"Roger? How come you're not with Ava?" Mr. Davis asked seeing Roger sitting in the garage strumming his guitar.

"Nah, me and Ava are taking a break." he answered looking up at him.

"What happened Roger? Is everything OK?" he asked looking over at him.

"Will kissed Ava and she didn't tell me. How am I supposed to trust her after that?" he asked looking back down at his guitar.

"Roger, she loves you. Do you really believe she reciprocated?" Mr. Davis asked looking down at him.

"Dad, she lied to me by omission. If she's gonna lie to me about this, what else is she gonna lie to me about? How do I know she's not gonna lie to me about drinking too?" he asked putting his guitar down.

"Roger, when you were gone Ava had a really rough time. I mean really rough. When Will kissed her, all she could do was think about how much it would hurt you because you and Will are so close..." he started when Roger cut him off.

"Dad, you knew and you didn't tell me?" he asked looking up at him.

"She needed someone to talk to and she asked me not to tell you. Roger, I'm her sponsor. She has to be able to trust me and not feel like she's gonna be judged." Mr. Davis said looking over at him.

"But you're my dad. Aren't you supposed to look out for me too?" he yelled looking over at him.

"Roger, things are not that simple." Mr. Davis said looking over at him.

"But dad, you know how much I love her. How can I marry her after she kept something like this from me?" he asked looking up at him.

"Roger, you're gonna have to stand back and use your best judgement. You love Ava and Ava loves you. You know she would never do anything to jeopardize that. And I think you need to think about that before you do something you're gonna regret for the rest of your life." Mr. Davis said leaving Roger alone in the garage.

"Ava honey, Roger's on the phone." Ms. Parker said standing in the doorway of Ava's bedroom.

"I can't talk to him right now mom." Ava said facing the window as she lay on her bed.

"But sweetie, it sounds important." she said moving closer to her.

"Not now mom. Please." she said still not looking at her.

"OK sweetie. I'll tell him. But I really thing you should talk to him." Ms. Parker said turning to leave the room. When Ms. Parker left the room, Ava reached under the bed for her bottle of vodka to take a swig from before laying down at and falling asleep.

"Ava. Ava, wake up? Roger's here." Ms. Parker said entering the bedroom. When she walked around the other side of the bed, she noticed the bottle laying next to the bed. "Avalon." she shouted shaking her.

"What?" Ava yelled looking up at her.

"Roger, you need to get up here. Now." Ms. Parker yelled picking up the bottle from the side of the bed.

"Why are you calling him up here? I don't want to see him." Ava slurred sitting up in the bed.

"What's the matter?" he asked rushing into the bedroom.

"Nothing. Go away." Ava yelled looking over at him.

"She's drinking again." Ms. Parker said holding the bottle up.

"I'm 18 years old. I don't need anyone's permission to drink." she yelled looking up at her mother.

"Ava, did you forget the last time you drank? You almost died. Is that what you're trying to do? Kill yourself?" Roger asked approaching her.

"What do you care? You can't trust me anyway, right? I mean, you haven't talked to me in 2 weeks." she yelled looking over at him, her eyes were watering up.

"Ava, I still love you. I always will..." he started before she cut him off.

"Yet, you can't stand to be around me. Why are you even here Roger?" she asked plopping down onto her bed.

"I came to talk to you Ava. I wanted to tell you that I love you and I'm willing to do whatever I need to do for us to get past this Will thing." he said looking over at her.

"There is no Will thing Roger. How many times do I have to tell you? Nothing happened between me and Will. He kissed me and I pushed him away and told him I love you. That's it. God, I'm so sick of rehashing this with you. Just go home Roger. I can't talk to you right now." she yelled looking up at him.

"How long have you been drinking again Avalon?" Ms. Parker asked looking down at her daughter in disbelief.

"A couple of weeks." she said looking up at her.

"Baby, you threw away over a year and a half of sobriety?" he asked looking over at her.

"No, you don't get to call me that anymore. You don't trust me anymore." she yelled starting to cry.

"Ava, I'm sorry..." he started before she cut him off.

"No. Just go Roger, OK? I don't want to see you right now." she yelled turning away from him as Ms. Parker looked down at her.

"Roger, maybe you should come back later." she said looking up at him.

"No. Not later." she yelled looking up at her.

"OK, OK sweetie. Lay down, OK?" Ms. Parker said leaving the room taking Roger with her.

"How did this happen? She's been doing so good." Roger asked looking down at her.

"I don't know Roger. I didn't know about the Will thing. Maybe she's been holding that inside and when you found out, she broke. She'll be OK. She just needs to sleep it off. We can deal with this tomorrow." Ms. Parker said looking up at him.

"No. I can't deal with this tomorrow. Um... I'm leaving tonight. It was only gonna be long enough to clear my head, but I can't come back to her like this. I almost lost her once. I'm not gonna do it again. I can't." he said looking down at the bottle of vodka.

"Roger, she had a little slip up. She's had a lot going on lately. You two haven't really been talking. I'm sure it's been hard on her. She just needs the people who love her around her." Ms. Parker said looking up at him.

"Ms. Parker, I love her. I can't watch her do this anymore. I'm sorry. Just tell her that I love her and I always will, OK? Can you do that for me?" he asked looking down at her with tears in his eyes.

"Sure Roger. I can tell her. She loves you too. I know she does. That's why you two not talking hit her so hard. Just don't be gone too long, OK?" she said looking up at him.

"I'll try not to, but I can't watch her do this. I'm sorry." he told her rushing down the stairs before leaving the house. Ms. Parker was not looking forward to telling her daughter that Roger was gone. Recovery was gonna be a long road for Ava. Especially without Roger by her side to support her.

A/N: This is the end of Tonight is What it Means to Be Young. I hope you liked it. I will be posting a sequel soon so keep your eyes peeled for it.