After a long day at work Ava drove back to Opie and Donna's and went inside to help Donna fix dinner. Walking inside she smiled at Donna and said, "Hey let me take a quick shower and change, and I'll be there to help." she told her.
"Okay." said Donna.
Going into her bedroom she grabbed a pair of teal velour pants and a matching hooding along with a cami and went into her bathroom and hopped into the shower. When she finished she went down stairs and asked Donna what she needed to do.
"Okay I'm getting the pans ready. Get the noodles out and I'll do them after the sauce gets finished, and take out some meatballs and garlic bread." said Donna.
"I got you coz," said Ava. Taking out the noodles, and sauce proceeded to get going on the spaghetti and meatballs.
Grabbing a wine glass Ava opened the bottle of Merlote she had bought, and filled it all the way up.
"Long day?" Donna asked.
"It's not work. My little brother's trial started today. If he gets convicted he could do twenty to life. He didn't mean to kill the cop. It was an accident. He was going after the bastard that killed our mom. I'm sad cause I wanna be there for him even though I moved to take this job at the hospital. He doesn't want to see our talk to me nor does he want my support. She's my mother too." said Ava as she leaned up against the counter.
"It will work out. Trust me. There was a time I thought that Harry, Opie, and I were not going to make it. We were fighting all the time after he got out of prison. About money, about the club, just everything. Then when we were in a whitpro facility we realized that we didn't want to break up or family so we came out stronger than ever. Okay your situation is different, but I don't believe your mom's other kids will shun you out. If they are stupid enough to do so Jax will not. He wants you in his life, and he will never turn your back on you." said Donna.
"Where is he now? Why the fuck hasn't he come over then? He knows where I'm living till I get my own place.," Ava just ranted and poured herslef glass number two. Things were affecting her way more than she let on. She loved her brothers and her stepfather, but being rejected just threw her off.
She never had a father, but her stepdad raised her, but after her mom was killed Ava was rejected by him because she reminded him of her mom. It broke Ava's heart, but she held everything in.
"Hey what's going on?" Opie asked walking in with both Tig and Happy.
"Whats going on?" Donna repeated the question seeing the two club members walking in with her husband.
"Clay is a fucking idiot. Clay, Jax, Bobby, Juice, and Jax all got arrested tonight. He went in half cocked before getting all the intel. The only reason us three got away was the fact we went after Weston, but we had a minor wreck." said Opie.
Donna ran over to her husband and embraced him and planted a kiss on him that made his face dissappear. "I'm so glad that you didn't get picked up this time. Ava, and I are making dinner. Just give us a few minutes to put tthe bread in." said Donna as Ava poured herself glass number three.
"Ava you need to slow down. When do you work again?" Donna asked.
"I do a afternoon shift. Noon till twelve a.m., a twelve hour shift as usual. It's seven in the evening." said Ava.
"I worry about you since you are just drinking Melert like it's going out of style." said Donna.
"Listen I have a lot of shit going on in my life so hey I am doing some self medicating, but I'm not going t let it intefere with my work. Besides you and the kids, my work is all I have." said Ava.
"Dinner is ready!" Donna called. "And thank my cousin in law for the help. Ava Teller." Donna added.
"It's nothing assholes! Sit your asses down! Kenny, Ellie dinner is ready!" Ava called. Despite Ava feeling good the kids werel loving that Opie was there and it was a fun dinner. Even with the resident perverts Tig and Happy.
It was the end of the night, nine thirty since the kids went to bed, when she got a call from her little brother. Ava was surprised that he called her from jail. "Ez what's up?" Ava asked. She had poured herself a Chardonnay. Even though she was feeling pretty good she had a feeling that she would need it.
"Ava I have decided that if I'm found guilty I'm going to break up with my girl. She has a life ahead of her, and she is a senior in higschool, and doesn't need some criminal like me." said EZ.
"EZ don't. Emily loves you. Also I think you two can make it. Highshool love is the most purest love ever. My older brother on my dad's side is with his highshool flame. They broke up when she went to school, but now that she's back and has a job at the local hospital they are back together." said Ava.
"Going to medicle school and going to prison are two different things. I have to break up with her if I get convicted. I love her, but I don't want to bring her down and hold her back. She wants to go to law school and maybe she'll find the love of her life." said EZ.
"You are such a stubborn asshole! Don't you dare break that girl's heart or I'll drive back down there and kick your ass myself." said Ava.
"I have to. Listen you don't get it. The reasons that we all pushed you away is that you are better than me, Angel, and this town you grew up in. All you do is remind dad about mom. Hell our older brother is fucked up and not thinking straight. Hell he decided to go all outlaw and patch into the local MC. You are better than all of us." said EZ.
"Okay hold up a minute. For your information my dad and our mom's brother started up an MC, and my dad's oldest son is the Vice President of the mother charter of the said MC. Don't even give me those fucking excuses. You are my family as much as our mom's brother, and my half brother on my dad's side are!" Ava snapped.
"I'm sorry I just want to be alone if I get convicted, and I don't think dad and Angel will ever heal if you are around. Just stay with mom's brother and focus on your job and forget me and this place." EZ hung up the phone with that last sentance.
Ava sighed. She felt hurt and rejected. That side of her family she was around all of her life rejected her after their mom, wife, was killed, and then her little brother killed someone on accident.
Grabbing a cigeratt out of her cousin's pack that was left on the coffee table along with a lighter she topped off her glass and then went to sit outside to smoke. She didn't think Donna allowed smoking in the house. Sitting down on the porch she was surprised when she saw Happy walking back up hanging up the phone.
"Hey." said Happy.
"Hey." said Ava taking a drag from her cigarett.
"Didn't know you smoked." said Happy sitting beside her.
"I don't. I hocked one from Harry, well Opie. I'm a bit stressed. My little brother called me and we sort of got into it. Family shit from back home, well my hometown where I grew up." said Ava.
"Yea I get family shit. Ma mom is real sick and isn't doing to well. My aunt tries to help out the best she can, but she has a job and bills, and I am paying for everything. If these damn meds keep on going up I don't know what the fuck I'm gonna do cause they are about to break me." said Happy.
"You know this is another thing that pisses me off. It's like now days its all about the money instead of giving people the proper medicle care they need. That's why I chose to be a nurse instead of a doctor. They are all about the money. Nurses wanna help people." said Ava.
"Yea I've seen that. My aunt is a nurse so that helps out alot. I just fucking love ma so much, and I don't want to lose her." said Happy crying a bit. He had no idea why he was opening up to this bitch, woman, and being so fucking soft and weak, but she was just bringing that hidden side out of him that he reserves only for kids, and his mom and aunt.
"You still have your mom. Spend as much time with her as you can. I wish I still had my mom. Someone broke into her shop and killed her. Then my little brother takes off after the guy and another innocent gets caught in the crossfire and now he's in jail." said Ava opening up to him.
"I'm guessing that things are not going good with that side of the family. Hey I'm going to be here all night. I don't want to go back to the clubhouse alone after all this shit went down today and it's too damn far to go to Bakersfield tonight since I've had a bit. Opie said I can have the couch tonight." said Happy.
"I just met my cousin and I can tell how much of a kind sweetheart he is. I'm glad to be here, but I miss my mom so much, and I wish I knew my dad. Though he got into a wreck back in 1993. I'm gonna have to ask Uncle Piney to tell me stories about his sister." said Ava crying a bit.
"Hey my aunt has already started, and my ma threated to beat her with a rolling pin." said Happy as the two shared a laugh before Ava laid her head on Happy's shoulder and he just wrapped an arm around her as they just sat in silence and shared a joint.
It was simple. Both were going through shit, loved what family they had, and had some baggage. They just sat in silence before the pair went inside the Winston house. Ava going to the guest bedroom, and Happy heading into the bathroom for a quick shower. Throwing on a pair of pajama pants and no shirt he made up the couch and laid down and fell asleep.
A/N: Kind of a filler chapter. I'm still trying to decide on Happy and Kozik, so I figured it would be a slow burn. Enjoy.