Overthrown

Awoken

Aria's pov

I can't see. All I see is black. My eyes are closed. I'm in a bed. A hospital bed? My stomach hurts. Did he actually do it?

I slowly open my eyes. It's bright but someone is in front of me. I can't tell who they are, but I'm starting to get scared.

What if that's my dad? What if he ran away from the cops and searched for me just so he can finish me off.

I start to shake. There is beeping. It's like loud, constant ringing. The person in front of me grabs my hand gently and rubs circles by the bottom of my thumb. Not Byron.

I start to calm down and the ringing begins to get quieter. Slower.

The person in front of me gets closer to me and whispers in my ear.

"Shh. It's okay. Your safe now."

As my eyes start to focus, I see that it's Ezra next to me, holding my hand and whispering in my ear to keep me calm.

"Ezra." I smile but am shocked at how worn out my voice has become.

"Shh." He began to cry.

"I love you." I whisper.

"I lo-" A nurse runs through the open door. He immediately backs up and untangles his hand from mine. He must have told her I was his student.

She begins to ask a bunch of questions. I can't even comprehend what she's asking because she's asking so many and not giving me enough time to answer them.

She finally gives up and starts poking me with needles and IV's.

"I'm just going to go and get this blood tested." The nurse explains. Before she could leave, Ezra stopped her.

"Why? I thought she was done with the tests to see if she had internal bleeding and stuff like that." Ezra quizzed.

"Well the one we took earlier was to see if he gave her any diseases and this one-" He cut her off.

"What do you mean diseases from him. All he did was stab her didn't he?"

She didn't answer him.

"Didn't he?" This time he looked at me. A tear rolled down my cheek and I looked the other way.

"According to the tests we have taken, she didn't just get stabbed. She has been abused and raped by this man for about 2 years now" The nurse so subtlety answered.

She slowly excited the room. As she closed the door, Ezra came closer to me. He had tears all down his face.

"I'm so sorry." He says to me.

"Why? You didn't do this." I said groggily.

"But I didn't stop it. I should've known. I should have payed more attention-"

"Ezra, you did nothing wrong." I grab his hand.

"Lay with me?" I ask. He nods his head and slips under the covers with me. I snuggle up to his chest but forgot about my stomach. I grunt in pain.

"Careful." He reaches for my hips and places me next to him without fast movements.

"What happened to me?" I ask.

"I was told your dad got mad at you for some reason and stabbed you. The police were there but didn't react fast enough to stop him from stabbing you. I drove to your house to bring back your car when I saw all of the flashing lights and heard the sirens. I went inside and Toby told me what happened and brought me here."

"How long have you been here for?" I ask.

"About 4 hours. You were in surgery for more than half of it though."

"Did I mention that I love you?" I joked.

"N-no I-I don't think you did." He played along.

"Well I love you so much. If you weren't here, I wouldn't want anyone else to be."

"I. Love. You. Too." He said as he kissed a different part of my face each time. I giggled.

"It's almost 9. You should get some sleep."

"I'm not 3." I laugh.

"I know but you need lots of rest to heal that wound." He placed his pointer finger above my nose and taps it.

Knock. Knock.

Ezra bolted out of the bed moving me which caused me pain. He immediately shifts my body onto my back and kisses my forehead.

"I'm so sorry." He whispers.

"It's okay." I whisper back.

"Come in!" I say with all the voice I can power out of me.

"Hello Aria. Glad to see your awake. I am your doctor Dr. Simmons." He shakes my hand.

"Hello." I respond.

"I got the test results from the blood we had taken early before you've woken up. Would you like Mr. Fitz to stay or wait outside?" He asked.

"I'll wait outside. I am her teacher after all." Ezra said as he winked at me as he walked out.

"Okay well your clear of any sexually transmitted diseases that we tested you for." Dr. Simmons said.

"Wait did you say you took that blood before I woke up?"

"Yes."

"Then what did they take my blood when I woke up for?" I asked confused.

He coughed awkwardly and looked down. "To see of your pregnant." He answered.

"What? That can't be. I-I don't want it to be." I start freaking out and the monitors around me start to beep.

"Aria you need to calm down." He said as he came closer to me. I begin to freak out more. I have Trust issues with men. The only men I trust are Ezra and Mike.

Ezra rushes through the door and looks worriedly at me.

"What's going on?" He ran over to me and held my hand and the beeping in the room began to go away.

"How did you do that?" Dr. Simmons asks Ezra.

"Do what?"

"Patients with as big as a panic attack as that, we have to drug them to get them to calm down. You touched her and she was fine." He looked amazed.

"She doesn't trust very many men. I just happen to be one of the few she does trust." Ezra explained. I smiled.

"Well I have other patients. Those other test results wont be ready until tomorrow so try and sleep good." He tells me as he walks out.

"What other test results?" Ezra asks me. I begin to cry.

"Aria? Do you get a disease from him?" He asks as he strokes my arm to calm me down.

I shake my head. "I don't have any diseases."

"Then why are you upset?"

I pause. "Because the second test is to see If I'm pregnant."

To be continued...