Four days later, there's been no word from Abel and she hopes that, by itself, is good news. Sitting outside on her porch, Ava looks out at Luke washing his truck. She feels frustrated. Nobody would tell her any anything. Tara came by her work earlier to buy some supplies, but Ava had a feeling it was to check up on her instead. All of this damn waiting was driving her crazy. Sitting on the porch, Ava starts thinking up a list of what she can do to keep busy. The nights are the worst though. Even though he's only been gone four days, it's like the world outside of the MC is closing in. Ava's not sure she wants to get adjusted to a world outside of Abel's. Most would find Abel's life out of the norm, downright wrong, but it's a consistent life where the laws and rules stay the same. Everyone knows what's expected of them. These rules and consistencies have drawn her in, even if she's still new to everything.
"Ava!" Luke yells for her.
"Yeah?"
"I need you to go down to Teller-Morrow Garage. Some parts came in today." Luke tells her handing her a receipt and order form.
"What do you need all this shit for? You building a damn muscle car or something?" Ava asks back looking at the long order list.
"Gotta change some shit in the truck, that's all. Go on. Quit moping around here, girl."
"I'm not goddamn moping! Agh! Damn! I'll get the frickin' parts," She bites back and gets in the car.
After getting to the garage and parking the car, Ava goes to the office. Walking up, she sees Opie and Jax walking out.
"Hey, doll," Opie tells her giving her a grin before walking back to work.
"How ya been?" Jax asks her seeing the frustrated look on her face.
"I'm okay… I know I'm not supposed to ask, but how are things?" Ava asks slowly not trying to make him mad, but four days with nothing from anybody was bullshit. She was his girl, maybe not tattooed yet, but he still claimed her.
"It'll be fine," He tells her giving her a kiss on the cheek and starts to walk away.
"What the hell does that mean? Jesus Christ, it's a yes or no," She yells back at him. Seeing how his face got mad, Ava knew she was pushing her luck.
"Don't overstep boundaries, Ava. Waitings what you're gonna do for however long your ass has to." And with that, he walks away. With the way Jax has been acting and everyone so quiet and tense, Ava had a feeling something went wrong. Jax could and would lie to her and tell her Abel was fine if it got her to stop asking questions.
"Ava? You got Luke's order form?" Ava turned back towards the office and saw Donna. Donna's been covering the office with Gemma for a while now. Looking at her questioning eyes, Ava got an idea. Not the best idea, but since nobody would tell her anything, she figured she'd do through with it anyway.
"Yeah, I got it." Handing it to her, Donna motioned her to come sit inside after getting one of the mechanics to get the packages into the back of Ava's car.
"I saw you talking to Jax out there. You get used to the waiting, honey. You learn to occupy yourself with other shit. Took me a while to come to terms with everything, but you can never forget that these men, no matter what generation, live by their own time. Even if it's a shitty deal for the pussy they come home to. Don't press any of the brothers for news, it don't work that way. If Abel's your man and he accepts you as his girl, anything you need to know will come directly from him all in good time," Donna tells her from experience.
"Thanks. None of this shit is written down anywhere, like a constitution for the old ladies. I feel like I'm swimming against the current some days," Ava says.
"It'll ease up, honey. Eventually. And as far as our own constitution, the Sons wouldn't make it that easy for us. They like setting us straight." Donna laughs.
"What do you mean?" Ava asks curiously.
"One day, Abel'll show you. When he does, you just gotta know when to take it and give in, and when to fight back. Support him when he gets back, don't add onto his problems. There's a reason some Old Ladies don't last long. There's also a reason why some Sons prefer certain crow eaters. Accept what and who he is, but respect yourself enough to give back just as good as he gives you. You'll find a balance. We all do." She tells her.
"Thanks, Donna. I really appreciate it," Ava says giving her a hug and walking out.
"Ava!" Maddie and Zoey call out walking up to her. Both are giggling.
"What's up?" Ava asks starting to laugh with them.
"Life, baby. You got plans for today?" Zoey asks.
"I gotta stop home and drop some parts off. I don't know afterwards," Ava says lacing her two arms in between the other two girls. Seeing the hickey on the side of Maddie's neck, Ava gasps out loud.
"Well, look who got some. I guess Dean's doing his job right," Ava replies laughing as Maddie slaps her arm.
"Don't. I've had to avoid my dad like the plague. He hasn't seen it yet. Dean came over this morning after dad left." Maddie tells them. All three girls laugh as they get in the car. Driving home with them gave Ava just what she needed to not spend every second worrying about shit she could do nothing about.
When they got home, all three went up to Ava's room to watch movies and have a couple beers. Zoey and Ava lay on the bed while Maddie was looking at some of the new clothes Ava bought recently.
"This would look gorgeous if I didn't know my brother saw you in it," Maddie says pulling out a white, laced see-through babydoll lingerie gown by the hanger.
"Oh, that's Abel's favorite" Ava replies laughing really loud when she sees the look on Maddie's face as she puts the hanger back up.
Hearing her phone ring, Ava looks over at the night stand and sees Abel on the caller ID.
"It's Abel." Ava says. "Abel?"
"Ava, baby!" Ava heard on the other line. Abel's voice was slurred, very drunk.
"You're drunk? I've been worrying my ass off over you and you're fucking drinking?" Ava screams in the phone. Maddie goes to stand by her, but she pushes her away when she hears the sound of a girl's giggle through the phone.
"Don't worry, honey. I got him all taken care of," the girl who couldn't stop giggling over the phone before she hung up.
Ava stood there frozen for a moment….