This is the first part of the ending to 'Maybe It's Meant to Be.' I wasn't really sure how to draw it all to a close, but I decided that I wanted to do somewhat of an epilogue. I'm sorry it's been so long, but you guys wanted an ending and I think you deserve it. I hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 15

The End part 1

September 2014:

"It was nice to meet you all; I hope you had a great first day back." Ezra called the crowd of groaning teachers who dragged their tired bodies out of the classroom. They were clearly all shattered from their first day back, but nothing compared to how exhausted Ezra was.

Ezra took a deep breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead before throwing himself down into the wooden chair behind his desk. He didn't think teaching would be so warring, he certainly knew that teaching college students would be a lot easier, but it was all worth it for her. He knew that you had to make sacrifices for the ones you love and he would go to great length for Aria. They didn't change the fact that High School students were hard work.

His eyes scanned the classroom and he couldn't help but smirk at the thought that Aria once attended this school and that she possibly sat in this very classroom. He imagined her engrossed in a book with her lip curling as she concentrated. He couldn't picture Aria being like some of the many rowdy teenagers he had encountered today, but he couldn't be so sure. Aria had a sassy streak to her; something that he was sure came out a lot when confronted by teachers. He chuckled at the thought.

He was brought out of his imaginings by the sound of a knock at his door, his alarmed head shot to the direction of the door and he instantly relaxed when he took in the sight in front of him. Aria was standing across from him, leaning against the wooden door frame with a sexy smirk and a visitors passed hanging from her neck. I couldn't help but smile as I watched her slowly enter the room, her eyes roaming it with familiarity, her finger tips expertly running along the length of the desks as she approached a destination that was unknown to Ezra and that only interested him more.

"I took AP English in this class." She told him as she absently drifted into her memories, even the smell of the class reminded her of the fond times she had at this school and how much she missed her life here. "I sat right here." She added as she slid into the desk one row from the window, one seat from the back.

Ezra grinned and nodded, her description creating a more vivid picture of his studious Aria.

"Who taught you?" He asked, genuinely intrigued by the notion that only two years ago Aria attended this very school and took a class in his own classroom.

"Mrs Welch." Aria nodded to herself, caught up in the nostalgia this all evoked in her.

"Mrs Welch?" Ezra coked up before letting out a laugh to which Aria responded with the narrowing of her eyes. "I just can't believe she taught you."

"Don't sound so surprised, Ezra, she probably would have taught you if you attend here instead of your little private school in New York." Aria teased with the roll of her eyes. That was the sassiness that Ezra had imagined coming from the petite beauty, one row from the window.

"Possibly." Ezra grinned, oppressing his nicker as he watched her in amusement, her hand brushing against the light brown wood that the desk was made up of. "I can certainly say that if I were teaching you, I wouldn't be able to concentrate." Ezra commented, his eyes lustfully roaming over his girlfriend.

"That's kind of gross." Aria light heartedly grimaced, eliciting an eye roll from Ezra in the same manner. "You would definitely be quite the distraction yourself, Mr Fitz." she seductively smirked before sliding out from the desk and strutting over to him.

She sat upon his lap and pressed a kiss against his lips, pulling away to take in all of his perfect features. Aria couldn't believe that they had gotten so far, all of the pain in the meantime was well worth it because now they were stronger and they knew that their love could overcome anything. Aria's hand caressed his cheek as a smile beamed on her face, her head shaking in disbelief that he was all hers. He truly was her knight in shining armour; he saved her in more ways than she thought the curly haired, Fray-loving, college senior ever could. Her lips then attached to his once more with much more vigour, but he pulled away slightly.

"Aria, we could get caught." He worriedly whispered to her.

"Doesn't that make it all the more exciting?" She flirtatiously suggested, her lips pecking his once again.

"I wouldn't call us getting caught and me possibly losing my job exciting; scary maybe." He joked as he brushed his finger through Aria's dark tresses, admiring her beauty as he did so. "Could you image if I was ever your teacher? That would have led us on a dangerous path." He chuckled, accompanied by Aria's melodic laugh. "Or you'd just be the pretty girl who sat one row from the window and I'll be the new teacher."

"I don't even want to picture a life without you in it." Aria sorrowfully scoffed as she brought of sights down to her lap. "You're the best thing that's ever happened to me."

Ezra placed Aria's chin between his fingers and lifted her hazel eyes to his, "me too. You're my best friend, Aria, and all of these worries will be put behind us."

"Don't let Hardy hear you say that." Aria bantered, as she couldn't stop herself from bringing a lightness to the intense conversations.

"Hardy will understand once he put his 'fuck boy' mentality behind him and settles down." Ezra playfully commented.

"He maybe a 'fuck boy,' but I'm sure if Hardy was in your position he'd be taking advantage of the fact that I am sitting here, craving the attention of my boyfriend who'd much rather focus on not losing his job." Aria teasingly moaned. Ezra opened his mouth to defend himself but Aria silenced him with her slender finger. "Now kiss me." She commanded and he obliged, grimacing into their kiss and making her giggle, the sound Ezra loved to hear the most.

"Marry me." Ezra whispered against her lips as their lips departed.

Aria jolted back, her eyes wide with shock. She couldn't believe her ears. He must've been kidding, right? Ezra couldn't help but chuckle at her reaction, regardless of the slight pang of rejection that erupted in his stomach.

"Are you joking?" She carefully asked, her eyes scanning his face for answers or a hint of humour.

"No, I want to marry you, Aria Montgomery." Ezra convicted, pulling her closer to him. "Will you? I'm not saying this year or even next year, but one day would you do me the honour of being my wife?"

Aria's expression softened and tears glistened in her eyes as she sensed the sincerity in his, she nodded feverishly before repeating the word 'yes' with enthusiasm and excitement. She then wrapped her arms around him, pulling him into a tight embrace.

April 2015:

"Do you think it's cute?" Aria asked Ezra as she rested her head on his shoulder, the movie playing on the TV screen across from them.

"Probably not." Ezra shrugged, slightly irritated by Aria constantly interruption of the movie he had been eager to watch.

"Ezra." She gasped, turning to face with a look of sheer hurt and shock. "You cannot say that!"

Ezra groaned as paused the television, turning to give his suddenly angry fiancée his full attention.

"It probably isn't cute, yet." Ezra corrected himself, his eyebrows raised as he waited Aria's reaction, her face had softened slightly but it still held some disapproval to Ezra's comment. "I don't think they even fully form a face until the 6th month." He reasoned. "It will be cute, most definitely, but right now it isn't."

Aria looked down at her growing baby bump and brushed her fingers against her bulging stomach. She contemplated whether she found Ezra's excuse for insulting their unborn baby was sufficient and decided she was too tired to argue and therefore it had to be. She let out a breath and returned to rest her head on his shoulder, her way of telling him that she forgave him and his stupid mouth.

"Ethan will be the most beautiful baby in the world." She said, more to her stomach than to anyone else. The realisation of what she had said made her freeze as she felt Ezra tense slightly next to her.

"Ethan?" He asked, clearing his throat lightly. Aria hesitantly turned to face her fiancé with a sheepish smile. "It's… It's a he?" Ezra's eyes began to well with tears at the revelation of the gender of his baby.

Last month, Aria had a scan that told her what the gender of the baby was, but Ezra refused to hear it. He wanted to be surprised when it was born, knowing he would love it regardless of its gender or anything for that matter. It didn't matter to him what it was. He supposed it could on go one of two ways and he was pleased with either. But he couldn't help the tears of happiness that welled in his eyes at the thought of him having a little boy. He could picture it more vividly now. He couldn't picture him in his arms, a baby with her bright hazel eyes and his curls. He hoped that it would resemble all of her, and the some parts of him. To him she was flawless and he wanted his baby to be just as beautiful and pure as its mother.

"Yeah." Aria confirmed, the tears now falling from her face as she watched Ezra's reaction, it was similar to the reaction he had to when she first told him.

"We're going to have a son." Ezra proudly announced, staring down at her partly revealed stomach. He placed a hand on it and gently stroked it. "I love you so much, Aria."

"I love you too." She returned a watery smile before his lips found hers in a passionate kiss.

Months passed by like seconds. Once Aria was in her 7th month, she and Ezra moved into a new apartment with a room for the impending addition to their family. They decorated the room a light green with a subtly Winnie the Pooh theme included, it was both Aria's and Ezra's favourite cartoon character from when they were kids. Their ninth month approached and the couple was filled with fear and excitement and the realisation this is the last month that they wouldn't be parents. They had both felt like parents for a while though, from the moment she had found out that she was pregnant she felt as though she was the mother to the tiny embryo in her stomach, even if it was basically faceless according to Ezra.

Then, into their lives came a little bundle of cuteness called Ethan. He was exactly how Ezra had envisioned him, with her big brown doe eyes and his curls. Aria seemed to think he looked like Ezra since he was too cute to possibly look anything like her, but Ezra though otherwise. Of course, Ezra say the resemblance to his baby photos, but he was beautiful and pure- he was all her.