After the 5-year Jump, before Season 7 Episode 5.

Aria POV

After all the chaos with Alison and Uber A, I have completely gotten behind with work. Although at times I think my worry for being behind is completely minuscule compared to the life threatening issues with A, I am grateful for the normalcy it gives me. After packing my things, I decide that I'll use Ezra's apartment to work. He's away from town until tomorrow anyway, and nobody would disturb me there.

I reach Ezra's apartment and open the door with the set of keys he's given me. Although the place has been empty for a few days, it feels a little dusty. Since Ezra is coming home soon, I decide to clean up the place a little. I tell myself to stop procrastinating, but I know that the little dust on the counter will bother me. I reach for his cleaning products and before I knew it, I just finished cleaning not only his living room, but also his kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom. By the time I realized how much time I've wasted, a few hours have already passed.

I look at myself in the mirror and the hours of cleaning has given me disorderly hair and sweat marks. I moan at myself and rest my head on the wall. What am I thinking? Have I become OCD because of all the crazy things happening? I know I've already wasted a lot of time, but I look at the sweat stained shirt and the clean bathtub.

"Well, a bath wouldn't take that long.." I say to myself. Without another thought, I turn the faucet and fill the bath with water and some bath gel to create a little foam.

I tie my hair up and take off my clothes to throw in the washing machine. I take out my favorite shirt of Ezra's and a few pieces of my own clothes that I leave in the apartment for later. I check to see the water and it's perfectly foamy with just enough water. I turn off the faucet and lie in the bath, closing my eyes.

A moment passes and I hear a click from the front door.

"Aria?" I hear Ezra say my name from the front door.

I blush a little but I convince myself that this isn't a big deal. I may not officially be his girlfriend.. or I'm not sure what we are yet.. but I've been here several times and this isn't my first time using his bath.

After rambling through things to say in my head, Ezra is standing at the bathroom door, eyes wide open.

"Oh.. sorry.. I didn't realize" Ezra says embarrassed, looking at the floor.

"Welcome home babe, um.. yeah sorry.. I was cleaning the rooms and got a little sweaty so I thought I'd wash up here"

"Wait, you cleaned the apartment? You didn't have to do that"

"No it's fine, I wanted to do it.. you're back early though.."

"Yeah, I wanted to come back and work on the book. I got some feed back and wanted to discuss it with you"

He looks at my face now, as if I'm not naked. The conversation feels so normal that we could have been having it outside. I laugh a little and feel a bit relaxed. We're so familiar with each other that I guess seeing me naked isn't really as exciting as it would have been 5 years ago. It makes me feel both happy for our closeness but slightly disappointed. It's like we're a married couple. The thought makes me blush.

"Well, you're back now but I'm clearly not in the position to really have a discussion about our book.. you just traveled back from New York so why don't you join me?"

Ezra shuffles around a little and scratches his head, "Yeah, I guess a bath sounds nice.."

He turns and goes back to his bedroom. I close my eyes again and hear him take off his clothes. Ezra walks back and asks where he should sit. I keep my eyes closed and answer, "Behind me"

Without looking at him, I face the wall and shuffle forward, allowing him enough space to sit down. I feel the water move and his legs around my hip, positioned next to mine. After he settles, I put my back on his chest and feel his hard member on my lower back.

"Well, that's a relief" I say with a giggle.

"What do you mean?" Ezra asks, confused.

"Well, our conversation earlier was jus so normal that I thought you didn't feel anything anymore after seeing me.. you know.. like this"

I say in a whisper.

Ezra rests his face on my shoulder and kisses behind my ear, "Aria, you're beautiful, how can I ever not feel this way about you?"

I turn my head to face him and smile. We look at each other for a second and close the distance with our lips. We haven't seen each other for a week so I can feel the need we have for each other. Splashing the water a little, I turn my body, carefully placing my legs outside his hips without ending our kiss.

I'm now on top of Ezra, him grabbing my back while I pull on his hair. He moves one hand up to untie my hair, lightly pulling it and the other holding onto my lower back. A few moment passes until I finally let go and lean my forehead on his. "Ezra, I want you.."

Ezra just nods and kisses me again. I can feel his right hand between us, positing himself to enter my body. I prepare for him and lift my body up a little. As I feel him at my entrance, I start to move down, slowly pushing him in deeper. I moan in his mouth as I receive the full length of him.

We stay still for a minute, until I whisper in his ear.

"Will you let me take control?"

Ezra smiles, "of course".

I lean back a little and support my body by placing my left hand on the side of the bath and my right behind Ezra's neck. I move slowly out of Ezra and back down. I continue the movement, moaning at each thrust. I close my eyes in pleasure and let my head go back.

Suddenly, I can feel Ezra's lips on my chest, making my whole body shiver. I keep the pace until my body starts to reach its climax, making me lose control. Ezra helps by placing his hands on my hips and supports my body in maintaining the movement. My head starts to go blank and body numb as I reach my peak. Ezra whispers harshly in my ear, "Aria, I'm about to…"

"Me.. ah tooo", I manage to say back.

Ezra starts moving us faster, both of us not giving notice to the fact that most of the water is outside the tub. I can hear the remaining water splashing every time I come down onto Ezra. I quickly reach my climax with Ezra, his hot liquid pouring into me. I hold onto him and rest my head on his shoulder, relaxing after the intense orgasm. He whispers in my ear, "I needed this.."

"Me too.." I say with uneasy breathing. I kiss his temple and slowly lift my body up to turn around, resting my back onto Ezra's chest again. I begin to close my eyes and regain control of my breathing until I hear a click at the door.

"Aria?" I hear Ezra say my name from the front door. I quickly open my eyes and look back, but nobody is there. I realize that I must have had another one of my dreams. Before I can say anything, Ezra is at the bathroom door with wide eyes.

I quickly recover and say to him with a smile, "Welcome home, Babe".