Two weeks later...

As Ezra and I drove down to the Rosewood hospital, our phones were constantly beeping with people we knew asking the gender of the baby. We decided about twenty minutes into the drive to shut off our phones and discuss potential baby names and middle names.

"So," Ezra began, trying to remember what names we chose for each gender,"if we have a girl, what will her middle name be?"

"Maybe Ella. Wait-not Ella. I was thinking Allyson. It would mean a lot to my friends." I replied, holding his hand. He smiled at me and nodded his head.

"I love that idea, babe." He said, kissing me on the forehead. "Your friends would probably really like that."

"Yeah," I said,"I think they would. And for a boy?"

"Mike." We both said in unison. We laughed at ourselves and he held my hand. We sat there in silence for thirty seconds before I excitedly spoke.

"Oh my god..." I whispered as I held my hand over my belly.

"Aria, what's wrong? Is everything okay?" He asked, worriedly. I kept my hand lightly on my stomach and smiled.

"Everything's great. I swear I just felt the baby kick!" I replied, growing even more excited. Right now, I wanted nothing more than to have my baby in my arms. Why can't this pregnancy thing go any faster?! He quickly put his hand where mine was and waited for a moment. He felt something, too.

"Oh my god. That's...incredible..." He exclaimed, smiling. There were now some tears growing in his eyes. I wiped the tears from under his eyes and he chuckled.

My baby bump was now larger than it was when we moved into our current house, and it was obvious that I was pregnant. Spencer, Hanna, Emily and I were planning on going shopping in Rosewood together for the first time in two months, therefore making it quite clear that I wasn't hiding from anyone anymore. Even if that were true, god forbid my mother or father happened to be shopping there at the same time. I figured that I would cross that bridge when or if I came to it.

Soon, we were at the clinic and Ezra parked the car. We both stepped out of the car and began crossing the street. Because Rosewood was an incredibly small town, I knew practically everyone there, so I was nervous about anyone seeing me as I crossed the street with Ezra holding my hand. Not because it was odd being there with Ezra, but because I was afraid of someone telling my parents.

Ezra opened the door for me and we took a seat in two chairs near the entrance of the office. Olivia was working at the front desk, but she quickly dropped everything when she saw that I was there. I finally was able to shake the feeling of being the odd one in the room, as I was there with my husband, like most of the other women in the room. She hurried over to us and hugged me tightly.

"It's so great to see you two again!" Olivia exclaimed as she shook Ezra's hand. She looked down at my baby bump and smiled.

"Did you tell anyone yet?" She asked, grinning.

"Yeah. My friends took it well." I replied, putting my hands on my stomach.

"And your parents?" She asked.

"That's a battle for another day." Ezra responded for me. "They didn't take the news of our relationship as well as we had originally hoped." He pointed towards the scar on his lower lip. Olivia gasped and apologized for asking.

"It's okay. I'm just glad they can't get to us anymore. Ez and I actually just got married and moved away." I said, leaning my head on his shoulder. He smiled and wrapped his arm around my waist. She beamed when she heard this and congratulated us on our marriage.

Then, I heard my name being called on the overhead speaker and I stood up. I hugged her and she wished us good luck.

We both walked back into Dr. Murphy's office. He was sitting at his desk and when he heard the door open, he immediately stood up and greeted us. He figured that we didn't want to wait any longer to find out if our baby was a he or she, so he asked me to lay down almost immediately. I did so, and Ezra stood beside me and we held hands as we waited for the news.

As soon as the ultrasound began, Dr. Murphy turned the computer monitor towards me so we could see the movements of the baby.

"So, you're at about eighteen weeks, so you should be feeling the baby moving around and kicking." He said as he moved the cold wand around on my stomach.

"Yeah," I began,"Ezra and I have both felt that."

"Good." He replied. He stopped moving the wand as he found a good angle to look at. He smiled and pointed at a specific region of the ultrasound picture.

"Now," He began,"if you look here, there are the arms and the legs." He paused to zoom in on the screen to show another region of the picture. Ezra and I were growing even more anxious by the minute and couldn't wait to find out the gender of our unborn baby. We waited for about thirty seconds as he examined the screen. He took off his glasses and looked at us with a smile.

"It's a girl."

Ezra and I immediately hugged each other and kissed. We had both wanted a daughter and now, in just a few months time, we would have our precious baby girl in our arms. I pulled my shirt back down over my stomach and stood up. Ezra and I hugged and kissed again and Dr. Murphy began printing copies of the photograph so we could give them to our friends and relatives. I gratefully took the small folder in my hands and said goodbye to Dr. Murphy. Ezra and I were both on the verge of tears now, and when we walked out into the waiting room, Olivia was waiting for us.

"How'd it go, Mr. and Mrs. Fitz?" She asked, smiling.

"We're having a girl." I replied, smiling. She began to smile and hugged us both. She wished us well and we left. As we crossed the street back to our car, I almost began to cry as we looked at one of the pictures. We sat in the car and began calling our relatives and friends.

Ezra called his brother first, as he was the only member of his family that knew about our current situation at the moment. As the phone rang, I could tell that Ezra was beaming with happiness at the fact that he could now tell his brother the news of a lifetime.

"Hello?" Wes said through the phone.

"Wes if you're at work, I can call you later." Ezra replied, a boyish smile sitting across his face.

"I am. But this had better be good. What's up?"

"We have some news." Ezra said vaguely into the phone.

"What kind of news?" I heard Wes reply. He was probably getting nervous.

"Aria and I just found out that we're going to have a girl." Ezra beamed. I held his hand and he smiled.

"I'm going to have a niece?! Oh my god; that's amazing!" He yelled happily. Ezra and I laughed at his sudden burst of excitement and he apparently heard our snickers.

"Do you guys have a name?" He asked.

"Seraphina. Seraphina Allyson Fitz." Ezra replied.

"Can I tell Mom?" Wes asked. Ezra's face suddenly took on a more nervous look and he stopped talking to think.

"I'll think about it. Wes, you know how much I despise her." Ezra softly responded. He sounded very irascible, so I think Wes took this as his cue to hang up. He said goodbye and congratulations before hanging up the phone, and Ezra set his phone down after the call had ended.

"When do I get to meet your mother? I want Seraphina to have at least one grandma who likes the idea of her existence." I said, leaning my head on his shoulder.

"Well, she'll be in town in September. I gotta warn you though, babe; she's not the sweetest woman. But, I think she'll warm up to the idea of having a granddaughter. After Maggie and Malcolm, though, anything's possible." He replied.

"I'm sure she's wonderful. I can't wait to meet her." I said, kissing him on the cheek.

Then, it was my turn to call my little brother. As the phone rang, I waited for Mike to pick up. When he did, I could tell he was hanging out with his friends.

"Aria? Is everything okay?" He asked, shouting at his friends to quiet down.

"Mike, I can call you later if you're with friends." I replied.

"No, it's okay. I'm just hanging out with the lacrosse team. What's up? Do you have any news?"

"Yeah, we do." I began."Mike, Ezra and I are going to have a baby girl."

"Holy crap! I'm gonna have a niece?!" He replied, barely remembering to whisper. I really didn't care at this point, though. Mike was my brother, and I trusted him completely. It was cute to see the similarities between Wesley and Mike, though.

"Yeah! We've decided on a name, too." I squealed into the phone.

"What is it?" He asked, obviously covering the phone so he could quiet his friends down.

"Seraphina." I began."Seraphina Allyson Fitz."

"That's so cool! When are you going to tell Mom?" He asked. I knew this question was coming, but I still had yet to find an answer for it.

"Hopefully before I go into labor." I replied, laughing. I heard a crash in the background and Mike told me he had to go. He congratulated me on the news and hung up the phone.

We were still parked in the parking lot of the hospital, so when I hung up, Ezra and I could talk about who to tell next. We agreed on walking into the mall to meet the girls together, as it would be nice to tell them the good news as a couple. We did not, however, know how to tell my mother.

"What if we gave her a letter with some pictures?" Ezra suggested. "Have one of our wedding, one of Seraphina and one of your baby bump. That way we wouldn't actually have to tell her anything. But, it's your decision, Aria."

"No, Ezra, that's a great idea! Let's do it!" I exclaimed. We kissed again and soon, we pulled out of the hospital parking lot.

As Ezra and I walked into the small Rosewood mall, I got the weirdest looks from just about everyone who knew me. I mean, I get it. I disappear for almost a month and I come back with my husband's arm around my shoulders and a baby bump. I expected people to stare.

I finally saw the girls by a small boutique, and grabbed Ezra's hand and ran over to them. They all greeted me with a hug and waited for me to tell them the news about Ezra's and my baby.

"So," Hanna began,"pink or blue? I need to know, because we're going shopping."

"Pink. And lots of it. It's a girl!" I squealed. My friends began to get excited and started asking me a thousand questions.

"Really?! Oh my god, I am SO going to spoil her! Ah! I'm so excited!" Hanna exclaimed, holding my hand in hers.

"Guys," Spencer began with a chuckle,"Hanna's excited."

"So I see." I replied as Ezra and I laughed.

"What name did you guys agree on?" Emily asked as she helped contain Hanna's urge to jump up and down vivaciously.

"Seraphina Allyson Fitz." Ezra said, smiling and kissing me on the head. When I said this, Emily's face lit up. She obviously liked the name.

"Alison would like that." Spencer said. I hugged her, as Spencer was still having a hard time hearing Alison's name without crying. This still surprised me, as the DiLaurentis family and the Hastings family weren't the closest of friends. Nonetheless, Spence loved Ali, and Ali loved Spence.

"Yeah," I replied,"I think she would."

"Can I call her Sera?" Hanna asked, grabbing my hand.

"Sure! That's actually pretty adorable." I replied, hugging her.

I smiled and leaned my head on Ezra's chest. He placed a soft kiss on my forehead and gently rubbed my upper arm. I smiled up at him, and he leaned down to kiss me on my lips.

"You two are, like, the cutest couple ever." Hanna said, feigning jealousy and chuckling. "Caleb seriously needs to up his game."

Ezra and I smiled at her and I snuggled closer to him. Then, I heard a horrifyingly familiar voice behind me.

"Aria?" I heard Ashley Marin (Hanna's mother) ask."Aria Montgomery, your mother has been looking everywhere for you!"

I turned around to face her and crossed my arms over my stomach. She looked at me with utter astonishment as she tried to figure out why I had left my house. Apparently, she had yet to realize that I was pregnant.

"Actually Mrs. Marin, I'm no longer a Montgomery." I said, making Ezra turn around to face Hanna's mother as well. He smiled at her, but she kept a stern look on her face. I reached over to hold Ezra's hand and looked back at her. "It's Aria Fitz now."

She was obviously shocked and just looked at me for what seemed like forever.

"And you just let your best friend do this?!" Mrs. Marin asked as she looked past us at her daughter, Hanna.

"Mom, I'm happy for Aria. Ezra loves her and her house isn't safe anymore." Hanna replied as she walked over to me and put her hand on my shoulder.

"So now you can all just call your teacher by his first name?" She asked, her voice wavering with shock and anger.

Hanna shrugged and I could tell that Mrs. Marin wanted to drag me back to my old house by my ear. But, when she looked at me and saw the fear in my eyes as I gripped Ezra's hand, her mood changed. She recognized the desperation in my expression and softened hers as well.

"Why isn't your house safe anymore, Aria?" She asked, changing her tone of voice to something more assuaging. I began to tear up, and Ezra pulled me in closer to him. She stood there waiting for me to speak. Finally, I found the courage to do so.

"Mrs. Marin, I was in a car accident a couple weeks ago." I replied, trying to hold myself together.

"Yes, I know. Hanna told me. What does that have to do with your family?" She asked once again. Apparently Hanna hadn't told her what I had told her. I was both thankful and confused.

"My-my dad was the man behind the wheel of the oncoming car. He hit me with his car...on purpose. Ezra and I were so worried when I was in the hospital because I'm-" I paused to choke back tears. Mrs. Marin placed her hand on my shoulder and leaned in to listen closer to what I had to say.

"Aria, what are you? What in the world were you and Mr. - Ezra so worried about?" She asked.

"I'm pregnant. With a baby girl. Please don't tell my parents; they'll never forgive me. Especially after the last time I saw them." I whispered hastily. She backed away slowly and Hanna decided to take her mother outside and explain the rest of the story to her there. Emily and Spencer pulled me into a hug and I immediately felt better.

"Cronut?" Emily asked when she let go of me. She pulled one of those donut/croissant hybrids out of a bag and extended her arm out to me.

"Of course I'll take a cronut." I replied, taking her up on her offer. She began laughing and Ezra pulled me in tight for a hug. I began eating like my life depended on it, and laughed at myself for doing it. I saw Spencer looking at me as I ate one of the most carb-filled delicacies on the planet, and I glared back at her.

"Don't judge me." I said in between bites of my cronut. This remark made Spencer laugh, and Spencer laughing made Emily begin chuckling. Ezra looked down at me and wiped some of the frosting from my lower lip.

"This is one of the many reasons I married you." He said, kissing me.

"Okay, lovebirds. I see Hanna walking through the doors...without her mom." Emily said, making me grow nervous again. This feeling was, however, gone when I heard what Hanna had to say.

"Han, what did your mom say? Is she gonna tell my mom?" I asked in a hushed voice to a very exhausted Hanna, who had just retold the story she had watched me live these last few months. "Wait, I don't wanna know. She's probably just glad it isn't you who's knocked up."

"Aria, chill. Your raging hormones are starting to make you look like Spencer did in Radley." She replied as Spencer gave her a very dirty look after her comment. To Spencer, Radley Sanitarium was like Lord Voldemort: out of sight, out of speech, out of mind. "Sorry, Spence."

"My mom's cool. She won't say a word." She added, holding a fistful of cash in one hand and grabbing my hand with the other. "Now, let's go find some baby stuff…for Sera."

Author's Note: Hello! I'm so sorry; I literally feel like the worst writer in the world right now...I'm so sorry I haven't published in so long. It's been a hectic couple of weeks and my family has probably forgotten that I'm not just a pile of rocks they can just yell at and that I have actual feelings. Oh, well. One battle at a time, right? Sorry for venting; this entire month has just been absolutely hellacious.

In other news, I'm so hyped for tomorrow's episode of Pretty Little Liars! I have a sneaking suspicion that Ezria is gonna get engaged, but all my Twitter followers are probably hating me right now for sharing my opinion about 1,780,500 times :) Let me know your thoughts!

Thank you so much for reading this chapter and I really hope you enjoyed it! I literally had to flip a coin and make a pros and cons list just to figure out the gender of Baby Fitz, and the name choosing process was even more intense...

What will happen to the Montgomery-Fitz family when Aria and Ezra come clean? Will the remainder of Aria's pregnancy go smoothly? Will Byron Montgomery keep his cool during all this? And what the devil is going on with Ezra and his behind-the-scenes double-life sketchiness? Find out SOON!

Kisses,

Delaney R. L.

Author's Note (UPDATED): Yes, I know I haven't published in a long time. I have made a few changes in my free time, though (still don't have enough time to write full chapters yet...and I am SO, SO sorry!). I changed the Ezria baby's name from the unisex original choice of mine (Emerson) to something more classic-feminine, yet still unique (Seraphina).I hope you like it! Feel free to message me any time, and I PROMISE I'm working on chapter 20...slowly but surely. Thanks a bunch! God bless!

- D.