"how you doing kid?" She turned to see Kenickie looking down at her, "im ok thanks just a little shaken I mean it was a bit of a shock for them to turn up you know like nothing had happened" she sighed and watched as the rough T-bird settled himself on the bench next to her, she had escaped outside to have a ciggie and think about what had happened but she hadn't expected that it would be Kenickie coming to see if she was ok. "don't worry about it Stephanie that wannabe rider never deserved you anyway, you're a good looking girl and there's a fight in ya that shows real Pink lady quality not unlike my lady inside, you deserve a fella that's gonna take care of ya but will be prepared to fight beside ya an all" "well Michael definitely wouldn't of fought beside me I mean he lived off that story about him decking Balmudo for years" she smiled when she thought of how Johnny had wanted to fight Michael for her until he got with Paulette. "if not mistaken there is a little bit of the old magic happening between you and Johnny or is that my one to many hits on the head playing tricks on me?" she glanced at him trying to hide the joy hitting her face at the thought of her old flame, to see Kenickie grinning at her with a sly look in his eyes that said he knew full well there was something there. "who knows" she winked and stood up straightened her skirt and waved at the rugged handsome man who had just made her forget all about the horrid scene that had happened before, she turned and started to walk home in a day dream state thinking off the past and all the recent times she had been spending with her former lover and how she wished if she could tell how he felt about her.

"oh hey, has Stephanie left?" "yeah Bud she headed off home about 10 minutes ago" "oh right did she say where she was going?" "nope" "ill just try at home then" "sure you do that, have a nice time" Johnny stopped next to his bike and looked back to see a smile hit Kenickies face as though there was something hidden underneath the "have a nice time". whilst driving out of the car park he thought of how he wished that the connotations in Kenickies last words could be true but Steph still seemed so distant since the break up with Michael and he didn't want to push her.

As he drove along her road he felt this charge of electricity which seemed to be drawing him to Stephanie, how could she not see how much he loved her…. Then again he had been in love with her for years and she didn't notice why would she now. It seems everyone else could tell the amount of comments made tonight with and undertone of suspicion and mischief about him and Steph was unreal. That was it he was going to tell her because this was silly, they were meant to be together, he had known that since the first time he saw her, that moment in the garage when there hands had touched and he had gone back for ciggies even though he had a full packet in his pocket and there hands touched he felt something in him change like he was never going to be the same again. She was his girl and if he hadn't had been so stupid she never would have left him for that marshmallow Carrington. Though Michael had one thing right he had changed for her and was willing to fight for her so that was it he was going to do the same.

She heard the bike pull up outside and knew it was him, she felt a thrill roll through her whole body at the thought of him being near. She had to try hard not to run to the door as he pressed the door bell, she just wanted to through her arms around him and tell him how much he meant to her but would he feel the same and she didn't want to get hurt again. "hi Johnny, thought you was going out with the boys tonight?" "well yeah but I wanted to make sure you was ok but then kenickie said you had gone home so I came to check you know" her heart felt like it might explode as she walked him through to the sitting room. He smiled at her and she felt like she was going to fall apart right there in front of him but she knew she had to play it cool, she couldn't bear it if she frightened him off if she was wrong about the way there relationship had developed. They sat on either end of the sofa and she was longing to reach out and touch him, "would you like something to drink, I think there is some wine or beer in the fridge?" "oh yeah thanks Steph a beer would be great thanks"

She opened the bottles and stood for a minute telling herself to calm down and play it cool, "Steph I wanted to talk to you about something but I don't want to ruin how close we are now so if im out of place just let me know and ill drop it and we can forget it happened" "whats that then Johnny?" she couldn't believe how good he looked and she yearned for him to just kiss her and tell her he loved her. "well the thing is Steph, its like this you see erm…." *the doorbell rings* She couldn't believe it who the hell was that…. "just hold that thought a minute will ya hunnie while I just go and get the door and get rid of who ever that is and ill be back"

He grabbed the open bottle of beer and downed half of it in one gulp, he was so close to telling her and she looked to beautiful stood there with wide eyes looking like that 16 year old girl he had met all those years ago, he could here her talking now in the hall but he couldn't make out who it was that was with her.

"what are you doing here?"

"Love I just wanted to see you, Ive been such a fool and I wanna come home, seeing you tonight you looked like an angel and I couldn't believe I had been so stupid Paulette is nothing compared to you"

"well you should have thought of that before you cheated on me and left me for her then shouldn't you"

"it meant nothing to me Love I don't even know how I could chose a girl like that over you"

"well I don't want you here and I don't want you back, when I met you, you where 10 feet tall, you where everything I had ever wanted but now I look at you and your no bigger then a flea, now please get out of my house"

"is it Johnny?"

"whats Johnny got to do with this? And why is it any of your buissness any way?"

"it is I knew it when I saw the way you looked at each other tonight I knew you had ran back to him…. Paulette was right you never loved me, I was just a replacement for him"

"how dare you! I never cheated on you, and you left me that means it is non of your business what I do with my time nor who I see… and as for me and Johnny we are just friends but even if we where more it has nothing to do with you!"

"maybe you just need to remember how you feel about me?"

"what are you tal"

Before she could finish the sentence Michael was kissing her and holding her up against the wall… she heard a noise down the hall and managed to push Michael off her and turned to see Johnny looking so heart broken she wanted to cry.

He couldn't believe his eyes, he had just been about to profess his love to this woman and here she was kissing him, he had never felt pain like it, it seemed to be in every cell in his body.

"oh sorry, didn't mean to interupt, ill just be going steph"

"johnny! No he was just leaving"

"no its ok ill just leave you two obviously need to catch up"

"johnny don't go please"

He wanted to turn around because she sounded like she wanted him there but obviously she didn't feel the same way or she wouldn't of been kissing Shakespere, guess I was wrong he thought as he hopped on his bike and started off down the street, she didn't feel the same.

She couldn't believe this, she felt her heart break as he drove off up the street and she turned to see that HE was gone…. She stormed back in to the living room to see him sitting there with a grim on his face and she just wanted to smack him around the head with the nearest thing.

"what are you doing here and what do you think your doing kissing me?" She was screeching and couldn't believe how angry she felt.

"what was he doing here?"

"whats it got to do with you? Just get out and leave me alone I don't ever wanna see you again!"

"well I own half of this house so why should I leave"

"fine if that's the way you want it"

She marched up the stairs knowing that she just should throw him out but she couldn't bear to look at him let alone fight with him right now, she packed up and bag and stormed out of the house, slamming the door as hard as she physically could.