Chapter 4

Sara slowly opened her eyes, everything over the past week just seemed like a swirling blur. Her head had a constant pounding. Her mouth dry and her eyelids felt swollen from all the crying. She rolls over on the bed to find the space next to her is now empty. Ava must have gone to work or Sara had really managed to push her away for good. It was too early to think and guess the 'what if's', she was exhausted from everything. Then, when noticing the light around her, Sara sits up in the bed to find the room a lot cleaner than it was last night. The empty bottles from beside the bed were gone, she could see the floor and apart from the broken objects the room was back to its usual look. Then Ava appears from the bathroom, her hair wet and down, drenching the top of her infamous pant suite. Ava smiles at Sara and joins her at the end of the bed.
"I hope you don't mind, I got up early and tidied for you and borrowed your shower, I didn't wake you did I?" Ava says whilst looking at Sara with concern.
"No of course I don't, thank you for everything and for putting up with me, I don't make life easy do I?" Sara places a hand on Ava's and squeezes it.
"No you don't but I let it go just this once," Ava responds with a coy smile.
"Have you got to rush off to work? Want breakfast?" Sara asks unable to look Ava in eye, in fear of being left alone.
"I've definitely got time for you Miss Lance…just try not to break up with me before or after, my heart can't take it." Spoken with great confidence, Ava rises from the bed and helps Sara up also. Sara just steps forward and press her lips against Ava's and pulls her in closer. This was the first time she felt normal and her father wasn't on her mind. How does this woman have this effect on the small blonde?
Ava pulls away from Sara whilst looking lovingly into her eyes.
"Come on Miss Lance, let's get you dressed, you need to leave this room and quite frankly a team who are falling apart without you." Ava laughs.
Sara rolls her eyes, "Are you sure there's no chance of staying in here one more day, we could hide away together?" Sara swinging her and Ava's hands flirtatiously.
"And as great as that sounds, we both have teams we need to lead, but I'm not opposed to hiding away tonight, if you need to talk or just release some stress?" Ava leans in for another kiss. Sara smiles and reciprocates.

Sara and Ava holding hands, walk into the kitchen smiling and Sara looking a lot more fresh and alive than the previous night. They head straight for the fridge when they are suddenly stopped by the view of Constantine sat with his feet propped up on the counter top and smoking a cigarette. He looks over at the two women and smirks.
"John?" Sara asks with a surprised tone.
"Constantine. Of course." Ava states with disapproval and a look of discontent.
"Well hello ladies, I was hoping for a better reaction than that but then I've had my pleasure already from this place so today's just business." Constantine winks at Sara which instantly feels Ava with rage.
"John, how did you get here? And where the hell have you been?" Sara asks slightly annoyed.
"Well I was searching for a demon in the aether but then got distracted by a gallant young lad who long story short happened to be possessed, he was great in bed but then him trying to kill me afterwards made things awkward, so I ripped the demon from his soul and then I used this handy time courier that I had borrowed from Gary and just popped on board, I didn't think you would mind not that I care if you do…" Constantine explains.
"Wait, Gary, lent you of all people very sensitive government property?!" Ava rubs her forehead aggressively.
"Oh I never said he lent it to me, I said I borrowed it but to be honest Pet, it's not quite my thing, you can have it back," Constantine throws the time courier over to Ava, whose face was filling with red. Sara noticing this, steps in the middle of the director and the demonologist.
"John I take it you're here with more information and not just to give my girlfriend an aneurism?" Sara says starting to get more frustrated.
"Now that would just be a bonus love but I have found one of the locations that released a demon called Parius, a nasty creature with a fiery temper, a bit like her," he says nodding over in Ava's direction. Ava's anger fills up. "So I've come to get your handy team to help me get rid of it, shouldn't take too long, we should be back in time for the evening news."
Sara looks round at Ava with a look that says she can't be bothered to fight him.
"I'm going to get this back to Gary before I find a reason to arrest that, (she gestures towards Constantine who has just put a cigarette out and is now lighting a new one) just please don't let him be here later?" Ava finishes and leans in to kiss her girlfriend goodbye when Constantine interrupts them.
"Oh how is young Gary? We were meant to see his d&d mates yesterday but I never heard anything from him"
"Wait you haven't seen Gary, I thought he was with you all week? He said he was going to fight demons with you!" Ava asks angrily.
Constantine heads over to the fridge and noses inside.
"Nah pet, I ain't seen him since Aruba, you're his boss you should know more than me…"
"Wait has Gary been missing for a week and no one has noticed?" Sara questions whilst trying not to laugh. Then a time portal opens up in the kitchen and suddenly a dirty and sweaty Gary still dressed as Constantine and dragging a demons head behind him, enters the kitchen. He drops the head and runs towards Ava who has already put her hand up to stop him getting too close.
"Oh thank god, Director Sharp! Everyone left me in Aruba and then my time courier went missing and there was no way I was going to get the head through customs so I had to hitchhike here until I could get to the bureau for a spare courier…I'm sorry about my clothes but I thought you would all be worried about me so I wanted to find you straight away!" Everyone in the room looks blankly at Gary, whose exasperated smile is slowly fading away. "Wait you were worried? Right"
"Ahem, I'm not going to lie to you Gary but I didn't notice but i am seriously thinking you should go back onto training…it shouldn't take a week to get from Aruba, why didn't you just call someone?" Ava asks looking sternly.
"Anyone I spoke to couldn't speak English or avoided me; you wouldn't believe what I've been through." Gary explained quickly before he angered his boss more.
"I'm not surprised being dressed like a light bulb wearing a trench coat, I would avoid you…more so than usual." Ava states.
"Don't be so hard on the lad; I think he looks pretty good." Constantine nods and lights another cigarette. Ava is about to interject but becomes too infuriated by the demonologist.
"John you be quite and sit, Ava maybe you should just take Gary and I'll see you later? I don't want either of them to put you in a mood for the rest of the day," Sara steps in trying to keep Ava calm before this situation gets more escalated.
"Your right, this isn't how I pictured my morning, come one Gary!" Ava opens a time portals, she smiles at Sara and glares at Constantine until she has passed through the portal. Gary grabs the demon's head, wave's goodbye to John and Sara and runs through the portal before it closes.
Sara turns her attention back to Constantine. "Ok let's go get the team, no more nonsense."