Title - Ezria in LA.
Characters - Aria and Ezra
Story Summery - Following the adventures of Ezrias life as the years passed by. Starts 10 years after Arias High School Graduation. Ezria is married and they live in a big house in Los Angeles, California. Ezra is a teacher at LAs most known private school and Aria is a singer still struggling to become famous. Can they balance their relationship and a family or will their marriage fall apart when Aria gets offered an opportunity of a lifetime? Ezria's Relationship and Family Life is tested. A mix of Ezria and Jaria. Read and Review or PM with thoughts, and story line ideas.
Author Notes: I know some readers were not happy with some of the story lines I have chosen to write. I am reminding you that this is my story and I can write it the way I want it to. Please be nice in the reviews. I don't like reading "You are ruining your story" or "I hate this story". A better review would be "I think your story would be better if you did this ..." or "I think this should happen ... instead of this ...". Please give this story more of a chance as it only can get better.
I am still fairly new at writing and I can only improve with each chapter. For those of you that wanted Riley biological father to be Ezra, I think you will be happy in the end. Like I mentioned in a previous chapter. "DNA doesn't make a family, Love does." This quote was taken from another ABC Family show "The Fosters".
I made this choice to make Jason the biological father of Riley because I wanted Jason to be a important part of this story. I still want and plan to keep Ezria together even though there will be some bumps along the road with their marriage and other things that might happen to them in the future.
Just a little clue on what might happen in upcoming chapters or later on in the story: Ezria might get into another fight that causes Aria to maybe make a decision she regrets which Ezra may find out about. Ezras mom comes into town for about a month to celebrate Christmas and the New Years holiday with her son and granddaughters that may cause another strain on Ezrias relationship. Old feelings between two characters might resurface but they won't last very long. Aria may think she is pregnant but it might just be a false alarm. Aria will get a offer for a tour but will she take it? Jason offers to manage this tour for her but Aria and Ezra have different opinions about what that means.
Believing in a Christmas Miracle
Aria's POV
Not that I still believed in Santa anymore because I don't but today Ezra and I took both Riley and Lucy to the mall to see Santa. Right now Ezra and I were trying to get Riley and Lucy to tell us what they told Santa so we can go and buy them the gifts they want. They wouldn't tell us so Ezra and I would have to guess. Later on in the day Ezra and I were putting up the Christmas tree. The kids and grandma helped us decorate the tree. Riley and Lucy each had there own special ornaments. Riley's had her name, baby picture and the words "First Christmas". Lucy's was the exact same except it had her name, baby picture, and the words "First Christmas"
Flashback/Memory - General POV
Christmas - 11 years ago
It was really hard for Aria and Ezra to raise 3 month old Riley. Aria was currently being home schooled by her mom so she could finish her senior year on time. Ezra was teaching at Rosewood high and mostly only helped Aria with Riley on the weekends. Aria had some help at home from her mom. Mike was living with their dad so Aria could use his room as Riley's nursery.
Money was the main issue. Aria and Ezra had been fighting about how much of his paycheck should go towards buying things that Riley needs. Aria walked down the stairs holding Riley. If it wasn't for her Aria would be in a full on breakdown right now. Aria's mom was cooking breakfast and Aria joined her in the kitchen.
"If something is wrong you can tell me." Aria's mom said
"Was it like this when you and dad were raising Mike and I?" Aria asked
"Your dad worked and I stayed at home for the first few years." Aria's mom said
"How much did dad help you out?" Aria asked
"Not much more then Ezra but your dad and I were living together so it made things easier." Aria's mom said
"I have it so much harder then Ezra. He works but I still have my senior year to finish." Aria said
"Aria I talked to a friend of mine that owns a day care and she offered you a part time job. Plus Riley can get free care as long as you are working." Aria's mom said
"How am I supposed to have a part time job, have time for school, and care for Riley?" Aria asked
"I can still home school you but it will have to be in the evenings because I am going back to work next month. This way you can work during the day and do schoolwork at night." Aria's mom said
"Thank you so much mom for everything that you have done for Riley and I." Aria said
"Your welcome, I will watch Riley for a few hours if you want to talk to Ezra or at least go hang out with your friends." Aria's mom said
I ate breakfast and bottle fed Riley. I got in my car and went to Ezra's apartment. He wouldn't be at work because it was holiday break. I knocked on the door and he answered it. I walked into his apartment before he could shut me out.
"Can we talk?" Aria asked
"Where's Riley?" Ezra asked
"My mom is taking care of her so we can talk." Aria said
"Aria, I already told you on the phone this morning that I couldn't afford to give you any more money for the baby." Ezra said
"It's not just about the money Ezra, I want you around Riley more then just 1 or 2 days a week." Aria said
"How much more?" Ezra asked
"As much as possible, my mom got me a part time job at a day care and she will continue to home school me at night but in order for me to do all that I am going to need you helping out with Riley more." Aria said
"That's great Aria and I will be around to help you out with Riley more." Ezra said
"Thanks, do you mind if I take a nap because I got all of 2 hours of sleep last night and if I go home to rest it won't be peaceful." Aria said
Aria took a nap before heading home. The next day was Christmas Eve and Ezra was over. Mike showed up later that night so they were only missing one person. Ezra got Aria a promise ring and he got Riley some more baby cloths since most of what she had no longer fit. Aria gave Ezra a photo album filled with Aria and baby Riley. Aria made Riley a special Christmas ornament with her name and picture.
"That must have been expensive." Ezra said
"I asked my mom for the money that she would have spent on me for Christmas so I could get Riley something extra special." Aria said
Another Flashback/Memory - General POV
Christmas - 5 Years ago
Aria and Ezra have been married for almost 2 and a half years. Riley is now 6 years and Lucy is now 6 months old. They were living in this fairly large house for the past two years now. Ezra and Aria were finally in a good place financially. Not only had they won some money 2 years ago in Vegas but Aria had also released her first album last year and it was profitable. Since then things how gone down hill with Aria's career because she had no more record deals. Also Aria had to turn down the tour offer earlier this year because of her pregnancy with Lucy.
Ezra so far has had a successful career as a high school English Teacher. He has now worked at LA private for 5 years and just got a promotion earning the Fitz family more money. To continue the Christmas Tradition Aria made a Christmas ornament for Lucy that was the exact same as Riley's except for the name and picture. Christmas this year was just the four of them and they were staying home for the holidays. Last year for Christmas Ezra, Aria, and Riley had gone to San Diego, CA. It was the first vacation they had taken as a family since Riley was with Hardy when they went on their honeymoon. Ezra wanted to go to Mexico but Aria didn't want to go because she thought Riley was to young and she was pregnant so she didn't want to risk anything happening to their unborn baby. Ezra had settled on San Diego when Aria said that just the two of them would go to Mexico for their 5 year anniversary.
Aria's POV
This Christmas it was the four of us plus Ezra's mom. My twin had been caught. I decided not to press charges so my twin is now living at an LA homeless shelter. I have not been seen or talked to her once since that night she broke in and I am ok with it. We got our kitchen door wall repaired and everything was now back to normal well almost normal. Jason has been over to visit Riley a few times and he has even taken Riley to Physical therapy a few times. Ezra doesn't seem to mind it which is good for everyone. Riley doesn't mind having two dads either. Our puppy Bella has grown in the last few weeks and will continue growing over the next few months.
I still need to talk to Ezra about the divorce papers but I am waiting until after the holidays. I am no longer worried about our marriage because both of us seem happy together. On Christmas Eve after the kids went to bed we had to take all the presents out of the trunk and put them underneath the Christmas tree. You wouldn't think there would be a lot of presents for two kids but they were spoiled so they had a few gifts from each of us plus some gifts from grandma.
Christmas morning arrived and the kids were excited when they got their presents. I wonder why they didn't seem as happy as they normally did.
"Why doesn't it snow in LA?" Lucy asked
"The temperature is usually to warm for snow." I said
"I asked Santa for snow on Christmas." Lucy said
"Santa can't always make every Christmas wish come true." Ezra said
"It doesn't normally snow in Australia either." Ezra's mom said
"Lucy, my Christmas wish didn't come true either." Riley said
"What did you wish for Riley?" Lucy said
"I asked Santa for me to be able to walk again." Riley said
"Riley, It's possible for you to walk again but it will take some time for that to happen." Ezra said
"You have been making great progress in Physical Therapy." I said
"The doctor doesn't believe in me." Riley said
"We believe in you Riley." Both Ezra and I said
That night was a Christmas miracle. Riley started to get more feeling back in her legs. She couldn't walk on her own just yet but she got up from the wheelchair with help. Riley was able to take a few slow steps with her bracelet style crutches.
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What I would like from you readers is a few other characters that I can use in this story. They can be adults or children of any age. I am planning on using other PLL characters in this story but they will have minor parts compared to Aria and Ezra. Submit your character by either a review or by private message.
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