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Once again, Avery drove the rental car, following John's directions back into the town. They parked at a diner but didn't get out of the car right away. John was uncomfortable, Avery could tell. She shut the car off and sat back, once again allowing him to have some time. John's hands were clutched tightly together and resting on his lap. He was staring down at them.

" I..." He cleared his throat and looked back up at her. " I don't have to best reputation around town. I got mad at a few people and got into a few fights. I owed the seed store some money. I mean I paid it back but I owed them for a while." Avery nodded.

" I understand, but you need to understand that I am here to listen to you, not them. You were going through some very difficult things beforehand. You are going through something difficult right now. I don't really care about what people have to say about you and I won't hesitate to let them know that." She informed him. John sighed as tension left his shoulders. He nodded with a small smile.

" Okay." He said.

" This isn't an exercise, John. This is for us to just relax after the work we did this morning. It's important that we have some fun mixed in with our work, okay?" She explained.

" Alright, Doc."

" Let's get something to eat then just walk. You can show me your town and tell me a little about it. Right now I am just Avery Reid, your friend, not your doctor." She said.

" My friend." John repeated, making her nod. " Okay then, Avery, let's go and be friends." She smiled and laughed as they both opened their doors and stepped out.

" John, " She said when they walked around to the front of the car. " you just say the word and we go back to the house." He nodded.

" Okay." He said.

When they walked into the diner, John's heart sank. It was filled with people. People he knew but hadn't seen since the accident. People that had buried his family because John had been unconscious at the time. People he had yelled at, people that had known his family was falling apart. John reached out and lightly touched Avery's lower back, ready to tell her he wanted to leave when a waitress came forward.

" John Rollins? Is that you?" She asked as the chatter inside started to die down.

" Ah, yeah, Janet. It's me." He said. His hand closed on Avery's shirt without him thinking. Janet, a waitress that had always waited on the Rollins family when they came into the diner, smiled and grabbed him. She hugged him tightly. John brought his free right hand to her side and patted it.

" How are you!" Janet explained when she pulled away. Avery felt his left hand tug on her, pulling her closer to him.

" I'm okay. You?" He asked. He stepped into Avery more. Just being around her relaxed him and give him comfort.

" I'm good. Who is this?" Janet asked as she looked at Avery.

" Ah, this is Avery. Avery Reid, a friend of mine. She's been helping me with things." John said.

During their lunch, more and more people came up to them. Some sat with them for a few minutes, talking with John and smiling at Avery. As nice as people were being, neither John or Avery missed the looks they were getting. Being that it was a small town, she knew rumors would fly around about who she was and what she was doing with John.

After they ate, they took to the main street. Slowly they walked around, looking at the different stores. John pointed things out and told her a few facts or shared memories with her. They walked slowly around with her hands clasped in front of her and his in his pockets. A few people said their hellos to him and were pleasant but Avery knew John was still uncomfortable. For one, when anyone spoke to him, he would always touch Avery. He's take a hold of her elbow or lightly touch her lower back. She didn't even think he knew he was doing it. He would smile and nod at people but he was uncomfortable.

After a few hours in town, they decided to head back to the house to work. John stared out the window while Avery drove.

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Slowly the two made their way through the Rollins land. John was leading her towards the trailer that Jude and Miranda had been staying at, well the trailer John thought they stayed at. They walked through the overgrown grass and weeds in one of the unused fields behind John's house, with John gently helping her so she didn't trip. The day was hot and the only sounds they could hear were the crickets and an occasional bird. Avery had long since pulled her hair up but it did little to cool her down. As they walked, she could feel a bead of sweat start to trickle down the center of her neck. She felt sticky and hot in her tank top. John was wearing a flannel shirt that was pushed up pass his elbows. His face was slightly red and his hair had a small amount of sweat around it but all in all, he didn't seem as hot as she felt.

" Is it always hot like this in the summer?" She asked. John chuckled.

" Yeah." He said.

" There is no wind here." Avery said as they walked.

" When we get home, we'll have some tea and sit on the back porch. There's always a nice breeze there." John said as the trailer came into sight. " We are here." They slowed their steps down until they stopped. John was staring at the trailer while Avery looked at him. Once again, she was giving him the silence he needed. Finally, John let out his breath and looked at her. " What do you want me to do?"

" Let's just see if the door is unlocked. If it is, we will go in and go over that night again." Avery said.

" Do we have too?" John asked. Avery nodded as she brought her left arm up and took a hold of his right one. She started to rub it slowly.

" Yes and this is why. We know that Miranda was dead for a few years before you moved here. You are sure you had sex with someone here that night. We can both agree that something happen to you here so now we need to figure out what it was. Part of that is coming here. We are going to do the sensory memory here as well only instead of just talking, I wanted you surrounded by the environment." She said.

" You know I won't lie to you, Doc." John said.

" I know you won't and that's why I want to find out what really happen to you. If we can figure things out, one thing at a time, then soon you will be able to move on with your life." Avery said. " As always, I am right beside you. If it becomes too much, we leave. You need to lean on me, I'm here." John nodded then looked back to the trailer.

" Let's go then." He said as he reached out to try the door knob. He groaned silently when it turned and the door opened.

John stepped into the almost empty trailer with Avery coming behind him. There was a counter directly in front of her with a sink in the middle of it. To her right there was a left over bare mattress on the floor. She left the door open to allow the breeze in. The air inside the trailer was still and hot, hotter than the air outside. There was a split second where Avery felt like she couldn't breath. She closed her eyes and swallowed hard before she inhaled slowly, opened her eyes and looked around her.

" So over here was a table." John said as he walked off to his left. Avery placed one hand on the counter and let it slide as she started towards him. John stopped walking when he reached the side. He was frowning as he faced her. " I sat right here and Miranda, or whoever, sat right there." John pointed to two places were chairs could have sat. Avery nodded, glad to see that he was accepting the idea that there could have been someone other than Miranda there.

" And this was where you had the drink?" Avery asked. She could feel sweat starting along her hairline. She felt like her hands were getting shaky and her stomach wanted to heave suddenly.

" Yeah. So I finished the drink after a while and said I needed to leave." He shook his head and frowned deeper. " No, I didn't. I wanted too but I couldn't."

" Why?" Avery asked. She inhaled harder, needing to draw in her breath because she was getting lightheaded.

" I started to not feel good. The room tilted like I was really drunk but I knew I hadn't been. Miranda took my hand and pulled me up." John said. He came forward and grabbed Avery's left hand. He continued walking, forcing her turn. Since he was leading her, Avery shut her eyes to try and settle her head. " There was a curtain here. Miranda pushed it to the side." John swiped his arm out as if he was pushing the curtain to the side. " Then she pulled me through so I actually fell onto the bed." He quickly brought his arm forward, thrusting Avery forward. She hit the bed and fell onto it, rolling to her back right away with her eyes shut.

" Like that?" She whispered.

" Like that." John muttered as he climbed onto the bed. He straddled Avery with his hands on his hips. She shook her head as her own hands came to rest on her stomach. " And she took her shirt off." John said as he started to quickly unbutton his shirt. When all the buttons were undone, he pushed the shirt off and let it fall to the floor. Then he rocked forward with his hands coming to rest on either side of her head. He leaned down fast as her hands came up to touch to his bare chest. She spread her fingers out over his skin. His nearness was overwhelming her.

" And then?" She whispered, still with her eyes shut. John brought his lips to her right ear. The heat of his skin and his scent washed over her. Her head was spinning and she felt completely out of control. The smell of her shampoo filled John's head. Her skin was soft against his lips.

" And then we had sex." He whispered. Avery tilted her head back and moaned, making John's eyes shut.

" You had sex." She whimpered out, making him groan.

" Oh God, Doc, I want you." He whispered into her ear.

" I want you too." She moaned. He grabbed her hands and pinned them above her head with their fingers linked together.

" You're so beautiful." John whispered into her neck. He placed a soft kiss against her skin. " So amazingly hot. Do you know how long I have wanted you under me?" He raised his head to kiss her lips when something in his head snapped. He frowned and sat up straight. " What the hell am I doing?" He whispered a second before he scrambled up. "Doc! I'm so sorry! I don't know what came over me." Avery opened her eyes only to have them roll back in her head as she moaned again.

" John." She breathed out as she reached for him. " Please, just take me!" He grabbed his shirt off the floor and threw his arms into the sleeves quickly.

" Come on, Doc. This isn't you." He said. She sat up and made a grab for his belt.

" Yes it is. You want me too, I can see it." She purred as her right hand started to stroke his hard on through his jeans. Of course he wanted her. She maybe his doctor but she was attractive, she was sexy and he was just a man. John grabbed her wrist and shook his head.

" No, not like this. This isn't us. We can't do it like this. We need to get out of here." He said quickly.

" Just get your pants off." She purred as she tried to pull out of his grasp. " It's gonna feel so good. I dreamed about it, you know." John frowned as he froze.

" What?" He asked.

" I had a dream that we were having sex. It felt so good." She continued to purr as she gazed up at him. " I woke up cumming." John felt his face pale. They had a shared dream.

" Oh my God." He whispered. He kept his frown as he grabbed her face, framing it with his hands while he stared into her dark, unfocused eyes. " Avery, look at me. We have to get out of here. Okay? We can't do this. We can't have sex."

" Yes, we can." She said.

" No, you will completely regret it." John said quickly. Avery's eyes suddenly fluttered shut and she went completely limp in his arms. Her head fell back hard. His arms wrapped around her quickly to keep her from falling back. " Doc!" John said in a panic. He shook her slightly. " Avery! Open your eyes!" When she didn't respond to him, John swore and swept her up into his arms, fireman style. He called out to her as he hurried towards to the door. " Come on, Avery! Come back to me!" He yelled.

He sped out of the trailer and ran a few paces away from it before he dropped to his knees. He laid her down the grass and started to pat at her cheek with his right hand while his left one came to her side. He shook her head side to side and called out to her. Her cheeks were flushed and her lips were parted but she was breathing.

" Avery! Come on! Open your eyes!" He yelled. " Come on, Doc! Look at me! Come back to me, right now!" Avery's eyes opened slowly, then shut again. " That's it, Avery. Come on back." He said as he started to gently stroke her throat.

" John?" She whispered. " What happen?"

" What do you remember?" He asked. She swallowed and opened her eyes.

" You telling me where the table was. Then my head started to spin. I think it was just too hot in there." She said.

" You don't remember anything else?" He asked. Avery sighed, closed her eyes again and shook her head. She was vaguely aware that his knuckles were brushing against the front of her throat, sliding up then down over and over again.

" No, what happen?" She asked. John shook his head.

" Nothing, you just passed out." He said. He couldn't tell her what really happen. He couldn't tell her that he didn't know why he pushed her to the bed and climbed on top of her. He couldn't tell her that she begged for him to have sex with her and tried to take off his pants. He couldn't tell her that he wanted her so bad, he couldn't think straight, even before that day. " You just passed out. You must have gotten overheated. I carried you out here to cool you off. You feeling okay, now?"

" I think so." She said as she started to sit up. John sat back and started at her flushed cheeks.

" You sure you can stand up? You want to wait a few seconds, make sure your head is clear?" He asked.

" I kind of want to go back to the house. I feel weird." Avery admitted.

" Can you walk?" He asked gently.

" I think." She said.

" Let me help you." He took a hold of her arm and together they started to raise.

" I have never passed out before." Avery said as they started towards the house.

" Wow, she's a tough one." Miranda said as she leaned against the door frame of the trailer.

" She is." Jude said while they watched John and Avery walk away. John kept one arm around her waist while she leaned on him for support.

" I thought we had her then it was like she just pushed me out." Miranda said.

" We will get them. She will wear down. She's attracted to him already, she's just fighting it. We will just have to fight harder." Jude said before they started following the patient and the doctor.