What seems like the right thing to do could also be the hardest thing you have ever done in your life. -Unknown
How am I supposed to tell him? He would just think I was messing with him. Anyways, I would have to tell him, I couldn't just run away in my senior year. Plus I never want to leave Ezra, he's the love of my life, and I would never think of hurting him. He was coming back for two hours to get some more clothes, and to see me. But, unfortunately he was coming when it was school hours. I had to see him, so I had to bunk off. Right. Yeah. I have to tell him that I'm pregnant. Even if it meant god knows what. I wasn't paying attention in my Physics class; I was wondering what I should say, without looking like a complete ass. The bell rang, signaling for lunch, or for me, telling the man I loved the most in the world that I was pregnant. I couldn't believe it, that I, Aria Montgomery was pregnant. I was so careful, I was on the pill. I walked out of school, biting my nails, something I only do when I need to tell something to Ezra. I walked to my car and got in. Once I had got to Ezra's apartment, I was relieved that Ezra wasn't there yet.
I walked into his apartment, and lay on his bed. It smelt like him, and I had been coming here everyday, just to get away from everything. It's hard to do that when you're pregnant. I hadn't told anyone, not even Spencer, Hanna or Emily. I wanted Ezra to be the first to know. He had to be. I had to tell him, even if he slapped me in the face, he would know. He walked in, and I shot up from the bed, and went over to the door.
"Hi." Ezra said as he kissed me on the lips, his lips lingering there for no more than five seconds. I smiled, a way of saying hi, without saying it.
"Listen, we need to talk!" I said, I needed to get this over with now. So, I took his hand and lead him to the couch.
"Is everything alright?"
"Okay, so I'm just going to come out and say it. Ezra, I'm pregnant!" He laughed, and that's what hurt me, not the glare from his eyes, or the frown on his mouth. It was his joke laugh.
"Aria now's not the time to be messing around!"
"Who says I'm messing around?" I stood up from the couch, not able to look into his mocking eyes.
"I have a seven year old son, who I just met, and now you're saying you're pregnant and its just plain bull."
"I am pregnant Ezra!" I screamed that at him, I was fuming mad, that if I was a cartoon you could actually see me blowing smoke out of my ears.
"I thought this relationship was real, but to you it's just a joke! And you're just being a selfish bitch." He had gotten up from the couch, I knew how to get back at him, and I knew the perfect way, but those words, they stung. More than when Ezra had broken up with me. No one had called me a bitch apart from -A, but I couldn't believe that HIM of all people would call me one.
"Well, the thing is Ezra," I got my handbag, opened it and pulled out a pregnancy test. Tears were streaming down my face, at the thought of having to do this alone. "If you're pregnant you need proof, and that proof is a positive pregnancy stick, and here's your damn proof!" I threw the pregnancy stick at him, and stormed out the apartment, not looking back. I had to tell the girls. I got into my car, and drove off.
Aria threw the homemade pregnancy test at me, and then stormed out of my apartment. She slammed the door, causing some books to fall. I looked at the white stick. A plus, she was pregnant. How could I be such a jerk, insisting that she wasn't pregnant? And how could I have called her a selfish bitch. I was kicking myself for saying that. But she fricin was pregnant. I ran as fast as I could out of my apartment building to get to the street. But, I knew that she had just driven away from me in more ways than one.
SOS, Meet me by the swings xxx
I had sent the girls a text, asking them to meet me, at our usual place. The girls were there first, and when they saw me, they came rushing over. They pulled me into a hug, as they noticed my tear stained face. New ones started falling, from my eyes, as reality became more real.
"I need to tell you something." I said, but you could barely hear it, as it was muffled.
"What is it?" Han asked, sounding worried.
"Whatever it is we are here for you." Em said, holding my hand as we all pulled away from the hug and made our way to the swings.
"Thanks guys, I went to Ezra's and I think we broke up."
"What, why!" Spencer half shouted.
"Because, he didn't believe I was pregnant." I looked at the ground, waiting for their comments, but none came, they just hugged me and pulled me tight. I was grateful, I needed this.
"Why, didn't he believe you hon?" Han asked me, they all had shocked looks on their faces.
"I don't know, I honestly don't. I threw the pregnancy test in his face, and stormed off, and I texted you guys."
"Um, okay since you're telling, I might as well." Spence said, I wondered why she hadn't given me a lecture.
"And, uh you're telling us what?" I asked.
"That I'm pregnant as well. I haven't seen or heard from Toby. I was going to tell him on our anniversary, but then he, and I figured I would have to tell you sometime so, here it is."
"Well, we're gonna get through this Spence!" I know we will." I said to try and calm her down. We hugged each other until Hanna accidentally said something.
"Uh, what about me?" She said. "Crap!"
"What about you?" Emily asked, curious.
"I'm pregnant, I have been meaning to tell Caleb, but he's in Montecito, and it's not something I want to do over the phone."
"Anyway, we ARE gonna get through this, even if it means being named the new school sluts. We will just do what we have been doing all this time, but getting knocked up by your former English teacher, and two of the sketchiest boys in Rosewood, don't look good. But we will get through this, no matter how hard it is, we will get through this." I said looking at Hanna and Spencer.
"You're right Aria, and I will be behind you all, every step of the way." Emily said.
"Thanks, Em!" Han said, we pulled in for another group hug. Hanna's phone bleeped, and that can only mean one thing if we had just told a massive secret, Hanna got her phone out.
"Thanks for the info, I'll give you some in return. Baby weight makes you Hefty, Hanna, and watch out for stretch marks; I hear they're a bitch. –A. My life just keeps getting better and better. I'm gonna be fat again…" Hanna lied back on the ground, but Em cut her off and took her hands in hers, and pulled her from lying on the floor to sitting position.
"Han, you're not gonna get fat."
"Yes, I am!" Hanna replied laying back down, but ended up with Emily pulling her up again.
"Then, you're going to swim with me, and work it off."
"Fine, but once my eyes get puffy, I'm stopping."
"That's fine with me!"
"So, Han! How are you going to tell Caleb."
"Tell me what?" Caleb said, scaring us, sitting down next to Hanna. A huge grin of excitement spread across her face.
"You're back!" Hanna exclaimed, and gave him a kiss on the lips, and moved to sit on his lap.
"Tell me what!" Caleb repeated, confused as ever.
"Han do you want us to stay with you?" Emily asked, but didn't finish her sentence because Hanna nodded. She turned to face Caleb, who had a worried look on his face. A few tears rolled down her cheeks. It was time to tell Caleb.
"Han, what's wrong!" Caleb's eyes getting watery as well, and it made my heart break.
"Um, We're having a baby!"
"Whoa! Are you okay with that!"
"Wait, so you're not mad?"
"How could I be mad at my pregnant girlfriend?" He said laughing, only if Ezra could have reacted like this.
"Because I didn't tell you!"
"I was in Montecito, Han, and I'm guessing you didn't want to say it over the phone."
"I love you so much Caleb."
"I love you too, Han. And I'm gonna be there very step of the way, and we are gonna find a way to make this work." Hanna kissed him passionately, and it took everything inside of me to not 'Awwwwwwwww' at that moment. Hanna pulled away, and remained on his lap.
"Oh, and one more thing, Spence and Aria are pregnant."
"Are you serious?" Caleb said, eyebrows rose, obviously not believing it.
"Yep, and please don't laugh." I said.
"Aria, Why would I laugh?" Caleb replied, obviously confused, again.
"Because, Ezra did." I replied, nervous of what he would say.
"Jees, What a jerk!"
"Tell me about it!"
"Oh, and Spence! Toby texted me, saying he was sorry, and to tell you that." Spencer's head shot up so fast when Caleb had said Toby texted him. "Spence, what's wrong?"
"Better tell you now or never, the reason Toby and I broke up is because I found out who is helping Mona. And that person is Toby. A is Toby."
"Bastard!" Emily shouted, which caused everyone to look at us. She had a sheepish look on her face. A single tear rolled down her face, and she wiped it away quickly. "Sorry, Spence."
"Don't be," I accidentally gasped at the sight of Toby's black motorbike coming over to where we were. They all looked at the black motorcycle pulling up. I didn't think it would be Toby, but the person got off the motorbike, and that person was Toby.
"I'm here. Now what's so important?" Toby asked Spence, all the love had vanished from his eyes, and there was now no emotion in them.
"Sit down!" Spencer gave remote orders to the man she once gave her heart too. He shook his head, and then she stood up, Spence walked up to him. Their faces barely two inches apart. " I think you need to sit down for this!" Spencer looked straight into his eyes, her voice cold and showing no emotion whatsoever. He sat down, not wanting to infuriate the girl he had conned. Spencer sat down a few feet away, but still straight in front of him.
"I'm pregnant, Toby. And I would like you to know that when I have this baby. You won't be a part of his life."
"Why can't I be part of the baby's life, exactly." His voice staying calm, and even. You could see the hurt in his eyes., and the emotion come flooding out, and blocking out the evil.
"You know why, Toby, or should I call you –A."
"I'll give you answers, anything that will let me be part of the baby's life." Toby was pleading, and you could see it, but you could see Spencer was finding it hard.
"Then give me them, right here, right now."
"No, I need to tell you alone." Spencer scoffed at the comment he made.
"Like that would ever happen, and anyways. You betrayed all of us here, so just spit it out, we would all love to hear what you have got to say." It was silent, at first I thought Toby was going to slap Spencer, and I'm pretty sure Spencer did too, but she kept her face like a rock. And it was sending Toby into overdrive.
"What would you like to know?"
"Why would you do this to us!"
"To protect you."
"Protect us from what, more hurt, more pain, more sadness of seeing every single one of your best friends breaking every single day after something catastrophic happens. What did you protect us from Toby?"
"From Mona."
"Why on earth would you expect us to believe that, we were never protected, and when I thought I was being protected, it was just a lie, a massive slap in the face."
"Spencer, I was protecting you from more hurt. Because believe it or not, after Ali, Mona was going for you."
"What?" Spencer's face was no longer a rock. I went over and hugged her. She just sat there, staring straight at Toby.
"Look, at first I joined because you all made my life a misery. But, then Emily and I grew close again, and then I started falling in love with you. By then I wanted to quit, but I was in far too deep."
"If you are on the –A team, why did you let me give my virginity up to you, and get naked with you in more ways than one."
"Because I love you, and I know that you still love me."
"How do I know you're not lying? Because Cavaughnah you're one heck of a liar, you made me believe that I could trust you. If you're wondering I didn't tell you about –A it is because I was trying to protect you. You can lie Toby, and we all know it."
"Look me in the eyes, and say I'm a liar." So Spencer looked into his eyes, boring into his soul, and she spoke out the cold, harsh words.
"I once looked into your eyes thinking they were full of love, but I lost myself somewhere in you. I didn't notice the glares or flinches all I notice was how much I thought you loved me. Now all I see in those eyes are betrayal, cold, anger, and violent glares. Nothing of what the blue eyed boy I love used to be."
"You still love me?"
"One more thing, why didn't I get killed." Spencer changed the subject quickly her face turning back to a rock.
"Because, I said I could break you, if you fell for 'the act', but trust me Spence none of this was an act."
"How do I know you're not lying?"
"Because I'm going to be with you every step of the way."
"You have one chance, but if you break it. That's it. You're out."
"That's all I'm asking for." Spencer walked over to Toby and kissed him on the lips, and sat in his lap. There was only one thing on my mind, will Ezra come around. Emily basically read my mind.
"I'm sure he'll come around eventually Aria, Ezra can't stay mad at you for too long."
"How do you know that, he's already got Malcolm and he went back to Delaware, and I'm sure he hates me." I said back
"No he doesn't. This is Fitzy we're talking about, and he will come around, and everyone knows it."
"Knows what?" Toby asked, confused like Caleb was earlier.
"Uh, Han and Aria are pregnant as well." Spencer said, informing Toby.
"Talk about meant to be!"
"Yeah, but he left Maggie, what if he leaves me." I said, turning back to Emily.
"Aria, he didn't leave Maggie, his mother bribed her to go away, and plus Aria it's you, he has risked so much to be with you, and I'm sure he won't throw it away." Spencer said, helping Emily, as she was a loss for words.
"Anyways, how do you think our parents will react." I said, kind of changing the conversation a bit, but not a lot.
"Well, my Mum likes Caleb, so I don't know, but he's already lived with us before, so why not again." Hanna said, thankfully managing to get the subject of Ezra and me.
"Really, I don't think your Mum likes me that much, Han?" Caleb said questioning Hanna.
"She'll come around. If not, you have your own apartment, I'm eighteen and then I guess we'll wing it."
"Well, for starters, I don't know what my parents will do, they're away for most of the time, and then they'll probably kill me, but I'm having this baby." Spencer said, not sure what her parent's reaction would be, because she never spends time with them so she doesn't know them.
"Why don't you stay with me in the loft." Toby offered.
"No hot water, I need bubble baths."
"I already got it fixed."
"Hello Roomie, so Ar what about you're parents. Even though the rest of us girls know the answer." I smiled at how much they knew me, they were completely right, they already knew.
"Well, for starters. Just saying to your parents that you love your former English professor gets them wanting to kill you, and when I tell my dad I got knocked up by Ezra, he will kick me out and then kill Ezra. Then my mum will give me the cold shoulder and hate me. And I'll be living on the streets."
"No, you won't you can live with me, I'm sure my mum won't mind, she loves all you girls." Emily said.
"And me, we've got a got a guest bedroom." Hanna said as well.
"Thanks guys, you don't know how much this means to me." I said pulling them both in for a hug. When we pulled away I saw Ezra's Toyota pull up. "Guess, I'm gonna have to face him sometime." I got up and walked over to his car. I approached when he got out of his car. I could feel that their eyes were on us.
"What do you want?" I asked, hopefully showing the hurt in my voice.
"I came to say I'm sorry." Ezra replied.
"For not believing me, for calling me a bitch, for calling me selfish, for being a jerk" Him calling me a bitch just kept replaying in my mind, but I quickly shook it out.
"For everything, I messed bad, and I understand that you might want to get an abortion." I cut him off.
"Why would I want to get an abortion?" I was staring blankly at his face waiting for an answer.
"Because you're still in High School, and how do you think it will look on the streets. You being knocked up by your old English teacher." I walked towards him, and cupped his face in my hands.
"I love you, and now that I'm eighteen we can do whatever we want to do, and we can't get in trouble. If people can't accept us, then screw them. We have decent people in our life who think we are made for each other and they're right."
"Aria! I'm worried about what your Dad will do to us. I don't want you getting kicked out and being forced to do stuff that you're not allowed to do."
"If I can't live with you, its all sorted, I will live with Emily or Hanna or both. We're gonna have this baby, and you're gonna be there when the baby calls you Daddy. So we're gonna raise this baby right. I don't care if people stop and stare this baby is gonna have a father, and that father will be you, Ezra."
"I love you so much." He leant down and kissed me, it felt so good for him to kiss me again, and that is why I had to do what I had to do.
"Okay, so now, what you're gonna do is you're going to Delaware, and you will come back in one week. Everything will be sorted. We will text each other what has happened, and by the end of that one week, I will be in your apartment waiting for you. Alright."
"I will be here for you, so in one week I will come back, and we will be a family." A few tears rolled down my cheek at the thought of him leaving again, but I knew that he would be back. I kissed him passionately until we both had to come up for air. "Bye Aria!"
"Bye Ezra!" He got into his car, and drove off to Delaware. I turned around, and saw that Hanna, Spencer and Emily were smiling and jumping on the floor, as I came back. I had a smile, even though I was crying.
"So what's going to happen?" Hanna asked, smiling so much that she could be mistaken for crazy.
"He's going to be gone for a week, while I tell my parents, then I will move into his apartment, and then I'll live there. Because I am eighteen, Ezra can't be arrested so now that weight had been lifted of my shoulders." Hanna got up and hugged me, like I had come back from the dead.
"You know we have got to tell our parents now right?" Spencer shouted interrupting the hug.
"Ugh!" Hanna and me said at the same time, which made everyone laugh. Once the laughing settled down, I was the first to break the silence.
"Do you think we should be at everyone's house when we tell our parents."
"Why!" Emily asked.
"Because I'm scared my Dad or Mike will punch me, Mike punched Ezra."
"We will come to your house, when you tell your dad. After all your dad can be scary." Spencer said.
"Han, do you think we should tell your Dad?" Caleb asked looking at his girlfriend who hesitated before speaking.
"No! He walked out of my life, and now when he shows up I will walk out of his." Hanna replied.
"Good, cause that's what I was thinking."
"Spence, how're you going to tell your family!" Hanna said, changing the subject from her Dad.
"A note." Spencer replied.
"Really a note, Spence?" Toby asked, astonished.
"Yeah, but I'm scared of what they will do when the ask who the father is, they
kind of hate you now!"
"And, why do they hate me?"
"Because I was stuck in my room for two weeks, and crying so hard that I threw up for hours on end, and wouldn't eat anything apart from Cookie Dough ice cream, and that I flunked every test I had and had too much alcohol in my system, because I was crying over you, so that's why they hate you." Spencer was looking at her shoes.
"Yeah, but I'm staying right by your side."
"Good, because I don't want you to leave me again."
"Anyway, whose parents will we tell first." Emily said.
"Let's do mine, I want to get it over with." I said, everyone got up, and braced himself or herself for what might come. Hanna and Caleb; Spencer and Toby and Emily and me made our way to my house in our cars. I was shaking so badly I let Em take the wheel.
"Are you alright?" Emily asked me.
"I am so scared, but I have all of you guys by my side, so I will hopefully be ok."
"You will be ok."
"Promise me something, Em."
"Anything."
"You'll be standing by me the whole time."
"Always." The ride to my place was silent, and as we pulled up, Spencer, Toby, Han and Caleb were already there.
"Ready to do this?" Spence asked, as me and Em got out the car.
"Ready as I'll ever be." I replied, trying to smile.
I let us all into my house, and I was surprised to see that my Dad was home this early. He was on the sofa, reading a newspaper. He didn't notice us until I broke the silence.
I let us all into my house, and I was surprised to see that my Dad was home this early. He was on the sofa, reading a newspaper. He didn't notice us until I broke the silence.
"Hey dad, can I speak to you?" He looked up, and a strange look came upon his face when he saw all my friends and me.
"What is it?" He asked not moving from his spot on the couch. We all walked over so we were in front of him. I grasped Emily's hand, and she squeezed our hands together, I knew everything was going to be okay if I had my friends by my side to support.
"I'm pregnant." He stood up, and I grabbed onto Caleb who was next to me. He moved in front of me a bit, so only my face was visible.
"Is it Ezra's" His voice was trying to stay calm, but you could sense that anger was boiling up inside of him, and that he could burst open screaming at the top his lungs.
"Yes." My voice was quivering at the thought of what he might do.
"Are you getting an abortion?" He asked almost shouting.
"No!"
"What do you mean you are not getting an abortion, young lady? You are eighteen years of age, and I can tell you what to do!" Byron was screaming at the top of his lungs. Toby was now in front of me as well. I was still holding on to Emily's hand, and I was holding it so tight I could have broken it.
"That's the thing, I'm eighteen and you have no power over me whatsoever."
"Yes, but I am your father and I decide what's best for you."
"No you don't, you maybe my father but you will never again be my dad."
"Get out of my house now! You are no longer welcome." His voice turned low, and it scared me half to death.
"Byron, I wasn't welcome in this house as soon as I said I love Ezra, and if you excuse me, I will go pack and say goodbye to Mike. Then I will leave this prison. I dragged Emily upstairs with me. I started throwing things in bags not caring if they got creased. I just wanted to get out of here.
"Aria, calm down. We will pack for you, while you explain everything to Mike."
"You're right, thanks Em." I hugged her when Han, Spence, Toby and Caleb walked in. "Thanks guys." I left the room to go tell Mike. I knocked on his door, and to my surprise he opened it.
"Mike, I need to tell you something." I asked him as he lay back down on his bed.
"What was all the shouting downstairs?" Mike whispered, staring into space.
"The shouting downstairs was because I am moving in with Ezra." He sat up straighter, and looked me in the eye.
"Why are you moving in with him?"
"Because, I'm pregnant with his baby."
"So I'm going to be an Uncle?" A smile that I hadn't seen in weeks lit up his face.
"Yes, you are going to be an uncle." After that we hugged each other, for a few minutes until I pulled away from the hug. "I need to get going now, Bye Mike, I'm going to miss you."
"I'm gonna miss you too, Bye Aria." When I walked back into my room, they had already finished packing.
"Well, that was quick, and thanks again guys."
"Or you were incredibly slow, and where shall we go next?" Hanna said.
"What about yours, Spence?" Em said.
"Yeah, but first lets try to get Aria out of here without being murdered." We gathered up all my bags, and made our way downstairs. Caleb first, then me, Hanna, Spence, Emily and Toby at the back. We got outside and put my bags in the bag of my car. We decided to meet at Spencer's house.
This time Em and me were there first, and were followed shortly by Hanna and Caleb. Spence and Toby took their time coming. Once they were there, Spencer let everyone else, and found her Mother.
"Mum, can I tell you something." He mother turned lifted her head up, and turned to face them all, and her eyes going straight to Toby
"What's wrong Spence?" Her mother said standing up, and hugging her.
"I think you uh should sit down for this."
"What is it?" Her Mother's eyes going straight to Toby again.
"I'm pregnant, and Toby's the dad, and we're back together now." Spencer said very quickly.
"Alright, and what are you going to do with it may I ask?"
"We are going to keep the baby, and I am going to stay with Toby, and don't call our baby an it."
"Well what about college?" Typical Hastings, not caring about Spencer, but her education.
"I will wait a year, and then go. I might not get into Princeton, but I'm sure UPenn will still except me!"
"Alright, but Toby if you hurt my daughter one more time, trust me you do not want to know the consequences. Oh and Spencer, Congratulations even though its not you didn't want a child, I'm happy for you."
"Thanks Mum."
"Yeah, thanks Mrs. Hastings."
"Call me Veronica." While they exchanged hugs, my mind was on one thing. How could I do this? Veronica turned back to her work, we went upstairs to Spence's room, and packed like we did with mine. It took longer to pack Spencer's stuff because she wanted it folded and neat. But after an hour, the torture was over. We made our way downstairs with the bags. We loaded them into Spence's car, and next stop was Hanna's house. Once all of us were there, Hanna was making up her mind whether to go in with everyone or just her and Caleb. She decided to go in with all of us.
"Mum?" Hanna shouted.
"I'm in the kitchen, honey. We all entered, and Spence, Toby, Em and Me sat at the kitchen table, our eyes darting from Ashley, to Hanna to Caleb.
"Oh, hi would you like something to drink everyone." Ashley offered, we all declined except Hanna who got herself water.
"Uh, Mum. I, we need to tell you something."
"Please don't say you've eloped, and I didn't see it." Ashley asked fearfully, everyone in the room giggled except Hanna.
"No, Me and Caleb are having a baby." Ashley squealed in delight and enveloped them both in a tight hug. Ashley pulled away from the hug, and looked Hanna in the eye.
"What about your father, what are you going to do?"
"We talked that through and we aren't going to tell him, he left us, and I think he doesn't deserve to know."
"Alright, I'm really happy for you both, I really am. Just please don't elope without bringing me."
"Could you even imagine me eloping mum."
"No, but still, and where are you going to stay?"
"Mine!" Caleb said.
"Alright now you go have fun with your friends and I'll get your bags packed."
"Thanks, Ashley!" Caleb said, as he was pulled into a hug.
"Yeah, thanks Mum!" Hanna said, joining in on the hug.
"Alright, we need to go Han, we still need to tell Ella about Aria." Spencer said, and seconds later they pulled apart.
"Tell Ella what?" Ashley said, looking at Spencer.
"Spencer and I are pregnant as well." Aria said, looking at the floor, Ashley pulled Aria and Spencer in for a hug.
"I'm so happy for you two." Ashley whispered in our ears, we pulled away from the hug. We realized Hanna was the only one there. Hanna hugged her Mum good bye again. And as we were about to leave Ashley said something to all three of us.
"If people point and stare at you girls, don't listen to them, you are all so special, and with everything that is going on and what has happened to you girls you deserve this, and if you need any help you can call me." We all smiled gratefully, as we walked back to the cars. I had to go to Ella's, I completely forgot.
"You ready to tell your Mum, Aria." Emily said, breaking the silence.
"I don't know, after how my dad reacted, I don't know how my Mum is going to take it."
"I'll be by your side the whole time." Em said squeezing my hand.
"Thanks, Em. For everything."
"No problem."
"Do you think I can stay at yours until Ezra comes back, because I don't want to be alone in his apartment, and then randomly my Dad kicks down the door, and kills me."
"Sure, and I don't think your dad is strong enough to kick down a locked door." We burst out laughing, and we didn't stop until we got to Ella's.
"You ready."
"I think so." And with that we got out of the car, and made our way up to my mum's apartment. The others were already there. "Is it okay if just the girls come in with me?" I asked Toby and Caleb, they nodded. I knocked on the door. Ella opened it, and had a surprised look on her face.
"Mum, I need to tell you something." I spat it out, and instantly regretted it.
"Come in." Ella ushered. Han, Em, Spence sat next to me on the couch, while Toby and Caleb leant on the doorframe. "What do you need to tell me?"
"You know Ezra and me. Well, we're having a baby." I said it looking down at the floor, and holding onto Emily and Hanna's hands. When I looked up, Ella's face was pale, and she wasn't moving, her gaze was on my soon to be swollen stomach. "Mum, please say something.".
"Have you talked to your Father yet?" Her eyes meeting Aria's at the same time mine met my mother.
"Yes, and he kicked me out, but I was going to move to Ezra's sooner or later. But I'm going to stay with Em for a couple days, and then when Ezra comes back I'll stay with him. We decided that we're all keeping our babies." I realized what I had just blurted out of my mouth. "Shit."
"What do you mean, we are all keeping our babies?" Ella was inquiring.
"Uh, Spence and me are also pregnant." Hanna said to stop me from saying it.
"Alright, I'm not happy, but are all of you girls sure you want to keep your baby. They're not just dolls you can't just play with them and put them back into the box." We all nodded, we all wanted to keep our babies, and that was definite. "Well, if you girls are happy with your decision then so am I." I let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding. Me and the rest of the girls hugged my Mum, and I could hear her whisper in Spence and Hanna's ears.
"So I know one is Caleb, but who's the other?"
"Toby, he's mine!" Spencer whispered back. We drew back from the hug, and we got to the door when Ella shouted.
"Good Luck"
"Thanks." Everyone said in return, and we made our way out of the apartment.
"So want to grab some drinks at the brew." Toby said, as they got outside.
"Yeah, we'll meet you guys there." Caleb said.
Yeah, we'll meet you guys there." Caleb said.
So, we did. We met everyone at The Brew. Em and me were the there, so we walked inside. As the bell rang, Zach looked up from the counter.
"Hey Aria, Hey Em."
"Hey Zach!" We said, searching for a table, which would seat six. I pointed and we walked over there. Hanna and Caleb entered next, and came over to us, and Spencer and Toby came shortly after us.
"Hey, I'm thirsty lets order." Hanna said as soon as they sat down. "Wait, what can I drink?" Hanna said as a general statement. After about 10 minutes we all decided to get coffee, as Em and me went up to order, the bell chimed, signaling someone's arrival. We turned out heads to look, it was Meredith and Byron. We hid behind the counter, pulling Zach down as well.
"What was that about!" Zach asked them both. Even though he seemed forward at first, he was a really nice guy.
"That's my Dad, tell me when he's gone!" I whispered, Zach nodded and stood up. He smiled at them as if he didn't know who they were, and that they were just normal customers.
"We'll have two cups of coffee." My dad's eyes flitted around, and he saw Spence and Toby, but they didn't see him back. "To go."
"I still can't believe you're daughters pregnant!" Meredith exclaimed, loud enough for Spencer to hear. Her eyes grew wide and it was obvious that she was searching for us. Her eyes flicked everywhere until she found us. Em signaled for her to close the curtain that surrounded their area of seating. Spencer got it, and closed the curtain. Zach pulled Em and me up once they were gone; we walked round to the other side of the counter facing him
"You're pregnant, Aria!" Zach said in a hushed tone. I nodded. "Well have you told Ella yet?"
"Yeah, I have." I said. "Can we have six coffees please?"
"Uh, Aria! I'm not sure pregnant people can drink coffee." Zach whispered.
"Ugh, fine! 3 coffees and 3 waters."
"Why only 3 coffees not 5 coffees?"
"Because Spencer and Hanna are pregnant also." I whispered.
"Alright, I'll bring your drinks to where your sitting once you're done."
"Thanks, How much?" I said.
"On the house!" I smiled at him, and Em and me walked back to where we sat. "Great! Now Meredith knows!"
"Ar, it'll pick up." Caleb said reassuring me.
"Yeah, say that when the gossip is spreading like wildfire." Hanna said.
"Oh, we can't drink coffee!" I said really quickly, avoiding eye contact with Spencer.
"My life keeps getting better and better. What's next Jenna comes traipsing in here!" Spence shouted.
"Speak of the devil, but with an extra devil." Hanna said, and quicky closed the curtain. Jenna Marshall and Noel Kahn came in. Thankfully they asked for their orders to go, and they didn't see us. Zach came and found us, opening the curtain, and giving us our drinks.
"Thanks Zack!" I said, sipping my water.
"Are you actually fricin kidding me!"? At that moment Kate walked in with guess who Hanna's father, Tom Marin.
"Han, calm down!" Caleb whispered in her ear. Tom was looking around for a table when his eyes landed in Hanna and Caleb.
"I'll be back in a second!" Tom said to Kate before walking towards us. All of our eyes were on him, and no one else in the store, and his eyes were on us. "Hello girls, I don't believe I've met you two." He said quite rudely, and pointing to the two boys. You could see murder in Hanna's eyes, and as she placed her hand on her stomach in a motherly way, she replied coldly.
"Hello Dad, this is Caleb, my boyfriend, and this is Toby, Spencer's boyfriend." She was a volcano about to burst, and every one of us knew that any second she could kill with her bare hands.
"Nice to meet you, boys."
"So, uh, what do you want?"
"I wanted to catch up with you Han." At this moment Hanna could have sunk her nails into his neck, and scoff at him practically apologizing, but she tried her best to be normal. If on any scale that could happen to us in Rosewood.
"And catching up includes, things like: I'm so happy with my new family; I don't care about the things I left behind that they're just useless trash to me; that I care way more about these two random girls who are way uglier than me and mum. So I'm guessing that's your definition of catching up. We're done. Bye bye." And there was the kill.
"Hanna calm down!" She shot him a death glare that could shoot flaming daggers.
"I am calm, what do you want to talk about. I am here with my friends, and would wish for you to leave me alone. But, I see that's not happening. So spill."
"I wanted to say hi to my daughter."
"You've said Hi, now leave." Hanna was almost shouting at her dad, he then shook her head. If only Caleb stepped in, right now, things could be so different. But, it was like as if Caleb was reading my mind, as he stood up; he cut off what Tom was going to say.
"I think your daughter wants you to leave, so I advise that you leave."
"Hanna, do you want me to leave, or is this just what your idiot boyfriend wants you too think." And that is the boom, which will send the volcano into manic eruption. The tilt of the iceberg, which causes Hanna to break. Caleb sat down, as she stood up, knowing that's what coming won't be good if Caleb becomes involved, especially, Daddy-Daughter issues because he might not get out alive.
"You take that back. Now!"
"No, because I know you didn't want to me to leave then, and now I won't leave because you still don't want me too now."
"You're one heck of a caring parent aren't you." Hanna started scoffing. Here we go. "You leave when me and mum need you the most, and yet you stay when I need you the least. Because for once some pretty damn good things are happening to me, and for your information Caleb will never be a idiot, but do you know what's worse than an idiot: it's a coward father. And I want you out of my life, Caleb's life, Mum's life and any of my future family's life. Because I don't need you now, we don't need you now, we will never need you. You've walked out on us once you can do it a second time, because now we know how unfaithful you are. So do us a favor go back to Maryland where it is the land of the cookies. Just a few steps, and you'll be out of our lives for good, and then I'll be happy. So just get the heck out of The Brew." Kate backed out the door, and slowly did her father. We couldn't help but laugh, and neither could everyone else. A 40 something year old man being scared of his 18 year old daughter. You don't see that in Rosewood.
"Well, he finally got told!" Caleb said as we had stopped laughing.
"He deserved it, and thanks for telling him to leave." Hanna said.
"No problem." He replied, giving her a quick kiss on her forehead.
"Anyway, what are we going to do about morning sickness guys, we can't just run out of class, then people will latch on."
"Han, I think when the three of the most prettiest girls in Rosewood start getting a little baby bump, I think that's when people will latch on." Emily said, but when she said baby bump, Hanna's face went pale.
"-A's right I'm going to get fat."
"I think that's the least of your worries, Han." Em replied giggling. Zach came and interrupted us.
"I'm locking up in 5, but you if you want I'll give you the keys and you can lock up."
"Throw!" I said, holding my hands out, ready to catch them. "When shall I give them to you."
"Just give them to your Mum, I'm meeting her tonight." Zach said before he walked off.
"Thanks." I shouted, just before he left. "What time is it?"
"It is 9:00, guess telling your parents that they're daughters are pregnant takes a lot of the day." Caleb said. Everyone laughed again. All of our phones beeped at the same times, even Toby and Caleb's phones. We all got them out, with a scared expression on our face.
"They are all different texts, well mine and Em's are different, read yours out." I said pointing to Hanna and Caleb.
"Be careful what you wish for Hefty, Caleb might walk out on you and your hefty daughter. Oh I forgot she had the fat gene" Hanna whispered and she turned to Caleb.
"Don't you just want to run away already, and leave poor Hannakins and you're unborn baby? Make you a deal, join us, and then you can run away." Caleb said, and then looked at Spencer
"Your son might want to bang a nail into your heart just like the baby Daddy." Spence turned to Toby. He sighed.
"Poor Carpenter, bet your wishing you didn't give in to us now. Huh!" Toby then looked at me.
"Are you sure Malcolm won't feel intimidated by your baby, what about Maggie, she's called you a slut before who knows what she'll call you next?" I looked at Em.
"So, whose drink shall I spike next, not with drugs this time killer, maybe with something that might be a killer –A." Emily's phone rang, she checked to make sure it wasn't unknown. "Ar, it's Ezra!"
"Answer it, then." I said, so Emily did, and she put him on loudspeaker so everyone could hear.
"Hi Em, I think Aria's in danger." He shouted down the phone line.
"What do you mean? She's here with us at The Brew, and why would she be in danger." Emily asked her voice calm. It took a while for him to answer.
"As soon as I arrived in Delaware, I got a text that Aria and our baby will be dead by midnight, if I hadn't found them."
"Um, Is the text from –A."
"Yeah, Why."
"Come to The Brew, we'll explain it to you there."
"Alright, I'm like a block away, see you in a bit."
"See you!" The room was dead silent until we heard a bell ring. I got up as Ezra walked in, and went over to hug him.
"Hey, why didn't you call me?" I said when I sat on his lap.
"I did, but it went straight to voicemail." I grabbed my phone, and scrolled through all my previous/missed calls and even checked my settings. My eyebrows creased, as I saw what had happened.
"Ar, what's wrong?" Hanna asked me.
"-A changed the settings to make calls from Ezra go straight to voicemail, and I haven't even let my phone out of sight."
"Throw it!" Caleb said, so I chucked it to him. He caught it; it was silent while he worked. "Catch!" He threw my phone and I caught it.
"What was with it?" I ask.
"-A hacked into your phone using their laptop, and disabled a few things, and that was about it."
"Thanks!"
"Ezra, what did your text say?" Spencer asked, always curious.
"Let me check. Uh, it said. You sure your Mother won't pay Aria for the damage she caused, anyway I might do damage at midnight tonight, be ready. Hide and Seek starts now. –A"
"Shit, we've got to go! Everyone to Toby's loft." Spence said getting up.
"Wait, Spence! Why do we have to go." I shouted as she was nearly at the door.
"We don't have time! Just lock up the brew, text your Mum that Tobs has the key, and I'll explain once we get up to the loft. Now quick." We all did what se said, and we went up to the loft. Whatever was going on, I knew it was serious, Spence hadn't been like this for ages, and now she picks up a riddle. We were in danger. But what kind of danger. Once we were all in the loft, and we were all locked up, I had texted my mum to let Zach know, we were ready to know what Spencer was so freaked about.
"Spence! Why are we up here?" Hanna asked once we all were settled.
"Okay, so I chose this place, because obviously it doesn't have any cameras, and I just have this weird feeling that they're cameras in our houses."
"Get to the point, Spence!" Ezra urged her.
"Okay, well what –A sent you Ezra wasn't saying oh come find me, it was saying that –A is playing a game from when you got text. And I don't know if it was a threat, but I'm pretty sure that if –A knows that Ezra's mother doesn't -A is going to tell Ezra's mum. So we're talking about –A, it follows routines. So –A thinks that Aria will go back to Ezra's apartment like she has been doing the past two weeks. Aria would come, -A would be there, -A would take Aria, Ezra has to come find her, all of us worried sick, but that won't happen. Because we have beaten –A, she knew about Aria and Ezra's fight, and because hiding out at Ezra's took their time, they didn't see you guys make up, so they want Ezra and Aria to hurt more. Do any of you get this?" Spencer was speaking fast, but we could hear her, and she was pacing so fast that she could fall over her own feet any second.
"I do!" Em said.
"Then please explain simpler!"
"Alright A is playing a game, and when Aria should have gone to Ezra's apartment A was going to kidnap her. The text came, when the game started. A would be hiding, we would be seeking, and they would give us clues along the way in Morse code like Mona did. By midnight if Aria wasn't found she and the baby would be damaged. Then it would be Spencer and Toby who suffer, then Han and Caleb."
"Oh, we get it clearer now, thanks Em." Hanna said as she snuggled into Caleb.
"So, all we got to do now is wait until the morning. Yay!" I said sarcastically.
"Don't even bother reminding me, I'm going to be sick at the thought of even going." Hanna said.
"Well, Han we better get going before I have to unpack all on my own." Caleb said.
"No! I'm tired!" Hanna whined.
"What about I carry you?" Caleb asked, Hanna nodded into his shoulder. "Fine! Thanks guys for having us over." He got up and slung Hanna over his shoulder. She started screaming.
"Caleb, what're doing? Let me down, now!"
"What, I'm carrying you."
"Ugh, I can walk!" She jumped off his shoulder, and leant into his side.
"I thought you wanted to be carried?" Caleb said he said with the famous Caleb smirk.
"That was not carrying, that was slinging, now lets go! Bye guys!" Hanna took Caleb's hand and walked out.
"Aria, I have to go to Delaware, now!" Ezra whispered.
"No! It's too late, we will go to your apartment, and then you will go in the morning."
"I can't, I'm going swimming with Malcolm at 7:00." I turned around, and looked him in the eye.
"You getting up at seven in the morning. Ezra you get up at noon, there's no way you can get up at seven."
"Yes I can actually. I will send you a text at six thirty when I get up!"
"Don't count on it." I teased him.
"Anyway, I gotta go, I love you and see you in a week."
"Fine! I love you too. I'll walk you outside." We got up from the couch, and went outside. "I'm going to miss you!" I said, before passionately kissing him. He returned the kiss.
"I'm only going to be gone for a week, and I'll be back before you know it!" He kissed me. "Bye Aria."
"Bye Ezra!" I kissed him on the lips, and wrapped my arms his neck pulling him in for a hug. I watched him walk down the stairs and to his car, and I knew this time he would be returning. I went back into the loft, where Em was curled up in a blanket on the chair.
"Hey, Toby said we could stay here for the night! Hope its okay." Emily said.
"Yeah, it's fine." I collapsed on the couch and covered myself with a blanket. "Night Em!"
"Night Ar!" I drifted off into a deep sleep, blanking my mind. I woke up to the sound of a knock on the door. Before I could answer, Toby did. It was Zach
"Night Ar!" I drifted off into a deep sleep, blanking my mind. I woke up to the sound of a knock on the door. Before I could answer, Toby did. It was Zach.
"Hey, can I have the keys!" Zach said.
"Yeah," Toby got the keys from the kitchen counter. "Here!" Toby said giving the keys to Zach. Zach nodded and walked back down to open the Brew. He turned around, and saw me smiling. "What!"
"Awkward much!" I asked.
"Like you wouldn't believe. And I got a bag or two from Em's car."
"Thanks, better get dressed." I went to pour myself a cup of coffee, but stopped myself.
"Spencer searched it up, you can drink a cup a day."
"Typical Spencer!" I said, picking an outfit out of my bag, not caring if it was creased. "The torturing begins."
"Spence said the same exact thing this morning!"
"That my friend is because the messed up shit is real. Where's Em?" I asked.
"Swim Practice."
"And where is your bathroom so I can get dressed?"
"Over there." He said pointing to the door a few feet away from his bedroom.
"Thanks!" As I got dressed I thought of what Noel Kahn might say once I start showing. Maybe he would call me a slut; a whore. But it didn't matter, because I promised Han and Spence that we would get through this, and we will. Just remember what Han's mum said. You girls deserve this!
"Aria! Can I come in?" I could hear Spencer's raspy voice through the door.
"Yeah." Spence came in, she had tears running down her face. I went to hug her, but she beat me too it. "Spence are you okay?" I asked her.
"Aria, I'm so scared!" Spencer's stuttered words turned into sobs.
"Honey, why are you scared! When I said we would get through this together, I meant it, now tell me what's wrong?"
"I went to get some coffee at the brew, and then I bumped into Wren. Wren knows about me being pregnant, he found out when he bumped into Melissa, when she was hysterical. Then he slapped me in the face. I ran out, and now if I tell Toby, he'll kill Wren."
"What do you mean Wren slapped you, and why on earth would he slap you?"
"Melissa came up to me saying that I was a useless, reckless slut. Then I said maybe if my sister wasn't such a crappy role model I wouldn't be pregnant. Then he slapped me. Then Zach pushed him away, and I ran up here to find you."
"Honey, you have got to tell Toby. He's having your baby, he deserves to know that Wren slapped you."
"I guess, but can you be there with me?"
"Always." We walked at the bathroom, and sat on the sofa.
"Toby, Spence needs to tell you something." I started off, knowing that Spencer couldn't just blurt it out.
"Baby, what's wrong?" Toby said, pulling her in for a hug, next to him. She sat on his lap, her hands playing with his.
"I went to the Brew, and I bumped into Melissa there. She called me a reckless slut, and then I said that she was a crappy role model. Then Wren slapped me. He was going to punch my stomach, but before he could Zach pushed him into a table, and then I ran back up here."
"That son of a bitch." Toby whispered under his breath. "Spence are you alright!" He said, you could see in his eyes that he wanted to punch Wren in the gut over and over again.
"I am now!" Spencer whispered goofily, and leant into kiss him. A small smile formed on my lips, as they broke away from the chaste kiss, Spencer turned to face Aria. Before Spence could say what she wanted too, she saw the smile on my lips.
"What?" Spencer asked, slightly laughing.
"You're just so damn cute together!" I said, getting up from my chair, to pour myself a cup of coffee.
"Aria, are you alright? You seem a little off!"
"I'm just a bit scared." I replied, sitting back down, and sipping my coffee.
"Hon, Why are you scared?"
"Because, I'm just scared that Ezra will be too involved with Malcolm and Maggie, that he'll forget about me and the baby."
"Aria! There is no way in hell that Ezra will forget about you! Why would you even think that?"
"I don't know, it's just confusing!"
"He will be there through everything, it is so easy to see that you are both madly in love!"
"Thanks, Spence. Anyways we better get going." We both walked to the door of the loft, but Toby stopped us.
"You're both going in my truck!"
"I'm fine!" I whined, because every time Toby and Spencer end up kissing each other.
"No, you're not, we don't know what –A is planning to do next, so I will drop you off to school." Toby said, while jogging down the stairs. Spence and I followed. The ride there was silence and not awkward silent though. Spence and me were getting out of the pick up truck when Toby said something. "If Noel bothers you guys just call me or Caleb we'll punch him for you!"
"Thanks, and I'll probably get both of you to punch him if I feel like it." I got out the truck, while Spencer was saying goodbye to Toby. She gave a chaste kiss and then joined me. "Did it hurt?" I asked Spencer, as soon as we got to our lockers.
"Did what hurt?" Spence said sounding a bit confused.
"The slap!"
"What slap!" Hanna exclaimed as she came over with Caleb.
"Wren slapped me!" Spencer whispered.
"Wren slapped you!" Emily said as she came from the gym locker rooms opposite.
"Okay, rewind!" Caleb said.
"Well, I went down to the Brew to get some coffee, Melissa and Wren were there. Melissa said I was a reckless slut who went around sleeping with idiot boys. I then said that she was a crappy role model, Wren slapped me, and Zach pushed him. I then ran upstairs." Spencer whispered, but loud enough for us to hear.
"You didn't tell me or Toby about the sleeping around with random guys." I said confused.
"I didn't think it would exactly matter?" Spencer snapped at me.
"Well, it's better than you sleeping in your house alone, for like a year at a time." Emily said.
"So, did you get Toby to punch him!" Caleb asked.
"No, I want Jason to do it. That way Melissa will be more pissed." Jason walked passed a few seconds later. "And, now's my chance to ask him."
"Spence, Hey." Jason said, as Spence caught up with him. We were following close behind, trying to hear anything.
"Jason, I need to tell you and ask you something." Spence said.
"Alright, shoot."
"Can you punch Wren Kingston for me?" Spencer blurted. Jason opened the door to the empty classroom, and led Spencer in. He shut the door, and we walked over to the classroom and we all pressed our ears against the door, to listen in.
"Why do you want me to punch him, Spence?" Jason asked sounding muffled.
"Well, I need to tell you something else, before I can tell you that." Spencer said back, sounding as muffled as Jason.
"What is it?"
"I'm pregnant, Jason!"
"And this had to do with punching Wren, oh wait. He's not the Father is he?"
"God no, he's not the Father. Because Wren slapped me, after I said Melissa was a crappy role model." Jason walked to the door, ready to turn the doorknob.
"Jason, where are you going?"
"To go and punch Wren, no one hurts my little sister." With that he stormed out of the classroom. We all entered the room, where Spencer was smiling to herself.
"So, I guess you heard it all!" Spencer said.
"Yes!" Emily said.
"Wren does deserve a punch!" Caleb said.
"I know, Hanna why's Sean in the doorway." Spencer said, her voice whispering the last part. We all turned around and we were shocked to see that Hanna's ex-boyfriend, Sean Ackard, was standing in the doorway.
"What do you want?" Caleb asked accusingly, stepping closer to him.
"Can I speak to Hanna." Sean said, sounding a bit scared.
"Speak!" Hanna said, walking forward and taking Caleb's hand in hers. You could see the tension rising.
"Alone, Hanna. Please." Sean begged. Hanna sighed.
"In the corner, I'm not leaving this room." Hanna gave Caleb a chaste kiss, and a smile of reassurance. Hanna walked over to where Sean was standing. "What do you want." Hanna whispered furiously.
"I want you! I'm sick and tired of seeing you with him!" Sean whispered, pleading for Hanna.
"There's no way that's happening. I love him. He loves me. Can't you see that."
"Yes, but you still love me as well." Hanna's eyebrows creased in confusion, and she let out a giggle.
"What on earth would give you that thought." Hanna was trying not to laugh.
"Because I can see it in your eyes, and you can tell by looking at him that he's taking advantage."
"He took a bullet in the gut for Emily; he just found his father and mother; he lived on the streets for quite a bit and he loves me and he will do anything for me and you go around thinking he's taking advantage. He's not Sean, he never would, because you know why I love him, and he loves me."
"Yes, but we are endgame."
"No Sean, maybe in your perfect world we are. But this is my perfect world, maybe not the world I want it to be, but my fairytale ending perfect world, and in my perfect world you got dumped a long time ago. Because Caleb and me are endgame, and you know it. So stop trying to win me back, because there's no point, I've already been won!" Hanna started to walk off, but Sean grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her closer.
"I know you want me!" He whispered, but Hanna backed away. Sean was still holding onto her wrist, and as one of his hands went to her back and traveling down her to her ass. A mischievous smile spread across her face. She picked up her leg and kicked him in the gut. He fell backwards into a cupboard, and Hanna ran back to the safe arms of Caleb who both had huge grins on their faces.
"Sean, get out before my stilettos do anymore hurt to your gut." Sean walked out, and doubling over in pain.
"See Spence, I told you stilettos would come in handy one day!" The bell rang signaling for first period. English. Great. Me, Em and Spencer went to my Mom's class while Hanna and Caleb went to their class. When we arrived at my Moms class Sean was there with Kate talking about how Hanna kicked him in the gut.
"Aria! Spencer! Emily! Why did Hanna kick Sean in the gut." Ella said, not really caring.
"Because he deserved it." Spencer said innocently.
"Why did he deserve it?" Ella asked.
"Because he tried to kiss Hanna, while Caleb was in the room. That's all there is to it." I said.
"Well, then Mr. Ackard and Miss. Randall you're quite the liars, almost as good as them over there…" Emily cut of Ella.
"Hey! That's not true!"
"So true Em!" Spencer said.
"I know but still." Emily whined, and Ella smirked.
"Because of that you've got detentions for a week Kate and for you Mr. Ackard you've got detention for two." Ella wrote them both slips.
"That's not fair!" Sean whined.
"I'll tell you what's not fair, trying to kiss your ex-girlfriend with her boyfriend in the room who was just shot saving Emily. That's not fair. If you both skip detention you'll be assigned another week of it." They both left whining at my Mum. We were so caught up in it that we didn't notice all the class had walked in and entered. They were laughing inside of them, but Spence, Em and me weren't. The morning periods passed really fast, and then we were at lunch. We all had a free fourth period, so Caleb, Hanna, Spence, Em and me all went to The Apple Rose Grille.
"Hey, can I have the keys!" Zach said.
"Yeah," Toby got the keys from the kitchen counter. "Here!" Toby said giving the keys to Zach. Zach nodded and walked back down to open the Brew. He turned around, and saw me smiling. "What!"
"Awkward much!" I asked.
"Like you wouldn't believe. And I got a bag or two from Em's car."
"Thanks, better get dressed." I went to pour myself a cup of coffee, but stopped myself.
"Spencer searched it up, you can drink a cup a day."
"Typical Spencer!" I said, picking an outfit out of my bag, not caring if it was creased. "The torturing begins."
"Spence said the same exact thing this morning!"
"That my friend is because the messed up shit is real. Where's Em?" I asked.
"Swim Practice."
"And where is your bathroom so I can get dressed?"
"Over there." He said pointing to the door a few feet away from his bedroom.
"Thanks!" As I got dressed I thought of what Noel Kahn might say once I start showing. Maybe he would call me a slut; a whore. But it didn't matter, because I promised Han and Spence that we would get through this, and we will. Just remember what Han's mum said. You girls deserve this!
"Aria! Can I come in?" I could hear Spencer's raspy voice through the door.
"Yeah." Spence came in, she had tears running down her face. I went to hug her, but she beat me too it. "Spence are you okay?" I asked her.
"Aria, I'm so scared!" Spencer's stuttered words turned into sobs.
"Honey, why are you scared! When I said we would get through this together, I meant it, now tell me what's wrong?"
"I went to get some coffee at the brew, and then I bumped into Wren. Wren knows about me being pregnant, he found out when he bumped into Melissa, when she was hysterical. Then he slapped me in the face. I ran out, and now if I tell Toby, he'll kill Wren."
"What do you mean Wren slapped you, and why on earth would he slap you?"
"Melissa came up to me saying that I was a useless, reckless slut. Then I said maybe if my sister wasn't such a crappy role model I wouldn't be pregnant. Then he slapped me. Then Zach pushed him away, and I ran up here to find you."
"Honey, you have got to tell Toby. He's having your baby, he deserves to know that Wren slapped you."
"I guess, but can you be there with me?"
"Always." We walked at the bathroom, and sat on the sofa.
"Toby, Spence needs to tell you something." I started off, knowing that Spencer couldn't just blurt it out.
"Baby, what's wrong?" Toby said, pulling her in for a hug, next to him. She sat on his lap, her hands playing with his.
"I went to the Brew, and I bumped into Melissa there. She called me a reckless slut, and then I said that she was a crappy role model. Then Wren slapped me. He was going to punch my stomach, but before he could Zach pushed him into a table, and then I ran back up here."
"That son of a bitch." Toby whispered under his breath. "Spence are you alright!" He said, you could see in his eyes that he wanted to punch Wren in the gut over and over again.
"I am now!" Spencer whispered goofily, and leant into kiss him. A small smile formed on my lips, as they broke away from the chaste kiss, Spencer turned to face Aria. Before Spence could say what she wanted too, she saw the smile on my lips.
"What?" Spencer asked, slightly laughing.
"You're just so damn cute together!" I said, getting up from my chair, to pour myself a cup of coffee.
"Aria, are you alright? You seem a little off!"
"I'm just a bit scared." I replied, sitting back down, and sipping my coffee.
"Hon, Why are you scared?"
"Because, I'm just scared that Ezra will be too involved with Malcolm and Maggie, that he'll forget about me and the baby."
"Aria! There is no way in hell that Ezra will forget about you! Why would you even think that?"
"I don't know, it's just confusing!"
"He will be there through everything, it is so easy to see that you are both madly in love!"
"Thanks, Spence. Anyways we better get going." We both walked to the door of the loft, but Toby stopped us.
"You're both going in my truck!"
"I'm fine!" I whined, because every time Toby and Spencer end up kissing each other.
"No, you're not, we don't know what –A is planning to do next, so I will drop you off to school." Toby said, while jogging down the stairs. Spence and I followed. The ride there was silence and not awkward silent though. Spence and me were getting out of the pick up truck when Toby said something. "If Noel bothers you guys just call me or Caleb we'll punch him for you!"
"Thanks, and I'll probably get both of you to punch him if I feel like it." I got out the truck, while Spencer was saying goodbye to Toby. She gave a chaste kiss and then joined me. "Did it hurt?" I asked Spencer, as soon as we got to our lockers.
"Did what hurt?" Spence said sounding a bit confused.
"The slap!"
"What slap!" Hanna exclaimed as she came over with Caleb.
"Wren slapped me!" Spencer whispered.
"Wren slapped you!" Emily said as she came from the gym locker rooms opposite.
"Okay, rewind!" Caleb said.
"Well, I went down to the Brew to get some coffee, Melissa and Wren were there. Melissa said I was a reckless slut who went around sleeping with idiot boys. I then said that she was a crappy role model, Wren slapped me, and Zach pushed him. I then ran upstairs." Spencer whispered, but loud enough for us to hear.
"You didn't tell me or Toby about the sleeping around with random guys." I said confused.
"I didn't think it would exactly matter?" Spencer snapped at me.
"Well, it's better than you sleeping in your house alone, for like a year at a time." Emily said.
"So, did you get Toby to punch him!" Caleb asked.
"No, I want Jason to do it. That way Melissa will be more pissed." Jason walked passed a few seconds later. "And, now's my chance to ask him."
"Spence, Hey." Jason said, as Spence caught up with him. We were following close behind, trying to hear anything.
"Jason, I need to tell you and ask you something." Spence said.
"Alright, shoot."
"Can you punch Wren Kingston for me?" Spencer blurted. Jason opened the door to the empty classroom, and led Spencer in. He shut the door, and we walked over to the classroom and we all pressed our ears against the door, to listen in.
"Why do you want me to punch him, Spence?" Jason asked sounding muffled.
"Well, I need to tell you something else, before I can tell you that." Spencer said back, sounding as muffled as Jason.
"What is it?"
"I'm pregnant, Jason!"
"And this had to do with punching Wren, oh wait. He's not the Father is he?"
"God no, he's not the Father. Because Wren slapped me, after I said Melissa was a crappy role model." Jason walked to the door, ready to turn the doorknob.
"Jason, where are you going?"
"To go and punch Wren, no one hurts my little sister." With that he stormed out of the classroom. We all entered the room, where Spencer was smiling to herself.
"So, I guess you heard it all!" Spencer said.
"Yes!" Emily said.
"Wren does deserve a punch!" Caleb said.
"I know, Hanna why's Sean in the doorway." Spencer said, her voice whispering the last part. We all turned around and we were shocked to see that Hanna's ex-boyfriend, Sean Ackard, was standing in the doorway.
"What do you want?" Caleb asked accusingly, stepping closer to him.
"Can I speak to Hanna." Sean said, sounding a bit scared.
"Speak!" Hanna said, walking forward and taking Caleb's hand in hers. You could see the tension rising.
"Alone, Hanna. Please." Sean begged. Hanna sighed.
"In the corner, I'm not leaving this room." Hanna gave Caleb a chaste kiss, and a smile of reassurance. Hanna walked over to where Sean was standing. "What do you want." Hanna whispered furiously.
"I want you! I'm sick and tired of seeing you with him!" Sean whispered, pleading for Hanna.
"There's no way that's happening. I love him. He loves me. Can't you see that."
"Yes, but you still love me as well." Hanna's eyebrows creased in confusion, and she let out a giggle.
"What on earth would give you that thought." Hanna was trying not to laugh.
"Because I can see it in your eyes, and you can tell by looking at him that he's taking advantage."
"He took a bullet in the gut for Emily; he just found his father and mother; he lived on the streets for quite a bit and he loves me and he will do anything for me and you go around thinking he's taking advantage. He's not Sean, he never would, because you know why I love him, and he loves me."
"Yes, but we are endgame."
"No Sean, maybe in your perfect world we are. But this is my perfect world, maybe not the world I want it to be, but my fairytale ending perfect world, and in my perfect world you got dumped a long time ago. Because Caleb and me are endgame, and you know it. So stop trying to win me back, because there's no point, I've already been won!" Hanna started to walk off, but Sean grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her closer.
"I know you want me!" He whispered, but Hanna backed away. Sean was still holding onto her wrist, and as one of his hands went to her back and traveling down her to her ass. A mischievous smile spread across her face. She picked up her leg and kicked him in the gut. He fell backwards into a cupboard, and Hanna ran back to the safe arms of Caleb who both had huge grins on their faces.
"Sean, get out before my stilettos do anymore hurt to your gut." Sean walked out, and doubling over in pain.
"See Spence, I told you stilettos would come in handy one day!" The bell rang signaling for first period. English. Great. Me, Em and Spencer went to my Mom's class while Hanna and Caleb went to their class. When we arrived at my Moms class Sean was there with Kate talking about how Hanna kicked him in the gut.
"Aria! Spencer! Emily! Why did Hanna kick Sean in the gut." Ella said, not really caring.
"Because he deserved it." Spencer said innocently.
"Why did he deserve it?" Ella asked.
"Because he tried to kiss Hanna, while Caleb was in the room. That's all there is to it." I said.
"Well, then Mr. Ackard and Miss. Randall you're quite the liars, almost as good as them over there…" Emily cut of Ella.
"Hey! That's not true!"
"So true Em!" Spencer said.
"I know but still." Emily whined, and Ella smirked.
"Because of that you've got detentions for a week Kate and for you Mr. Ackard you've got detention for two." Ella wrote them both slips.
"That's not fair!" Sean whined.
"I'll tell you what's not fair, trying to kiss your ex-girlfriend with her boyfriend in the room who was just shot saving Emily. That's not fair. If you both skip detention you'll be assigned another week of it." They both left whining at my Mum. We were so caught up in it that we didn't notice all the class had walked in and entered. They were laughing inside of them, but Spence, Em and me weren't. The morning periods passed really fast, and then we were at lunch. We all had a free fourth period, so Caleb, Hanna, Spence, Em and me all went to The Apple Rose Grille.
"Feels so good to be out of school." Hanna exclaimed as we all got to out table.
"I know, but you should know Sean got two weeks of detention from my Mom." I said.
"Are you serious?" Caleb said.
"And Kate got a week." Emily said
"Why did Kate get a week." Hanna asked.
"Because she lied to Ella, helping Sean out, probably hoping to get you in trouble." Spencer said.
"Not the first time!" Hanna said.
"By the way Aria, I can't believe your Mom said that about us!" Emily said.
"It is true!" Spencer said.
"What did she say?" Caleb asked intrigued.
"She said that Sean and Kate were nearly as good as us lying."" I said.
"Only if she knew how much we actually lie about!" Hanna murmured.
"Yeah, but guys you have to. And I don't think anyone who actually understands blames you." Caleb said, reassuring us.
"I know, but we all get the dirty looks and whispers." Emily said.
"Because we are the girls who knew Ali, and were and are being tortured by –A." Spence said.
"Okay, lets forget this shit. And talk about something other than what other people are talking about." I said, sick of everything shit going on our lives.
"Well then what about we play a little game called of 'Secrets', what do you guys say." Hanna said.
"Yes, lets play!" Emily said. Spence and me nodded in agreement.
"What game is that!" Caleb asked looking at Hanna.
"It is a game were we trade secrets, that we haven't told anyone." Hanna said
"Alright, lets do this." Caleb said, raising his glass to his lips.
"Not it!" We all said at the same time except Caleb.
"Guess its me then." He smiled at Hanna, and shook his head. "Alright, when me and Hanna started going out Sean offered me $200 to break up with you."
"Jees, what a jerk." I said.
"Alright, now me! So, Aria. You're Dad paid me $1000 to snoop around Ezra's apartment."
"You're telling me this now because." I said.
"I declined, and he said I will give you 500 if you keep this quiet. So I did, and took the money."
"So that's how that shopping spree got funded huh!" Next it was me, oh great.
"I slapped these three random girls at school." I said, all I'm hoping for is that they don't ask 'Why'.
"Why?" Caleb asked.
"They were making really nasty comments, that were going round the school. I couldn't bear it, so I walked up and slapped them."
"And the comments were about?" Hanna asked.
"They were about all of us. Caleb was shot, because he secretly loved Emily. Emily killed Maya 'cause she got really pissed off at Maya for leaving her again. Hanna was getting fat again. That Ezra was raping me. That Toby had secretly dating Mona behind Spence's back, and then there was –A. They were just saying that we did it to get attention, and that we all should be in Radley instead of Mona. And they wanted us all dead, so they could do our boyfriends."
"Well, aren't they little bitches." Spence said, trying to loosen the mood.
"Okay, now me! Holden kissed me, because he thought I was straight."
"And I thought Holden was Gay!" Hanna said.
"He's not gay!" I protested.
"Is!" Hanna said.
"Spence, your turn." I said.
"I attacked Mona!"
"Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner and that winner is a Miss Hastings." Hanna squealed in delight.
"So, how did you attack her?" Caleb a devious grin spreading across his face.
"She pushed me over the edge because she's a superficial bitch, so I jumped over the table, and choked her. But Andrew and Wren pulled me back from killing Mona, and I was so close, cause she was turning blue." Spence said.
"Way to go, Spence." I yelled. The door opened and it was nonetheless Sean Ackard. People noticed that I was staring, and followed my gaze.
"Are you stalking us Ackard, or what?" Hanna said getting up.
"No, just wanting to get some lunch." He replied casually, staring at Hanna with want in his eyes.
"Alone!" Caleb said, leaning back in his chair.
"Fine! I really want you back! I've waited long enough." Sean pleadingly said.
"I've already decked you once today, do you want to be decked again!" Hanna said, sitting back down.
"Save the act!" Sean said accusingly. "We all know he's the reason you're lying, don't pretend I got your back." Sean said, inching closer to Hanna.
"What I said earlier, I meant what I said. I've already been won, because I'm engaged. So if you have a forced affair with me I can lie. And Sean, if you knew the real reason of why I'm lying you wouldn't want to ruin your reputation. Because I've done more bad things a bad girl should've done. I know cops, and because I'm a pretty good liar, I'll come up with a very good lie to get you thrown behind bars. I don't think you want to tarnish your goody two shoes reputation."
"It will be a relationship."
"I can exaggerate, as Ms. Montgomery said I am a very good liar. So, if you care about your future, you wouldn't dare lay a finger on me."
"You win this time Hanna."
"I don't think there will be a next time Sean." He left the grille, like he had earlier that day but in the classroom.
"Why did you say we were engaged?" Caleb whispered, probably just incase Sean came in again.
"Easiest way to get him off our backs, I know him he won't back down, then he'll see me, and then he will back off." Hanna said cooling herself off with her hand.
"Okay, just as long as he will back off or…" Caleb said, but Hanna cut him off.
"Caleb or nothing, I can't deal with you getting hurt again. It was too painful the first time, and I know I can't do it again. Promise you won't do anything to get yourself hurt."
"Fine! I promise!" Caleb said.
"Good I love you!" Hanna said giving him a peck on the cheek, and Caleb whispered something in her ear.
"Anyways, Spence. How did you attack Mona? Did she suffer!" Emily asked.
"She did, but Wren dragged me out, stupid son of a bitch." Spencer replied, saying the last bit of a hushed tone.
"Wait, why was Doctor London there?" Hanna asked, that was one of her many nicknames for Wren.
"I kind of used him to get him there, and then I went on a date with him, we kissed, and that was when Ar saved me from dying in the sauna."
"Is it just me or does Wren love you, like I mean he's willing to do everything for you." Emily said, fiddling with her glass of water.
"I know, that's why I go out with him, he does anything I ask him too, then I call it off, then I kiss him, call it off and so on."
"Well, he's got the British charm." I said.
"I know, but he can be annoying." Hanna said. I looked at my phone to check the time.
"We only have five minutes, we better get going!" I said, hastily getting out my purse.
"We have study hall, we can bunk." Hanna said.
"Not if my mom's taking it, she's seen us all today, so we can't bunk, and then she'll get super pissed."
"Damn it. Alright lets leave." Spencer said. We threw our money on the table, and got back right to school, as soon as the bell rang. We sat down in our seats, and didn't bother getting our books out. In homeroom you could chose where you sit. So we all sat together, and talked. Funnily enough my mom wasn't even there yet, and then she came rushing in. She was frantic.
"Can I speak to you five, it's really urgent, and outside." Ella said, her voice quivering as she looked at Spencer and Emily. We followed my mom outside to an empty classroom.
"What is it, you want to talk about?" I asked her, my eyes wide with fear.
"We just got a call, saying that Toby's in hospital, someone run him off the road. The school got a call, but I don't know why they didn't call Spencer or Emily. So you're allowed to take the rest of the day off, all of you." We all looked at Spencer, she had silent tears running down her face, and pure anger in her eyes. Because we all knew who did this. –A. They were mad at Toby that seems the only rationable explanation. Spencer darted down the hall, as soon as what Ella had just said had sunk in. We all darted after her. Caleb and Emily caught up with her first, because they weren't wearing heels, and Hanna and me can't run as nearly as fast as them. Emily was holding Spencer up, as she was almost collapsing to the ground. We soon caught up, and got in the same car. The drive to hospital was dead silent apart from Spencer's whimpers, and occasional sobs. We found a parking space, and Emily and Spencer both dashed towards the desk.
"Toby Cavaughnah." Spencer stuttered to the receptionist.
"Room 205, only five visitors at a time." The nurse responded. We dashed up to Room 205, and Toby was awake with a broken arm, a broken leg, and two black eyes. Spencer burst into outbreaks of sobs, as Emily let a few tears slip. I pulled her in for a hug, and she didn't say no. When Emily pulled back, Spencer was just about controlling her sobs, and was getting nearer to Toby.
"Spence, I'm okay!" Toby said, as she sat near to him on his hospital bed.
"No, its not, if I never said that I was pregnant to you, you wouldn't have come back, and you wouldn't have gotten in this mess." Toby pulled her in for a hug with his free arm.
"Spencer, Just breathe, and everything will be fine." Toby said while Spencer took off her boots. She climbed under the covers and snuggled up next to him, her head hearing his heartbeat. Toby put her arm around her, and you could see that they had unconditional love for one another. I smiled to myself.
"Our lives will never be fine." Spencer said, looking in his eyes, as she broke the silence.
"All of our lives will be perfect, and that's a promise Spence." Before Spencer could answer back, Emily sat on the chair next to Toby and spoke.
"Yeah, but what if their not!" The room grew silent as we all wondered about what Emily just said. What if our lives were never the ideal and perfect lives we want them to be. What if the rest of our life's were the like the past year. Full of scandals, lies and secrets, threats that tear us apart, kill us inside, and make us drift apart. No. That's never going to happen I thought to myself, and then I spoke up.
"Well, whatever what happens to us, we won't let anything happen to our children. Deal or not." Spencer and Toby nodded, and Caleb, Hanna and Emily said yes in response. "Good." My phone went off, and it was Ezra. I walked outside the door before I answered.
"Hi, Ezra is everything ok?" I ask really worried.
"Yeah, I might be coming back earlier than expected, like right now!" Ezra said hurriedly.
"Why is everything okay?"
"I have no idea, but Maggie's drunk, she slapped Malcolm in the face, tried to kiss me, and brought a guy over, and you don't know what else."
"Well, I'm not at Emily's I'm at the hospital."
"What! Oh my god, are you alright, is everyone else alright?"
"I'm fine, its just that Toby was in a car accident, and we're all with him now, and due to the consequences, Hanna, Caleb, Emily, Spencer and I have the rest of the day of school. And why is Maggie drunk at this time of day, may I ask?"
"You don't want to know, anyways I'm bringing Malcolm with me to stay over for a week until Maggie gets cleaned up. You're welcome to stay at mine."
"Lets see how Malcolm is, I don't want to intrude, but I better get back."
"Alright, Bye. I love, and I'll call you when I get back."
"I love you too, bye!" I hung up the phone and slipped into my back pocket. "This cannot me happening right now!" I murmured under my breath, as I opened the door. When I entered they were all looking at me. "What?"
"Aria we could hear you, these walls are like really thin." Hanna said.
"Sorry." I said, as I slumped into the only empty chair left.
"Ar, what's wrong?" Spence said.
"No?"
"Oh come on, Ar. It's been a while since I've had a new extra curricular English problem." Hanna said, and we all laughed, but I laughed sarcastically.
"Fine. Maggie's drunk of her ass, and slapped Malcolm in the face, tried to kiss Ezra, and then brought a guy over, and now Malcolm is coming to stay with Ezra, until Maggie gets her act up. So, I don't know if Malcolm will like me or not…" Hanna cut me off.
"Malcolm will like you, because you're great with kids, and why is the hell is she drunk at this time of day?"
"No idea, Ezra wouldn't tell me."
"Who's Malcolm?" Toby asked, looking at me.
"Spence, explain."
"Well, Ezra has a son, called Malcolm, Aria found out recently, and Ezra's a father."
"And he kept this from you?" Toby asked me.
"He didn't know he'd gotten her pregnant, she went away because his mother bribed her too, saying the baby would ruin his life."
"So is the mother crazy…"
"I think in some way she is." Everyone laughed a bit, but a doctor came into the room. Surprise, surprise. It was Doctor London.
"Oh, hello Spencer." Wren said awkwardly, but you could see the way he was looking at her.
"What do you want?" Toby asked, annoyed.
"I'm here to check up on you." Wren said again, his eyes not moving from Spencer. Spencer moved closer to Toby, almost fully engulfed in his strong arms.
"You know my left arm might be broken, but my right arm is fine." We all laughed at his comment, apart from Toby and Spencer.
"He's already been checked up on, and who are you here to check up on exactly, oh and Jason is fit and healthy and ready to punch." Spencer said, giving him a death glare.
"I've already had an encounter with Jason, and I need to do a further check up on Toby." Wren said, now moving his gaze to Hanna. Hanna instinctively moved closer, like Toby, Caleb wrapped his arms around her.
"Both my arms are fine, I wouldn't mind for someone to be my punching bag!" No one laughed it was all dead silent, apart from the people speaking.
"Can you go?" Toby asked rudely.
"No, I can't. So, do you have any pains?". Wren asked.
"No, not in my body, but in my social life yeah. You!" Toby replied.
"Ha-Ha. Very funny. Experiencing any nausea, headaches, or back pain." Toby shook his head. "Bye, Spencer, Hanna!" With that, Wren left.
"Asshole." Caleb whispered under his breath.
"Can you get me a different doctor, I hate his guts." Toby said.
"Yeah, Aria come with." Emily said, so we both got up, and headed down to the main desk.
"Aria, are my eyes playing tricks on me or is that Ezra with a little kid!" Emily said, as we approached the pair. I nodded.
"Ezra." I said, and he whipped around.
"Hey, Aria, Emily." Ezra said.
"Why are you here?" Emily asked, walking up to the desk.
"Malcolm says he's got a sharp pain in his arm, and he can't move it. I didn't know what to do, so I brought him here, just in case."
"What happened?" I asked curious.
"Maggie yanked him on the arm, and I don't know what happened."
"Well, call me when you're leaving, and I'll come with you. Yeah." I rubbed his arm.
"Yeah, anyways what are you too down here for."
"We are getting a new doctor for Toby, guess who he has?" Emily said.
"Would it be Wren by any chance!" Ezra said with a slight smile on his face.
"Exactly who it is." Emily said.
"Well, I need to get back." Ezra said.
"Bye." Em and me said. He waved back. We walked up to the desk.
"Hello, we would like to change the doctor for Toby Cavaughnah Room 205." Emily asked politely.
"I'm sorry, but Mr. Cavaughnah should have been let out an hour ago." The lady behind the desk said.
"What do you mean?"
"That he's free to go, we have no history of him here in the couple days. We only have that he came in for a check up because he couldn't move his arm. That was it."
"That he's free to go, we have no history of him here in the couple days. We only have that he came in for a check up because he couldn't move his arm. That was it."
"What do you mean that was it! He has a broken leg, a broken arm, and two very black eyes."
"Sorry, dear. But we have no record of that!" Emily stormed off, and I ran after her, we made it to where Toby was before she stopped. She hesitantly opened the door, to where Caleb, Hanna, Spencer and Toby where.
"Emily, What's wrong?" Toby asked as she started to pace around the room.
"You're leaving, they have no records of you being here, and so you are leaving this stupid place of what they call a hospital." Emily half-shouted.
"What do you mean I have no records of being here."
"That the only records of you is that you came in with a sharp pain in your arm."
"Well, lets go, I don't want to see anymore perverted British doctors. How do I walk?"
"The wheelchair!" Emily brought the wheelchair over near to Toby's bed, we all helped him hop and sit down on the wheelchair. After a few minutes of struggling we managed to get him in the chair successfully. Spencer took the chair, and pushed him out of the hospital room. My phone chimed, as I walked out of the door. They all stopped and turned their heads to look at me. I looked at my phone, and was relieved when I saw it was just Ezra.
"Just Ezra." I said, and we continued walking. We all said goodbyes at the lift, and I went downstairs to meet Ezra and Malcolm. "Hey, Ezra!" I said, and gave him a chaste kiss.
"Hey babe." He said in reply.
"Is Malcolm alright?"
"Yes he just had a dislocated shoulder, and the important question is are you alright?" I smiled.
"Yes, just a bit shaken up."
"Well, lets go to my apartment." He took my hand in his, and held on tight to Malcolm. We walked to Ezra's car, and we got in.
"So, what happened with Toby?" Ezra whispered so only I could hear.
"I don't know the whole story, but he was run of the road, and he was in his truck, and now he has a broken arm, leg and two black eyes." I whispered back, checking I the back, so I could make sure Malcolm wasn't listening in.
"So, do you have any idea of who might do this?"
"-A."
"Why would –A do something to Toby."
"Because he was on the –A team, to protect Spencer, and then he tried to quit, and then here he is. Injured."
"Heavy." I coked my head to the side, shocked. "What."
"Mr. Fitz I have never heard you say Heavy, and I am shocked."
"Well, I'm growing."
"Growing into a person who's Tumblr deep."
"Shut up!"
"Alright, Mr. Fitz." We were all silent, until we got to Ezra's apartment. I finally felt at home, even though I was here for the past two weeks, it didn't feel like home, because Ezra wasn't here. But now it feels so good. My phone started playing Troublemaker by Olly Murs. It was Spencer.
"Hey, Spence. Is toby, doing okay?" I asked her, plopping down on the bed.
"Yeah, but it took a while to get him up the stairs."
"Oh My God. I'm so sorry, we would have helped."
"No, Aria he's fine. I got Caleb, Hanna and Em to do it."
"I'm sorry."
"No, its fine. If anything Toby keeps saying he's sorry, because he had caused so much stress to us three because we're pregnant."
"Oh, Spence that reminds me! We have to go to our ultrasound."
"Yeah, I'll call up now, and book three appointments, what day works for you?"
"Just a sec, I'll ask Ezra." I put the phone on the bed, and went over to where Ezra was standing. "Hey are you free this week?"
"Yeah, Thursday, Why?"
"Me, Hanna and Spence need to have our ultrasounds."
"Why do Hanna and Spence need ultrasounds?"
"Because they're pregnant also!" I walked back to the bed, and pressed my phone to my ear.
"Thursday will work." I said down the phone line.
"Alright, shall I book it during school or after."
"Maybe after, because if five people who are the center of attention of everything go missing for a bit. No during school, before lunch, then we can all go to The Grille, or The Brew."
"Alright. At least I know Hanna will be happy."
"She ditches school for a hang nail, she will be bouncing up and down."
"I gotta get back to Toby, and I will text you the times."
"Bye, Spence, Hope Toby gets better."
"Me too, bye." I hung up, and threw my phone somewhere on the bed. I got a feeling of nausea, and ran to the bathroom. I got there right in time, and as my head hung over the toilet, the disgusting bile came coming out. Ezra came in, held my hair back, and rubbed soothing circles on my back. Once I knew I wasn't going to be sick anymore, I flushed the toilet and I collapsed into Ezra's lap. He hugged me.
"Everything will be okay."
"No it won't be, you've got a seven year old, I'm pregnant, and I've got a stalker tracking my every move."
"I know, but soon enough, it will all clear up."
"I love you so much."
"I love you too. Now you are going to change into pajamas, and then I will put you down for a nap."
"Will you bring the clothes in here, and undress me. I have no power." He nodded, and walked out the bathroom, slowly and gently putting me down. He came back with shorts and one of his shirts. He helped me undress, and put my clothes back on. "Thank you."
"Any time."
"Now carry me to the bed, but don't sling me." Next thing I knew I was being scooped up in his arms, and carried towards the bed. He tucked me in, and kissed me on the forehead. I slowly drifted into a deep slumber.
I was tossing and turning, due to this unbearable pain in my stomach and lower abdomen. It was so much more painful than period cramps. Ezra was sleeping, laughing in his sleep. I groaned at how unbearable the pain, and it caused him to wake. I then felt more excruciating pain, and something tricked down my leg. I was groaning in pain, I couldn't bear it. What was happening to me, this wasn't my period. No it wasn't, it was too painful, and the blood is never this heavy. I think its blood. I lifted up the cover, and red liquid soaked the sheets and dried blood stained my legs. I started sobbing. No this could not be happening.
"Aria, sweetie what's wrong?" Ezra whispered, his eyes welling up.
"I think I'm having a miscarriage!" He pulled me in for a hug, and I sobbed into his shirt. "I am so sorry, Ezra."
"What do you need to be sorry for."
"For losing your baby."
"These things happen, it wasn't your fault. I'm going to ring the girls, and take you to the hospital. I will be with you for everything." Ezra said.
I woke up in a cold sweat with Ezra looking worried beside me. The shirt was clinging to me, and I could feel tears were running down my face. I pulled up the covers and looked. Thank God. The dream was just a dream.
"What's wrong?" Ezra asked me.
"I had a nightmare."
"What was it about?"
"I had a miscarriage."
"Baby, its okay." I snuggle up close to him, and closed my eyes once again. Hoping for a dreamless sleep.
We all said our goodbyes to Aria at the lift, and we all met at Toby's loft except for Aria and Ezra. The hard thing was how were we going to get Toby up to the loft. We had managed to get him into the car successfully, but now how are we going to get him to his house. We walked into the alleyway to where the stairs where located.
"Alright, how are we going to do this?" Toby asked, looking sheepishly at the ground.
"Uh, do what I did, when I had a broken leg. Sit bum first on the step and lift yourself up." Hanna replied.
"Alright, but at least help me to get up!" We did we managed to get him to sit on the third step, now ten to go.
"Now use one arm and one leg to push yourself up." He nodded, and with some help from us he managed to get up two steps.
"Is it meant to be this hard?" Toby said.
"Yeah, anyway you've got eight to go!" Hanna replied. After hoisting him up the stairs, and a lot of bum shuffles, we had finally made it to the top step. It had taken about half an hour.
"Sorry, guys!" Toby said looking sheepish again.
"It's fine, Tobes, seriously." Emily said reassuring him.
"Okay, Hanna what do I do now?"
"You drag yourself inside the apartment to wherever you want to be!"
"Alright." So Toby dragged himself to over where the couch was, and tried to lift himself up. After five attempts of saying he could do it alone, he finally did. He laid on the couch exhausted from the last forty minutes.
"So tired." Hanna said.
"It is almost four 'o'clock in the afternoon how on earth can you be tired." Emily joked.
"I have no idea."
"I need to give Aria her car, and bags." Emily got up.
"Bye." Toby said.
"Bye hope you get better." Emily replied with, we all waved goodbye, and she walked out the door.
"Don't we need to be on vitamins or something Spence?" Hanna asked me.
"Yeah, we should be, but I don't want to randomly buy them." I replied.
"You're right, just wait for our appointments."
"We should book them soon."
"We should shouldn't we, just not right now!"
"Yeah," My phone bleeped, and cut me off. They all looked at me.
"Who is it?" Caleb asked.
"Who do you think it is." I said.
"Open it Spence!" Hanna urged me, so I pressed open.
"You tell people or I will in my own special way that goes for the all of you. -A"
"What the hell do you think that means?"
"No idea, but we better get telling, do you think we should tell Aria about the text."
"No, she's already got too much going on."
"You're right." It was silent for a few minutes until Caleb gasped.
"What!" Hanna screamed with a frantic expression.
"Uh, we have to tell Sean about you guys." Caleb said.
"Why would we do that."
"Because then the truth will be out so –A won't have to tell it for us."
"You're right." I said picking up the pieces in my head.
"How is telling Sean right?" Toby asked.
"Sean will tell Noel, Noel will ask Aria, she will say no, then he will force her, and she will say yes, it will get around. Then Spence tells Andrew, he tells Mona, then it will spread. Aria will tell Holden, Holden will tell someone it will get around." Caleb said.
"Okay, but how are we going to get Sean to come back?" Hanna asked.
"Uh, we stage a fight, you will be sad, he will come rushing over, you will tell him, he will leave."
"Then how do I tell Andrew, because he won't talk to me, because he's super pissed at me." I said, figuring out my side of the plan.
"Spence, why is he pissed at you?" Toby asked.
"Stupid, really. I crashed their decathlon meeting, and attacked Mona."
"Did you hurt her?" I rolled my eyes at him.
"Okay, Spence. You will ask him for coffee, he will say yes, then you will just 'accidentally' blurt it out, and then you will run away, saying I'm sorry, and stuff." Caleb said.
"What about Aria, what do we say?" Hanna asked.
"We say that I got a text, saying we have to tell people about us, and then she tells Holden, and I've seen him hanging around with Noel, so he will tell Noel, and things will flow from there." I said.
"Alright. Guess that's sorted." Toby asked. My phone started ringing it was Aria.
"It's Aria!" I said, so they knew it wasn't –A.
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"I know, but you should know Sean got two weeks of detention from my Mom." I said.
"Are you serious?" Caleb said.
"And Kate got a week." Emily said
"Why did Kate get a week." Hanna asked.
"Because she lied to Ella, helping Sean out, probably hoping to get you in trouble." Spencer said.
"Not the first time!" Hanna said.
"By the way Aria, I can't believe your Mom said that about us!" Emily said.
"It is true!" Spencer said.
"What did she say?" Caleb asked intrigued.
"She said that Sean and Kate were nearly as good as us lying."" I said.
"Only if she knew how much we actually lie about!" Hanna murmured.
"Yeah, but guys you have to. And I don't think anyone who actually understands blames you." Caleb said, reassuring us.
"I know, but we all get the dirty looks and whispers." Emily said.
"Because we are the girls who knew Ali, and were and are being tortured by –A." Spence said.
"Okay, lets forget this shit. And talk about something other than what other people are talking about." I said, sick of everything shit going on our lives.
"Well then what about we play a little game called of 'Secrets', what do you guys say." Hanna said.
"Yes, lets play!" Emily said. Spence and me nodded in agreement.
"What game is that!" Caleb asked looking at Hanna.
"It is a game were we trade secrets, that we haven't told anyone." Hanna said
"Alright, lets do this." Caleb said, raising his glass to his lips.
"Not it!" We all said at the same time except Caleb.
"Guess its me then." He smiled at Hanna, and shook his head. "Alright, when me and Hanna started going out Sean offered me $200 to break up with you."
"Jees, what a jerk." I said.
"Alright, now me! So, Aria. You're Dad paid me $1000 to snoop around Ezra's apartment."
"You're telling me this now because." I said.
"I declined, and he said I will give you 500 if you keep this quiet. So I did, and took the money."
"So that's how that shopping spree got funded huh!" Next it was me, oh great.
"I slapped these three random girls at school." I said, all I'm hoping for is that they don't ask 'Why'.
"Why?" Caleb asked.
"They were making really nasty comments, that were going round the school. I couldn't bear it, so I walked up and slapped them."
"And the comments were about?" Hanna asked.
"They were about all of us. Caleb was shot, because he secretly loved Emily. Emily killed Maya 'cause she got really pissed off at Maya for leaving her again. Hanna was getting fat again. That Ezra was raping me. That Toby had secretly dating Mona behind Spence's back, and then there was –A. They were just saying that we did it to get attention, and that we all should be in Radley instead of Mona. And they wanted us all dead, so they could do our boyfriends."
"Well, aren't they little bitches." Spence said, trying to loosen the mood.
"Okay, now me! Holden kissed me, because he thought I was straight."
"And I thought Holden was Gay!" Hanna said.
"He's not gay!" I protested.
"Is!" Hanna said.
"Spence, your turn." I said.
"I attacked Mona!"
"Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner and that winner is a Miss Hastings." Hanna squealed in delight.
"So, how did you attack her?" Caleb a devious grin spreading across his face.
"She pushed me over the edge because she's a superficial bitch, so I jumped over the table, and choked her. But Andrew and Wren pulled me back from killing Mona, and I was so close, cause she was turning blue." Spence said.
"Way to go, Spence." I yelled. The door opened and it was nonetheless Sean Ackard. People noticed that I was staring, and followed my gaze.
"Are you stalking us Ackard, or what?" Hanna said getting up.
"No, just wanting to get some lunch." He replied casually, staring at Hanna with want in his eyes.
"Alone!" Caleb said, leaning back in his chair.
"Fine! I really want you back! I've waited long enough." Sean pleadingly said.
"I've already decked you once today, do you want to be decked again!" Hanna said, sitting back down.
"Save the act!" Sean said accusingly. "We all know he's the reason you're lying, don't pretend I got your back." Sean said, inching closer to Hanna.
"What I said earlier, I meant what I said. I've already been won, because I'm engaged. So if you have a forced affair with me I can lie. And Sean, if you knew the real reason of why I'm lying you wouldn't want to ruin your reputation. Because I've done more bad things a bad girl should've done. I know cops, and because I'm a pretty good liar, I'll come up with a very good lie to get you thrown behind bars. I don't think you want to tarnish your goody two shoes reputation."
"It will be a relationship."
"I can exaggerate, as Ms. Montgomery said I am a very good liar. So, if you care about your future, you wouldn't dare lay a finger on me."
"You win this time Hanna."
"I don't think there will be a next time Sean." He left the grille, like he had earlier that day but in the classroom.
"Why did you say we were engaged?" Caleb whispered, probably just incase Sean came in again.
"Easiest way to get him off our backs, I know him he won't back down, then he'll see me, and then he will back off." Hanna said cooling herself off with her hand.
"Okay, just as long as he will back off or…" Caleb said, but Hanna cut him off.
"Caleb or nothing, I can't deal with you getting hurt again. It was too painful the first time, and I know I can't do it again. Promise you won't do anything to get yourself hurt."
"Fine! I promise!" Caleb said.
"Good I love you!" Hanna said giving him a peck on the cheek, and Caleb whispered something in her ear.
"Anyways, Spence. How did you attack Mona? Did she suffer!" Emily asked.
"She did, but Wren dragged me out, stupid son of a bitch." Spencer replied, saying the last bit of a hushed tone.
"Wait, why was Doctor London there?" Hanna asked, that was one of her many nicknames for Wren.
"I kind of used him to get him there, and then I went on a date with him, we kissed, and that was when Ar saved me from dying in the sauna."
"Is it just me or does Wren love you, like I mean he's willing to do everything for you." Emily said, fiddling with her glass of water.
"I know, that's why I go out with him, he does anything I ask him too, then I call it off, then I kiss him, call it off and so on."
"Well, he's got the British charm." I said.
"I know, but he can be annoying." Hanna said. I looked at my phone to check the time.
"We only have five minutes, we better get going!" I said, hastily getting out my purse.
"We have study hall, we can bunk." Hanna said.
"Not if my mom's taking it, she's seen us all today, so we can't bunk, and then she'll get super pissed."
"Damn it. Alright lets leave." Spencer said. We threw our money on the table, and got back right to school, as soon as the bell rang. We sat down in our seats, and didn't bother getting our books out. In homeroom you could chose where you sit. So we all sat together, and talked. Funnily enough my mom wasn't even there yet, and then she came rushing in. She was frantic.
"Can I speak to you five, it's really urgent, and outside." Ella said, her voice quivering as she looked at Spencer and Emily. We followed my mom outside to an empty classroom.
"What is it, you want to talk about?" I asked her, my eyes wide with fear.
"We just got a call, saying that Toby's in hospital, someone run him off the road. The school got a call, but I don't know why they didn't call Spencer or Emily. So you're allowed to take the rest of the day off, all of you." We all looked at Spencer, she had silent tears running down her face, and pure anger in her eyes. Because we all knew who did this. –A. They were mad at Toby that seems the only rationable explanation. Spencer darted down the hall, as soon as what Ella had just said had sunk in. We all darted after her. Caleb and Emily caught up with her first, because they weren't wearing heels, and Hanna and me can't run as nearly as fast as them. Emily was holding Spencer up, as she was almost collapsing to the ground. We soon caught up, and got in the same car. The drive to hospital was dead silent apart from Spencer's whimpers, and occasional sobs. We found a parking space, and Emily and Spencer both dashed towards the desk.
"Toby Cavaughnah." Spencer stuttered to the receptionist.
"Room 205, only five visitors at a time." The nurse responded. We dashed up to Room 205, and Toby was awake with a broken arm, a broken leg, and two black eyes. Spencer burst into outbreaks of sobs, as Emily let a few tears slip. I pulled her in for a hug, and she didn't say no. When Emily pulled back, Spencer was just about controlling her sobs, and was getting nearer to Toby.
"Spence, I'm okay!" Toby said, as she sat near to him on his hospital bed.
"No, its not, if I never said that I was pregnant to you, you wouldn't have come back, and you wouldn't have gotten in this mess." Toby pulled her in for a hug with his free arm.
"Spencer, Just breathe, and everything will be fine." Toby said while Spencer took off her boots. She climbed under the covers and snuggled up next to him, her head hearing his heartbeat. Toby put her arm around her, and you could see that they had unconditional love for one another. I smiled to myself.
"Our lives will never be fine." Spencer said, looking in his eyes, as she broke the silence.
"All of our lives will be perfect, and that's a promise Spence." Before Spencer could answer back, Emily sat on the chair next to Toby and spoke.
"Yeah, but what if their not!" The room grew silent as we all wondered about what Emily just said. What if our lives were never the ideal and perfect lives we want them to be. What if the rest of our life's were the like the past year. Full of scandals, lies and secrets, threats that tear us apart, kill us inside, and make us drift apart. No. That's never going to happen I thought to myself, and then I spoke up.
"Well, whatever what happens to us, we won't let anything happen to our children. Deal or not." Spencer and Toby nodded, and Caleb, Hanna and Emily said yes in response. "Good." My phone went off, and it was Ezra. I walked outside the door before I answered.
"Hi, Ezra is everything ok?" I ask really worried.
"Yeah, I might be coming back earlier than expected, like right now!" Ezra said hurriedly.
"Why is everything okay?"
"I have no idea, but Maggie's drunk, she slapped Malcolm in the face, tried to kiss me, and brought a guy over, and you don't know what else."
"Well, I'm not at Emily's I'm at the hospital."
"What! Oh my god, are you alright, is everyone else alright?"
"I'm fine, its just that Toby was in a car accident, and we're all with him now, and due to the consequences, Hanna, Caleb, Emily, Spencer and I have the rest of the day of school. And why is Maggie drunk at this time of day, may I ask?"
"You don't want to know, anyways I'm bringing Malcolm with me to stay over for a week until Maggie gets cleaned up. You're welcome to stay at mine."
"Lets see how Malcolm is, I don't want to intrude, but I better get back."
"Alright, Bye. I love, and I'll call you when I get back."
"I love you too, bye!" I hung up the phone and slipped into my back pocket. "This cannot me happening right now!" I murmured under my breath, as I opened the door. When I entered they were all looking at me. "What?"
"Aria we could hear you, these walls are like really thin." Hanna said.
"Sorry." I said, as I slumped into the only empty chair left.
"Ar, what's wrong?" Spence said.
"No?"
"Oh come on, Ar. It's been a while since I've had a new extra curricular English problem." Hanna said, and we all laughed, but I laughed sarcastically.
"Fine. Maggie's drunk of her ass, and slapped Malcolm in the face, tried to kiss Ezra, and then brought a guy over, and now Malcolm is coming to stay with Ezra, until Maggie gets her act up. So, I don't know if Malcolm will like me or not…" Hanna cut me off.
"Malcolm will like you, because you're great with kids, and why is the hell is she drunk at this time of day?"
"No idea, Ezra wouldn't tell me."
"Who's Malcolm?" Toby asked, looking at me.
"Spence, explain."
"Well, Ezra has a son, called Malcolm, Aria found out recently, and Ezra's a father."
"And he kept this from you?" Toby asked me.
"He didn't know he'd gotten her pregnant, she went away because his mother bribed her too, saying the baby would ruin his life."
"So is the mother crazy…"
"I think in some way she is." Everyone laughed a bit, but a doctor came into the room. Surprise, surprise. It was Doctor London.
"Oh, hello Spencer." Wren said awkwardly, but you could see the way he was looking at her.
"What do you want?" Toby asked, annoyed.
"I'm here to check up on you." Wren said again, his eyes not moving from Spencer. Spencer moved closer to Toby, almost fully engulfed in his strong arms.
"You know my left arm might be broken, but my right arm is fine." We all laughed at his comment, apart from Toby and Spencer.
"He's already been checked up on, and who are you here to check up on exactly, oh and Jason is fit and healthy and ready to punch." Spencer said, giving him a death glare.
"I've already had an encounter with Jason, and I need to do a further check up on Toby." Wren said, now moving his gaze to Hanna. Hanna instinctively moved closer, like Toby, Caleb wrapped his arms around her.
"Both my arms are fine, I wouldn't mind for someone to be my punching bag!" No one laughed it was all dead silent, apart from the people speaking.
"Can you go?" Toby asked rudely.
"No, I can't. So, do you have any pains?". Wren asked.
"No, not in my body, but in my social life yeah. You!" Toby replied.
"Ha-Ha. Very funny. Experiencing any nausea, headaches, or back pain." Toby shook his head. "Bye, Spencer, Hanna!" With that, Wren left.
"Asshole." Caleb whispered under his breath.
"Can you get me a different doctor, I hate his guts." Toby said.
"Yeah, Aria come with." Emily said, so we both got up, and headed down to the main desk.
"Aria, are my eyes playing tricks on me or is that Ezra with a little kid!" Emily said, as we approached the pair. I nodded.
"Ezra." I said, and he whipped around.
"Hey, Aria, Emily." Ezra said.
"Why are you here?" Emily asked, walking up to the desk.
"Malcolm says he's got a sharp pain in his arm, and he can't move it. I didn't know what to do, so I brought him here, just in case."
"What happened?" I asked curious.
"Maggie yanked him on the arm, and I don't know what happened."
"Well, call me when you're leaving, and I'll come with you. Yeah." I rubbed his arm.
"Yeah, anyways what are you too down here for."
"We are getting a new doctor for Toby, guess who he has?" Emily said.
"Would it be Wren by any chance!" Ezra said with a slight smile on his face.
"Exactly who it is." Emily said.
"Well, I need to get back." Ezra said.
"Bye." Em and me said. He waved back. We walked up to the desk.
"Hello, we would like to change the doctor for Toby Cavaughnah Room 205." Emily asked politely.
"I'm sorry, but Mr. Cavaughnah should have been let out an hour ago." The lady behind the desk said.
"What do you mean?"
"That he's free to go, we have no history of him here in the couple days. We only have that he came in for a check up because he couldn't move his arm. That was it."
"That he's free to go, we have no history of him here in the couple days. We only have that he came in for a check up because he couldn't move his arm. That was it."
"What do you mean that was it! He has a broken leg, a broken arm, and two very black eyes."
"Sorry, dear. But we have no record of that!" Emily stormed off, and I ran after her, we made it to where Toby was before she stopped. She hesitantly opened the door, to where Caleb, Hanna, Spencer and Toby where.
"Emily, What's wrong?" Toby asked as she started to pace around the room.
"You're leaving, they have no records of you being here, and so you are leaving this stupid place of what they call a hospital." Emily half-shouted.
"What do you mean I have no records of being here."
"That the only records of you is that you came in with a sharp pain in your arm."
"Well, lets go, I don't want to see anymore perverted British doctors. How do I walk?"
"The wheelchair!" Emily brought the wheelchair over near to Toby's bed, we all helped him hop and sit down on the wheelchair. After a few minutes of struggling we managed to get him in the chair successfully. Spencer took the chair, and pushed him out of the hospital room. My phone chimed, as I walked out of the door. They all stopped and turned their heads to look at me. I looked at my phone, and was relieved when I saw it was just Ezra.
"Just Ezra." I said, and we continued walking. We all said goodbyes at the lift, and I went downstairs to meet Ezra and Malcolm. "Hey, Ezra!" I said, and gave him a chaste kiss.
"Hey babe." He said in reply.
"Is Malcolm alright?"
"Yes he just had a dislocated shoulder, and the important question is are you alright?" I smiled.
"Yes, just a bit shaken up."
"Well, lets go to my apartment." He took my hand in his, and held on tight to Malcolm. We walked to Ezra's car, and we got in.
"So, what happened with Toby?" Ezra whispered so only I could hear.
"I don't know the whole story, but he was run of the road, and he was in his truck, and now he has a broken arm, leg and two black eyes." I whispered back, checking I the back, so I could make sure Malcolm wasn't listening in.
"So, do you have any idea of who might do this?"
"-A."
"Why would –A do something to Toby."
"Because he was on the –A team, to protect Spencer, and then he tried to quit, and then here he is. Injured."
"Heavy." I coked my head to the side, shocked. "What."
"Mr. Fitz I have never heard you say Heavy, and I am shocked."
"Well, I'm growing."
"Growing into a person who's Tumblr deep."
"Shut up!"
"Alright, Mr. Fitz." We were all silent, until we got to Ezra's apartment. I finally felt at home, even though I was here for the past two weeks, it didn't feel like home, because Ezra wasn't here. But now it feels so good. My phone started playing Troublemaker by Olly Murs. It was Spencer.
"Hey, Spence. Is toby, doing okay?" I asked her, plopping down on the bed.
"Yeah, but it took a while to get him up the stairs."
"Oh My God. I'm so sorry, we would have helped."
"No, Aria he's fine. I got Caleb, Hanna and Em to do it."
"I'm sorry."
"No, its fine. If anything Toby keeps saying he's sorry, because he had caused so much stress to us three because we're pregnant."
"Oh, Spence that reminds me! We have to go to our ultrasound."
"Yeah, I'll call up now, and book three appointments, what day works for you?"
"Just a sec, I'll ask Ezra." I put the phone on the bed, and went over to where Ezra was standing. "Hey are you free this week?"
"Yeah, Thursday, Why?"
"Me, Hanna and Spence need to have our ultrasounds."
"Why do Hanna and Spence need ultrasounds?"
"Because they're pregnant also!" I walked back to the bed, and pressed my phone to my ear.
"Thursday will work." I said down the phone line.
"Alright, shall I book it during school or after."
"Maybe after, because if five people who are the center of attention of everything go missing for a bit. No during school, before lunch, then we can all go to The Grille, or The Brew."
"Alright. At least I know Hanna will be happy."
"She ditches school for a hang nail, she will be bouncing up and down."
"I gotta get back to Toby, and I will text you the times."
"Bye, Spence, Hope Toby gets better."
"Me too, bye." I hung up, and threw my phone somewhere on the bed. I got a feeling of nausea, and ran to the bathroom. I got there right in time, and as my head hung over the toilet, the disgusting bile came coming out. Ezra came in, held my hair back, and rubbed soothing circles on my back. Once I knew I wasn't going to be sick anymore, I flushed the toilet and I collapsed into Ezra's lap. He hugged me.
"Everything will be okay."
"No it won't be, you've got a seven year old, I'm pregnant, and I've got a stalker tracking my every move."
"I know, but soon enough, it will all clear up."
"I love you so much."
"I love you too. Now you are going to change into pajamas, and then I will put you down for a nap."
"Will you bring the clothes in here, and undress me. I have no power." He nodded, and walked out the bathroom, slowly and gently putting me down. He came back with shorts and one of his shirts. He helped me undress, and put my clothes back on. "Thank you."
"Any time."
"Now carry me to the bed, but don't sling me." Next thing I knew I was being scooped up in his arms, and carried towards the bed. He tucked me in, and kissed me on the forehead. I slowly drifted into a deep slumber.
I was tossing and turning, due to this unbearable pain in my stomach and lower abdomen. It was so much more painful than period cramps. Ezra was sleeping, laughing in his sleep. I groaned at how unbearable the pain, and it caused him to wake. I then felt more excruciating pain, and something tricked down my leg. I was groaning in pain, I couldn't bear it. What was happening to me, this wasn't my period. No it wasn't, it was too painful, and the blood is never this heavy. I think its blood. I lifted up the cover, and red liquid soaked the sheets and dried blood stained my legs. I started sobbing. No this could not be happening.
"Aria, sweetie what's wrong?" Ezra whispered, his eyes welling up.
"I think I'm having a miscarriage!" He pulled me in for a hug, and I sobbed into his shirt. "I am so sorry, Ezra."
"What do you need to be sorry for."
"For losing your baby."
"These things happen, it wasn't your fault. I'm going to ring the girls, and take you to the hospital. I will be with you for everything." Ezra said.
I woke up in a cold sweat with Ezra looking worried beside me. The shirt was clinging to me, and I could feel tears were running down my face. I pulled up the covers and looked. Thank God. The dream was just a dream.
"What's wrong?" Ezra asked me.
"I had a nightmare."
"What was it about?"
"I had a miscarriage."
"Baby, its okay." I snuggle up close to him, and closed my eyes once again. Hoping for a dreamless sleep.
We all said our goodbyes to Aria at the lift, and we all met at Toby's loft except for Aria and Ezra. The hard thing was how were we going to get Toby up to the loft. We had managed to get him into the car successfully, but now how are we going to get him to his house. We walked into the alleyway to where the stairs where located.
"Alright, how are we going to do this?" Toby asked, looking sheepishly at the ground.
"Uh, do what I did, when I had a broken leg. Sit bum first on the step and lift yourself up." Hanna replied.
"Alright, but at least help me to get up!" We did we managed to get him to sit on the third step, now ten to go.
"Now use one arm and one leg to push yourself up." He nodded, and with some help from us he managed to get up two steps.
"Is it meant to be this hard?" Toby said.
"Yeah, anyway you've got eight to go!" Hanna replied. After hoisting him up the stairs, and a lot of bum shuffles, we had finally made it to the top step. It had taken about half an hour.
"Sorry, guys!" Toby said looking sheepish again.
"It's fine, Tobes, seriously." Emily said reassuring him.
"Okay, Hanna what do I do now?"
"You drag yourself inside the apartment to wherever you want to be!"
"Alright." So Toby dragged himself to over where the couch was, and tried to lift himself up. After five attempts of saying he could do it alone, he finally did. He laid on the couch exhausted from the last forty minutes.
"So tired." Hanna said.
"It is almost four 'o'clock in the afternoon how on earth can you be tired." Emily joked.
"I have no idea."
"I need to give Aria her car, and bags." Emily got up.
"Bye." Toby said.
"Bye hope you get better." Emily replied with, we all waved goodbye, and she walked out the door.
"Don't we need to be on vitamins or something Spence?" Hanna asked me.
"Yeah, we should be, but I don't want to randomly buy them." I replied.
"You're right, just wait for our appointments."
"We should book them soon."
"We should shouldn't we, just not right now!"
"Yeah," My phone bleeped, and cut me off. They all looked at me.
"Who is it?" Caleb asked.
"Who do you think it is." I said.
"Open it Spence!" Hanna urged me, so I pressed open.
"You tell people or I will in my own special way that goes for the all of you. -A"
"What the hell do you think that means?"
"No idea, but we better get telling, do you think we should tell Aria about the text."
"No, she's already got too much going on."
"You're right." It was silent for a few minutes until Caleb gasped.
"What!" Hanna screamed with a frantic expression.
"Uh, we have to tell Sean about you guys." Caleb said.
"Why would we do that."
"Because then the truth will be out so –A won't have to tell it for us."
"You're right." I said picking up the pieces in my head.
"How is telling Sean right?" Toby asked.
"Sean will tell Noel, Noel will ask Aria, she will say no, then he will force her, and she will say yes, it will get around. Then Spence tells Andrew, he tells Mona, then it will spread. Aria will tell Holden, Holden will tell someone it will get around." Caleb said.
"Okay, but how are we going to get Sean to come back?" Hanna asked.
"Uh, we stage a fight, you will be sad, he will come rushing over, you will tell him, he will leave."
"Then how do I tell Andrew, because he won't talk to me, because he's super pissed at me." I said, figuring out my side of the plan.
"Spence, why is he pissed at you?" Toby asked.
"Stupid, really. I crashed their decathlon meeting, and attacked Mona."
"Did you hurt her?" I rolled my eyes at him.
"Okay, Spence. You will ask him for coffee, he will say yes, then you will just 'accidentally' blurt it out, and then you will run away, saying I'm sorry, and stuff." Caleb said.
"What about Aria, what do we say?" Hanna asked.
"We say that I got a text, saying we have to tell people about us, and then she tells Holden, and I've seen him hanging around with Noel, so he will tell Noel, and things will flow from there." I said.
"Alright. Guess that's sorted." Toby asked. My phone started ringing it was Aria.
"It's Aria!" I said, so they knew it wasn't –A.
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