Rated M. Kurt Sutter owns all characters the only thing that is mine is Cassie. This is my first fan fiction so please be kind, I welcome all constructive critism. Story starts from season 4, but I'm not going to follow the season, will keep some stuff but have changed it around a lot.

Chapter 1

It was beautiful, a long white sandy beach, the water was a clear blue, staring out she could see the sun setting. She could almost feel the heat gloriously spreading over her skin. Sat on the sand at the edge of the water watching as the sun descended, beautiful oranges, reds and pinks filling the sky line. Something wasn't quite right though, during this peaceful moment all she could focus on was the sound of buzzing, Cassie looked around trying to find where it was coming from. It was then that she realised she was dreaming and that the buzzing she could hear was a phone, she slowly began to open her eyes and shifted to see her phone buzzing on the coffee table. It was then she realised she had fallen asleep on the couch, Cassie groggily sat up, she got a shock when the sunlight hit her, it was streaming in from the window. With that Cassie reached out and grabbed her sunglasses sliding them on before reaching again to grab her phone. When she looked down at the screen she saw how early it was, it was then she took note of the caller ID, seeing that it was Kozik calling her she groaned. Cassie stood up thinking the first thing she had to find today amongst the many boxes cluttering up her new apartment were curtains. She looked down at her phone again debating whether to ignore the call, but Cassie knew if she ignored him he would just keep calling until she answered.

Cassie dragged herself off the couch answering the call as she stood up "Hi Koz. There a reason your calling me so early?" she asked making her way to the kitchen, waiting for an answer Cassie began digging through one of the many boxes trying to find her coffee maker. A deep chuckle came from the other end of the phone "Well Cass, I aint used to being stood up so I was calling to see if there was a reason?" he asked sarcastically. Cassie suddenly stopped and remembered she was supposed to be meeting Kozik that morning so he could show her the place he found for her new bar "Shit! Sorry Koz, I completely forgot. Let me just throw some clothes on and I'll be there" Cassie made her way out of the kitchen and into the bedroom, grabbing the first box with clothes on it that she could find. "It's ok Cass, can't hurt to make the guy sweat a bit. I'll see you soon. Oh and Cass? Welcome back to Charming" Kozik seemed to be amused at the sound of her struggling to find something to wear. "Cheers Koz, I'll see you in ten". Cassie threw her phone down on the bed as she pulled on some blue ripped skinny jeans, she then bent back down to try to rummage through the rest to find a top. Cassie managed to find a white tank top so she grabbed that and threw it on. Once she was dressed Cassie ran out to the kitchen and quickly poured some coffee into the plastic takeaway mug she had on the side. Cassie then ran to the front door grabbing her black boots and pulling them on. Opening the door she grabbed her bag and leather jacket off the coat hooks and left.

Twenty minutes later Cassie pulled up outside of the address Kozik had given her, as she pulled up she looked at the building and sighed to herself "Really Koz?" This building was a mess, at least it looked it from the outside. It looked like it was a couple of stories high with a fire escape at the end on the left which stretched up to the roof. The building was red brick, it looked like it has sat empty and unloved for a long time "I know that feeling" Cassie thought to herself. The entrance had a big black wooden door, and there appeared to be some sort of bush starting to grow around the outside. Cassie jumped out of her black Mitsubishi Warrior pulling her jacket on and turning to pull her bag off the passenger seat. As she shut the door to the truck she finally got a glimpse of herself in the window "For fucks sake" Cassie thought, she looked like crap, her hair was a mess and she had bags under her eyes. Before she went in to look for Koz and the realtor Cassie opened her bag to find a hair tie. After some rummaging she found one right at the bottom, Cassie put her bag on the front of the truck and walked back around to the window, she reached around and started pulling up her long dark brown hair into as neat a ponytail as she could manage. After deciding she wasn't actually that bothered Cassie took one last look in the window "Oh screw it". With that she grabbed her bag off the front of the truck and made her way towards to entrance.

As Cassie walked into the building she could hear Kozik talking to the realtor "Give it another five minutes man, she'll be here" Cassie smiled to herself and walked over to where they were standing. "Hey, sorry I'm late. Had a few glasses of wine after I finished moving into the apartment". Kozik turned when he heard her walking up behind him. "Nice of you too finally join us" he said sarcastically before walking over to her and scooping her into a hug. The realtor stood behind Kozik not looking too happy about being kept waiting, Cassie chuckled to herself "Oh smile man, im here aren't I. If you want me to buy the place your chances of selling it to me would be improved if you smile" with that Kozik lowered her to the ground again and turned to laugh at the man stood behind him.

Kozik turned back to Cassie a serious look crossing his face "So what d'ya think kid?" he asked Cassie pulling her hand to take her to look around the building. Cassie finally started to look at the space, it wasn't as bad as the outside of the building would lead you to believe. There was loads of space, even room in the back for a small stage. Cassie loved live music so putting some sort of stage in her bar was a must. Kozik pulled Cassie over to the bar that was already there, it was old and covered in dust and muck, but Cassie could see the potential...sort of. She walked around to the back of the bar and found another room which would be perfect as an office, as she walked around she found another door, she looked questioningly from the door to Kozik and the realtor. It was the realtor who spoke up "That's the cellar Miss Vellenueva" he answered. Cassie nodded and walked back out into the bar and the main hall of the building, she stopped and turned to question the realtor "So what can you tell me about the building?" she asked.

Before answering her question the realtor opened the file he had brought with him, as he looked through his paperwork Cassie turned to Kozik who was looking at her with a cheeky grin. "What Koz?" she asked him, Kozik smiled and shook his head "Nothing it's just great to have you back around again kid" Kozik looked back at the realtor, realising he was still looking through his paperwork. He turned back to Cassie and began whispering to her "So what do you think? It's good right?" he asked. Cassie looked back at him shrugging her shoulders "I don't know Koz, it needs a lot of work" she answered honestly. "Come on Cassie I thought you liked a challenge. Look it's perfect, outskirts of town it's already got a bar, office what else do you need?" Cassie looked at him and laughed, she knew he was right already this place seemed perfect even though she knew it would need a lot of cleaning up and work. Before they could continue the discussion the realtor walked over to them, he seemed exasperated "I'm sorry Miss Vellenueva I havent worked this building. It's $60,000 has an apartment above and has planning permission if you wished to alter the building at all" Cassie looked at him sceptically. "Look my names Steve, im 32 with a wife and two kids at home, we have had this building on the market for over a year now, I need to get rid of it or my boss is gonna have my ass! Do you want it or not?" As soon as he finished speaking Steve regretted the way he had spoken, glancing at the man stood next to her wearing a cut he began to worry. He had over stepped the mark and probably just completely pissed of one of the Sons, suddenly Steve felt panic wash over him. Everyone in Charming knew who the Sons were and to stay out of their way.

Cassie looked at the man in front of her shocked by his outburst, she saw a look of panic on his face and wondered why he might show so much concern about her reaction. Yes she had a not so pleasant history and had been known to lose her temper, but only if pushed. How did he know that anyway, Cassie looked over at Steve again and realised it wasn't her he was looking at, it was Kozik. Cassie looked at Kozik and the penny dropped, Kozik was a Son this guy must know about the MC and was worried about how Kozik might react to his outburst. Suddenly Cassie felt sorry for him, she thought it over for a minute debating whether she should give the guy a break or make his life a little harder. Finally after looking to Kozik who looked equally surprised and slightly pissed off, he just shrugged at her, Cassie had made her decision.

"Steve is it...well Steve the delivery on your pitch is a little off, but I'll do you a favor. As long as the apartment upstairs isn't in too bad shape I'll take it" Cassie said with a smile turning up the corner of her mouth. A look of relief washed over Steve's face "Thank you Miss Vellenueva, do you want to go up and have a ook around?" he asked happily. Cassie nodded assuming that Steve was going to show her and Kozik to a door near the back of the building. Instead Steve lead them back out to the front of the building, he made his way towards the fire escape. A look of confusion spread on Cassies face, then she noticed it a door stood just behind the fire escape.

As they walked through the door Steven led them up a flight of stairs, when they reached the top they came to another door. Cassie watched as Steve pulled out another key and unlocked the apartment, she was hoping the place wasn't a complete dump and didn't need so much work like the downstairs. Cassie turned before she entered the apartment looking at Kozik who was making his way up the stairs behind her. Kozik hadn't noticed that Cassie had stopped just in front of him,he almost walked into her and knocked her flying, but he managed to grab her before she fell. "Jesus Cass, why d'you stop?" Cassie looked at him a stern look crossing her face "I thought I'd just tell you Koz, if this place is as bad as downstairs I'm gonna kick your ass. That and you'll be doing all the work" she finished with a smirk on her face. Kozik laughed and lightly pushed Cassie forward into the apartment "Whatever Cass, just move your ass" smirking at his remark Cassie turned and smacked Kozik on the arm.

She continued on into the apartment, finding that surprisingly it wasn't as bad as she thought. Actually the apartment upstairs was amazing, they walked through and to the left there was a surprisingly large kitchen with beautifully large windows, granted the view wasn't spectacular but hey at least the light was nice. The cupboards were a dark brown with silvery worktops and there was a small island in the middle with a couple of stools around it. As they walked further in to the apartment Cassie saw the space of the living area, she could see at the end of the room was a hallway which presumably lead to the bedroom and bathroom. Their was shelving areas knocked into the wall at the end, next to a space where their had presumably been a TV on the wall and more windows that were similar to the ones in the kitchen, Cassie realised they wouldn't do a lot for privacy but considering it was an empty lot behind the building she didn't worry, she was sure she could find some curtains or blinds to help with that. Cassie couldn't believe her luck she could already picture where she was going to put her furniture.

Cassie couldn't believe her luck she walked down the hallway leaving Kozik and Steve in the kitchen, the bathroom was the first room down the hall, it was white and black tile with a bath and separate shower. Cassie then moved down to the bedroom, it has a painted feature wall that was a deep dark purple "This must be fate" Cassie thought, purple was her favourite colour.

Whilst Cassie was looking around the bedroom Kozik stayed in the kitchen with Steve, Steve was shifting nervously and kept glancing at Kozik out of the corner of his eye. Kozik chuckled to himself, he knew why Steve was watching him, he was waiting to see if there would be repercussions for his earlier outburst, Kozik wondered if he should let the guy sweat on it a little more or if he should reassure him. He decided the latter was the best option but he wasn't going to let him off completely "Dont worry man she loves it, you know how I know, she's been quiet the last 15 minutes. And I don't think its me you should be worrying about, if you had pissed her off earlier she would have kicked the shit out of you and probably left you beaten on the side of the road" Kozik stared at him for a minute waiting for his reaction. Steve seemed to visibly relax and looked shocked at the same time, he quickly turned when he saw Cassie walking back out from the hallway with a great big smile on her face. "Steve this place is awesome, how come downstairs is a shit hole but this place is...well like this?" Steve looked at her for a moment unsure if she really wanted him to answer or not, after what Kozik had said to him Steve was looking at the woman in front of him in a different light, before he wouldn't have thought of her as the violent type, but then was he that surprised she was here with a Son after all.

"Well Miss Vellenueva from the notes in the file, it seems that the previous owner was using the space downstairs as some sort of storage for stolen items and drugs. And then with the money they made from that it enabled them to renovate the apartment to a high standard. When local law enforcement found out they arrested the owners and confiscated all the stolen merchandise. The previous owner is selling to pay for legal fees"

Kozik looked at Cassie searching her face to see if he could figure out what she was thinking "So what d'ya think Cass? Did I do good or did I do good?" he said with a smile. "You know what Koz, I think you did awesome, this place is perfect. Steve I'll take it" Steve looked at Cassie a smile spreading across his face "Excellent Miss Vellenueva, would you like to come back to the office and go through the paperwork?" Cassie looked at him, she suddenly felt a rumble in her stomach. Realising she hadn't had any breakfast yet, Cassie wanted the place but to be honest couldn't be bothered with the paperwork right now, first she had to eat. "Steve I need to eat, can I just pop round to the office after. If I don't eat now I'm gonna pass out and then I wont be signing anything".

As they made their way back outside Cassie was glad Steve didn't have an issue with her popping by the office later. When Steve had gotten in his car and left, Cassie turned to Kozik. "You taking me for breakfast then Koz. Gonna catch me up on all things Charming" she asked. Kozik smiled and looked at Cassie, he loved this girl not in a romantic way, she was like a sister to him. Kozik remembered when he first met her she was 13 he was 19 and prospecting at SAMTAC, her father had taken her away for a couple of days and they had stopped off at the SAMTAC clubhouse for the night. Cassie's father spent the night with croweaters hanging from him and he had gotten a younger Kozik to watch the kid for him. Then a couple of months later Chico had come over to SAMTAC for a while to help set the club up with the gun running, Chico this time had brought Cassie and her mother with him. Kozik had become somewhat of a guardian towards Cassie whilst she was there, especially when her mother and father spent the majority of their time fighting about the sweetbutts. Kozik gradually fell more and more for the kid, she was a surprise to him, he expected her to have been nervous and shy around all the bikers but she wasn't. Cassie was brave, mischievous and their wasn't a lot that seemed to scare her.

Kozik was brought out of his thoughts with Cassie yelling at him "Yo Koz, you with me? Kinda zoning out there" she said. "Sorry Cassie just brings back a lot of memories having you around. Breakfast, I can do that. Get in that ridiculous truck of yours and follow me" he said walking off to his bike. Cassie shouted back over to him as the roar of the engine kicked in "It's not ridiculous, its awesome!" Kozik sped off as Cassie jumped into her truck and followed after him.