Chapter 4: Pain.

The next morning Leah was feeling much better, must have just been a 24 hour bug. Jason decides to take Leah to the park, a little daddy daughter day. Aria thought about going to Ezra's but, then she realized that he's in Philadelphia at a conference. She decided not to go to the park with Jason and Leah, she just wanted to stay home, lounge around in sweats and a messy bun. Still holding onto the guilt of what to do about the 13 week old baby in her stomach. Aria stands up from the couch and walks into the kitchen. She opens the door to the cupboard, pulls out a box of mac 'n' cheese and sets it on the counter. Just then there a huge sharp pain in the lower part of her stomach. Aria hunches over in pain and let out a little gasp. She walks to the bathroom, still hunched over in the upward fetal position. Aria pulls down her pants and sees blood, a lot of blood. She doesn't know what to do, she fears the worst. Aria grabs her phone off the bathroom vanity. She starts to dial Ezra's number but then she remembers he won't answer because of the conference. She clicks 2 on her speed dial, but hangs up 2 seconds after hitting that little number 2. Why would she even think about calling Jason? What would she even say, 'Hey Jay, I need you to come home and take me to the hospital because something's going on with the baby in my stomach, oh and by the way it's not your baby.' Yeah um no she didn't want to deal with that yet. So she calls the only person she can think of, Spencer.

"Hello?" Spencer says through the phone.

"Spencer something's wrong." Aria says panicking.

"Whoa whoa Aria slow down. What is going on? Spencer says to her.

"Something's wrong, with the baby." Aria says to her taking a deep breath. "I'm bleeding, a lot. I need you to take me to the hospital." She continues.

"Now?" Spencer asks.

"Well, I didn't mean tomorrow. Yes, now!" Aria says to her sharply.

"Okay okay, I'll be there in 15 minutes." Spencer says to her.

"Okay." Aria says taking another breath.

"Aria?" Spencer asks.

"Yeah?" Aria says through the phone almost in tears.

"Just breathe okay. I'm sure everything is fine." Spencer said to her before hanging up the phone.

But, Aria knew that everything wasn't fine. She's been through this before, more than once. Aria knew exactly what this was, it's happened 3 times before, 2 times before Leah and once after. No one knew but Jason, this was a miscarriage.

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Spencer showed up about 10 minutes after Aria was able to get herself out of the bathroom and changed. Aria grabbed her purse from the table next to the front door, leaving Jason a little note saying she had went out to have a girl's day with Spencer. Aria didn't say a word on the way to the hospital. When they got there Spencer dropped Aria off at the door and then went to park the car. Aria got right into a room, after about 15 minutes Spencer finally joined her.

"Sorry, I couldn't find a parking spot." Spencer says to her sitting in one of the chairs. Aria doesn't say a word, just looks at her and then gazes out the window. After another 20 minutes of waiting, the doctor finally walks into the room.

"Hello, Mrs. DiLaurentis. What seems to be the problem today?" The doctor asks her while putting her left hand under the hand sanitizer dispenser.

"Well, I felt a really sharp pain right here," Aria tells her as she puts a hand on her lower stomach. "Then, I noticed blood, a lot of blood." Aria continues with exaggeration.

"Okay, well I just want to make sure everything is alright. Can you lift up your shirt for me?" The doctor asks her. "This might be a little cold." She continues and then squirts blue gel onto Aria's little baby belly. "This is your second baby am I right?" The doctor asks while looking at the monitor.

"Yes." Aria says to her. After about 5 minutes the doctor tells Aria she will be right back. Aria still lying on her back feels another jolt of pain in her lower stomach. She gasps, Spencer jumps too in concern for her friend. Just then the doctor returns with another doctor.

"I'm so sorry Aria. I can't hear a heartbeat." The doctor tells her. Spencer squeezes Aria's hand a little bit tighter. Aria sits up already tears running from both of her eyes, she yanks her hand out of Spencer's. Then, puts both of them up to her face. The doctors leave the room just leaving Aria and Spencer. There's pure silence for about 2 minutes before Spencer decided to leave too. Spencer pulls out her phone in the hall way outside of the exam room. She dials a number knowing that it is going to ruin Aria but it's the right thing to do and then keeps walking down the hallway.

"Hello?" Jason says from the other side of the phone.

"Jason?" Spencer asks reassuring that it was actually him.

"Yeah?" Jason says. Spencer can hear giggles in the background, she knows that they must still be at the park.

"I'm at the hospital… with Aria." Spencer says, stopping herself before saying 'with Aria.'

"With Aria? What do you mean with Aria?" Jason says concerned.

"Yeah something's happened can you just come to the hospital?" Spencer asks him.

"Are you guys at Rosewood General?" Jason asks her.

"Yeah." Spencer tells him.

"Okay just let me drop Leah off at Aria parents and then I'll head up there." Jason tells her.

"Okay but, don't tell Ella anything." Spencer reassures him.

"What am I supposed to tell her?" Jason asks her.

"You'll come up with something. But, hey one more thing. Aria has no idea that you're coming and she doesn't want you to come either." Spencer tells her easing into it.

"Spencer." Jason says.

"Oh, come on she needs you. She may not know it but she does. Do it for your little sister." Spencer says through the phone.

Jason can see her puppy dog eyes through the phone. "Really? Pull the little sister card." He says letting out a little laugh, Spencer laughs too. "Okay I'll be there as soon as I can." He says and then pushes the end key. Spencer puts her phone in the pocket of her ten trench coat and then begins to walk back to Aria's room. Aria is still crying when Spencer gets back to the room.

"Where did you go?" Aria asks her in-between gasps.

"I had to make a phone call." Spencer tells her.

"To who?" Aria looks up from her palms and asks her.

"Toby." Spencer says lying to her.

Just then the doctor reenters the room, "When do you think I can go home?" Aria asks her.

"Well, we still needs to run some more tests so it will be awhile." The doctor tells her. Aria sinks back into the upward exam table.

"Okay, Spence do you think you could go to the cafeteria or a vending machine or something? I'm starving." Aria says to the doctor and then asks Spencer.

"Sure." Spencer says smiling at her.

"There's money in my purse." Aria says to her pointing at the counter. Spencer grabs Aria's wallet from her purse and then walks out of the room. She doesn't feel like taking the elevator another 3 floors down to the cafeteria so she makes a left turn for the vending machine down the hall. She buys a package of cookies and a bag of chips from one, and then a bottle of water from the other. As she turns the corner on the way back to Aria's room she sees the elevator doors open to reveal Jason. Spencer quickly hides behind the wall, it's an instinct. She peeks her head around again to see Jason at the nurse's station, she assumes asking where Aria is. Spencer scoots along the wall back into Aria's room. "What are you doing-"Aria asks her. Just then Jason busts through the door.

"Aria." Jason says frantically.
"Jason?" Aria asks confused. "What are you doing here?" Aria continues just as Jason kisses her.

Jason looks at Spencer and she shakes her head at him. "A nurse called me. They saw that I was your emergency contact when Leah was born." Jason says. Spencer can't believe he just pulled that complete lie out of his ass. "Aria, what's going on?" he continues. Just then Jason sees an ultrasound monitor next to the exam table. With a picture of a baby still clearly on the screen. "Aria, are you pregnant?" he asks her.