"Hurry up Ava. Roger will be here soon." Ms. Parker yelled up the stairs as Ava put her hair up.
"Mom, this is my first date with Roger, why are you so excited?" she asked running down the stairs.
"It's just so exciting for you two. You are so cute together." she smiled looking up at her. "You look so beautiful Ava." she smiled as Ava came into view.
"Do you mean it?" she asked looking over at her mother.
"Sweetie, Roger is gonna flip when he sees you." she said smiling over at her.
"You think so?" she asked smiling over at her.
"Absolutely." she smiled as the door bell rang. "There he is. Go back upstairs. You need to make an entrance." Ms. Parker said looking over at Ava.
"OK. Thanks mom." she smiled rushing up the stairs.
"Hi Roger. You look so nice." Ms. Parker said looking up at him as he stood in the doorway wearing dress pants and a black button down shirt.
"Thank you Ms. Parker. Is Ava ready?" he asked looking down at her.
"I think so. Avalon, Roger is here." Ms. Parker called out smiling up at Ava.
"Hi Roger." she smiled looking down as she came down the stairs. She was wearing a pretty pink skirt and a white sweater. She had on pink pumps and her hair was half up in a pony tail.
"Ava, you look so beautiful." he said smiling up at her.
"Thank you Roger." she smiled as she reached the bottom of the stairs.
"Roger, are you OK?" Ms. Parker asked smiling up at him.
"Um... yeah, I'm... you look so beautiful Ava." he smiled stumbling over his own words.
"Thank you Roger." she laughed looking up at him.
"I'm sorry Ava. Um... are you ready to go?" he asked smiling down at her.
"Yeah, I'm ready." she smiled looking over at her mother.
"Midnight, OK Roger?" Ms. Parker said smiling at them.
"Yes ma'am." he smiled still looking down at Ava.
"Come on Roger. We gotta go." she smiled looking up at him.
"Oh, right. Sorry." he smiled looking down at her as they left the house.
"Are you OK Roger?" Ava asked looking up at him as they stood on the sidewalk in front of Ava's house.
"Yeah, you just look so beautiful Avalon." he smiled sweeping her into his arms.
"Roger, we have to go to the dance." she laughed looking up into his gorgeous green eyes.
"I know. I just want to stare at you for a little while." he smiled looking into her blue eyes that were lined in black eyeliner.
"I like when you look at me." she smiled as he leaned in to kiss her.
"I like looking at you." he smiled holding her in his arms. "OK, we can go now." he smiled looking down at her.
"OK." she smiled kissing him one more time before they began walking to school.
"Hey Rog. Ava you look great. What are you doing with him?" Jimmy asked teasing Roger.
"Hey loser, she's my girl. Get your own." Roger smiled looking over at him.
"How come you get the hot rock chick?" Will asked looking over at Roger.
"Because I walked her home you lazy piece of crap." he teased looking down at Ava who was burying her face in his chest laughing.
"You guys are so bad." she laughed looking up at them.
"Hi Ava. Roger." Sophia said smiling at them.
"Hi Sophia." Ava smiled looking up at her with Rogers arm around her.
"You guys so so good together. I can't wait to hear you sing together." she smiled looking over at them.
"Thanks Sophia." Ava said looking up at Roger.
"Hey Sophia, do you wanna dance?" June asked looking over at her.
"Um, sure. I'd like that." she smiled as she and June began to dance.
"Do you wanna dance?" Ava asked looking up at Roger.
"To be seen with you looking like that? Yeah, I do." he smiled leaning down to kiss her before taking her hand and leading her to the dance floor. As they danced, all eyes were on them. They held each other and concentrated on each other like they were the only 2 people in the room.
"This was the most wonderful night of my life." Ava smiled sitting on the porch of the Parker house.
"Mine too. Did you see everyone? They were watching you all night." he smiled holding her in his arms.
"No they weren't." she said laughing looking up at him. "They were watching June and Sophia." she laughed as he played with her hair.
"Yeah, can you believe that? I can't believe they hooked up." she smiled kissing her head.
"I think it's cute." Ava smiled looking up at him.
"I'm sorry to crash your date, but it's almost 1 Ava." Ms. Parker said opening the door to the house.
"I gotta get home Baby. I'll talk to you tomorrow, OK?" he smiled looking down at her.
"OK. I'll talk to you tomorrow." she smiled leaning up to kiss him.
"Bye Ms. Parker. I'll see you tomorrow." Roger smiled looking over at her.
"Bye Roger." she smiled watching them as Roger still held Ava in his arms.
"Bye Avalon." he whispered leaning down to kiss her again.
"Bye Roger." she laughed as he rushed off the porch to run home.
"So, did you two have fun?" she asked as Ava watched him run down the street.
"We had the most amazing night mom. We danced all night." she smiled as Roger ran out of sight.
"You two really like each other, don't you?" she asked looking over at Ava.
"Yeah mom, we do. He's so sweet and funny and nice and he makes me feel like I'm the most beautiful girl in the world." she smiled looking up at her.
"I like Roger. He's a good kid. The kind you deserve Avalon." she smiled looking over at her as they went into the house.
"And I like it when he calls me Avalon. He makes me like my name." she smiled looking over at her.
"Are you and Roger singing together?" Ms. Parker asked looking down at Ava.
"Yeah. That's how we met. He put a flyer up at school looking for a lead singer and I went to his house to audition. I sung really great mom." she said looking up at her.
"Of course you did sweetie. You're a great singer. I'm proud of you, you know?" she smiled looking down at her.
"Really?" she asked looking up at her.
"Yes Avalon. Why didn't you tell me you and Roger were in a band?" she asked tucking the hairs that had fallen from Ava's pony tail behind her ears.
"Because I thought if you found out Roger was a musician like dad you wouldn't let me go out with him." she said as tears sprung to her eyes.
"Oh sweetie, you didn't have to keep that from me. I like Roger and I see how much he likes you. I would never tell you that you couldn't see him. I'm sorry you felt that way sweetie." she said putting her arms around her.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you mom." she said hugging her mother.
"It's OK sweetie. I understand, but I don't want you to get punished for mine and your fathers marriage not working out." she said kissing her daughters head.
"How did you find out about the band anyway?" she asked looking up at her.
"Mrs. Davis. I called her to tell her not to worry about Roger being home late and she asked if I wanted to come over tomorrow and watch you kids practice." she smiled looking down at her.
"Oh. Sorry I didn't tell you myself." she smiled looking up at her.
"That's OK sweetie. I understand." she smiled kissing her head again.
"And mom, thanks for calling Mrs. Davis so Roger didn't get in trouble for being home late." she said looking up at her.
"No problem sweetie." Ms. Parker said as Ava went upstairs to her room.
"Good night mom." Ava said before going into her room.