This will be an AU version of Season 2, devoted to Johnny/Ava, other characters will be in the story if they apply. This chapter is based loosely on what happened in Eppy 1 of Season 2.

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The sweet breeze of warmth kissed her face as she wandered outside to watch the sunrise. Simon was still asleep in her bed…..his question loomed over her head as it had for the last three months.

"Ava marry me?"

Her head shouted at her to say yes….but her heart urged her to wait for Johnny….but it'd been three months since he'd left after that night.

Damn him…for leaving that way.

A gentle hand caressed her waist, her fingers traced the hard ridges of his knuckles, her brow furrowed as she struggled with the need to want to change, knowing that change was inevitable.

But I don't want to change…I like what I am, where I'm at in my life.

Turning to look at him, she closed her eyes and traced his features slowly. Something she'd done with Johnny at a much younger age. The feeling she'd gotten back then had been different from the one she was getting now.

Back then, it had been love that had traced his features, his eyes gleamed with independence, his lips pouted sulkily waiting for her to kiss him. Shrieking with laughter, she had and that had led to more pleasurable pastimes….things better left in the past.

The shrill of the phone jarred her from her memory ridden state.

Ava wandered into the kitchen, her stomach was growling, opening the refrigerator, she perused her options and picked a can of yogurt and dished some up for herself.

The creak of the door opening, startled her. Expecting Bradin, she pasted a smile on her face.

Scruffy, bearded, piratical Johnny peered at her from behind a bag of his stuff.

"Ava." Nodding at her, he turned and closed the door.

"What are you doing here?" hands on her hips, yogurt forgotten.

"I came home," was his gruff reply.

"This isn't your home, you abandoned us three months ago, when you slipped out in the dead of night," the underlying meaning wasn't lost on him, even in the middle of the night, when he was dead tired from being on the road for the last six hours straight, so he could be home for breakfast.

"Nikki asked me to come back home," stiffly stood between them.

"Well fine, but you can stay with Jay, things have changed since you left," Ava grated fiercely at him.

"Like what?" Bleak eyes looked at her, searching for something.

"I'm engaged and the kids have moved on from thinking that you're worth idolizing, well except Nikki obviously," Ava's tone dripped with disdain.

"That's great Ava, if you're done tearing me apart, can we catch some shut-eye and you can finish tearing me apart tomorrow," raking a hand through his hand. "I've been on the road for the last six hours…."

"I'm just getting started Johnny Durant," aggressively sauntering forward, she pushed him onto the couch.

"Do you know what did you did to me, the night you left?" Ava yelled at him.

"What?" Johnny yawned.

"You killed something inside of me, anything that still had a chance of loving you died that night. How dare you come to me on the night that a man proposes to me and tell me that you need me, want another chance?" she screamed at him.

"Ava I-"

"How do you think I felt about that? It tore me apart, you wait until he proposes to me and then you just leave, evaporate, vanish like smoke. Damn it Johnny, how could you do that to me. It hurt so much." Her shoulders shook with the effort it took to control her emotions.

"I'm sorry, I was scared too, I didn't think I stood a chance that's why I ran, the longer I was away, the easier it became to stay away, I didn't want to come back and have my heart handed to me on a platter," eyes bleak with broken emotion. "Guess it's a little too late, you're engaged."

Turning away, he walked to the door, "I'm going to sleep on the beach, I'll move in with Jay, I'll try to stay out of your way." His eyes lingered on her one last time, before he shut the door.

The door clicked and Ava was once again alone.

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