Wanting to get out of the café as soon as possible to get that Harrison guy off her mind, Dani tried to finish up as quickly as possible. Because they had been closed a lot during the holidays, the books were done in an hour. After Jax left, only a couple more customers had come in, so she kept the café clean in the meantime. She still had to bake a cake for the following day, but luckily the cake had a basic and simple recipe, and after having it done a million times she had prepared it in just fifteen minutes.

While the cake was in the oven, Dani changed out of her work clothes and put on a pair of jeans and a simple white tee. She left her hair in a ponytail after seeing it didn't look half bad. The cake was just ready when she was finished reapplying her makeup. The smell of cinnamon welcomed her as she entered the kitchen. Fresh baked goods always made her feel right at home.

Carefully, she got the cake out of the oven, covered it with aluminum foil and placed it in a glass container so it wouldn't spoil overnight. Dani couldn't wait to grab a slice of it, but told herself to wait until the next morning.

It wasn't that late when she closed the door of her café behind her, locking it carefully. Before she turned away she checked once more if she had locked it properly and if all the lights were off. She nodded in content and turned towards her car, ready to spend the rest of the evening at SAMCRO's clubhouse.

With the money she earned in the café she had saved up for her own car. Even though Charming wasn't a big town, a car was still handy to get from one place to the other, especially if you have to transport all kinds of cakes and cookies to sell in the café. Jax had advised her on what car to buy, and she had trusted his judgment. Dani knew a lot about running a business, but cars were not her forte. Luckily for her, the truck had run smoothly ever since she bought it.

The party was already in full swing when Dani arrived. She had managed to find a parking spot between all the motorcycles and other cars. By the looks of it, not only SAMCRO, but also SAMTEZ and other charters were in the house. Dani had already spotted Gemma's Cadillac in the back of the lot.

Music was blaring inside and smoke had filled up the room when she stepped inside. She noticed various girls from the local porn studio CaraCara dancing around. Dani never paid much attention to them and they didn't pay much attention to her.

"Hey," she greeted Gemma, once she had found her sitting at the bar.

"How are you doing, darling?" Gemma embraced her in a hug.

"Doing good," Dani smiled, sitting down next to her.

"Jax is in the back, if you want to see him."

"I'll talk to him later."

Gemma raised her eyebrows. "Whatever you say, darling."

Dani knew Gemma wanted her and Jax to be together, she had told her that many times. Apparently she was to be trusted, while all the other girls who he had been with weren't. Dani never admitted to her she wanted to be with Jax as well. Sometimes she wondered how her life would have been if she and Jax had gotten together when they were still in high school, but then she told herself there was no point in asking herself 'what if?'

Half-Sack handed her a beer. She nodded at him gratefully, always feeling a little sorry for the prospects of the club. Being a prospect was no easy thing, but it was something you had to go through if you wanted to be a part of the club.

"Where are all the guys?" Dani asked.

"Probably face down in pussy," Gemma remarked.

Dani snickered, as it was probably true. The first time she had attended a SAMCRO party, she had promised herself to never be one of the croweaters who would do just about anything to get the attention of patched members of the club.

"There you have Jax," Gemma nodded towards Jax coming from the back of the clubhouse, closely followed by one of the CaraCara girls. Dani remembered her name to be Ima.

She raised her eyebrows upon the sight, and turned around when she gave him a kiss. Jax didn't have any responsibilities towards her, but she still hated seeing him with someone else. Dani knew she was being egoistical, but she couldn't help or deny her feelings. During her life she had always been outspoken, except when it came to love.

"Hate that bitch," Gemma said, also seeing Ima kissing Jax.

"Me too," Dani agreed mumbling.

Jax recognized her sitting next to Gemma and made his way over, leaving Ima behind. Dani had never been a particular fan of Ima, but then again Ima liked no one who remotely even looked at Jax.

"Couldn't stay away?" Jax smiled when he approached her. He placed his hand on her waist and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Dani tried her best not to blush. He always behaved a lot more affectionate when he was drinking alcohol.

"She has to keep an eye on you when I'm not around," Gemma said. She gave Dani a soft tap on her shoulder. "I'm going to find Clay."

"Can't stay too late, though," Dani said, trying to change the subject. "Have to open up again tomorrow."

"Good," Jax nodded. "I think we all need coffee for our hangover tomorrow."

Dani laughed, looking around the place. "What would I do without your business?"

"Selling the café to wealthy business men, I guess."

Dani tried to stay as long as she could, as she was having a great time. She really enjoyed talking to Jax and Half-Sack, but eventually she had to go. Once she said goodbye to Half-Sack and Gemma, she started looking for Jax, wanting to let him know she was leaving.

She found him sitting on the couch with Ima. Dani completely ignored her as she spoke to him, not even acknowledging she was there until she spoke to her.

"Uhm, sweetie, me and Jax were talking?" Ima interrupted, the tone or her words very annoyed.

"And I wasn't talking to you," Dani spat back. She shifted her gaze from Ima to Jax. "I'm heading home."

"You want me to take you?" Jax asked, standing up to face her.

"She can go by herself," Ima spoke, remaining seated.

Dani ignored her. "No it's fine. You have drank too much to take me anyway."

"That's true," Jax nodded. "I'll see you tomorrow then."

"Yeah, see ya."

Dani gave his hand a gentle squeeze before she went.

Like he had promised, Jax entered the café the following morning, followed by the rest of SAMCRO. By the looks of it, they all had a rough night and soon enough Dani had provided them all with coffee, slightly chuckling when she saw them struggle to keep sitting up straight.

"I guess you can say the party was a success?" Dani laughed, facing Jax.

"Yeah," he nodded.

Dani moved from behind the bar to the other customers, giving them a refill of coffee. "Here you go, Chief," she told Unser while she was filling up his cup. Sometimes it was strange to see an outlaw biker gang sitting in the same café as a cop, but in Charming it was all possible.

As she was about to turn to her next customer, something outside caught her attention. Dani narrowed her eyes when she saw the guy from the day before standing outside. He had extended his arm to open the door, but it looked like he had spotted the Sons sitting inside. Dani followed him closely as he retracted his arm, before slowly turning around.

She didn't think he had been serious about coming back with another offer, yet here he was. Dani turned her head to look at the Sons sitting on her bar. It looked like Tig had fallen asleep and Chibs was playing with a napkin. Should she tell Jax the guy was just in front of the café? Harrison was clearly intimidated by SAMCRO, that seemed obvious. Dani shook her head, telling herself the Sons had probably scared him off for good.

Juice was looking particularly miserable, so Dani decided to give him an aspirin to help with the headache. She smiled softly as she patted him on the head while giving it. "Thanks," Juice told her.

"You looked like you needed it," she replied.

Juice was probably one of her favorite Sons. They were all always very nice to her, always willing to help, but she had warmed up to Juice more than to anyone. Well, except for Jax of course. Dani had fond memories with him, her most favorite when Juice helped her out with the dishes when she had her hands full with the customers. She had laughed so hard the entire day, seeing him in his cut standing behind the sink, cleaning pink and yellow plates, soap everywhere.

"We gotta go," Clay said, roughly swinging open the door. Dani held her breath when it hit a chair, but it looked like nothing was damaged.

Jax gave him the nod, asking what was going on.

"Something with the Mayans."

That caught all their attention and before she knew it, they were all out of her café, Juice telling her goodbye before he disappeared.

Dani didn't know much about club business. She wasn't sure if she wanted to know and it wasn't in her right to know. Some members told their old ladies some of the stuff that was going on, but she wasn't an old lady. The things she did know was that SAMCRO definitely dealt with illegal activities and they had an ongoing rivalry with the Mayans.

She had her colleague Madison on standby all day, but it never got really busy so Dani ended up sending her home. She always liked to finish up by herself, making sure everything was done the exact way she wanted it.

The door opened, causing Dani to stand up as she was crouched behind the bar, cleaning up spilled sprinkles she tried to put on a kid's ice-cream. "We're closed," she said. She could remember changing the sign outside from 'open' to 'closed', but she must have forgotten to lock it properly.

"I saw you hired yourself some bodyguards." Harrison appeared in the doorway, behind him were two guys, their faces covered with black ski-masks. It wasn't until she saw one had a baseball bat when she started to slightly panic.

A/N: Wow, thank you so much for all the responses, please keep 'em coming! I can't make any promises as to when the next chapter will be up, since I have midterms (oops), but it'll probably be up in the next few days!