Walking out as the bell rang, Ava Blair walked out of school digging her blue Samsung Impression out of her black skinny jeans to call her uncle, Luke Morgan. "Could it be any hotter out here?" Ava thought to herself pulling her long black and curly hair up in a ponytail as she stared out and wondered where her uncle's white pick-up truck was.

Ava was spending her junior year with her uncle in Charming. She loved spending time with Luke and her parents told her she could spend the summer with him after sophomore year, and then the summer ran into junior year. When her uncle convinced her parents that she should stay the school year, she was freaking thrilled!

Ava's parents were okay and all, but they were so straight and narrow. Ava wanted to experience life and ride her own road. Luke did that when he was her age, which is why she loves spending so much time with him. There were times she loved her uncle more than her own mother. He understood her need for space. Besides, when she turned 18, she wanted to move in with her uncle anyways. It was better than living under her parents roof and their constant need to "have an open line of communication." Too bad, she had to wait an entire year since her birthday is August 1st.

"Luke, where are you?" Ava mumbled to herself. She'd walk home, it wasn't far but it was 98 degrees in August, and she didn't want to run into the Sons again, or at least the Sons at her school, okay mainly Abel Teller. His sister, Maddie is great. Ava has biology with her. She's nice, quiet but pretty cool.

"Ava!!" Her uncle called, pulling her out of her thoughts. Walking to the truck, she jumped in saying hey to Luke and staring at the new tattoo of a wheel with a naked girl sitting on it on his forearm.

"That's so disgusting, Unc." Ava said laughing.

"Hey! This is a piece of art." Luke said pulling out of the school.

"Okay, whatever you say." Ava said looking out her window to see Abel walking up to his mom's black Oldsmobile Cutless.

"Hey, I was up at the garage picking some shit up and Opie wanted me to invite you to go up to the hills for the bonfire his kids are having friday night." Ava first met Opie through his wife, Donna at the Clifton Market she works at after school. He reminded her so much of Luke.

"I don't know. I'll see." Ava said thinking about the last time she went to a Winston bonfire and the first time she ever spoke a word to Abel. When it came to that night in late June, Ava spoke of it to no one, and even now, in the car, thanking God that Abel couldn't remember any of it.