Pretty Little Liars Next Generation - From the Beginning

Valentines day surprise

A/N - I am currently in the year 2023 for this story 

Tuesday February 7th

Ezra's POV

I took a quick lunch break from working at the Brew and went home. The kids would all be in school or preschool but I thought Aria might be home. Malcolm is in 9th grade at Rosewood high school, Jayde is in 2nd grade at Rosewood elementary school, Katie and Leo are both in pre school at Rosewood community school.

Aria's car wasn't in the driveway or garage so she wasn't home and the house was empty. I made a tuna sandwich for lunch and went up to the extra room above the garage that I was using as a home office.  After eating I had some work to do before going back to the Brew. I went on the computer to make a spreed sheet for both expenses and sales since the beginning of the year.

When I was done I printed the spread sheet out and then went to the bathroom before leaving. In the bathroom I noticed a pregnancy test box in the trashcan. Usually no one uses this bathroom but me so I found it odd for a pregnancy test box to be in this bathroom. I took the box out of the trashcan and noticed there was also a positive pregnancy test in the box. I thought to myself The pregnancy test couldn't have been Aria because she would have told me right away.

I went back to the Brew. The more I thought about the positive pregnancy test I realized it had to be Mackenzie's. My worst fear since the day I found out about Malcolm having a girlfriend. 

At 245 PM Mackenzie walked into the Brew.

"I wasn't expecting to see you." I said

"I missed the bus and my mom can't pick me up for 2 hours." Mackenzie said

"Smart girl for staying out of the cold and snowy weather." I said

"Can I get a medium hot chocolate? I didn't walk 6 blocks and freeze my but off for nothing." Mackenzie asked

"Sure, I will make that for you in 2 minutes." I said

I gave Mackenzie the medium hot chocolate and she handed me $2 for the cost of the hot chocolate.

"Keep your money, this one is on me but we do need to have a little talk." I said

Mackenzie followed me into my office at the Brew.

"Explain this to me." I said after I handed her the positive pregnancy test.

"I don't know what to say other then this test isn't mine." Mackenzie said

"I'm just supposed to believe your word?" I asked

"I'm not pregnant." Mackenzie said

"Are you sure?" I asked

"I will pee on a stick just to prove to you that I'm not pregnant and besides Malcolm has his own problem to deal with." Mackenzie said

"Forget about the pregnancy test for now but what did you mean when you said Malcolm has his own problem to deal with?" I asked

"Malcolm failed a class last semester. He's retaking it now but will need to go to summer school since it's a 2 semester class." Mackenzie said 

"What class did he fail Mackenzie?" I asked

"English 9. I thought you knew because Malcolm had your signature on a document from the principal but I guess he must have forged the signature and you didn't actually read the letter." Mackenzie said 

"Do you know if Malcolm took the school bus home?" I asked

"No, he had to stay after because his English teacher wanted to talk with him. I told him to meet me here once he was done." Mackenzie said