A/N: Thanks for all the reviews to the previous chapter... This chapter will be short... I want to show Happy's thoughts since meeting Hope... I will also show Hope's thoughts! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own SoA!

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Happy looked down at the woman and he couldn't stop his eyes from raking her body. When he had first seen her at the bar he had thought that she was attractive but as he looked down at her now he thought that she was down right hot. He couldn't stop the smirk from coming upon his lips as he saw her looking him up and down as she stayed laid down.

He still couldn't believe that she had beat the shit out of that guy at the bar. His first instinct when he saw the man fighting with her had been to jump into the fray but he stayed back even though it went against everything he believed in. He may have belonged to an MC but he didn't believe in hitting women.

As he looked down at Hope he saw some of Tig in her and he chuckled a little bit. He still couldn't believe that she was Tig's niece but with the attitude and temper he seen her have he could very well believe that Hope was indeed Tig's niece. He also knew that there wasn't any doubt that regardless if Hope could take care of herself or not that the club would be looking for the man who had stabbed her.

As he looked at her he tried to figure out her age. He figured that she couldn't be more than twenty seven years old if she was even that old. Hell he couldn't believe that she had willingly took on two kids that weren't her own. But as he looked into her eyes it almost felt as if he could see into her soul.

As he saw her winch he made a mental note to make sure that come tomorrow she didn't do anything that would cause her pain. He knew that more than likely she would put up a fight with him telling her what to do but he was ready for it. He didn't care how tough she was or how tough she thought she was he would make sure that she did nothing to make her be in more pain than she had to be.

He looked at her stomach that was still exposed and saw the ink on it. Without even asking he pulled her shirt up a little higher and his eyes went wide when he saw a flag with the marine corps symbol under it. He looked into her eyes again when he felt her hand on his and saw pain reflected in her eyes but not physical pain. What he saw in her eyes took his breath away. He saw emotional pain in her eyes and wondered what she had gone through in her life. He knew that whatever she had been through in her life that it had made her the way she was today.

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Hope was physically drained but she kept her eyes open and stared at Happy like he was staring at her. She wasn't sure what it was about the biker but something about him was drawing her towards him like a moth to a flame. She knew though that no matter how hot she thought he was that she wouldn't act on the attraction she felt towards her.

When she felt his hand pulling up her shirt she looked down at her stomach and then back at him as she placed a hand on his hand. When his eyes flashed to her she looked into his eyes and couldn't stop the pain from entering her eyes that she was feeling. This time it wasn't physical pain it was an emotional pain. She had lost someone she loved that belonged to the marine corps and it still killed her to this day. Anytime she thought of Adam she couldn't help but feel sad even though she knew that he wouldn't want her to be sad.

She closed her eyes on a sigh and relaxed into Happy's touch even though she knew that she shouldn't. She knew that she would have to push him away again soon because she never counted on anyone but herself. If she just had herself to think about maybe she would have thought about having a fling with him but she had Serena and Chloe to think about and she couldn't and she wouldn't bring a man into their life that could possibly scare them.

As she thought about Serena and Chloe her eyes flew open again. She hated that she was going to have to depend on her Uncle and the others to make sure that Serena and Chloe were safe tonight but she knew that there wasn't a way around it. She was in too much pain from the stab wound in her side to do Serena and Chloe any good if their Dad showed up. She had a feeling that he would be showing up sooner rather than later. She knew that she should have told her Uncle about the phone calls and notes she's been getting but she couldn't prove that they were from Mark so she didn't think that it was important to tell him. Now she was regretting that decision. She knew that she would end up telling him either later on tonight or tomorrow about both the notes and the phone calls.

She sighed and wondered that if she would be able to protect Serena and Chloe if Mark was to show up tomorrow or the day after. She knew that more than likely she would but the question was at what cost to herself. She didn't regret agreeing to take custody of the two girls who she loved as if they were her own but sometimes she wished that she would have support and help in protecting them. She knew then as that thought crossed through her mind that it was probably the reason she had moved them to Charming. She had remembered that her uncle lived her and she also knew that her Uncle Alex would make sure that she was safe and that he would help protect Serena and Chloe if anything happened to her.

With that thought in her mind she finally sighed and let her eyes close.