"I can't believe we're finally home." Roger smiled looking up at the Ave. A and 10th St. building.
"Are you happy?" she smiled looking up at him as they unloaded their bags from the trunk of the limo.
"You have no idea how happy I am." he smiled slinging the bags over his shoulders.
"Did you call anyone and tell them we were coming in tonight?" Ava asked as Roger shut the trunk.
"No. I thought it would be more fun to surprise them." he smiled taking his keys out to open the door.
"Well, it doesn't look like anyone's home up there." she said looking up at the loft.
"So we'll drop the bags off and surprise them at the Life Cafe." he smiled as they climbed the long stairs up to the loft.
"I'm so glad we're home. I hate flying." she said looking up at him as he opened the loft door.
"So do you want to just go to bed and surprise them in the morning?" he ased looking down at her.
"Nah, it's OK. I need some relaxation with my husband and friends." she smiled looking up at him as they put the bags in their bedroom at the loft.
"You know, everyone will understand if we just stay home." he smiled taking her into his arms.
"Roger, I'm fine. I just need to be me tonight, you know? No Avalon. I need to be Ava Davis tonight." she smiled looking up at him.
"Ava Davis, huh? OK Baby. If it's Ava Davis you want, it's Ava Davis you're gonna be." he smiled kissing her head before they left the loft to go to the Life Cafe. As they walked with their arms around each other, they laughed and enjoyed their surroundings. There were no crowds, fans, reporters or photographers waiting to capture their every intimate moment. They could just be Mr. And Mrs. Roger Davis. When they entered the Life Cafe, they jumped back.
"SURPRISE!!" everyone yelled laughing scaring them.
"What the hell are you guys doing?" Roger asked looking over at them.
"June called and told us you were on your way, so we wanted to have a welcome home party for you." Maureen smiled rushing over to them.
"We were hoping for as little fan fare as humanly possible." Roger said looking down at Ava.
"What fan fare? We're just welcoming our friends the Davis' back from their trip." Mark smiled looking up at Roger.
"Thank you guys. This is the most amazing thing." Ava smiled hugging Mark.
"You guys looked so great on Leno. Oh my God." Joanne smiled looking over at them.
"You have no idea how nervous I was. I almost had a nervous breakdown before we went on." Roger smiled holding Ava in his arms.
"You didn't look it, man. You looked great." Collins smiled putting his arm around Roger's shoulder.
"Thanks." he smiled looking up at him.
"Now, we party." Ava called out looking up at everyone.
"I second that." Collins smiled as they went to their table.
"Roger, Ava it's great to have you guys home." Rachel smiled looking over at Roger and Ava.
"Thanks Rachel, it's nice to be home." Ava smiled hugging Rachel.
"Club soda with lime and a beer?" she asked looking over at them.
"Yeah, thanks Rach." Ava smiled looking up at Roger.
"So, how was the tour?" Mark asked winding his camera.
"It was amazing. Better than I ever dreamed it would be." Roger smiled looking over at him with his arm around Ava.
"It was the greatest tour I've ever been on." Ava smiled looking up at Roger. As they sat around, they talked and laughed. They told stories about when Roger and Ava were teenagers.
"I remember the first day I walked to school with them. Oh my God, they were so nauseating." Maureen laughed looking up at them.
"Eww, must you guys?" Maureen complained coming out of the house with Jimmy.
"Get used to it Reen. This is what you have to look forward to when you walk to school with the cool kids." Jimmy laughed propping his book bag onto his shoulder.
"What is she doing here?" Roger asked looking down at Maureen.
"She wanted to walk with us." Jimmy said looking over at her.
"Yeah, so get used to it Davis." Maureen said starting to walk down the block.
"Yeah well, I'm too happy for even her to piss me off today." Roger smiled looking down at Ava.
"What is it with you two? You're even more gross than usual." Jimmy asked looking over at them noticing they were happier than usual.
"Nothing, we're just young, in love and on top of the world." Roger smiled as they started walking.
"This is gonna be a long day, isn't it?" he asked looking over at them.
"Sorry Jimmy." Ava smiled looking up at Roger.
"Oh geez." he said as June came out of the house and they continued on to school.
"Sorry to have to tell you this Reen, but Roger and I had sex for the first time the night before. That's why we were acting like that." Ava laughed looking up at Roger.
"You mean, you guys lost your virginity the night before? Eww." she called out downing her wine.
"Yep. Sorry." Ava laughed as Roger kissed her head.
"It was the greatest night of our lives." Roger smiled as everyone looked at them.
"OK, I wanna hear about Ava and Roger's first date." Mark smiled filming everyone.
"The school dance." Ava smiled looking up at Roger.
"You guys went school dances?" Joanne asked looking at them.
"Went to them? They were the spotlight of every one of them." Maureen smiled looking over at her.
"Roger asked me to go to the dance with him and the rest of the band, but them he had Jimmy, June and Will back out so it would just be the two of us. It was cute actually." Ava laughed looking up at Roger as they remembered.
"So what are you doing Friday night Ava?" Jimmy asked looking over at her as she walked next to Roger and June.
"Roger asked me to hang out with you guys at the dance." she said looking over at him as June looked over at Roger in disbelief.
"Well, I can't go. We're having dinner at my gramma's house for her birthday." June said looking up at Roger who looked relieved.
"Yeah, me neither. I have a huge English report due on Monday and I really gotta get some work done on it if I'm gonna be able to go to rehearsal on Saturday." Jimmy said looking down at Ava.
"That's too bad. I guess it's just me, Roger and Will then." she said looking up at Roger.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Will has to go someplace with is parents. I just found out last night." Roger said thinking fast.
"So I guess it's just you and me, huh?" she smiled looking up at him.
"I guess. Unless you doing wanna go now." he said looking down at her as June and Jimmy looked at one another.
"No, I wanna go. It sounds like fun." she smiled looking up at him as they approached the school.
"Well, if it isn't Transparent. In the flesh." Will called out funning up to them.
"Hi Will. Roger just told me about you not being able to go to the dance with us Friday night. That sucks." Ava said as Roger looked at him, his eyes wide.
"Um, yeah. Parents." he complained playing along with Roger.
"That's OK. Oh, I gotta go. I'm gonna be late for homeroom. See you guys later." she smiled before leaving to go inside.
"Bye Ava." Roger smiled looking down at Will hit him. "Ow, what the hell?" he asked looking over at him.
"Why does Ava think I can't go to the school dance?" Will asked looking at him.
"Because I kind of asked her to go with me and I told her we were all going, but I really want to go alone with her." he said looking over at him
"So why didn't you ask her to go with you as a date?" Will asked looking up at him.
"I was gonna but I punked out. I like her." he said looking up at him.
"So now, what are we supposed to do Friday night? Our parents think we're going to the school dance and now to cover your ass with Ava, we can't go." Jimmy asked looking over at him.
"I don't know, but I really want to be alone with her. So I would really appreciate it you guys didn't come." he said looking over at them.
"OK Rog. I think we can do that." Will smiled at him before they all went into the school.
"Thanks man." Roger smiled looking up at them.
"Hi Roger. You look so nice." Ms. Parker said looking up at him as he stood in the doorway wearing dress pants and a black button down shirt.
"Thank you Ms. Parker. Is Ava ready?" he asked looking down at her.
"I think so. Avalon, Roger is here." Ms. Parker called out smiling up at Ava.
"Hi Roger." she smiled looking down as she came down the stairs. She was wearing a pretty pink skirt and a white sweater. She had on pink pumps and her hair was half up in a pony tail.
"Ava, you look so beautiful." he said smiling up at her.
"Thank you Roger." she smiled as she reached the bottom of the stairs.
"Roger, are you OK?" Ms. Parker asked smiling up at him.
"Um... yeah, I'm... you look so beautiful Ava." he smiled stumbling over his own words.
"Thank you Roger." she laughed looking up at him.
"I'm sorry Ava. Um... are you ready to go?" he asked smiling down at her.
"Yeah, I'm ready." she smiled looking over at her mother.
"Midnight, OK Roger?" Ms. Parker said smiling at them.
"Yes ma'am." he smiled still looking down at Ava.
"Come on Roger. We gotta go." she smiled looking up at him.
"Oh, right. Sorry." he smiled looking down at her as they left the house.
"Are you OK Roger?" Ava asked looking up at him as they stood on the sidewalk in front of Ava's house.
"Yeah, you just look so beautiful Avalon." he smiled sweeping her into his arms.
"Roger, we have to go to the dance." she laughed looking up into his gorgeous green eyes.
"I know. I just want to stare at you for a little while." he smiled looking into her blue eyes that were lined in black eyeliner.
"I like when you look at me." she smiled as he leaned in to kiss her.
"I like looking at you." he smiled holding her in his arms. "OK, we can go now." he smiled looking down at her.
"OK." she smiled kissing him one more time before they began walking to school.
"That sounds so romantic." Joanne smiled taking Maurenn's hand.
"Yeah, Roger was my romantic." Ava smiled looking up at him.
"Was?" he asked taking her into his arms.
"You still are, but things are different now. We're older, wiser, more weathered. But I like how we are now." she smiled leaning up to kiss him.
"Me too Baby." he smiled caressing her face.