ARIA'S POV.

I sat on the couch reading my book. Every once and a while I would look back to the cover and read the messaged Ezra wrote me. For when you need to escape Rosewood. – Ezra. I smiled as I read his name for the 50th time tonight, because I knew he was all mine. My mind kept wandering back to the little black box in his top drawer. I didn't know if I should say anything and not open it, or if I should open it and not say anything. Maybe just a little peak… As I stood up and started to move towards the nightstand, the door opened. I quickly changed direction and went to the kitchen. "Aria?" Ezra's voice called out.

"In here!" I called from the kitchen. I was trying to find the pasta.

He walked in and smiled at me. "Why hello beautiful!" he placed his hands on my cheeks and kissed me, I felt the spark and I knew it was right. The kiss was so passionate, so spontaneous. He pulled back smiling.

"What was that for?" I asked, feeling the grin spread across my face.

"Put the pasta away, we're going out to dinner. Grab you bag."

I laughed, "What's going on with you?"

"Can't a guy just take his wonderful girlfriend out to celebrate?"

"If he tells her what their celebrating he can." I smiled.

He looked at me, ready to explode. "Scotts gave me a job at the college! It's perfect Aria, I'll be closer to home, there's a daycare right down the street for the baby, I'll be making more money, and maybe we can move out of this little apartment!" he was so excited and so was I.

I screamed, "Oh my God, that's awesome Ezra!" he picked me up and spun me around. He put me down and we kissed again. This was just perfect. "This is perfect, I'm so proud of you Ezra!"

"Thanks! Alright, now go put on a nice dress, we're going to dinner in the city tonight." He smiled.

"Yes sir." I smiled and went to the closet were my dress were. I picked a white sleeveless one with a puffy bottom and a black belt. I walked out of the bathroom and saw Ezra looking into his top drawer of his nightstand. I backed up behind the wall so he wouldn't see me. He reached into the drawer and pulled out the black velvet box. He opened it and smiled. He took a deep breathe, snapped it shut, slide it into his pocket. I smiled.

"Aria are you almost ready?"

I jumped a little and fixed my hair. "Yeah, I'm ready." I walked around the corner and he looked at me.

"Wow! You look beautiful!" he said looking at me.

I blushed a little, "Thanks, you look very handsome too." I smiled and fixed his collar.

"Thanks, ready to go?"

"Yup!"

EZRA'S POV

We got to Philly by 6:30; it was relieving that we could spend a night alone together. We both could use a night out. I found a parking spot right in front of the restaurant. I walked around and opened Aria's door for her. "After you." I smiled.

She stepped out of the car and grabbed my hand. "Thank you." She said and flashed me my favorite smile. I locked the doors and grabbed her hand, leading her inside.

"Table for two?" I asked the waiter. She picked up two menus.

"Right this way." She smiled. She led us through the maze of tables until we got to our table. I pulled the seat out for Aria and took the seat across from her. The waiter put the menus in front of us. "Would you like to try our finest bottle of wine?"

"Um, actually, two waters are fine." I gestured towards Aria. "My lovely girlfriend here is pregnant." I smiled. Aria smiled.

"Aw, congratulations to both of you! Two waters coming right up." She exclaimed and walked away towards the kitchen.

"Thank you." Aria and I said at the same time.

"Did I tell you that you looked beautiful tonight?" I asked smiling.

She smiled big, "Yeah, once or twice."

"Okay good." I smiled. She started looking through her menu. I smiled at how gorgeous she was, how I had to be the luckiest man in the world. I felt the ring in my pants pocket, I took a deep breathe and stood up.

"Do you know what you're going to get?" Aria looked up and looked at me. "Ezra, what are you doing?"

"Excuse me everyone can I have your attention please?" I announced to the room.

"Ezra what are you doing?" Aria asked again. I grabbed her hands and pulled her up next to me.

"Everyone, this is my beautiful, smart, and caring girlfriend, Aria." I watched as her face turned red. I leaned in a kissed her cheek. I bent down on one knee and pulled the box out of my pocket. I took another deep breathe and opened the box. She gasped. "Aria Montgomery, I love you and always will. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Ever since I saw you sitting in that bar," I smiled at the thought of that day, the day that changed my life. " I knew I found the love of my life. Since you are already going to be the mother of my child," She smiled and I watched a couple tears roll down her cheek. "Will you do me the honor of being my wife?"

She started jumping up and down, "Yes, yes, yes, yes!" I stood up and kissed her. The room exploded in applauses and "Awes!" We broke apart and I slid the ring onto her left hand ring finger. She looked at it, "It's beautiful!" she whispered.

I wiped away on of her tears, "Not at beautiful as you." I smiled. She leaned in and kissed me again.

ARIA'S POV.

Throughout the night we had people coming up to our table and saying congratulations as we enjoyed our delicious dinner. After we were done I got up to go to the bathroom. I was thankful I didn't have the need to throw up while we were out tonight. I slid my ring off and put it on the sink as I washed my hands. I dried my hands and slid the ring back on. I sat there smiling at myself, staring at my gorgeous ring. I watched as it twinkled from the fluoresced lights. It was even beautiful in the bathroom. I jumped when someone opened the door. "Aria, are you in here?" Ezra grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the bathroom.

"Ezra, what's wrong?" I looked at him. He was staring across the restaurant. I followed his gaze to the table next to ours. I saw my mom, dad, and Mike sitting down. I took a deep breathe; I wasn't going to let them ruin this night for us. "Hold one." I whispered to Ezra. He slowly let go of my hand as I walked away towards the table. I left my bag there so I had to go get it, but I didn't want them to see me. I walked up to my table, my back turned to my family.

"Aria? Oh my God, Aria it's you!" My mother exclaimed and jumped out of the table. She acted like I just got back from war for 5 years. It hasn't even been two days yet. She hugged me and patted my hair down. I shook her off. She was holding back tears, "Aria, sweetie, when are you going to come home?"

I looked over at my dad, who hasn't even acknowledged that I was here yet. He was looking at his menu, talking to Mike. Mike was ignoring my dad, and looking at me, waiting for an answer. I looked back at my mom. "I'm not mom. Dad doesn't want me as a daughter anymore," I shrugged. It hurt saying that, but I had to stay strong and not have a breakdown in front of them. "So I'm not going to live in that house anymore." I finished.

"Makes sense to me." My dad whispered into his menu.

"Bryon!"

"Dad!" my mom and Mike yelled at my dad in unison.

"No, he's right it does make sense." I picked up my bag with my left hand.

"Aria, what is that?" my mom asked slowly pointing to the diamond on my ring finger. Mike jumped out of his seat, mouth hanging opened, leaning across the table. My dad looked over, then looked back to his menu, not showing a care in the world.

"Oh, it's my engagement ring." I said with a smile on my face.

"Take it off-" my mom started but my dad cut her off.

"Ella, it's her decision, it's her life. We don't care what she does anymore." He announced, still staring at the menu.

"Well I figured, if he's already going to be the father of my child," I put my hand on my stomach, "That he might as well be my husband too." I smiled.

"Yo-you're pregnant?" my mom asked. I watched as Mike jaw dropped to the floor.

I smiled and nodded, "Yeah I am."

"Tell me you're joking…" my dad started to stand up.

"Nope I'm dead serious." I started to walk away. "But what does it matter to you dad, I'm not you're daughter anymore." I shrugged and walked back towards Ezra, with a smile on my face. "Ready to go?" I asked him.

He looked back at my parents. "Everything go okay?"

"Great." I grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the door. I noticed my mom and Mike staring at us. I ignored them and opened the door.

We walked into the apartment and shut the door. Ezra barley said anything the whole ride home. I stared at him as he threw the keys into the ceramic key bowl sitting on the coffee table and started untying his tie. I broke the silence, "Ezra what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm just tired."

"Then why can't you look me in the eye?" I walked over in front of him. He started to turn away but I grabbed his wrist. "Hey, look at me, what's wrong?" I asked him quietly.

"I-I just feel like" he took a breath, "like I ruined your whole life." He tried to look me in the eye, but quickly looked down towards the ground.

"Ezra, you didn't ruin my life, I love-"he broke away from me and cut me off.

"Yeah, Aria, I know you love me and trust me, Aria." He started to get a little mad. "I love you too. So much." His voice cracked a little. "But I did ruin your life, you're in high school and your pregnant." He pointed at my stomach. "You won't be able to go away to college. You're breaking apart from your family, your dad won't even talk to you!" he yelled a little and fell onto the bed. He looked at me. "And it's all my fault." He whispered.

There was nothing I could say that would make him feel better, he knows I love him and I trust him. If I told him that, he would just pretend that everything was okay. Thoughts ran through my mind of what I could tell him. I grabbed his hands and pulled him to his feet. "Ezra it's not all your fault."

"Aria-"

"Shhh." I stopped him. He stared at me and shut his mouth. He sighed and let me continue. "Seriously, it's not all your fault. It's mine to. We wanted to make this work. We wanted to hide the secret from my parents. We wanted to tell them when the time was right. We wanted to sleep together." I grabbed my stomach. "We want to have this baby." I smiled the smile he loved. He flashed me a little grin, my favorite grin, the boyish grin that always made me weak in the knees. I stood on my tippy toes and kissed him.