Chapter 2. No Sudden Movements
Aria pushes end, "He said that Leah is sick and that I should grab some Tylenol since I'm at the store." She says to Ezra.
"Well, then I guess I should drive you to the store." Ezra says as he shuffles back into the seat and then turns the key in the ignition.
1 hour later.
Aria opens the front door with her knee, holding the car keys in between her teeth and then dropping them. She could her Jason in the kitchen.
"A little help would be nice." She says sharply as she swims through grocery sacks.
"Sorry. I didn't hear you come in." Jason says as he runs from the kitchen a little taken back by Aria's tone. He tries to kiss Aria on the cheek but she pulls away. "Are you okay?" Jason asks her.
"I'm fine. Just tired." Aria says realizing that she's being short with him. "Sorry." Aria says putting down one of her sacks, grabbing Jason's shoulder and kissing him on the cheek. Jason smiles, "Come on let's get these in the kitchen." Aria says as she begins to walk towards the kitchen.
After the two of them put all of the groceries away Aria goes upstairs to check on Leah. Leah is fast asleep just like Jason said she was. Aria sits on the end of Leah's twin sized bed with her Disney princess comforter. Aria still remembers how excited Leah got when she and Jason told her she was getting a big girl bed. Aria places her hand on Leah's forehead and then down her face. Just then a tear forms in Aria's eye. She can't believe that she is about to tear apart her family. Aria hears footsteps coming, she wipes away the tears.
"You should probably wake her up so that she can take some Tylenol. Does she still have a fever?" Jason says as he appears in the door frame.
"I think so." Aria says to him as she sniffles one more time and places her palm and then the back of her hand on Leah's forehead and then cheek.
"Are you crying?" Jason says taking two more steps into Leah's room.
"No, just allergies." Aria says rubbing Leah's back and then smiling at Jason. Jason turns around and begins to walk back down the stairs with a questioning look on his face. Aria wakes up Leah and then Jason brings up a syringe and a sippy cup with apple juice in it. After Leah fights but eventually gives into taking the medicine Aria lays her back down and then rubs her back until she falls asleep. After about fifteen minutes Leah is snoring again. Aria quietly tip-toes out of the room and down the stairs. Jason is sitting on the couch, his feet crossed on the ottoman in front of the burnt orange colored sofa. Flipping through channels with the remote in his left hand, he leans over the back of the couch when he hears one of the floor boards creak. Aria flops down next to him, Jason immediately puts his right arm over Aria's shoulder. Aria crosses her arms in her lap, she doesn't understand why Jason makes her feel so uncomfortable. Oh, wait yes she does because she's sick to her stomach that is now also the home to a fetus that does not belong the guy sitting next to her with his arm around her shoulders. With this thought rolling through her mind over and over Aria jumps up from the sofa.
"Where, are you going?" Jason asks her.
"Um, I think I'm going to go start dinner." Aria says fiddling around with her hands.
"Dinner? It's only 4:30" Jason says gesturing for her to sit back down. Aria shakes her head at him. Then, turns around and walks into the kitchen. After waltzing around the kitchen going through the same cupboards five times just to waste time. Aria takes a box of pasta and a jar of sauce out of one of the cupboards. Then she goes to the fridge and pulls out a bag of green grapes along with a package of ground beef. She places a pot full of water on the stove and turns on the burner. Aria opens the door to the basement and grabs a red plaid apron from the back side of the door. Aria folds the apron in half so that only the bottom half will be around her waist. Aria places the apron on her waist and pulls the two strings together behind her. Just then Aria feels a warm breath on her neck, then two hands envelop hers and finish tying the neat little bow. Then move to her waist, the short little blonde hairs on Aria's arms and neck stand up. Aria wiggles away from Jason's reach and shuffles over to the sink. Aria turns the handle and pours the bag of grapes into the strainer that is in the bottom of the sink. Jason walks up behind her and begins to kiss her neck. Aria doesn't know what to do so she just turns around. Jason places a deep kiss on Aria's lips. She knows it's wrong but, she plays along anyway. Jason places his hands promptly on Aria's ass a lifts her up to the lip of the sink. Aria's arms are now around Jason's neck as Jason moves from Aria's lips down to her neck again. Aria turns her head to look at the stove.
"My water's boiling." She says trying to get Jason to stop. Aria jumps of the counter, pulls down her shirt and the walks over to the pot of now boiling water. Aria tilts the blue cardboard box and a bunch of little spirals splash into the water. Aria opens one of the drawers next to the stove and pulls out a white spoon and stirs the pot of noodles.
"Hey Jay?" Aria says still looking down at the pot and stirring.
"Yeah?" Jason says.
"Can you go check the cellar down stairs and she if we have any white wine? I need it for the spaghetti and I thought we could have it with dinner since it's just me and you tonight." Aria says placing the spoon on the counter and turning around.
"I don't think we have any. I think we used the last bottle the last time Spencer and Toby were over." Jason says to her.
"Can you maybe run to the store for me than? I also forgot to get soup for Leah, all we have is regular chicken noodle and you know she will only eat the ones shaped like Cinderella." Aria says will a smile on her face and maybe a little begging in her eye.
"Yes, I'll run there fast." He says to her as her begin to walk forward. Then, he places a light peck on her lips and grabs the keys from the counter. Jason walks out of the kitchen and towards the front door. "You said white wine didn't you?" he yells from the front door.
"Yeah-"Aria says with a little squeak at the end of the word. Aria stops right there, she hears Jason yell something else and then the front door shut. Then, all of the sudden a loud wail from upstairs. Aria can't believe what she just did. For a second there she forgot she was pregnant, and now she has to find an excuse to tell Jason why she can't drink the wine that she just sent him out to buy.