Elliot relaxed slightly.

The two went to lay down on the bed, and Avery turned off the lights. She kept her eyes wide open, unable to fall asleep.

She knew that Elliot could not fall asleep as well.

She had failed to convince Shea to give up earlier that day, and when Wesley walked her outside, he told her that Shea was behaving this way because of his mother.

Avery felt even more helpless after hearing that.

Though Wesley said that he would talk to his mother to get her to talk to Shea, Avery knew that it was unlikely that they would be able to convince Shea to get the abortion.

She did not have the courage to tell Elliot about this. If she did, he might go after Wesley's mother, and the situation would only escalate further.

"Avery, what are you thinking about?" He noticed that her eyes were open through the faint moonlight.

It unsettled him that she was lying in bed with her eyes wide open in silence.

"About all sorts of things... It's a mess in my head right now." She turn