They flew over the city as slowly as they could; making sure to leave noticeable trails of fire. People gasped and pointed towards them as they flew overhead; they had obviously noticed her absence over the past few weeks. Crowds started forming as they flew down the streets to the venue where the charity auction was being held.
"Remind me how your flame is yellow and not normal orange like mine…" Johnny asked, leading Amera to the charity auction while flying backwards.
"I guess it was that whole experiment…you know the stuff I put in the data pod. It would've been cool if it was blue or something like that." She smiled at him, spinning and making patterns as she flew. Johnny looked around and stopped in midair, looking down at the street.
"Well here's the auction house. Any ideas on how to surprise them?" Johnny joked.
"I think that just being here will be more than enough of a surprise."
They dropped down to the street below, touching down on the pavement softly after extinguishing their flames. There were hardly any people around, and not many stayed around to stare. They walked inside the auction house and practically right into Susan and the others.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't watching…" Susan stopped when she laid her eyes on her brother and Amera, standing right before her.
"Amera? Johnny? When did you…how did you…oh…!" Susan sobbed happily and wrapped Amera in a tight hug. Amera hugged Susan back and pulled back from Susan's hug.
"I just woke up about two hours ago…so you must've just missed it." Amera laughed and Ben picked her up for a hug, scooping her up by her waist. She hugged him around his neck and laughed.
"About time cuz, you were taking forever to wake up…" Ben laughed and Amera laughed back at him. Ben put her back on the ground and she immediately hugged Reed, making him reel back a little before hugging her back.
"Thank you, Reed, for not letting them give up on me." Amera said while hugging Reed and he could only smile. Johnny quickly pulled her away from the three of them and started leading her out the door.
"Hey, where are you guys going?" Susan asked, almost gasping at the thought of Amera leaving again.
"Places to go, people to see, that stuff." Johnny smirked and led Amera out the door and down the street. Susan turned to Reed, to see him smiling at Johnny and Amera.
"What are you smiling at?" Susan asked quickly, trying to read his expression.
"Nothing…nothing at all." Reed shrugged and led Susan out the door and to their car. Johnny and Amera walked down the street for a little while before Johnny stopped Amera on the sidewalk.
"Hey, look up there…you missed the release…" Johnny nodded and Amera followed his line of sight to a billboard on the side of a building.
"Oh my word! It's huge! I didn't know they were going to get billboards…" Amera gasped, looking at the billboard that had a larger than life image of herself and Johnny on it. It was the one shot that they got the Johnny had drawn fire trails down her arm, and with the black backdrop, it looked amazing.
"I guess they kinda knew something was going on back then…" Johnny whispered to Amera over her shoulder. She smiled with pink spots on her cheeks and they carried on walking to the border of Central Park when Johnny turned to Amera.
"Feel like a walk?"
"Sure, it'd be good to get some fresh air." Amera smiled, and Johnny wrapped his fingers through hers and walked into Central Park. They walked down several winding paths before finding a quiet section of the park where few people ever walked through. They sat down on the bench and looked through the trees, to see a few people playing baseball in the field.
"They missed you…we all did." Johnny said, gesturing to the people playing baseball before placing a kiss on her forehead.
"I missed you too." Amera smiled at him, knowing what he really meant. She leant into his shoulder, prompting him to put his arm around her.
"You know, I heard you when you were shouting at me to wake up…and all those times you came up to talk to me in the lab…" Amera looked up at him from the comfort of his shoulder, and he swallowed hard.
"Well…I meant everything I said."
"I'm guessing so…but I don't remember everything you said to me, I just remember your voice speaking to me…nothing specific." Amera sounded rather sad at the thought of what she missed out on. Johnny sighed, and thought back to all the things he said to her. He said so much to her, to try and remember everything was impossible. Amera looked up again at the perplexed look on Johnny's face and gave him a break.
"Ok, you don't have to tell me everything again; I'll get it from Herbie later." Amera said, and Johnny smiled. They sat silently for a few more minutes, watching the people go by. Before long, Johnny started getting restless and started shifting around in his place. His body heat started going up and eventually he had to get off the bench because it started charring. Amera quickly suffocated the start of the fire with a vacuum before looking up at Johnny curiously.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling alright?" Amera said, looking rather worried. Johnny nodded at her before starting to pace up and down the pathway, leaving Amera staring at him peculiarly from the bench. Eventually, Amera couldn't take anymore and jumped up in front of him and grabbed his shoulders.
"Johnny! What is wrong? You're acting really weird."
Johnny didn't answer her; instead, he grabbed her by the shoulders and sat her back down on the bench. Amera looked up at him, rather worriedly until he started speaking.
"While you were out cold, I spoke to you about a million things. But one thing I remember most was talking to you about this crazy thing you and I have. I sat for hours talking about it with you, and I remember thinking of something that I didn't tell you. You're the one woman in my life that's been with me the longest, except my sister and my mom. We talk about everything, we're always around one another, and we're always there to help the other out even with stupid stuff. After all the stuff we've gone through with our other relationships…we still found the time to hang out. You're my best friend…" Johnny finished suddenly and reached into his pocket for something. Amera was already on the brink of tears from his long speech, she didn't quite notice what he pulled out his pocket.
"Reed's the only one who knows…he kinda helped me out with the whole unstable molecule thing…" Johnny said, and Amera noticed his pocket looked like it had a small box in it. Before she could ask him about it, he dropped to one knee in front of her, causing her to lose her breath for a second. Johnny smiled at her as he saw her reaction.
"I love you, and even after almost three years of knowing you, I still want to see your face every morning when you wake up. It would be my greatest honour if you'd marry me." Johnny finished and held out a ring, one that he had just slipped out of his pocket. Amera was breathing shallowly between her gasps as she saw the ring, and Johnny's sweet blue eyes looking up at her. Her skin started glowing white and the flow of tears started evaporating on her cheeks.
"Yes! Yes! Of course!" She nodded furiously at him, and he slipped the ring onto her quivering finger, making her cry a little more. She pulled him off of his knees and up to her and placed a kiss on his lips. He kissed her back as he leant over her knees, and she grasped the back of his neck. He pulled back a little and leant their foreheads together, smiling at her.
"I love you." He whispered to her, and she smiled back at him.
"I love you too." She smiled at him and kissed him once more.
