Chapter 17: Tig's Fallen Angel

Tig stormed out of the office, how could his baby girl be in the arms of Happy? Tig liked to think that Happy made him look normal. Even if he wasn't at least Tig knew better than to take advantage of someone who was broken. Happy couldn't even keep his pants on after everything that Olivia had been through. Tig needed to leave, he was in so much of a rage, he didn't say goodbye to anyone; he just made a b-line straight for the door. Sure he had walked in on Fawn with her boyfriend once when he thought she was being attacked by Pope's men, but that was different. It wasn't right the Olivia was with Happy, she was never supposed to be a part of this world.

"Daddy, stop please." Liv ran out to him as he was getting onto his motorcycle. His little girl, his angel's baby. He stared at her taking in the resemblance she had to her mother, big round eyes that expressed everything she was thinking, full lips, a delicate nose and ivory complexion. She was very much his daughter as well, her hair was the same dark brown color, those ice blue eyes and after walking in on her with Hap, it would have been very hard for him to say she wasn't his. Tig didn't start his bike but just sat there waiting for Olivia's explanation.

As hard as it was going to be for him to hear she needed to do it, especially now that the cat was out of the bag. "Um…" She felt awkward, he had just was walked in on her having sex with Happy. "So…" She didn't know how to come out and say what she wanted to say. Her father narrowed his eyes and went to start his bike. "I care about him, Dad." She blurted out loudly. "And this thing between us has been going on for a while." Liv's cheeks flushed red as she confessed this to Tig.

Tig shook his head, the image of Happy's bare ass as was fucking his daughter kept running through his mind; Tig was seeing red. "It doesn't change that you are not supposed to be here. You are not supposed to be with a member of SAMCRO. This is not your life! This is not your family." He yelled at her.

Liv frowned, hurt by her father's harsh words. She bit the inside of her cheek and focused on the pain to keep her from crying. "Fine, if that is how you feel Tig." Her words bit at him. She turned on her the balls of her feet and walked back towards Red Woody. Back into the arms of Happy, Liv would be damned if the father who gave her up so many years ago would have control over her life and who she was with. He didn't have that right.

She called him, Tig. Liv hadn't called him Tig for over a month, it took him what seemed like ages to get to call him, dad. It hurt, deep down he knew he was right about what he said, maybe in the moment it didn't come out right. Liv was never meant to come to Charming and be a part of the life her mother ran from. He started his bike and went to seek soleus in the one person who knew the real Alexander Trager. Venus, his beautiful transgendered girlfriend, lover whatever she was. She was just what he needed to help him heal his broken heart.

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It had been several days since Tig had found Happy and Liv in the middle of having sex. He had been avoiding the club house and more or less licking his wounds with Venus. He was thankful that the club didn't really have anything major going on otherwise he would have to face Happy. He did not want to deal with him or Liv for that matter. They needed to find out what Marks' next move was so they could get Olivia home and she could get back to her life that she knew before Charming. Tig pinched the bridge of his nose before walking into to the club house. He knew that Liv and Happy were already there, or at least Hap was.

"Brotha!" Chibs yelled from across the warehouse. Tig's looked around the club house and was instantly met by the glare of Liv who was sitting behind a laptop at one of the tables.

As Tig approached Liv started packing up what she was working on, "If you will excuse me I don't belong here." She hissed slamming the laptop shut with a little too much force. She had allowed Tig's words to fester inside of her for days, she was so angry with Tig. Unfortunately for Happy he had to deal with Liv's irritation and frustration for days, which did not help his mood.

"Liv, stay." Happy glanced over at her.

"No…I refuse to be in the same room with him. He doesn't want me here, so when you are ready to go, come and get me." It wasn't just that fact that Tig didn't want her there, it was the fact that he didn't want her at all that was causing such an internal fight within Liv's very soul. She was dealing with this new relationship with Happy, the fact that she had just seen one of her rapists, she knew her kidnappers were still out there and then she had to deal with Tig and his asinine behavior. There was only so much she could take before she cracked.

Most of SAMCRO knew about the drama that was going down with Tig and his daughter. They also knew about Liv and Happy. When it came out Jax urged Happy to make their relationship valid by making Liv his old lady. He said he would think about it and it was pretty much all he had thought about since they spoke. He didn't know where he fit into Liv's life; he wondered if he was just some passing fancy that when she was able to go back to Washington she would forget all about him. He knew he wasn't good enough for her; he had already hurt her so much. He wondered if should just let her go, allowing her to have the life Tig wanted for her or was he too selfish to let her go? Happy just didn't know so he kept himself close to Liv still, enjoying her company as much as he could for as long as he could.

"Olivia?" Tig called out to Liv who was starting to pick her things from the table.

"What?" She shot back. She was not in the mood to deal with him.

"Stay." He walked up to her and took the stuff she had in her hands and placed it back on the table. Liv's eyes burned with hurt, he didn't want her. "I'm sorry for what I said the other day. I am not mad at you, I am pissed off at Happy for allowing this to happen." Tig turned his face to look at Happy who was scowling at him.

"Let what happen?" Happy growled. "Me protecting your daughter? Giving her the freedom she needed when she needed it? When her old man wouldn't." Happy's stance was aggressive. The Tacoma Killer was oozing out of his pores.

"What, she needed you to take advantage of her? To make her into one of the many girls you fuck and leave?" Tig yelled as he charged Happy throwing himself into him.

Liv watched with wide eyed dismay at the event that was €unfolding in front of her. Punches were being thrown and either hitting or missing the target of the fist. Liv's stomach reeled this was because of her, "Stop!" She yelled at the men. Why weren't any of the others stepping in? "Please stop!" She got closer to them. Neither of the men paid any attention to her. "Stop…STOP…He didn't take advantage of me…" She was yelling as punches continued to be thrown… "Daddy I love him."

Happy stopped fighting first and stared at Liv. He felt a sudden relief when he heard those words flow from her lips. He was glad to hear that she also felt about him as deeply as he did for her. Happy threw his hands up and stepped back from Tig. He would do that for Liv, he would concede a fight for her.

Tig turned quickly to find Liv facing both of the men but her eyes were fixed on Happy, it was as if he was the only one in the room at that moment. He knew that look, it was the same one Aria got when she looked at him. It was futile to fight that look and the feelings that went along with them. Tig turned back to Happy who glanced at him. "If you hurt her, I will kill you."

Happy nodded, "You'll have every right to." He knew he wouldn't do anything to hurt Liv not after she said she loved him. She loved him. He smiled to himself before walking up and embracing Liv and kissing her on the top of the head. She looked up at him expectantly waiting for his words in return. He refused to say it front of his brothers. "Later," he whispered as he nipped at her ear lobe before releasing her.

"Daddy, we need to talk." She looked sternly at Tig. He looked defeated.

"You are very much your mother's daughter." Tig smiled at her as they walked over to a table. Happy walked over with a towel and handed it to Tig. Then walked over to Jax and Chibs, who were at the bar. He knew well enough that Tig and Olivia needed some time talk. It was the only way he was going to get the sweet natured girl back.

Liv glared at Tig, "Don't say that, I am nothing like Aria. I would rather die than be like her."

Tig couldn't understand why she would say such things about his angel. "Why?" He managed to choke out.

Liv took a deep breath, she needed to tell Tig what life was like with Aria when she was growing up. "I suppose my mom, I mean Sasha didn't tell you a whole lot about what happened with Aria." Tig shook his head, Liv's jaw clenched slightly. "I don't remember a whole lot before I moved in with my mom and dad, but I do remember some things. When I got older Sasha told me everything, she gave me my mom's journal which was filled with ramblings of a junky prostitute. So I have a pretty clear picture of who she was and I never want to be like her."

She nervously twirled her hair between her fingers as she continued on. "Aria was desperately in love with you. I remember nights when she was coming down from her benders when she would talk about how I reminded her so much of you and she loved me more than anything in all the world and would never hurt me. Then she would shoot back up and beat the shit out of me because I was your daughter and you were gone. You were dead to her. How can someone beat a child who is defenseless?"

"She was not like that when she lived here." Tig exclaimed trying to defend Aria, his angel….how could she go to drugs, why didn't she call him?

"Yeah, well I suppose that is what drugs to do someone. Sasha told me that my biological mom had met someone when I was a baby. A guy who she said reminded her of you, he had your blue eyes and dark hair. It wasn't long before that guy started to pimp out Aria. He was a fucking pimp who threatened to kill me if Aria didn't do what he said. She let him into her life because of his blue eyes and dark hair." Liv snorted, "Sasha said she fell into a depression because she was selling her body, the body you loved so much. That is when one of the 'girls' introduced her to her drug of choice heroine. One bump and she was well on her way to happiness. That was the first time she brought me to Sasha and Tom." Liv smiled at the thought of her adoptive parents, she loved them so deeply. "It went on like that for years, in and out of Sasha and Tom's house. Finally when I was five Aria went to treatment for the last time, she came for me one last time. For some reason I remember that day like it was yesterday. She was having a good day: 'Livi, baby how about we go to the zoo this weekend? Just you and mama'. What five year old could turn down a trip to the zoo; the penguins were my favorite in their little black and white suits. She packed me a special snack for snack time, my favorite candy bar at the time, a Hershey's bar. To this day I can't bring myself to eat them. Aria walked me out to the bus stop and stood there with me holding my hand, she was being the mother I wanted, the mother I found in Sasha so many times before and after her. 'Livi, I love you sweetheart. Have a wonderful day at school.' I remember thinking in my own little five year old way that maybe she has changed this time." Liv paused to wipe a few stray tears that fell from her eyes. "I came home to find her laying in a pile of vomit, her eyes…that is what I will remember the most, they were clouded and staring off into the distance. She overdosed on a lethal dose of heroine, pills and alcohol. She knew what she was going to do when she sent me off to school. There was never going to be a trip to the zoo, there was never going to another day with her. She was gone, she went out like a coward because she couldn't face her demons."

Liv straightened up and stared directly into Tig's eyes, there was a fire behind her eyes that he felt as she said her next words, "So next time you think I am like Aria, you think about how she left this world! How she took her own life because she didn't want to deal with the pain. I am more your daughter. I want to embrace the pain, I want to feel it because it makes me know I am alive. Granted I prayed to die while I was being held captive by August Marks but I don't think I could have taken my own life." Liv thought about her escape route that she had in mind if Peter would have shown up on the roof, she knew deep down she wouldn't have died from the jump it wasn't more than a story up. "I'm not a coward." Liv finally said more to herself than anyone else who was sitting and listening to her.

Tig didn't know what to say to his daughter, he let Aria take her away because he thought it would be the best for her but it turned out her early childhood and life with Aria was not what either of them wanted for her. "I'm sorry sweetheart."

"Don't apologize. I figured you should know, you deserved to know."

A/N: Surprise day off, which lead to another chapter! Enjoy. I hope you all enjoyed Aria's back story…oh and can you believe Liv said she loved Happy. Do you think he is going to tell her his loves her back? Please feel free to let me know what you think.
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