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*Ring Ring*
"Hello?" Ezra answered his phone.
"Ezra, this is Myra you need to get to the hospital now. Aria and Lila were in a car accident."
"What happened? Are they okay?" Ezra asked all in one breathe.
"I don't know, all I know is that Aria went into surgery. Just get down here as soon as you can." Myra said before hanging up.
Ezra went into panic mode and made his way out of his apartment. He was so frazzled that he was lucky to have remembered his phone and wallet. He got in his car and the only thing he could think about the entire way to the hospital was the past that he and Aria had shared. Their first time, the day he met her, the day her parents found out, and their last dinner together before she left.
He finally pulled into the parking garage and then made his way to the entrance of the Emergency Room where he found Myra pacing.
"How are they, where are they?" Ezra asked in a hurry searching the entire room for Aria and his daughter.
"Ezra calm down." Myra said grabbing Ezra's arm making him stand still.
"Ar, are they okay?" Ezra stumbled out.
"I don't know yet, Aria's in surgery and they have Lila in the children's ward." Myra said wrapping Ezra in a hug. Ezra began to cry at the thought of something being wrong with his daughter and the love of his life.
"What happened?" Ezra asked a few minutes later when he had settled down a bit.
"She was on her way somewhere when someone ran a red light and slammed into her passenger side." Myra told Ezra and led him to the waiting area to take a seat.
"Where were they going?" Ezra asked when Myra went to answer the doctor appeared.
"Miss Rose?" The doctor asked and both Ezra and Myra stood up.
"Yes?" Myra said taking Ezra's hand in hers.
"Aria is out of surgery but she is still in critical condition, we are not sure if or when she will wake up." The doctor said.
"What about Lila?" Myra asked now holding onto Ezra tighter and letting tears freely run down her cheeks.
"She will be okay, we do want to keep her overnight but she only suffered a broken arm and some cuts and bruises. Usually babies at that age do not survive wrecks like that but she is a strong willed baby."
"Can we see her now?" Myra asked.
"Yes, but family only." The doctor said and looked over at Ezra.
"I'm her father." Ezra said knowing what the doctor meant. The doctor nodded his head and led them down the hallway to a room with a crib in it. The doctor left both Ezra and Myra to be alone with Lila.
"Hey little girl." Ezra said as he reached the crib and looked down to see his daughter with a tiny cast on her arm and a couple of tubes coming out of her. He couldn't help the tears that fell from his eyes as he looked down at the tiny helpless body lying in the crib.
"She's going to be okay." Myra said walking over and standing next to Ezra.
"I know she is but what about Aria?" Ezra asked lifting his hand down to rub Lila's stomach.
"She's a fighter, always has been." Myra said to Ezra. "Go see her, I'll stay with Lila and let you know when she wakes up. Aria needs you now more than Lila."
"Bye baby." Ezra said and leaned down to kiss Lila on the forehead. "Let me know if anything changes." Ezra said to Myra before exiting the room.
*PLL*
"Mommy get up." Aria was shaken awake by a now 6 year old Lila. When she went to get up she realized that she had about an extra ten pounds in front of her and saw she was about 7 months pregnant. She felt something stir and looked over to see Ezra asleep next to her.
"What is it honey?" Aria asked as she struggled to get up.
"It's time to open presents." Lila said and ran over to Ezra and began to push him back and forth till he rolled over and started to tickle her. "Stop it daddy." Lila said giggling, she then ran back out of the room most likely towards the living room.
"How are you?" Ezra asked Aria who came to sit down on his lap.
"I'm great." Aria replied as Ezra wrapped his arms around her waist and began to rub her stomach. "We're great." Aria replied.
"Aria, you need to wake up. Lila needs to see her mommy, she's fine but she needs you." Aria heard someone say, it sounded like Ezra. She wanted to answer she wanted to yell that she was there and that she needed Lila. Lila, she was in the car too how was she? Was she okay? Aria tried and tried to go to Ezra. She was done running from him, she just wanted collapse in his arms and never let go.
*PLL*
"Aria, you need to wake up. Lila needs to see her mommy, she's fine but she needs you." Ezra said from his place in the seat next to Aria's bed. He leaned over the bed and picked up Aria's fragile hand and held it. He held back tears and just sat there staring at the most beautiful girl he had ever met.
"Do you have any idea how much I love you?" Ezra asked Aria who didn't budge.
Ezra sat there for minutes which turned into hours and before he knew he had sat there for over 8 hours just holding Aria's hand. He was snapped out of his daze when he heard the door open behind him. He turned back to see Myra standing behind him.
"Is everything okay with Lila?" Ezra asked starting to panic.
"Yes, she woke up long enough to be fed and changed and is now asleep again. The doctor said that she will be groggy for a while from the medicine they gave her so I decided to come and see Aria. How is she?" Myra asked walking to the other side of the bed.
"The same, the doctor came in about an hour and checked on her and said there was no change which for now is good." Ezra said with a sigh.
"Ezra why don't you go and clean up a bit and get something to eat, I promise I'll let you know if anything changes." Myra said as she came around the bed and stood behind Ezra.
"Myra. . ." Ezra began.
"Ezra, go and get something to eat. You know as well as I do that Aria would be highly angry with you if she knew you hadn't eaten for a while. Now go." Myra said to Ezra as she practically shooed Ezra out of the room.
*PLL*
Once Ezra had gotten some food and washed up a bit he found himself in Lila's nursery room. He walked over to the crib and saw that Lila was awake. She was fighting the tubes they had in her tiny nose and was getting ready to start wailing.
"Hey baby you need to leave that alone." Ezra told Lila as he moved her hand away from her face. She did not like this however and started to cry. "Hey now there is no need to cry." Ezra began to soothe her and rub her stomach. When Ezra was little he loved it when his mom would love his stomach, or so she said.
"She is doing a lot better; the doctor even says she can go home in the morning." A nurse said to Ezra when she came in to check on Lila.
"That's great. Can I hold her?" Ezra asked still rubbing Lila's stomach.
"Of course you can sir, just be careful of her tubes. I'll pull a chair up for you." The nurse said and pulled the chair over next to the crib for Ezra to sit down in. Once the nurse had left Ezra bent down and picked up Lila and sat down in the chair with her. As soon as she was in his arms she stopped crying and a smile started to form on her face.
"I missed you in my arms." Ezra said to her and tickled her feet which made her make funny noises. "I don't know what I would have done if something had happened to you. I love you so much Lila." Ezra told the girl and kissed her on the head. He sat there for about 20 minutes rocking Lila back and forth as she fell into a deep sleep.
"Sir visiting hours are over for the children's ward." A nurse said not realizing that Ezra was her father. Ezra nodded knowing he needed to check on Aria and that there was nothing more he could do for Lila as she was already asleep.
"Daddy loves you baby girl." Ezra said and kissed Lila on the forehead and laid her down in the crib. "I'll be back in the morning."
*PLL*
"How is she?" Ezra asked once he had reached the floor Aria was on and spotted Myra outside of Aria's room.
"No change, they wanted to run some tests and take some blood so I came out here. I called Ella and Byron and they and Mike are flying out tonight." Myra said as she sat down in the chair in the hallway.
"Should I be here when they get here?" Ezra asked not sure how much they hated him for making their daughter a mom at 18.
"Their over that, besides right now they are all too worried about Aria and Lila to try and kill you." Myra said with a slight chuckle.
"Thanks for the reassurance." Ezra said back with a small smile on his face.
"Ma'am we are done running tests for right now. Aria had a collapsed lung which was repaired in surgery. She also has some broken ribs which caused some internal bleeding. There is swelling on her brain which has gone down since she first came in. She also has a broken wrist and sprained ankle." The nurse explained to both Myra and Ezra.
"We weren't sure of all of the injuries when she first came in. You guys can go and see her now." The nurse said and walked away.
"Go ahead in honey, I've got to call my daughter and see when they are getting here." Myra said and hugged Ezra before she made her way down the hall. Ezra walked slowly into the room and looked down at Aria. He noticed her wrapped right wrist and the tube coming out of her side. He looked at her face which had cuts all over it and then to her left hand which was laying there open and lifeless. He walked over to the chair and sat down beside of the bed and reached for her left hand and gently placed his hand in hers.
"Aria, baby I love you so much. I want to be with you for the rest of my life, you and Lila." Ezra said as he took his other hand and brushing the hair out of her face careful not to touch the place where a bandage was on her head. "I love you so much." Ezra said again as the tears began to come faster and faster and Ezra broke into sobs. Ezra was unsure how long he sat there crying but he eventually drifted off to sleep his hand still in Aria's.
Ezra was awoken sometime later by Ella. Ezra hadn't seen her for a few months and she looked the same. He was sure that she never changed.
"Ella, hey." Ezra said getting ready to get up.
"Ezra, you don't have to move its fine." Ella said and put her hand on Ezra's shoulder. "How is she?" Ella asked sitting in the chair next to Ezra's.
"No change which I guess is good." Ezra said without any emotion.
"She's been through so much lately." Ella said longingly.
"Ella, I'm so sorry for everything. I had no idea Aria was pregnant and everything my mother told was not true. I would have been there if I had known."
"Ezra, it's okay. The past is the past. You're here now and that's all that matters." Ella said and she put a hand on Ezra's arm.
"I just feel so guilty for not going after her. She went through the entire pregnancy alone. I have a daughter." Ezra said in a bit of a whisper.
"I know and she is the most beautiful baby in the world. What do you think about her?" Ella asked knowing that Ezra loved to talk about his daughter.
"I didn't think it was possible to love anything in the way that I love her. When she looks at me or smiles at me I melt. I want to give her the world. I can't even describe it." Ezra said with a smile on his face. "The first time I met her, it brought tears to my eyes and at that moment I never wanted to let her go."
"The love of a child is the most beautiful thing in the world. There is nothing like the bond of a father and his daughter." Ella said as she stood up. "Speaking of which I should go get Byron so he can see Aria."
"Should I leave?" Ezra asked nervously.
"No Ezra, Byron will not kill you. He's over the past and the fact that you are fighting Aria so much to be a part of her and Lila's life has gained you brownie points." Ella said with a smile as she exited the room.
After a few minutes Ezra heard someone walk into the room. Ezra got up and walked over to Byron and reached his hand out to shake Byron's.
"How's my baby?" Byron asked looking over to the bed at a lifeless Aria.
"No change which is a good thing I guess." Ezra said as he walked back over to the chair he was just sitting in and Byron in the other.
After a few minutes of awkward silence Byron turned to Ezra. "Has she come around yet?"
"Sorry, what?" Ezra asked being brought out of his daze.
"Has she come around to the idea of you yet?" Byron asked.
"No, every time I feel like we get close she remembers the past and can't get past it and then any progress we have made is gone. The only reason we are even talking is because of Lila." Ezra said with a sigh.
"She'll come around don't give up on her."
"Byron, why are you telling me this? The last time we really talked you had gotten me fired from Hollis because I was dating her. Then I get her pregnant and you are okay with it." Ezra said utterly confused.
"Ezra, the only time Aria was ever truly happy was when she was with you. I don't believe that you didn't want the baby. I believe that you were tricked and that you really do love Aria." Byron said to Ezra.
"I do love her I really do." Ezra said as he looked down at a lifeless Aria and squeezed her hand before bringing it up to his face and kissing it.
A/N: Thanks for all of the reviews I love it so much. Also a note I changed Myra's last name to Rose because in the first episode of season 3 when Ella looked at her Wedding invitations her maiden name was Rose. Anyway review, review.
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