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Chapter 2

Monday morning rolled around at the auto shop as Alex walked into the office to organize the papers for today's jobs. What had happened with Kozik had been running through her mind for the rest of the weekend. She had been slightly worried that he hadn't called or texted her at all, but she tried to push that thought to the back of her mind. Alex kept telling herself that he was a grown man and he could make the decision whether or not he wanted help. She had already done all she could do by even offering it to him in the first place.

Sitting down at her desk to boot up the office's stone-age computer, she looked over at the picture of her and Kelli. Kelli had been her best friend all her life. Growing up, everyone knew that if you were looking for one of them, you were pretty much guaranteed to find her with the other. Everyone also knew that if you messed with either of them, you could consider yourself a dead man because you'd be dealing with Happy.

Alex owed the Lowman family so much, and she was forever grateful to them. If you asked her, she could honestly tell you that she has no idea who she would be today if it wasn't for them. Alex figured she would probably be wasting her life away at law school studying and having a white wedding with some political prodigee or something. Alex shivered at that miserable thought before grabbing a couple papers to bring out to the garage.

She spotted Happy as she made her way over with the forms. Waving her over, he pulled her into a one-armed hug, "Hey kid. How's it going?"

Handing him the forms, she replied, "Oh you know, the usual. Here's the forms for the cars that need to be worked on."

Flipping through them, he nodded, "Yeah, okay."

She was about to ask him a question about one of the pick ups for today, when she was cut off by the sound of Kozik pulling up on his bike.

They both looked over at him as he climbed off. Needless for anyone to say, he looked like complete shit. Alex clenched her jaw in frustration knowing he probably got high off his ass but was too proud to actually call her. Clearly having no information of what happened, Happy's gruff laughter rang out as Kozik walked up to them, "What the fuck happened to you brother? Rough night?"

Uncomfortable, Kozik rubbed the back of his neck, "Yeah something like that."

Laughing again, Happy slapped Kozik on the back before walking away, "You look like you slept in the street man."

Kozik shot Alex a look before forcing a laugh out at Happy. Alex looked at him incredulously before rolling her eyes and shoving some of the papers in his hands, "These need to be fixed."

Leaving him with that, she walked back to the office shaking her head. Chuckling, she told herself, "Serves his dumbass right."


About half way through the day, there was a knock on the office door. Telling the person to come in, Alex was surprised when she looked up to find that it was Kozik. He shoved his hands into his pockets and said, "Hey, could you, uh gimme a minute?"

Moving some of the papers in front of her, she replied, "Yeah, sure. Something I can do for you?"

Kozik shut the door behind him and walked over to peer out the window before finally sitting down in front of her. A moment of silence fell over them as Alex looked at Kozik expectantly. Waiting for him to say something, she realized he might never get to the point so she said, "Look Kozik, while I appreciate the office company I have some work I need to do, so if you could just-"

"Listen, I'm not exactly used to someone decent knowin' about this shit. So, excuse me if I don't know what I'm doing."

Alex crossed her arms in front of her and shot him her signature stone cold look that's been known to make most men nervous.

Sighing, Kozik leaned forward on his arms, "You know just as well as I do what happened last night."

"Maybe." she shrugged.

"Cut the shit Alex. You know."

Raising an eyebrow, she shot back, "Not my fault you're too much of a proud dick to call me for help."

"Look, my point is that I am gonna use your help. But I gotta lay down some rules."

"Rules?"

Nodding his head, he sat up, "Yeah. No one can know about this. I mean it. Not Happy, not Lorca or Donut, not Kelli. Especially not Kelli. Anyone finds out? I'm done."

She ran her hands across her face and said, "Anything else?"

"Don't get involved with any of the other shit that comes with this. Dealers, shooting up, none of it."

Smirking at him, she replied, "So does this mean I get to set rules too?"

He shrugged, "Sure?"

Alex stood up with a huge grin on her face, "Good. They're simple, you know whatever. No whores in my apartment, you puke and you clean it, don't eat everything, don't go through my shit, and I swear to God if you shoot up in my apartment or near me I will beat your ass and drive you to the club so fast you won't know what happened."

Kozik stood up in front of her and looked down, matching her stare, "So I guess we have a deal?"

"Guess so."

Suddenly, the door burst open to reveal Kelli who smiled at the two and said, "Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to interrupt!"

Rolling her eyes, Alex realized how close she and Kozik were standing next to each other, "No it's fine Kel. Kozik was just about to head back to work."

Kozik smiled and nodded, "See you ladies."

The second the door closed, Kelli turned to Alex and started squealing, "I knew it! I told you!"

Grabbing Kelli's shoulders for her to calm down, Alex said, "Kelli, what the hell are you talking about?"

"You and Kozik! I told you there was chemistry! You two were totally going to kiss. And you know it too."

Alex laughed at her best friend in disbelief, "You're completely insane."

"Oh really? Then what were you two doing?"

Cursing to herself, Alex knew she couldn't tell Kelli what they were really doing, "We were just having a normal conversation."

Alex knew Kelli didn't believe her at all, but there was nothing else she could really tell her. Luckily, Kelli just decided to drop the subject, "Sure you were. Anyway, so let me tell you about this parent that came in today…"


As Alex was getting ready to leave work, she felt an arm sling around her shoulder as she was walking to her car. She glanced up to see Donut standing next to her in his cut. He grinned at her and said, "Hey good lookin', what's cookin'?"

Laughing, she jokingly replied, "Nothing you'll be getting tonight."

Alex always got along with Donut. He liked to joke around a lot and he was a lot more fun-loving than some of the other Sons.

He put his hand over his heart mockingly, "That hurts Alex. Truly."

At this point, Lorca walked over and slapped Donut's back, "Hey, leave the girl alone won't ya?"

"Excuse me for trying to wine and dine a nice lady."

Alex shrugged and said, "Hey get me some pizza and beer and I'm good to go." The two men laughed at her honesty. All the guys seemed to like Alex. She was blunt, sarcastic, and didn't take anyone's shit.

Once they stopped laughing, Donut asked, "Hey Alex, why don't you come to the clubhouse Friday? You'd have fun."

Lorca laughed, "Yeah, you could watch half of us drunk as fuck."

Alex raised an eyebrow, "As appealing as that sounds, I'll have to pass. Thanks anyway."

Donut pleaded, "Oh come on, you never go. Live a little."

Shaking her head, she replied, "I'll think about it Donut. Okay?"

"Your ass better be there."

Alex laughed, "Yeah okay. I'll see you guys tomorrow."

Her phone vibrated as she got into her car. She put the keys in the ignition and started the car to see a text from an unknown number. Opening it, she realized it was Kozik letting her know that it was his number for future reference. She locked her phone before shaking her head and driving away. She was really starting to wonder just what she had gotten herself into.