As the doorknob began to turn, Ezra and I both turned our heads in suspense to see what our fates would be: my parents or my friends? But, we both were able to breathe again as Dr. Murphy walked into the room. I even smiled a bit at Ezra, and he smiled back. I think that we were both thinking the same thing when the door began to open.

"I'm sorry to interrupt you two," He began with a stressed look on his face,"but Aria, your parents are getting antsy."

Ezra and I looked at each other and we knew what had to be done. He squeezed my hand and kissed me on the head as he walked out of the room. I take it went to go get a snack from the vending machine. Ezra, believe it or not, was a real snacker. Especially when he's nervous or trying to distract himself from his anger. After Ezra left the room, Dr. Murphy walked over to the table to set down his clipboard.

"So," He began as he walked over to the foot of my hospital bed,"is that the 'complicated' relationship you were telling me about when we met at your ultrasound appointment?" He smiled and I nodded. I explained how my parents didn't know about us dating, as my parents weren't too fond of him in the first place. I think he assumed that if they didn't know about Ezra, they probably didn't know about our engagement or our baby. If it were so, his assumption was absolutely correct.

"I won't say a word, Aria." He said, picking up his notes. "But you'll need to tell them sometime." I nodded again and he smiled. He said he was going to fetch my mom and dad from the waiting room.

And then it was just me in my room, all alone. But, that was short lived, because my parents came running into the room almost as quickly as Ezra did. Almost. My mom sat down and immediately hugged me. As I hugged her back, I looked at my dad with complete fear in my eyes. I knew what he was capable of, and I didn't want him near me, both for my own sake and that of my baby. I began crying again, and my mom hugged me harder. When she finally let go, she was crying.

"Aria, we were so worried about you! What happened?!"

"They said it was a hit and run, but there were still pieces of the car that hit me in my car from the impact. They said they'll figure it out soon." I replied, looking right past my mom and straight into my dad's eyes.

"Are you okay?! Are you hurt?!" She said, putting a hand to my head.

"I'm okay. But they had to put some stitches in my head because of the way I was hit." I replied.

"My poor baby!" She said, hugging me again. "Aria, I am so sorry that some sick bastard would do that to you."

I hugged her back and she began crying again. I was crying again, too. I glanced over my mom's shoulder at my dad and I wanted to walk over there and clock him in the jaw.

As I looked at my dad, I saw that he was holding his wrist. Almost like he was injured. I knew that he had done it, and I had evidence on my side. I hadn't told Ezra, but the repairman had already analyzed the car parts. They were an exact match to the car my dad drove. Just then, my dad walked over to the flowers that sat in a vase on my table. He read the card and I somehow managed to keep it together.

"Who's 'E'?" My dad said, looking at me with a smirk. I think he wanted to catch me in a lie. He wouldn't, because he sometimes forgets that I spent several years being friends with Alison Dilaurentis, who was the best liar there was.

"Em." I replied with a smile."Her mom gave those to a nurse when she told them to tell me that the girls were unable to come immediately."

"That's so sweet of her!" My mom said while looking at the gorgeous flowers that sat on my table.

"I know." I replied looking at my dad. "Some people are just naturally sweet." I think he caught on to my weird remarks against him and my overall being distant.

"Ella, can I speak to Aria for a moment? Alone."

When he said the word 'alone', I almost fainted. My mom nodded and exited the room. After she shut the door, my dad sat down on the chair which sat by my bedside. I looked at him with complete fear. I think he noticed this.

"Is there something wrong with my being here?" He asked.

"I just didn't think you'd want to be here after what you did." I replied. I felt so afraid of what he would do after I said that.

"What is it exactly that I did?" He said as he leaned in further. I think he was doing it to intimidate me.

"You hit me." I said, sitting up in my bed. My head was pounding but I didn't care. I was strong and I was not about to let him get away with potentially hurting me and my unborn child. "It was you in the car. You can't deny this, Byron." As I used his full name, he backed up a bit.

"That's a very serious accusation, Aria. Are you sure you weren't just tired?" Just tired?! I know damn well what I saw.

"You work for 'A', don't you?" I said. I knew that this was jumping to a conclusion, but I saw him in that car as clear as day. And he was wearing a black hoodie, just like all of A's other minions. Then, I suddenly felt an intense pain in my face. My father had just slapped me.

"I didn't work this hard to be found out by my own goddamn daughter, damn it!" He said while raising his hand, probably to slap me again. I closed my eyes and waited for him to do it again. Suddenly, I heard my mother shouting my dad's name as she punched him. He tossed her into the wall like a rag doll and was getting angrier by the second. He was about to hit me again, when I heard someone hit the ground. I opened my eyes to see my fiancé, Ezra Fitz, standing over my dad's unconscious body. He helped my mom up and went to go get a doctor.

When he returned with Dr. Murphy, he helped him to get my dad off the ground. By now, I was crying and so was my mom. I could tell that Ezra's wanted so badly to hug and kiss me and tell me that everything was going to be alright, but he couldn't. And there was an obvious look of pain in his eyes when he saw me cry. When he came back into the room, my mom got up from her chair and hugged him. She thanked him and he hugged her back.

"What just-how did you know?" My mom asked as he helped her sit back down.

"I was actually going to get a cup of coffee when I heard a commotion in here. The blinds were open so I could see what was happening. Are you hurt?" He replied. He was so kind and so caring. I loved him so much, and it was hurting me not being able to thank him like I always did: with a kiss.

"No, I'm not. Thank you, Ezra." She replied.

"Yeah. Thank you so much for stopping him from further hurting us Ez-" I stopped for a second, realizing that my mother was in the room,"Mr. Fitz." I finished and he smiled. He was obviously not feigning his smile, but I could tell he was slightly put back by my calling him by his professional title. Then, I realized another mistake I had unintentionally made: using the word 'us' when referring to myself. Technically, he could've interpreted it one of two ways, and I think he chose to do it the way I did.

"It's my job, Aria. Anything to help my-" He stopped as well. I think my mom was starting to notice our awkward pauses when we talked to each other. "Anything for my best student."

I smiled a bit and my mom excused herself, as she had left Mike home alone and she was going to pack up her things to stay at a hotel. She claimed that she just wanted to be closer to the hospital, but I could tell that she just didn't want to sleep in the same bed that she and my dad had shared for so many years. Either way, Ezra and I were finally alone again.

He hurried over to me and knelt by my bedside. He hugged me and kissed my head as I cried. We stayed like that for a moment and then he pulled away.

"Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" He asked while placing his left hand on my cheek. I winced a little and he apologized.

"Personally, I've been better. I mean, he did hit me with his left hand, so I got a thick, metal wedding ring in the face. Other than that, though, I'm fine." I said while putting my left hand on his. He handed me an icepack and held it on my cheek.

"Hey," He began as he tucked strands of my hair behind my ear,"are you sure that you're okay?"

"I just never thought that my dad would do something like that. I guess his affair was just the tip of the iceberg. He's not who I thought he was." I replied as I wiped away a tear or two from my now-vermillion cheeks.

"Aria, I promise I won't let him hurt you, or our baby. I'll make sure you stay safe."

"And I know you'll live up to that promise. You always do."

He smiled and I smiled back as he laid his other hand on my stomach.

"You know, pretty soon you're going to have a bump there." He said as he rubbed my belly in a circular motion.

"I know!" I said, removing the icepack from my cheek. "I'm so excited!"

"Me too, baby." He said as he leaned in to kiss me. I kissed him back.

"Even in a hospital gown and a messy bun, you still look freaking gorgeous." He said with his famous Ezra Fitz smirk resting on his face.

"That's sweet of you to say, Ez, but I'm pretty sure I look like a train wreck." I replied, coyly. I began to blush as well.

"I can assure you that that's not the case, Aria. My beautiful fiancé is and always will be gorgeous." He replied, gently kissing my head.

"So," I began as I ruffled his dark hair a bit,"I was wondering if you'd like to call the girls from my phone. It might make it easier to explain once they get here."

"Are you sure? It might cause some tension between they and I." He replied as I handed him my cellphone. He carefully took it and opened it up.

"I'm sure. I was also thinking that we could tell them together, but it's whatever you want to do." I said. He looked at me as he began to look through my contacts to find each of the girls' numbers.

"That's a wonderful idea, babe." He said as he dialed Rosewood's area code into my phone. "Who should I call first?"

"Well, I think Hanna would take it best." I said as I stroked his cheek. He smiled at me and began to dial Hanna's number into the keypad. As it began ringing, I could tell he was beginning to grow nervous. The phone was on speaker, so I could hear his conversation with my friend.

"Aria?!" I heard Hanna yell into the phone from the other end. I then heard commotion behind her, and that could mean one thing: Hanna was not alone. My other friends were there with her. I could only think one thing at that particular moment: poor Ezra.

"Uh, no. Actually it's Ezra." He uttered into my phone. I could practically see beads of sweat dripping down his forehead. He had just realized that he had forgotten to introduce himself using his formal title, and not his name. Again, poor Ezra.

"Mr. Fitz? Why do you have Aria's phone?" I heard Hanna ask.

"It's, uh...it's complicated. She just wanted me to let you know that it's okay to come down to the hospital. She, uh..." He said.

"She what?" Emily asked.

"She has something she needs to tell you." Ezra said. I could tell that he just wanted to hang up the phone.

"Uh, okay. Tell her we'll be there in five. Bye, Mr. Fitz." Hanna said as she hung up the phone.

As soon as he was done talking, he fell back into his chair and breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled and looked at me as he laughed a little.

"Who knew that teenage girls could be so...intimidating?" He asked me, laughing at himself and the way he had talked on the phone.

"I could've told you that. But we don't bite...hard." I said as I kissed him passionately on the lips. He kissed me back. As we heard the doorknob turn, he quickly pulled away from my embrace. We laughed at each other for being so paranoid as we saw who walked into the room.

Just then, Dr. Murphy came running into the room with Olivia trailing behind him. He checked my vitals quickly and he breathed a sigh of relief. I asked him if everything was alright, and he replied by nodding a bit profusely. I laughed a bit and Olivia adjusted my hair. She was definitely becoming like my mother away from my mom.

"Honey, are you okay?" She said while placing a hand on my still-red cheek. I winced and she quickly removed her hand.

"Yeah, I'm okay. I'm just glad he didn't hit my stomach or Ezra." I said, looking at Ezra. He smiled.

"Me too, Aria. You both are extremely lucky." She replied while smoothing my hair down again.

"I know." I said as Ezra kissed me.

"You two are the cutest couple I have ever seen." She said, laughing and going to pick up papers.

"Mr. Fitz, the police are here to question you and Aria about the incident with Mr. Montgomery. Are you and Ms. Montgomery ready to talk about it?" A nurse said as she poked her head through the door. Ezra and I looked at each other and he knew what I was thinking about.

"Can we possibly have some more time? We actually have to break some news to some of Aria's friends." Ezra replied, squeezing my hand.

"I don't see why not. I'll come back soon." The nurse said as she closed the door. As soon as she had left, Ezra handed me something.

"The police pulled this out of the wreck." He said as she handed me the now slightly-dented picture frame which held the first ultrasound of our baby. I almost cried...again.

"Girl, you have no idea how good of a man you have. Don't take him for granted." Olivia said as I clutched the picture frame with the small picture inside it with my one hand and I held Ezra's hand with the other. I felt a single tear fall down my face.

"I won't." I replied, smiling. I was practically bawling now. Ezra handed me a tissue and I buried the picture into my chest. He was now rubbing my back as I cried.

"Well, I saw your friends in the waiting room. I'll let them in and give you all some space." Olivia said as she motioned Dr. Murphy out of the room with her. He laughed and gladly exited my hospital room. We were alone for a mere two minutes.

Then, the doorknob began to turn. And I wasn't nearly prepared to see who walked into the room.