Chapter 2

Walking into my house, I lock the door and sit on the couch. All I can do is cry. I don't know how I'm gonna support this baby. I can barely support myself. Shit. I've been home a couple of hours when my phone rings. "Hey Dani. Where the hell are you? Party's starting?" Tig asks. He's been like a father to me since I've been at the garage. "I'm hanging at home tonight. Not feeling real good." I tell him. "You okay? What's wrong?" he asks me and I can hear the concern in his voice. "I'm okay. Just tired and a little worn down. I'll call you tomorrow." I tell him. "Yeah. Okay. Love you kid." he tells me. "Love you too." I say before hanging up. What am I gonna do? I can't not tell them. They are gonna know. Fuck.

I sat on the couch all night, trying to figure out what to do and came up with nothing. I keep thinking about how I'm gonna raise this baby, how I'm gonna tell the guys, how now I will never stand a chance with Koz. The next morning, Gemma knocks on my door and walks in with breakfast. "Morning baby." she tells me. "Morning Gemma." I say as we head to the kitchen. She walks to my cabinets and gets me a glass and pours some orange juice in it. Sitting my food down in front of my with the juice, she says "Eat. You need to feed my grandbaby." I do as I'm told and she sits across from me. "Have you thought about what you're gonna do?" she asks. "I'm keeping it but I just have to figure out how to tell the guys." I tell her. "Just tell them. Tell them what happened. We will all help you." she tells me. "Will you be there when I tell them?" I ask and she nods. She picks up her phone and calls Clay to get everyone at the clubhouse.

A couple of hours later, Gemma and I pull up at the clubhouse and Clay calls everyone into the chapel. Me and Gemma included. "What did you need to talk to us about sweetheart?" Clay asks. "I need to tell you all something and it's not something I planned or something I wanted to happen but I can't hide it from you guys." I say and they all look at me. I'm standing by the door and Tig takes my hand and squeezes it as a tear starts to fall. "A few months ago, I went to a party with a friend and she abandoned me for a guy. As I was leaving, someone grabbed me and slammed me against the side of the house and...he...he...raped me. I didn't see who the guy was. He was gone before I could get turned around to see him. I found out a few days ago...that...I'm pregnant. Ten weeks." I say as I look down at my hands. "I knew I couldn't hide being pregnant from you guys but Gemma said I needed to tell you all." I say. Tig stands and pulls me into a hug and I pull away. He looks at me confused and I say "I'm keeping the baby but I won't be around much other than when I'm working. I don't want anyone trying to find the guy. I just want this to be done." I tell them before walking out of the chapel with Gemma behind me. "Can you take me home?" I ask as I start to sob again. "Yeah baby. Come on."

The guys sit there, shocked. Koz gets up and storms out of the chapel and to the lot but Gemma and I are already gone. Jax follows him out. "You okay brother?" Jax asks. Koz looks at him and says "I gotta go." He storms off to his bike and heads to my house. Gemma walks inside with me and sits on the couch with me while I cry. "You did good baby. You know we're all here for you. We won't let anything happen to you again." she tells me. "I know. I had to tell them. Thank you for being there with me." I tell her. "Anything you need, you tell me. You're family baby." she tells me. A few minutes later, we hear a bike pull up. "Shit. Can you tell Tig I don't want to see anyone please." I ask as I head to the bedroom. She walks to the door and opens it to see Koz standing there. "How is she?" he asks. "Not good. Koz, she doesn't want to see anyone. Just give her a little time to process this shit." she tells him. "Yeah. Okay. Tell her I'm here if she needs anything. Will ya?" he asks. "Yeah baby. I'll tell her." Gemma says. He nods before walking back to his bike and heading back to the clubhouse. I walk out of the bedroom and ask "Was that Koz?" She looks at me and says "Yeah. He said he's here if you need anything." I just shake my head. "What?" she asks. "I can't handle this." I say and she realizes what I'm saying. "You're in love with him." I nod my head and say "And now he'll never want me. I looked forward to work everyday because I knew he'd come in and tell me good morning. Call me beautiful. It was the one thing that I looked forward to. I know he'll never want me like that but at least for that one minute, he knew I was there." I tell her. "How long have you felt like that?" she asks. "Since he pulled onto the lot a year ago." I tell her. "Shit baby. Why didn't you tell him you were into him?" she asks. "Because then he would stop." I tell her, defeatedly. "Baby…" she starts. "Gemma, I know he would never look at me like that before this but now he definitely won't but it's okay. I never believed he saw me past just being someone he works with. I'm not stupid. But I guess now, this just sealed the deal." I tell her, rubbing my barely there bump.

Gemma leaves and I'm sitting there on the couch when I hear a bike. Looking out the window, I see Tig getting off his bike and walking to the door. I open the door and let him in and he pulls me into a hug and this time I let him. "How you holding up Doll?" he asks as we walk to the couch. "I don't know. Just taking it a day at a time." I tell him. "You get your vitamins and shit for the kid?" he asks. "Yeah. Started taking them this morning." I tell him. "You know I love you right?" he asks. "I know and I love you but Tig, I'm kinda freaking out here." I tell him. "I know but is there anything you saw on the guy? Tattoos? Anything?" he asks. "All I saw was his arm. He had a swastika on his left forearm. That's all I saw." I tell him. "That's okay. We know where to start." he tells me. "No. I don't want anyone doing anything about this. I just want to move on." I tell him. "Doll face, Koz is already on the rampage. He's ready to gut somebody." he tells me. "Tell him not to bother." I tell him. He stands up and says "You're my kid. You're a part of this family. This won't go unanswered." he tells me before walking to the door. "Fine. Just be careful. I tell him. He nods before kissing my temple and heading back to the clubhouse.

Monday morning rolls around and I walk into the office and clock in. I didn't speak to anyone else all weekend and I see Happy and Koz walk in to clock in. "Morning little girl." Happy says. "Morning." I say but don't look up. "Morning." Koz says. "Morning." I say but don't look at him. Happy walks out and Koz walks over and kneels in front of me. I look over at him and he says "I'm sorry for being such a dick." I nod and say "I deserved it. I shouldn't have snapped at you for something that wasn't your fault. I'm sorry too." I tell him. "Friends?" He asks. "Yeah. Friends." I say. He stands and kisses the top of my head before walking out to the garage to work and it takes everything in me to not start sobbing again.