It was fall again in the Ridge. The leaves were turning orange and red and falling off the trees, hinting at the winter to come. Janet was headed to Hannah's to help with the last minute wedding details and decided to take a long walk through the park with her dog. As she clipped the leash on Saffron, her three year old yellow lab, she realized how glad she was that after fostering Saffron from Hannah's vet, she decided to adopt her. The dog was the best thing to come into her life since she lost Eddie, and she kept Janet company during the long nights after her hard break up.

As they hit the park in the middle of town, Janet zipped her sweatshirt realizing how cold it actually was and wondered if she had enough time to stop by Murph's for a cup of coffee before Hannah's.

Janet was bent over, picking up after Saffron, when she lost hold of the leash. She quickly tried to grab the dog, but was no match, as Saffron had set off running..right towards Eddie Latekka.

"Shit", Janet said "great..."

She hadn't seen Eddie in over a month. Her mind flashed back to the last time she had. She was working the late shift at an incredibly packed Sully's. It had been easy to keep her distance since Karen offered to wait on him and Nick. She felt Eddie's eyes on her on several occassions, and all her regret and humiliation surfaced again.

After her shift, she was headed to her car when a very drunk Eddie came up behind her. Janet saw him leave the bar with Nick and was confused as to why he was still lurking in the parking lot.

"What goes on Janet?" Eddie slurred.

"Hello Eddie" she replied, nervously "I haven't seen you around here lately"

"Yeah, well...I haven't really felt much like coming here..." he spat out.

Janet didn't want a fight, but she wasn't ready for him to leave either.

"I get it Eddie, I'll be going"

"I do miss you, you know that?" he said

Janet felt her eyes well up with tears as she nodded. "I miss you too Eddie, a lot."

He leaned in and kissed her tentatively at first, which worked into a long and passionate kiss like the ones they shared when they first started dating. Janet, confused, let Eddie take her hand and lead her to the back of his truck. Before she knew it,clothes were pushed aside and Eddie was all over her. He was forceful and too loud, which scared Janet at first, but fear led to pleasure and she never wanted him to stop. When he did, he sat up, looking at her, suddenly sobered.

"You should go Janet, this was a mistake."

Janet rearranged her clothing and climbed out of the truck bed. She wasn't even in her car when she heard his truck squeal off as she burst into familiar tears.

Now, a month later, there he was; tall, looking sexy and wearing that flannel shirt that brought out his eyes. And her dog was running right to him. What was it about girls loving them some Latekka?

"Whoa now, " Eddie said grabbing Saffron and crouching down to pet her. "And where are you headed?"

Janet caught up to the dog and Eddie.

"Janet..." Eddie said, standing up.

"Eddie" she replied, taking the dog's leash from him. The air was even colder she thought.

"You got a dog?" he asked

"Yeah, I adopted her from Hannah's vet. This is Saffron, but I see you've already met."

"I didn't know"

"How would you?" She replied, almost bitterly.

Eddie looked at her, squinting his eyes. "Look Janet, about the other night..."

"I know Eddie, you were drunk, I was stupid, let's just forget about it."

"I..." he let his thought trail off, but Janet didn't feel like discussing his self-reproach any longer.

"It's cool dude, it's forgotten"

And with that, she tugged on Saffron's leash, and she walked away from Eddie, without looking back.