Here's the bonfire :D I know I have taken forever to update but it's been hard for me to get back into writing. Reviews, as always, are appreciated.
"Jesus Christ, how much meat can a group of people eat?" Ava asks looking at the list of food that Maddie brought with her.
"I don't know. I'm just glad that we don't have to cook any of it. Although who knows how that meats gonna come out when Trevor's done with it?" Maddie replies putting chocolate and smores into the cart.
As the girls get everything they need, Ava's mind drifts back what she and Luke were talking about earlier. Lying Ava can do. It's not hard to lie when you're protecting the people you love. What scares the hell out of her the most is knowing that one day, Abel may not be there anymore. He may be in a cage doing time or six feet underground. That's the worst part. She's investing everything she's got in a guy who works at a garage during the day and sells guns and protects his club's territory at night.
"Hello, girls." Ava's thoughts get interrupted by the last voice she wants to hear right now.
"Officer," Maddie replies as both girls face Jaimison.
"That's a lot of food for two young girls." He comments looking at the red cart full of food.
"Oh, you know how it is. One can never have enough food." Ava says.
"Hmm. I trust you girls heard about that accident up by the gas station involving the black truck, right?" Jaimison asks curiously.
"Yeah, heard it was pretty bad. Now, we don't mean to be rude but we gotta check out." Maddie says as politely as she can knowing that he is fishing for some information.
"Of course. Don't mean to take up so much of your time. I just wanted to remind Ava here that if she remembers anything more about Garrett or if he mentioned anything about where he might be going. Seems one of his buddies came to Charming concerned about his whereabouts. His buddy was the one in the accident.—" Jaimison says looking at Ava trying to get some information out of her.
"I already told you guys everything I know. I don't know Garrett well at all." Ava says.
"It was great seeing you, deputy. Now we really gotta go." Maddie says sarcastically. Walking away, Maddie smirks seeing the look of annoyance on the cop's face.
Nightfall
As Abel parks the truck at the bonfire, Ava looks around and sees the fire already under way even though it was supposed to start an hour from now.
"You boys are so impatient." Ava says getting out and putting her hoodie on.
"Not impatient, babe. Just enjoying life." Abel says getting a beer out of the nearest cooler. "You want one?"
"Nah. I'ma find me a vodka bottle." Ava says laughing as Abel throws some cold-ass water from the cooler on her. "Hey!"
"All right." Abel says reaching to lean her against the truck and lay one on her. The kiss was rough and dominating as Ava wraps her arms around his waist and lets him control it.
"Hey, Romeo and Juliet! Knock that shit off unless you're planning on giving us a show tonight." Trevor says taking a swing of his beer.
"Hello to you too, Trevor!" Ava says laughing as she gives him a hug.
"What's up, man?" Abel says ready to party.
"Oh, you know. The usual. My dick and some girl's skirt." He responds and gets distracted from a brunette walking by.
"Oh, wait! Before I lose my ability to think straight, there's gonna be church tomorrow at noon to go over that information your girl has provided." Trevor says tugging playfully on Ava's hair. When Ava came over Abel's house after shopping, she told him everything that happened at work.
"A'ight. Go have fun, man." Abel says then picks Ava up and flings her over his shoulder.
"Hey, asshole! What the hell are you doing?" Ava says laughing and trying to get down.
"We are gonna go dance, baby." Abel says slapping her on the ass.
Sometime later…..and a whole lot of dancing later
"Holy shit. My feet hurt." Ava says sitting down on the sand, more than a little tipsy watching her man play beer pong with the boys. Currently, the winning champion is Ricky, a buff, Irish-blooded member that was patched in about four months back.
"Hey, honey." Maxie says stumbling up behind her.
"Hey, you. Where the hell have you been?" Ava asks taking a sip of her drink.
"Just hanging around. Man, of all the parties my ass has been to, the Sons throw the craziest," Maxie says.
"Yeah, they're the real deal," Ava says looking back at the beer pong game.
"How are things with the second prince?" Maxie asks stretching her jean-covered jeans in front of her.
"Second prince?" Ava questions.
"Abel. Since Clay is king, Jax is next in line, followed by Abel." Maxie states.
"Wow….Um, we're fine." Ava responds trying lately to keep the shit between her and Abel between her and Abel.
"You never did tell me what happened with Garrett. All you said was that the son of a bitch wasn't a problem anymore." Maxie asked curious about how the Garrett mess was solved so fast since Abel found out.
"Apparently, he skipped town. Nobody's heard from him or seen him which makes me blissfully happy." Ava says whispering the last part to herself. She hated lying to her best friend but some shit should just be left buried.
As a hard breeze came by, Ava and Maxie just laid on the sand not stable enough to stand, let alone dance anymore. Trading gifts and laughs, Ava hears two croweaters talking close by about snatching themselves a brother.
"These girls have been trying to get at one of them since they were old enough to suck cock. I gotta say, hon. This world you're becoming a part of, bikes and bikers, and shitloads of beer, you went the whole ten yards. You're becoming an old lady." Maxie says putting quotations around the old lady part with her fingers.
"You are crazy as shit, Max.' Ava laughs thinking about being an old lady.
"No, I think it's Hot as shit. Getting a tattoo to show your love for your man. It's sexy." Maxie says wrapping her hand around Ava's shoulders.
"Really? You think it's so sexy? You go nail a brother and get your SAMCRO stamp." Ava replies reaching for another drink.
"Hmm. I don't know. These drunken idiots are rather high maintenance." Maxie laughs. "Nothing's simple with them."
"Ain't that the truth?" Ava says putting her black hood on.
"You think you and Abel are the real thing?" Maxie asks seriously nudging Ava's hand to get her attention.
"Man, I'm not sober enough for this conversation." Ava says chugging down her tequila.
As the night goes on, Ava and Maxie attempt at dancing again. The best part about the night though was climbing in the back of Trevor's pickup and falling asleep on Abel's chest.
Next Day
Ava goes to the local drug store to buy some meds for her massive hangover. Apparently, her uncle used them all the last time he had a party of his own. Walking around the store in her pink sweats and gray t-shirt with her big sunglasses on, Ava takes long breaths trying hard not to vomit.
"Ava? That you? You look like shit." Gemma says coming up to her.
Looking at Gemma with her smirk on her face, Ava really hopes she doesn't get called a pussy at 8 o'clock in the morning for not being able to handle drinking. While Ava acknowledges to herself that she can't go off on Gemma Morrow, she feels like shit and hopes this little meeting in aisle 7 will go fast so she can go home and pass the hell out.
"Hi, Gemma. How are you?" Ava says trying to keep her tone nice.
"Heard the bonfire was fun. Maddie is still passed out on the couch at home." Gemma says looking at her attire and not being pleased.
"Well, you know how it is. Shit happens." Ava says taking some advil off the rack and getting more and more agitated by the second.
"Ava, you look like shit." Gemma says with a disapproving tone. To Gemma, SAMCRO girls gotta represent. They can't go around looking like they just walked out of dumpster.
"Okay. It's 8 in the morning on a Sunday. Last night was beyond crazy and to be quite honest, I can't remember much. I have no meds at home so excuse the fuck out of me if I'm not at my best right now. I hope you have a great ass day but my ass is going home. I can't function right now." Ava says taking her glasses off to look Gemma in the eyes.
"Really? Maybe next time, you should be more prepared for the party life. By the way, it was fun chitchatting with you." Gemma says smirking at her again.
"Do we have a problem, Gemma? I mean, other than the fact that I look like shit." Ava replies staring back at her.
"Yeah, now that you mention it, we do. When you fix yourself up, stop by the garage. We need to go over something." Gemma says walking away.
"Shit. What the hell did I do now?" Ava says whispering to herself and wincing when the loud ass intercom came on in the store.