Okay y'all, I am SO SO SO sorry for not updating in a while! I've been really busy! School, dance, theater, sleeping, eating…anyways, I decided to make Chapter 26 really long for you guys! I think it's one of my best :D for fair warning, it's a wee bit sad. Ill try to update faster in the future! Here ya go, CHAPTER 25!

Chapter 25

Spencer

Meanwhile, completely oblivious to what had just happened between Hanna and Emily; Spencer, Aria and Ezra were at Rosewood Hospital. Aria was being prepped for her C-section, while Spencer and Ezra were stuck in the hospital waiting room.

"Dude! Calm down!" Spencer exclaimed, her eyes following Ezra as he paced back and forth. "You're going to wear a hole in the floor!"

"Sorry, sorry." Ezra apologized, sitting down next to Spencer and starting to rub his neck nervously. "I'm just very...worried."

Spencer laughed. "I can see that! Don't worry, it's normal." she replied. "you should've seen Toby when I was here for Annie. I swear, he could've filled a pool, that's how much he was sweating!"

Ezra laughed quietly and nervously, a little bit of a disgusted look on his face.

Spencer laid her hand on Ezra's shoulder, her face showing sympathy for the 33 year old man. "Don't worry. Everything will be okay." she said soothingly. "you'll see, both Aria and the babies will be perfectly fine."

Ezra sighed as Spencer reached for her cell phone; it was buzzing on the little table beside her chair.

She checked the new text and gasped, her dark brown eyes widening.

Across the glowing screen were the words: Dear, dear, Spencer. Everything will NOT be okay. You should've learned this by now. -A

She quickly turned the screen back off and laid the phone back down on the table; a little bit harder than she had meant to.

Ezra looked up, startled by the slight slamming noise. "Spence, everything alright?" he asked, a worried look on his face. "who was that?"

"J-Just Toby." Spencer stuttered, smiling a weak smile. "He was only checking up on us."

"Are you sure?" Ezra asked, leaning towards the thin woman sitting next to him. "why did you slam your phone down?"

"It just slipped." Spencer answered, blushing. "My hands are sweaty. It's hot in here." She wiped her hands on her navy blue dress to emphasize the statement.

"Okay..." Ezra replied, still a little suspicious that something was wrong. "But if you ever need to talk, I'm here." he laughed nervously. "I need anything that's possible to get my mind off worrying about Aria."

"Ez...it's okay. Nothing's wrong." Spencer said, nervously looking around. She was trying to look as calm as she possibly could on the outside, while on the inside, she was freaking out. There was no one else in the room besides her, Ezra, and a worried-looking young woman waiting for her husband's surgery to be finished. Where and who could be A? "but thank you for caring." she smiled shyly. "I know something that will get your mind off her! How about we go get something to eat?"

"Sure." Ezra replied, smiling a small, weak smile. He stood up, grabbing his jacket off the dark brown chair he had been sitting on.

Spencer smiled, taking her phone off the table and shoving it into her purse. She stood up, tightening her long brunette ponytail.

The two walked down 5 flights of stairs, since Spencer decided to get some exercise, and arrived at the hospital cafeteria.

"W-Why didn't we t-take the elevator?" Ezra asked, panting.

"it's called exercise, Fitz." Spencer replied, laughing. "It looks like you need a little more."

"I get just enough exercise!" Ezra exclaimed, a little annoyed that he was being ordered around by a woman 7 years younger than himself.

"doing what?" Spencer taunted, picking up a light blue tray. "Ezra...having sex with Aria doesn't count as exercise."

Ezra's eyes widened as he picked up a tray identical to Spencer's. "Spencer!" he exclaimed, as the 26 year old giggled. "you do know that there happens to be a treadmill in my basement?"

Spencer laughed loudly, picking up a bottle of water and placing it on her tray.

Ezra turned around to grab a slice of pizza and almost crashed into a little girl who was plucking an orange off a shelf filled with fruit. "oh! I'm so sorry!" he exclaimed.

"it's okay." the little girl said calmly, smiling. "I'm Lily! Who are you?"

Ezra smiled, bending down a little so he was the girl's height. "I'm Ezra."

"Fitz, who's your friend?" Spencer asked, coming over to the two, smiling. She could already tell that Ezra was going to be a great father. He was so great with children.

"This is Lily." Ezra answered, looking up at Spencer. "Lily, this is my friend Spencer."

"Spencer's a boys name." Lily said, wrinkling her tiny freckled nose.

Spencer and Ezra chuckled. Little kids always told the truth, no matter how obvious or hurtful it could be. Too bad that had to change once they got older.

"But you're pretty!" Lily squeaked, grinning. "Is she your girlfriend, Ezra?"

Ezra laughed, grinning, while Spencer just stood there, blushing.

"No, no." Ezra answered, chuckling. "Spencer's just my very good friend! I'm already married. In fact, that's why I'm here! My wife is upstairs, having a baby!"

"A baby?" Lily questioned, her eyes wide with excitement.

"Yes. Two babies, actually!" Ezra replied, smiling.

"Two?" Lily gasped. "Twins?"

"Yes! Twins!" Ezra said, laughing. He couldn't wait to be a dad. Little children were so entertaining;so full of curiosity and amazed by the littlest things.

Lily grinned, clapping her little hands. "That's so exciting!" she squealed.

"It is!" Ezra exclaimed, grinning even wider. "and guess what?"

"What?" Lily yelled, giggling.

"Spencer here is going to have a baby too! She already had two little girls at home, so this will be her third baby!" Ezra replied, grinning still.

"You are?" Lily shrieked, looking up at Spencer with a huge grin.

"Yes, yes I am!" Spencer answered, smiling and squatting down so she was eye-to-eye with Lily. "I'm afraid my belly isn't very big yet, but would you like to feel it?"

"Sure!" Lily shouted.

Spencer sat down on the floor, up against a wall. Lily sat down next to her and gently ran her tiny, freckled hand over Spencer's small baby bump. "Oh!" she gasped, her hand recoiling from the woman's stomach. "She kicked me!"

Spencer gasped, her hands flying to her stomach. "She's right!" she exclaimed. "I felt it!"

Ezra's eyes widened from where he had been watching the girls, 3 feet away. "Spence, aren't you only in your first trimester?" he asked. "I thought babies aren't supposed to start kicking until the middle of the second!"

"They aren't!" Spencer exclaimed. "both Annie and Maddie didn't kick until almost the third trimester!"

Lily giggled, beaming. "I think she likes me!" she squeaked.

Spencer laughed. "I think you're right, sweetie!" she said. "I think my baby likes you!"

Lily smiled wider. "I'm an expert at feeling babies kick!" she said excitedly. "I felt baby Rosie kick all the time when she was inside of Mommy!"

Spencer grinned. The little girl's cuteness was overwhelming her. "You did?" she cooed. She then looked up and noticed that, all this time, the little girl had been all alone in the hospital. Her parents didn't seem to be anywhere in sight. "Where is Mommy?"

Both Ezra and Spencer were expecting the child to point to one of the many women in the hospital cafeteria and identify her as "Mommy", so they were shocked and saddened when the little girl's face suddenly turned solemn and she gravely said, "Mommy and baby Rosie went to heaven last year, when I was five." then her face brightened, and she smiled. "but I'm not worried! Daddy says I'll get to see them again real soon!"

Spencer's eyes filled with tears and Ezra felt a lump form in his throat as they took in the 6-year-old's words. Spencer gasped slightly as she noticed the bruises covering Lily's small, freckled cheeks and around her sad blue eyes. Her little arms and legs were black and blue as well. Her long red hair was unusually limp and thin. Peeking out of the bottom of her gigantic purple sweatshirt was the light blue fabric of a hospital gown. Around her tiny wrist was a bracelet that showed she has leukemia; cancer of the blood and bone marrow.

Spencer took Lily's little hand in her big one and whispered, "I'm so sorry."

"Lillan!" a voice called from the entrance of the cafeteria.

Spencer and Ezra spun around to see a young nurse, not much older than Spencer, hurrying towards them. Her face was full of newfound relief, and her arms were held out to the little girl who was holding Spencer's hand.

"Lillian!" the nurse repeated, quickly picking up the 6-year-old. "for the thousandth time, you can't just roam the hospital! You have me worried sick every single time this happens!"

"I'm sorry." Lily said, looking down. But then her face brightened as she pointed at Ezra and Spencer and exclaimed, "but look! I made friends!"

The nurse smiled as she noticed the two adults standing quietly in front if herself. "Hi!" she exclaimed, reaching out the hand that wasn't holding Lily for them to shake. "I'm Emma. Emma Houghton."

"Spencer Hastings." Spencer stated, shaking the woman's hand, "Nice to meet you."

"Ezra Fitz." Ezra said, reaching out and shaking Emma's hand after Spencer had finished.

"I'm pleased to meet you both." Emma said with a smile. "I see you've met Miss Lily. I hope she wasn't too much of a bother."

"oh, no." Ezra replied, feeling bad for the little girl. "she wasn't a bother at all! She's a complete doll!"

"Oh, good." Emma answered. "She's a little troublemaker, though. Aren't you Lily?"

"Mmhh." Lily replied, grinning.

"She doesn't like to stay in her room." Emma said. "more than once every week I run around the hospital looking for her."

"but I was hungry this time!" Lily squeaked. "I wanted an orange!" she held up the orange she was still holding, showing it to the nurse.

"Well, you can't just run around the hospital by yourself, Lil." Emma said. "You have to ask me or another nurse if you want something. You know where the button that calls us is on your bed."

"I know..." Lily whined, hanging her head.

"Lily, listen to Ms. Emma." Spencer cooed, patting the little girl on the arm. "If you do, I'll come back and visit you. I'll bring you a lollipop!"

"A lollipop?" Lily gasped, her mouth forming an O as she brought her little hands up to her freckled cheeks. "I'll be real good!" she grinned.

"You better." Spencer replied, smiling. "I'll bring my daughters too. So you can meet them!"

"Yay!" Lily exclaimed, clapping her hands. "Can you bring your baby?" she pointed to Spencer's stomach.

"sure." Spencer answered. "once the baby's out of my tummy, I'll bring him or her to see you. But you have to promise to be good and stay in your room."

"I promise! I promise!" Lily squealed, grinning.

Spencer really did want to bring Annie, Maddie, and her new baby by to see the sweet little girl, but she had a sickening feeling that Lily wouldn't be alive for much longer.

"Okay sweetheart. It's time to go up to your room. You have to start your medicine soon." Emma said to Lily, turning towards the elevator. She then quickly turned her head in Ezra and Spencer's direction and mouthed, "thank you so much."

Ezra nodded, calling out to her, "you're very welcome! God bless you both." He didn't want to imagine the happy little girl going back up to her hospital room, where she would be hooked up to chemotherapy machines that would inject painful chemicals into her veins. He didn't want to imagine her losing her beautiful red hair and throwing up everything she ate. He didn't want to imagine her dying, alone, in a hospital room.

"Bye Ezra! Bye Spencer!" Lily cried, smiling widely and waving over Emma's shoulder.

"Goodbye sweetheart!" Spencer called, waving back.

Ezra waved as well, trying to smile. He didn't want to say anything, for fear of crying. But once Lily and Emma had entered the elevator and disappeared from his sight, he did speak. He turned to Spencer and asked softly, "Are you really going to come back and visit her?"

Spencer nodded. "I really would like to. She's such a sweet little girl." she replied. "But, I'm afraid, that, she'll be..." she paused, scared to say the last word.

"dead." Ezra whispered, his face solemn. "you're afraid she'll be dead."

Spencer nodded again. "yes." she answered. "but I really want to come back and see her. I promised."

"me too." Ezra stated. "me too..." he opened his mouth to say something else, but was interrupted by yet another nurse. She was standing in the entrance to the hospital cafeteria, calling out, "Ezra Fitz! Does anyone know where Ezra Fitz is?"

Ezra walked over to the middle aged woman, a little worried. "I'm Ezra Fitz." he said cautiously.

"oh!" the nurse exclaimed, "well, Mr. Fitz, Aria's C-section has begun. Come with me, it's time to meet your children."

So, how'd you like it? Reviews please! Xoxo Gabrielle