A?N: Apologise for my abscene, I'm having servere internet problems that should be resolved soon. Sorry!-Kiera

There was a lot of head shaking and tutting when Ava arrived home, but she didn't care. Let them think what they wanted. They had already decided on a plan of action as they informed her as soon as she walked through the front door.

"The pregnancy option is the only way to go." Gloria informed her, there was no 'mwah' this time.

"What if I say no?" Ava asked.

"Why would you do that?"

"Maybe I don't want a baby."

Josh laughed a slid an arm around her waist. "Ava, we already talked about this. Why would you not want a baby?"

Because the marriage was a sham and she wanted to be with John, but she didn't say that, of course she didn't, we know her better then that don't we?

"I'm too young, and I don't want to get stretch marks."

Nathen give a huge sigh of exasperation, as though he couldn't believe she was being so difficult about something that was perfectly logical.

"Really Ava, sometimes you are just so selfish. What about Josh? Do you have any idea the damage you have done with your little affair."

Not this again.

"It wasn't an affair for gods sake. How many more times do I have to say it?"

"Ava, this baby could save us." Josh told her quietly.

"Now we've consulted your doctor already and you need to do a test, but hopefully you could be pregnant by next month."

Why not? Ava thought. Before it had been because of John, but Mr 'you've changed' didn't want nothing to do with her did he? So why not stay in her sham marriage and have a sham baby?

"Whatever." Ava replied.

She pushed Josh off her and went upstairs. On Gloria's advice he followed.

She couldn't help it, sitting in a robe as she was suppose to be getting ready for a premier, Ava sat in front of her computer typing out an e-mail to John.

John,

I know what you said but this is the last chance. I love you. I want to be with you. Shouldn't that be the only thing that matters? I'll leave Josh if you say yes. Please, I hate it here.- A x

She sent it and despite Josh's constant hammering on the door, she waited until she had a reply. It never came and she had to get ready. Josh was busy with his hair when she went back into the bedroom. He smiled at her.

"What have you been doing?" he asked.

"Nothing."

He kissed her on the cheek. "I'm so glad you came around to this baby idea, Brad and Jen will have nothing on us."

That was a very good point, the whole world would be far more interested in her then Jennifer Aniston. Josh left the room and Ava went over to the mirror to fix her make up. Later, when she was ready she went downstairs to wait for the car, Josh was nowhere around and Ava turned to the full length mirror on the wall to check her dress. She caught a look at her reflection and stopped. Who the hell was that looking at her? Some strange women with a face full of carefully placed make up and shiny hair, a women who was going to have a baby simply because someone had told her to. For a second Ava was truly and utterly convinced she was looking at someone else's reflection. The person she was looking at hadn't liked her new stepfather on the simple basis that he didn't look like George Clooney, she'd threatened to sue to her own sister. Who was she? She wasn't Ava. Suddenly, just by looking at herself she understood what Justine and John had been talking about. There was a big difference between Ava Ashcroft and Ava Carson. It was strange, she'd been vain enough the look at herself in the mirror all the time, why had this time been the time that made it all different? John, and for once even she knew that. Ava didn't like it, she didn't like the fact that the person she was looking at was the reason she couldn't bee happy. This person was the creation of Hollywood. She began to panic, Ava took off her shoe and hurled it at the mirror, it shattered into a million tiny pieces that rained down on her and she didn't care. Ava sunk to the floor, crying in a way she usually saved for the huge dramatic scenes in movies. She began grabbing at the pieces of glass which cut her hands and made them bleed. The noise summoned the house keeper from the kitchen.

"Mrs. Carson! What's wrong?"

She ran over and attempted to help her, but Ava pushed her away. She didn't want her or anyone who would undoubtedly come running, she wanted her mother, her sister and John.

"I'll go get Mr Carson."

"No!" Ava said suddenly grabbing her leg. "No don't! Please!"

"But you're upset."

"No, don't get him, please don't get him."

"You're cut, you're hurt. He'll understand Mrs. Carson."

Then the housekeeper went, walking quickly out of the house to get Josh out of his car and tell him how much of a state his wife was in. Ava got to her own feet, her heart was hammering so much she thought she was going to throw up. She really couldn't stay there and have Josh summon the agents and assistants and anyone else he needed to tell about his terrible tragedy. With one shoe on and her hands bleeding, Ava made her escape out the back door. Only a minute or so later, Josh arrived in the house calling her name.

"She was crying and bleeding an awful lot." the house keeper explained.

Josh took off his sunglasses and examined the mess left on the floor.

"Ava!" he shouted, knowing full well she was unlikely to call back. "Martha, will you please call Gloria and Nathen and tell them Ava has had an accident."

The house keeper and nodded, Josh went upstairs to look for his wife, and Ava's escape was already well under way.