Chapter One- So Yesterday

Johnny's POV

It's these days like this that make me regret every decision I'd ever made...I was too impulsive. My inability to sit back and think before I acted had gotten me into trouble more times than I cared to count, I'd just come from the soup kitchen after another failed attempt at reaching out to Robbie. God, I felt like such a terrible father...I went back to my apartment to try and think things through. Maybe make sense of everything going on in my head.

"Ali, I wish I hadn't fucked things up with you back then. You always knew exactly what to do and say." Johnny shook his head, his high school sweetheart never leaving his mind or heart. There came a knock on his door and he sighed, knowing he most likely wasn't going to like who was behind the door.

"I wonder who it is this time." Johnny mutters striding towards the door, swinging it open to reveal none other than Ali Mills.

"Ali?" Johnny quirks a confused brow.

"It's been a long time." She smiled, looking back at him.

"It has...what are you doing here? It's good to see you but, how'd you know to come here?" He was at a loss.

"My mother." Ali shrugged, her parents would always love Johnny even after they'd split up.

"Oh, really? I haven't seen your mom in quite some time. How are your parents doing?" Johnny allowed a slight smile.

"My father passed about a year ago so it's just my mom now...but she's good." Ali nodded, not really opening up about what had happened to him.

"Damn I'm sorry...my mother passed away a few years ago. Not that we were really all that close but she was still my mom." He offered as they both took a seat on his couch.

"You know, sometimes I think my parents loved you more than me. Looking back I think I could have handled things with you and Daniel better. Back then everything seemed so difficult but, I'd give anything to go back...the shit I've gone through as an adult makes it seem silly. You know?" Ali muses, Johnny's jaw dropping at hearing Ali curse.

"Oh, you curse now?" A hint of a smirk played on his lips.

"Oh can it, Lawrence." Ali playfully rolls her eyes.

"I know what you mean though. I wish things could be as simple as they were back then." He nodded.

"I never thought I'd come back here. I wanted to leave, see the world, make something of my life. I guess that was my problem, I needed to face reality." Ali mutters, back to her dismal state.

"What are you talking about? You are somebody, you always have been. Trust me Ali, there were nights where I thought I'd never make it and there you were. A beacon of hope that maybe I wasn't so fucked up after all-I screwed up. What idiot chooses to party with his friends over their girlfriend? I was pathetic." Johnny mutters.

"I think that's one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me...thank you." Ali shook her head, attempting to not blush.

"You were the nicest thing that ever came into my life. Not that my life's worth talking about." Johnny cracks a smile.

"Johnny, what's going on?" Ali looks at him.

"You always were good at telling when something wasn't right." He frowns, knowing this would be a long story.