He heard a bike engine hum into the lot. It wasn't the fact that got his attention, it didn't sound like a Harley – and that was unusual. He walked out of the clubhouse to see an Aprilia RSV Mille and even more surprising a girl hopped off it. She took her helmet off, and undid the plat in her blonde hair and walked towards the auto shop. She was in all the right gear. Boots, jacket and a pair of jeans he was really appreciative of. She was no more than seventeen and she looked comfortable were she was. Suddenly Kozik watched Tig storm out of the auto shop, stomp over to her before he picked her up with one arm around her waist and spun her around. Her laughter echoed through the whole entire place. Tig carried her into the club house effortlessly. Call him intrigued but Kozik needed to know who she was. He made his way over to the auto shop in desperate need of information.

"I told you I was going for a ride" she told Tig

"You didn't tell me you were going to Utah for three months"

"I didn't know at the time either"

"Gypsy"

"Freak" she teased back.

Kozik stepped back and watched them for a few minutes, they were close, intimate even but he had seen Tig with beautiful women before and this was completely different but why. Just as the prospect walked past, what was that kids name again.

"Hey dipshit. Who's the girl?"

"Stella" Juice told him like it was common knowleadge. To the town of Charming it was common knowledge

"And Stella is?"

"Kid of the club. Rooster's daughter"

Kozik never met Rooster but had heard stories about him. He wasn't as wild as some members could be or were most of the time but when things got messy Rooster was the guy to have in your counter.

"How is it that wrapped around Tig like that?"

"Club raised her. Tig and Stella have been like that for as long as I've been here"

"Yeah, because that's been a lifetime hasn't it kid?"

He watched the new kid scamper away before he went back to watching the new chick. There was something about, she wasn't like the typical woman that roamed the halls of the clubhouse. Not even like Jax and Opie who were Anarchy kids. She had an air of class about her, she was intriguing. He hadn't spoken to her but she was under his skin.

Stella looked over near the front doors and saw a tall blonde guy staring at her. She had never seen him before and that in itself was odd. It wasn't normal for her to squirm under someone glaze but she did with him.

"Alex, who's that?" she asked nodding in strange dude's direction.

"That's Shithead"

"That's him!" she asked looking over at Tig shocked "I finally have a face to the Shithead, name"

"If he keeps looking at you like that, I am going to knock his teeth out"

"Nothing to worry about, Alex There's only one man in my life that matters"

Kozik watched her walking into the back room and decided to make his exit too before Tig decided to have a conversation of his own and judging by the look on his face, it would be a good chat.

The next time he saw her she was walking out of the clubhouse and a black tank and blue denim shorts. She wasn't tall at all, bit of a short ass but damn did she have a good pair of stems. Long sandy blonde hair that sat just above her prefect backside

"Man, whatever thoughts are going around in that sick mind of yours right now. Forgot them"

Kozik turned around and smiled at Tig."Why Tiggy? You afraid of some competition"

"Man, you can try but she's too smart to fall for your bullshit moves. She'll see right through you"

"I'm always up for a challenge"

"She's too much of a challenge for you"

Suddenly they heard her squeal before erupting into laughter. They both looked outside to see Opie spinning her about before lifting her up on to one of his shoulders. Kozik looked over at Tig and he didn't seem to mind. This girl was getting more interesting by the minute.

"She's Rooster's daughter, right?"

"Yeah, what of it?"

"She look like him?"

"Nah, she's her mother"

"Rooster landed a fox,eh?"

The fire in Tig's eyes grew fiercer at the mention of the mother, that was something that Kozik couldn't miss. When Opie finally put her back on to the ground she playfully pushed him away, walked over to her car and drove off out of the lot.

"Hey, jack ass. You touch her and I will kill you before you even know it's happening"

It was the first time in the week that he had been back in Charming that Kozik actually believed one of Tig's threats and there had been a hell of a lot of threats.

Who was this girl?

Stella screamed into the driveway like she had so many times before. She knew this place like the back of her hand. Other than the clubhouse and the auto shop, this was the only other place where Stella felt home. Not surprising since it had been her home from the age of four. No matter what was said around town she did not have her own room at the clubhouse. From the moment her parents pass away Stella went straight to Gemma and John's and stayed there until her grandmother took her away. Took her back to Australia and put her in that damn boarding school. She knocked on the door lightly and waited patiently but it was Gemma who was on the other side of the door. Stella smiled at her aunt Luann before Luann yelled with excitement hugging Stella tight.

"Oh baby,baby. You're home"

"Hey Luann"

"God I've missed you" Luann stood back looked at the women that Stella had turned into "Dear Lord, look at those Gams. I had legs like that once"

"What are you talking about? You could be my sister"

"Full of bullshit but I like it" Luann said laughed and guiding her into the house "Gem, our girls is home"

Gemma walked out of the kitchen in shock. The truth was that Gemma had a whole speech planned for their little gypsy about just picking up and leaving without saying a word, without knowing where she was going. The only other person did that was her father and every member of the Nomad but now that Stella was actually back safe and sound, Gemma didn't care.

"Well, at least you're in one piece, All my sleepless nights were for nothing"

"Oh, come on" Stella said with a smile " I called…eventually"

Gemma rolled her eyes and finally giving Stella a hug. She wondered if they shouldn't have kept her as protected as they did when she was a kid. She wasn't completely unaware of the world she was a part of but she just didn't understand the dangers that could find her, the people that could find her and use her for their own gain and that was the real reason Stella keep Gemma up at night. She didn't really know what was out there.

"You scared the shit out of me"

"Sorry"

"Been down to the shop?"

"Yeah, first place I went. Saw that Kozik guy"

"Looka ain't he?" Luann said with a huge smile. Stella just shrugged her shoulders and pouted

"I guess, if you like that sorta thing"

All the ladies sat down at the dining table with a cup of coffee and Stella caught up on everything that she had missed. Donna had been her charming self, picking out everything that was wrong with Opie's life. Jax had been having fun with any gal that was interested and that said a lot in itself since everyone was interested.

"April left Kyle, again" Gemma told her with a smirk

"Really? For good?"

"Apparently"

"Hmm"

"Don't even think about it" Gemma warned " Do you have any idea the shit that will rain down, if you hook up with Hobart?"

"I'm not thinking a lifetime. I just want to know what all the fuss is about"

Gemma and Luann exchanged understanding glance. It was like looking in a mirror and they knew, they'd been there; they'd done the exact same thing. It was a part of the whole deal and it was going to be hell when Stella fell for one of the guys.