Chapter 1.

Hey, guys, so this is a Lip/OC story, basically, because there are so few of them on here or anywhere, to be honest. The first chapter might be kind of crappy but hopefully, you enjoy it anyway.

Disclaimer: I do not own Shameless.

ALSO: This story is a Shameless fic so quite obviously there is going to be explicit language and possible smut later on.

If you ever asked Daniela how she would describe the neighborhood she lived in with two words, she would say 'charming' and a 'shit-hole'. Then she would argue the fact that she considers that to be two words instead of three because she threw a hyphen in there.

Her description wasn't wrong though, Canaryville, Chicago was indeed, a shit-hole.

Still, the South Side never failed to hold a little charm to it. Maybe it was the colorful hobos that lived on the streets or the way the community came together in great acts of scamming others to share the rewards.

Either way, this was where Daniela lived. This was home.

Letting out a groan at the sound of her alarm clock, the 16-year-old rolled onto her side. Clumsily reaching out a hand, she felt around for the off button.

"Stupid alarm," she hissed, finally opening her eyes and looking at the bare expanse that was her bedroom.

She stared at her small room with its lilac walls that her mom and dad had painted for her when she was five, the uneven brushwork making her mouth tilt up in a smile. The paint had started to chip and chunks had come off from where she had put up posters and pictures.

The walls were in dire need of a touch-up; something Daniela would totally be up for. She would have to ask her brother if he had any paint at the shop.

Pulling the covers off and standing up, she stretched, standing on her tip-toes and reaching out her hand to see if she could try and touch the roof. With her fingers inches away, Daniela relaxed and walked out into the bathroom. Doing the usual morning routine she made her way into the room adjacent.

The room was dark as the girl moved over to the window to let some light in. She turned back to the bed and looked at who was in there. The woman in front of her was sleeping peacefully. The girl's eyes traveled to the plastic pipe placed in her mother's throat as the sound of the machine beside her washed over the room.

Gently, the girl shook her awake.

"Mom. Time to get up, Jake is taking you to the hospital at 11 for your check-up." The woman in the bed finally stirred and looked at her daughter; light-brown eyes meeting hazel. Her mother went to open her mouth to talk when her daughter placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"None of that. Come on, I'll make breakfast." With that, Daniela walked out of the room and down the stairs through to the kitchen. Before she got there, she peeped out the window and rolled her eyes at what she saw, opening the door.

"Frank," she addressed in annoyance. The drunk had passed out on their front porch- again. Daniela kicked him lightly with her foot.

"Frank! Get your ass up. Wrong house." When the man still didn't stir the girl rolled her eyes. Heading inside, she filled up a cup of water before going back to him.

Unceremoniously, she tipped it on him, eliciting a loud groan from him.

"For fuck sakes, Daniela!" He cursed finally sitting up and looking at the girl standing above him. "How many times do I have to tell you to stop dumping water on me?"

"How many times do I have to tell you this is the wrong fucking house?" Retorted Daniela, placing an arm on her hip. "It's five more houses down Frank, Jesus how hard can it be?"

The man shakily got to his feet and waved a disapproving finger at her.

"Now, now. Do not use the Lord's name in vain," he slurred.

Scoffing, Daniela walked back inside. "Since when have you ever been religious Frank?"

Not waiting for a reply, she shut the door in his face.

When she walked into the kitchen a second time, she saw her mother sitting there already. Daniela took a moment to acknowledge her mother's beauty.

A woman of Puerto Rican descent, her mother had olive skin, dark brown hair, and light-brown eyes. She still held her youth well for someone nearing their fifties, something Daniela hoped she would inherit.

Her mother raised a brow at her and gestured to the door but didn't say anything. From her knowing look, Daniela knew she was asking about Frank.

"Yeah," answered the girl pulling out a bag of dry oats and preparing it before putting it on the stove and popping on some toast.

When both were done, she dished it up and placed one of the bowls in front of her mother.

Sitting down across from her, Daniela began eating, watching as her mom carefully swallowed the oatmeal. The sound of the door opening grabbed both of their attentions.

Standing tall at six-foot-two, with dark brown hair and the same hazel eyes was Daniela's older brother, Jakob. His hands and clothes were dirty with oil grease as he walked into the kitchen and planted a kiss on each woman's cheek.

"Morning," he greeted making a cup of coffee. Daniela returned the greeting as she stood up to put her dishes in the sink.

"Mom's appointment is at 11," said the girl, eyeing her brother. He simply nodded and sat at the table.

"Don't worry. I'll get her there on time. Gotta be back at the shop by 1 though, got some inventory coming in." The shop was her dad's auto repair shop, left to her mother and later on her brother to take care of.

"Fair enough," replied Daniela as she made her way back into her bedroom. Quickly changing into some jeans and a t-shirt, she walked back out towards the door.

"I'm heading out now. See you after school!"

Closing the door behind her, Daniela briefly noted the absence of Frank from her porch and made her way towards the house on the corner. Not bothering to knock, she let herself in; straightaway getting hit by the voices of the Gallagher clan.

"How much are we short?" asked a voice she knew to be Fiona.

"$18.30," answered Debbie.

"I'm tutoring after school, should be able to kick in ten more," added Lip as Daniela made her way into the kitchen. His eyes locked on her for a second before he rolled them and looked away.

Daniela narrowed her eyes and scoffed back at him.

Lip and her had never really gotten along. Maybe it was because he used to pull on her pigtails when they were younger or the fact that they tended to argue a lot in class; with them both being in the same year.

Not that it bothered Daniela, there was no love lost there. His man-whoring ways always irked her and she tried to ignore him whenever he was around; something that was certainly not easy when she was best friends with his younger brother.

Fiona spotted the girl standing there and shot her a tired smile.

"Hey, El, here for breakfast?" Daniela smiled kindly but shook her head. Walking over to Liam, she rubbed her finger on his soft cheek and ruffled his hair.

"No thanks Fi, I already ate before I came. Just waiting on Ian."

For the past year and a half, Ian and Daniela had grown to be very close friends; bonding over their shared job at the Kash & Grab.

Before that, they had never really spoken, just a few times when Daniela had come to babysit Carl, Debbie, and Liam. Now they were probably best friends.

Daniela smiled when she saw Ian and he returned it.

"Hey El," greeted Ian as she took a spare seat at the end of the table between him and Lip. She watched him quickly eat his cereal as the rest of the Gallaghers buzzed around them.

"Somebody's gotta take Liam," stated Fiona as she finally sat down. When Lip and Ian pulled out, claiming to have a calculus test and work after school, Liam was left to Debbie for her show-and-tell.

"Ready to go?" Daniela turned to see Ian looking at her. Nodding her head, she stood up and grabbed her bag from the floor.

Splitting off from the rest of the Gallagher clan, they made their way to school.

"So. Work tonight huh?" asked Daniela with a sly grin.

She had known about Ian's little affair with their boss Kash and personally didn't approve based on the fact that the guy was married and had kids. But she also knew how happy he made Ian and liked when her friend was happy.

Ian let out a short laugh and looked down at his shoes.

"Yeah, Linda's taking the boys to something at the mosque so it's just gonna be Kash and me."

Daniela laughed, frowning when she saw his feet and pointed to them.

"Are those new shoes?" When she saw the look on Ian's face her eyebrows lifted. "Kash bought those for you? How come I don't get any free shit from him?" Ian whipped his head around making sure no-one heard and held a finger up to his lips.

"Shh okay. Yes, he bought them for me. But I got him tickets to a Sox game for his birthday." Daniela shook her head at him.

"Jesus, Ian. What are you going to do when Linda finds out- and trust me- she will find out."

"I'm not sure," shrugged Ian.

The two fell into a comfortable silence after that as they continued walking to school.

"How's your mom doing?" Piped up Ian. He watched as his friend chewed on her lip and shrugged her shoulders.

"She's doing okay, considering. The doctor told her to try not to talk too much because of the tube in her throat. She's still getting used to it but Jake's taking her to the hospital today so they can check to see if the cancer is spreading."

Two years ago, when Daniela was fifteen, her mother had been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer- a negative side effect of all the heavy smoking and drinking she had done throughout her life. Like most cases of cancer, it had been discovered late and was basically untreatable.

A month ago, her mother had had trouble breathing due to her throat closing up which almost killed her. Now she had a tube in her throat hooked up to a machine to help her breathe. It hurt to see her mother in such pain.

Truly, her mother was supposed to be staying in the hospital but with her mother's refusal and the dangerously large bill, they knew they couldn't do it.

"Well, hopefully, it hasn't," comforted Ian, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. Daniela's mouth tilted up into a smile as she snuggled into him.

/

Daniela had just finished school and was making her way home when she saw her brother sitting on the front steps with a beer in his hand.

Frowning curiously, she slowly plopped down beside him and accepted the bottle he passed to her. He waited for her to take a sip before talking.

"Mom's getting worse," he stated gruffly. His eyes stared off across the street and his jaw was tight. Daniela's eye's widened in shock. "Doc said the cancer is spreading into her organs; said it was a miracle she managed to go so long without it happening."

"Fuck," whispered Daniela.

"Pretty much," breezed Jake as he took another swig. "They recommend her getting hospitalized, so they can keep a better eye on her."

"Well, they're right. Her being here at home clearly, isn't helping."

"It's not that simple Dani," snapped her brother, finally looking at her. "How the hell are we supposed to afford that? No. We can't do it."

"I can get another job and-" she was firmly cut off by her brother.

"No! You are not getting a third job. You still have to get through high school on top of it." Daniela angrily stood up.

"Well, we can't just leave her here! She's our mother Jakob! We have to take care of her." The girl took a deep breath before sitting down and leaning her head against her brother's shoulder. "We have to figure out a way."

Hearing her brother take a deep sigh, she knew he had caved.

"Fine. I'll go tomorrow and set it up. We'll figure out the money thing later."

Finishing off his bottle, he kissed the top of his sister's head before heading back inside. Daniela sat there for a minute thinking. Her mother's cancer was getting worse, and she didn't know what she was going to do.

Craving some comfort and someone to talk to, the girl got up and made her way back to Ian's house. She walked up the stairs to see Veronica and Fiona standing in the boy's room.

"I'll put it back on later," said Veronica as she ripped the tag off of Fiona's dress. "I have a tag gun at home from when I worked at TJ Maxx."

"Hey Fiona, hey V," greeted Daniela as she went and sat down on Ian's bed. Lip, who she had just noticed was there, stared at her. Raising her eyebrow at him she turned her face and watched the two women frantically getting ready.

"Oh, hey El," replied a flustered Fiona before she turned to Lip. "Hot dogs downstairs, nachos too. Help yourselves." With that, they left the room and shut the door.

"Have fun," chorused Lip and Daniela making the girl crinkle her nose at him. Obviously, Ian wasn't home yet which meant Daniela had to awkwardly wait in here with his brother.

Sniffing the air, her nose crinkled and her face made a disgusted look.

"Why does it smell so bad in here?"

"Maybe because there are three boys sleeping in here, two of which are teenagers and hormonal." Daniela grimaced and moved to relax on Ian's bed, closing her eyes.

Feeling someone watching her, she popped one eye open and raised an eyebrow at him.

"Yes?" She realized his eyes weren't so much on her face but more on her stomach where her shirt had ridden up halfway. His eyes traveled over her body, something she had noticed he did a lot. Still, she wasn't into him like that.

Sitting up, she snapped her fingers in his face, knocking him out of it.

"Eyes up here, perv," she said in disgust, signaling to her face before lying down and closing her eyes once more.

"You wish," she heard him mutter childishly under his breath.

With an eye roll, Lip moved to hide his jizz-stained underwear behind the drawer. Daniela heard a resounding thud but didn't bother looking.

Lip eagerly opened the folder only to see gay porn instead. Glancing at Daniela, he was about to question her when he heard footsteps coming down the hallway. Quickly stashing it under his mattress, he turned to see his brother walk through the door.

The door opened sharply and Ian stopped when he saw his friend and brother in his room.

"Hey," he said carefully looking between them. Lip had pulled out a textbook and was now studying. Daniela opened her eyes and gave him a sad smile.

"Hey you." Ian could tell straight away that something was wrong and quickly moved over to sit by her.

"What's wrong?" He asked with concern. Daniela sighed and played with her hands.

"Mom's cancer got worse. They have to hospitalize her." The boy's eyes widened as he wrapped her up in his arms.

"Shit El."

They sat there for a few moments as Ian's eyes met Lip's who had stopped reading. The boy on the top bunk quietly moved his book aside before reaching under his pillow and pulling out a joint.

Lighting it up and taking a puff, he hopped down and held it out to Daniela wordlessly, putting aside their mutual dislike.

She took it with a tentative smile before taking a hit. She held it in her throat before slowly letting it out, allowing the weed to take over her before passing it to Ian who did the same.

/

Daniela had fallen asleep on Ian's bed and was now comfortably tucked up against him, snoring softly. Ian laughed as he looked down at her.

"Got a hummer today," stated Lip casually. Ian scoffed at his brother.

"What's the law on sex with pets?"

"From Karen Jackson," added Lip.

"No way."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," argued Lip as he sat up to look at him. "She got a C in physics, needed a B."

Daniela slowly began to wake up as the two brothers continued to talk about blowjobs. She felt Ian slowly pull away before moving to sit up on the bed.

"You ever had a knob job?" Questioned Lip.

"Once or twice," answered Ian vaguely.

"Oh. Wow. From her?" Lip gestured towards Daniela. He watched as Ian grew tense and he knew he had angered him.

"No."

Lip shrugged. "Didn't hear you rushing to tell me."

"Yeah, well," stuttered Ian.

"I mean," began Lip. "I thought we told each other everything. Unless..." Ian watched as his brother pulled out a folder from underneath his mattress and threw it at him. "You got sucked off by a guy. For instance." He watched as his younger brother froze.

Daniela, who had been quietly listening decided to make herself known to cut off the awkwardness in the room. The brothers both looked at her as she sat up, ending their conversation.

She was about to speak when she heard what sounded like Veronica laughing downstairs.

Lip walked to the door and gave Ian one last look before leaving. The boy sat there, still as a statue. Daniela moved over to comfort him and felt a weight drop down in her lap.

The girl picked up the folder she knew had his gay porn in it. With a sad smile, she hugged him before standing up and grabbing her bag.

"I'm gonna head home. Walk me?" Ian looked grateful for the excuse and nodded.

As they made their way down the stairs, they heard Debbie questioning someone about the price of their watch and Daniela saw Veronica patching up a very cute guy. Fiona gestured to the two of them when she spotted them.

"Plus Ian, and that's El." Daniela waved at him as Ian greeted him. The girl's eyes caught Lip's as he was looking at his brother and she glared at him. Lip, who realized that she had probably heard the two of them talking, scoffed and turned away.

"Hey Debbie, why do they call him Lip?" Whispered Steve conspiratorily as Daniela settled down on the stairs with Ian.

"His real name's Phillip," answered Fiona with a smile. The front door opened and soon Kev walked into the lounge.

Daniela, feeling like the room was getting too crowded, nudged Ian and gestured towards the door. The ginger nodded and the two stood up. Fiona frowned at them curiously when she saw them walking out.

"Hey, where are you two going?"

"Oh, Ian's walking me home," replied Daniela with a smile, giving everyone a last wave. "Night guys. Nice to meet you," she said to the guy who's name she still didn't know. They all said goodnight and the two teens left.

They walked in silence for two houses before Ian finally spoke.

"Thanks," was all he said, but she knew he really meant it. Daniela smiled at her best friend and looped her arm through his.

/

The next day, Daniela had walked to school with Ian, who told her of Lip's great plan to go over and 'tutor' Karen Jackson knowing that it was just a poor excuse to get Ian a blowjob.

The girl had scoffed at the idea, wondering why her friend would even go through with it since he was gay. Ian had then said that it might convince Lip that he's straight which angered Daniela. She didn't think Ian should have had to pretend to enjoy getting sucked off by a girl just to make his brother happy.

Nevertheless, she said goodbye to Ian after school and made her way to the Kash & Grab for work. When she walked in, she saw Linda talking to someone who must have been dropping off new stock. The white Muslim turned and sighed gratefully when she saw Daniela walk in.

"You're here, thank God. Mind helping this guy unload the truck? I'll go get Kash." Daniela nodded and made her way to the back to pick up some of the boxes.

As she bent down to pick a box up off the ground she felt eyes staring at her- more specifically, her ass. Rolling her eyes and fixing him with a hard stare she placed her hand on her hip.

"You wanna lose an eyeball?" The man, now frightened at being caught in the act, shook his head making the girl smirk. "Good, then stop being a pig and help me unload these boxes."

With his help, she managed to get it all out of the truck as Kash walked through the door. He thanked the delivery guy who then closed up his truck and left, throwing Daniela one more look. The girl sneered before turning back to her boss.

Things had been a bit awkward ever since she had walked back into the shop a few weeks ago after forgetting her bag and spotting her friend and her boss having sex in the back.

Clearing her throat, she made her way over to the boxes with a box cutter and began re-stocking the shelves.

/

Daniela walked into her house later on that night after finishing work. Heading into the kitchen, she spotted her brother sitting at the table drinking a beer. The girl opened the fridge and grabbed her own bottle before sitting opposite him.

Her brother looked at her and let out a low chuckle. "Aren't you a bit young to be drinking?"

Daniela laughed and shook her head at him. "Says the one who was offering it to me yesterday." Their smiles slowly disappeared as the room filled with a somber silence. "How'd things at the hospital go?"

"Good," nodded Jakob taking a swig. "We're going to take her tomorrow. Get her settled in." Daniela nodded before getting up and heading towards her mother's room. She knocked gently on the door before entering.

"Hey mom," she greeted. The woman was still awake, the sound of her breathing machine filling the room. Daniela sat down beside her mother and grabbed her hand.

"The hospital is gonna be real good for you mom. They'll be able to watch you and take care of you better there." A tear slipped down her mother's cheek, a watery smile on her face as Daniela wiped it away.

Leaning forward, she pressed a kiss to her mom's forehead before leaving for her own room. As Daniela fell asleep, she silently prayed she was right.

/

The next day, Daniela had been busy settling her mom into the hospital and spending time with her so she didn't get to catch up with Ian until the day after. She still had no idea how the thing with Karen had gone.

When she walked into the Gallagher household she saw that Ian wasn't there.

"Hey Carl, have you seen Ian?" The boy nodded and gestured outside.

"He's in the van with Lip." Daniela nodded her thanks and headed out into the backyard. The girl walked over and slid open the side door, getting into the back and scaring the two brothers.

"Fucking hell," cursed Lip as he whipped around to glare at her. Ian laughed which made Daniela grin. It seemed like the two had made up.

Daniela set her elbows on the sides of both of their seats and leaned forward.

"So, how did the thing with Karen Jackson go?" At her question, both boys groaned. Ian shook his head and inhaled from the cigarette he was holding.

"Not too good. Her dad caught her under the table and flipped his shit. Lip had to jump out of a second-story window." Daniela let out an unattractive snort as she laughed at Lip. The boy just responding by flipping her off.

"Yeah, now it fucking hurts like crazy," complained Lip pulling out a fresh cigarette and lighting it. Daniela rolled her eyes at him.

"You'll survive." Reaching out, she stole the cigarette from him just as he was about to take a puff and brought it to her own lips.

"Do you mind?" Protested Lip, sending her a sharp glare to which she simply shrugged.

"No."

She released the smoke, blowing it in his direction and smirking when he coughed, waving it away.

"God, you are such a bitch."

"Only for you."

A knock on the window alerted them of Carl who was wearing a huge grin. Ian rolled down the window and poked his head out.

"Steve made breakfast," informed Carl excitedly. Daniela didn't know who this Steve was but she had a fair idea it was the guy Fiona had brought back from the club the other night.

The three hungry teenagers quickly clamored out of the van and up into the kitchen.

Steve had indeed made breakfast- a lot of it. Debbie and the man were filling up plates of bacon and pancakes which Lip and Ian soon went over to help with. Daniela helped set the table and put Liam in his highchair.

They all looked up when Fiona made her way down the stairs.

"What's all this?"

"Debbie's the only person I know who wakes up earlier than I do, and I told her I never eat breakfast, but she said it's her favorite meal," explained Steve as he continued to fill up more plates. "And I thought since it's her birthday-"

"Woah!" Interrupted the Gallagher clan. "No, it's not!"

"It's not her birthday!" Argued Carl.

"I never said it was, I said I wished it was," defended Debbie. Steve agreed with her and managed to talk Fiona into accepting it.

Daniela sat next to Ian and began digging into the eggs, bacon and pancakes. She loved pancakes and hadn't had the pleasure of enjoying them for a long time. As she ate and laughed with Ian, she felt eyes on her.

Looking across the table, her gaze met Lip's. She raised an annoyed eyebrow at him until he went back to talking to Carl.

After breakfast, Daniela stayed back to help Ian and Lip wash up and ended up starting a tea-towel whipping battle with Ian- much to the other boy's annoyance- which then made them a few minutes late for school. Neither of them really minded because they both hated their first class anyways.

As they walked down the street with their arms wrapped around the other, Daniela realized she was truly thankful for her best friend in this shit-hole she called home.

The first chapter is done! I'm not sure if every chapter will be this long but they'll be split up into episodes- a chapter an episode.

Hopefully, it was okay. I do plan on fleshing out Daniela and she will have a story line of her own so it's not just her following around the Gallaghers all day.

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