The morning rays shined in through the blinds highlighting the young couple's skin as they lay asleep wrapped up in each other.

"Hey, you two! It's time to get up. Abel, we need you down at the garage." Jax yells through the door as Tara walks by laughing at the mood her husband is in.

"Yeah, I'm coming down, dad. It's too early for this shit." Abel yells back laying his head under the covers on Ava's breasts.

"You gotta get up, baby." Ava tells him letting out a lover's sigh as Abel teases her aroused nipple with his lips.

"Abel. get your ass up!" Jax yells losing his temper on the other side of the door.

"Since you're so set on pissing your old man off, did you at least lock the door last night?" Ava asks pulling away and getting out of bed with the sheet wrapped around her.

"Shit." Abel says getting up to crack open the door and tell his dad he'll be down soon.

"Be careful" Ava says to him coming up behind him and kissing the anchor on his back. "By the way, when are you getting the other tat?"

"Tonight." He replies turning around to kiss her back.

"Can I be there" She asks him laying back on the bed.

"Nah. It's members only." He tells her getting in the shower.

"In that case, I hope it hurts like a bitch!" Ava says to him as he gets in the shower. Turning on her back, she laughs to herself as she hears the water turn on thinking about how happy she is for Abel. Being the son of the V.P. of the club put a lot of pressure on him. After tonight, he'll be able to relax and with the tattoo, he will be intergrated into the club.

After Abel gets out of the shower, he asks her if she wants to go to Trevor's later to plan the bonfire.

"Babe, I gotta work, since you know, I cut ties with my mother." She tells him kissing the side of his mouth and getting her stuff for a shower.

"Will you be over tonight?" He asks her.

"No, Luke wants me home, but I will call you later." She says going into the bathroom.

Working at a market can be good when there is something new happening in town. Ava is staking up the aisles but is listening to the conversation town cop Jaimison is having with a new deputy Ava's never seen before. They're talking about the gun problem in Charming. Turns out the new cop is former AFT and in town to break the cycle of gun distribution.

"There's a warehouse I wanna stake out. Could have some connection to Samcrow and the Dirt-riders that are coming in from the south. Clay and Jax are up to something." Jaimison is telling the AFT agent. The Dirt-riders are from the south coming up from Baja out of Mexico with a guy named Almeida as the in-between guy for both crews. Ava remembers telling her that Clay just wants to check out other options that won't draw attention to Charming with the AFT since the AFT presence in town has decreased over the years. Clay wants to keep it that way.

Telling her manager that she is going to use the bathroom, Ava calls Abel and gets his voicemail.

"Ava! Come on! It's getting busy up front." Clifton says knocking on the door.

Ava sends Abel a text telling him she'll tell him later and warning him not to come to the store. After she puts her phone in her bra, she goes back to work.

Garage

Abel stands looking at the truck that was towed into the garage. It was the most burnt piece of shit-car he's ever seen.

"Hey, look at this!" Juice says over his shoulder to Abel who is looking under the hood.

"What'd you find?" Abel comes up to him. Pulling out a picture of the owner of the car and Garrett both on a boat together. From the picture, the two look to be good friends. What the hell?

"Garrett's been gone for a while now. Makes sense that people would come looking for the bastard." Juice says knowing this new guy could be trying to cause some trouble if he asks too many questions.

"What could he do? Garrett's vanished, we don't know shit." Abel says walking into the back to talk to Jax.

"Hey, kid. You ready for tonight?" Jax asks looking away from the computer screen as Abel walks in.

"Look at this shit" Abel says hanging over the picture and pulling out a beer from the mini-fridge.

"Don't worry about this guy, Abel. Juice will check him out. There's nothing he can do. Nothing to tie Garrett to us." Jax tells him.

"Nothing except Ava." Abel replies.

"This happens, son. Ava may be questioned by the cops and whoever this guy is, she may not. As long as she doesn't talk, nothing happens. Nothing to worry about. What happened at the warehouse never happened." Jax explains knowing that Ava is the key to moving on from this Garrett situation. As long as Ava stays silent, there's nothing to worry about.

"Ava won't talk to no one." Abel says putting his beer down. "What time tonight?" He asks thinking about the club's insignia that will be a permanent part of him for the rest of his life after tonight.

"Midnight. It'll be done in one sitting just to get it out of the way." Jax replies seeing Tara pull up. "Shit, your mother's here."

"What'd you do this time?" Abel laughs thinking about how pissed his mom can get when Jax ticks her off.

"Do me a favor, will you? Shut the fuck up! She wants to invite Dean to dinner and I told her no." Jax says going outside to greet his wife.

Abel chuckles to himself knowing how much hell his mom can raise to get her way with her old man. Taking his phone out, he sees the missed call from Ava and opens the text. Knowing that Ava wouldn't tell him not to go to the store for nothing, he puts his phone on vibrate and decides to wait for her to call back and walks back into the garage.

"Abel!" Maddie walks into the garage and gives him a hug.

"What's up, baby girl?" He tells her thinking about the situation with Dean. Maddie always had Jax wrapped around her finger.

"Talk to dad for me?" She asks him pushing her hazel-shaded hair out of her face.

"Don't worry 'bout Dean. As long as he don't try anything, dad won't touch him." He tells his sister thinking how serious things are getting with this guy.

"I don't want to be babied. You all crowd around me, it's like I can't breathe." Maddie says letting her temper show.

"Relax, Maddie. It'll work out. Dad and the rest of us just wanna make sure you're safe." He tells her

"You ready for tonight?" She asks him feeling anxious and happy cause Abel has waited for this night for so long.

"Don't worry about me." He tells her laughing as he pulls on her hair.

"Eat shit, Abel!" She responds giving him a small shove backwards.

So I'm back! So Sorry it took so long to update. Lots been going on! But here is the next part. Any suggestions and reviews would be great!