For some reason when I put this in the document manager it smashed everything into one giant paragraph. I tried to go back in and put the breaks where I had them as I wrote it, so if something looks weird, I blame FanFiction. I hope you all enjoy! I'm still working on this story, it's just life is busy and I don't have as much free time as I used to.

"Still 103.4 sweetie. Think it time to take you to see the dr."

"No. I'll take a nice bath and bring the fever down." Ava said as she struggled to stand up.

Gemma jumped up as she nearly fell a foot from the bed. "Ava this is insane, you are too sick. You need to see a dr and get some antibiotics or something."

Ava shook her head, "No I'll be fine. I promise. Just help me get into the bathtub."

Gemma did so grudgingly but the nagging feeling to call Tara was lingering in her mind which she ignored for now.

She hated that Happy was gone again on a run to Tacoma, but there was an 'issue' up there that needed his touch, so to speak.

Ava was dreaming, she was flying but she was at school, which was a weird place to fly in a dream. Suddenly her dream was interrupted with a voice. "Ms. Marchetti? Ava? Someone get the nurse!" The voice yelled as Ava continued to fly over her school, watching her classmates walk through the hallways, opening their lockers and heading off to lunch. As soon as she flew higher and higher everything went white and then silent.

Gemma got the phone call that Ava was being taken to the hospital a short while later.

"What do you mean she's in an ambulance?" She huffed to the school administrator.

"She was unresponsive in her English Lit class and the nurse said her temperature was nearly 106, protocol is to call 911."

"106?! Jesus her brain could fry!" Gemma worried.

"How long has she been ill?"

Gemma thought back, "She babysat a friend son who had the flu a week ago or so but only started feeling sick the last couple days. She swore to me her fever broke and she was feeling better. I had no idea she was still sick, I wouldn't have let her go to school if she was sick."

"Well please don't let her come back to school until she is fully recovered from her illness, we don't need the rest of the school catching whatever Ava has."

Gemma stormed out of her office and headed for the hospital, she called Tara on the way to let her know that Ava was coming her way and to keep an eye on her until she got there.

This was a bad time for Happy and most of the guys to be away, when one of their women was vulnerable.

Gemma knew she should call Happy but she wanted to find out what was wrong before she called Hap. He wouldn't be any good to them in fucking Tacoma and he would bark orders to Gemma the minute she told him.

"I've never seen anything like this." The doctor said as he reviewed her test results.

"What is it?" Gemma asked worriedly.

The nurses had a really hard time getting her fever down and it was now down to a 'manageable' 102 but it kept trying to creep up.

"She has a bacterial infection and a viral infection and her body can't fight them both. Her tonsils also look like they are about to explode, we're going to have to take them out. She's going to need strong antibiotics to fight the bacterial infection and we'll have to keep her in the hospital for a while until her body is strong enough to fight the infection at home." Her doctor said.

"What caused it?" Gemma asked anxiously.

"It looks like she got a nasty case of tonsillitis and somehow also got a viral infection at the same time and it just spread through her body really quickly. I've never seen anyone have both a bacterial and viral infection at the same time."

"Okay. How long will the surgery take?" Gemma asked.

"About an hour and a half maybe, tonsillectomies are a very routine surgery, just depends on how hard they are to get out. The bigger they are the less they want to come out."

"Go ahead with the surgery. I'm her legal guardian." Gemma said with finality.

"We're prepping an operating room now." Gemma nodded and sat next to Ava who was still out of it.

They were giving her fluids because she was so dehydrated and they had to stick her several times to get a good vein so she looked like a pin cushion. Her face was pale and she was sweating, she was asleep but you could tell she was dreaming. She would move her head around, whimper and twitch a bit.

"Sleep baby. You'll feel better soon." Gemma said as she held her small hand in her own.

A sleepy Happy reached over the body in bed next to him to reach his phone.

"What?" "Ava's in the hospital." Gemma said.

Happy sat straight up, no longer tired. "What the fuck happened?"

He shoved the passed out crow-eater out of his bed and began looking for his clothes.

She let out a soft moan but stayed out on the floor.

"She never got better from taking care of Piper. She's been sick this whole time. Her tonsils look like they're about to explode. She has a bacterial infection and a viral infection at the same time. Her white blood cell count is very low, her body couldn't fight both infections. "

"What does that fucking mean Gemma?" Happy wasn't too sure what that all meant.

Gemma sighed, "It means she has to have her tonsils out ASAP and stay in the hospital for a while. They're giving her IV antibiotics and fluids now." "I'm on my way back now." He said as he pulled pants on and looked for a shirt.

"Hap, there's nothing you can do right now. She's in surgery now. It'll be hours before you're here. Just come back tomorrow like planned. I don't need you getting into a wreck trying to get here." Gemma said.

"NO. I'm coming now." Happy said as he hung up. He quickly finished getting dressed and didn't even look twice at the girl who had only hours ago been sucking him off, not very well, but enough for him to nut.

He was on his bike within 10 minutes of hanging up with Gemma.

He had a long ride ahead of him but he was going to get home to Ava as fast as he could.

Ava felt like she had white hot lead in her throat when she woke up. Her throat was on fire and she whimpered in pain.

"Honey?" Gemma said. Ava was too afraid to talk so she pointed to her throat.

"It hurts?" Gemma asked.

Ava nodded her head slowly as the drugs from the surgery were still lingering and making her cloudy. Gemma held out a huge cup with ice water and a straw, "Drink slowly, you'll want to down it but go slow."

Ava slowly took a pull and it quenched the fire and she took another harder pull from the straw. She felt herself start to gag and she couldn't stop it and she gagged hard and threw up the water all over herself and burst into tears.

"Oh honey. It's okay. The doctor said it would be a while before the gag reflex went down. Here lets try this." Gemma said as she took a piece of ice out and handed it to Ava.

"Keep it in your mouth and suck on it." Ava did that successfully with a few of them before she tried to drink again. She took a baby sip and kept it down. "What happened?" She croaked.

Gemma filled her in on the whole 'passing out' at school bit, which she was very upset about but she was more worried about Ava's well being to dwell on it. "Sorry." Ava said.

"Hap's on his way back from Tacoma. He should be here in a few hours."

"Oh joy." Ava joked. Happy wasn't a fan of hospitals or sickness. He wasn't going to be much help but he would insist on being there.

"You should try to sleep. Do you need something for the pain?"

"I think so." She said with a yawn and then a yelp.

"Yeah that's gonna hurt for a while. Anything stretching will hurt, so don't try to suck Hap's dick anytime soon." Gemma said with a cheeky smile.

Ava rolled her eyes, "Ruin my day why don't you Gemma. I woke up thinking of doing just that."

After having the nurse check Ava over and give her some mediation for the pain, Ava drifted off to sleep.

Hap came to a halt outside St. Thomas and ran inside.

He ran into Koz and Ben who stopped him. "Man you look like shit." Koz said.

"Where is she?" "Upstairs asleep." Ben said as he looked Happy over.

Happy wasn't a metrosexual but he usually looked much more put together than he did right now. He was wearing stained jeans, a shirt that stuck like perfume and whiskey and had what appeared to be make-up stains on it and he needed to shave, badly.

"You need to go home first." Koz said. "Fuck that." Hap said as he started to push past Koz.

Koz grabbed his arm and yanked him back, "You fucking smell like whore pussy Hap. Go the fuck home and shower. She's asleep, she needs to sleep. You don't need her fucking smelling you right now."He said angrily.

Happy grudgingly left to go home and shower. He found a few things of Ava's that she might want and brought them back to the hospital with him just as the sun was coming up.

He slowly opened the door to her room and found Gemma asleep on a fold out chair and Ava was asleep as well. Happy felt a wave of guilt hit him in the chest, he had been somewhat enjoying the company of a crow-eater while she was sick in the hospital. Happy didn't deal well with emotions and he really didn't like how they made him feel. Guilt was a new emotion for him and he really didn't like that one, so he pushed it down into his soul and buried the feelings.

"Hap?" Ava said in a husky voice.

"Hey" he said as he leaned down and kissed her forehead, now thankful he had showered.

"When did you get here?" She asked softly.

"An hour ago. Went home to bring you some stuff." He opened the bag and pulled out her favorite hoodie and a change of clothes and a toothbrush.

"Oh thank you. I knew there was a reason I loved you." She said with a smile.

He just smiled, "How you feeling?" "Like I have liquid lead in my throat and razors cutting it at the same time, kinda intense."

"Sounds like it."

Gemma stirred, "What time is it?"

"Just after dawn." Happy said as he sat on the end of Ava's bed.

"Oh god I could use some coffee. Hap you want some?" She asked as she sat up.

"Sure."

"I'd like some, but I have a feeling it's not on my list of approved items just yet." Ava grumped.

"Yeah you get broth for the next day or two." Gemma said.

"Great." Ava said.

"What else did the doctor say?" Happy asked.

"That she can't have solids for a few days, she needs another round of IV antibiotics and then maybe she can go home if her white blood cell count is up enough. It was at something ridiculous like 300. Her doctor said that she could go home when her white blood cell count was closer to 5,000." Happy nodded, understanding that her body needed to heal and rebuild the white blood cells, so he was going to make sure she stayed in bed and did what she was told.

"Why do you have a look like you're about to tell me something bad?" Ava asked Happy.

"Nothing bad. Just going to make you stay in bed and rest." Ava nodded her head in agreement, trying to talk was hurting too much. She knew better than to fight Happy and Gemma on her getting better, not to mention everyone else in her 'family' that would insist she stay in bed, rest and get well.

"You really don't want to go?" Ava asked.

Happy looked at her and raised an eyebrow, "You think I want to see Lady Gaga in concert?"

Ava laughed, "No, but I don't want to not offer you the chance."

"Yeah thanks but I'd rather have fucking dental surgery performed by a blind monkey. I'm not too happy about you going so soon, you just got home from the hospital a week ago Ava."

Ava rolled her eyes, "I'm getting enough tickets for me, Tara, Lyla and Gemma."

"You need someone to go with you."

Ava groaned, "Like who?" "Ben, Tig, Chibs. I don't care, but you aren't going alone to Sacramento to spend the night and see that freak without protection."

Ava thought for a second, "I'll make Koz come, serves him right for always trying to hit on me. Not to mention he made fun of me after my surgery."

Happy let out a bark of laughter, "Yeah make Koz go with you, tell him Clay ordered it."

"Think he would dress up for me?"

"What do you mean dress up?" Happy asked. Ava pulled up YouTube footage of Lady Gaga's last concert and showed Hap some of the men who were dressed up. "Jesus fucking Christ! Bunch of fucking pole smoking flamers." Happy said as he looked at the footage.

Clearly Happy wasn't a fan of gay men who dressed flamboyantly for Mother Monster.

"They aren't all gay, granted most dressed like that guy are." Ava pointed to a man in leather short-shorts and a chain-mail t-shirt with nipple rings who had pink glitter opera length gloves on, along with sequined stiletto mary-janes.

"Babe if you get Koz to even put on eyeliner I'd be surprised." "Well maybe if I bribe him?" "Well don't be offering up what's mine." He said. "Right like I would do that." Ava said with a grin and a shake of her head.

Ava picked up her cell phone and scrolled thru until she found Koz's name. "Hello?" a tired voice said on the other end of the line. "Hey Koz, it's Ava. Do you have a second?"

"Hey princess. You tired of Hap already?"

Ava rolled her eyes, "No Koz. Clay told me to tell you that you have to come with me to Sacramento for an overnight trip." "Oh?" "Yeah." "That's all you're going to tell me?"

"Well we won't be alone." She hinted with a coy voice. Koz was trying to figure out what was going on when she finally spoke again.

"Well I'm going to the Lady Gaga concert the weekend before my birthday and Clay said that I have to take you for protection because me, Tara, Lyla and Gemma can't be without a club escort."

"Ugh a fucking chick concert! Fuck my life." He growled.

"It will be fun! We're gonna go back-stage and meet her, sit upfront and stay in the Four Seasons overnight!"

"Fun? No babe, fun is a fucking 3-way with 2 hot porn-stars not being a babysitter at a freak show concert."

"Don't get shitty with me Koz!" She snapped back at him.

Happy's eyes got dark as he watched Ava handle Koz on the phone.

He didn't know what Koz was saying but it was pissing off Ava so it wasn't cool. "Fine, when does the fun happen?" He said with disdain.

"Friday afternoon a limo will pick us up and drive us to the city and we'll check into the hotel, have dinner and get ready for the show and then attend her show. The limo will pick us up after the show and take us back to the hotel and then home the next day."

"Fine." Koz said as he hung up. Ava looked at the phone, "Rude."

"Seriously I can't believe that Clay is making me do this." Koz groaned as he watched the oversized Escalade limo pull up the long driveway to Ava's house.

"Clay said you did." Gemma said, half question half statement.

"Yeah Ava said that you all needed an escort and Clay picked me."

"Lucky you." Gemma said as she put her cigarette out and opened the front door to tell the girls the limo was here.

Happy followed the excited girls out of the house and smiled when he saw the limo and Koz pacing around.

"Hey Hap, man you got to get me out of this, please!"

"No can do, Clay said you have to go." Happy said keeping his features stoic.

"I can't think of what I did to piss him off to deserve this."

"Jesus Koz I didn't think guarding the four top women in the family was punishment." Ava said with a glare.

"Oh come on Ava, this is torture for me. Juice showed me a video clip of this Gogo chick."

"Gaga." Lyla corrected.

"Whatever. She's a freak! Who wears a dress made out of meat?"

Happy smirked, "Yeah sucks to be you Koz."

Koz snapped his head over to look at Happy, "Oh tell me this wasn't your fucking idea?"

Ava grinned, "Well not entirely, but mostly."

"You son-of-a-bitch!" "Have fun Koz. Don't forget that you're expected to fit in at the concert." Happy said.

"What the fuck does that mean?" "Means we get to dress you and put some eyeliner on you." Tara said with a grin.

"Oh I'm gonna fucking kill you for this Hap." Koz said as Lyla pushed him toward the open door of the limo.

Happy pulled Ava aside, "Pictures."

She smiled an evil grin, "Oh babe I'm gonna put that shit on Facebook."

Happy smiled and planted a healthy kiss on her, "That's my girl."

Just before 1am Happy got a text with a picture of Koz in leather pants, shirtless with eyeliner posing next to Mother Monster herself and he laughed so hard he almost pissed himself.