Whenever I went on fanfiction three weeks ago, I always chose 1 character for stories I wanted to read: Aria. I never had to choose a character B, because 9.9 stories out of 10 had Ezra as Aria's love interest. Now, I have to actually choose Ezra as a character B, because so many stories don't have Ezra as the character B. I get really depressed when I realize how many Jason and Aria stories are out there. Can't the authors see that Ezra and Aria are soulmates and that Jason is NOTHING compared to Ezra? It just bothers me that Ezria shippers are slowly turning into Arson shippers. (Arson? What kind of a name is that? Seriously?) And OMG if you haven't watched the Canadian and American promos for next week, then don't! And don't continue reading this note either, skip straight to the story. I don't even know how to express my feelings right now. I think that Aria does kiss Jason in the park, (UGH!) but I think that the part of him and her in bed kissing is a dream or her imagination because they're in Ezra's apartment. And the promo pic of her looking in the mirror and Jason looking with her is also in Ezra's apartment, so it's probably Ezra that's behind her but she is imagining Jason. UGH! How can she be thinking about Jason when she's about to have sex with EZRA FITZ? I just don't understand that girl. I really don't. Aria better tell Ezra that she kisses Jason, or else I'll be really mad. Sometimes I don't think that Aria deserves a boyfriend as sweet, passionate, and caring as Ezra. He really loves her and she cheats on him next week. Jason needs to go die in a hole. Like now. One with spikes and fire and murderers and A at the bottom. I feel like crying when I envision Aria with Jason and not Ezra. Anyway, sorry that was super long, but I just really needed to get that out. Hope you guys like this chapter, and please don't ever, ever, ever, give up on Ezria.
I'm sorry for any typo's.
"You shouldn't have fed her milk then!" Ezra exclaimed angrily at Dr. White.
We had rushed to the hospital not even five minutes after the call with Dr. White had taken place, completely ignoring the fact that visiting hours were over. Tears poured down my face the whole car ride there. Ezra had been gripping the steering wheel on the ride there so hard, that his knuckles had been turning white in protest.
Dr. White looked down at the floor in shame.
"We thought she could handle it." Dr. Casey told us, as she glanced over at Lucy.
My phone rang loudly, interrupting the whole argument. I pulled it out of my purse and clicked talk.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Aria, it's me." Ella answered from the other line. "Do you and Ezra want to come over for dinner?" Ella asked.
"We're at the hospital."
"But visiting hours are over. Did something happen?" She asked, fear evident in her voice.
Tears poured down my face again as I handed my phone to Ezra, unable to talk anymore.
I looked back over at Lucy as tears continued streaming down my face. I hurt me so much seeing her in such a fragile state, yet I could not do anything about it.
"The doctor's fed Lucy milk, but she could not tolerate it. She has an infection and her stomach is swollen." Ezra repeated Dr. Whites' words from earlier into the phone.
"You don't have to, Ella." I heard Ezra say.
"Okay then." He paused. "We'll see you soon."
I looked up at Ezra, who had a distraught look on his face.
"Your parents are coming here. They want to see Lucy and then they want to take us out to dinner."
"I want to stay here!" I exclaimed, not caring that I was sounding like a child.
"Me too." Ezra nodded. "But maybe we should go. You need to eat something since you didn't even eat lunch today." He brushed his fingers across my lips.
"I just… Wish that we could take her with us." I said softly. Ezra came closer to me and enveloped me in a hug. I held onto his embrace tightly, not wanting him to let go. He softly placed a kiss to my hairline.
"Me too, Aria. Me too." He whispered into my hair.
...PLL...
"Aria, can I do your make up?" Ella asked, gesturing towards the shopping bag in her hand that she had brought with her to the hospital.
"Do I look that bad?" I asked, shocked.
She shook her head no.
"No, honey. You just look a little..." she paused, wracking her brain for the right words, but coming up empty.
"Yeah, you do." She confessed, smiling at me apologetically.
I let out a small laugh in response.
We made small talk as we walked towards the bathroom.
"I brought you a few dresses you left in your closet at our house that I thought you might like." Ella conversed. Together, we walked into the deserted ladies restroom.
Ella pulled three outfits out of the bag and held each of them up in front of me to choose.
I settled on the purple dress I had gotten on my last shopping trip with Hanna, and black heels. Ella used the curling iron she had brought to loosely curled my hair.
I closed my eyes as Ella applied eye shadow to my eyelids. Afterwards, she put on mascara, and eyeliner on me.
"It's nice to see that beautiful smile of yours again." Ella smiled at my reflection in the mirror.
"It's nice to feel pretty again." I said softly as I watched my reflection in the mirror.
"Aria, you're always pretty." I heard a deep voice say. I saw Ezra's reflection from the corner of my eye and quickly spun around.
"What are you doing in here?" I laughed, shocked. I never thought I would see Ezra in a ladies bathroom. "Ezra, you're going to get in trouble!"
"I came in here to tell you that your dad is ready to leave." He stuck his hands in his pockets as he started walking back towards the door.
"And we are the only people in this hospital except for the patients, nurses, and doctors... I trust you two that you won't rat me out?" He asked us innocently.
"Hmm. I don't know mom. What do you think?" I gave my mom a mischievous smile.
"We can call Byron right now to tell the people at the front desk." Ella held up her phone in her hand in front of Ezra, playing along.
All the color drained from Ezra's face and his hands started shaking nervously.
"A-Are you being serious right now?" He stuttered, his eyes continuously shifting back and forth from Ella to me.
Ella and I burst into a fit of laughter over Ezra's nervousness.
"I'm kidding." I assured him, laughing as I walked up to him.
I put my hands on his shoulders and immediately felt his body relax from my touch. I leaned up against him and gave him a peck on the lips, before he left the bathroom.
Ella and I exited the bathroom together a few moments later. I walked out with a new confidence.
"Can you do me a favor, Aria?" Ella stopped outside of Lucy's room and turned to me, with a worried look on her face.
"Hmm?" I was about to step into the room, but stopped.
"I've noticed…" She sighed and paused, looking me up and down. "I just want you to start taking more care of yourself. I know you've been worried about Lucy, but you need to focus on yourself too. Today's the first day since Lucy's birth that you've worn make up, done your hair, and even smiled. And have you been skipping meals? You look like you've lost so much weight." She said sympathetically.
I looked down at the floor. She was right. I had stopped taking care of myself like I used to, because I have been so worried about Lucy. I had not been eating regularly, and usually when I did eat, Ezra had to force me.
"You're still a teenager, Aria." She reminded me. "Just because you have had a baby, doesn't mean you have to give up your life completely… I just, I miss seeing you happy like you used to be."
"Mom…" I started, trying to find the right words to express what I was feeling. "I love Ezra. So much, that it sometimes it hurts. And I love Lucy. And having those two people in my life, despite all the hardships it has brought to me, has been the single greatest thing that has ever managed to happen to me. Meeting Ezra at Snookers was the best thing that has ever happened to me. And after Ali... That was what I needed. I mean, if Ezra had not turned out to be my teacher, I don't think we would have ever seen each other again. At first, it felt like a curse... our situation made us think that everyone and everything was against us being together... But in the end, it turned out all working for the better." I paused, as a flood of old memories washed over me: all of our forbidden kisses, the sexual tension we created in the classroom while we were still teacher and student, (if you haven't seen the deleted Ezria classroom scene from season 1 episode 3, go watch it now on YouTube, you'll love it. I can't believe they didn't include that scene!), the late nights spent at his apartment watching old movies, eating take-out, and cuddling against Ezra's chest, the first time we made love to each other, going to Philly for our first date, the first time I told him I loved him, the first time he told me he loved me, the time we took our first picture as a couple, the warm feeling I felt in my stomach when he wore the tie I bought him, and so many more memories.
"I love Ezra, mom. And I couldn't ask for anyone better." I was starting to get a little teary eyed, from the reminders of all my memories with Ezra.
"I know baby. I know. I'm glad you've found Ezra in your life. I couldn't ask for a better man for my little girl." Ella said, getting a little teary eyed herself.
"Now don't cry." She smiled. "You'll ruin your make-up."
...PLL...
After our dinner with my parents, Ezra and I headed back to the hospital. When we walked into Lucy's room, we were surprised to see that Dr. White was in there. Usually a nurse or other doctor was in the room watching Lucy when Ezra and I were not there.
"I-is there something wrong?" Ezra and I walked hand in hand over to Lucy's incubator. Lucy was awake and her big brown eyes were staring up at Ezra and I.
"The blood test results came back and Lucy's infection was caused by a cluster of bacteria… We gave her antibiotics a few minutes ago to kill it." Dr. White told Ezra and I. She set her clipboard down onto a table in the room and left for a moment. Out of sheer curiosity, I picked up the clipboard and started reading through the papers. There were records of Lucy's weight, which were taken every day, the amount of sugar water they had been feeding her, the amount of medicine they had been giving her, and more.
The second paper in the stack had a pink sticky note, telling Dr. White the amount of antibiotics Lucy should be given to kill the bacteria from the infection she had received from the breast milk. As I skimmed over the third paper, an unusually large number caught my eye. Lucy's recommended dosage of antibiotics was almost half the dosage amount that the doctor's recorded down of giving her on the third sheet in my hands.
A loud gasp escaped my lips as I realized what these numbers meant.
"Oh my God." I whispered, as I turned to Ezra, who was watching Lucy in the incubator intently. "Ezra, they overdosed her."
I hope that you guys are not getting bored of my storyline of Lucy in the hospital. If you are, please let me know! Now, go watch the deleted scene I mentioned earlier if you haven't seen it already. Ezria fans need to keep faith. Ezria will be together in the end, and that's what counts. Aria is just going through a stage where she's acting stupid and letting the lust she feels towards Jason influence her love towards Ezra. Everything will be okay by episode 10, right? But... That's when Ella hears the rumor about Aria and Ezra. Can't wait! Hope you guys liked this and please review!