The next day went fairly well… Aria and Sophia have been getting settled in. No one knew she came home that was until now…

The doorbell rang and out from the sides of the door jumped "surprise" was Spencer, Hanna and Emily. Aria jumped feeling like she had a tiny heart attack at their arrival.

"Miss me?" Hanna asked with an attitude. That caused Spencer to slap her arm.

"Sorry Ar, we've just really missed you. You never called or told us why you left." Hanna stated

"It's no problem, Im sorry I left. I've really missed you too, all of you." Aria replied

"So why did you leave for so long? And why was Noel with you?" Emily asked

Aria gave her a weird look. " We ran into him this morning." Spencer chimed in

Aria knew she couldn't hide her secret any longer. It was now or never.

"Noel left with me because he knew my secret." Aria said

"What secret does he know that we don't?" Hanna asked rudely

Aria started to tear up a bit, sucking in a deep breath she was finally telling her best friends about her daughter.

"That time Ezra broke up with me Noel found me crying in the park. I didn't want anyone to know why I was like that but I couldn't help myself but vent. I was four months pregnant and Ezra left. Not because I was pregnant but you know why. But now you know why Noel and I became close. We graduated 2 months later, I was still skinny and I just didn't want anyone to know. Only Noel, Mike and my parents knew about my baby. After I told my dad he kicked me out. He hated Ezra he's okay now because he has a granddaughter now. So anyways I left to New York, graduated, had my daughter and now she's 4 and we're here." Aria explained

The girls couldn't help but stare, Hanna on the other hand had a huge smile on her face at the word daughter.

"Can we meet her? What's her name? Why didn't you tell me? That's my goddaughter! DIBS!" Hanna yelled excitedly

Emily and Spencer didn't argue with Hanna, they knew they couldn't win this battle of godmother.

Aria giggled at Hanna's excitement.
"Yes you can meet her. She's in her room. Sophia come down here please!" Aria yelled

You could hear papers shuffling and a tiny voice yell, " okay momma, I'm coming!"

Spencer and Emily joined Hanna with a huge smile. This was their niece and they were finally going to meet her.

Sophia ran down the stairs straight to Aria.

"Yes momma?" She asked

"Princess there are some people I would like you to meet. This is your Auntie Spencer, Auntie Emily and Auntie Hanna. Say hi." Aria told her

Sophia looked at her aunts giving them a questioning look as if she could sense them.

" Hi Im Sophia Marie Fitz" Sophia told the ladies

"Hey beautiful, its so nice to meet you." Emily was first to approach the little girl. It took a few hours for the girls to get comfortable with one another. The room got quiet and Sophia had fallen asleep. Spencer had finally broken the silence.

"Do you want to know about him? Or should he be a forbidden topic?" She asked

Aria didn't really know what to say.

"Um.. no he shouldn't be forbidden topic only around Sophie." She told the girls

"so what has he been up to? He moved back?" Aria asked shyly

"He's teaching back at Rosewood day. He came back a year ago. He asked about you." Emily said

Aria was about to speak when Hanna interrupted. "He has a girlfriend."

That caused Aria to stay silent. She didn't want to talk about Ezra anymore s she told the girls she was tired and that she'll see them tomorrow for their shopping day.

Waking up the next day Aria looked in the mirror, her eyes were puffy from crying herself to sleep. She couldn't stop thinking of Ezra and his girlfriend. "He moved n, he's over me, there was no hope of us getting back together now. She didn't want to admit it but she did want Ezra back. She never got over him. She loved him more than anyone in the world aside from her daughter. Aria finally showered and got ready for the day. She was dressed in a light blue sundress and white wedges with her haie curled. After she finished her makeup she got Sophia ready. Sophia was dressed in a pastel pink dress and white gladiator sandals with her hair in a loose fishtail braid. At exactly 11 Hanna was there to pick up the girls, Hanna and Sophia were so excited to go shopping. If Sophia was blonde people would think she was Hanna's daughter. Sophia was just like her mother but she was a lot like Hanna also. Emily and Spencer met up with the girls and waited in the food court. Everyone wanted to eat before walking through the mall for hours. After eating food from subway the girls started swiping their credits cards buying clothes, shoes, accessories and dolls. Aria and Spencer were excited. They didn't know how Hanna and Sophia could shop for so long. Emily didn't mind the walking with her athletic self. Nearing the last store for the day they headed towards the Michael Kors shop Hanna needed more like wanted a new purse. Aria walked in behind the ladies and bumped into a man. He looked familiar.

"Sorry." She apologized

The man looked at her thinking the same thing.

"Aria?" he asked

She gave him a questioning look?

"Wes? Is that you?" she asked

"Yeah Ar, I can't believe your back." Wes said

"And your in a purse shop?" Aria asked

"Birthday gift for my girlfriend." He replied

"well she is a lucky lady." She said with a wink

Wesley didn't wait to ask, " does he know your back?"

"NO, I don't really care if he knows. I heard he has a girlfriend anyways." Aria stated she didn't want to seem like she cared

the two just stood there staring at one another until a tiny voice interrupted their thoughts

"Momma, who is this man? Why is he looking at you? It's cweepy.' She said

Sophia was protective of her mom. She always wanted to make sure her mom was safe.

Wesley looked at Aria with wide eyes.

"Princess this is your uncle Wes. Wes this is your niece.. Sophia." Aria told them

"Hi Sophia, you are a very pretty girl." Wesley stated, he didn't really know what to say. He was still kind of shocked

Sophia acted shy at his pretty comment

That caused Wes to smile widely.

Aria interrupted the two, "why don't you run over to your aunts Soph? I'll be there in a minute."

Sophia didn't argue with her mother, she just did as told.

"Does he know?" Wesley asked a yelling whisper

"no, he left before I could tell him. I called him and he never answered then he changed his number. It's fine. We're fine. I've been doing great without him." Aria spat

Wesley didn't argue. "Here's my number. Call me. We could have dinner tomorrow. . I want to get to know my niece. And I wont tell him if you don't want me to."

Aria thanked Wes, "you can tell him if you want. I don't want to hide her anymore from anyone. And just come over to my tomorrow night, I live at my parent's old house. Be there at 7 and bring your girlfriend. I would love to meet her."