a/n: oh heyy everybody! so this is the re-write of Human basically, it still centers around Kate Morrow and Juice. I'll see ya at the bottom for more!
My old man is tough man, but he's got a soul as sweet as blood red jam and he shows me, her knows me, every inch of my tar black soul. He doesn't mind I have a flat, broke down life in fact he says it's what he might like about me, admires me the way I roll like a rolling stone.
The first time he ever saw her, he was just a lowly Prospect trying his hardest not to catch any more shit from the guys than necessary. He had heard she was in town for the week from college and every time he caught sight of her she was never more than an arm's length away from the surfer look alike, Kozik. She had been the talk of the town for a good two weeks before, the prodigal daughter coming home for fall break after being gone for almost a year and half even though she only lived an hour away. When he handed her a drink from behind the bar, she winked at him in return and then went back to talking with Kozik and some of the other guys who had been in town from Tacoma.
The next time he saw her was a month later, he was still a prospect and she had moved home for the semester after getting into a nasty crash along with Kozik. Her long blonde waves had been cut into a straight shorter bob and she was wearing a walking boot and using crutches, still recovering from her broken foot and femur. He watched her from behind the bar while she sat down with Happy as he tattooed something on her shoulder blade. He couldn't help but smile as she smiled and smiled even bigger when he saw her laughing. Once again he handed her a beer and once again she winked in return. But then the night had taken a turn for the worse. Kozik, who was testing the waters out as a Nomad came in with some other Nomads, and Kate who was sitting in between Tig and Jax instantly got up and crutched down the back hall. Later when he was cleaning up after the party he could hear her and Kozik arguing down the in the dorm hallway.
"Kozik! I haven't heard from you in God knows how long! I was in a coma for two weeks and you couldn't even call."
"Kate, you don't understand. I didn't know how to deal with this, I almost got you killed, do you know how much guilt I have been living with?" Juice heard something shatter and almost contemplated going to break up their argument.
"If you loved me you would've never left. You would've stayed by my side," He could hear her voice sounding eerily calm.
"Kate, I do love you."
"How're the croweaters you meet as a Nomad?"
"None of them could even compare to you."
"That's bullshit."
"This argument is bullshit and you know it."
"No it's not."
"Yes it is," There was pause, "Just c'mere already."
At this point Juice had already felt like he was intruding already but when he heard what he could only assume were her crutches falling to the floor he decided it was time to call it a night.
By the first time he talked to her, he was almost positive that he was if not in love with her, he was seriously in lust. He had been patched in for nearly six months and she had just graduated from school.
"Oh shit! Sorry!" He had just rounded the corner from the kitchen back out into the main room when he came running into a pile of boxes.
"It's fine, it's fine, don't worry about it. I need to be more careful," She stood up as he stacked the fallen boxes on the counter next to them, "I'm Kate."
He grabbed her outstretched hand with his own, "Juice."
"Newest patched member right?"
"Uh yeah, president's daughter right?"
"And VP's sister," She laughed and he couldn't help but admire her. Her hair had grown back out and was almost the same length that it had been when he first saw her and it was in loose waves that sailed down her back almost to the bottom of her plaid t-shirt.
"So do you need any help with your boxes?"
"Yeah, that'd actually be great. My parent's just helped me buy a house so I'm trying to get everything moved in."
He nodded in response and grabbed the boxes he had sent on the counter and followed her out the side door, watching as she slid the aviators that had been holding her hair back down her nose, "You're part of the Cadillac club too?"
"Ha. Yeah I guess, it was a graduation present," She popped the truck to her SUV open and he slid his the boxes in.
"You gonna be at the party tonight?"
"Why do you think there's even going to be a party?"
"Good-"
"Juice, I need you to go with Bobby and Jax to Lodi," Clay interrupted him as he stepped out into the sun and surveyed the scene in front of him, "Baby girl is that you? We weren't expecting you until tomorrow!"
"Hi Daddy! I had nothing going on, so I figured I'd just come back today," Juice watched as she shut her trunk and turned to look at him for a moment, "I'll see you tonight maybe?"
"Yeah, for sure."
She then closed the gap between her and her father and Juice watched as Clay wrapped his arms around his spitting image and led her inside the clubhouse.
"Don't even think about it Juicy," Bobby strapped his helmet on as Juice walked over to his own bike.
"What're you talking about?"
"I saw the way you were looking at Little Bit and let me tell you something. You need a clear mind, you just got patched in and you need your soul focus to be on the club," Juice nodded, swinging one of his legs over his bike and sitting down on it, "I'd lay my life down for that girl, but she is trouble. Trouble you can't handle."
Juice didn't get a chance to respond, when he caught sight of Jax walking over to the line of motorcycles, "Let's get this shit over with."
"You know your boy is gonna be here tonight right?" Clay asked sitting down across from his daughter, although he had only seen her days earlier, it felt like it had been months. Kate was Clay's pride and joy. She got her street smarts from her mother, her piercing blue eyes and Cheshire cat smile from him and some kind of books smarts from God only knew where.
"He's not my boy. We're done."
"'Bout damn time," That remark earned him a death stare, "You know it's true. He was always trouble for you"
"You know I've always loved trouble Dad."
"That you do kid, that you do," He took a moment thinking about just how right she was. Ever since she hit puberty she was only seconds from killing her father. She had a drastic wardrobe change from baggy t-shirts and ill fitting jeans to tight fitting shirts and cut off jean shorts that made all the boys stare. And he couldn't even begin trying to count the number of times he or Gemma had caught her drinking alcohol or smoking pot in high school mostly under the influence of her older half brother. She even had the audacity to try sneaking boys into her room at all hours of the night. Clay truly thought he was going to have a heart attack one night when he went in to check on Kate after hearing a thud come from her room and boy was he stunned to find a half naked Opie climbing of her window.
He was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard her voice, "Where's Ma?"
"Dunno, probably running around like a chicken with her head cut off," He took a sip of the beer he had been holding, "She's happy you're back."
"I bet she just loves that I'm only living a street away."
"That she does, I'm pretty sure it's already half furnished," He couldn't help but laugh, "You ready for tonight's party baby?"
"Ready as I'll ever be," She got up off the couch and kissed her father on the cheek, "It's good to be back Daddy."
"Good to have you back kid."
My old man theif, and I'm gonna stay and pray with him until the end, but I trust in the decision of the Lord to watch over us, take him when he may, if he my. I'm not afraid to say I would die with out him. -Lana Del Rey
A/N: oh hey again! So I hope you liked the first chapter! I'm going to be using parts that I already had from Human as well as new stuff but it is definitely going in a different direction then the other story was. Also check out the song that I used, it's by Lana Del Rey, she's a goddess and basically this story will be surrounded by her music because I'm obsessed which you would already know if you're reading Always, which you should be. Keep a look out for an update of Reckless One (the prequel for this) coming out sometime later this week and check out Always (My Opie story)! Don't forget to drop me a line here too! GO REVIEW right meow and I'll love you always and forever!
