Episode 190: If I Ran Into You

Sebastian, of course. Ava was about to stomp out his foot with her ankle boots and give him a tongue lashing when again she was silenced, this time by his index finger laid gently to her pink lips.

"I’m thrilled you liked it, I heard that Claire Danes and Natalie Portman were warring over it but I snatched the frock up just for you. How about we meet for lunch tomorrow so you can show it off? Good, I’ll see you at one-thirty then."

Sebastian and Avalon watched Curran Gable disappear around the corner and presumably back inside the smoky club.

"You think he was talking to your mother, don’t you?"

"Maybe," he said, but those thoughts had already been replaced by wow, she’s beautiful. "I hope I didn’t scare you, but I had to hear the rest of...well it wasn’t really bright of you to come out in the alley all alone anyway, where’s your mangy boyfriend?"

"He has to go on in a couple minutes as if you didn’t know, what mature thing are you planning Sebastian? Throw eggs at him, boo-"

"Michael Gable invited Taro and I to check out her work, to see if we want to use her to launch the magazine, it’s just my bad luck that your tone deaf friends happen to be the ones she’s repping," Sebastian said and then his lip curled up. "I’m not chasing after you Ava, I came to the conclusion at our last meeting that I don’t have to, and you do remember that, right?"

Avalon rolled her eyes at him, her cheeks blazing pink under the cover of darkness.

Episode 191: Answer