MAY CONTAIN MATURE CONTENT (LANGUAGE, SEX, VIOLANCE, MURDER, MAYHEM, DESTRUCTION, ETC) - DO NOT READ IF UNDER 18.

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The phone rang and Ava reached over to grab it while she finished making dinner for Happy.

She had Hap had fallen into what could only be construed as a domestic pattern. She came home from school and did a load of laundry while working on her homework and then started dinner, knowing that Hap would be home by 6:45 each night, unless he was on a run. She knew someone like Happy wasn't ever going to be the picture of perfect domestic bliss, but she was very happy with the routine they had together. She wasn't going to push to change it anytime soon.

"Hello"

"Is this Ava Marchetti?"

"Speaking"

"Ms Marchetti. This is Mya Connors, I work for Forbes. We are putting together a piece on the youngest billionaires and we want to do a full page on you."

"Why me, there are lots of rich people in the world."

"Well your parents were celebrities before their deaths and people haven't really seen you much and we think it would be a good piece to showcase you and all your causes."

It was true that Ava's parents had been celebrities much like the Kardashian's and the Jersey Shore people, except her parents had class and didn't make sex tapes or talk about shaving their vaginas on national TV.

"I'm going to need to discuss this with my family before I agree to anything."

"Okay so can I call you back in a few days to get your answer?" Mya asked hopefully.

"Yes."

"Who was that?" Happy asked as he walked in to grab another beer from the fridge.

"A woman from Forbes magazine, they want to do an interview and photo thing with me."

Instantly Happy's radar went up, "Why?"

"She said because my parents were celebrities and that the world hasn't really seen a lot of me. They are doing a piece on the youngest billionaires under twenty or something like that."

"I don't like it." He said.

"Well let me talk it over with Gemma and Clay."

"You want to do this thing?" He asked, surprised that she wasn't in agreement to not do it.

"Well I know that every time that Warren Buffett is in Forbes, the stock to Berkshire Hathaway went up, can't say it wouldn't be nice if my companies stock went up, in this economy I could use all the help I can get."

Happy frowned but didn't say anything. He knew it wasn't worth fighting with Ava over, they rarely fought but when they did, look out!

"I don't like it." Clay said as he puffed on a cigar outside on the back patio of Ava's house.

"Me neither." Happy added.

"Well I think it would be a good thing for Ava to do." Gemma said.

Everyone turned and looked at Ava, they all knew that it was her decision and if she wanted to do it, they would go along with it.

"Well I want to do it." Ava said with a smile.

"Well we will be controlling the security then." Happy grumbled.

"Fine. I'll call Mya and let her know that I've made up my mind."

Mya was very happy when Ava agreed and said she would be on the next flight up to see her.

"So what do they want to know about you?" Tara asked as they were eating lunch outside of Ava's house while the kids played in the pool.

Abel, Lily, Kenny, Ellie and Piper were regular fixtures at Ava's house on the weekends because she had a pool and really the whole SamCro family had gotten a lot closer since Cayman.

"They are doing a top 20 under 20 years old piece on the youngest billionaires." Ava said.

"Well make sure they don't say where in Cali you live, last thing we need is a bunch of yahoo's hanging out hoping to get some of your money." Tara said.

"God could you imagine Happy if they did that? He would freak!" Ava said.

Mya arrived in Charming the day before the shoot and Ava met her at the local coffee shop and was surprised that Mya was young, maybe 29 years old. When she spoke on the phone she had seemed older.

"Hi I'm Ava."

"Mya, nice to meet you!"

"So tell me about yourself." Mya asked as she set a small digital recorder in front of Ava.

Ava was a bit nervous, but knew that she would answer honestly, well as honestly as she could.

"Well I'm sixteen about to turn seventeen in a couple months. I live just outside Charming. I have guardians who own a local car repair shop who I consider my family. I'm a junior at St. Thomas Catholic High School."

"Are you dating anyone from school?" Mya asked with a smile.

"Umm no." Ava said with a smile, "I don't really have time to date boys."

Because I'm too busy dating a MAN.

"Well you'll have plenty of time in college. So do you live alone?"

"No I have security at my house because I don't live with my guardians."

"Oh, is he hot?" Mya asked with a smile.

Ava laughed, "You could say that, but really he is there to protect me and scare others away and that is what he does."

"Well I can't wait to meet them all." Mya said.

"The plan is for you to come over tomorrow for the interviews of them and the photo shoot. I understand you brought a photographer?"

"Yes, Malcolm is wonderful! He will make you look gorgeous, well you already are but you know what I mean."

"Okay so I guess I'll see you tomorrow at 9am at my house?"

"Yes. You'll send me the address?"

"Yes. There are also some ground-rules that we need to iron out as well."

"Oh?" Mya was surprised at this, she had expected full access.

"Yes. I don't want the town I live in stated in the article. I am not doing this for a love connection. I don't want Charming full of people trying to find me and get me to give them money or get me to marry them."

"Oh of course not sweetie! We'll protect your address and all that."

"Good. Gemma and Clay will want to talk with you more tomorrow, as well as my security team."

"I'll see you later than." Ava said as she stood up and slid her sunglasses on and walked out.

Mya watched as Ava slid into a sleek black car and drove away. She was so excited to get an exclusive on the youngest billionaire in the US.

"I still don't like it." Happy grumbled as he sat down at the dinner that Ava had prepared after meeting up with Mya.

"Well no one said you had to like it."

He cut his eyes to her.

Ava smiled, "Look tomorrow you can talk to Mya and make sure everything is legit. My lawyers already confirmed with Forbes that she is legit and that the story is a go. You are just here to protect me."

"Really that's all I'm here for?" he asked.

She sat down on his lap, "Well I don't know about all that."

He kissed her deeply and she moaned and once again dinner was forgotten about.

Ava woke up at 8am and heard male voices outside the bedroom; it wasn't Hap so she made sure to quickly slip into some clothes.

Not two seconds after slipping some clothes on there was a knock on her bedroom door.

"Yes?"

The door opened and Dave popped his head in, "Ava are you decent?"

She walked out of the closet, dressed and smiled, "Yeah, what's up?"

"Were doing a security briefing and Happy wanted you there."

"Oh okay." She said as she followed him down-stairs.

"So what is a security briefing?" she asked.

Tig and Dave were ex-military and took that very serious when it came to their family.

"Well it's going over the specific details of what we are going to do today, who is where and what our plans are in case we need to act."

Ava nodded her head and smelled home-made cinnamon rolls being cooked.

"Is Gemma in the kitchen?"

Dave smiled, "She's been in there since 6am."

"No one thought to wake me up?" Ava asked slightly upset that they just let her sleep-in like a…an heiress. Ava didn't like to be treated any different then Tara or Lyla but often she was treated more 'princess-y' than either of them, a point of contention that she still couldn't get over.

"So who is my 'security team' today?" Ava asked as she sat down next to Gemma and Clay who were having a cup of coffee over Gemma's famous homemade cinnamon rolls.

"Dave, Ben, Jax, Tig, Juice and of course Happy."
"Where is Hap?" Ava asked as she reached for a second cinnamon roll.

"He's walking the grounds and trying out the new walkie-talkies Juice got for them."

Ava smiled, "Do they have ear pieces like the secret service?"

Gemma nodded, "Yeah, fuckers are SO proud of those damn things."

Ava chuckled and shook her head, "Great, so I'm well protected."

"How are you feeling?" Tara asked.

"Good. Still kind of achy and tired, but not too sick." Ava answered.

Just then Happy came in and nodded at Ava as he grabbed another cup of coffee.

"Let's run though this thing one more time before they arrive." He said as he sat next to Ava and grabbed his fourth roll of the morning.

Ava spent the next thirty minutes getting lost in the finer points of security not because she couldn't understand but because she was thinking about Mya and the interview. Juice had set-up cameras all over the property and in the house, which would be taken down after today, but would allow them to make sure that Mya and her photographer Malcolm didn't try anything shady.

"What don't you get about it?" Happy asked Ava trying to not get annoyed, patients wasn't his thing.

She sighed, "I…It doesn't matter. If something goes down I'm just supposed to find you and run."

Happy nodded his head, ignoring the fact that she had either tuned out the last half hour or she didn't grasp it, but since she was one of the smartest people he knew, he figured she hadn't really paid attention, which was unlike Ava. He had a feeling she was nervous about this whole thing.

Mya and Malcolm arrived at the gate and were buzzed in after announcing their names into the little black box.

"Jesus this kid is loaded."

"I've seen bigger houses." Malcolm said snobbishly.

"Yeah this is the one she has in Northern California, her family has property in 18 other states and 20 countries."

"Wow." Malcolm said.

"Wow indeed and she is fucking gorgeous." Mya added.

"Too bad I'm gay." Malcolm said with a sigh.

They got out of the car and saw Ava standing in front of an impressive group of scary people, mostly men wearing a solid black uniform like military men.

"Mya, Hi this is Clay and Gemma Morrow, my guardians."

Mya shook hands with them and introduced them to Malcolm who waved as he unloaded several bags of gear out of the car.

"Do you need a hand?" Ava asked.

"Yes please."

Juice walked over and took a couple bags of gear and began walking them into the house. They planned to inspect every camera before they were used.

"So Ava tells me there are some rules we have to iron out." Mya said with a smile.

Gemma didn't return the grin, "Yeah we do. Let's go inside."

Mya swallowed hard at how harsh this woman seemed.

Mya followed Clay, Gemma and Ava inside and was surprised to find more people inside, a couple females and a group of kids along with more scary looking men.

"Malcolm you can use the formal living-room to set up, I think it's better suited." Ava said with a smile as she showed him the large and impressive room.

"Thank you." He said as he began putting bags down and looking around the room, opening curtains to get more light.

"Mya I know Gemma and Clay would like to talk with you, so you all can use my library." Ava said with a nod of her head as she pointed out the door.

Mya followed the guardians into the room and Clay closed the door behind them.

"My wife and I wanted to talk to you about Ava and this article as we have some…apprehension about her doing this article."

"Oh well I'm happy to do what I can to get rid of the apprehension you have."

"Ava isn't doing this article for a love connection. She doesn't want to be a contestant on The Bachelorette, she wants to bring her charities and causes to the forefront of people's minds and she's doing it for some good press. I don't want you to portray Ava as some young empty-headed heiress living alone in a huge house waiting for prince charming to swoop in and marry her." Gemma said.
"Because she's not. She a bright girl who is going places and I don't want her portrayed in anything other than a glowing light."

"No I understand completely. Ava already said that she isn't seeing anyone from school and that is totally fine. I have no interest in making her seem like an empty headed heiress, I know she is far from it."

"Good. My wife and I want you to keep her address out of the article. I know you will say she is from northern California but beyond that we don't want anything telling in the article. I don't want a town full of jerks trying to get money from her."

Mya nodded her head, "I totally agree."

Gemma smiled, "Good, than we can continue."

"I'd like to interview you both for the article."

"Gemma and I talked about it and she will talk with you, I've never been good at interviews." Clay said.

Mya nodded her head, "Okay."

"Is it possible for me to talk to the man who lives here as security?"

"Why would you want to talk with him?" Clay asked, trying to remain calm.

"Well I want to ask him what she is like when she is alone, away from prying eyes."

"Well her security person isn't much of a 'people person', so he likely won't want to talk but I'm sure you will see for yourself how she is."

Mya thought for a second, "Okay."

After securing every piece of equipment and helping get it set up in the formal living room, Ava was brought back down having been dressed up and her face fully made up with make-up.

"wow." Ben said softly as he saw her.

Ava was a very beautiful girl, one of the rare girls that really didn't need to wear make-up to be beautiful. A girl who wasn't vain or shallow and really didn't grasp just how beautiful she was, which made her all the more beautiful.

"Don't let Hap hear you." Chibs said with a slight grin.

Malcolm took lots of shots of her in various positions, the best one was of her wearing a white men's button up shirt with a dark tie loosely tied around her neck with a short black mini-skirt. She had a pair of dark rimmed glasses on looking over stock reports on her desk, her hair down and slightly curling around her breasts as she leaned over the desk to review the documents. There wasn't a man in the room who didn't swallow hard and adjust himself, Malcolm included.

"Okay, lets chat now." Mya said after Ava changed back into her regular clothes.

Mya turned on the camera and her recorder and set up the interview shot.

Most of the guys cleared out, leaving Dave behind to keep an eye on the girls while they did the interview portion.

"So what is it like to be an heiress?"

"Well I don't really think of myself as one. I have a normal life and do normal things."

"Like what?"

"Well I go to school, I do homework. I do charity work. Normal things."

"But most 'regular' people don't have a Range Rover and a Maserati sitting in their garage."

Ava smiled, "You're right, they don't. I guess I do like nice cars and I have a very nice home. I guess having money doesn't mean the same thing to me."

"How so?"

"I don't define myself by my money. Yes I have money. Yes I spend money, sometimes a lot of money but money doesn't make me who I am. I would give up all the money I have to have my parents back. They died when I was very little and it was horribly unfair to be saddled with so much money and no family. Money doesn't make you happy and it doesn't replace your family."

"But you are an heiress." Mya continued.

"Yes, I am heir to the fortune my parents left me. I'm not Paris Hilton, I don't go around saying 'that's hot' and making sex tapes. I live a pretty quiet life. I don't want to be on TV, I don't want to find a knight in shining armor. I want to just live a life of normalcy. Warren Buffet is a pretty normal guy and he has way more money than I do."

"So you want a normal life? Kids? Marriage?" Mya asked.

Ava panicked internally, "I want a life that is normal to me. I don't know if kids are in the cards or marriage but I don't want to be a celebrity that is gawked at for life. I don't entertain people, I happened to be born into the family I was, that's all."

"So let's talk about your parents. What was it like to lose them at such a young age?"

"Well as you can expect it was pretty horrible. I wasn't even with them when they died, they were on their yacht and I was in Cayman with my nanny."

"They were sailing to Cayman when they died?"

"No. They were just on their yacht when a freak storm capsized their boat and they died. They were at home in Australia."

"You're mother was a great beauty and many people have said you are the spitting image of her, how do you feel about that?" Mya asked, trying to ferret out any emotional bursts she could.

"I guess any girl wants to look like their mother, so obviously it's a compliment."

"Do you have any plans to model or do fashion?"

"No."

"You're father was a financial wizard and turned a very paltry inheritance into a fortune in a short amount of time. Did you inherit his genius mind?"

Ava smiled, "Yeah I can say that much. I've always had a knack for finding a stock or fund that isn't really on anyone's radar that suddenly becomes the 'it' item to invest in. I've gotten in on the ground floor of a lot of great stocks, I've been lucky."

"How much of your money do you give to charity?"

"I don't actually know but I can say that a very large percentage of my personal money goes to charities of my choosing."

"Like which ones?"

"I give a lot of money to Children's Hospital, St. Judes, there are a few other hospitals, cancer research, breast cancer research, but I also give to literacy charities that help get books to children and adults who would otherwise never get a chance to learn to read."

"So children focused charities are important to you?"

"Yes."

"So you must love children?"

"I think children are our future and we need to make sure there is a bright future for them."

"I understand that you give to charities that help children and women overcome rape and sexual abuse. Is there a personal connection there?" Mya probed, hoping for dirt.

Gemma was watching and listening to the interview and was about to go beat up Mya, "what the fuck is she doing? Asking her that shit!". Hap was about 2 minutes from ripping this bitch's throat out. No one outside of a few people knew Ava had been raped last year before she came to Charming and it wouldn't be right for the rest of SamCro to find out like this.

"Of course its personal. Anytime a woman or child faces this kind of abuse any woman should be outraged. We should be outraged that the offender gets only a few years in jail and then the victim has to deal with the fear of knowing they are out and free to walk amongst them."

"So tell me about the people who are your guardians now?"

Ava smiled, "They are wonderful people. My previous guardian passed away and his son was named the next to continue, however he didn't work out. I had met Clay and Gemma here in Charming and instantly bonded with them. I brought their names up and it was approved that they could be my guardians until I turn 18."

"So they have the keys to the kingdom so to speak?"

"No. They are in charge of my wellbeing. Food, clothes, school, medical care, etc. I still have full control over my assets and my companies. The board of my trust manages it until I am of age. Gemma and Clay only handle any day-to-day expenses."

"So they can't make financial decisions about how to spend your money?"

"They don't want to deal with my money. They only want to help take care of me until I am legally old enough to do it myself."

"I understand you are almost 17?"

"Yeah my birthday is in a couple months."

"Do you have any big plans for your birthday?"

"Well I was hoping to maybe go see a concert in Sacramento with some friends, maybe stay overnight at a hotel, order room-service, get a massage. Just have fun and relax, nothing crazy."

"Sounds like a great way for an heiress to celebrate!"

Ava managed a grin, "Thanks."

What was it with this woman and the word "heiress"?

"Do you know Athena Panagopoulos?"

"Yeah her family is basically Greek royalty." Ava said.

Athena's family was very old Greek money and had been around since forever, she was also one of the 20 under 20 being interviewed.

"Well her birthday is around yours, you two should team up and do something fun and exotic. Like maybe go on an African safari! I'm sure we could get lots of press of you two beautiful girls partying it up. Wouldn't that be fun?"

Ava laughed, "Yeah an African safari would be fun. I'm sure Athena's family has something great planned for her."

"So let's talk about boys." Mya said.

Ava mentally squirmed in her seat.

"Okay."

"So you do like boys correct? You aren't gay?"

Ava smiled, "Yes, I'm straight."

"So are you seeing anybody? Interested in anyone?"

"I'm not dating any boys right now and I'm not really interested in anyone right now. I am focused so much on school and charity that I don't really have time for boys right now."

Ava made a point to refer to them as 'boys' as clearly Happy was not a boy and therefore not the same conversation.

"Sure. How would you feel about being set-up on a blind date?"

"No."

"Oh come on! It would be fun, he would be handsome and very rich too."

"Mya No. I don't want a love connection. I'm very happy right now."

"But your alone and single." Mya said as if that was a problem.

Ava laughed, "Yeah and do you know how many women are your age and have never lived alone, never been single? They have no idea what to do with themselves because they have always had a man and don't know how to be independent and live on their own. I love living by myself and I would advise anyone to do the same if they can. Live on your own for a while when you are in college or after college. Meet people, travel, be selfish and do things that YOU want to do. Pretty soon you'll meet someone and it will be about both of you, not just you anymore. You won't be lonely living alone because you will have yourself. You are only really lonely if you never discover yourself."

Mya smiled, "That's pretty good advice for a kid."

"Thanks."

Ava was lying flat on her back on a float in the pool trying to relax after that fiasco of an interview.

"That woman is a fucking cunt!" Gemma snapped.

"Easy Gem." Clay said as he looked over at the little kids playing in the yard behind the pool.

"Shit. Sorry." Gemma said as she paced.

"Its fine. Ava answered each question beautifully." Tara said as she fed Abel.

"I never should have let you do the interview." Happy said as he watched Ava float around the pool.

Ava rolled her eyes, "Happy I wanted to do the interview, pretty sure you couldn't have stopped me."

His eyes flashed darkly, "Wanna bet?"

"Bottom line is she asked inappropriate questions of Ava and that's not okay." Dave said as he grabbed another beer from the outside fridge. Tig was manning the grill which was loaded up with burgers, hotdogs, chicken and some shrimp on a stick, he was wearing a black apron that said "Kiss the cook" and had giant red lips over the crotch portion. He told everyone they had to kiss him for their food.

"Want me to kill her?" Tig asked Ava.

Ava laughed, "No Tiggy."

"Come on princess, she was playing dirty." Koz spoke up.

"Koz I'm a big girl. I can deal with a few rude questions."

"I think you need to call her supervisor at Forbes and let them know she asked some pretty pointed questions." Dave said.

"It's fine. I didn't say anything that could be misconstrued so I don't think I have anything to worry about." Ava said as she rolled off her float and into the water. Happy had a hard time not watching her body as she slid through the water gracefully. Her bathing suit wasn't even a bikini and he couldn't keep his eyes off her.

"Okay. It's your call." Dave said as he held his hand up in defeat.

"Did you take down all the cameras Juice?" Happy asked as Juice joined them.

"Yeah. I packed them up and left them by the front door. Ben is bringing the van up and we'll load them up after dinner."

"Okay I'm starved. I don't want to talk about it anymore guys. Can we eat Tig?"

"Sure but you gotta kiss me first?"

"Want my fist to kiss your teeth?" Hap asked as he cast a dark look over at Tig.

"Geez Happy. I was just kiddin'." Tig said with a sad look on his face.

As always I hope you enjoyed it. Not too much 'action' just something to keep you wanting more...off to keep working on my stories! :) Happy Tuesday...only wish it was an SOA Tuesday.