I'm sorry some of these chapters have been short, I've never really been good at telling when a chapter starts and finishes, so I do the best I can at judging because I usually just write a story without chapters, but thanks for reading so far, I'm hoping to get a new chapter published every day or two.

Chapter 8

"You're here for Ezra Fitz?" He asked them, and they all nodded quickly. "Okay well, he's resting now, I gave him something for the pain, you can go in soon, but don't wake him, he's extremely sore. He'll probably need to be in here for a few days until he regains some movement. He was extremely lucky; one of his broken ribs almost pierced his lungs, which would have resulted in a completely different outcome. Luckily for you all, we were able to set his ribs back to their original position, and fixed his leg. He has a small fracture right at the bottom of his leg, pretty much where the foot joins the leg and to the side, it did pop a vein, hence why there was a lot of blood in the ambulance. But now we've set that back in place and he won't be able to use it for a few weeks but after that he's expected to make a full recovery," the doctor explained, and then smiled. Aria thanked him and breathed a sigh of relief as the doctor left.

Aria went to the nurse and asked what room Ezra was in and after she was told she went there to see him, only one person was allowed in at a time and so Aria's parents and Mike sat on the seats outside until he woke up.

Aria sat by Ezra's bedside for hours. Her parents came in asking if she wanted to come home because visiting hours were over and they weren't allowed to sit in the corridor anymore. She shook her head and Mike came in with a coffee and some food from the cafeteria, and her stomach growled. She grinned thanks and eagerly took the food because she hadn't eaten since lunch. They gave her and Ezra a final worried glance and Aria forced a smile onto her face.

"I'll call you once he's awake," Aria promised her family before they left. She soon drifted off to sleep, only to be woken by a nurse. Aria looked at Ezra's face and noticed his eyes were flickering open. She jumped up and grabbed his hand, and she felt Ezra give her a squeeze. The nurse checked his vitals and breathing then left.

"Hey you, how you feeling?" Aria asked his face still looked pained.

"Like I just got run over," Ezra joked, trying to laugh but a sharp pain in his side stopped it short as he held a hand gingerly up to his side. Aria winced at his pain, brushed his hair to the side and kissed his forehead gently.

"Do you remember what happened?" Aria asked and Ezra tried to nod.

"Yeah, I was walking to the store because there was no car parks near, so I had to park up a bit, and then this car came out of nowhere. No taillights or headlights or anything. Next thing I know is I'm laying on the ground, blood pouring out of my leg and couldn't move because my ribs were all cracked, I heard them. Then you turned up and we went in the ambulance," Ezra explained, both cringing at the memory of all the blood on him. Aria nodded and kissed his cheek. She sat on an empty spot of Ezra's bed and kissed his hand.

"I'm so glad you're okay. I was worried sick in that waiting room," Aria mumbled, and Ezra nodded and swept a bit of hair off her face.

"The doctor said you need rest, go back to sleep, I'll be right here when you wake up," Aria said and then smiled. She lay next to Ezra on his good side and rested her head next to his. She gave his cheek another kiss and he smiled.

"I'm so glad you're here. I hate hospitals," Ezra murmured. Soon they were both sleeping soundly. The nurse that came in to check on Ezra smiled at the sight of them sleeping, still holding hands. She should've asked Aria to move off the bed but she didn't want to disturb them in their peaceful state so she left smiling.