"Roger, are we gonna get any rehearsing done or are we just gonna make out the whole time?" Ava asked laughing as they sat in the corner of the garage at the Davis house.

"I vote for making out." he smiled holding her face in his hands.

"Why am I not surprised?" she laughed looking into his mesmerizing green eyes.

"I don't know." He laughed kissing her again as the garage door opened. It was Roger's father. "My dad's home. Come on, I want you to meet him." he smiled excitedly kissing her again before taking her hand and helping her up.

"Hello Roger. Who's your friend?" Mr. Davis asked smiling at Roger who was standing by the hood of the car waiting for him to get out.

"Dad, this is my girlfriend Ava. Ava, this is my dad." he smiled looking down at Ava.

"Hi Mr. Davis. It's really nice to meet you." Ava said smiling at the older man.

"It's nice to meet you too young lady. My wife and son have been raving about you. I would love to hear you sing sometime." he smiled looking down at her.

"I would like that too Mr. Davis. Thank you." she smiled looking up at Roger.

"Would you like to stay for dinner Ava?" Mr Davis asked loosening his tie.

"No thank you, sir. I should be getting home anyway. Roger I'll see you in the morning, OK? It was really nice to meet you Mr. Davis." she said leaning up to kiss Roger before rushing out of the garage to go home.

"Dad, I'm gonna go…" he started before Mr. Davis cut him off.

"Go son. I'll tell your mom you'll be right back." he said quietly looking down at his son.

"Thanks dad." he said rushing out after Ava. "Ava. Are you OK?" he asked catching up to her.

"Yeah, I'm OK. It's just that your dad is so cool about you being a musician. My mom's a total idiot about it. As soon as she finds out that I'm singing with the band, I'm not gonna be able to see you anymore. She's gonna make me break up with you and I don't want to. I like being with you, but my dad is such a jerk and now we can't see each other." she rambled starting to cry.

"Ava, slow down. We're not gonna have to break up when your mom finds out about the band. I'll just have to hang around so much that she starts to love me and then when she does find out about the band, it won't matter because she already loves me. Don't worry Ava, everything's gonna be OK." he smiled taking her face in his hands and kissing her.

"Are you sure?" she asked looking up at him.

"Yeah, I'm sure. Don't worry about anything, OK?" he smiled caressing her cheek with his thumb.

"OK. Um, why don't you come to my house for dinner? My mom can start getting to know you." she suggested smiling at him.

"Let me just go see if it's OK with my parents. Come on." he smiled holding his hand out to her.

"OK." she smiled taking his hand following him to the Davis house.

"Mom, I'm home." Ava called out as she entered her house. She could hear her mother in the kitchen rattling around some pots.

"I'm in the kitchen dear. Do you know where we put the big pot? The one I always cook the spaghetti in?" she asked searching around the kitchen.

"It's in the cabinet under the microwave mom." she smiled standing in the kitchen in front of Roger.

"Hi Roger. It's nice to see you again." she smiled looking up at her.

"You too Ms. Parker." Roger said as Ava reached behind her back to take his hand in hers.

"Mom, Roger's my boyfriend." she said looking down at her mother who had started to stand up.

"Really? That's wonderful Avalon. It's nice to see you're fitting in so well here. You know, I was really worried about that." Ms. Parker said looking over at them as she leaned on the kitchen counter.

"Mom, is it OK if Roger stays for dinner? Please?" she asked looking up at her pleadingly.

"Sure sweetie. Why don't you two go up to your room while I start dinner? Just make sure you keep your bedroom door open, OK?" she asked looking up at Roger.

"Yes ma'am." Roger said smiling at her.

"Thanks mom. You're the best." she smiled before dragging Roger up to her room.

"This is a cute room." he smiled looking around her bedroom.

"Shut up. The girl whose room it was before me was 7. My mom and I haven't had a chance to redecorate yet." she laughed hitting him in his chest.

"Oww, why did you hit me?" he asked wrapping his arms around her.

"I'm sorry, did I hurt you?" she asked smiling up at him.

"No, but I like it better when we're doing this though." he smiled as he leaned in to kiss her.

"Roger, my mom could be up any minute and she's not gonna like us making out in my bedroom." she laughed looking up at him.

"You're right Ava. We're trying to get her to like me. This is not gonna do it." he smiled kissing her one last time before letting her go.

"OK, do you wanna listen to some music. I have the new Duran Duran record." she asked looking up at him.

"That sounds cool." he smiled looking over at her as he watched her put the album on the turntable and began to dance as the music started.

"What's the matter?" she asked smiling down at him as he sat on the floor next to her bed.

"Nothing. I'm just watching you." he smiled as she sat next to him.

"Do you like Duran Duran?" she asked looking up at him.

"Not really, but I like the way you look when you're dancing to it." he smiled putting his arms around her and holding her close.

"I have a lot of albums. We can look through them and you can pick out one you like if you want." she said looking up at him.

"Nah, it's OK. We'll listen to this." he smiled kissing her head as they listened to the record.

"Avalon, Roger dinner is ready." Ms. Parker called out up the stairs.

"OK Ms. Parker." Roger called out before leaning down to kiss Ava one more time before helping her up off of the floor.

"Thank you Roger. I appreciate you wanting my mom to get to know you better." she said looking up at him holding on to his arms.

"Well I like you Avalon." he smiled caressing her face with his thumb.

"Roger." she said looking up at him.

"What? I like your name. It's nice." he smiled leaning down to kiss her again.

"I do like the way you say it." she smiled looking up at him.

"I like saying it. Now come on. Your mom is waiting for us." he smiled taking her hand in his.

"OK." she smiled following him down the stairs.

"So Roger, tell me about your interests." Ms. Parker asked looking up at him as they started eating.

"I like listening to music and I write stuff. It's not much, but I enjoy it." he told her trying to beat around the fact that he is a musician without completely lying to her.

"That's nice. Avalon loves music too." Ms. Parker said smiling over at Ava.

"Mom, can you stop calling me Avalon please? You know how much I hate that name." Ava said looking up at her.

"I think it's a beautiful name Ava. Why do you hate it so much?" Roger asked before putting a fork full of spaghetti into his mouth.

"Avalon Donnelly. I sound so irish. Like the blond hair and the blue eyes don't give it away enough." she said looking over at him.

"Well Avalon was your grandmothers name and she was born and raised in Ireland." Ms. Parker said looking over at her.

"I know it was grandma's name, and it was probably cool when she was growing up in Ireland, but I just wish I had a normal name." she said looking across the table at her.

"I don't. I like your name. It's awesome. All the girls in our school are either named Margaret or Kelly or Linda. Your name stands out. I like it." Roger smiled as Ms. Parker looked up at him.

"Thank you Roger. See, your own boyfriend is telling you that you have a beautiful name. Why can't you see how truly beautiful your name is?" she asked looking over at Ava.

"Fine. But I still don't like you calling me Avalon all the time." she said looking up at her.

"Fair enough. If you want me to start calling you Ava, I will. But if I slip once in a while, please don't freak out on me, OK?" Ms. Parker said looking up at Ava.

"Thanks mom. I would appreciate that." Ava said smiling at her as they continued eating.

"Avalon. That should be your stage name. That would be an awesome stage name." Roger said looking down at Ava as they held hands walking to school.

"Oh yeah, that's a hot stage name. I was named after an old irish woman." she said looking up at him.

"But it's your name now Ava. And you are hot." he smiled stopping her in the middle of the sidewalk to hold her in his arms.

"Oh yeah, I'm really hot." she laughed looking up at him as he leaned in to her.

"You are beautiful and you have a kick ass rock chick voice. You are the hottest chick I've ever met." he said quietly before kissing her.

"I'm a hot chick?" she asked looking up at him.

"Yeah, you're my hot chick." he smiled kissing her again.

"Hey Davis, Donnelly stop smooching in the middle of the sidewalk. We're gonna be late for school." Jimmy laughed running up behind them.

"Shut up Johnson. You're just jealous that you don't have a girlfriend." Roger saiid holding Ava in his arms.

"Oh yeah, I'm really jealous a girl isn't turning me into mush." he laughed looking over at them.

"I like how my girl turns me to mush." Roger laughed kissing Ava's head.

"Come on. We're gonna be late for school. June's bound to be ready when we get here and you can't yell at him like you do every morning." Jimmy laughed putting Roger in a headlock and walking him down the block as Ava laughed.