Chapter 15
Aria POV
Two Weeks Later…
Aria felt ill as she ran into the bathroom and dropped down onto her knees and she threw up in the toilet. She moaned as she gripped the sides of the commode, spilling more of her stomach contents. She didn't know what was wrong with her. She had been feeling like this for some time now. She breathed slowly through her nose, trying to push back the wave of nausea that was threatening to spill over.
Everything on her body hurt, especially her breasts. They were swollen and tender, her nipples sticking out. She couldn't control her upset stomach and vomited again, before wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. She couldn't hold any food down, hating the smell of everything. She didn't even try getting up from the floor, knowing she would just fall back down.
She was extremely tired all the time, some days not even making it out of bed. She was also experiencing terrible headaches that Advil couldn't cure. She pushed the silky locks back from her face, moaning again as she hurled. Her arms went around her stomach, hugging tight as she rocked back and forth to stop the room from spinning. She didn't want to throw up anymore, her insides hurting too much.
Once she was up to it, she made it to her feet and left out the bathroom. She began to sway on her feet, but she found common ground. She climbed back into bed, pulling the covers up to her chin and burrowed deep into the comforter. She tried to go back to sleep, but she couldn't. She couldn't get comfortable, feeling such discomfort.
Aria felt nauseous, but she didn't want to get out of bed. She didn't think she could move again. She ran the back of her knuckles on her belly. It seemed to stop the nausea. She was grateful.
She hadn't seen Ezra in two weeks. He wasn't answering her calls, or text messages. She didn't know what she had done. She was worried about him, wanting to know if he was out of jail. She prayed he was alright.
He had to know she would never judge him. She loved him too much. It had been troubling to see him snap like that, but she knew there had to be a reason behind it. She wasn't scared of him, wanting him to know that. She would never see him as some kind of monster.
She couldn't get over the image of Ezra beating that poor man into a pulp. It had been frightening, to see him lose control like that. She hadn't been strong enough to pull him off. It wasn't him, but his actions that scared her. It was like he hadn't been Ezra, but someone else entirely.
Aria hadn't believed him when he said he didn't know the man. She couldn't understand why he was lying to her, couldn't understand why he didn't trust her enough. She knew the man had to be from his past, had done something to cause that kind of rage in Ezra. What had he done? She wanted Ezra to tell her. She needed him to know he could count on her, that she would be there for him.
She didn't want to ever turn her back on him. She wouldn't let him push her away. She needed him, missed him. He was the first guy she'd ever loved. She didn't want to lose him, to be without him.
She barely made it out the bed in time as she ran back into the bathroom and vomited. She whimpered as she rested her head on the toilet, not able to move a muscle as she started puking again. She felt bad, wishing her sickness away. Her mother appeared and rushed towards her, holding her dark shoulder length hair back as she continued to empty her stomach.
Ella had witnessed Aria like this, watching her daughter closely with a knowing look. She only expressed concern for her daughter. She never judged her, or questioned her. She washed Aria's face with a cool cloth, before dabbing her mouth gently. Aria relished in the cool water and her mother's soft touch.
Aria gave a weak smile. She loved whenever her mother took care of her. She was always attentive to Aria's needs. She accepted her mother's help as she get up from the floor, letting her mother carry most of her weight as they headed back into her bedroom. Aria got back in bed as her mother went to go get another washcloth.
"What can I do honey?" Ella asked as she pressed the cloth against Aria's forehead, sweeping the silky tresses from her face. "This has been going on far too long now".
"I don't know," Aria was at a loss, not knowing what was going on with her. "I just want to stop feeling sick".
"I think it's time to call the doctor," Ella suggested as she stroked Aria's pale cheek. "This isn't normal".
She knew it wasn't.
"I think that's best," Aria said, not liking how her voice sounded weak and hoarse from throwing up so much. "I know I haven't eaten anything that would cause my stomach to be upset for this long".
"I'll call first thing tomorrow morning," Ella said as she placed a kiss on Aria's forehead, her brown eyes so much like Aria's filled with motherly concern. "I'll be relentless until they fit you in. We're not going to go one more week with you feeling this way".
She tried to offer Aria a bowl of hot soup, but she pushed it away.
"I can't hold any food down," Aria said as she wrinkled her nose, feeling ill just looking at the bowl of chicken noddle soup. "Please get it away from me".
She clamped a hand over her mouth as Ella took away the bowl of soup.
"Aria, I have to ask you something, something very important," Ella said in a serious voice as she peered closely at her daughter. "Have you had your period? If not, how late are you?"
Aria thought back as she tried to remember when the last time she had her period. She wasn't for sure. It was like her mind was drawing a blank. Her menstrual cycle had always been tricky. She calculated in her head, working out the dates. She came to the conclusion that she was two weeks late.
"I'm about two weeks late," Aria said quietly as she rubbed her temples with her fingertips. She started to get another headache. "I counted down the dates in my head".
Ella nodded her head, pressing the cool cloth against Aria's forehead and neck.
"Have you had sex?" Ella's brown eyes didn't blink as she stared into Aria's face, not judging but asking a simple question. "If so, have you two used protection?"
Aria's mind whirled with the questions her mother asked, not wanting to think about anything. She didn't want to think about the obvious possibility. She couldn't be pregnant; she didn't want to be pregnant. Of course she'd thought of being pregnant, but she had shrugged it off. She was too young to be pregnant, and she was still in high school.
"I'm really tired mom," Aria said in a reserved voice, not wanting to talk anymore. She just wanted to sleep. "I'm going to sleep now".
"Okay," Ella said as she got up from the bed. "I'll be downstairs if you need me".
The scent of chicken noddle soup lingered in her bedroom after her mother had left. She got up slowly from the bed and walked over to the dresser, pulling out a brown paper bag, and then she went back into the Jack and Jill bathroom. She thought she would never have to use it. She took the home pregnancy test out of the box. She had brought it the first week she had been late.
She read and followed the instructions and waited two minutes for the test results. She didn't know what she would do if she was pregnant. She didn't want to trap Ezra, but at the same time, she wanted him there with her. She needed him, needed to see him. She wanted to cry, but she didn't. She knew it wouldn't do any good.
Aria braced herself as she took the pregnancy stick in her hands, reading the results. She nearly toppled over at the results. She wanted the test to be wrong, wanted everything to be one big nightmare. She wanted to pinch herself, wanting to wake up. It was true, she was pregnant.
Finally an update for you guys. It has been a while lol. I have just been so busy with school work and working. The good thing is I have done a lot of prewritten chapters, so it won't take me as much time to update again. Please review and let me know? And know some of you have expressed some concerns about this particular direction, but I promise you it's going to be completely different. Just stick with it to find out. I have so much in store, much story to tell. You're going to either love it, or hate it. Next up, is Ezra's POV.