A/N: Hello there! Yes, this is another story for youse guys, but this one will be way different from what I usually write. Wow! Season 4, so far, is the best one. OMG! So much has been going on. If you haven't watched it, I won't spoil anything, and if you haven't watched any of it, then you better start. It's soooo good! Well, enough of my rambling. Enjoy this and don't forget to R&R!
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…Chapter One…
"I can't believe this is happening." Ava Cooper thought to herself, as she was sitting on the bed at a Motel 6, some where in Sedona, Arizona, playing on her laptop, waiting for her best friend Tiny - who's real name is Natasha Miller and her six year old daughter Lily, to get back with some Chinese food for lunch.
Ava was born and raised in Charming, California up until after she turned twenty - one, then she moved to Phoenix. The reason why she's at a motel in Sedona, she had to get away from her ex boyfriend Mason, since the restraining order wasn't working, because he'd ignore it all the time, and the local cops weren't helping either, so she had to get herself, Tiny, and Lily away from him, to keep all of them safe.
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Knock - Knock - Knock.
Is what Ava heard and slowly looked over, wondering who it could be, because if it was Tiny, she'd just use the card key, and walk right in. As she got up from the bed, the knocking continued. "Alright, shit." she mumbled, then looked through the peep hole. "No fucking way." she groaned, opening the door. "Wow, wonders ever cease? What are you doing here, Gloria? More importantly, how the hell did you find me?"
"I'm still your mother, regardless how far away you live from home."
"Answer my question, Mother. How did you find me?" Gloria walked inside and sat down on the bed, as Ava groaned, shutting the door. "Yeah, sure, come right in. Take your shoes off and stay awhile."
Gloria frowned. "You don't have to be a smart ass."
"Yeah, I do." Ava smirked.
"As I was saying… since you used your credit card at this." she looked around, making a face. "Place… Unser found you for me."
"Of course, he did. That's just… awesome." Ava crossed her arms over her chest. "Why?"
Gloria sighed. "I came here to tell you about your father."
"What about him?" she shrugged.
"Elias had a severe stroke yesterday morning and he's in the ICU, in a coma, at St. Thomas. They don't know if or when he's going to wake up."
"And you came all the way from Charming to Sedona to tell me this? Is there any reason why you couldn't have called me on the phone?"
"Would you have answered it?"
"Probably not." she shrugged again.
"Well, Ava, this was the only way I could get your attention, and have you listen to me."
"Okay, so if you're here bugging the shit out if me, who's with him?"
Gloria frowned. "Gemma, Tara, and Lyla's been taking turns, watching over him."
"Oh, so Tara's back from Chicago?"
Gloria nodded. "She has been for a while."
"She still with Jax?"
"Yeah, they're together, and they have two sons, Abel and Thomas."
"Well, I knew about Abel." Ava paused for a moment. "Jax sent me a text, telling me that Wendy had him premature, because of the crank, but good." she slightly nodded. "Good for him. Now, who the hell is Lyla?"
"Opie's fiancee'."
Ava looked confused. "What the hell happened to Donna?"
"You don't know?"
"Uh, obviously not. Ever since I left Charming, I haven't been in touch with anyone and the only time I was… was when Abel was born. I know nothing."
"Well." Gloria took a deep breath. "The night of Abel's homecoming, because he was in the incubator for three months, Donna was shot up at a red light."
Ava's eyes widened. "Holy shit."
"Yeah, Honey, you missed a hell of a lot."
"Well, how's the rest of the guys?"
Gloria took a deep breath. "Jax, Happy, Bobby, Clay, Juice, and Tig got a weapons charge against them and they're in Stockton Prison for a fourteen month sentence."
"When do they get out?"
"In a few days."
"Oh." Ava nodded.
"Ava, I really think you should go see your father, because if you don't, and he dies, you'll regret it for the rest of your life."
Ava stared at Gloria for a few seconds, then heavily sighed. "I'll think about it."
"What's there to think about?" Gloria stood up. "He's your father for Christ's sakes."
"Wrong, he's not my real father." Ava crossed her arms over her chest. "Just like you are not my real mother."
"How many times are going to throw that in my face? Elias and I took you in when your own damn parents couldn't. All they cared about was their forty dollar fix than their own flesh and blood. Without us adopting and taking care of you… you would have ended up dead, just like Becky or in prison, like Charlie. Ava, I loved my sister, and I love you, but I wasn't going to sit back and let her destroy your life, like she did to hers. Elias and I took you in to save you."
"Okay, okay, I've heard all of this before, but the reason why I was hurt, both of you lied to me, for years, and all I wanted was the truth, but evidently, you couldn't even give me that. I had to hear about the truth from Darby. Why? Because he was their dealer, back in the day, and he felt that I needed to know the true story."
Gloria heavily sighed, sitting back down. "We were going to tell you."
"When?"
"Ava, I didn't come here to fight with you. I want you to come back to Charming."
"Uh, No. Why the hell would I want to go back to the place that I was driven away from?"
Gloria looked confused. "What are you talking about?"
"Ugh." Ava pinched the bridge of her nose. "Never mind, just forget it." suddenly, the door opened, followed by Tiny and Lily walking in with the bags of food containers. "Shit." she groaned, then glanced at Gloria, who had her eyes glued at Lily, standing in front of her. "Can we finish this conversation some other time?" she looked down at her imaginary watch on her wrist. "Next year sounds good to me."
"Ava." Gloria sighed, shaking her head.
"Who's she, Mommy?"
"Mommy?" Gloria's eyes widened. "She called you Mommy?"
"Hey." Ava ignored the question and bent down to Lily's level. "How 'bout you and Aunt Tiny go eat at the park, while I talk to this lady." Lily nodded, then Ava stood up, looking at Tiny. "Can you take her?"
"Yeah, sure." she put on of the food containers on the little table and grabbed Lily's hand. "Come on, Girly."
"Thanks." Ava waved, then both of them walked out the door. "Okay." she glanced at Gloria, seeing the hurt look on her face. "What?"
"You had a daughter."
"Yeah." Ava nodded. "I did."
Gloria crossed her arms over her chest. "And she doesn't even know who I am?"
"No, but don't feel bad, she don't know about her other grandma either."
"That's not even funny."
"Oh, well." Ava shrugged.
"What's her name and how old is she?"
"It's Lily and she's six."
"Six?" Gloria gasped.
Ava held up her hand. "And before you ask, yes, I was pregnant with her, about ten weeks or so, before I left Charming."
"Does he know?"
Ava glanced at her for a second. "No, he doesn't and I'd appreciate it, if you didn't say anything to anyone until I'm good and ready, especially to him."
"Ava, how could I tell him anyway? He's locked up." Gloria paused. "But only for another two days." there was another pause. "If you go visit your father, then I won't spill the beans."
"Wow, are you really trying to blackmail me? I don't think you are in any position to blackmail me, because I could make sure you never see my daughter again."
"Okay, I'm sorry."
"Yeah, you better be sorry. I don't respond well to any kind of threats, especially when my daughter is involved."
"Okay, okay." Gloria put her hands up in defeat. "I'm very sorry that I brought it up."
"Good." she nodded.
"So, how come my granddaughter has a bruise on her cheek and a cast on her wrist?"
Ava sat down on a chair and leaned it back a little. "I got a call from the school yesterday to pick up Lily, because her and a boy in her class named Austin - were fighting. This kid has been messing with Lily since school started, so I told her that if he keeps on, then she has my permission to hit him back. Apparently, Austin hit her first, and when I picked her up, I saw that little brat had a nice black eye from Lily."
"Good for her, for sticking up for herself. What did you do?"
"Well, as much as I wanted to whoop Austin's little ass, I couldn't of course, but I did pull her out of that school, and after all that mess, we packed our shit and came up here to Sedona."
"Ava, she needs to go to school, she needs to get her education."
"Don't you think I know that? With everything going on, I had to get her out of that school anyway."
"Why? What's going on?"
"It's like this." Ava heavily sighed. "I have a restraining order on my ex boyfriend Mason. He's been ignoring it and the cops wouldn't do anything, so I took it upon myself to bring us here. He's after all three of us."
"Has Mason ever hurt Lily?"
Ava nodded. "The cast she's wearing, he broke her wrist."
"And the cops did nothing?"
"No, Mason lied saying that Lily fell down the stairs, which she didn't, and the real story is… he was drunk and he told her to go to bed, but she didn't because it was only seven - thirty, so Mason grabbed her hand, and yanked it as hard as he could, breaking her little wrist."
"What a bastard."
"Yeah, no kidding." Ava scoffed. "And when I confronted the asshole about it, that night, he slapped me a few times for not believing his lies. He got mad that I believed Lily over him, and that's when I told the cops what was going on. They did nothing, so I resorted to the restraining order. That obviously meant nothing to him, because he just kept breaking it, and now, here we are, hiding out in Sedona."
"Ava, you wouldn't have to be hiding out if you come back home." Gloria paused. "Will you, please, go visit your father?"
Ava took a deep breath and slightly nodded. "Fine, I'll go."
"Thank you." Gloria smiled.
"Yeah, yeah." Ava waved her hand, then a minute later, Tiny and Lily walked through the door, and Ava took another deep breath. "Glad you two are back, because I want to introduce you to my mother Gloria… Mom, this is my daughter Lily, and my best friend Tiny."
"Nice to meet you." Tiny held out her hand.
"Oh." Gloria shook it and let go. "Likewise."
"Mommy." Lily tapped Ava's arm. "She's your mommy?"
Ava nodded. "Sure."
"Yes." Gloria glared at Ava, then looked over at Lily. "Which means, I'm your grandma."
"Really?"
"Yep." Gloria nodded.
"Hey." Ava got Lily and Tiny's attention. "How 'bout we take a trip to California?"
"Sure." Tiny nodded. "When?"
"As soon as I check us out."
"Well." Tiny started cleaning up. "Let's go then."
"What about you, Lily? You want to go?"
"Yeah, Mommy." she nodded.
"Okay, let's get outta here." Ava smiled, then her and Tiny started packing everything up.
About fifteen minutes later, Ava and Tiny piled whatever they had into Ava's navy blue 2011 Chevy Tahoe. "Okay." Tiny shut the passenger side door. "Why are we going to Cali? Not that I mind or anything."
Ava sighed. "My dad had a stroke and he's in the ICU. I'm just going to visit, before it's too late."
"Oh, Ava, I'm sorry."
"It's okay… on the plus side, we'll be further away from Mason."
"Well, good."
"I'm gonna go check us out. Can you get Lily and Gloria in the SUV, so we can go?"
"Yeah." Tiny nodded.
"And make sure Lily grabs her blanket and her two stuffed animals."
"I will." Tiny chuckled. "I remember what went down the last time she forgot them." then as Tiny went back into the room, Ava went over to the front office to check them out.
Ten minutes later, Ava walked out, and got into the drivers seat, then turned around in her seat. "Do you need a ride to the airport or something?"
"No." Gloria shook her head. "I'd really like to tag along, so I can spend time with you and Lily, if that's okay?"
Ava thought about it for a few seconds and nodded. "Fine, but one complaint about my driving, and you're walking to Charming."
"Okay, okay." she held her hands up. "I won't say a word."
"Fantastic." Ava put on her sunglasses, started the engine, and drove off, heading west to California.
A/N: There you have chapter one and it's a long one. Hope you enjoy this story and as always R&R! Thanks, my lovely's!