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Excuse me!

I'm sorry, did you see a little boy and a... Oh, Johnny!

Now, don't, don't... What, panic?

You call me on my cell and you tell me Derek's with paramedics and then you

me... Look, look, look, look, look, look. He's fine. He was riding his

skateboard downhill and he just lost his balance.

Like a header. But, but, but... Nothing serious.

All right, he said his wrists hurt. But he could wiggle his fingers.

You know the drill. Boys fall down, they get dinged up sometimes.

You know how many scars I have?

Five.

Hey, how's Derek doing?

Well, no broken bones.

But he is going to have to wear a splint for a week or two.

Really? That's all?

Yeah, that's it.

Your husband did the right thing calling us in, Mrs. Westerly.

Husband?

You're not Derek's... Parents?

Yeah.

No. No, I'm Derek's aunt. And we're not.

No, we're definitely not.

I'm confused.

Well, I'm Eva Gregory, Derek's aunt and guardian, and this is my friend Johnny,

who helps me out occasionally.

Okay, Ms. Gregory, my partner, she's fitting him with a splint, and we should

out of here in a few moments.

Thank you. Sure. Thank you.

Simon. What's up? How's Derek? Oh, he's fine. He's fine. Just, you know, a

little sprain.

Yeah. Well, you know, since Simon's here, I'm going to date.

Oh, thanks.

I've got painters showing up at the restaurant in a half an hour, and if I

show up, Mona's going to have that place painted chartreuse or something.

Yeah. You know, tell Derek I'll check in with him later. I will. I'll tell him.

And Johnny, thank you.

I agree with the paramedics. You did the right thing by calling them.

Bill,

what's so funny?

Oh, nothing.

Just something weird the paramedics said.

Um... Ava, you know...

That I love you, right?

Yeah, of course.

And you love me?

Yeah.

Why don't we just get married now?

Excuse me?

What if I had this crazy idea that we don't need to plan some big expensive

wedding, you know? I mean, wait until Memorial Day. We could commit any time,

any day, right?

Even tomorrow.

Tomorrow. Okay, tomorrow's a little crazy, right? But how about Sunday?

Whoa, my head is spinning.

Is that because this is very quick?

Or because of some bigger reason here?

Take care, son.

Ava Gregory, please.

Will you marry me in two days?

I don't know. I guess.

Yes. Yes.

That's ridiculous.

Hey,

go slow, go slow.

And even friends that are getting married.

Duh.

Long head, I mean now.

And I get to walk Aunt Ava down the aisle. Now as in now?

Dundee. Hey, Simon, can I have my skateboard?

Uh, no.

It's recuperating. Like you should be. Derek, don't you have some homework to

do?

Well, it looks like Derek's not the only one who got injured. Did you two fall

down and get a little brain damage?

No. No, I just couldn't wait another minute to spend the rest of my life with

her. Get with the program, Susanna. We have got two days to plan nuptials.

Oh, no. You don't have to. Take over. You try to take away the sauna. I will

hide your dress.

Oh, my dress. It isn't finished yet. It will be, and it will be beautiful.

We will handle everything else. Well, what about her interview with In Chic

magazine? It's tomorrow, and she'll do it.

Simon.

I could not be happier than if it was me you were marrying.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Hey, I've got to go. I've got to go find Brayden.

Meet me upstairs after the kiss and cry. We have got organizational skills to

exploit.

Are you okay?

Oh, yeah.

I mean, just understandably surprised.

I mean, is there any reason why the two of you have to get married in the next

two days?

Oh, I think Simon's right. We don't need a big, fancy wedding that takes months

to plan and costs a fortune.

I would like to move forward, and I really want you standing next to me.

Try and stop me.

Savannah! Coming!

Frayden, I wanted to ask you a question.

Can you make it quick? Because I've got to get to work.

Um, yeah.

Well... I was wondering.

I... Well, Ava and I... Why don't I make this easy?

I'm cool with you guys getting married, if that's what you're asking.

Well, no.

Actually, I wanted to know if you'd be my best man.

Really?

Yeah. Yeah, I want you... Well, we both want you to stand up there with us.

Okay.

Okay, I'll be there.

Where were you?

The painters were here so you could pick out the color of the dining room. I

finally had to send them home.

They can come back tomorrow.

Does money mean anything to you? I had to pay them for four... What did you do

to your hair?

My hair?

I walk in dressed like this and all you notice is my hair? Hair, dress,

whatever.

You know what your little no -show cost me?

Fine, I'll pay the stupid painter.

That's not the point.

You said you'd be here. I got busy.

Bobby's in town. He wants to see me.

We're meeting to sign the final divorce papers.

So, of course, a new dress was necessary.

Look.

After all that's happened, I just... I wanted him to see what he's been

Why should you care?

I shouldn't, but I do.

You know how it's like when you don't want to miss them, but you want them to

miss you?

So you, uh... haven't really moved on?

Well, at least I'm trying.

Hey! When did you get in?

I flew in today.

I called the house. They said you were here.

Wow, I can't believe you're finally back.

Are you saying you missed me?

I thought after everything that happened before I left.

You know, you think way too much.

Of course I missed you. A lot.

I thought a lot about you, too.

One thing's for sure. Two weeks is too long, Becky.

I forgot how cold it gets.

Dry skin, having to layer clothes.

Peeling them off every time you went inside.

And always losing gloves.

But just one, never two.

Yeah. Do you believe we used to live that way?

It wasn't that bad.

Yeah, right.

What did you like?

Runny noses, frozen fingers.

I know.

Snow days when you didn't have to go to school.

That and the icicles that used to hang off our porch when it snowed.

Mom, she used to break them off and dip them in syrup.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. No, no, no, no, it's cool.

It's nice remembering that stuff.

And you can't convince me there's nothing you miss.

Maybe one thing.

Stevie.

My old horse.

My dad bought him for me.

He had these spots on his back, reminded me of the Big Dipper.

When we were on the ranch, I used to ride him all the time.

And you didn't want to bring him out here? Of course I did.

My dad sold him at the ranch.

I didn't even want to know who bought him.

Corny, right?

Some little farm girl who misses her horse.

I didn't even know you rode.

He has something I don't want to think about anymore.

Huh? Come on, talk to me. What do you think?

Mate, so far, so good. Yeah.

Oh, man, working on your own business, baby, does not get any better than this.

Yeah, well, at least it helps keep your mind off other things, right?

Huh?

Ava's wedding.

What are you talking about?

Ava getting married on Sunday.

She said she decided when the paramedics were with Derek.

I thought since you were there... I already knew.

But good for her, right?

You don't have to say that, man.

At least not to me.

I mean it. I mean it. We should get married. It's what she really wants.

So I'll see you at the wedding?

I guess so.

If I'm invited.

This is so boring.

A book about some dorky kid during the Revolutionary War.

There's your brother. Oh, you mean Surf God? Yeah, same Surf God as Paige and

you.

What's up?

Look, I gotta tell you something that you're probably not gonna like.

Ava and Simon are getting married.

Sunday.

Derek's walking her down the aisle, and I'm gonna be Simon's best man.

Why would you do that?

Because he asked me.

He makes her happy.

And that's all that matters.

Right?

Look, Nikki, I'm tired of fighting stuff.

Simon is a fact.

And the sooner we both just accept the fact that he's going to be Ava's husband

and a part of our lives, the better off everybody's going to be.

Oh, my God, I can't believe you're still up. No, I've got to get this finished.

In my opinion, it looks finished. No, it's just not how I pictured it. Ow!

Oh! Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no.

There's some club soda downstairs. Let me go get that.

Oh, Susanna.

What am I doing?

I've completely rushed into this, haven't I? I mean, Simon says let's move

things up, and all of a sudden everyone's working very hard to make it

and... This isn't what you wanted as well?

Well, yes, I just... Simon was the one who suggested it.

And you didn't have an opinion?

You didn't tell me you needed time to think things through?

I have thought it through, and Simon is a great guy.

He loves me, and he's warm, and he's charming. Any woman would be happy to

him. But are you?

I mean, Ava, if you have any doubts about this, having a wedding in the next

days is not the best idea.

Get the club soda.

This is so typical of me, just second -guessing myself.

Is that what you're really thinking?

Yes.

And he's going to make a terrific husband and the kind of father the kids

need. Ava, I just... I love you, but just get the club soda.

Nikki, it is the jitters. But she said that she was rushing into this. Aunt Ava

knows this is totally wrong. And maybe she just needs somebody else to reassure

her of what her real feelings are.

Her real feelings? For you.

Johnny, there is no way that you can tell me that you and Aunt Ava aren't

for each other.

Yeah, I am going to tell you that.

And if I did have feelings for her... Oh, are you saying that you don't?

I'm just saying that it doesn't matter.

Johnny, if... If Simon weren't around, wouldn't you have told Aunt Ava how you

feel by now?

What, never turn me down like she did before I left?

Yeah.

She picked Simon then, and she's picking him now, okay?

So please. But what about what she said last night?

It's nerves.

That's all.

All right?

Ava and Simon are getting married, Nikki. And personally, I hope they're

happy together. And that's all I want either one of us to say about it.

We did that earlier, but come on, I got something to show you.

Come on.

So, I know it's not Stevie, but I was hoping... I can't believe you did this.

You're not mad, are you? I mean, I could only afford one horse, but I thought

that maybe we got to... No one has ever sent anything like this to me, Brady.

Go come on. We only have the horse for two hours

Yeah, everything in here.

Well, maybe there's something going here.

Tell me.

I need to talk to you.

Listen, I've made a terrible mistake, and I need to correct it before it's too

late. Ava, you don't need to say another word.

Then you'll come?

Uh, yeah.

Look, I know I was an idiot for not calling and inviting you, but... Johnny,

you're my oldest friend.

Yeah.

Please, please say you'll come.

Well, only if I can help.

Okay?

Yeah, well, there's really not much left to do.

Well, you know, Susanna and Colby, they've been running around like crazed

wedding elves.

Well, um, what if, uh...

The family comes here for dinner tonight.

Like a rehearsed dinner.

Oh, yeah. Ava, Ava, Ava, I just want to do something to show you my support.

Okay, then.

Six o 'clock?

I'll reserve a table.

I didn't pick that out.

It was in my closet. It felt appropriate.

Wearing black?

You're wearing black.

Yes, but if we both wear black, it's going to look like we're going to a

funeral.

Don't even say it. Just go upstairs, please, and try on that dress I picked

for you.

Well, I can't really say that one designer has influenced me.

It's in chic.

You know, many things influence me. People, things, California sunsets.

What I really want is for women to wear my clothes and not just look at them on

the pages of a magazine.

Does she say to a magazine?

I'm sorry, what am I working on now? Her wedding dress!

Uh, yes.

No, I... I am getting married.

Tomorrow. Yeah.

I did. I did design it, but... Oh, no, it's a very small wedding. I... Hi, yes,

yes, hi. This is Susanna Rexford, Ava G's business partner.

We would love to have someone come over and take a picture.

Before the ceremony.

Fantastic. No, no, no. I'll fax you direction.

Okay. No, thank you.

Bye -bye.

Are you crazy? Like a fashion fox.

Ava G's very own wedding dress in the pages of Inchig magazine. Hello. Can you

say cha -ching?

Santa.

Nikki.

Oh, my goodness. That looks beautiful. That dress is stunning. The color is

perfect for you.

You know, I think I like the black one better.

Black?

Who wears black to a wedding?

Susanna? Or not.

You look so happy at the end of the hours.

I guess I wanted to pretend the past didn't mean anything to me.

The way things used to be.

The girl I used to be.

You still are that girl.

Well, just a couple of... kids from the Midwest and get right down to it.

Braden, did something happen on Outgun?

What do you mean?

You're acting different.

Things got a little out of hand.

I just needed to take a step back.

Focus on the things that really matter.

Including you.

You know, we're having dinner tonight at Johnny's restaurant.

Just the family.

I want you to come.

Okay.

What are you doing?

Setting the table. I offered Ava the place for their pre -wedding dinner.

Wedding?

Don't tell me Mary Ann and the professor are actually... Getting married?

Tomorrow. I didn't mention that, did I? Wait a minute. The kitchen isn't even

finished yet.

What the hell are you guys gonna eat?

Well, I ordered from La Parra down the block.

Huh? For Ava's wedding dinner?

You're acting more like a bride's mother than a jilted lover. I wasn't jilted,

okay? I'm just being a friend.

Oh. So pretending takeout is our food is your way of showing you care?

Butter knife goes above the dinner plate, not next to the bread plate.

I knew that.

Then you also know the water glass goes above the dinner knife with the wine

glass to the right.

Hand over the salad forks before you really do some damage.

I'm sure you don't have some other man you can make feel inferior tonight.

Speaking of which, how'd your little meeting go with Bobby?

A little outfit to do the intended job and scramble his brain.

It wasn't a meeting. It was dinner.

Dinner? That doesn't sound like two people getting a divorce.

You're right.

It doesn't.

Bobby wants to get back together.

What?

Well, and you're actually considering it?

I thought you were at least trying to move on here.

Hello?

Hey, we're not too early, are we?

No, you're right on time. Oh, great.

Oh, Mona, hi. How are you?

Johnny, I mean, whatever your... Cooking called insane. Yeah?

Good enough to eat?

And then some.

Stay down over there. You know where the bar is.

This is amazing.

I just love it. Thank you.

All

I would

like to say is that I think it is totally cool that I... I'm walking you

the aisle, Ava, so congratulations.

You too, Simon.

Thank you. Thank you for including me.

Well,

I just want to say that I'm honored to be hosting this dinner tonight and very

thankful to Ava and Simon for including me in their special day.

When...

When the right one comes along, sometimes you don't know it until it's

too late.

And you too, well, you obviously realized it from the very beginning.

Hey, hey.

Cheers. Cheers.

I can't believe this.

I can't believe that you're all acting this way.

Oh, Nikki. No.

This marriage is all wrong.

And, Ava, you know that you would never be happy with Simon. I mean, even you

said that you rushed into this. Nikki, I never said... Yes, you did.

Last night when you were talking to Susanna. Nikki, that's enough. No.

Let go of me, Johnny.

I'm not the one you need to stop.

Somebody had to. I mean, you and Johnny... No, me and Johnny, nothing.

There is no me and Johnny.

Nikki, you had no right to say what you said. You owe everybody an apology,

especially Simon. What happens if I never apologize because I'm not sorry?

Nikki, I don't understand. I thought you liked Simon.

It's not about Simon.

It's about you.

Well, if that's true, if it really is about me, then you need to understand

something.

I want to marry Simon. Then why didn't you tell Susanna those things last

That was a private conversation that you shouldn't have been listening to.

And besides that, it is normal for people when they're getting married to

question their decision.

You know what, Nikki? I'm really tired.

We're going home.

Now.

Finally get my head around Simon.

Mickey does this.

She keeps thinking Johnny's going to step in. Do what?

Sweep your aunt off her feet?

I don't know. Something like that.

Thing is, I thought maybe he would, too.

Really?

I don't know. Why do things have to change all the time?

I keep waiting.

For things to get easier, which is impossible since my parents died.

I come to California, I start all over again. I move in with people I don't

know.

And I start to care about them.

Way more than I ever thought I could.

I just wish life would finally be normal.

Like it was in Kansas?

Kansas wasn't perfect.

But at least back home I knew what to expect.

I should go.

What about your mother?

She's got graveyard shift.

Simon, I'm sorry.

She's a kid.

She's a very smart kid.

Who thinks I'm some kind of heroine in her own private romance novel? Did you

really tell Susanna that you rushed into this?

I said I was making everyone rush.

Well, maybe that means you're not ready to get married. That's not true. True. I

was just feeling overwhelmed because everything was moving so fast. Well,

if you're telling Susanna that, maybe Nikki's right. Maybe you have doubts. I

don't have any doubts. Why does everyone keep asking me that?

Everyone?

This is crazy.

Simon, I want to marry you as much as you want to marry me. I want us to be a

family. You, me, and the kids. I mean, that's why I agreed to tomorrow.

Agreed.

Oh, no, wait.

That's... You know what I mean.

Ava, if you really don't want to... Raymond, do you know the thing that I

the most about you?

It's that I always know that you're going to do the right thing. There are

surprises.

I'm the nice, dependable guy.

Yes.

No, you're... You're a wonderful guy.

More than that, you're everything I always thought my husband should be.

And we're getting married tomorrow because it's what we both want.

Just the 13 -year -old I was looking for.

Please don't say it. Say what?

What Aunt Ava already told me.

She and Simon hate me. Sweetheart, they don't hate you.

But what, you think they're going to thank you for what you said tonight? Why

doesn't anybody understand? I just want Aunt Ava to be happy. So let her be

happy. You have to give up the dream of Ava and Johnny being together.

I know that Johnny loves her. Maybe he does.

But Ava really wants to marry Simon, and she picked him for a very good reason.

Johnny is never going to step up.

At least not the way we want him to.

We?

Yeah.

We.

I admit it.

Ever since college, I've envisioned Ava and Johnny together.

But it doesn't matter what you and I want.

It matters what Ava needs.

I can't sit here and tell you that I'm totally for Simon. I'm not. I just...

I'm trying to be.

For Ava.

She needs to know that I support her, no matter what she does, no matter who she

marries.

Tomorrow, I'm going to be at that wedding.

For Ava.

For myself.

And if you're the person I think you are,

you'll be there, too.

Hey.

You clean up good.

Well, thank you. Thank you. What are you doing here?

What, you have a problem with me checking in on our investment?

Our investment? Figured after what you told me about Bobby last night that

be through with this place.

What I told you?

Yeah, that he asked you to get back together. Made it sound like a

I'll tell you what, if that's what you want, I wish you guys the best of luck.

Stop, okay?

Bobby wasn't trying to get back together.

He just doesn't want to pay the settlement.

He thought that if he buttered me up, I'd be willing to settle for less cash.

I guess he doesn't know you very well, now, does he?

No jokes, okay?

Look, he knows that I would actually think about it.

You were right.

Moving on isn't as easy as it looks.

Come on.

Look.

It's gonna be okay.

Simon showed me. He's out on the beach.

Wow,

you look nice.

What do you think?

I feel like a parking valet.

Who's that guy out on the patio?

Oh, he's a photographer from Inchic. You know, it's a major coup getting her

Aunt Ava and her dress in the magazine.

Look at you.

Even a tie, huh?

Yeah, don't remind me.

I'll get it.

How you doing?

Good, now that you're here.

You know, last night meant a lot to me.

Me too.

You're so pretty.

I'm not too late, am I?

Of course not.

Thank you.

I'm so sorry.

It's okay.

It's okay.

No crying.

At least not yet.

We have a wedding to get through.

She's right.

You ready?

Here you go.

Thanks.

Wow.

Here we go.

Get out of here!

Excuse me? She's about to come down right now. I know. I just, you know,

called. Too much information. Go, go, go.

Whoa. Hey.

Good. I thought I was late. Oh.

No. But apparently I am.

She's coming down any minute.

You know, I...

Yeah. Hey.

Hey, Neva. We're ready.

Friends and family, we gather today to join Simon and Ava

in matrimony.

Marriage is the truest commitment two people can make.

It is when they say to each other, I want to spend the rest of my life with

and only you.

It is where these two people will become one and begin a new life together.

If anyone objects to this union, now is the time to speak.

Very good. And we can proceed.

Do you, Ava Gregory, take this man, Simon O 'Keefe, to be

your lawfully wedded husband?

I do.

Simon, what's going on?

Ava, you don't.

How did you know?

Doesn't take a rocket scientist.

You know, all this time, I kept thinking about Johnny.

How he might come between us.

I mean, I thought that even while you were standing up there with me.

Funny thing is, Johnny's not the problem.

Is he?

We are the problem.

I'm sorry, Simon.

I do love you.

Now you think you do.

But only because I fit what you think a marriage should be. You know, practical.

Steady. You were even willing to marry the wrong guy to prove that you could

have that perfect idea of marriage and family. And that's... It's not enough

me.

It shouldn't be enough for you, too.

Ava, you were truly the love of my life.

Maybe you always will be.

But as long as we both know that I'm not yours, you can't marry me.

Not today.

Not ever.

That wedding really did you in, didn't it?

It did.

But not for the reason you'd think.

There wasn't a wedding.

Simon called it off.

If Ava's not getting married, then what are you doing here?

I got my answer today because she stood up there and she said, I do.

She was ready to marry him.

And if Simon hadn't have said no, she would have.

I'm sorry, Johnny.

Hey, maybe it doesn't have to be so hard

for either of us.

I think I know what you need.