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…Chapter Three…

While Tiny and Lily were in the waiting room at St. Thomas, Ava was staring at the door of Elias' hospital room, taking deep breaths. A minute later, Gloria walked up to her with two coffees in her hands. "It's not Starbucks, but it'll do."

Ava took the cup out of her hand. "Thanks."

"Having trouble going inside?"

"A little… I didn't think it would be this hard."

"It's because you love him, Ava, and you don't want to see him hurt and helpless, and believe me, I don't want to see him like this either." Ava took another deep breath and slowly opened the door, but stopped. "You can do this." Gloria grabbed her hand and held it.

"Okay." Ava nodded, then both of them slowly walked in the room. As soon as Ava saw Elias hooked up to all the machines, she squeezed Gloria's hand, as her eyes got watery. "Why… why did this have to happen to him?"

"I don't know, Ava."

"But how did it happen?" she asked, as she let go of Gloria's hand and sat down in the chair, next to the bed.

"I'm not sure what triggered it." Gloria stood on the other side of the bed. "He was at the bank, when he collapsed."

"Where were you?"

"Watching the boys."

"Boys?"

"Abel and Thomas… at Jax's house."

"Oh, right." Ava nodded, then held Elias' hand. "Okay."

Gloria raised her eyebrow. "Okay, what?"

Ava looked up. "I'll stay… maybe, for a few weeks."

"Thank you." Gloria smiled.

"And I'm not staying because of Gemma… it's for you and Elias, plus being here will keep us safe from Mason."

"Two weeks is fine. I get to spend time with my granddaughter."

"Yeah." Ava sighed. "Unless Gemma hogs up all of her time."

"Well, if that's the case, maybe you should stay longer than two weeks."

Ava frowned. "Don't push it."

Gloria chuckled, leaning up against the counter. "What are your plans for today?"

Ava raised her eyebrows. "What's yours?"

"After we leave here, I have to take the potato salad and macaroni salad to the clubhouse."

"For what?"

"Gemma wants the Prospects to take all the food, at once, to Opie and Lyla's wedding, that way, they don't have to make as many trips back and forth, from Charming to the reservation."

"Oh, that makes sense." Ava nodded. "So, Ope's getting married, huh?"

"Yeah, even though Lyla's a porn star, she's a sweet girl."

"Opie's marrying a porn star!" Ava said that louder than she wanted to. "Are you serious?"

"Yes." Gloria nodded. "He seems happy with her, so more power to them."

"Well, whatever floats their boats." Ava shrugged.

"Exactly." Gloria nodded again. "Now, I told you my plans, what's yours?"

"Since I highly doubt that I'm invited to Ope's wedding, I'll just take Tiny and Lily shopping, maybe grab a bite to eat… I don't know, I'll think of something for us to do."

"You're not leaving town, are you?"

"No, Mom, I told you that I was staying."

"Okay." Gloria nodded. "Just making sure."

Ava stood up and gave Elias a kiss on his cheek. "See you later, Dad." then her and Gloria walked out and went into the waiting room. "Ready to go?"

"Where are we going, Mommy?"

"We're going to drop Grandma off at her house, then we're gonna go shopping."

"Yay!" Lily cheered. "I need new Chucks."

Ava laughed. "Okay, we'll find you a pair."

"How's your dad?" Tiny asked, getting up from the chair.

"He's hooked to a bunch of machines."

Tiny squeezed her shoulder. "Hopefully he'll wake up soon."

"Yeah." Ava nodded. "Hope so… now, lets shop til we drop!" then the four of them walked out of St. Thomas, got in Ava's Tahoe, then she drove back to Gloria's house.

...

After five hours of shopping at the mall in Sacramento, eating at In-N-Out Burger, and shopping a little more, the girls got back to Gloria's around nine pm. It didn't take long for them to bring in all the bags from the Tahoe, but when they did, all of it went into Tiny's room, so it wouldn't be cluttered in the small living room.

Right after Lily got her pajamas on, she quickly fell asleep, then Tiny and Ava were in the living room, watching TV, and playing with their new cell phones.

"Tiny, what would be a good ringtone for you?"

"I don't know." she shrugged. "Something cool."

"Oh! I got it… I Wish by Skee-Lo." then Ava pressed the button.

"I wish I was little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her. I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a '64 Impala."

"No, you bitch!" Tiny tossed a pillow at Ava's head, which she dodged. "You better pick a new one."

"Alright, alright." Ava laughed. "Don't get your panties in a twist, but I mean, the song is fitting for you, since you're short as hell, Natasha."

"Don't address me by my first name in my presence." Tiny chuckled. "I seriously would like to throw a shoe at my mother, for naming me that God awful name." she scoffed. "At least yours is normal."

"Yeah." Ava nodded. "Plus it's easy with three letters and two syllables."

"Yeah." Tiny flipped her off. "You suck."

"Don't hate." Ava smirked, then suddenly, there was a knock on the door. She stuck her tongue out at Tiny. "I'll get it."

"You do that."

"I will." Ava laughed, then as she opened the door, and saw who was standing there, her laughter died down, and her eyes widened.

"Hello, Ava."

A/N: Hello there, peeps! Sorry that this chapter is so short and a cliffy. Never fear, there's more to come soon, so don't worry about that. I'll just be a bit busy for the next week and after all of that, I'll get back to the updates. Thanks for reading and SOA is the best show ever!