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" Van!" Van turned as he sat on the downed log while he talked with Jason and Flip. He grinned at the sight of Avalon hurrying towards him through the woods. He looked back at his friends and his grin widen. He wiped his hands on his pants while Jason rolled his eyes and Flip looked back at Avalon.

" Hang on." Van said, pushing himself up. He turned around just as Avalon reached him and jumped. Van started laughing, catching her easily. Her legs circled his waist while her arms went around his shoulders. He took a hold of her by her ass, capturing her lips with his own.

" Come on!" Jason yelled out in a teasing tone.

" I want a girlfriend." Flip muttered.

" No shit, Van. Let us borrow her for a while." Jason said. Van turned them so his friends had the couple's profiles and managed to flip them off while his tongue danced with hers.

" We won't rough her up to bad." Flip promised. Avalon, choosing to ignore the sexual comments, pulled away to meet Van's eyes.

" My dad's going to be gone for two days. You should come over. We can watch a movie and you can stay the night." She said.

" Yeah, yeah that sounds cool." Van said. His dad could be without him for a night, right?

" Can we come too?" Flip said.

" No." Van answered for his girlfriend, making her laugh.

She slipped down his body, knowing she was rubbing against his erection the entire way down and not caring. She saw the way his eyes widen and loved the want that flashed over his face. Three days they had been together officially and they had been busy, hanging out and finding time and places to be intimate. Since they both lived with their dads and both dads were shut ins, it was hard so anytime they had privacy, they took it. Van had even rowed them into the middle of the lake, late the night before, and they had had sex in her little row boat. With her dad being gone for a few days, Van was looking forward to taking his time with her and really getting to know her body.

" That's not fair." Jason said. " She said he'll be gone for two days. We can spend some time there." Avalon placed her hands on Van's chest, pulling his attention down to her instead of his friends.

" They can come over for dinner." She said.

" See!" Flip said as he clapped his hands once.

" No." Van said again. Avalon laughed and started to rub his chest. She looked over at the disappointed faces of the boys.

" Sorry, Boys. Maybe next time." She said.

" Bullshit." Jason said. " But we can debate that later. I have a sale to make."

Van and Avalon clasp their hands together and started following after Jason and Flip. They kept a little distance between them so the couple could talk while they leaned into each other. Flip pushed at Jason then laughed when the other guy snapped at him. Along the lake bank they walked until they reached a small dock. Tied off at the end of it was a small boat. Standing on the dock was three very well dressed guys. Jason reached into his pocket and pulled out a bag of weed. Avalon and Van stayed on the bank. They turned to face each other. Avalon took his other hand, linked their fingers together and lifted their arms up and over their heads. Van grinned as he stared down at her.

" So listen, I got a job." She said while Jason and Flip made their drug deal.

" Where?" Van asked. He squeezed her hands before giving her a tug to bring her into his body. He wrapped their arms around her body, tucking their combined hands into her lower back so they were pressing into each other again.

" At the coffee shop in town but I have to provide my birth certificate since I don't have a drivers license. You want to help me look for it tonight?" She asked.

" Yeah, sure thing." Van said, dipping his head down to kiss her again. It was quick, closed mouth but it made him smile and warmed him. " What time is Gideon leaving?"

" He's gone already. I saw him off then came looking for you." Avalon said. He placed a kiss on her cheek then her neck.

" Then what the hell are we doing here?" Van asked, letting go of her hands. She laughed, slipping her hands around his shoulders again. He grabbed at her back, pulling her into him even more as he continued lightly pecking at the soft skin at her neck.

" I thought we could hang with the boys before going back to my place." Avalon whispered.

" We can hang with them anytime. Let's go back to your house." Van kissed and nibbled against her jaw before looking at her.

" Okay." Van grinned but pulled away from her. He took her hand, tilted his chin at Flip before the couple wandered off. " So I was thinking we should take a shower."

" Together?" Van asked quickly, looking down at her. Avalon squeezed his hand then let her other hand glide down his arm until she reached his wrist. She always had her hands on him, no matter what they were doing and he loved it. It was like she couldn't control herself, she had to touch him. Avalon smiled and nodded to his question. Van stopped walking and let go of her hand. He turned to give her his back and reached behind him. " Hop on." Avalon laughed but did what he asked, hopping onto his back. He looped his hands under her knees while her arms went around his neck. Seconds later, Van was running through the woods with her laugh ringing out.

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Their eyes stayed locked together as they both kicked off their shoes in one of the bathrooms in the upstairs part of her house. She was smiling but he was swallowing over and over again to try and contain his excitement. He hadn't seen her completely naked since their first time together. Every other time they had had sex, it had been waist down nakedness only. He wanted her naked more and decided in that moment, he would make more private time for them. He would make them different than girls in his past.

Avalon grabbed at the hem of her tank top and pulled it over her head, feeling the ends on her hair brush against her back. She reached behind her to unclasp her bra at the same time Van's shirt hit the floor. All the air in her body left her at once. How did one guy look that good shirtless? It should be illegal for his chest and stomach to be that impressive. A tingling sensation started to swirl around deep inside her. Warmth pooled between her legs and excitement heated her blood. She wanted to run her nails down him. She wanted to kiss against his stomach. She wanted to hear his breath hitch while she took him in her mouth, like he had done in the row boat the night before. She wanted his knuckle to blance white while she swirled her tongue around him.

Hot water steamed down Van's bare back while he fisted her hair in one hand and pressed his other one into her back. Slowly, he owned her mouth, kissing her as deep and slow as he could. She was moaning against his lips. He was breathing hard, pressing his fingers into her skin. Closer and closer he wanted her, he pulled at her. He opened his hand in her hair then closed it again and tugged on the wet locks.

But they didn't stay like that long. Van couldn't take it and he knew it. He was too hard and felt too needy for her. He let her lips go, loving how swollen and red they were from his, turned her with his hands and gently pressed her into the wall. He spread her legs careful then bend his knees to angle himself just where he needed to be. With one hand on her shoulder and one hand holding his dick, he moved into her. She moaned out. His head went back while his eyes shut. This was one of his favorite parts of sex. She would tighten on him as he pushed into her body and the feeling that created blew his mind.

Van lowered his head down, took a hold of both her hips while opening his eyes. She pushed back with her body and his thrusting began. Over and over again he moved into her body then pulled back. She slapped her hands down on the shower wall while he latched his mouth to her shoulder. Her fingersgrinded against the wall as her hands started to close. Electric shocks of pleasure burst through her with his every movement. He groaned against her skin, making it vibrate and give her chills.

He had wanted to take his time, had planned on it, but excitement was getting the better of him and Van found himself thrusting harder and deeper every few seconds. She didn't mind and wasn't disappointed, he could tell by the way she moaned his name and met his thrusts. Perfect, his mind started to repeat. Her sounds, her skin, the way she moved and felt, it was all to perfect.

" Van..." She breathed out.

" Say it again." He groaned before kissing against the back of her ear. " Please."

Louder and louder she started calling out to him. His name a throaty, husky word on her lips. He clutched his eyes shut and it was his turn to whimper. No one had ever said his name the way she was. He needed to move faster. Male instinct took over at once and he was thrusting without thinking. He pressed his mouth against her skin but wasn't kissing her. How could he? His entire brain was robbed of all it's senses.

Color burst through the back of Avalon's eyelids when she started to orgasm. She tensed and squeezed her hands so tightly closed that her knuckles went white. Her thighs trembled and in the back of her mind, she could hear Van losing himself. She could almost feel his hot burst inside her as he hit her one last time before his body froze with his own pleasure. One of his hands opened then closed against on her skin. His chest heaved and his breath rushed out all over her.

" Oh shit." Van whispered, sagging into her. " I'm sorry, Av. I wanted that to be slower."

" Don't be sorry." Avalon answered in a dreamy sigh. " So good." She whispered, making him grin.

After they were dressed and her hair was pulled up, Avalon made them sandwiches then they headed up to her attic. Gideon never unpacked everything they had and she knew there were a few boxes he stored in the attic. If she had asked him for the paperwork she needed, he would have given it to her but Avalon wanted to keep the job a surprise for her dad. Since she had already searched his office and come up with nothing, she hoped he kept the birth certificate in one of the boxes.

" You know, I have actually never been in here." Avalon said when they reached the top of the stairs. She grabbed one of the small chains hanging from an exposed bulb and gave it a tug. Light filled the small space at once.

" You haven't?" Van asked.

" No. Dad brought everything up when I was putting my room together." Van looked around, following his girlfriend as she made her way to a group of boxes sitting in the middle of the room.

When they sat down, side by side, Avalon pushed a box over to Van but they didn't start digging right away. They ate their lunch meat sandwiches and talked about what they wanted to do with the rest of their day, deciding that they would swim for a while and then fish. Van needed to go back home and grab a few things as well as tell Chad he wasn't staying for the night and that was something he wasn't looking forward to doing. His dad would look up at Van with a wounded look in his eyes, like he almost resented Van for having a life and someone in it. It was the same look he had every time Van said he was leaving the house to hang out with Avalon.

" Okay..." She started when they were done eating. " Let's get this over with."

She opened her box while Van did the same. He looked through the different pieces of glass wear, deciding that there was nothing in that box they needed and closing it up. It was moved the side while he went for another. Her box was much of the same so it joined his. They looked through another box and another and another before Avalon found one that contained a large photo album.

" Wow, that's weird." She said when she sat down with it on her lap.

" What is?" Van asked without looking up from his box.

" Well, my dad said when I was six, the house we lived in caught fire and he lost all the photos of me when I was a baby and real young. I don't remember it because I guess I almost died or something but this is a photo album." She said. Van finally looked up at her to see her running her hand over the older book. He smiled and hurried over to sit down beside her.

" Open it up. I want to see what you look like as a kid." He said with a grin. Avalon laughed but did what he suggested.

" Whoa, what is this?" Avalon asked herself. It wasn't photos staring up at them. It was a marriagelicense. " My dad was married to someone else besides my mom?" Avalon asked in shock. GideonWeathervan had married an Emma Harris and Emma was not her mom's name. Her name had been Emily. " Why would he keep this from me?" Van slipped his arm around Avalon's shoulders and kissed her cheek to try and offer some reassurance as they turned the next page.

" Holy shit." Van breathed out.

" I have a sister." Avalon whispered, running her hand over a birth certificate that was not hers. Her stomach dropped down as ice hit her veins. Suddenly, it was hard for her to breath. Van moved his hand to the center of her back and started to rub slow circles into her with the heel of his palm in between her shoulder blades.

" There has to be a reason he never told you about her and you haven't met her." Van tried to reason. Van had to admit, he was just as surprised as she was. He knew the father and daughter were close.

" Her name is Abby." Avalon said, reading over the birth certificate. The next few pages were filled with photos. There were images of a young Gideon, a young woman and a baby. Gideon looked happy as he kissed a little cheek, snuggled with the bundle wrapped in blankets or held the baby over his head. Avalon swallowed and shivered. When she was little, she had always asked Gideon if he could get her sister. She had been lonely and wanted a playmate. Her father had always said, it wasn't that easy to do. He knew she had wanted a sister. He knew she had one and he had chose to keep that information from her.

" Don't be upset, Av." Van said, gently.

" I don't understand why he won't tell me about her." She said, turning the page. And the answer hit her square in the face on that next page. There was an article about a deadly crash. A crash caused by a drunk driver and had claimed the lives of Emma and Abby Weathervane. The baby had been only two months old. " Oh my God." She whispered.

" That's why he never told you. It must have been too painful." Van said. His hand stilled it's movements to travel up her body to her neck. He took a careful hold of it and started to rub again.

" What the shit is this? Did you read this? The driver just got probation because she had never been in trouble before. My poor daddy." Avalon said.

" Look at the year. You were born a few years later." Van said, pointing to the date on the paper.

They turned the page again and saw more articles. The first article was about a woman who went missing from a town in New Mexico. The couple read through it with Avalon frowning. She didn't know the name and wondered if she had been related to her dad in someway. Avalon had never met any family members from either side. Gideon had told her that he had been an only child whose parents hadn't been close to anyone and had died when he was a teen. As for her mother's side, well they had refused to tell him where she had gone so he had cut ties with them. Avalon turned the page and found an another article about another missing woman from a another town.

" What the hell?" Van asked. Third, fourth, fifth page, all the same. All articles about missing women in different cities. " Why did he save these?"

" Well dad sometimes becomes obsessed with things. When I was nine, he was all about trains. We had this house with a huge basement and he set up this long ass train track. We spend months building and painting towns to fit around the track then one day, he was just done with it. Another time, he was all about finding and collecting old keys. This must have just been one of his obsessions." She said as they continued to read the different articles.

" Have you lived in any of these towns?" Van asked.

" No. I mean, some of them are towns next to where we lived but I haven't actually lived in these towns." She said.

The last article they came too was that of a missing woman and her young child. A daughter who had been four. They had been taken from the woman's home in Avon, Ohio. The woman's husband, the girl's father, begged in the article for their safe return. He described the woman has having light brown hair and bright green eyes. The missing little girl had the same light hair and bright eyes. They were all he had, the man claimed.

" Okay, I need a break." Avalon said, snapping the book shut. She sighed and looked at her boyfriend. "Can we go swimming now?"