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He's getting old

Ava was leaning one hand on the counter and her forehead was in the other. She was so fucking fed up with this.

"How fucking hard could it be to help out once in a while? You're twelve, you're not a baby anymore!" He yelled.

"I'm helping!" When Grace screamed like that it was like when someone ran their nails down a black board.

"With what?! You don't even pick up your own shit in the hallway!" Happy pointed with his hand towards the hallway and Ava could clearly see the vein on his forehead.

She sighed again. It was as if the two of them were trying to make up for the fact that she couldn't yell so they yelled twice as much. It was driving her insane.

When some people once in a while dared to ask if Happy really thought about Grace as his own flesh and blood this is what she wanted to show them. No man could ever get this pissed at anyone but his own hormonal daughter.

What sometimes surprised her was that despite the horrible shit those two had yelled at each other, not once, ever, did anyone of them mention that they weren't blood. Happy had never lost it in the middle of a fight and pointed out that she wasn't his and Grace had never said he wasn't her dad. That was the one thing Ava had been scared of when the fights started but it hadn't happened yet.

"I was going to! You started yelling the second I came inside!" Grace tried to defend herself and in all honesty, she was right.

Happy had told her to not slam the fucking door every time she walked into the house and she had been at his throat immediately. That's how it started. On the other hand, she left her backpack and jacked just like that no matter what happened when she came home.

"I was not fucking yelling the second you came inside!" Happy was very close to loosing it and Grace was even closer, they had been at it for thirty minutes and Ava had stopped trying about ten minutes earlier. There was no way she could be even make herself heard in this 'conversation'.

"You always yell, the entire time. You never fucking stop!" Grace was closing in on the finale. At least she hadn't thrown anything at him this time. "I HATE YOU!" There, the grand finale and then she stormed out. Ava sighed, walked up to Happy who had that look, pissed and heartbroken at the same time.

She put her arms around his waist. "You know she doesn't mean it."

"Yeah." He looked at her and put his arms around her. She hugged him closer.

"She loves you, she's just..."

"A teenager."

"A daughter, they're like that."

"Were you like that?"

"Yeah, back then I could yell." She pulled him down for a kiss. "I love you."

"Good." He kissed her forehead. "I gotta call Piney."

-o0o-

Piney was sitting outside of the clubhouse when his phone rang.

"Hello."

"Hey, Piney." It was Hap on the other end of the line and he sounded tired. Piney chuckled, he knew what this was about.

"Had another fight?"

"Yeah, she took off. Call me when she's there."

"I'll call."

Hap usually called him when she stormed out. He wanted to know when she arrived to the clubhouse to makes sure she got there safe. Any doubt Piney'd had about Hap's ability as a dad had disappeared pretty damn fast. So had any wish Piney'd had to have a daughter. Sunshine was a great kid but those teenage hormones was driving Hap to the edge and quite often over it.

Gemma had summed it up pretty well. 'With boys there's trouble at school and with girls you get them at home.' As far as Piney could tell, that was dead on.

He moved to the front of the garage instead so that he could see her when she came. 'Cause she would come, she always did.

-o0o-

He saw her stomping through the gates and he picked up the phone to Hap. She had managed to stay angry all the way from their house to the clubhouse, a forty-five minute walk, it must have been bad fight.

"She's here."

"Let me know when I can pick her up."

He hung up again before Grace could see it. She hated Hap's overprotectiveness and Piney didn't want her any more pissed. She walked past the entrance of the clubhouse and when she saw him, she halted and smiled.

"What's up kiddo?"

She sat down next to him and was still. Piney knew what that meant, if she was still something was wrong, they had all picked up on that. So she needed a little more time.

She didn't answer his question but he hadn't expected her too even if she was ok. They didn't talk much, Grace and him. They just were.

"Can I have a coke?"

"You know where they are." He nodded and watched her going into the garage to take one.

She came back with a coke he handed her a straw. They sat silently for a long time, looking at the people coming and going, working on the cars, fiddling with the bikes. He noticed her legs as they started to swing, just a little at first and then more. Even if she was twelve she was still doing that and she was obviously not pissed anymore. He patted her knee.

"Don't know what this is about but he means well, kiddo."

She looked up at him and smiled. Piney turned around and saw Gemma in the window to the office and he nodded to her. She was going to call Hap and tell him the kid was calm again.

Ten minutes later Hap drove into the lot he got of the bike and walked up to them. Grace met him and jumped up into his arms. He lifted her up and she leaned her head on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry."

"I know, Sugar." He kissed her cheek, still hugging her.

"I don't hate you."

"Good to know." Hap put her down on the ground. "Wanna go home?"

Grace nodded then she ran up to Piney again. She put her arms around his neck. "Thank you."

Even if she was small and skinny she could hug really hard. So Piney hugged her back. Kid was crazy but she had the best hugs.

"Go easy on him, kiddo. He's getting old," he whispered in her ear.

Grace laughed and kissed his cheek then she ran up to the bike. Hap came up to him as well and Piney stood up to hug him as too. The poor man looked like he needed a hug.

"Thanks."

"No problem. What was it about this time?"

"It started with her slamming the door and ended on the cleaning. Not sure what the fuck happened between the two." Hap shook his head and watched Grace as she was talking to Tig. Hap was a neat freak and Grace wasn't.

They both had a temper even if Grace's was a bit more explosive according to Ava. When Piney had challenged her on that she had looked at him with that coy smile. 'Grace is the kind of girl who would just blow someones head of and be done with it. I somehow doubt that Happy ever just pulls the trigger if he can avoid it. He takes his time.'

He had stared at her and then laughed. That woman knew exactly what kind of a man she had married.

When they came up to Hap's bike Grace gave Tig a kiss and then come up to him for another hug. "Thank you again, Piney. I love you."

"Love you too, kid." He leaned closer to her ear. "Call me next time, I'll pick you up."

"I like the walk." She answered and gave him another kiss.

He watched them drive away and then Gemma came out from the office.

"What was it about this time?"

"Something about slamming doors and cleaning." Piney chuckled. "He's got a handful with that one."

"Wait 'til she starts dating and wants birth control. That'll make him miss the fights about slamming doors."