Aria lay in her bed that night completely disarrayed. Just last week she had her life figured out. She was a single mother, with the greatest daughter in the world. There was no Ezra. Now here she was with Ezra back in her life and telling her that all the months that she wanted and needed him, he wanted and need her. Aria looked over at her clock and it said 2 am. She knew sleep was not going to come tonight so she got out of bed and turned on her computer. She opened up her pictures and went through the ones of her pregnancy.

She hadn't been overly open about her pregnancy but she did take pictures time-to-time to keep her mother, father, and brother updated. The first picture that was in the album was the one that was taken only a day before the big blow up between her and Ezra. Ezra had his arm around her and they were cuddling on the couch. In the picture Aria had her hand over her stomach and it was not something that someone would pick up on until they knew she was pregnant. It was the same picture she kept in her wallet as she knew it was the only 'family' picture the family may ever have. Her other favorite picture was when she was about 7 months pregnant. In the picture she was wearing some jeans and her stomach was protruding through Ezra's Hollis t-shirt, it was the only t-shirt of his she had and she wore it all the time. It was like a part of him was always with her.

The next morning Aria woke up and decided it was time for a much overdue phone call to her family.

"Hello?" Byron asked when he picked up the phone.

"Hey daddy." Aria said.

"What's wrong honey?" Byron asked with concern.

"What do you mean?" Aria asked wondering how her dad already knew something was wrong.

"Aria you never call me daddy unless something is wrong or you have to tell me something. So what is wrong?" Byron asked over the line.

"I saw Ezra."

"Really, where?" Byron asked curiously.

"He was my teacher in my English class, ironic right?"

"That's one word for it."

"I dropped the class though and thought 'oh well no more Ezra for me' boy was I wrong. Grandma ran into him and then invited him over for dinner last night. He met Lila for the first time and then tried to tell me that his mother lied to me."

"Aria, maybe she really did lie. Maybe he isn't as bad as you think he is." Byron told Aria.

"Dad, are you convincing me to go for Ezra?" Aria asked totally confused.

"I'm just telling you that you can't make a decision until you know the entire story and that maybe he has more to his story." Byron told his daughter

"Are you Byron Montgomery?" A woman asked from the doorway of Byron's office.

"Yes, can I help you?" Byron asked from his desk.

"I believe that your daughter was dating my son for a while, I'm Diane Fitzgerald." Diane said walking closer to the desk.

"She was until he left her out to dry after getting her pregnant." Byron said bitterly.

"Well it wasn't all him. I kind of led him to believe that she didn't want him. I tried to pay her to leave because we both know that they are better off without each other."

"You what?" Byron asked as he stood up from his desk.

"Let's just say that they both believe that the other didn't want the baby." Diane said with a smirk.

"How could you do something like that to you son and to a pregnant teenager?" Byron asked now furious.

"I know that you don't want them together so I don't get why you are so mad. Your daughter got to leave and she isn't with my son. She will have her baby and you guys can be one happy family." Diane spat back.

"Because of you my daughter cried herself to sleep for days. She thought the man she loved more than anything in the entire world didn't want his own daughter, and yes she found out she is having a girl. That's right you're going to have a granddaughter." Byron now yelled at Diane. "I suggest that you leave now and never talk to me or my family ever again and I hope for Ezra's sake that you never talk to him again either."

Ezra walked through the halls of USC's English department. He had a daughter. He had known for a few days now that he had a daughter but to see her and meet her made it all so real. After his encounter with Aria the night before he finished dinner with Lila in his arms and Aria and Myra making small talk. Aria had excused herself from the table before he had a chance to talk to her anymore. He left promising Myra that he would be a part of his daughter's life and try to make Aria see he was a good guy.

Ezra walked to his car and had just made it there when it had begun to rain. It was supposed to be the storm of the century and they were calling for record flooding. Ezra settled his bag in the passenger seat and looked out the window to see a familiar figure walking towards the road. He quickly jumped out and ran over to the woman standing in the rain.

"Aria, is that you?" Ezra asked as he got closer. She didn't answer him and just stood there. "Do you need a ride?" Ezra asked once he had reached her.

"No, I can walk." Aria said in response.

"Aria it's raining cats and dogs out here and you live 15 minutes away by car. There is no way I am letting you walk." Ezra said in reply and stood in front of her.

"Why do you care anyway?" Aria spat back at him.

"Because I still love you, okay? "Ezra said and walked towards his car.

"Fine, I'll go with you but only because I don't want to get sick." Aria said as she quickly followed him to his car. When Ezra got in he moved his bag to the backseat and took Aria's bag and placed it in the back seat as well.

"So what are you doing over here in the English department?" Ezra asked once they had both gotten settled in.

"I have to find a teacher to proof read and sign off on my papers for my online class."

"Did you find anyone?" Ezra asked hoping she hadn't.

"No, I was only there for a few minutes until Myra called me and told me that it was going to storm so I thought I should try to make it home as soon as I could."

"Oh, well I could always read over your papers for you. Well at least until you find someone." Ezra said hopingly.

"I don't know." Aria said as she looked out the window to avoid making eye contact with Ezra.

"Aria, come on when I drop you off you can let me take it home and I'll read over it. I can e-mail you my thoughts and all and if you don't feel comfortable then you can find another teacher to look over it." Ezra told her as he entered her street.

"Fine." Aria said as they pulled in front of the gallery. When Ezra stopped the car he just sat there for a minute. "Aren't you coming into get my paper?" Aria asked before she shut the door.

"Of yeah of course." Ezra stammered out.

"Myra, Lila I'm home." Aria yelled when she walked in the door Ezra close behind her.

"Aria someone misses mommy." Myra said when she entered the room with an ever so cranky Lila. "Ezra nice to see you again."

"Nice to see you as well." Ezra said with a smile on his face. "You too Lila." Ezra said when the little girl up at him and stopped fussing.

"Let me go and get the paper, I'll be right back." Aria said and handed Lila to Ezra as if second nature.

"Hey baby girl, how have you been?" Ezra cooed at Lila who kicked her legs in response. "Are you being good for mommy?" Lila gave a toothless smile at the question.

"Here is my paper so far. I have some more to write until it is the right length but I didn't want to go on if it was way off. I also stapled a copy of the guidelines to it as well." Aria said and handed Ezra the stack of papers.

"Sounds great, I'll make sure to look them over tonight and I should be able to e-mail you tomorrow. When is it due?" Ezra asked still playing with Lila. He had found out that she liked having her feet tickled.

"Two weeks from yesterday. We have four major papers due for the class and this is the first one, so any feedback would be great." Aria told Ezra.

"Ezra why don't you stay for dinner?" Myra asked.

"I ah I don't know." Ezra said looking over to Aria.

"Ezra you can do whatever you would like." Aria replied before walking back to her room.

"Okay I guess I'll stay for dinner then." Ezra told Myra.

"Great it will be ready in about 10 minutes, why don't you go put Lila down and then get washed up." Myra said before going into the kitchen.

Ezra walked into the nursery and laid Lila down in her crib. She didn't fuss with him only kicked her legs and played with her feet. He looked around the room for a few seconds and then spotted the picture of him and Aria on the nightstand above her crib. A smile came across his face when he saw that Aria had in fact never forgotten him.

"Are you going to come eat?" Ezra heard someone say from the doorway. He turned around to see Aria standing there.

"Oh uh yeah I'm coming." Ezra said and went to the kitchen.

After one of the most awkward dinners for both Aria and Ezra, Ezra got up and headed towards the door.

"I should really get going. This storm is only going to get worse and I want to make it home before it does." Ezra said as he grabbed the suit jacket he had had on earlier." Myra thanks again for the great meal."

"Anytime dear, you are welcome to come eat anytime you want." Myra said with a smile and walked to her bedroom.

"Here, this is a journal I kept my entire pregnancy. I don't know why I am giving it to you but I guess you deserve to know what I went through." Aria said and handed Ezra a small journal.

"Aria you have no idea how much this means." Ezra said.

"I am not ready to forgive you yet or to be all buddy-buddy with you but my daughter deserves to have her father in her life." Aria said.

"Thanks Aria, tell Lila I said good-night and I love her. I'll make sure to email you tomorrow and let you know my thoughts. Good-night Aria." Ezra said and quickly kissed Aria on the forehead before leaving the apartment.

When Ezra made his way to his car he quickly got in trying to stay as dry as possible. Ezra stuck his key in the ignition only to hear it sputter and then stop, nothing. 'Great' Ezra thought to himself as he got out of his car.

"What are you doing?" Aria asked when she answered the door.

"My car won't start and there is no way that I can walk home in this storm." Ezra said in reply.

"Aria let the poor man inside." Myra said from behind Aria. Once Ezra had walked inside Myra walked over with a blanket. "Here, get warm you have to be freezing, you are staying here tonight. The news just said to only go out if there is an emergency."

"Myra." Aria began but was cut off.

"Aria, Ezra will stay here tonight so play nice. I am going to bed now see if you can find him something dry to wear." Myra said and walked down the small hall to her bedroom at the end.

"I'll be back." Aria said before going down the hallway to her room. A few minutes later she returned with a t-shirt and some sweat pants. "Here these were my dad's he left them here at Christmas hopefully they fit." Aria said talking about the pants.

"What about the shirt?" Ezra asked already knowing it was his.

"Well it should fit considering it's yours well it might be stretched a little bit because I wore throughout my entire pregnancy but all the same you can wear it."

"Why did you keep it?" Ezra asked as he got up.

"Because I wanted our daughter to always have something of yours and it was the only thing that I had at the time." Aria said truthfully. "You can change in the bathroom I'll go get you some blankets and a pillow. I swear the couch is more comfortable than it looks. I spent the last month of my pregnancy on it because it was the only place I felt comfortable." Aria chuckled; she then went to her room leaving Ezra in the living room. Ezra quickly followed her and stood at the door.

"I'm sorry." Ezra said from the doorway.

"For what?" Aria asked as she grabbed a pillow from her bed and some blankets from the chair in the corner.

"For not going after you once my mother had given me the letter and for making you a mom at 18 and put your entire life on hold." Ezra said as he walked in the room a little.

"Ezra I cried myself to sleep for a month after that day. I stayed in Rosewood for three days before I came out here, long enough to get my diploma. I had hoped that you would come after me, but I didn't bank on it. You had so much ahead of you and I didn't want to weigh you down. As for being a mom at 18 I wouldn't take any of it back. The late night feedings and the dirty diapers may suck but the love she gives me like I am someone is amazing. The love I have for her is like a love that I have never had for anyone, I wouldn't trade it for anything in the entire universe." Aria said as she walked past Ezra and made her way to the living room to make a bed for Ezra.

"Aria I really do love you." Ezra said.

"Ezra, I can't do this not right now at least. Good night." Aria said before making her way to her room.

Ezra made his way to the bathroom and changed his clothes. When he was finished changing he heard a small whimper and made his way to Lila's nursery. When he walked in he heard the little girl whimper again and walked over to see her twist her face as though she was going to cry.

"What's wrong baby girl?" Ezra asked and leaned over and picked up the girl who instantly looked happier. After a few minutes of talking to her and rubbing her tiny arms Lila fell into a deep sleep. "I love you so much; I only hope that you grow up one day to be as amazing as your mother." Ezra said looking over the crib. Little did Ezra know that Aria was standing in the doorway watching Lila's father take good care of her. She walked back to her room with tears in her eyes. He loved her, really did love his little girl.

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