Author's Note: Important author's note at the end!

Review Answers:

Layla347: I love Ava because she has an attitude. I like to make my characters the people I would love to be. I even add some of my qualities, such as the love for 80s rock bands. ;)

AwkwardWriter1997: I may have also banged my head against a wall but trust me, it will all pan out soon. ;)

NicoleR85: Just grow up Johnny! :)


"Hey, what are you doing up here?"

Reed turned around and looked at the person who spoke to him. Ben walked out, only to see Reed messing around with the satellite dish.

"Uh, nothing, just needed some air." He lied.

"You're making that thing for the general, aren't you?" Reed didn't answer. He turned around to continue working on the dish. "I'm guessing Susie doesn't know anything about it." Reed whipped around to face Ben. "Don't worry. My lips are sealed. That is, they would be if I had any."

Reed laughed a dry chuckle.

"Look, uh, don't tell Johnny." Ben went to talk but he was interrupted by none other than Johnny himself. He landed on the terrace.

"Don't tell Johnny what?"

"Great." Reed said.

"Are you building that thing?" Johnny asked, pointing to the dish.

"No, it-" Reed tried to talk but he ended up stuttering.

"If Sue finds out you're gonna get an invisible kick in the nuts."

"Hey, hey, hey. We're keeping this quiet." Ben said, placing a hand on Johnny's chest.

"I know. Just don't forget about the mind reader." Johnny turned and walked into the penthouse.

"Don't worry." Ben reassured Reed. Ava thought that the best thing about this conversation was that they spoke of her like she wasn't there, because to them she wasn't. She was using her power to manipulate their sight and hearing so they couldn't see her sitting on the stone railing of the balcony, with a bowl of popcorn. She had heard the entire conversation.


Ava felt another presence in her mind. She groaned and looked out the window as the black car pulled up. Her suspicions were confirmed when Johnny stepped out of the driver side of the car. Her stomach dropped even more when she saw the girl that stepped out of the other side. Johnny yelled something at the crowd before joining his girlfriend by the reporters. She heard the conversation through the girl's mind.

"So, what does it take to date the Human Torch?" The reporter said, pointing the microphone at the girl.

"Fireproof lingerie and a lot of aloe." She replied without missing a beat. Ava wanted to throw up. She shook her head and walked over to where Alicia sat.

"This isn't how I imagined it." Sue said, her gaze fixed out the window.

"It never is." Alicia said. She held out her earrings to Ava. Ava took them from her hand and gently put them in her ears.

"No, Alicia. It just doesn't feel right."

"Sweetie," Alicia started, getting up from the bed and feeling her way over to the couch. "I think even superheroes are allowed to have wedding day jitters." Ava moved so she was sitting down on the edge of the bed.

"It's more than that. Is my life always going to be a circus? Do we really want to raise kids in all this? Face it, we're not exactly normal."

"Ben and I aren't normal but we don't let that get in the way of us being happy." Alicia said, her head pointed slightly under Sue's face.

"Sue, do you remember when Johnny and I were the cover story of the newspaper for two months?" Sue laughed a little.

"Yeah."

"That's not normal." Ava stood and placed her hands on Sue's arms. "Do you love Reed?"

"More than I've ever loved anyone."

"Then you have nothing to worry about." Alicia finished for me. Sue pulled Ava and Alicia into a hug.

"Thank you." Sue pulled away and wiped the tears from the corner of her eye. "Okay." She walked over to the mirror. "Oh, great."

"What?" Alicia said, standing up from where she sat on the couch.

"I've got a zit."

"Cant you put make up on it?"

"No, no, I got it." She used her invisibility to turn the blemish invisible. "Crisis averted. Now all I have to do is concentrate on that area continuously for the next eight hours."

Ava and Alicia both giggled.


Author's Note: I'm so sorry this chapter took so long. School is back in session so I have even less time to write and update. And yeah, I know this chapter is shorter and I apologize but the next chapter will be longer and I may shed a little light on the whole Ava/Johnny situation.

It takes hours to write a fic but only a few seconds to follow, favorite and review. :)

I have decided that I am probably going to close the poll later on it the month or whenever I finish this fic. Which ever comes first. I am probably going to write all of them. I have already begun all of them so I guess now we are voting to see which one I will post first. :) So, remember to vote!