AN: This is the first time I've written a story in a long time, but a fellow Janny fan & I talked about this on Tumblr. I couldn't get the idea out of my head. It's a two chapter story, I only have the first one written. I injured my hand two years ago and writing & typing causes me a lot of pain. My pain management unit only helps when I'm wearing it, so I will need to rest my hand a bit before I write the next one.
This is written in 3rd person, but Jo's thoughts are written in italics bold.
Later that night after the end of the finale
Jo lays in her bed staring at the ceiling. The light on her bedside table is still on. She sighs and puts her hands over her face, then drops them hard at her sides. A loud groan comes from the girl in the bed. Every time I close myeyes it's like it's happening all over again. I can still feel Charlie's arms painfully tight around me, and the cold blade on my neck. I JUST WANT TO SLEEP! I'm so tired, and my head still hurts from whatever Charlie drugged me with.Jo gets frustrated with her lack of sleep, and gets up to go into the bathroom. She splashes water on her face then looks in the mirror. She looks down in disgust. She can't even look at her own reflection without remembering her kiss with Charlie. She turns and leaves the bathroom, but when she walks back in her room she sees she is no longer alone. "Danny." Her handsome best friend/crush is standing in front of the window. "I know it's not a door, but …" Before can finish his sentence Jo rushes into his arms and hangs on for dear life. Danny holds her just as tight. He buries his face in her hair. He loves her scent and takes comfort in it. "I couldn't sleep. All I could think about was all the ways tonight could have gone wrong. All the ways I could have lost you." Danny whispered into her hair. "I couldn't sleep either. For some of the same reasons." Jo said as she slowly stepped out of their embrace. Danny was reluctant to let go, but knew he had to.
Jo walked over and sat on her side of the bed. Danny sat down on her right. When Jo takes a deep breath preparing herself to talk again Danny covers her hand with his. Drawing strength from his touch she voices the rest of her thoughts. "I keep thinking about how I could have died tonight. I also keep playing it again and again in my head like a bad movie." She closes her eyes and leans her head back. Danny moves closer. He wants to hold her so bad, but is not sure if it's the right time. He knows she needs to talk about it. "I keep thinking about …" She stops. Then she opens her eyes. Danny can see the tears starting to form in her beautiful blue eyes. "What? What do you keep thinking about?" Danny asks knowing that she needs to get it all out so she can move passed it. "I … I didn't know … I kissed him. After our date. I kissed Charlie." She looks away to ashamed and disgusted with herself to look at Danny. "It turns my stomach to think about it, yet it keeps popping up in my thoughts. He's my half-brother. That's disgusting." It's been a long time since he and Jo used to have heart to hearts, but he knows this is the time to speak up. "You had no way of knowing that. To you he was a nice guy who you had a fun date with." That was hard for Danny to say seeing as the thought of Jo with another guy turned his stomach. "You couldn't have known he would turn out to be crazy and your brother." He says. "You warned me he was crazy. I should have listened to you." She finally looks at him. He sees how sorry she is. "Yes you should have." Jo gives him the 'I can't believe you just said that' look. Danny gives her a little smirk. "But I understand why you didn't. I was acting a little crazy myself. I know you hate it when I say this, but I was just trying to protect you." Jo smiles a little smile. "I do hate it when you say that, but after tonight I might be okay with you protecting me now. You know the whole kicking in the door and trying to talk down the crazy guy with a knife thing." They both laughed a little. It felt good to laugh for both of them. "Yeah, I did that didn't I. You must be pretty special Masterson. I don't play hero for just any girl." He gives her a wink and this most charming smile. The one that always melts her heart. "I sure hope not." She says before a big yawn takes over. Danny also yawns. They are beyond tired after tonight's events. For Jo talking to Danny and just having him close by helps relieve her of the weight of some of her thoughts. The ones keeping her awake. Danny finds his worry for Jo that was keeping him awake start to flow away. Before they knew it they had both fallen asleep.
Next morning
Danny woke up to the sun shining straight into his eyes. Which was strange because that normally didn't happen. He opened his eyes and saw what was different about this morning. He was not in his room. He looked over at the sleeping girl beside him. He smiled. The sunlight made her hair look golden. She looked so beautiful first thing in the morning. He knew he probably didn't look so great. He knew for a fact he always had really bad bedhead. Even when he was a kid and his hair was shorter. He looked over at the clock. 6 am. He better get out of there before her parents wake up. He was about to get up and leave, but couldn't help himself. He kissed Jo on the forehead. He didn't intend to wake her up, but like prince charming his kiss woke her up. That thought made him smile. Could he ever be Jo's prince charming? "What are you smiling about?" A sleepy voice brought him out of his thoughts. "I am thinking about how beautiful you look. Like Sleeping Beauty." He thought that was pretty smooth and charming. Danny was very proud of himself until he heard her snort of laughter. "Oh please. I'm sure I look like crap. What was that like three hours of sleep?" She sat up rubbing her eyes. "Yeah, something like that." Jo looks over at the clock. "Oh, Crap! It's almost 6:30. My Dad will be up soon. He can't find you in here. He might shoot you. It doesn't matter that it was all innocent. He would never let me see you again." Jo starts pushing Danny towards the window. "After last night I have no doubts he would shoot me." Jo stops pushing when they get to the window. "Thanks for last night, but you have to leave!" She opens the window and gestures for him to leave. Before he does Danny leans in and gives Jo a little peck on the lips. "See you later." And with that he was gone. Jo just stands there with a small smile on her face. How can one little kiss make so many bad things seem not so bad anymore?
AN: I saw a picture of Avan with bedhead, and had to put it in the story. He was so cute.