The next day Ava was back at work at SaInt Thomas. She loved her job, and she loved helping people. She also felt a little bounce in her step. Her talk with Happy the night before. Just sitting on her cousin's porch just discussing their family issues.

There was something about Happy Lowman that made her feel safe. Plus his tattoos and his complexion along with that tall dark and dangerous vibe just turned her on a bit. Shaking her head Ava decided that she wasn't going to rush anything. Just take things slow and if something develops it'll develope, and if not it won't.

Ava was young and had her entire life waiting for her. She was still pissed at her little brother for considering breaking up with Emily. She was a sweet girl and didn't deserve her brother being an asshole to her. She wanted to knock her little bother upside the head if he wasn't already in county waiting on his trial.

"Ava you need to hurry up and scrub in. We need help with a C-Section." Margaret called.

"I'm on it." said Ava.

Piney was up at the cabin looking at old photos. He came across one of her and John on his motorcycle at some beach front biker bar in Los Angeles. It was himself, Otto, Lenny, and the new patch in Bobby.

That was a fun weekend just to get away and let loose. Les Packer and his San Bernardino crew was there. Piney knew that as much as Marisol and John cared about one another there was Gemma, and her current husband.

Shaking out his thoughts he put the bottle of Patron down. He decided to invite his niece ot the clubhouse that evening and throw back a few, shoot some pool, and talk about his sister who was her mother, and tell her some stories about her father John Teller.

Piney didn't like how things were going on the club. It was time for a change. Clay and Tig thought his son was a rat, which he wasn't. That bitch Stahl set him up, and because of that Donna was nearly killed. If her cellphone hadn't slid onto the floor as soon as she stopped at that light she would have been shit in the back of the head through the back windshield.

Damn Clay, damn Tig, and damn Stahl. Piney wasn't happy at all, but it was like his niece was brought to him to put a light at the end of his dark tunnel.

Les Packer sat in the chapel of the San Bernardino clubhouse looking at a picture of himself and his sister. He never thought that he would ever cross that line and take money from his sister to do a job that normally he would have just done it. No questions asked because she was his only sister.

Though when he got a call from Dita Packer-Galindo asking him to take out this cheating traitorous bastard, and his whore of a wife, he sent his best club hitman after them. No questions asked. Even though he received the check he never cashed it.

It was his sister, and he could tell that she was hurt and broken hearted when she came to meet him in some coffee shop. Les was no boy scout, but his sister was all he he had left besides the club. Besides no one would ever find out the truth. Happy was the best club hitman ever.

Now Les only hoped that this would get his sister out of her depressed state. Jose would pick up on a few things, and he knew enough about cartels that they could wipe them all out if things went awry.

Herman Kozik pulled into the SAMCRO clubhouse's parking lot. He had gotten the call from Clay that shit was going down and he needed Tacoma's help. Kozik came early and Lorca, Bowie, and Donut were going to be there in three days along with the Nomads Montez, Greg the Peg, and Gogo.

"What are you doing here asshole?" Tig asked.

"Clay called me up since there is some shit going down. Some of the other guys will be here in a couple days." said Kozik.

"Why the fuck would they wanna call you?' Tig asked.

"Why the fuck can't you keep your hair on straight?" Kozik fired back.

"Would you two knock it the fuck off? Seriously I don't have time for this shit. I have to get the guys out of jail." Gemma ranted storming to her SUV before speeding off. Opie and Happy had already left to secure protection for the boys on the outside while Juice and Jax dealt with it on the inside.

Piney pulled up then and went inside. This was going to be a long ass day.

This was one of the hardest things she ever had to deal with on the job. Yes while she was training in LA there was a couple patients that didn't make it, but this one hurt her. David Hale's wife, and unborn little girl didn't make it. The baby was in distress, and died in the womb just before she was taken out.

Crystal Hale was hemorrhaging too much, and it was too late to stop it before she died also. Ava felt like a failure as she sat down on the floor crying. She felt a embrace when she looked up and saw that it was Dr. Tara Knowles. A pediatric neurosurgeon.

"Hey you did the best you could. I know this is the hardest part of our job whether we are a nurse or a doctor, but you did everything you could." said Tara.

"I feel like I've failed the deputy chief along with his wife and that poor baby. This is my first assignment, and I feel like I'm failing." said Ava sobbing a bit.

"You are not failing. Take today, and two more days off to get your bearings. A Lot has happened, and you need to get your head on straight. I know what happened to your mom just before you came here, and the drama with your mom's family down south. Honey take a couple days, and come back fresh okay." said Margaret Murphy hugging the young nurse.

"Okay." Ava sobbed as the two women hugged her again.

Changing into a pair of jeans, low heeled booties, and a tank top after showering in the locker room to get all the blood off of her from the surgery Ava looked at her phone and saw that there was a text from her Uncle telling her to come to the clubhouse and hang out.

Walking out to her car she decided to go hang out with her uncle. She needed her family at the moment anyway after the day she had. Ava also had a text from Emily saying that her little brother was refusing to see or even talk to her. Ava put that on the back burner for now. She wanted to get to know her mom's brother.

~Ten Minutes Later~

Pulling into Teller-Morrow, the garage that she half owned, but wasn't about to open that can of worms just yet. She cussed under her breath when she heard what sounded and felt like something snapped, and the check engine light came on, and it was harder and harder to steer. "What the fuck." Seeing an open bay she drove right in.

"Hey what's going on?" one of the mechanics yelled.

"Dog don't be a prick. What seem's to be the problem ma'am?" he asked.

"Hey. Well my name is Ava, and I'm Piney's niece and I actually came him to hang out with him because he invited me, but when I pulled in I heard and felt like something snapped in the engine, and the check engine light came on, and it was hard to steer,plus from how it sounded I knew that I better drive straight into the bay or it wouldn't go again." she said.

"Well I'll have to take a look, but it sounds like your timing belt." said the nice mechanic.

"Hey Lowel it's Piney's niece so that means she's family. No charge for the repairs!" Gemma called from the office after she just got back from talking to Oswald about bailing her husband, son, and the rest of the club that was in jail out. "Piney is in the clubhouse sweetheart." Gemma added.

"Thanks." said Ava. She had no idea how to act around the woman nor how Gemma would react once she found out that her ma was banging her husband and she was the product of that.

Leaving the keys with Lowell she walked into the clubhouse and seeing her Uncle at the bar she walked over to him. "Hey Uncle Piney." she said.

"Sweetheart I'm so glad you came to see me. HEY ASSHOLES THIS IS MY NIECE, MY LATE SISTER'S ONLY DAUGHTER AVA TELLER. YES JOHN AND MARISOL HAD A THING WAY BACK IN THE DAY, BUT IT'S NOT HER FAULT WHAT HER PARENTS DID AND SINCE I'M NUMBER TWO WHO STARTED THIS CLUB YOU ALL BETTER TREAT HER WITH RESPECT!" Piney yelled the last part.

"Your niece it hot!"

"You didn't learn your lesson from the MILF chubby comment prospect?" Tig asked grabbing a beer. "Would you like a beer Doll?" Tig asked.

"Hey Sack give my niece a beer and a shot glass. Patron my dear?" Piney asked.

"After the day I had hell yea." said Ava.

"What happened sweetheart?" asked a blond guy that gave off the Los Angeles surfer dude vibe with his looks, and well he was very easy on the eyes also. Though he was a little bit forward laying a hand just above her knee and squeezing gently.

"Do you have to be so fucking handsey?" Tig asked.

"I'm just being friendly asshole." the blond shot back.

"Sorry about those two Ava. Meet Alexander Tig Trager, and Herman Kozik. They have been having dick measuring contests for years. Though both are harmless. Just fucking annoying." said Piney.

"You know you and my mom are so different. You just let it out and swear and say fuck this and fuck that without even thinking about. Mom rarely swore. Though when she did it took paint off the wall." said Ava taking a shot and chasing it with her Miller Light.

Piney took a shot and laughed as a tear fell from his eye. "Mari was one of a kind that was for sure. She was soft spoken, but she didn't take shit from anyone. She was vibrant and so full of life. I wish I knew what happened with her and my brother in law that made her come up here." he added.

"I have no idea. It was major. Though she went back with me pregnant, and they got back together and a couple years later had my little brother. Though I never would have had the confidence to go to Nursing School in LA if hadn't been for her. My little brother and I were doubting ourselves. Angel knew what he wanted out of life. To patch into the Santo Padre Mayans MC Charter. He knew he could do it, and the sad thing was many thought that was all that was out there in our small town." said Ava.

Taking the bottle of Patron she poured herself and Piney another shot, and the two toasted and threw it back before continuing. "Both EZ and I thought that our lives were just going to be centered around Santo Padre and that we wouldn't be able to do much. Then my mom told us both to fuck what everyone else says and chase our dreams. I was taken aback. I mean my sweet mild mannered mom said fuck em. My stepdad always said mom had a little devil on her tongue. Like I said she rarely swore, but when she did it could take paint off the wall. She gave my little brother and I the confidence to chase our dreams." said Ava.

"I miss Mari so much. I should have been a better brother and not berated her for her thing with John. I drove her away. FUCK!" Piney poured the Patron this time.

"Mom loved you. All she would talk about when it wasn't about my stepdad our my brothers was you. She loved her brother, and always talked about it. She even told Angel not to join the club that is a rival to my brother's club. I'm the only one of her kids who hasn't fucked up, and done something stupid. Uncle Piney could you tell me about my father? About John?" She poured more shots and Tig and Kozik were just drinking beers and supervising Piney and his niece.

Neither would be leaving the clubhouse that night unless they had a safe reliable ride to the cabin, and Opie and Donna's place. Kozik was starting to get feelings for Piney's niece. Just everything she talked about with her brothers, and her family he just wanted to patch into Charming and become her Old Man and give her a beautiful life.

"Kozik don't even or I will fuck you up." said Tig.

"What are you talking about?" Kozik asked.

"Piney's niece, leave her the fuck alone. She don't need someone like you. She is better than us, and this life." Before Tig could say anything more Piney fell off his barstool.

"Shit Uncle Piney!" Av exclaimed.

"It's okay baby girl he drank too much. He does this all the time. Tig put him in his dorm and I'll keep and eye on Ava." said Kozik. Okay it was a dick move, but he wanted to have a chance to talk to her.

Ava took another shot and then snatched a pack of cigs that was on the bar and lit one. "I didn't know you smoked." said Kozik.

"Stress. I steal a cig here and there. I need to get going. Do you know the number of a cab or uber company that's near by. I need to get to Opie and Donna's." said Ava.

"Just crash here in one of the rooms. You will be safe. I promise you." said Kozik as the doors came open and Clay, Juice, and Bobby walked in. Little did Ava know her brother walked into the garage pissed off at Clay.

"Hey this is Piney's niece. Piney is in his dorm and do you want Piney and Ava to share or should I give Ava her own room. Her car is in the shop, and she has had a bit to drink." said Tig.

"Put her in the connecting room by Piney." said Clay as he went to the office to see Gemma.

"I'll put her to bed." said Kozik.

"You don't fucking touch her. I got her." said Tig as he lifted the young woman in his arms and carried her to the dorm that was connected to Piney's. Slipping her under the covers he felt a brotherly bond toward her. Kozik better fucking watch himself.

A/N: Hope you enjoy. So Kozik seems all physical and it's deeper with Happy. Thought I would throw in some whys on this one with Packer. Still trying to decide with Happy and Kozik lol! I love them both. Though I have also been toying with Juice. Enjoy!