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The awareness of eyes watching her washed over Kaidence since the moment she stepped out of the tow truck. She did a quick scan of her surroundings, the automotive shop appeared to be just as any other. There were in fact a few men there, but they seemed to be lost in their work and what she could see, their love of vehicles. To her left she noticed the many motorcycles that were perfectly lined, a simple smirk fell upon her face as she remembered the bike her father used to ride as a kid. Kaidence loved that being on that bike, the rush of adrenaline that pumped through her as her dad picked up speed on the highway was exciting - she had never felt so free yet vulnerable at the same time!

"IT WASN'T MY FAULT" startling Kaidence out of her memories and snapping her back to reality, were the high pitched words from her best friend. Kaidence paced back and forth beside her Mazda. Se knew that it was going to need to be fixed, good thing Charming was a smaller town because if Ly couldn't drive them then the pair would be spending a majority of their money on a set of good walking attire. When she finally got up the courage to look at the damage done to the back, she paused and took a deep breath. This car had been a symbol of her strength, she bought it the day she decided to leave her crazy ex boyfriend Declan. And although it was an easy fix, she couldn't help but feel as if it was a metaphor for her strength being weakened... She could feel the tears about to take over her sight and chuckled, here she was out in the open, in the middle of all these strangers about to cry over something so doltish! "Hold it together Kadie" she uttered under her breath.

The sixth sense of having someone watching her started up again, she shook her head and ran her fingers through her hair in hopes to regain her composure. Once again she looked around, that's when she saw him. Sitting on a picnic table near a building that had what appeared to be a boxing ring up against it. To say he was gorgeous would be a complete and utter understatement! His short blonde hair was slicked back just a touch. he had a ruggedly sexy look about him that screamed danger, yet passion with a touch of suffering hidden inside. It was if she felt a magnate pulling her towards him, from the second she laid eyes on him he instantly captured her full attention! Kaidence felt her face flush a touch of red when she realized that he was looking at her too, had he noticed her staring? 'Oh god this is so embarrassing!' she tried her best to give him one of her famous smiles as she watched him flick the butt of his cigarette and walk towards her. 'Is he coming my way? oh no Kadie, keep cool, don't fuck this up!' she had this breathtaking man coming her way just minutes after she almost balled her eyes out in front of everyone, and all she could hope for was that she didn't look like shit!

It was as if Lyla had known what was about to happen, she showed up right on time. Just before the man could reach Kaidence and allow her introduce herself. The bright eyed blonde porn star hopped out of her car and made her way over "Kadie, are you okay?" Kaidence nodded in response as she reluctantly took her eyes of him so that she could respectively acknowledge her cousin who was now standing beside her. "I'm fine Ly" she smiled to reassure Lyla. The guy continued to walk their way as Kaidence fumbled in her purse for her cigarette pack, she fished one out at a hasty speed then went back into her purse for a bit of flame. "Need a light Darlin?" He asked reaching into his pocket for a gold lighter and holding it out to Kaidence. "Yes please" she managed to say before reaching for it and sparking her smoke. He winked at her as she handed it back, "anytime!" His smile was fantastic, he had the perfect set of lips that looked like he was probably an amazing kisser. Lyla could feel the bit of infatuation that her cousin appeared to be feeling for Jackson and grinned like a five year old who just got a new puppy. "Hey Jax this is my cousin Kaidence, she's the one I told you about!" Lyla took her phone out of her purse, using it as an excuse to leave the two alone "be right back, I have to check on the kids."

"Kaidence, nice to meet you" she blushed a bit when he said her name, she liked the way it sounded coming out of his mouth. "Nice to meet you too!" She was trying her hardest to not show that she was checking him out, she hoped that it wasn't too obvious. Either he didn't notice or he was being gracious about it because he walked over to the back of her car. "what happened?" She was grateful that he gave them something to talk about, just a reason for her to be near him! "we got rear ended" she said casually, taking a puff of her smoke and letting the toxic air lace around her tongue for a second before exhaling. Jax nodded his head looking unimpressed "did you see the vehicle that did it?" Kaidence nodded "just some kid in a silver van, musta just gotten his licence" she let out a small chuckle before taking another puff of her smoke. "We'll fix it, don't worry we'll do it cheap!" Jax walked back over to her with confident smile on his face. "Thanks" she said before tossing her cigarette on the ground and stepping on it to put it out. Not only was he handsome, but he was courteous as well which was very refreshing!

"Well thank you very much" the voice came from behind her, Kaidence turned around to see a very purposeful Ava headed in their direction. She knew that look too well, Ava obviously saw everything that Kaidence had in Jax and she was about to sink her claws into him! That was going to be the end of anything Kaidence had been wishful for when it came to this man, because once Ava Taylor set her sights on a guy - that so called prey was puddy in her hands.

I know this chapter was a little slow but I had to write all of this to help set the story line up! Please review & comment :)