"Look at me, I'm Roger Davis and I'm a badass rocker." Will teased walking around Ava's living room as she sat on the couch laughing.

"Oh, he is so not like that." she laughed looking up at him.

"Yeah, that's why you're laughing, right?" he laughed plopping next to her.

"No, I'm laughing because you're funny. It must run in the family. Roger's funny too." she laughed looking over at him.

"Yeah but, he gets all the girls." he said looking over at her.

"Will, can I ask you a question?" Ava asked curling her legs underneath her.

"What's up Ava?" he asked looking over at her.

"How come you don't have a girlfriend?" she asked looking over at him.

"The right girl is taken." he said looking down at the floor.

"What do you mean?" she asked looking over at him.

"Nothing." he said quietly getting up from the couch.

"No Will, what do you mean?" she asked looking up at him.

"I want what Roger has." he said looking down at her agitated.

"You mean a rock chick you can fall in love with?" she asked looking up at him.

"No, I mean, I want what Roger has. I'm in love with you Ava." he blurting out looking down at her.

"Will... I didn't know." she said looking up at him.

"I'm sorry Ava. I didn't mean to say that. I should go home now." he said leaning down to get his book bag.

"Will, you don't have to go." she said getting up to go after him.

"Yeah I do Ava. My cousin's in love with you. He wants to marry you. I shouldn't be thinking about you in that way." he said looking down at her.

"Will, we're friends, right?" she asked looking up at him.

"Yeah, but Ava I wanna kiss you right now and your my cousins girlfriend. It's just too hard to be around you." he said looking down at her.

"Will, please. I don't want to lose you as a friend." she said looking up at him.

"But it's too hard to be around you Ava. Especially since every time I see you I wanna kiss you." he yelled standing in front of the door.

"Will, I..." she started when he leaned down to kiss her. "Will, we can't do this. I'm dating your cousin." she said pushing him away before running up to her room and slamming the door.

"Ava, I'm sorry." he yelled before leaving the house in a hurry. Ava couldn't believe Will had done that. He was Roger's cousin and Roger was away at college. How could he do that? They were in the band together and they were friends. She laid on her bed and cried. There is no way she could tell Roger. It would hurt him. Will wasn't only his cousin, but he was his best friend. She couldn't tell him. It would kill him if he found out. As Ava laid on her bed she looked at the pictures of Roger that adourned her room. She began thinking about drinking. She couldn't go to Mr. And Mrs. Davis because they would tell Roger what Will had done and she didn't think Roger would take it well. She felt like she had no one to talk to.

"Ava, are you home?" Ms. Parker asked entering the house.

"Yeah mom. I'll be out in a second." she yelled wiping her eyes. She got out of her bed and went downstairs.

"Is everything OK Ava?" she asked looking down at her.

"Yeah fine. I'm just not having a really good day. I'll get through it." she said looking up at her.

"Do you need to talk? Do you wanna go to a meeting?" she asked putting her bag down.

"Nah, I'm OK. I have a lot of homework anyway. I don't have time." she said looking up at her.

"Sweetie, you need to make the time. If you're having a rough time, you need to address it, or you're gonna start drinking again." Ms. Parker told her looking down at her.

"Mom, I'm fine. I can deal with this. God, I haven't had a drink in over a year. When is everyone gonna stop treating me like an invalid?" she asked yelling at her before running up the stairs back to her room.

"Avalon Marie Donnelly." Ms. Parker yelled standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"Mom, leave me alone, OK?" she asked yelling through her bedroom door.

"Luke, it's Sue. There's something going on with Ava and she won't talk to me... No, she said she doesn't need a meeting... I don't know. Do you know if Roger called her?... then I don't know... could you?... thank you. Bye." Ms. Parker said hanging up the phone. She was worried about Ava. She knew Roger being away at school was gonna be hard on her and considering she hadn't had the chance to see much of him since he had a lot of school work. They spoke on the phone every day, but that was no subsititute for being with him. Every time Roger left, Ava got worse. It was almost as if seeing him was worse than not seeing him. As she looked up at the picture of Ava and Roger from Roger's prom, there was a knock at the door. "Oh Luke, thank God. I don't know what happened today and she won't talk to me. Maybe you'll have more luck." Ms. Parker said looking up at him.

"Sue, calm down. Where is she?" he asked looking around.

"Up in her room. I don't know what to do. I'm afraid she's gonna start drinking again." she said starting to cry.

"Sue, everything is gonna be OK. I'll go talk to her. Everything is gonna be fine." he said reassuring her as he hugged her.

"Thank you Luke." she said looking up at him.

"Don't worry Sue. I'll take care of everything." he said looking down at her before going upstairs to Ava's room. "Ava, it's Luke. Are you OK?" he asked knocking on the door.

"I'm fine Mr. Davis. I don't know why my mom called you. I'm OK." she said looking up at him.

"It's OK if you're not you know." Mr. Davis said looking down at her as she went into her room more and he followed her. "Did Roger call?" he asked looking over at her as she sat on her bed.

"Why? Did he say something?" she asked looking over at him.

"No sweetie, he didn't. Everything's fine as far as I know. Your mom and I are just really worried about you. If you're having a rough day, maybe you should go to a meeting. I'll take you if you want. We can get a bite to eat too. We can talk." he suggested looking over at her.

"Mr. Davis, I'm OK. Really. I just had a bad day." she said looking up at him.

"We both know you're full of it sweetie. You know, you can talk to me. You know you can tell me anything. If you don't want me to tell anyone else, I won't." he said looking over at her.

"I know Mr. Davis. I just don't think I can talk about it." she said starting to cry.

"Ava, you're starting to scare me now. Did someone hurt you?" he asked looking over at her.

"No. It's nothing like that. I promise." she said looking up at him.

"So tell me what happened Ava. I want to help you." he said as Ava began wiping her eyes.

"Me and Will have been hanging out a lot lately and today, he told me he was in love with me and he kissed me. You can't tell Roger, Mr. Davis. Will's not only his cousin, but he's one of his best friends too. It would only hurt Roger and I don't want to do that." she cried looking up at him.

"OK, OK sweetie. We don't have to tell Roger. I promise. But you shouldn't have to go through this alone. That's a big thing for you to have to deal with all alone sweetie." he said wrapping his arms around to comfort her.

"I'm sorry Mr. Davis. I didn't know Will had feelings for me. If I did, I never would have been hanging out with him. I love Roger. I only want to be with Roger." she cried as he rocked her back and forth.

"I know sweetie. It's OK. You didn't do anything wrong. Don't worry about anything. Everything is gonna be OK Ava. I promise." he said kissing her head.

"Can we go to a meeting Mr. Davis?" she asked looking up at him.

"Sure sweetie. Why don't you get cleaned up and I'll wait downstairs with your mom?" he smiled wiping her face with his hands.

"Mr. Davis." she called out as he got up from her bed.

"What's the matter Ava?" he asked looking down at her.

"Thanks. I wish my dad was like you." she said smiling up at him.

"So do I sweetie. You deserve the best." he smiled before leaving the room and closing the door.