Ezria: a new era

Clean Break

Ezra's P.O.V

"Ezra, there's something I need to tell you." Aria was grinning from ear to ear, looking as beautiful as ever.

It hit me like a truck, all the symptoms she's been having, the mood swings, there was only one explanation. "Are you.. Are we..." I started to grin back at her, my excitement showing like the sun in summer.

"I'm pregnant!" Aria opened out her arms as I ran across the room and swung her around.

"You're not joking?" I asked quickly, not wanting this to be a stupid prank.

"Of course not!" Aria playfully hit me then crushed her lips against mine. "Were having a baby Ezra!"

I didn't let her go for a long time. This baby was something I didn't realise I wanted so badly until now. I didn't realise how much I wanted Aria to be my wife forever until now either.

"I love you... So much." I kissed her lips and thought about how lucky I was to have this opportunity of raising a child with the woman I love.

That was the last time I can remember being so overjoyed by something and just genuinely happy.

But then came the moment my life took a turn for the worst, and changed my whole future dramatically.

I walked into my apartment, already in a down mood from being fired today. I was going to have a family to run soon, I couldn't be fired right now.

"Hi honey." I greeted Aria as I put my briefcase down on the bench. She was sitting down on the couch and looking lost. When she didn't reply I got worried.

"Are you okay?" I asked, reaching for the fridge for an orange yogurt that she's been craving this whole pregnancy.

"We lost the baby." Aria didn't even turn her head to look at me.

Her voice was distraught, and you could hear that she'd already been crying beforehand.

I don't know how long I stood there, holding the yoghurt in my hand and hearing my heart brake in my chest. It must have been a while though, as it had turn from sunset to dark now, not that it mattered.

She broke down again, crying into her hands whilst I stood there, unable to move. There were definite tears streaming down my face and my gut was twisting itself up and ripping apart at the same time.

"Ezra." She called out for me in between sobs. "I'm so sorry."

Walking over there was what I had to do for us. Aria was going to blame herself for this and I couldn't let her feel guilty over it for the rest of her life. I needed to protect the only thing I had left to love.

I didn't know that it was going to be the last time I ever held her again though.

Until this week.

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Aria's P.O.V

I grabbed the boxes under my kitchen sink and opened every single one. There was a small amount of boxes to load my small amount of possessions into. My apartment was tiny, and the only things that had been worth keeping over the years were books.

I had to go somewhere far far away. I'm done with Rosewood and I'm done with feeling sorry for myself. I'm Aria Montgomery and I'm one hell of a bitch, and I like it like that.

I needed a clean brake, honestly staying in Rosewood was a dumb move on my behalf. Sometimes a change of scenery helps, right?

The truth was if I wasn't loading boxes into my car I'd probably go insane thinking about what just happened. Poor Ezra, he probably needed to go to a doctor. I should of taken him to a doctor.