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FLASHBACK

"Ezra please, does Maggie know you're here?" Aria asked.

"Yes, and I'm calling her right now." Ezra said, dialing on his phone.

"No! Pease no!" exclaimed Malcolm, he ran to Ezra with tears falling in his eyes, "Aria is a good person, she takes care of me more than my mom."

Ezra dropped the call and took Malcolm's hand, "come on Malcolm, your mom's looking for you. We gotta' go."

"No! No! I don't even know who you are!" Malcolm shouted pulling his hand from Ezra, "Aria, take me away from him!"

Ezra was stunned by what Malcolm had just said, causing for Malcolm's hand to slip. And quickly, he ran to Aria and Aria carried him.

"Ezra! You shouldn't have done that to him!" Aria said as she was soothing Malcolm.

"I-I'm sorry. I-I s-shouldn't have done that." Ezra said.

Ella walked to Ezra, "Come on, I'll make you some coffee to clean up your mind." Ella ushered Ezra into the kitchen, Aria, take Malcolm upstairs."

Ella explained everything to Ezra, making Ezra's mind clearer.

"Aria and Malcolm's upstairs. You better say sorry to the both of them." Ella said.

"Thank you Ella." He hugged her and quickly headed upstairs. Inside, he saw Aria and Malcolm playing games and laughing.

"Hey." Ezra smiled, but Malcolm quickly grabbed Aria's arm

"Ezra, I don't th-" Aria tried to say something but it was cut off by Ezra.

"I just want to settle things up," Ezra sat at the floor with them, "I'm sorry, I was just stressed out. I became so angry. Can you forgive me?"

"I can but I don't think Malcolm will." Aria nodded to Malcolm.

"Please Malcolm. I'm sorry, I should've believed you. I promise you, I assure you that I am not like your mother. I want you to know that I'll be the father that will love you." Ezra said. And Aria looked at Malcolm and pulled out a smiling face. And Malcolm smiled to. He stood up and hugged Ezra.

"I forgive you." Malcolm said. And Ezra cried at the hug of his son.

After dinner, since Malcolm demanded to stay one more night with Aria, Ezra decided to sleep at the Montgomery's. Since it was Aria's night for the dishes, Ezra was the one who tucked Malcolm in.

"Do we really need to leave Aria's house tomorrow?" Malcolm asked him.

"Yes buddy. Don't worry; you'll see each other every day."

"REALLY?" Malcolm eyes widened.

"Of course!" Ezra smiled at him, you really have become close with Aria, didn't you?"

"Yes. She's very nice. If I grow up, I would find her again and marry her." Malcolm said.

"Seriously?" Ezra held out a laugh.

"I'm saying that Aria would be a good mom. She's good at taking care of me," Malcolm replied, "Why? Are you jealous?"

"Hey buddy umm... do you still want to live with your mom?" Ezra asked him a serious question.

"I don't think so; she makes me sad all the time." Malcolm put out a frown.

"Well I was thinking to go to a lawyer tomorrow and take custody of you, means that you won't be living with your mom anymore." He said.

"Deal!" Malcolm said.

The next morning, Ella left early for something urgent. Leaving the three of them alone. While Malcolm was eating breakfast, Ezra talked with Aria.

"I was thinking about going to a lawyer today to take custody of Malcolm." Ezra said.

"That's good! But, does Malcolm know it already? I mean, if that happens, he won't be seeing Maggie again." Aria asked him.

"Yeah, he's fine with it, AND I also promised him that he'll be able to see you every day." Ezra looked at Aria.

"Umm... of course! I'll find a way," Aria smiled at him, "Come on, let's eat, I'm starving1"

"Okay!" Ezra smiled and kissed Aria on the lips.

The whole time, Malcolm kept on talking about what he and Aria have done in the past few days. And after eating breakfast, Ezra and Malcolm left for the meeting with the lawyer.

"You made a good choice Ezra. Your son must've been really scared when he was still with his mother." Mr. Wright said; their lawyer.

"Thank you Mr. Wright." Ezra said.

"By the way, I was wondering on how you found your son." He asked.

"Oh. My girlfriend found him one day. Malcolm even got attached with her." Ezra smiled.

"You're lucky Mr. Fitz!" he said, "Well I'll see you again in our next meeting."

"Yes. Thank you again Mr. Wright." And Ezra stood up and shook hands with him.

"Oh! Wait. I think you should go and get Malcolm see a therapist. He seems to e afraid of all the people. You know what I mean Ezra. Like he needs to learn how to cope on what's around him." Mr. Wright said, as they were leaving.

"I'll take your advice Mr. Wright." Ezra said, as he picked up Malcolm and closed the door.

On the way to Ezra's apartment, Malcolm wouldn't stop asking about Aria. Luckily, Ezra had explained to him about his and Aria's relationship.

"So, do you want an ice cream?" Ezra asked him.

"Yeah!" Malcolm hopped out of excitement.

They came in with the diner beside Ezra's apartment.

"I'll just take a chocolate milkshake." Ezra said, "What about you?"

"I think I'll take a peanut butter one, Aria and I ate that one time."

Ezra laughed and payed for their orders. They ate their milkshakes and ice cream on the way home.

Ezra opened the door and put Malcolm's things into the table. They were having a joke about Ezra's neighbour. The two of them were laughing but stopped when they saw Maggie, standing on the window.

"Ezra! You found him!" Maggie exclaimed.

A/N: I'M REALLY REALLY SORRY if I'm always updating late. It's just that I have many things to do in school since my parents and all of the people around me are expecting a high grade from me...

By the way, thank you for all the readers who kept on reading and supporting this story. It gives me the courage to write more. :) Thanks guys! so, what do you think? I need your opinion/help/suggestion on the next chapter.