A/N #1: Yes, I know.. this story is way overdue for an update. Apologies. I hope I don't have anymore writers block for this one, because I do have a plan for this, it's just getting written up, typed, and out there. Anyways.. hope you enjoy it and don't forget to R&R! There's more to come.
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING from Sons of Anarchy.. just my OC's. Thanks.
...Chapter Ten...
Jax was sitting on the edge of the bed - fully dressed - watching Ava look through her suitcases for something to wear. All she had on was a black lace camisole with matching boy shorts. "You know.. you could just wear that."
Ava grabbed a pair of shorts and a tee, then turned around and saw Jax biting his bottom lip. "I'm not walking around in.. this." she laughed. "Are you crazy?"
"I might be." he shrugged. "So, what are your plans today?"
"Well." Ava started getting dressed. "I was gonna go see my dad and I might take Lily, but I haven't decided."
"Does she know about Elias?"
Ava sat down next to Jax. "I've mentioned it, but I've never really said much." she looked down and sighed. "Only because I never thought that I'd come back here."
"Like, I said before.. I'm glad you did." he reached his finger to her chin to make her look at him. "I really missed you."
Ava slightly nodded. "I missed you too." she noticed the way that he was staring at her and she raised her eyebrow. "What?"
"Did you miss me or are you just saying that?"
Ava turned her whole body towards him and placed her hand on his cheek. "Jax, I really did."
Suddenly, the door opened, followed by "Hey, Ava?"
"Yes, Mom?"
"Tiny and Lily left with Hap to the park and I have to meet Gemma at T-M."
"Sounds, like, fun." Jax chuckled.
"Yeah, and she's been looking for you, Mister."
"Okay." Jax stood up. "I'll head out with you."
"Be ready in 5." Gloria said, before walking out of the room.
Jax turned to Ava. "I'll tell Juice to get over here, so you don't have to be alone."
"Jax." she stood up as well. "I'll be fine."
"I already told you, Ava.. I'm calling Juice. You need to be safe and protected."
"Alright, fine." she sighed in defeat. "How about I have my mom drop me off at the hospital, so I can visit my dad.. Juice can meet me there."
"That works for me." Jax gave her a kiss.
"I'm sure it does." she chuckled, then started putting the things that she needed into her purse.
"You ready, Jax?!" Gloria called out.
"Yeah!" he turned to Ava and saw her fixing her hair in the mirror. "Come on.. you're beautiful."
"Thank you." she put on her sunglasses, then both of them walked out of her room.
Gloria raised her eyebrow. "Where you going, Ava?"
"Can you drop me off at the hospital.. so I can visit Dad?"
"By yourself?"
"She won't be alone too long." Jax spoke up. "Juice will head over there."
"Okay." Gloria nodded, grabbing her purse. "Let's go." then the three of them walked out of the house.
...
"Oh, okay then." Tiny muttered, setting her phone down on her lap.
"What is it?" Happy asked, keeping his eyes on Lily as she was on the swings at the playground.
"Ava's gonna visit her dad for a while and she'll see us at home later."
"Is she by herself?"
"No." Tiny shook her head. "Juice is meeting her there."
"Good." Happy glanced over and saw the look on Tiny's face, before shifting his eyes forward. "What?"
There was a long pause before she spoke. "It's just that.." she heavily sighed. "Ava has to be safe and stay safe from Mason, because I have a strong feeling that once he gets his hands on her.. he'll kill her this time.. and who knows what he'd do to Lily."
"He'll die before that happens.. he won't even come close."
"I believe you, I really do, but what if he does get to either of them or even me? Mason is smart and he has unlimited resources to get what he wants.. he's just sneaky and unpredictable." Tiny paused to take a deep breath. "I never told anyone this.. not even Ava."
Happy noticed the sad tone in her voice and saw the pain in her face. "What did he do, Tiny?"
"A year and a half ago, I told Ava that I had a family emergency in Florida and that I'd be back in a few weeks.. I told her something about a long lost uncle was dying.. well, I lied." she paused to take another deep breath. "I lied because I didn't want her to know that I was over in the next town, in the hospital, suffering from a miscarriage that Mason caused."
"Why didn't you tell her?"
"Ava knows how badly I want a child and if I told her what happened and tell her about my 60/40% chance to have kids in the future, she'd blame herself for the rest of her life, thinking that it's her fault, when it's not.. not in any way, shape, or form." Tiny looked at Happy with pleading eyes. "Please don't mention this to her. Ever. She would be crushed."
Happy stared at the petite woman next to him for a moment, before looking away. "Another secret I have to keep from Ava."
Tiny raised her eyebrow. "What?"
"Nothin'." Happy took a deep breath, then nodded. "I won't tell her.. but I'm sorry for your loss and the shit he put you all through."
"It's not your fault, Happy." she said, wiping a tear from her cheek.
"No, it's not, but.. I will kill him." he glanced at her with a serious look on his face and she realized that he wasn't kidding. "That's a promise."
Tiny gave him a weak smile and nodded, then both of them sat in silence as they watched Lily having fun with the other kids on the playground.
...
Ava's been sitting at Elias' bedside for the past twenty minutes, just staring at him and wishing that he wasn't so helpless, being hooked up to all of the machines, when there's nothing that she could do that could help him. Only waiting, hoping, and praying that he pulls through somehow.
A few minutes later, the door opened, and Ava looked over. "Hey, Juice." she smiled. "Jax told me that you'd be here."
"Yep." he stood in front of the bed and stared at Elias for a moment. "Boss' orders.. how's your dad?"
"The same.. I just wanted to spend a little time with him today." she stood up and grabbed her purse. "And now, I'm ready to go."
"You sure?"
"Yeah." she nodded, then gave Elias a kiss cheek and walked out of the room with Juice.
"Alright." he breathed out, clapping his hands together. "Is there any place you'd like me to take you?"
"How about you take that whore back where she came from." is what they heard behind them.
"Oh, shit." Juice muttered, seeing the smile on Ava's face.
Shit was about to get real, but just as Ava turned around to respond, Tara's hand connected with Ava's cheek - slapping her hard. Before anyone could blink, Ava charged at Tara and punched her in the face, making her fall to the ground with Ava on top of her.
As Tara was struggling to fight back, Ava kept punching her, they heard a voice in the distance, just as Juice was trying to pull Ava away. "Hey, hey! Stop it! Get off of her!"
"Margaret.." Tara choked out. "She attacked me first."
"That's a goddamn lie!" Ava yelled, as Juice was holding her.
Suddenly, a tall security guard came over to see what the commotion was. "What's going on here?"
"She." Tara pointed to Ava. "Attacked me first."
"Yes! I saw it.. I saw the whole thing. This woman attacked my employee."
Juice glared at Margaret. "Wow.. really?"
"Yes, Juice." Tara pleaded. "You know she did."
"Um.." Juice opened his mouth to respond, but nothing came out as he kept looking back and forth between Tara and Ava.
"Are you fucking kidding me!?" Ava glanced at Juice, then back at Tara. "Oh, my God! You're lucky he's holding me back!"
"See!" Margaret pointed. "She's even threatening Dr. Knowles right in front of you.. arrest her!"
"I'll call Jax." Juice whispered in Ava's ear. "I'll tell him the truth."
"Only him." she whispered back as the security guard started to pulling out his hand cuffs and she chuckled. "Wow, this is not how I wanted my vacation to go."
"Then stay the hell away from Jax and take your bastard child elsewhere!"
All Ava saw was red. Within seconds, she wiggled free from the guard and charged at Tara, knocking her to the ground again. Ava was able to hit her a few more times, before the Juice and the security guard was pulling her back. Once Ava was cuffed, Tara took her chance and punched her in the face as hard as she could, then when she was about to hit her again, Juice grabbed her arm and stopped her. Tara gave him a questioning look and he shook his head, while the guard took Ava away.
Once they were out of earshot, Juice glared at Tara. "You know damn well you started it, by hitting her first."
"You're taking her side?! Jax will have your ass for going against what I say."
"Yeah, I don't think so." he pulled out his cell phone. "Actually, he'll have your ass for lying, getting Ava arrested." and with that, he walked away as Margaret was checking Tara's wounds on her face.
...
"Heard you were looking for me?" Jax asked, as he walked into the office at T-M.
"Yes, Jackson." Gemma glanced up from the computer. "I was thinking about having a dinner at the house tonight." she paused. "You think you can tear yourself away from Ava to be with your family?"
Jax let out an irritated groan, but before he could respond, his phone rang. He took it out of his pocket and flipped it open. "Yeah?"
"It's Juice.. you need to get to the police station."
"Why?"
"Ava's been arrested."
Jax's eyes widened. "What? Why?"
"I'll tell you when you get here."
"What's going on?"
Jax ignored Gemma's question and took a deep breath. "Alright, I'll be right there." then he snapped his phone shut.
"What is it?" Gemma asked, again.
"Nothing that concerns you." he replied before walking out. As he reached his bike, his phone rang. Looking down he saw Tara flashing on the screen, then he flipped it open. "Hey, I'll have to call you back later."
"Jax, I was attacked!" Tara sobbed in his ear.
"What? Where are you?"
"At the hospital, please.. I need you!"
"Shit." he groaned. "I'll be right there." he snapped his phone shut and put it in his pocket, then got on his bike, and took off from the lot.
A/N #2: Also, it might be a bit out of character for Tara to play the "victim" and I say.. there's a reason and you'll see why later on, so stay tuned. Thanks again.