Chapter 10:

"Congratulations Mr and Mrs Fitz, the surgery has been successful and Daisy is going to be alright."

Hearing these words made both Aria and Ezra feel like a huge burden had been lifted from their shoulders and they could finally breath again. Their little girl was going to be okay. Everything would be fine and they could go back to being a happy family. Aria squeezed Ezra's hand and he looked into her eyes, seeing the happiness in her eyes that he knew was reflected back in his.

"Can we see her?" he asked.

Dr. Wilson nodded. "She's not awake right now but you may go in and see her for a few minutes."

Aria and Ezra rushed into Daisy's room where she was sleeping soundly, looking peaceful despite everything that had happened.

"At least she won't be old enough to remember any of this." Aria murmured.

Ezra nodded in agreement before turning back to Dr. Wilson, who had followed them into the room. "When can she come home?"

Dr. Wilson consulted his clipboard. "She will need to stay here for approximately a week and a half so we can monitor how her body responds to the new liver. If everything goes well you may take her home.

Ezra nodded. "Thank you doctor. You don't know how grateful we are to you for saving Daisy." He held his hand out for the doctor to shake.

Dr. Wilson took his hand and smiled. "It was my pleasure, I'm glad I could help."

Ezra went back over to Aria, who was stroking Daisy's hair with tears in her eyes.

"Hear that babe? If everything goes well, Daisy's going home with us in a week and a half." Ezra said, wrapping an arm around Aria.

Aria smiled through her tears. "That's amazing. I can't wait till she can be home with us again."

"Me too." Ezra agreed, reaching over and taking Daisy's little hand. He felt her fingers curl around his index finger in her sleep and he smiled; Daisy always did that when she was asleep. He showed Aria, who smiled even wider.

"I've always loved when she does that." Aria murmured.

"And when she holds your ear while drinking her milk." Ezra said, smiling.

"It's always adorable until she starts yanking on my ear." Aria said, giggling.

"Yeah, pain can trump cuteness." Ezra replied, laughing along.

"But it can't trump our love for her." Aria said, taking Ezra's hand.

"No, it can't." Ezra agreed.

"I'm sorry to interrupt but we're going to have to ask you both to leave now. You should be allowed back in a few hours. In the meantime, I strongly recommend Mrs. Fitz to stop by the third floor so she can get your baby checked out. With all the stress you've been under, it wouldn't hurt to take a look." Dr. Wilson said kindly.

Aria and Ezra both nodded and thanked the doctor again before saying goodbye to Daisy and leaving the room.

Once they had gone to the third floor and the obstetrician had checked Aria, telling her that she needed to get more sleep and to just take it easy for a while, the couple went back to the seventh floor to wait for the doctors to let them back in to see Daisy. When they got there, Spencer and Hanna were just getting ready to leave.

"Want to come with us? You can get some sleep and come back in a few hours?" Spencer asked Aria, who looked exhausted.

Aria shook her head. "No, I'm fine. I'll go home after we see Daisy."

"Ar, maybe you should go home for a bit. You look exhausted and the doctor just told you to get some sleep. Why don't you go home with Spencer now and I'll pick you up in when the doctor's say we can visit?" Ezra proposed.

Aria hesitated before she rested her hand on her swollen belly. "You promise you'll pick me up as soon as we can see Daisy?"

"I promise." Ezra replied.

"Okay, let's go." Aria said, getting up. She gave Ezra a kiss before she left with Spencer and Hanna.

Ezra was sleeping in his chair when something brushed against his arm, causing his eyes to open. He looked to his left and saw a middle-aged man wearing jeans, a green t-shirt and a red baseball cap sitting next to him.

"Sorry about that." the man said.

"It's no problem." Ezra replied, looking at his watch. He had only been asleep for half an hour. He looked around the waiting and saw Emily still asleep on the chair to his right.

"Ezra?"

Ezra looked to the strange man, confused. "H-How do you know my name?"

"You don't remember me, do you?" the man replied, a hint of disappointment in his voice.

"Uh, I'm sorry." Ezra said, starting to wish he hadn't woken up. "Um, who are you?"

"My name's Todd. I'm your father."

Well, there's a bombshell. Sorry for posting later than usual. School just started up and I've been getting a lot of homework so I might not be able to post once a week like I usually do, but I'll try to post as soon as I can. Also, a few of you have asked (or demanded lol) me to write new stories, and I will, I've got a story that I'm planning out and a few one-shot ideas I wanna get working on but again, because of school, it might be some time before I get them up. Hopefully the wait will be worth it though.

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