Aria put on her most "grown-up" outfit and headed downstairs, where she saw Ella waiting for her at the bottom of the staircase. "Aria,honey, you're shaking." Aria gave her mother an "I-appreciate-your-joke-but-I'm-way-too-nervous-to -laugh" look as she walked out onto her porch and closed to door behind her. Today was the day she was telling the girls about the baby. Since talking to Ezra on Monday, she'd been to the doctor to confirm the pregnancy. Now that she knew she was without-a-doubt pregnant, she felt like she had no choice but to tell her best friends in the entire world, who were currently waiting for her at The Brew. Aria listened to the tiny bells chime as she opened the door to the coffee shop, whose poignant coffee bean smell instantly woke her up on this early Wednesday morning. She instantly spotted Spencer, Emily and Hanna sitting at their usual table. Hanna had claimed that as "their table" when The Brew first opened last summer and they've been sitting there ever since. Aria hopped into the booth right next to Emily and placed her bag carefully down at her feet. "I have something to tell you." The other girls exchanged glances and Spencer and Hanna laughed. "I was expecting hello, but okay," spencer joked. "Spill!" Hanna insisted. "I'm pregnant," Aria confessed. The girls smiles faded into more serious expressions. "My mom knows, Ezra knows, and now you know. So... there it is." Spencer was the first to speak. "Are you sure?" "Yes," Aria replied, "I already went to the doctor. Ezra and I thought about it and we decided to keep the baby." "Well if you're happy, we're happy," Hanna assured Aria. "Yeah, I'm really excited for you!" Emily added and Spencer agreed. "Wait a minute. Isn't Ezra in jail? I mean how are you going to raise a baby on your own," said Spencer. "Oh... i forgot to mention something. Jackie bailed him out." All of the girls were shocked. "Damn, she really can't take no for an answer," Hanna joked. They made fun of Jackie of another 25 minutes or so, before saying their goodbyes and heading to school.
Aria was about to knock on the door to apartment 3-B when she heard yelling inside. "I was trying to help you!" shouted a familiar female voice. "And I appreciate that, but you can't come in here out of nowhere and try to control my life!" Jackie. Jackie Molina was in Ezra's apartment. "Like you've been doing a very good job! You're too busy fucking your teenage student to do something worthwhile, like getting a job." There was a long silence. Long enough to make Aria nervous. Eager to end the argument, she knocked on the door, which Ezra immediately opened. "Hi..." Aria offered to break the silence. "Jackie, right?" Aria smiled, but Jackie wasn't budging. "Does your mommy know where you are? It's getting kind of late for you to be out, Aria. "You know what Jackie?" Ezra interrupted, "You can get the hell out of my apartment if you have a problem. I have way more important things to worry about. I have a child on the way. That is my top priority. Making sure that baby and Aria are healthy and happy. So you can shut your mouth and leave, because nobody needs you here."