August 17, 2022

Walking through the foyer, he dropped his bookbag by the stairs and moved toward the kitchen, wanting nothing more than a huge plate of french fries and a few hamburgers after he avoided lunch to stay in the weight room and work out for the period. He went to the set of cabinets by the refrigerator and opened it, reaching in for a glass before he shut the cabinet door and moved toward the fridge, pulling it open and filling his glass full of pink lemonade and watermelon kool-aid before closing the door and setting the glass on the island and moving toward the pantry to grab a handful of granola bars before walking out of the pantry and closing the door.

Right as he turned around to grab his glass of kool-aid off the island counter, he looked up to see his mother with his Kimber trained on him. "Holy shit Ma!" He dropped his granola bars, backing away from the blonde. "It's me! It's just me!"

"What the hell are you doing here? You're supposed to be in school." She put the safety back on and set the gun on the countertop beside her. She looked up down at the pile of granola bars and rolled her eyes. "Put those up, I'll make you something."

Vic shook his head. "It's ok, I'll just eat these…" He bent down, picking all the granola bars up and shrugged. "First week of school, it lets out early… Did you forget?"

"I guess so… Just would've been nice to not be freaked out and call your dad." Hanna shrugged her shoulders, pulling her son toward her. "Put them up, baby, I'll just make you something. What do you want?" She took the bars from Vic's hands and set them on the island before moving to the refrigerator and opened the fridge door, looking inside of it before shaking her head. "Nevermind, I need to go to the store. Come on, we'll get some In N Out."

The young man shook his head again. "You're not still mad at me?"

"Are you done being an ass?" She closed the fridge door and looked at her son with a perfectly cocked eyebrow. "Tell you what, we'll get In N Out, go to the store and you can pick out whatever you want to eat for dinner? Almost done with your restrictions, figured I'll treat you nicely since you've done well apart from your dad finding a burner under your mattress."

Vic groaned, covering his face. "He told you?! Man he's a snitch! Can we go see him? I wanna beat him up for selling me out." He flashed her the smile he only gave her before moving to her, hugging her. "I vote we get In N Out then go rub it in dad's face!"

"Of course he told, damn man tells me everything. We have no secrets. Remember that, Prince." She kissed his head, wrapping her arms around him. "Yeah I suppose we can torment him... Put that in the fridge or finish it up first though. I need to find your sisters at some point too."

Vic pulled away from the blonde and nodded his head, pointing to the Kimber. "That? Ma, guns don't go in the fridge... They go in holsters." He smirked at her before grabbing his glass of kool-aid and chugging it down. "Alright I'm ready! Let's go!" He smiled at her, picking up the Kimber, starting to stick it in the waistband of his jeans before Hanna slapped him upside the head and grabbed the gun from him. "What? I need one too!"

"No I don't believe you do.. Turn seventeen then me and your dad will discuss it." Hanna set the gun on top of the fridge. "Let me grab my phone from upstairs then-." She stopped, feeling arms wrap around her, lifting her up and pulling her back. "What the hell?" She growled. "Herman Kozik, put me down now!"

Vic turned, looking behind him. "It's me! I swear, it was just me!" He shook his head, staring at Juice and Jax. "Ma! Get these dumbasses!" He groaned, looking back to see Hanna being set to her feet and his father walking up to her. "It wasn't an intruder!"

"What the hell are you doing skipping school, boy?" Happy growled, cutting the safety off before putting the Kimber back in his holster, shoving Kozik away from Hanna. "Quit touching her, I got her." He pulled his wife close to him.

Vic huffed, moving toward his mother. "School let out early… I'm going to my room." He grabbed a few granola bars before pushing past his uncle Kozik.

"Let me go, Hap, everything's fine. I have plans with my son and I'm not letting any of you get in the way." Hanna shook her head, flicking Happy's jaw. "Go back to the clubhouse, everything is fine right now." She gave him a small smile before pulling out of his arms and leaving the kitchen.

August 22, 2022

Victoria finished putting her workout clothes in her gym bag, stuffing her Nike's in it as well before she stood up and threw her bag strap on her shoulder. She looked up, seeing her girlfriend walking into the dance studio and sighed, walking toward her. "Are you staying a while?" She inquired, her hands landing on Riley's hips, pulling her closer.

"Yeah, I'm working on something with Marisa." She smiled, dropping her bag and wrapping her arms around Vee's neck. "I missed you, how was your day? Practice run ok?"

Vee shrugged, pressing a soft kiss to Riley's lips. "Sorry I was just thinking about a lot of different shit. It was fine, practice was fine… I'm just tired and would love some sleep, a hot shower and sleep." She kissed her girlfriend's lips again. "Why don't you skip this session and come home with me? I'll get a shower, we'll watch movies, lay in bed and just chill…"

"That sounds amazing but I need to get this done, plus my mom is coming up here soon to watch the progress." Riley shrugged, pulling away from Vee. "She could walk in any minute, Vee…"

The gorgeous brunette slowly nodded her head. "Guess I don't need to ask if you've talked to your parents yet…" She adjusted her gym bag and pushed her side braid off her shoulders. "It's fine, I'll call my cousin… I miss her anyway."

"I'm going to, it's just things are crazy with them right now… My brother is skipping school really bad and he's been drinking a lot so they're overreacting." Riley shrugged again, looking back at the doors as they opened, seeing her mother walk in the studio on the phone. "Please please don't be mad, Vee."

The brunette shook her head, backing away from her girlfriend. "I'm not mad, I'm clearly inadequate. Just stick to the story, I'm a friend you dance with… Not your girlfriend that you like a lot." Vee scoffed, pushing past the blonde and moving toward the door only to stop at the sight of her mother walking toward the door. "Can we just go?"

"What happened?" Hanna caressed her daughter's cheek, moving her thumb back and forth before looking over Victoria to see Riley and a blonde woman. "Come on, baby…" She whispered, pulling the gorgeous brunette to her, wrapping her arms around Vee after she took Vee's bag from her.

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Vee opened the door to her parents room, seeing them still asleep and she sighed, starting to close the door before she heard a throat being cleared and her father whispering for her to come to him. She did so, not expecting him to push the covers back and allow her to lay down beside him. "What happened, Victoria?" He whispered to her after she curled into his side and got comfortable.

"Really bad day." She mumbled, wiping at her tears as she tried to roll over, facing away from her father.

The man shook his head, turning his dark eyes on her. "I believe there's more to it, kid, tell me about it. I know you've been crying and you also didn't come down for dinner so spill it." He poked her side, watching her involuntarily jolt. "Whoa, be quiet and calm down, Satan's sleeping and I don't need that wrath right now." He smirked at his youngest daughter.

"Riley won't tell her parents she's with me… She just tells them I'm a friend from the studio." Vee shrugged, shaking her head. "I'm just a friend that she dances with." She whispered, wiping at her tears again. "Am I not good enough for her to tell her parents about? Is it because I'm not pretty enough or smart enough? What is it, daddy?"

Happy shook his head frantically, grabbing her chin to force her to look at him. "You are the greatest thing in her life, you'll always be the best thing to ever happen to her. You're the prettiest, smartest, most amazing little thing I've ever seen and she's stupid if she doesn't see how wonderful you are, Vivi. She's an idiot not to want to tell the world that you're together."

"You're my dad, you have to say all of that." She shook her head, sighing as she started tracing the tattoo Happy got in tribute to his three children. "You're inclined to say nice things…"

The man scoffed, rolling his eyes. "Whatever… You know I don't lie to any of you demons. Especially you…" He kissed her head. "Couldn't lie to you if I tried… You always see right through my shit no matter what." He smiled at her. "Will you stop all that crying now? You're too damn special and amazing and beautiful to be letting some stupid little girl make you cry. I'll tell your mom to be her up though since I'm not really into smacking woman and girls around." He chuckled lightly.

"Can I still sleep in here? I miss this so much." She whispered, laying back down and closing her eyes as she got comfortable on his chest again.

Happy started to respond only to stop when he realized his baby girl's breathing evened out and she was asleep. "You can always sleep in here." He murmured, kissing her head before laying his back against his pillows as he relaxed into the bed.

AN: Short chapter that I really wanted out.

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