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Fate brings about surprises almost as often as deer get hit by cars. Driving back to Charming the next night, Ava wonders what kind of shit she did in her past life for fate to fuck her over this badly. She thinks

about the advice Maxie gave her about Abel. Ava knows she has to rely on him, but old habits are hard to break. Looking at the sky, it looks like it will rain...perfect, Ava thought. The weather is yet another

reminder of how screwed up her life has become.

Later...

"Luke?" Ava yells out cautiously as she comes in through the front door.

"Ava! Baby, you came back." Luke says thankfully wrapping her in one of his big hugs.

"Yeah, I just needed some time to think." Ava tells him.

"So your mom left. I told her to stay away until you can stomach seeing her face again. Listen, Ava. Next time you wanna disappear, you gotta at least leave me a note or something. I get things are shitty, but some

crazy shit could have happened to you and none of us would know." Luke tells her.

"Will do, Luke. And thanks, you know, for looking out for me." Ava tells him grateful for how much he's done for her.

"Of course, babe." Luke tells her giving her a kiss to the forehead.

"Has Abel come by?" Ava asked knowing she'll have to see him.

"He's around. By the way, you remember the carnivals tomorrow right?" Luke asks her with a tone of smugness in his voice when he replied about Abel. The carnival is thrown annually to celebrate the beginning of a

new school year. The high school students always run it.

"What do you mean, he's around? And I hate carnivals." Ava says quietly to herself going upstairs to get ready for a shower when Luke wouldn't give her an answer. Wondering why Abel wasn't there since he knew

she was coming home, she walks into her room and sees a sleeping and shirtless Abel on her bed. Coming to stand by the bed, Ava notices the bandage on his left shoulder blade. Not wanting to disturb him, she

walks away and goes to take a shower, wondering what the bandage was covering.

Coming out of the bathroom in a black-laced and comfortable dress, Ava sees Abel awake sitting up against the headboard.

"Hey" Abel says reaching out his hand to her.

"Hi. How long have you been here?" She asks him one of her hands taking his and the other going through her wet sits by him and places her hand on his jean covered leg.

"A few hours. Come here." Abel tells her pulling her close so she's straddling his thighs. "I've missed you." He says kissing her neck and rubbing her center against his throbbing member.

"No, we're not doing this, Abel." Ava says kissing him one last time and getting off of him.

"Talking won't solve shit. You left, Ava." Abel tells her accusingly.

"You don't own me, Abel. By the way, what's the gaze for on your back?" Ava says throwing him his shirt because trying to talk to him while his chest was bear was damn near impossible for Ava to do.

"Chibs did it this morning." Abel says stretching out on the bed.

"What, like a tattoo?" Ava says motioning Abel to turn onto his back. Peeling the gaze back, Ava saw an intricate design of the legendary crow but with the crow sitting intricately on top of an anchor. "Abel, this is

fucking crazy. It must have taken hours."

"It was all right. Chibs said he could do yours whenever you're ready." Abel says stretching out his shoulder as she taped the gaze back down.

"I've always wanted one, but hell if I know what design I want." Ava says running her hand up and down Abel's back.

"The crow." Abel says knowing that Ava is his old lady, whether she accepts it or not. The tattoo of the crow on a girl's body is like their induction into the club. It binds them to their men and to the club.

"The crow?" Ava whispers back quietly knowing that if she got it, it would solidify her in Abel's life. The message would be loud and clear to any guy out there that she did belong to Abel. It would give him power

over her and Ava wasn't sure she was ready for that permanency.

"I love you, whether you like it or not. I know I'm not the easiest guy to live with, but I'll treat you right. You gotta start trusting me." Abel says sitting up and leaning in to kiss her.

"I love you too and I wanna be with you. It's just that...I'm not sure I'm ready to give you the reins in my life." Ava says placing her head against his check.

"We don't need to rush anything, babe. And it's not like we're getting married yet. There's time for that shit later, but you're getting that tat." Abel says pretty damn sure he'll convince her to get it.

"We'll talk about the tattoo later. Abel, I'm done with my mom. I can't trust her anymore and there's no point in trying to fix this." Ava says trying to contain the hurt she feels inside.

"I'm here for you and the club is here for you. Whatever you decide to do, I won't let you go." Abel tells her.

"What about Garrett?" Ava asks him.

"He's gone, and he won't bother anyone ever again." Abel says nonchalantly like he was talking about the weather.

"Abel! This isn't a joke. You're sure that nothing can trace you guys to his death?" Ava asks relieved that the club took care of Garrett, but scared as shit that it could come back on them.

"We took care of it. Don't worry." Abel tells her. "You coming to the carnival tomorrow? My ma is making me go. I gotta do the baseball."

"Yeah, I guess. I gotta do the ticket booth." Ava says pushing his hand away when his hand slid too far up her thigh.

"Come on!" Abel whines knowing he ain't getting any tonight.

"Consider it punishment for trying to order me around. I'm not one of those little boys that you and the rest of the club can order around." She tells him thinking about all of the possible pre-prospects that the club

has got in training.

"Shit, you're gonna drive me fucking crazy." Abel says trying to get comfortable since his jeans are becoming too tight for comfort.

"Poor baby!" Ava laughs quietly. Picking up Abel's cut on the edge of the bed, she looks at it wondering how crazy life could get being married to Abel, but then again, they haven't even graduated high school yet.

Ava knows the future can bring about anything. She just hopes that she and Abel can pull through it together.

"Shit, that reminds me. Since you're cutting ties with your certifiable mother, you're staying in Charming after graduation, right?" Abel asks.

"I don't know. It depends on if I have a good enough reason to stay here." Ava replies teasing him and laughs when he groans at her answer.