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Aria breathed deeply as she moved her head back from Ezra's chest attempting to somewhat regain her composure. Her hands still gripped the fabric of Ezra's shirt as another ragged breath swept through her. Ezra curled a piece of her dark brown locks behind her ear, softly pressing his lips against her forehead.

Aria looked up at him from under her wet lashes, the corners of her lips rising the slightest into a weary smile. She stood up from the patient chair she had been sitting and rose on her toes so she could lightly kiss his cheek. She then rested her head in the crook of Ezra's neck encircling her arms around his torso.

Once Aria's whimpers began to calm down, the sharp ticking of the clock on the wall became the only noise in the room. It made Aria feel uncomfortable as she wanted to get out of the "hospital" setting as fast as possible. The bright blue walls lined with posters of pregnant women only reminded her of the news she had just received.

A soft knock at the door interrupted her thoughts, alerting them of the nurse's return. Ezra called out a soft "come in" which was followed by the nurse stepping into the room, her hand full of pamphlets.

The nurse gave Aria and Ezra a discussion on the surplus of fertility treatments there were as well as other options such as surrogacy or adoption. The talk was met with more tears from Aria, causing Ezra's hand to never leave the small of her back. Obviously, the two didn't need to decide anything right now so they were soon able to leave with the brochures in hand.

"Are you going to be ok?" Ezra softly asked as he draped his arm around her small shoulders.

Aria half-heartedly nodded before leaning against him as they continued to walk through the white tiled halls.

"Can we go say goodbye to Mike?" As they came to the intersection separating the wings of the hospital Aria pointed her finger down the one she knew her father was in.

"Of course," Ezra nodded.

Still wrapped around one another, the pair made their way to Byron's room, softly knocking on the dark brown door before entering.

Aria was surprised to see that Ella was still asleep, but she figured the prospect of her husband possibly dying had kept her up for quite some time. Mike silently waved from the chair he had been sitting in before getting up to greet the two of them.

"Hey," he weakly smiled. He saw Aria's tear stained cheeks and pulled her into a hug not even bothering to ask any questions. If she wanted to tell him she would, but still he could see how upset she was in her eyes.

"We were going to head out and just wanted to say goodbye," Aria explained.

Mike nodded and went to give Ezra a handshake, not sure a hug would be best since less than 24 hours ago he had punched him in the face. Ezra gave him a smile to say all was forgiven before looking over to Byron's motionless body.

While Aria gave Mike Ezra's house number and Mike gave her his cell, Ezra stepped slightly closer to Byron inspecting the abundance of injuries he had. Ezra couldn't help but feel the tiniest bit guilty that the last interaction this man had with his daughter was a horrible one, all because of him. If he had lied like any other human being, none of the drama that had happened would have.

"Ezra," Aria said. He looked over to Aria who was motioning for them to go. Ezra nodded, stealing one last look at Byron before giving Mike a quick wave. Mike bowed his head in acknowledgement before the two of them disappeared down the hall.

"I have Mike's number, so now we can keep in touch," Aria told Ezra. He could see her eyes brighten up slightly at the mention of this new knowledge.

"That's great," he smiled. He reached between them and attached their hands before pressing a kiss to the side of her head.

The couple walked out of the hospital lobby and into the connecting garage before Aria stopped them. She turned to face Ezra and grabbed his other hand as she looked up into his eyes.

"I just want to thank you again, for everything you've done for me," Aria murmured. "I know I was a mess in there," she softly laughed, "but it means a lot that you were there for me."

"I love you," Ezra whispered in her ear as he leaned his cheek against the top of her head. Aria smiled and squeezed his hands in response to his statement.

"I was thinking though," Aria pulled back from their embrace a grin spreading across her cheeks.

Ezra cocked his head to the side finding himself smiling as he looked at Aria.

"I know there will be other options for us when the time comes, but for now I think we should take advantage of the fact that we can have sex with no protection," she smiled.

Ezra laughed lightly and shook his head as he pulled Aria closer. "You sure changed emotions fast."

"Well with everything going on with my dad, I was just thinking that life's really short and I shouldn't spend it moping around," she explained.

"I think you have every right to mope around considering you're life," Ezra said, "but that was a very good observation you made," he grinned.

Aria bit her lip and grasped Ezra's hand, pulling him to his car. Ezra immediately understanding what she was doing reached into his pocket for his keys and unlocked the doors. Ezra's judgment was obviously impaired as he followed Aria into the back seat of his car. A small voice in the back of his head was asking him what in the world he was thinking, but Ezra was able to block that out as he shut the door to his car.

Aria leaned back on the tan leather seats so she was lying down as Ezra placed his knees on either sides of her legs. He moved his face closer to hers before his lips finally met hers. Aria smiled into the kiss as she placed her hands on the back of his neck, effectively making the kiss harder.

Ezra pulled back for a minute as his hand went to Aria's shirt quickly unfastening each button. Finally reaching the end of the blouse he pushed the fabric off her shoulders leaving her in just her bra. Aria reached up to the hem of Ezra's shirt as she pulled that over his head and threw it somewhere in the car to be found later. She dragged her hands down his rock hard chest her nails leaving goose bumps on Ezra's skin.

Aria trailed her hand over Ezra's belt buckle, soon going lower. Ezra closed his eyes and swallowed tightly while Aria just smiled at his reaction. She could feel him becoming hard under her hand as well as see it pretty clearly.

Ezra opened his eyes and bent down to Aria's level attaching his lips to the side of her neck. Aria made a breathy noise as Ezra began to suck at the sensitive flesh and lightly scrape his teeth along it. He dragged his lips across her collarbone and down the valley of her breasts eliciting a moan from Aria's throat. Ezra brought his hand to Aria's side and slowly slid it up her abdomen until he reached her bra. He slipped a finger under the wire of the lacy fabric, swiping it across Aria's breast.

"Ezra," she whispered. She lightly gripped his hair between her fingers as he continued to pleasure her.

A loud tap at the window startled them both causing them to practically jump apart.

A woman who looked to be about in her 50's was staring at them, disgust written all over her face. She shook her head, her glare practically burning through the window of the car.

Aria could feel her face turning as bright red as a tomato as she quickly shuffled around the floor of the car for her shirt. Ezra awkwardly raised his hand as a sort of apology before the woman gave another huff and climbed into her car, which was right next to Ezra's.

Ezra chuckled lightly at Aria who was completely flustered and still frantically searching for her shirt.

"Ezra, where the hell did you put this thing," she mumbled as she looked over the passenger seat.

"Aria relax," he laughed. "And it's right here," he grabbed Aria's shirt from the area on the back windshield where he had put it earlier.

"Why are you so calm?" she asked incredulously, before redressing herself.

"Because we are never going to see that woman again," Ezra reminded her. He moved closer to Aria resting his hand on her cheek, "And you are absolutely adorable when you're embarrassed."

Aria playfully rolled her eyes before pressing a kiss to Ezra's lips.

"Want to go home and finish what we started?" Ezra mumbled against her mouth.

"Yes," she laughed.

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3 days later

A shrill ringing throughout Ezra's apartment alerted him of his phone, causing him to reluctantly get up from his couch he had been sitting on. He walked over to the wall it was perched on before picking it up.

"Hello?"

"Ezra, hey it's Mike. Is Aria there?"

Ezra could tell something was clearly wrong by the way Mike voice was slightly sore and how it had cracked at the end.

"She's in the shower, can I take a message?" Ezra asked.

He heard Mike breathe in heavily before swallowing. "Byron's dead," he stated. "The funeral's in two days."

"What?" Ezra ran a hand through his hair as he leaned against his counter.

"Can you tell Aria please?" Mike asked, his voice starting to shake.

"Of course," Ezra assured him.

"I'll call with more details on the funeral and stuff later I just wanted to tell Aria as soon as possible."

"Ok," Ezra nodded. He hung up the phone and sighed. Aria had finally started to get over the fertility issues and was on the road to fixing her relationship with her parents. He knew this would destroy her especially since she had just recently decided to forgive her father for what he had done.

He heard the water to the shower shut off making his stomach drop. He knew she would be out soon and that meant he would have to tell her. He didn't even know how to say it. Should he just come right out and tell her or maybe hint at it until she figured it out?

Ezra found himself pacing his kitchen as he tried to formulate the right words in his head. Every time he thought he had a good idea, he would convince himself that was the worst way to tell her ever.

"Ezra?" Aria walked into the living room soon spotting him in the kitchen.

Ezra could feel his heart speeding up with every step that she took closer to him. He must have lost track of time as he was thinking because he definitely wasn't expecting her this early.

"You okay?" she asked. She took in Ezra's panicky expression quickly becoming worried herself.

"There's something I have to tell you," Ezra murmured. He took ahold of both of her hands running his thumbs across the bridge of her knuckles.

"Ok," Aria nodded. She bit her lip in anticipation and felt her blood pressure rising with every second Ezra took to not tell her whatever it was he had to say.

"Mike called while you were in the shower," Ezra began.

Aria nodded again encouraging Ezra to continue.

"Aria," Ezra whispered. "Byron passed away."

Aria furrowed her eyebrows slightly shaking her head. "No," she murmured as she took a step back.

"Aria I'm sorry," Ezra stressed. He could see Aria's eyes welling up with tears making him regret telling her so bluntly.

"The last time I talked to him was at Rockefeller center," Aria whimpered. "I hated him in that moment and I'll never be able to apologize." Aria looked at the floor a few tears hitting the dark brown wood.

"I think he would understand," Ezra said. He stepped slightly closer to Aria not sure if she wanted his comfort at the moment.

"I'll never know though will I?" Aria took in a shaky breath before stepping towards Ezra. She rested her head on Ezra's chest just enjoying the warmth that he provided. Ezra ran his hand down the length of her hair and the top of her back before leading her to the couch.

Ezra sat down, pulling Aria onto his lap. She immediately curled into his chest as Ezra tightened his arms around her. He could feel her hot tears against his neck as her small hand rested right where his heart would be.

Aria continued to cry for quite some time, but soon her breathing evened out. Ezra looked down and saw she was asleep, figuring all the crying had probably made her really tired.

Ezra wrapped one of his arms around her torso and the other under her leg, lifting her up. He placed her down on his couch before grabbing one of his many blankets. He draped the wool square across her body, tucking it under her sides so she wouldn't get cold. He moved her hair from out of her face where it had fallen previously before pressing a kiss to her forehead.

"I love you Aria," he whispered against her skin.

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Aria smoothed down the fabric of her dress as she took one last look in the mirror. She hated that black was worn to funerals since it was such a depressing color already and scowled at the outfit she was wearing.

"You ready?" Ezra asked as he went to stand behind her in the mirror.

Aria nodded, turning to face Ezra. He extended her hand for her to grab, which she did before the two of them walked out of the apartment.

Byron's funeral was being held in a church right outside of the city which Aria remembered going to as a child. Aria recognized all her relatives and the many friends her parents had from when she was younger. She got a lot of incredulous looks from the many guests, many of whom hadn't seen or heard of her in 3 years.

Luckily Ezra stayed attached to her hip the entire time even through the many awkward encounters with her family members that had agreed with her parent's decision to kick her out.

Finally Aria spotted her mother and Mike who were receiving hugs from a whole group of people. Ella soon saw Aria and Ezra as well, and excused herself to go walk over to them.

"Hi," Ella whispered as she lightly hugged Aria.

Ella looked to Ezra and gave him an appreciative smile as he murmured his apologies for her loss.

"Did you see who was here?" Ella asked Aria.

Aria shook her head signifying she wasn't sure who she was talking about. Ella pointed to a guy in the far corner who was checking something on his phone.

"W-What is he doing here?" Aria asked as she looked back to Ella.

"He heard about your father and I think he wanted to make sure you were ok," Ella explained as if it should have been obvious.

Ezra could see Aria was extremely anxious as she looked between the mystery guy and her mother.

"I haven't seen him since…" Aria trailed off.

"I know," Ella nodded. "I think you should go say hi though," she proposed.

Aria bit her lip and looked back at the man before her mother explained she had to get back to her brother and the other guests.

Ezra who had been silent this whole time placed his hand on Aria's shoulder. "Are you okay?"

Aria shook her head, "Not really."

"Who is that?" Ezra asked.

"He was my boyfriend in high school," Aria explained. "And the father of my baby."

Sorry this is so short guys, I had a really sucky night yesterday when I wrote most of it and I'm still kind of down. I plan on updating much sooner though because my exams are finally over.

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