Pretty Little Liars: 16 & Pregnant (Sequel)

The Future Holds a Four-Legged Friend

Two Days Later
Aria's Pov

I open the front door, letting Spencer in from the cold. She kicks off her boots and hangs her jacket on the hook, before following me into the kitchen.

"Coffee?" I ask, holding two mugs up.

"Always." She smiles, rolling her eyes jokingly. Once the coffee is poured and the box of cookies I hide from the girls is retrieved, we make our way to the living room couch.

"So how was visiting Ezra's Mom?" Spencer asks, taking a sip from her coffee "Everything you could've dreamed of, and more?"

"Oh you bet," I reply sarcastically "Dianne's just my favourite person."

"Something about the in-laws." She sighs "It's like they're mad at us for marrying their sons, because it means their baby boys are growing up."

"Yeah, well Dianne's baby boy has babies of his own." I scoff "She doesn't have to be mad at me for it."

"Don't let it get to you," Spencer shrugs "It's nothing you're doing wrong." 

"I know." I huff "But anyway, enough of Dianne. How are you?" Although I'm asking in general, I'm also kind of wondering how she's been since her abortion the other day.

"Good." She smiles delicately "Yeah I...I think I made the right decision. No, I know I did. As much as I think about how I could've kept it and raised it, and how I would eventually learn to love being a mother, I just know this wasn't meant to be right now. Maybe one day my mindset will change and I'll suddenly want to have a baby, but I just don't feel like that right now."

"Spence, I totally get it. I feel like you're trying to justify yourself or something, but you don't need to, I get it, don't worry." I tell her.

"But you don't," Spencer sighs "You went through with your pregnancy in highschool, you must think I'm such a coward for not being able to do it now."

"I don't think that!" I urge "I don't think that at all, I promise. In fact, I think you're so strong for being able to keep your head up and do what's right for you, no matter what some people may think. You're not a coward at all, I seriously mean it."

"Okay." She frowns "I just...I just keep thinking about you as a teenager, and wondering how the hell you stayed so strong with everything you went through. Piper and Stella have one amazing role model of a Mom, you know." I can't help but smile at Spencer's words, because even though my life is great and I wouldn't want it any different, sometimes I think hard about my teenage pregnancy. What kind of example am I to my daughters, I mean I got pregnant in highschool.

"Maybe...I'm not." I mumble "A good role model."

"I didn't say good, I said amazing." Spencer replies "Which you are, why would you ever think that you weren't?"

"Well, I shouldn't really be leading by example." I say "As much as I'm glad it happened and that everything worked out pretty well for me, I don't exactly want my daughters to be teen Mom's. And I don't mean to be hypocritical, I know I did it but that doesn't mean I want Stella and Piper following in my footsteps."

"Aria, that doesn't change anything." She tells me "Do you think Piper and Stella think any less of you because of your age? They don't care about any of that stuff, they just see their amazing mother. You're such a great example to your girls, you teach them to be proud, and to be open minded, and you embrace who they are as individuals. You're raising such strong-willed, empowered little girls who are taking right after their Mom." I would be lying if I said Spencer's words didn't mean a lot to me. It's one thing for myself to think I'm doing something right with Piper and Stella, but it's another to hear it from an outside perspective.