"So what's the deal with Ava and Roger?" Collins asked sitting across the table from Jimmy and June.

"Me, Roger, June and Roger's cousin Will had a band in high school and junior year we figured we would probably get more gigs if we had a chick singer. Actually, Roger was going through a Pat Benatar faze and wanted a chick to sing Pat Benatar songs with us, so we put up some fliers around school looking for a girl to audition for our band. That's when Ava walked into Roger's garage. He fell for her the second he saw her. He couldn't take his eyes off of her. And then when she wanted to sing Hit me with your Best shot, that was it. She had him. She was amazing. You know Roger when it comes to women, the only wayt to get his attention is if they're smokin hot or have a kick ass rock voice and Ava had both, so she had him from their first meeting. They were great in high school. They lived and breathed for each other. They were never alone, you know? And then Ava went on tour with her dad and things started going down hill for them." Jimmy said looking over at June.

"She started drinking that summer and became an alcoholic. Roger's dad was an alcoholic, so Roger didn't drink. When Ava almost died, he was so scared. She never saw him freak out, but he did. I mean he really freaked out. When he got home from the hospital the day they took her, he came over my house and cried. I've known Roger my whole life and I'd never seen him like that. Ever. But then he went away to college and things got all fucked up on them." June added looking down at the table.

"What do you think's gonna happen now that they're back together?" Mark asked looking over at Maureen.

"Whatever happens next is anybody's guess, but I have a feeling Transparent is back together." she smiled looking over at Jimmy and June.

"God I hope so. I miss hearing Ava sing with Roger." Jimmy smiled looking over at them.

"How long are you guys in town?" Collins asked looking over at them.

"A week, so I wouldn't plan on seeing much of Roger and Ava." June laughed as Maureen reached over and slapped him.

"That is so crude June." she laughed looking up at him.

"Am I lying?" he asked looking over at her.

"No, but it's crude." she laughed looking over at everyone.

"So, um what do you wanna do now?" Roger asked looking down at her as she opened the door to her hotel room.

"I know what I wanna do now." she said grabbing the front of his shirt and pulling him to her.

"Ava we have to talk." he said looking down at her.

"Roger, I know we have to be careful." she said looking up at him.

"Not just about that. I mean, yeah we have to be careful. But there are things you don't know about the last 10 years." he said leading her over to the couch.

"Roger, it doesn't matter. All that matters is that we're back together now. We've both made mistakes Roger, but I've forgiven myself for mine. You need to do the same." she said taking his hand in hers.

"But Ava, I made really big mistakes." he said looking over at her.

"Baby, everything is gonna be OK. We'll get through this like we got through everything in the old days, OK?" she said moving closer to him.

"Yeah except now we get to go through it in the public eye because you're the famous Avalon." he laughed looking over at her.

"Not with you I'm not. With you, I'm just Ava Donnelly." she smiled leaning up to kiss him.

"My rock chick." he smiled wrapping his arms around her.

"Roger, rejoin the band." she said looking up at him.

"What do you mean?" he asked leaning back to look into her eyes.

"I mean, rejoin the band. I know it's not Transparent, but I want to sing with you again." she smiled looking up at him.

"Are you serious?" he asked smiling down at her.

"Why not? We always did great together." she smiled looking up at him.

"I would love to." he smiled looking down at her.

"Really?" she asked looking up at him.

"Yeah really. I miss being in a band with you." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.

"You do realize, this isn't your garage? You're gonna be bombarded by girls." she laughed looking into his gorgeous green eyes.

"Ava, the only girl I want is you." he told her kissing her again. This time it was deep and passionate. She pulled him towards her on the couch and began to lay down. "Ava, wait." he said sitting up.

"What's the matter Roger?" Ava asked looking up at him.

"Condoms." he answered looking down at her.

"I got it covered." she smiled reaching into her pocket. "Jimmy. He thought it would come in handy." she laughed looking up at him.

"That's Jimmy. Always looking out for me." he laughed looking down at her as he leaned in to kiss her.again. They laid down on the couch and began to make love. "I can't believe you still sing that song." he said holding her in his arms.

"I just started singing it again. I don't know. I guess knowing I was coming back to New York made me think about you more and more. I always loved that song." she smiled looking up at him.

"Me too. We wrote it together." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.

"So, tell me about your friends." she asked looking up at him.

"Well Mark and Collins are my roommates and Joanne is Maureen's girlfriend. They've gotten me through some really tough times." he said playing with her hair as he'd done years earlier.

"Like what?" she asked propping her chin on his chest.

"Well, heroin addiction, a girlfriends suicide, my HIV diagnosis, withdrawal another girlfriend dying of AIDS, stuff like that." he said caressing her face.

"I'm sorry Roger. If I hadn't..." she started when he interrupted her.

"No, none of that matters now Ava. We're together now and that's all I care about." he said looking down at her.

"Roger, when you left I stopped drinking. I kept hoping you would come back. When you didn't I went to Boston and stayed there for a semester hoping you would show up, but you never did." she said looking up at him as tears filled her eyes.

"I'm sorry Ava. I was so hurt, I couldn't go back. I was so afraid you were gonna drink yourself to death and I couldn't do it. I ran here and formed a band. Got into so really screwed up stuff. I don't know why I didn't go back. I wanted to. So many times, I wanted to, but then I saw you on Rolling Stone magazine, so I figured you were better off without me." he said wiping her tears from her face.

"Roger, I thought about you all the time. I wanted you to come and whisk me away from all this. I mean, I like the fame and the money and everything, but sometimes I just wish I could just be Ava, you know? Not have to worry about going to the store and having what I bought posted in the gossip columns or something." she said looking up at him.

"Have you ever thought about giving it all up?" he asked playing with her hair.

"Sometimes. But I love singing. I love performing. You're the one who always said I belonged up there." she smiled looking up at him as she wiped her eyes.

"You do Ava. But if you're unhappy, maybe you shouldn't..." he said looking into her bright blue eyes.

"I'm not unhappy, I just wish I could be me, you know? The me I was when I was with you." she said looking up at him.

"You can always be you with me. You know that." he smiled looking down at her.

"I know." she smiled leaning up to kiss him again before laying her had on his chest as they fell asleep on the couch in each others arms.