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Van walked down her driveway the next morning with his head down and one hand in his pocket. In between his index finger and his thumb of his other hand was lite cigarette. It was his second one on the walk from his house to hers. He had smoked the first one fast and was almost done with his second by the time he raised his head up. Avalon was sitting on the balcony that was off what he knew to be her room. She had a stretch pad open and on her lap. Her hand was drawing fast while her head darted up to the lake then back at her pad. Van sighed and dropped his smoke down to the driveway. He smashed it out with one of his well worn converse shoes, blowing the last of the smoke from his body.

" Hey you." He called up to her. Her head shot up and turned in his direction. Van put his hands in his pockets and shrugged. " Hey." He said when she didn't say anything.

" Hey." She said without making a move to get up.

" So can we talk?" Van brought his right hand up and over his eyebrows to shield his eyes was the sun as it blazed down on him. She sighed and he thought she even rolled her eyes. She looked down at her pad and started drawing again.

" The door's unlocked. My bedroom is upstairs, first door on the right." She said.

" Okay, cool."

He closed the distance between the spot he had stopped at and her door, pulling it open as soon as he reached it. After he closed it and started up the stairs, he held his breath to see if he could hear her dad. That was the last person Van wanted to ran into. He was sure the father was going to be upset with him, if he knew Van had hurt his little girl. But the TV in the living room was off and there was no sounds coming from anywhere around the house. Van took the stairs to the upstairs part of her house two stairs at a time. Her door was closed but he didn't knock before he opened it. He knew she knew he was there.

Her room surprised him. It was well sized with a closet to the left side of the door and a dresser to the right. Beside the dresser was black painted vanity with a mirror and some books resting on the chair in front of it. Across from the dresser was a huge bed, a queen size if he had to guess. The bed was made and covered with a black comforter. He walked across the hard wood floors and over to the sliding glass door. The wall to the outside world was just a huge, floor to ceiling window. She had a blank curtain but it was pushed off to the side to let in the natural light.

Van stepped out onto the balcony, closed the door then took the three steps it was needed to reach her side. He sat down and looked at what she was drawing. On the pad on her lap was her drawing of the lake and the trees in front of her. She was using a plain pencil but had managed to capture the completely beauty of everything around them.

" That looks awesome." He said.

" Thanks. I always make a few drawings of whatever the view outside of my window is." She said quietly.

" Really? That's cool. Can I look at the others?" Van asked.

She was sitting indian style and used her leg to nudge over one of her pads towards him. Van picked it up then thread his legs through the bars of the balcony so they were free hanging. He opened the pad and started looking through it closely. Each picture was drawn in pencil and had the name of city wrote at the bottom each picture. New York City, Atlanta, Gatling, Los Angeles, Reno, on and on the pictures went. Van was impressed. She was an amazing artist but it was the last picture he came to that really struck him. It was the last picture that made his heart flutter. It was a picture of him, a close up one. He was standing on the dock with his hands on his hips and his face turned away from the pad. He looked like he was looking off to the side at something. She had completely captured his image and Van didn't know what to say for a few minutes.

" Wow, Av, these are great." He said.

" What did you call me?" Avalon asked. Her pencil stilled as they looked at each other. Van cleared his throat nervously.

" Av. I thought it could be a nickname I could use." Van said.

" No one has ever given me a nickname before." She said.

" Do you like it?" He asked. She nodded and smiled before looking back at her drawing.

" Yeah, I do." Avalon said with a small laugh. Van didn't say anything, just watched her for a few minutes. She was drawing slower now and he knew she was glancing up at him every so often. Van cleared his throat and gave himself a quick nod. He could do this. He could explain himself and Julie.

" Look, I should have told you Julie was my ex and that it was her house." Now Avalon's hand stopped completely but she didn't look at him. " I didn't take you there to make her jealous or show you off like some prize I had won. I took you there because...I guess I thought you'd like to meet other people besides me, Jason, and Flip. And I..."

" Do you like me?" Avalon cut him off with question and the look on her face when she finally looked at him.

" Yeah. Yeah, I do. Like a lot." Van admitted.

" Why?" She asked.

" Well, because you're cool as shit. We have a lot in common. You listen to me and you seem to get me. You don't make me feel bad for being where I'm at in life. We have a blast together and you're really, really pretty." Van pushed himself to admit. He felt shy around her sometimes, he felt...embarrassed to tell her those things but he wanted to be with her and felt like the only way was to be completely honest with her...embarrassingly so. But she must have liked what he said because she smiled.

" I like you a lot too." She admitted.

" Yeah? Why?" Van asked with his own smile.

" Well, because YOU"RE cool as shit. We do have a lot in common. YOU listen to ME and YOU seem to get me. You saved my life, you right about us having a blast together and you are really, really hot." Her smile spread when Van started to laugh. She laughed herself as she shut her pad and set it off to the other side of her. She looked back at him and continued to smile.

" Okay...so can we just pretend that shit didn't happen and just go back to dating?" He asked when he calmed down. Avalon leaned forward and Van took the advantage, closing his eyes and pressing his lips to hers.

And it was over from there and they both knew. The annoyance, the fight, it was all over. As her hands came to his neck and her lips parted for his tongue, they both knew they were together again. No casual dating, no being friends, this was full blown dating. Boyfriend and girlfriend and they both wanted it. As she pulled Van into her and laid back so he could crawl over her, the unspoken agreement went through him. He silently asked her to his girlfriend and she silently accepted the offer.

" Where's your dad?" Van whispered against her lips while he settled his body into hers.

" Out. He had to mail some shit and pick up other things. He should be gone for another couple of hours." Avalon whispered before another round of kissing started. Her arms went around his shoulders as their tongues danced. His hips thrust into hers, catching his erection against the center of her. Pleasure shot through him, heating his blood. " Let's get in my bed." Her whisper was different that time. It echoed the lust and fire he was feeling. It was husky and turned him on more. Van's eyes shot open in shock. Was she serious? Shit, he hoped so.

And his prayers and hopes were answered. They were on her bed moments later, pulling and tugging at one other's clothes. His sneakers were tossed on the floor, only to be covered by her shirt a few minutes later. Their mouths were fused together as they knelt on her bed. His hands roamed her neck and shoulders while hers worked at his belt.

" Are you sure he won't be coming home soon?" Van whispered in a pant.

" Don't worry." Avalon whispered.

Avalon's sheet and blanket were chilly against Van's naked legs and back. He settled between her legs again and against her soft body as they continued to make out. They slowed their fast and frenzy pace to a slow, almost lazy pace. His hands travelled through her hair while hers rubbed his shoulders, feeling his muscles as they rolled. The feel of him, his skin, his muscles, his soft hair, and the impressive, hard length between her legs made her moan into his mouth.

He should stop them and grab the condom he kept in his wallet. He should lay beside her and roll it down himself and he meant too...but then her hand traveled down between them and took a hold his penis. Her legs opened more and she started to stroke. Van broke their kissing and groaned loudly, pressing his forehead into hers while squeezing his eyes shut.

" Ah man..." he moaned. His breath fanned out over her face in a hot rush as a stab of pleasure shot through his body.

She pushed against his head to make him lift his and start kissing her again. He reached between them, needing and wanting to bring her the same bliss she was bring him. He used his knuckle to gently start making swirls against the top of her warmth. Van kissed a hot trail down her face to the pulse in her neck. It was beating frantically against his tongue as he sucked it deep in his mouth. Her eyes rolled back, her mouth dropped and her back arched. She whimpered and tilted her hips forward, trying to make him touch her more. She pushed into his hand as he gathered up her wetness and used it to glide in slow, deliciously agonizing cirlces around her little pearl.

" Van." She whispered. All at once, her hand pulled off him and he instantly mourned the lost of the pleasure. She grabbed at his hand and pulled it away from her as well.

" What are you doing?" Van whispered, desperate to feel her stroking him again. It was too good to stop now. It felt too good to not continue on and he prayed she wasn't changing her mind about being with him.

" I haven't been with anyone in a while and if you keep doing that, I'm gonna get off fast." Avalon whispered. " I want to have sex with you."

She pulled her legs up and tugged them into his sides. He pushed forward, hitting her opening and joining himself to her without thinking. She wanted to have sex with him and he rushed to give it to her. He groaned deep into her throat. Warm, wet pleasure surrounded him as her body took him in, fitting him like a glove. She whined out his name and pulled at the hair at the back of his head. This was not what he thought would happen as he walked to her house today but he couldn't think of anything he wanted to do more. As he pulled back then started thrusting his hips into hers, he had to wonder, did sex always feel like this and it had been so long since he had had it, that he forgot? Or did it feel this good because of her? He didn't really care, all he wanted was for them to keep going.

" Oh shit!" She whispered and threw her head back.

Van grabbed at one of her legs to push it over his hip. He, then, grabbed at her thigh and squeezed it tight. His other hand traveled under her pillow to take a hold of the top of her bed with they moved together. Each thrust was getting harder and deeper. He cursed, wanting to kiss her but unable to concerate threw the hazy. His stomach tighten then released. His shoulders tensed then relaxed.

They rocked together with their breath mingling. He opened his eyes only to slam them shut again. Seeing the bliss that was written all over her face was almost too much for him and he knew if he kept watching it, he would cum in seconds. And this had to last, needed to last, for as long as he could get it too. It felt too good to be over just yet.

" Fuck!" She burst out. " Fuck, I'm cumming already!"

She tighten down on him from the inside while on the outside, her upper body raised up and off the bed. Her arms went around his shoulders and she tugged on him hard, falling back onto her bed. Avalon cried out with her breath a hot burst against his ear and it was over for him. Deep inside him, he felt the orgasm rushing up. It wasn't going to last as long as he wanted it too but she was getting off and now so was he.

" Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!" He panted as he burst into her body. His stomach tighted as he thrust as hard as he could, wanting to prolong the orgasm. His muscles tensed, his hand closed in on the skin of her thigh until his knuckles went white and his mouth fell completely open. His eyebrows knit together and his body spasmed, twitching slightly abover her. No, sex never felt this good. What he felt before was nothing compared to what he was feeling right now.

And when it was done, her arms fell from him and out at her sides. Her body gave out and sank down into her bed. His hand loosen on her, allowing her leg to slip down from around his hip. He tried to hold himself off her but it was almost impossible. His weight came down on top of her while his head came to rest against her chest. They were both panting and struggling to breath.

" Shit." Van whispered when the realization that he had never gotten the condom sank in.

" What?" Avalon asked. He lifted his head up and looked down at her, pride swelling in his chest that sweat had wet her hairline. Julie never sweat during sex...of couse she had never called out to him like Avalon had and never reacted that way to an orgasm.

" I didn't wear a condom." He said quietly, hoping to not ruin their post sex bliss.

" Oh...I didn't think to ask you." She said with her voice just as quiet. Avalon closed her eyes and smiled contently. " I'm on the pill and trust me, I'm clean." Van laid back down, wanting to feel her heartbeat against his cheek.

" I don't have anything either." He said.

" Than let's not ruin this." She said.

He sighed when her hands came in contact with his shoulders and back. He stretched his arms up and under the pillow, loving how she started to run her fingertips down then back up his spine. This was something new to him. Julie never did this. They would have sex then he'd pull away and get fix his pants while she got dressed. They had hardly ever had sex completely naked and Van had to admit. It felt nice to be against Avalon's bare skin. She felt silky and soft and he liked it.

" Avalon!" They both jumped at the sound of her dad's voice. Van flew out of her bed, tossing her her clothes from the floor.

" Shit!" He cursed.

She caught his eyes as they hurried to dressed. Her skin was flushed and she was smiling. Van couldn't help himself. He stepped into his pants and started to laugh. She called out to her dad, telling him she was on the balcony of her room while she quickly put on her bra. The couple continued to smile and tried hard to hold in their laughter while they both rushed.

" Go outside! Hurry up!" Avalon snatched up Van's shoes then pushed him towards the balcony. " I have to make the bed!"

He grinned but did what she ordered, catching his shoes when she tossed them at him. He finished with his shirt and the converses while she threw the blankets over her bed and straighten them. She yanked her shorts up off the floor and threw her legs in. She almost ran out to join him and the two flopped down, grabbing her stretch pads at the same time her dad entered her room.

" Hey Daddy." She said. They both turned and looked up at the older man as he crossed the room with a frown.

" I didn't know you had company." Gideon said.

" Hello, Mr. Weathervane." Van said.

" I thought you two broke up or something." Gideon said. The young couple looked at each other and smiled.

" We worked it out." Avalon said.

" Yeah, it's all good." Van answered.

" All good? Well...I guess that's...good." Gideon said slowly. " I'm going to make toasted cheese sandwiches. Will Van be joining us?" Avalon broke the eye contact to look back at her dad and nod.

" Yeah." She said. " Thanks, Dad."