Hi everyone! Here's Ezra's chapter! Enjoy!

Ezra had never really been a man to picture himself and fatherhood. It just wasn't something he saw himself doing, raising a child. He wasn't exactly on the best of terms with his family. He wanted to be able to provide a child with a big, loving family, and that just wasn't something he'd be able to do. The first time he imagined himself as a father was when Maggie told him he was one. Malcolm and Maggie were a sore subject with Ezra. He hadn't known the child even existed until Maggie showed up one day. And then he found out the true parentage of Malcolm and his heart was broken.

And it wasn't like fatherhood was something he pictured with Aria when they first dated. With the two of them, it was day by day. They had to take each moment and live in it. Maybe someday down the road it would happen, he'd think to himself occasionally. But he could never let those thoughts become too serious. Besides, Aria was years younger than he was. By the time he'd be ready for children, she'd still be young and free.

Even when he was engaged to Jackie, parenthood was never something they talked about. The only other time he pictured fatherhood was with Nicole. They loved each other, had explored the world together, and were the same age. Ezra's life felt normal.

Then Nicole disappeared. A part of him would always love her, but he knew that she was gone and their time together was over. It was like instinct for him to gravitate back to Aria. She'd been in Rosewood longer than she'd ever been in the last five years. She helped him through a lot. He wasn't in a good place when she got back to Rosewood. She was the light at the end of the tunnel.

He finished the last chapter of the book and closed his laptop.

"Are you working on the last chapter?" Aria asked with caution.

"It's finished."

"Do you want me to read it?"

"I'm never going to see her again," he said with tears filling his eyes. "Hadn't said that out loud. I couldn't...couldn't let myself believe that she was really gone."

"Ezra, I am so sorry," Aria started. She told him that he wrote a beautiful love story for Nicole. She gently touched his head, before pulling it back and apologizing, but he grabbed her hand before she pulled too far away.

"Thank you, for pushing me to finish."

"You did the heavy lifting." He shook his head and told her that he was down for the count when she came back. They'd done it together.

He began to see that maybe this was it. They could be together, once and for all. He'd moved past Nicole and was ready to be happy again. But there was Liam. Aria's coworker boyfriend. And the editor of the book the two of them were writing. So Ezra didn't make any moves. He wanted to respect Aria and her relationship. He was a little hurt though, that she hadn't told Liam about their relationship, just that he'd been her high school English teacher. So he was surprised when Aria kissed him. She quickly pulled back, but he pulled her right back in. Finally.

Things sort of just clicked after that. She soon broke up with Liam. They were together, unofficially. They didn't put any labels on it, but they knew it was right. Ezra found himself in a ring shop one day. He was out of town and figured nobody would see him if he just did some browsing.

Then he saw it. He tried walking away from it, but he had to ask the clerk to look at it. The clerk gave him the ring and he knew. He was making plenty of money, so the price wasn't an issue. The ring was put in a box and then Ezra was asked if he wanted a bag. He told them he didn't, and instead put it inside his coat pocket. He didn't know when or where he was going to propose, but he wanted to keep it with him at all times, just in case.

Aria came over to his apartment as soon as he got home. He enveloped her into a hug as soon as she got inside.

"I missed you," she said.

"I missed you too. How were things?" he asked her as they sat down.

"Things were…..horrible."

"What happened?" he asked in concern.

"Okay, you need to know that it wasn't planned or intentional," she said quickly.

"Aria, you can tell me anything," he said as he gave her the most genuine look he'd ever given her.

"Hanna ran into Rollins and we buried the body," she said bursting into tears.

They talked for hours and he consoled and comforted her until she fell asleep. When she woke, there was a letter on the coffee table.

Meet me at the spot we had our first date. Wear a red dress.-xo Ezra.

When she arrived, there wasn't another person in sight, except for him. She approached him and asked what was going on.

"Aria, today made me realize something. I want to be the person who comforts you. I want to be the person who helps you in time of need. I want you to be the person who comforts me. I want you to be the person who helps me in time of need. Forever. I want to take you to places and hold your hand. I want to kiss you and hold you and cry with you and laugh with you. I want to have children with you and raise a family with you. I want to be with you for the rest of our lives. I want to love you forever. I want to marry you," he said before he dropped to one knee and pulled out the ring. "Aria, will you marry me?"

"Ezra, yes! Of course I will marry you!" she exclaimed as he slid the ring onto her finger. "What brought this on?"

"Aria, it has always been you. These past few weeks have meant more to me than all of my life. I don't know if I'd be alive right now if it wasn't for you. I don't want to wait anymore. No more hiding our relationship or waiting until the time is right. I realized that today, that I can't wait. I was going to take you somewhere really nice, a beach probably. But, I...I had to do it. I love you so much."

"I am so in love with you, Ezra Fitz."

They got married a few months later, surrounded by friends and family. They bought a house in Philadelphia and kept writing. Ezra went back to teaching, as it was something he did truly enjoy. About a year after they got married, Aria found out she was pregnant and they had a daughter. Ezra fell in love at first sight.

Eighteen years later, there they were sending their daughter off to college. She was accepted to Columbia. They finished setting up her dorm room and had just eaten lunch. There was nothing left to do but say goodbye. Evelyn Daisy Fitz was all grown up and Ezra had to let go. Aria and her daughter hugged and said their goodbyes. Ezra pulled in her close.

"Evie I'm going to miss you so much."

"Dad, New York is only two hours from Philadelphia," she said laughing at her father.

"96.5 miles to be exact," he said. "Don't let go yet."

"Daddy, I love you. And I'm always going to be your little girl."

"I know. I love you, too," he let go and kissed her on the cheek. "Now go chase your dreams."

I wanted to get this posted before the next episode, because one of the girls gets engaged and I think it's Aria and Ezra! Anyways, thanks for reading! Reviews greatly appreciated!