. Love you!" After she read the note, she went to get into the shower. As soon as she stood she felt queasy and ran to the bathroom to vomit. She felt better and hopped in the shower and when she got out she walked into the bedroom to find Noel sitting there. He had a sad look on his face and she had no idea what he was going to say.

"I have some bad news," Noel said.

"What's wrong? Is everything ok?" Aria questioned him.

"I am being deployed next month, back to Iraq." Noel told her the bad news.

Aria stood there in silence. So many things were going through her mind.

"How long will you be deployed?" she asked him.

"Nobody knows. Maybe 6 months or a year." Noel answered.

"We need to make this last month great then," Aria tried to say with enthusiasm.

Noel just sat there in silence and pulled her close to him. He held her around the waist and she kissed him on the forehead. She didn't know what she was going to do without him. First Ezra had left and now, in a month Noel would leave too. And in the army there are no promises he will come back. As she was standing there, she felt sick again and ran to the bathroom. Noel heard her vomit and insisted that they go to the doctor because Spencer had just had the stomach virus, too.

They arrived at the doctor and Aria went back,while Noel stayed in the waiting room. Aria thought Noel was just overreacting, but after that news she wanted to do this for him. A few minutes later Aria walked into the waiting room with a weird look on her face. Noel jumped up.

"What's wrong?" Noel asked.

"Nothing. I don't have the stomach virus." Aria said.

"Then what's with the weird look?" Noel questioned her.

"Noel, I'm pregnant." Aria told him.

When she said that a huge smile crossed his face.

"Are you ok with having a baby on the way?" she asked.

"I have never really thought about it, but the more time I spent with you the more I could see us having a family together. Maybe this wasn't the best time, but yes I am perfectly fine with it." Noel assured her.

Aria smiled. "That's how I feel too. I can take a year off of school once I finish this semester and take care of the baby. Once it gets older, I can go back."

Noel moved toward her and took her in his arms. "Everything is going to be fine. I am not going anywhere and this baby is going to have a mom and dad that loves it very much. And just to let you know, I am happy about this. It is not going to change us." Noel told her.

Aria was so happy that he was ok with this becuase she was too. From now on, Ezra would be out of her mind forever.

They headed home for the night and went straight to lay down. They had already had an eventful night and she was worn out. Right before she fell asleep, Noel whispered in here ear,"I love you, you know that?"

Aria smiled, "Yes, I know that."