"Come on Baby, let's show them what we got." Roger said looking down at Ava as they stood next to the stage in the school auditorium.

"I don't know. I don't think I'm ready." she said looking around seeing all the other kids trying out for the talent show at school.

"You are so ready Ava. I promise. We're a shoe in for the show." he said smiling down at her.

"Are you sure? I mean really sure. I don't want to look like an idiot who is totally not ready up there." she asked looking up in to his green eyes.

"Baby, you're ready. Now come on, it's time to rock this place." he smiled leaning down to kiss her before taking her hand and leading her to the stage.

"Hi, we're Transparent. We're gonna do Goodbye to You." Ava announced into the microphone as the guys took their positions.

"OK Ava, go ahead." the teacher sitting in the front row said smiling up at them.

"Ready guys?" she asked looking back at them as they all smiled at her.

"Yeah, we're ready." Roger said looking up at her as they started the song.

"Those times I waited for you seem so long ago, I wanted you far too much to ever let you go, You know I never got by, I feel it too, And I guess I never could stand to lose, It's such a pity to say, Goodbye to you, Goodbye to you, Could I have loved someone like the one I see in you, I remember the good times baby now, and the bad times too, These last few weeks of holdin' on, The days are dull, the nights are long, Guess it's better to say, Goodbye to you, Goodbye to you, Goodbye to you, Goodbye to you, 'Cause baby it's over now, No need to talk about it, It's not the same, My love for you's just not the same, And my heart, and my heart, And my heart can't stand the strain, And my love, and my love,
And my love won't stand the pain, And my heart, and my heart, And my heart can't stand the strain,
And my love, and my love, And my love..., Goodbye to you, Goodbye to you, Goodbye to you, Goodbye to you, Now, could I have loved someone like the one I see in you, Yeah, I remember the good times baby now, and the bad times too, These last few weeks of holdin' on, The days are dull, the nights are long, Guess it's better to say, Goodbye to you, Goodbye to you, Goodbye to you, Goodbye to you,
Goodbye baby, So long, darlin', Goodbye to you." They sung together. The teacher just sat and watched with a smile on her face. The other students who were in the auditorium exploded into applause.

"Guys, that was incredible." Sophia gushed rushing on stage.

"Thank you. You kids are in." the teacher smiled as Roger took his guitar off and placed it on the stand.

"We did it Baby." he smiled as he rushed over to Ava.

"Yeah we did." she smiled wrapping her arms around his neck as he picked her up.

"I love you Avalon." he said kissing her head.

"You... what?" she asked looking over at him.

"I, um... I love you Ava." he smiled putting her down as she looked at him surprised.

"I love you too Roger." she smiled holding his arms as she looked into his eyes.

"Yeah?" he asked looking down at her.

"Yeah, I do. I love you Roger." she said leaning up to kiss him.

"I love you Ava." he whispered leaning down to kiss her before wrapping his arms around her waist and picking her up.

"OK guys, come on. We're done. Geez, I hate when they get like that." Will said smiling over at them.

"Oh, right. Sorry Will. Sorry Miss Constantine." Roger laughed taking Ava's hand and rushing off the stage.

"I can't believe we did it. We're in the talent show." June shouted picking Sophia up into his arms twirling her.

"You guys are great. Ava, you were incredible." Sophia laughed as June put her down.

"Thanks Soph." she smiled still looking up at Roger.

"Roger, what are you doing here?" Ava asked waking up as Roger sat on her bed.

"I wanted to see you." he whispered as he laid down next to her.

"Are you OK?" she asked scooting over to give him room.

"Yeah, I'm OK. I just couldn't sleep and I needed to see you." he smiled leaning down to kiss her as he wrapped his arms around her.

"I love you Roger." she whispered looking up into his eyes.

"I love you too Avalon." he smiled kissing her again. The longer they kissed the more passionate it became. "Ava..." he started before she cut him off.

"Roger, I want to be with you." she whispered looking up at him.

"Are you sure? I mean, we don't have to..." he said before she kissed him again.

"I want to Roger. I love you." she whispered as she began to take her pajama shirt off.

"I love you too Ava." he smiled as he took her face in his hands and kissed her slow and tender. As they made love for the first time, it was beautiful. It was the first time for both of them. When they were done, they laid in each others arms for a little while until they realized the time.

"Roger, you should go home. My mom'll be up soon." she said looking up at him.

"OK. I'll see you in a little while. I love you Ava." he smiled leaning down to kiss her before getting out of the bed.

"I love you too Roger." she smiled looking up at him as he snuck out the window. She couldn't believe Roger had snuck into her bedroom because he wanted to be with her. Ever since she and Roger met, she had never been happier. Not only was she singing in a band, but she was in love. As Ava lay in the bed thinking about what had just transpired between her and Roger her alarm went off.

"Avalon, are you up?" Ms. Parker asked knocking on the bedroom door.

"Yeah, mom. I'm up." she said beginning to get out of bed to go in the shower to get ready for school. When she got out of the shower, she started to get ready for school. She towel dried her hair and brushed it before getting dressed and rushing down the stairs for breakfast.

"Do you have all of your books?" Ms. Parker asked drinking her coffee.

"Yeah, I gotta go. Roger's gonna be here any minute. I'll see you after practice. Love you." she said putting her bowl in the sink before leaning over the counter to kiss her mother good bye.

"Oh, I'm working late tonight, so could you possibly eat at Roger's tonight?" she said looking down at her.

"Yeah, sure. Bye mom. I'll see you later." she smiled before rushing out of the house.

"Hi." Roger said looking down at her.

"Hi." she smiled before leaning up to kiss him. "Thank you for coming by last night." she smiled as he wrapped his arm around her.

"Are you OK?" he asked holding her.

"Yeah, I've never been better. You?" she asked looking up at him as they walked down the block to meet up with Jimmy, June and Sophia.

"I'm great. I've never been more great." he called out excitedly before spinning her to him to kiss her.

"I love you Roger." she laughed looking up at him.

"I love you too Ava." he whispered kissing her deeper.

"Roger, we have to go. We're gonna be late for school." she laughed looking into his green eyes.

"Eww, must you guys?" Maureen complained coming out of the house with Jimmy.

"Get used to it Reen. This is what you have to look forward to when you walk to school with the cool kids." Jimmy laughed propping his book bag onto his shoulder.

"What is she doing here?" Roger asked looking down at Maureen.

"She wanted to walk with us." Jimmy said looking over at her.

"Yeah, so get used to it Davis." Maureen said starting to walk down the block.

"Yeah well, I'm too happy for even her to piss me off today." Roger smiled looking down at Ava.

"What is it with you two? You're even more gross than usual." Jimmy asked looking over at them noticing they were happier than usual.

"Nothing, we're just young, in love and on top of the world." Roger smiled as they started walking.

"This is gonna be a long day, isn't it?" he asked looking over at them.

"Sorry Jimmy." Ava smiled looking up at Roger.

"Oh geez." he said as June came out of the house and they continued on to school.

"You did what?" June asked quietly looking over at Roger as they sat in English glass.

"I snuck out last night and spent the night with Ava." he repeated leaning over to him.

"Did you...?" he asked quietly leaning over.

"Yeah. It was amazing. She is so incredible. I love her June." he said as the teacher looked up.

"Yeah, and what if it doesn't work out with you guys? What about the band?" he asked whispered looking over at him.

"Don't worry so much June. I love her and she loves me. I wanna be with her June." Roger said looking up.at him.

"Yeah well, you gotta think about the band. We wanna go places." he said trying to keep his voice down but getting the attention of the kids in front of them.

"June, chill out. Everything's gonna be cool. Don't worry about it." he said looking up at him.

"I hope you two know what you're doing." he said sitting back in his chair.

"We do June. Don't worry." he smiled before sitting back in his chair and directing his attention to the front of the class room.