BONUS CHAPTER!
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Ava woke up in Happy's arms and was glad that things were back to normal...well as normal as they could be when you're under house arrest. Ava carefully climbed off of Happy, who was still asleep. She got dressed and made her way downstairs. She decided she wanted to make a big breakfast so she got started making blueberry muffins from scratch. Considering the fact that she had been raised by nannies and 'the help' she had thought herself how to cook, it calmed her and allowed her to center herself.
An hour later she was pulling the last batch of muffins out when she felt Happy kiss the back of her neck.
"You left me alone in bed." he said.
"I needed to cook." Ava explained with a smile as she returned his kiss.
He nodded his head and took a seat at the breakfast-bar, she handed him a warm muffin and he gladly took it.
The rest of her little family emerged from bed and shuffled into the kitchen for some food.
"morning." Tig mumbled as he kissed the top of Ava's head and grabbed for a mug of coffee. It sort of surprised Ava that Tig was as affectionate as he was to her since he seemed to hate most other women...guess she reminded him of his 2 daughters that he never got to see.
"Aye." Chibs said with a nod.
Koz just shuffled in, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
Juice came in with a smile on his face.
"What time did you sneak in last night?" Ava asked smiling at him.
Juice blushed, "Umm...I didn't know how you would feel about me having 'company' so I stayed at the clubhouse late...really late."
Ava laughed, "It would have been fine Juice, but I'm glad you had fun."
Everyone was silent while they ate, tomorrow morning they were getting on a plane and going to Cayman. When they came back, Abel was going to be with them. It was both sobering and exciting.
"What are you doing today princess?" Chibs asked after his second cup of coffee.
"Nothing, I'm under house arrest." She said with a sigh.
Happy nodded his head, "You are."
Koz and Juice laughed, until Happy glared at them and shut them up.
"If you guys leave your laundry on your beds, I'll do it."
"Really?" Tig asked.
"Yeah."
"You are not doing their laundry." Happy said.
"Why not?" Ava asked.
"They can do their own." He insisted.
"No I can't." Juice admitted.
"We're like family, Come on Hap!" Koz said.
"I do your laundry." Ava reminded Happy.
"That's different." Happy said.
"Is it?" Ava asked, playing innocent.
Happy raised an eyebrow at her, did she want him to show her how different their relationship was in front of everyone?
"Well if they use my washer, they're liable to break it, so I'm doing their laundry. Not cause I want to, but so they don't break my machine." Ava said.
Happy just stared at Ava for a moment, "Fine, but don't make a habit of it, they'll never leave if you do."
"I'm already never leaving." Koz said with a wink at Ava. Happy glared at Koz.
Ben came stumbling in, rubbing his eyes.
"What are you doing here?" Ava asked.
"I feel asleep on the couch." he said sheepishly.
"It's comfy isn't it?" Ava asked.
"It's nicer then my mattress!" Ben said with a grin.
"Her mattresses are heaven." Juice said.
After everyone had eaten their fill of Ava's cooking they headed out for their bikes. Happy pulled Ava against him.
"Try not to go crazy today." He said as he kissed her deeply.
"Fine." Ava huffed.
Happy smiled, "I'll miss you."
"Yeah sure you will." Ava said with a smile.
"Be good babe."
"Why did that sound like you were talking to a dog?" Ava asked, her hands on her hips.
Happy chuckled and took his leave.
Ava had done all of her and Happy's laundry and all of the guy's laundry and it was only one thirty. Ava threw herself down onto the couch and flipped through the crappy day-time television and sighed. Ava had always done her own laundry for as long as she could remember, she could easily afford a housekeeper or a maid, but what was the point? She enjoyed doing the 'womanly' tasks of cooking, cleaning and laundry. An heiress she might be, but she was no Paris Hilton.
The truth was that Ava really liked the fact that her and Happy had fallen into a very domestic pattern. She kept the house clean, cooked and did the laundry and he in turned made her feel safe and cared about. She would never admit it to Happy, but she loved how intimate it felt to have such a domestic routine like that. If she didn't come behind him, their closet floor would become a haven for his clothes and the wet towels on the floor in their bathroom would grow mold. She secretly loved cleaning up behind him, as funny as that sounded.
Her cell phone rang Heads Will Roll by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Ava smiled,
"Hi Tara."
"Hi honey."
"What's up?"
"Wanted to know if you wanted to come shopping with us?"
"Who's us?"
"Gemma, Layla and me."
"I would love too, but I'm kinda...grounded."
"Gemma grounded you?" Tara said incredulous.
"No."
"Clay did?" Tara tried.
"Not exactly."
Tara was silent for a minute.
"Oh my god Happy grounded you!"
Tara started laughing, as if that was the funniest thing she had ever heard.
Ava put her hand on her hip and gave her best death glare, which went unnoticed, since Tara wasn't in the room.
"I don't see how that is funny." Ava seethed.
"Oh my god, I need to laugh!" Tara said, as her giggles faded away.
"Glad I can amuse you." Ava said, pouting.
"I'm sorry honey." Tara said, a smile in her voice.
"Well if I want to be let out of the prison, I've got to call the warden and ask."
"Well call and tell him that we're taking you shopping for a new bikini."
"Yeah, well I don't even know if a new bikini will get me out of jail." Ava said with a sigh.
"Try, we're headed your way."
"Okay."
Ava hung up with Tara and called Happy, he answered on the second ring.
"Hello."
"Hi warden." Ava said.
Happy chuckled, "What does my favorite prisoner want?"
"Well I better be the only prisoner you have." Ava said, half serious.
Happy laughed, "You are."
"Good. I want to go shopping."
"With?"
"Tara, Gemma and Layla."
"Why?"
"New bikini's for Cayman."
Happy scratched his chin with his thumb, "New bikini huh?"
"Yep."
"I'm gonna send the prospect to keep an eye on you."
"Why?" Ava pouted.
"Because I can't be there to keep an eye on you, so I'm sending the prospect."
"Ugh!" Ava said.
"I would send Koz, but since you're going to be bikini shopping, no need to tempt the beast."
"Fine." Ava pouted.
"Look at the bright side." Happy said.
"What bright side?" Ava said loudly.
"You can model bikinis for me tonight."
"Ugh, you wish." Ava said when she hung up. Ava knew she would last less then five minutes before she was modeling them for him, but damn if she wasn't going to try her hardest to keep herself from doing it.
Twenty minutes later the girls had arrived, along with Ben to take Ava on her 'day-pass' for shopping.
"Hi honey." Tara said as she held open the door for Ava.
"Hi."
"So the warden sprung you?" Gemma said, a smile on her lips.
"Glad you all think this is funny." Ava pouted as she sat next to Layla and Ben.
"Personally, I think it's hot." Layla said with a wink.
"Your a porn star, everything is hot to you." Gemma laughed.
"No, I'm a porn producer now. I'm not acting anymore. Opie doesn't want me too and I was LuAnn's right hand, so I was the perfect choice to replace her as producer." Layla said.
"So what's the plan?" Ava asked as they drove through Charming.
"To Sacramento for some shopping and dinner." Gemma said.
"You really don't have to watch me Ben." Ava said turning to Ben.
"Yeah I do."
"No you don't."
"Happy told me what he would do to me if I didn't. I do, trust me, I do." Ben said, looking a little pale.
"Well it's not him you should be afraid of, it's me." Ava said, seriously.
Ben snorted, "Right."
Ava glared at Ben, "Have you ever heard of Australian Fire Ants?"
"No."
"Didn't think so." Ava smirked.
The silence in the car began to get to Ben so he spoke up, "What are they?"
"Australian Fire Ants are the deadliest ants on the planet. They have been known to strip a human man in less then an hour. It's a slow painful death and once they attack there is no way to stop them."
"Really?" Ben asked.
"Yes and since I'm an Australian national, I can import them."
"You can?" Ben asked, his voice thick.
"Yes, so sleep with one eye open if you ever piss me off." Ava said with a genuine smile.
Ben swallowed hard and Gemma was having a hard time from bursting out laughing. Gemma was glad to see that Ava wasn't going to let Ben walk all over her, the woman of Sam Crow had to be tougher then their men, but still soft and feminine. Not many women could be the right combination, but Ava was.