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Ezra tossed and turned for an hour, the couch was comfortable, Aria was right about that, he just had so much on his mind. He was in the same house as Aria for the first time in almost a year. He leaned over and picked up the stack of papers that Aria had given him to look over. He read the guidelines about the paper, nothing too much just a paper to see how well each student wrote. The story was basically about a girl finding herself when she had no one left and realized in the end that the only person she needed was herself. The story was about Aria. Ezra read and evaluated the story for the greater part of two hours. Before he knew it, it was 2 a.m. and he was drifting off to sleep.

Ezra was awakened a few hours later by the shrill cries of Lila. He heard Aria get up and assumed that she had gone to the nursery. Ezra got up a few minutes later and walked into the nursery to see Aria sitting in the rocker with Lila in her arms.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Ezra asked from his place in the doorway.

"Well unless you can nurse Lila, which I really wish you could, then no there isn't." Aria said from the rocker.

"Sorry about that." Ezra said blushing a little. "Does she wake you up a lot?" Ezra asked as he walked into the room and sat down on the other chair that was in the corner.

"Not too much, she really is a good baby. She only wakes up about 2 or 3 times a night."

"You really are amazing. I mean doing this by yourself and going to school." Ezra told her.

"I am no more amazing then all the other teen mothers out there. I'm just lucky that I have Myra and that my parents didn't disown me." Aria told him.

"How did your parents take it?" Ezra asked not sure if he wanted an answer.

"Really well actually, after I convinced dad not to kill you that is." Aria chuckled at the memory.

"Mom, dad I have to tell you something. I have to tell you this now because in a few weeks I won't be able to hide it any longer." Aria said nervously as she stood in the same place that she and Ezra had once told her parents of them going out, only this time she was alone.

"You're pregnant, aren't you?" Ella asked from her place beside of her ex-husband.

Aria only nodded her head in confirmation.

"I swear I will kill that. . ." Byron was cut off my Aria.

"Dad, please we aren't together anymore and I don't want to talk about him either. Please don't kill him or turn him into the police, just let him go on with his life." Aria pleaded.

"Fine." Byron said as he got up and wrapped his arms around Aria.

"I talked to Grandma Myra and she said that whenever I get my diploma, which the school said I could get tomorrow, that I could come and live with her in Los Angeles."

"Are you sure this is what you want?" Ella asked now standing beside of Byron.

"Yes, I don't want to run into Ezra any and I just want out of here. I want my child to have a good life that Rosewood will not give them."

"You know for month's every time I heard a knock at my door I either thought it was the police arresting me or it was your father coming to kill me." Ezra said laughing.

"Believe me he wanted to for a while and then one day things changed it was like he saw you with a different pair of eyes. I don't know really, you just kind of became like taboo for my family. Nobody ever really talked about you well except for me."

"What do you mean?" Ezra asked wondering who she talked to about him.

"When I was pregnant I would sit and tell stories to Lila. I listened to Happiness by the Fray, you know B26 every day." Aria told him looking over at him.

"You told our daughter about me. Why would you do that if you thought I had done such terrible things?" Ezra asked her.

"I guess I didn't want her to grow up and be one of those kids who had no idea who their father was. I've only told her good things. Like how we used to watch cartoons on Saturdays or how we would eat Chinese all the time just enjoying each other's presence. I also told her that you cared more about me than you did about yourself and that you cared more for her than anything in the world." Aria said as a tear ran down her cheek.

"Aria, I don't know what to say." Ezra chocked out get somewhat emotional himself.

"You don't have to say anything." Aria said back looking back down at a delighted Lila.

*PLL*

A few hours later Ezra was once again awakened but this time by the smell of eggs and bacon. He rolled over on the couch and picked up his phone to look at his phone which read 9 a.m.

"I've got to get ready for class." Ezra said as he got up.

"School was cancelled today. There is flooding all over town and the authorities have urged people to not leave unless it's an emergency." Myra said from the kitchen. "It appears as though you shall be staying here for a little while longer."

"I'm guessing I won't be getting my car fixed today then." Ezra said as more of a statement than a question.

"Maybe not even tomorrow, if you look under the sink in the bathroom there is an extra toothbrush and you can use whatever shampoo and soap you would like to clean up; however, you may smell a little girly." Myra said as she brought a plate of food over to the table. "Come and eat first while I go and get Aria up."

"Thanks." Ezra said as he dug into the delicious food that was sat in front of him.

"Good morning." Aria said awkwardly as she walked in the kitchen with Lila in her arms.

"Morning." Ezra said back to her.

"I heard your uh going to be here for longer then you thought." Aria said once she had sat down.

"Oh uh yeah I can't go anywhere and my car is broken down and no place is open, so here I am." Ezra said with a chuckle.

"Did you read over my paper, because if you did it would be great to know what to work on and I could get it done and sent today which would give me 5 bonus points for turning it in early."

"Oh yeah I finished it last night. It was really great for your first paper. I highlighted a few grammatical errors that you probably overlooked and other than that it looked really good."

"Thanks again Ezra, if you hadn't done this I probably would have failed the paper. I just need you to send an email from your staff account to my teacher with an attachment of my paper saying you had looked it over." Aria said trying to move Lila so she could eat.

"Sure thing, could I borrow your computer later?"

"Yeah, sure I'll get it when I'm done." Aria said trying to calm a fussy Lila.

"Here let me take her so you can eat." Ezra said as Aria handed him Lila.

When Aria was done eating she went into the living room to see Ezra watching TV with Lila on his lap. She was so enthralled with playing with his fingers that she didn't even notice when he moved her to his other leg.

"You really are good with her." Aria said as she sat down beside of Ezra.

"Thanks, she's a really good baby though so it helps." Ezra said as he looked down at the little girl who was still playing with his hand."

"You know in a few months she will be able to sit up on her own. I can't believe how big she is getting." Aria said as she reached over and ran her hands through Lila's curly brown locks.

"Aria I really wish I could have been here for her since the beginning. The biggest thing I regret in my life is not going after you and missing out on the first 2 months of my daughter's life." Ezra said as he hand rested on Aria's which was now on Lila's chest.

"Ezra, stop beating yourself up, your mother obviously fooled us both. The only thing that matters is that you are here now." Aria said and pulled her hand away. "Here's my laptop, I'm going to go get a shower then you can get cleaned up." Aria said and walked to the bathroom.

"I hope mommy sees how much I love her someday." Ezra said to Lila who only cooed in response.

*PLL*

Aria walked out of the bathroom in her robe and looked into the kitchen to see Ezra on the laptop typing with one hand and holding a sleeping Lila in the other. The love Aria saw in his eyes was like nothing she had ever seen before. She wanted so bad to just run over and wrap her arms around him and kiss him like there was no tomorrow, but there was too much in the past to do that and her life would be easier alone.

Aria wasn't sure what to wear. She didn't feel comfortable in her regular clothes yet so she decided on an old Rosewood t-shirt and some jeans. She hoped Ezra wouldn't notice the extra weight that she still had from her pregnancy. After putting her hair up in a messy bun and putting on some make-up she made her way back to the living room.

"Oh hey." Ezra said with a smile. "I sent those papers to your teacher and so all you should do now is fix the few mistakes and then you should be good to go."

"Thanks so much Ezra, it means a lot." Aria said as she sat down beside of him.

"I would do anything for you Aria, I love you." Ezra said before thinking.

"How is Lila cooperating for you?" Aria asked ignoring what Ezra had said.

"Pretty good, she got a little fussy earlier because she couldn't see what I was doing on the computer but once I turned her a bit and she could see what daddy was doing I guess she found it boring and went to sleep." Ezra said and nodded down at the baby who was lightly snoring in his right arm.

"Yeah she thinks that all of your attention should be on her at all times." Aria said as she ran a hand over Lila's tiny body.

"Such a little queen already." Ezra said looking down at Lila. "Aria, I really think we need to talk."

"Fine but not here, let me go put Lila down and tell Myra." Aria said as she took the tiny baby into her arms and went down the hall. A few minutes later she emerged from the hallway walking towards the door. Ezra followed her without asking questions and they soon ended up on the empty sidewalk.

"What do you want to talk about?" Aria asked once they had reached the side walk.

"I want to talk about us. I want to know what we have." Ezra said looking Aria in the eyes.

"I don't know Ezra, I want to be with you I really do but there's just too much in the way for us."

"Aria what do you want?"

"I don't know." Aria said looking down at the ground.

"Aria this isn't you. You were always so sure of yourself and know you don't even know what you want." Ezra said lifting Aria's chin to look at him.

"Things aren't supposed to be like this." Aria said in almost a whisper. Raindrops began to fall from the sky and soon it was down pouring as it was the night before.

"Aria come on its raining let's get inside." Ezra said and tried to grab Aria's hand to only have her jerk it away.

"I'm supposed to be going to school in Rosewood, I'm supposed to be with my friends, I'm supposed to be engaged to you, and I'm supposed to not have a care in the world." Aria said as she began to yell. Ezra tried to grab her hand but she pushed him away and kept pushing against his chest.

"Not a mom at 18, not fighting with you, not here away from my family and friends, not any of this." Aria yelled at Ezra while she kept pushing harder and harder. Ezra grabbed her wrists stopping her from pushing him and pulled her close. Aria began to struggle but when she realized that Ezra wasn't going to let go any time soon she gave in and sagged into Ezra's arms. They both collapsed into the sidewalk and Ezra hugged Aria close rocking back and forth, both getting socked.

After a few minutes Aria jumped up and mumbled an "I got to go" before running up to the apartment.

*PLL*

Aria walked into the living room the next morning to see the couch straightened up and no sign of Ezra. There was a note on the couch with her name on it. She slowly opened it and began to read.

Dear Aria,

I understand that you hate me right now and I will respect that you don't want to see me but please don't push me out of my daughter's life. I could never live with myself if I wasn't there for her. Meet me today at my apartment at 3 if you come then we have a chance and if you don't I won't bother you anymore. Tell Lila daddy loves her and give her kiss for me.

Love, Ezra

"He left this morning, had his car towed and took a cab home. Said to tell you to read his letter, which I see you have, and he was sorry." Myra said when she saw Aria look up from the letter.

"Did he say anything else?" Aria asked not wanting to know the answer.

"To make sure you didn't have a cold and that you were okay. He wanted to leave after your talk but I told him no, so he spent the night and then left really early this morning."

"I really messed up." Aria said as she walked over and hugged Myra.

"Honey, you didn't, he will be there for you no matter what. Just don't pull him along."

"I won't." Aria said as she pulled away and headed towards Lila's room. When she arrived she picked up Lila and got her dressed and packed her bag for the day.

"I'm going to go see Ezra, I need to talk to him and get everything straight. Lila needs her father in her life." Aria said to Myra. Lila was snuggled down in the carrier.

"Be careful, call me later and let me know how it went." Myra said as she hugged Aria.

Aria made her way to her car and buckled Lila into the backseat. She typed the address that Ezra had given her earlier into her GPS and began her journey to him. When she was about five minutes from his place she made her way through a green light to be slammed in the passenger side by an oncoming car that had ran the red light.

Cries were heard from Lila and Aria slowly faded to darkness as her life flashed before her eyes.

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