This is the sequel to Treacherous. I really hope you like it. If you haven't read Treacherous you should probably read it beforehand because this story would make a lot more sense.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything other than my OCs, everything belongs to its rightful owners.


I've been out on that open road

You can be my full time daddy,

White and gold

Singing blues has been getting old

You can be my full time baby,

Hot or cold

Don't break me down

I've been travelin' too long

I've been trying too hard

With one pretty song

I hear the birds on the summer breeze,

I drive fast, I am alone in the night

Been tryin' hard not to get into trouble,

but I, I've got a war in my mind

So, I just ride, just ride,

I just ride, just ride

Ride by Lana Del Rey


Chapter One

June 24th, 2007

It had been three years since I left Tacoma. I had moved in with my cousin, finished my teaching degree and got a job. I had grown up while I was away. I wasn't a kid anymore.

"Why do you have to go?" Asked Natasha, "I'll miss you, so will dad"

I stopped packing for a second and sat down on the bed next to my fourteen year old stepdaughter. I pushed a strand of light brown hair behind her ear, tears were streaming out of her dark brown eyes down her pale cheeks.

"I'll miss you too" I said, "But I have to go. I promise to call and I'll visit. You'll see me again"

I remember making the same promise to Lee and Lana, and I hadn't seen them since Christmas dinner two years ago.

(Christmas 2005)

Lana has invited me to Christmas dinner, I was reluctant to go but she begged for me to come. I was prepared to see Kozik and Happy again. I just hoped that they had come to terms with me leaving. Kozik had. Happy hadn't.

"You haven't talked to me all night" I said, walking up to Happy who was leaning against the side of the house, a cigarette in his hands

"You gonna apologize for leaving?" He asked, putting out the cigarette, "Because if you ain't, I'm not interested"

"I'm sorry that I hurt you" I told him

"But you ain't sorry you left" he said, taking a step towards me

"I had to spend some time away from here" I said, moving towards him, "I did miss you, Hap"

In one swift movement Happy had me up against the side of the house, hands on my hips keeping me there, he was so close I could feel his breath on my cheek.

"Don't tell me you missed me if you ain't coming back" he growled, "You coming back?"

I turned my head and looked him dead in the eye before answering, "No"

Happy's grip on me tightened, his jaw hardened as did his eyes, "Then get away from me" he said pushing me away

"Hap" I tried to say

"Leave" he yelled, his eyes had a crazy look in them

(Present Day)

I knew that I had hurt Happy but it was only then that I realized how much. I had left him and he felt betrayed. Just like Natasha would when I broke my promise.

"Why can't you stay?" She asked

"Your dad and I are getting a divorce" I said, "I can't live here anymore"

I had met Michael a year and a half ago. It was my first job at a Middle School and his daughter was in my class. Not long after I met him we were dating. And not long after we started dating we got married.

The marriage had only lasted a year. I was only twenty two years old, I wasn't ready to be some hotshot lawyer's wife. Or the mother of a teenage girl. The family had grown on me, I honestly did love Natasha. But the marriage was doomed from the start.

"Where are you going?" She asked

"Tacoma" I told her, "I'm going home"


The drive was short and I arrived at the garage in no time. I stepped out of the car, the place looked the same as it had since the last time I'd been here.

"Valerie"

I turned to see Ava bounding towards me, she flung her arms around me and pulled me into a hug which I returned.

"I missed you" she said letting go of me, "How have you been?"

"Good, not much going on" I lied, but she didn't need to know everything that had been happening in my life, "Is that a ring I see?"

"Yeah, he asked me yesterday" she said, "I was going to call you but I don't have your number"

"It's fine" I said as I looked down at her ring, it was modest but still beautiful. It reminded me of my failed marriage, and how if I had stayed that I might have been married by now, "Let's go see everyone"

I followed behind Ava as she walked towards the clubhouse. I looked over to see some sweet butts whispering, no doubt gossiping about me. I wasn't going to let it get to me. I was going to hold my head high.

Holding my head high became difficult as soon as I walked into the clubhouse. Everyone's eyes were on me.

"Valerie" said Bowie, breaking the awkward silence as he pulled me into a hug, "Missed you"

"Missed you too" I said, smiling at him, maybe this wouldn't be so bad

It really wasn't so bad. Everyone had welcomed me back with open arms. Everyone except for two people.

Kozik had been courteous and polite, welcomed me back with a smile but the hurt was clear on his face. Seeing his broken hearted expression nearly broke my own heart, but it was Happy's reaction was what tore me apart.

"Hey Happy" I said, I tried to be confident but my voice was shaky

"Hey, kid" he said, not looking at me, "Welcome back"

"How have you been?" I asked

"I've got beer and pussy to enjoy" he said taking a step away from me

"Okay" I said, any shred of confidence I might have had at the beggining was gone, replaced by feelings of hurt and rejection, "It's nice seeing you again"

"You too" he said, walking past me without sparing me another glance.

I looked around the room to see Lana's watching me with a sympathetic look, she nodded towards the door before getting up and walking outside. I soon followed her out, sitting beside her on one of the benches.

"It tore him up, you leaving" she said, "Hap's always scary but he was even more so after you left. I'm surprised he's still here"

"It was really that bad?"

"Yeah, I thought he was going to get himself killed" said Lana, putting her arm around me, "He missed you, would never say so but he did"

"What am I going to do?" I asked

"Wipe up your tears and head back in there, show him that you're still the girl he loved" she said getting up

"But I'm not" I said getting up, "I've changed"

"Than show him the new you" she said, "Just be the confident, kick-ass bitch I raised you to be"

I would try to. I didn't know what it achieve but I knew that I wasn't going to be a sniveling mess. I was going to be the confident, kick-ass bitch I was raised to be.


'A girl should be two things: who and what she wants' Coco Chanel


So this is the sequel, I hoped you liked it and please review to tell me what you think. Even if you didn't like it please tell me, I love feedback. The next chapter you'll find out more about what happened during the three years and Valerie will have to deal with the blowback of her absence and her return.