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So again people might be younger to fit in with the story but I'm hoping to keep most of the ages right. Please review and let me kno what you think.
Chapter One: Time to find mom
"Hey sis." Haley ran in and jumped on my bed. I groaned pathetically and pulled the covers over my head.
"Too early." I mumbled into my pillow.
"It's like seven. Come on get up." I sighed heavily and threw the blankets off my head.
"What the hell?"
"We need to go on a scavenger hunt."
"For what?" I said through a yawn.
"Mom." She said plainly. I sat up and looked out into the corridor as if I would be able to see through the wall into her room.
"She didn't come home?"
"Nope."
"Shit." I threw the covers back and hoped out of bed. "Any idea where she went?"
"Ray from work text me and said he saw her outside Samcro last night."
"Bikers again? I thought we got over that in Phoenix." I headed towards the bathroom, Haley followed close behind.
"You know mom. Never say never." She sat on the toilet seat lid while I started up the shower.
"Let's hope they don't clean the house out like the last lot. Wait, she isn't meant to be working this morning is she?" Haley just nodded. I rolled my eyes and stripped before jumping into the shower.
"I can't cover for her again. I'm meant to be starting my shift half an hour after hers and if she misses work again there's no way Mr. Reeves won't fire her." Haley called as I stepped under the cascade of water. I poked my head round the shower curtain and looked at her.
"I'm already skating on thin ice at work after I left early to pick her up from The Hound, so I can't cover." Suddenly the water turned from hot to freezing and I realized I hadn't called the plumber yet. "Shit." I screeched, desperately trying to wash as fast as possible while gasping for breath.
"Yeah, I know got to call the plumber." Haley laughed.
I wish I could say that at twenty-three I had never had to pick up my mom in some seedy back water club that was littered with bottles, cigarette stubs and woman. Unfortunatly it was suprising if I didn;t do it at least a couple times a month. We stood at the club door and searched for mom, when it was clear she wasn't under one of the men in the main room I nodded at Haley. She placed two fingers in her mouth and let out a roaring wolf whistle. There was a chorus of groans and everyone looked at us. "Blonde, this height." I held my hand out and estimated her approximate height, "Big boobs, southern accent." The fact was if I asked for Liza Yates no one would have a clue who I was talking about.
"In the back." One of the women grumbled and pointed to a doorway before slumping back over the guy underneath her. We navigated around the mine field and ended up in a corridor staring at a row of doors.
"You start this end, I'll start that end." I walked to the end of the corridor and knocked on the last door. When there was no answer I opened it and found and empty room. I did the same with the next one and found a young guy with beautiful honey blonde hair in bed with two women curled up by his side. As I was about to shut the door he opened his eyes.
"Can I help you?" he asked sleepily, clearly not embarrassed by his undress or the women either side of him.
"Looking for someone."
"Who?" he pulled himself up a little causing the girls to shift in their sleep, taking the blanket with them and revealing a little too much of the guy in bed. He kept watching me as if intrigued to see how I would react. Truth was I wasn't really bothered, nothing I hadn't seen before and I wasn't the delicate type. I looked from toned body to his deep brown eyes and repeated my mom's description.
"Room next door. I'd knock first."
"Always do. Thanks." I grabbed the door handle and was about to close the door when he spoke again.
"Hey, least you could tell me was your name?"
"Kate, everyone calls me K."
"Don't wana know mine?" He asked with a cocky smile.
"Not really." His smile broadened, I couldn't help but smile back. Then I shut the door tight and headed to the next room. "Think I found her." I called to Haley. This time I used the side of my closed fist, I could hear it echo through the room on the other side of the door. I was about to open it when I heard movement. Within seconds the door swung open and a very pissed off looking man with a sheet wrapped around his waist scowled at me.
"Liza here?"
"Who?"
"K?" I looked past him to where my mom's voice came from and saw her looking back at me from the bed.
"Her." I stated before pushing past him into the room. I started to pick up her clothes from the floor, while she rubbed her head.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Her daughter." I threw the clothes onto the bed. "Get dressed you got work."
"Don't be mad. I'm just having a good time with Tig. You know it wouldn't kill you to have a little fun yourself." I looked at Tig who clearly had no idea how to deal with the situation.
"I can't afford to have fun, mom. Not if your gunna get fired again. He gunna pay our rent or fix our car or hire the plumber? No?" I asked her.
"I just needed some fun, to relax."
"Great you've relaxed. Now get dressed. You starting work in an hour and I swear to god if you get the sacked you can't come home."
"You don't mean that." She looked at Tig "She doesn't mean that."
"Really? You wanna put it to the test?" She sighed heavily, rolled her eyes and started to get dressed. I turned to Tig "I'll wait outside. Nice to meet you."
"Uh, you too." I went out and met Haley in the hall.
"How bad is she?"
"Well she can string her words together."
"At least it's not a repeat of Friday." Haley shrugged.
Haley nodded towards Tigs door when mom appeared.
"Call me." She kissed him and then turned towards us. "Hey birthday girl." She held her arms out for Haley. When Haley didn't move she looked at me.
"Her birthday's next Wednesday, mom."
"Oh right, well it's never too early to celebrate the big 2.1."
"She's turning twenty not twenty-one."
"Right, that's what I meant." She dropped her arms to her side and picked up her coat that had been lying outside Tigs door. She shrugged it on and looked at us expectantly. "Come on then. We're gunna be late."