"So you gonna see Danny when u get back?" He asked

" I don't wanna think about leaving here.." she said, absently playing with a crab claw. It was an honest answer, with more meaning...she wasn't sure how much more to share just yet.

A burst of laughter from Opie and Jax at the other end of the table momentarily distracted them.

"How bout you?"

He was silent, his face unreadable, tho she could see a muscle twitching in his neck. Finally he spoke..." Leaving here bites, I always feel that way when we go home..." Abel picked up a whole crab, then faced it towards her, and positioned a plastic spork in its left claw..

" It's gonna suck major ass this time..." He added looking straight into her eyes. " I haven't had this good a vacation since I can remember."

" You don't miss all your ratchets? An Ms Fraze, up the road?"

" I don't want any those bitches..." Abel muttered, placing a butter pat in the other crab claw. " If I could, I'd stay here the whole fuking summer..." he paused, looking at the crab. "...with you ..." He added, looking up.

" What about Danny ?" He asked.

" He's busy with the band, and trying to attract hoes like he saw you doing!" she said, adding

"I'm not his hoe, and I'm not another one of your ratchets, either !"

" I don't want you like that, an I wouldn't want you to be one. Fukin listen to me, Megan, this is makin me crazy, thinking how life will suck when we go home an I'm not with you, I'm gonna feel dark n fuked up , like I do when I think about it ! " He tried to keep his voice a strained quiet tone, but it caught Venus's attention. Quietly she held a finger to her lips, with a silent "shh", adding a wink.

" Well it's been shitty thinking everyones gonna say I'm just another one of your whores who took care of your baby sister. I'm not about that, and your parents better pay me what we agreed to, cause I fuking worked for it. An after that, I'm all twisted up thinking how it's gonna suck for me alone with mom and Real Housewives of Beverly fuking Hills or some bullshit!" She hissed back.

Abel felt relieved, until he saw his mom, dad, Donna and everyone else looking at them.

" Are you guys ok?" Opie asked, genuinely concerned.

" You two wanna talk this out at the house?" Donna added.

" We're good " the both answered.

Involved in a lengthy text with Zenith, Tommy caught the tail end of Abel and Megan's conversation.

"Dude, are u gonna cry or something?" He taunted, not knowing the subject, as Megan rolled her eyes.

" Man, shut the fuk up!" Abel swung sideways and punched him in the shoulder.

"Tommy, just keep texting Zee, ok?" Megan sighed.

Abel, tho relieved with some distraction, answered. "I don't cry, so blow it out your ass..."

Megan caught a disapproving glare from Venus, as Tommy held up his phone.

"You're so full a shit, dude, you can't even finish this without bawling your ass off...!"

" What is that?" Megan leaned in, suddenly curious at the youtube display on his phone.

She also noticed Abel's face turning red, his jaw set again.

" When we went to Sunday school, we had to sing this, an he can't get thru the whole thing without breaking down like a lil baby..!"

" No I don't!" His brother protested.

" Yea...yea you do, aquaman, an I bet you fifty bucks right here you can't do it!"

" You guys went to Sunday school? Am actual church?!" Megan seemed incredulous, as Tara chimed in.

" Yea we went to Balls Bluff, up near Potlicker Flatz, till the teacher couldn't deal with Abel..."