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Chapter 9

-Fade Out to Ava and Susannah in Ava's room-

Susannah came in and sat down on Ava's bed, where Ava sat hugging a fluffy pillow.

"Do you want to tell me what happened?" Susannah asked gently.

"There's nothing to tell. Johnny ruined my relationship with Simon. He kissed me and I didn't pull away fast enough. Simon saw." Susannah rubbed her back. "I mean, what is Johnny's problem. I already told him that I'm not in love with him anymore and he has to push it."

"I'm so sorry, Ava. Listen, I think you should call Simon and explain to him what happened and tell him that you're not in love with Johnny."

"No, I can't. He said not too. I guess I'll just have to wait until he calls me." Ava sniffled. "Can we talk about something else? Anything else?"

"I lost my job." Susannah said abruptly. Ava let go of the pillow and it was her turn to comfort her friend.

"What happened?" Ava asked.

Susannah let out a great sigh. "Anastasia wanted me to move to New York with her. I turned the offer down and she fired me."

Ava gasped slightly. "Oh my god. She can't really expect you to just pick up and leave. That's totally unjustifiable."

"Yeah, well. What can you do about it?" Susannah looked at Ava. "I would ask for my job back with you, but the way I just walked out--"

Ava interrupted, "Susannah, listen to me. I'll give you your job back, if you...sign a contract." Susannah was puzzled. "For instance, the contract will guarantee you one year to work with me, and you can't leave. But after that year is up, you can either leave or sign another contract."

Susannah smiled. "Where's that contract?" Ava grinned too.

-Fade Out to Johnny entering the bar-

Johnny pushed the door open and walked toward the bar and took a seat at the far end of the counter. He ordered a beer and looked down the counter to see none other than Simon three stools down.

He laughed. "I should've known I would find you here." Simon glanced to his left, to find Johnny, smirking. He ambled down the bar to Johnny's stool, as the bartender handed Johnny his drink.

"What the hell do you think you're doing, kissing my fiancé?" Simon yelled at Johnny, who stood up.

Johnny replied coolly, "She seemed to enjoy it." At that moment, Simon tackled Johnny to the floor and started punching Johnny. Bystanders rushed to watch the fight, while the bartender quickly dialed 911. Johnny pushed Simon off of him and scrambled to get up. Simon also stood up, after a second. Quickly, Johnny charged at Simon and threw Simon onto the pool table. Simon groaned and slide off the table.

"You're just a jealous ex who doesn't understand what it means when someone says it's over." Simon spat out at Johnny, who wiped the blood off the corner of his mouth, where Simon had hit him. They were circling each other, when the police arrived.

"What's going on here?" one of the police officers asked Johnny and Simon. Neither would answer. "I don't got time to play games here." Officer Williams barked at them.

Johnny finally answered. "This punk here," he said as he jerked his head towards Simon, "tackled me, so I had no choice but to defend myself."

The other officer was inspecting the damages done to the bar. Besides a couple of chairs thrown around, nothing was broken.

"Is this true?" Officer Williams interrogated Simon, who reluctantly nodded. Both of you will have to come down to file statements and most likely spend a night in jail. He handcuffed both of them.

Johnny retorted, "Officer is this really necessary? I mean this is between me and him."

"You two were disturbing the peace, fines will be necessary and you could've hurt someone in the process of your little dispute." Officer Andersen took hold of Simon and Officer Williams led Johnny into his car, while Officer Andersen took his vehicle.

-Fade Out to Nikki on the phone with Josh-

"There was this big showdown at dinner tonight." Nikki said as she painted her toenails.

"Really? What do you mean?" Josh asked curiously.

Nikki finished her left foot and started on her right. "Well, Johnny kissed Aunt Ava and then Simon saw them--" Beep. "Sorry, Josh, I got another call. Hold on."

"Okay."

"Hello?" Nikki said, curious to who would be calling at such a late hour.

Johnny voice on the other line, sounded tired. "Hey, Nikki. Can I talk to Jay?"

"Johnny?" Nikki inquired, perplexed.

"Yeah." Johnny said, hoping that Nikki wouldn't ask where he was.

"Where are you?"

He sighed. "In jail," he answered sullenly.

"Oh my god! What for?" Nikki asked, shocked. She started down the stairs to Jay and Erika's place.

"It's a long story. Don't tell anyone, especially your Aunt Ava. Just get Jay to come and bail me out." Johnny pleaded.

"Okay, I'm going to get Jay now. I have Josh on the other line, hold on." Nikki pressed the TALK button.

"Hey, Josh?"

"Yeah?"

"I got to go, I'm so sorry. I'll call you tomorrow and we can go to the movies or something."
"Okay, see you later, Nikki."

"Bye."
Nikki had reached Jay's place and she knocked on the door, as she switched back to Johnny.

She said to Jay, "It's Johnny. He needs your help." Jay had a worried look, but took the phone.

"Hey buddy. Where are you?"

"I'm in jail, right now. Come bail me out." Johnny pleaded.

Jay grabbed his checkbook, and his car keys. "Okay, I'll be over there in 20 minutes."

-Fade Out to Police Station-

Johnny and Simon sat next to each other, in the almost empty police station, handcuffed. Officer Williams was talking to them about the fines and charges. "The bar owner will not be pressing charges, since there was no damage done to the barroom. The bail is $300 and you will also be fined $100 for disturbing the peace. Officer Andersen will take you back to your cells for the night."

Five minutes later, Jay showed up and bailed Johnny out. Johnny paid his fine and walked out with a warning on his record.

Sorry if it's a little messy and short...but I was a little rushed...got a lot going on...you'll have to be patient if you want longer chappies...thanks everyone for bearing with me and the reviews!