Episode 82: Stop Falling

"It’s fine Ava, we were watching a late movie anyway, Fred Astaire," Fern replied agreeably as she picked up her powder blue coat and prepared to leave. "See you tomorrow Mary,"

"Goodbye Fernie, and thanks again for staying late," Mary called out from the bedroom. "Avalon, I need to speak with you right away,"

Avalon made another quick apology to Fern and headed off to her mother’s room where she was hit immediately by her mother’s harsh words. "You were out with Sebastian Marques weren’t you? Don’t you think Fern has a life young lady, do you think I enjoy feeling as though I’m burdening her, I certainly couldn’t send her home-"

"I apologized to her mom, she said it was okay, and it’s not like this has ever happened before," Ava insisted, pulling out her ponytail and redoing it with a braid down her back.

Mary pushed herself up in the covers until she was nearly seated. "He’s not the right kind of man for you Avalon and I don’t think you should see him anymore."

"That’s not really your choice to make, is it?" Ava asked, wincing, it was the first time she’d ever come close to what you’d call sassing her mother. She walked away from the bed and edged to the door. "I get it you know, I see what you’re saying, I thought it too for a long time I thought well this one is exactly like my father, but you know I don’t really know anything about him do I? It’s the same way you don’t know a thing about Sebastian."

"Ava!" Her mother reacted sharply. "Ava, please, don’t see that boy anymore, you’ve got to trust me, I know what I’m talking about and he’s going to hurt you, you just don’t know."

Episode 83: My Happiness