And finish! Yes! I finished my first day of online homeschooling I thought. I had been at my kitchen table on my laptop for 2 hours doing my senior year of high school. After getting pregnant, I knew I had to stay home and finish school before he came, so that's how we made the hard choice to get me home schooled. It wasn't too bad so far, the only down side is not really have a teacher to explain it to you. I wanted to get it done early, so I woke up at 6 so I could be done by 8. After I close my laptop I feel a pair of strong arms warp themselves around my waist.
"Good morning my beauty fiancé" Ezra says to me while not loosening his grip on me.
"Good morning!" I say. We both sit down at our table and have some breakfast.
"Ezra, I was thinking. I don't want to get married yet." I say.
"What? Why?" Ezra says with a tone of hurt and confusion.
"I'm not calling off the engagement; I just want to wait for our son to get here."
"I agree with you there. it would be nice to have our little boy as the ring bearer."
"And how are we going to afford a wedding? I mean I don't have a job, we had to pay for home schooling, and do you know how much a baby costs?" I lean my face in my hands trying to hold back tears. "A part of me feels we aren't ready to be parents. Maybe Dr. Miller was right."
"Aria, what are you saying?
"Maybe it would be better if we gave our baby up for adoption."
"Aria! Please don't think like that! I will get a second job, I'll work overtime at Hollis, please don't say that! This is our baby and we are going to be the best parents to him."
"I'm sorry I am just thinking about all the things I had to give up. Junior prom, graduation with my class, a normal senior year."
"Hey, sweetie." Ezra takes his hands and run them down the sides of my arms making them end up in my hands. "We will find a way to make everything work. As a family!"
"I know we will." I place my head on his chest and he holds me close. Just the feeling of knowing he is here for me makes my heart sink. I will marry him someday, when our son is here. But now isn't the right time.
"Oh Aria. I forgot to tell you something." I widen my eyes at him telling him to continue. "We are meeting my mom for lunch at the Grille today at 2:30."
"What?" I say smiling. "And you didn't tell me sooner?"
"I'm sorry! I don't know how I am going to tell her about you being my former student, and about our baby, and that I didn't tell her for the past year we have been together!"
"Like you said before, we will get through it! As a family."
General POV (OK, so I guess this is kind of like a flashback? I am really not sure what to call it but it is just going back and looking at Ezra's past.)
Flashaback
Growing up, Ezra had the typical middle child syndrome. He had an older perfect sister, Esther (Everybody called her Esti) and a younger brother Jacob. Esti is 3 years older than Ezra, and Jacob is 2 years younger than Ezra. They all bonded tremendously during their parents' divorce. Ezra was 12, Esti was 15, and little Jacob was 10. They all stayed living in their home in Rosewood with their mother, while their dad moved in with his girlfriend in Philly. The divorce was hard on all of the children. Their mom would spend her days in her room depressed, so Esti took the role as a maternity figure. She would make their lunches, clean the house, help with homework, fold laundry, and all things a mother should have been doing. Their mom's name is Mary, and she is an artist. Before the divorce she would spend her days sitting at the potter's wheel singing Beetle's songs, but during and after the divorce her artwork went from cheery to heart breaking. Their dad's name is Jackson, and he was a writer/ reporter for the Philadelphia Times. (FYI, I decided to make the Fitz family Jewish. Fitz is German, and Ezra is German/Hebrew/Biblical. Esti, Mary, Jacob, and Jackson are all that origin too.)
Today Esti is 26, and she became a psychiatrist. She married a Doctor named Michael and they have a 1 year old daughter named Kaylee. They live In Rosewood, and still see Ezra, or Uncle Ezzie as Kaylee calle him often. Jacob is at Colombia University majoring in law. He and Ezra have weekly phone calls, and comments on facebook here and there. Mary still lives in the same home her children did. She re-married to another artist Xavier Schwartz. Jackson married a fellow writer for his newspaper, and still
End Of Flashback… Sort of? I really don't know what to call this ^
"Ready to meet my mom Aria?" Ezra says to me.
"I think I am!" I say back. the whole day we were practicing how we were going to tell her about us. We go in and sit at a table in the corner, and wait for Mary Schwartz to arrive. I see Ezra stand up and walk over to his mom when she walks in. she has long brown curly hair held back by a pink headband. I can see now where Ezra gets his curls from. She was wearing a long brown dress and a black jacket over it.
"Mom, this is my fiancé Aria. Aria this is my mom Mary."
"Hello Mary. It is nice to meet you."
"Aria, now that's not a name you hear every day! I just wonder why Ezra took so long to let me meet you" I see her eyes move from mine to my small but quite visible belly. It was just the beginning of July and I was about 21 weeks pregnant. I was wearing a tank top because of the heat so you could see it perfectly. "Oh, you're pregnant?" she says very shocked.
"About 21 weeks" I say.
"Is it yours?" She says looking at Ezra.
"Yes mom, its mine." Ezra says looking at the ground.
"Is this why you two are engaged? Because of the baby on the way? Ezra, I don't want you rushing into anything because you think it is best for the baby."
"No mom, we are engaged because I love her. We have been together for almost a year now." Ezra is now looking up at his mom.
"A year? And you didn't tell me!" Mary looks very shocked and angry. "Ezra, I talk to you every day and I see you at least once a week. You always told me you were single!"
"Mom, we kept it quite for a while." Ezra says. I decided to stay out of their discussion because I did not feel right speaking yet.
"Why Ezra? Is it because of what happened with Jackie?"
"Jackie has nothing to do with it mom!"
"I am just trying to get to the bottom of this."
"Fine, mom. Aria was in my class at Rosewood High School. There, happy?"
"Wait she was in your class? How could you Ezra? Did you use her to, you know…"
"Mom I never used her for anything!"
"Then why is she pregnant?"
"I don't think you want me to explain that part to you mom." I quietly giggle to myself after hearing Ezra say that. Mary shoots me a dirty look, so I look away taking a sip from my glass of water. Ezra puts his arm around me and smiles at me with that boyish smile.
"Look, Ezra. You don't have to stay around for the baby, if you know what I mean." Wait. Was she telling Ezra that he didn't need to be here for me and our baby?
"MOM I WOULD NEVER LEAVE ARIA OR MY BABY!" Ezra says very angry. He stands up and takes my hand and pulls me out of the reaturaunt. "Come on Aria, we are leaving."
"Ezra, slow down you are going to hurt me!" I say. He stops and turns to face me.
"I'm sorry babe. I just, I never thought my mom would be so un supportive."
"Ezra." I cup his face in my hands. "She'll warm up to the idea of us. Just give it time. Once the baby comes she will love him, and want to see him every day." Ezra smiles at me.
"How is it, that you always make me feel better?"
"As your fiancé it is my job. Come on, let's get home." And with that we walk hand in hand to Ezra's car.
AN/ Hey guys? Do you like the Fitz family so far? I am thinking about doing a chapter for every family member, tell me what you think! And keep reviewing! The more reviews I get the happier it makes me and the more I want to write! Thanks so much! I should be doing my History paper right now, but I got amazing reviews and it made me write more!
-NightmarereAndDreamers The hangover! I was wondering if anybody was going to get that and you did!
