co-written by RatedrKjErIcHo

Mike shot out of the house after her. He had to find her and explain about things. He didn't' see her anywhere and figured she must have caught a cab home. He headed back to his house and got his car. He had to talk to her and stop her from telling anyone about his part in things. He hoped she would listen. He pulled into the driveway just after the cab did

"Avery, please listen." He said when he got out and ran over to her. "Let me explain things."

"Explain what? How you were going to kill me?"

"I wasn't going too."

"Yes you were. You said that she wanted you to kill me and she was going to kill everyone else."

"I couldn't go through with it and I tried to stop her but she wouldn't listen to me. I told this all to the cops."

"The cops know you were involved and they let you go?"

"Yes because I didn't kill anyone." He sighed. "Avery, I feel horrible about what AJ did."

"After Eve died, you could have stopped it. Then no one else would have died. Randy, Phil, Mr. Copeland, his staff, Kate's bodyguards. You could have saved them and you choose not too. How can I even think about forgiving that?"

"Look at me Avery. Do I look like a killer to you? I tried to get her to stop. I tried to warn someone. Nobody believed me. Just look into my eyes and tell me if I'm lying about any of this or the fact that I'm in love with you." She didn't want to look into his eyes but she couldn't stop herself. "Am I lying to you?"

She shook her head. "No."

"Then you believe that I would never and will never hurt you?" She nodded. "Do you believe that I love you?" She nodded.

"Yeah I do." He leaned in and kissed her.

"Can we go back to my house and talk about this? Especially since your clothes are there."

"I think I should head in. I'm already home. You can bring my clothes tomorrow and we can talk then." She replied. "It's been a long night."

He sighed and nodded. "I'll call you in the morning."

"Alright." She said as she turned to go in the house. She quickly went upstairs and took a shower and got into bed. She had so much going through her mind. So much to work out. She believed Mike loved her and wouldn't hurt her. But could she really deal with the fact that he knew what AJ was going to do and didn't stop her. She needed someone to talk to. She picked up the phone and called Kate. She was the first person who came to mind.

"Hello?"

"Kate, its Avery. I really need to talk to you. Can I come there or you come here?"

"Okay. Which did you want to do?"

"I'll come to you. Hang tight okay?"

"Okay. See you soon." Kate said hanging up. She looked at John. "Avery's on her way over. She needs to talk. Which means girls only. So you have to go home."

"Do I?" He pouted.

She smiled and kissed him. "Yes, you do. Beside we already had fun tonight. So, go and let me have some girl time."

"Alright. But I'll see you tomorrow?" He kissed her and headed out by the window. She laughed as he did. He could have just used the stairs and the front door.

She heard the knock on her bedroom door a little while later. She opened the door to Avery. "Hey, Avery. What's going on?"

"He knew about it. He knew about what AJ was going to do."

"Wait, who did?"

"Mike."

Kate stood there shocked before sitting down. "Mike knew what she was going to do? He knew she had planned to kill people? How? Why?"

"He was in on the plan. He swears he tried to back out of it and that he didn't help kill anyone. He was supposed to kill me."

"This is all so crazy." Kate replied as they sat in her room. "Did you tell anyone else?"

"You are the first person I've told. But Mike said he told all of it to the police and they let him go." Avery sighed. "How could he know what she was going to do and not stop it? I mean as soon as Eve was killed, he could have stopped the rest. I just don't understand. And then he told me that he loved me and that he'd never hurt me. I don't know what to do."

"Do you love him? And do you believe he would never hurt you?" Kate asked. "And do you think you can trust him?"

"I do love him and I do believe he'd never hurt me. But I don't know if I can trust him."

"Well, you need trust in a relationship." Kate replied. "Since you love, why don't you talk to him tomorrow and let him know that the trust you had is gone. And that he has to earn it back. Make him work for it. You can't change what's been but you can learn from it and move on from it. Just talk to him about it and decide if he can earn your trust back or if it's gone forever."

"If I hadn't seen that picture after we made love, I'm not sure he's have ever told me."

Kate sighed. "Avery, you need to talk to him. But if you feel you can't trust him or that he can't earn it back, then it's not a relationship really. You have to have trust in one to have a good one. If you don't think he would have told you, then you need to rethink everything. Take the time to think about everything. And the right answer will come to you."

"Yeah, you're right. Can I crash here tonight? I just don't want to go home and face my Dad and have him ask a million questions."

"Of course." She smiled. "I have some jammies that will fit you."

"Thanks." She laughed. Kate went over to her dresser and took out some jammies. Avery looked at the pictures on Kate's nightstand. "You really love John don't you? I mean it's not just because you want to make your dad mad."

"I really love him." Kate said handing her the jammies. "I know it started out as a way to piss off my dad. But I fell in love with him and I can't imagine not being with him even though we are young." Avery nodded. "Just sleep on it tonight and see where things are in the morning okay?"

"Okay." Avery replied as they comfortable on the bed. Both were soon asleep.

Mike sat in his house thinking about everything. He hadn't wanted Avery to find out about everything. But he was glad she did. This way there would be no secrets between them. And they could move on from this with an open and honest relationship.

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