The sound of glass shattering filled the room as Ezra's glass of water fell to the floor.
"Y-you can't be serious right now, Aria." He stuttered.
"Do you honestly think I would make something like this up?" I asked angrily. "Ezra, yes, I lie, but not about things like this!"
"You've lied about blinding someone before..." He muttered, as I shot him a dirty glare.
"You know what, maybe I shouldn't have even told you!" I hissed, looking at him in disbelief.
"Oh my God." He whispered, as tears started rolling down my cheeks. "Are you one hundred percent sure? Have you seen a doctor?"
"Yeah." I sighed, wiping my tears away. "Ella took me a week ago."
"Your mom already knows?" He shrieked.
"She was the one who suggested it in the first place when I got sick last week!" I exclaimed.
"Well what did she say?"
"She wasn't thrilled of course, but there's not much she can do at this point."
"Are you thinking of keeping him? Her? Them?" He asked, his voice full of uncertainty.
"I-I'm not sure. Either we can put them up for adoption, or keep them." I said, sadly. "Are we ready to have a family, Ezra?" I asked. "We're not even married! And you just found out you have a daughter with another woman." I shook my head. "These kids will have pretty messed up lives."
"Maybe that's why they're my offspring." He gave a small smile. "We're not the most normal couple either."
I let out a small chuckle. However, I couldn't contain my laughter from his comment for very long, because a moment later I had erupted in a fit of giggles.
"What is so funny?" He asked in a very confused tone.
I just shook my head. "Nothing." I laughed. Not long after, however, my laughter subsided, and we both felt the tenseness in the air once again.
"What are we supposed to do?" I asked. "You're going to have two children, from two different mothers." I shook my head. "This is just such a mess."
"So what now?" Ezra asked.
"I don't know. Because I don't think you can be a father for two different families, Ezra. It just won't work, no matter how hard we try..." I paused. "What are we even thinking, keeping this baby? On Sunday's, Tuesday's, and Thursdays, you'll be a dad for Maria, and on Monday's, Wednesday's, Fridays, and Saturday's, you'll be the father of my baby?" I exclaimed. "We can't do that to either of them!"
"Why are you making me choose a child?" He asked in frustration.
"Because you have to! We can't play the game, where some days you're Maria's daddy, and other days, you're my child's daddy! I'm not going to let you do that to them; it's cruel and it will drive them both crazy!" I cried.
Ezra put his head in his hands. A moment later, he looked back up at me.
"I don't have to choose." He muttered. "We can make this work, somehow, someway."
I shook my head. There is no way that this is going to work.
"I should be happy, shouldn't I? The woman I love and I are having a baby..." He started. "But... this is so screwed up." He had a pained expression on his face. "You're a junior in high school, Aria... and I just ruined your life." He finished, sadly.
"Don't say that!" I exclaimed. "I love you, Ezra, and we were planning for this all to happen eventually... Well, not the part with Maria... But it just happened a little bit sooner than we were hoping." I held his hand in mine.
"A-Aria. You don't understand. People are going to be talking like crazy. Rosewood isn't the biggest town in the world. Do you realize how much trouble we can get in if people figure out that we were together while I taught at Rosewood?" He paled.
"They're not going to figure it out, and we're not going to tell anybody. We never did anything while we were teacher and student. If anyone asks, we got together after you quit your job at Rosewood, and if it is completely necessary to tell them that you're the father, we can say the baby was conceived in like two weeks or so, and lie about the baby being born early or something. I don't know. But Ezra... We've been through everything the world can possibly throw at us and more. I'm pretty sure we'll be able to get through this." I smiled softly.
"You're right..." He sighed. "We're having a baby, Aria... Besides the fact of how messed up this is, it's actually kind of exciting." He smiled.
"That's the Ezra I know and love." I looked into his piercing eyes before our lips met in a gentle kiss. His hand moved from my cheek, down to my shoulder, before finally resting protectively on top of my stomach. We broke apart a moment later.
"We should probably clean that up." I motioned to the broken glass scattered on the floor as I got up from the couch.
"That can wait." He clutched my arm and gently pulled me back to the couch. I slipped in the process, and ended up falling straight into Ezra's lap. I giggled as I tried to sit upright again.
"I love you." He laughed, before kissing me again.
"Move in with me." Ezra suddenly demanded.
"Um... that decision is not exactly up to me, even though you know I'd accept." I hooked my arms around his neck.
"C'mon, we're having a baby, and there's not enough room at your house, and I already own this place. If worst comes to worst, I can buy a bigger apartment for the three of us." He begged.
"We, Ezra. Not you, we. When we get married, my money will be your money too."
"Aria, you can't be serious. You should save your money for college. I'll take care of it."
"I don't think so." I shook my head. "My parents are paying for college. That money is mine. And it's quite a lot." I blushed.
He looked at me expectantly.
"Okay fine. Every year, each of my parents gives Mike and I a certain amount of money to help us for a few years when we're older. They've been doing it since we were born, so naturally, I have more than Mike."
"How much do they give you every year?"
"A couple thousand..." I said slowly.
"Like two? Three?" He asked.
"Nine?" I said slowly.
"You get nine thousand dollars from your parents every year." He stated in disbelief.
I bit my lip and nodded.
"So you currently hold..." He paused for a moment while doing the math in his head. "144,000 dollars?" He exclaimed.
"And... whatever else my parents feel like giving us... plus all the money from birthdays, Christmases, and such..." I trailed off.
"Wow." He exclaimed and shook his head.
"Okay, enough about that, we can discuss that with my parents!" I got up from his lap and walked towards the kitchen.
"Ezra, where's your broom?"
Next chapter will be up either tonight or tomorrow, and that's when they're going to break the news to Byron! Review please and let me know what you thought about his reaction! :)