A/N: WOW. It's been awhile. First of all, I would like to apologize for taking so long. It's not that I lost interest in the story or the show, but school's been very hectic and life has just been ridiculous. Second of all, here is an update! It may have taken quite some time, but at least the update is here. I'm just glad I finally got to give you lovely people something to read since I haven't updated in so long. I'll try to update as frequently as I can. I hit a road block with the story, but thankfully I got passed the block. School is still crazy, but I can handle it much better now. Thank you for the continuous support. Hopefully I still have my readers! Thank you! Love you all!
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Chapter 4: Comeback
The next couple of days went by like a blur for Angelina. The charters from the West Coast were piling in. Though Tacoma was one of the farthest charters, they got to Charming in record time. And finally today the last batch of Son's were coming in. The lockdown was going to begin soon. Angelina didn't go out of Alex's dorm room much since Anthony was hooked on her laptop as he watched his favorite shows. The only few times that she did go out, she was mostly with Gemma or Tara. The boys were always out, taking care of business, but when they were there, it was good to spend some time with them. She mostly caught up with Jax, Opie, and Juice, who had so much to tell her about how their lives have been since they last spoke. School was keeping Angelina busy and as much as she would like to keep in touch with all of the boys, she just had too much on her plate- even though she still had time for racing. She made exceptions for that particular activity.
But in the end of the day, Angelina was just glad to be home. She even wondered why she left in the first place.
Everyone was still adjusting to Anthony as he was to them. Chibs was already well adjusted to the younger boy so there was no problem there. Gemma and Tara's motherly instinct took over so they got along well with Anthony, helping her out to take care of him when she was in need. Jax interacted with the kid as well, seeing that Abel will be that age in a year or so, he might as well get some practice. The rest of the guys usually kept their distance and didn't comment on the kid. Anyone who had any wrong comment about Angelina for having the kid around was going to get an earful, but not one person even tried to say a thing. Kozik reacted the same way everyone else did. Surprised, but in the end, it didn't really matter to him. As long as Angelina was okay, no comments were needed.
Angelina walked out of Alex's dorm room where she was currently staying. She finally put Anthony down for his nap and she was a bit exhausted. She was extremely hungry and could not wait to get her hands on anything that was edible. The clubhouse was full of people so she had to navigate her way towards the kitchen. When she arrived, she found Kozik making himself a sandwich. She gave him a small smile as she sat on the chair by the table.
"Want to make me one?" Angelina asked making Kozik laugh.
"Here you go," Kozik placed the sandwich he had just finished making in front of her.
"You are the best, Koz." She told him as she picked up her sandwich.
"Yeah, yeah," He rolled his eyes as he made his sandwich.
Kozik quickly made his before sitting across from her. Angelina stood up, opened the refrigerator and grabbed a beer and a can of soda. She placed the beer in front of Kozik and placed the coke can beside her plate.
"So, I heard baby daddy is coming today." Kozik teased making Angelina laugh.
"Oh yeah? Who told you?" Angelina asked.
"Word gets around fast." He shrugged. "You can bet your ass that Happy isn't exactly ecstatic about the arrival of your ex-boyfriend."
"I don't think any of the boys are," she told him, "except you though since you're, well, Kozik."
Kozik smirked. "Yes, well you know me. I want to protect you as much as the next guy, but watching you squirm once in a while is just too entertaining to pass up."
"I cannot wait till you get an old lady, just so I can release all the dirt I have on you." Angelina teased making Kozik laugh.
"I think my old lady would know what she's getting herself into." He gave her another smirk, a hint of mischievous in his eyes. "You can always be my old lady, since you know me well enough."
Angelina opened her mouth to make a comment, but a hand slapped Kozik upside the head, making Angelina close her mouth. She expected to see Tig to be the owner of the hand, but it ended up being Happy. Kozik turned around, ready to cuss the assailant out, but his mouth snapped shut upon laying eyes on the club enforcer. He let it go since he knew he was stepping on forbidden territory, but testing out the water once in a while is always an amusing thing to do.
"I'm kidding, Hap." Kozik said making Angelina laugh.
"I don't know, Happy. He seemed a bit serious to me, even offered me his dorm room." Angelina smirked making Kozik shot a glare towards her way.
Happy looked over at Kozik and he shook his head profusely.
"You know Angelina man, she's just pulling your leg." Kozik said.
Happy looked over at Angelina and she gave him a small smile.
"Kozik would never offer me his room." Angelina replied. "He's too much of a chicken shit to do that."
"Don't push it, squirt." Kozik playfully glared at her.
Angelina stuck her tongue out. Happy sat beside Kozik opening the bag of chips he retrieved from the cabinet.
"So, what time is your brother coming?" Happy questioned.
"Um, he should be here in an hour or so." Angelina replied before taking a bite out of her sandwich.
Happy nodded his head. "So, after Bryan picks up the kid, is he leaving?"
"I believe so, he has to manage the shop while my brother is over here in Charming." Angelina replied.
"Any news on Zobelle?" Kozik questioned.
"As far as I know, we're trying to take them out one by one. Weston's up first and we'll just go from there." Happy answered.
Kozik nodded his head. "How long you staying in Charming?" Kozik asked.
"Until the last week of August then I'm back to Santa Cruz." Angelina replied, taking a bite of her sandwich, her stomach is going to be overjoyed.
"You should take a semester off and stay here." Kozik suggested.
"For what?" Angelia rolled her eyes. "I have so much years of school left that if I stop for a semester, that's like a whole year."
"You study too much," Kozik said to her.
"And you're an asshole."
"Hey, no name callings, that wasn't an insult." Kozik smacked her arm.
"No hitting like a little bitch," Angelina teased Kozik. They always had their playful banter, at times it got a little too comfortable for Happy's liking, but he didn't want to put the wrong message out there if he beats the shit out of Kozik.
Angelina heard the familiar roar of her brother's car, her eyes roll, and stands up, sighing. "Alright, baby daddy's here, got to greet him." The words 'baby daddy' slightly stings Happy, the fact she had the nerve to refer to Bryan as such pissed him off. The dangerous glint in his eyes is caught by Kozik, who laughed at his brother's obvious disdain for the guy and urge to beat the shit out of Angelina for even associating herself with him.
"Control your emotions, we all know Angelina can fucking read you like an open book." Kozik warned him as they watched Angelina make her way out of the club. "For what it's worth man, the douche really took care of her when they were together."
"You knew about this?" Happy has had enough with all the hiding bullshit that's been going on lately. Robert's choice was unacceptable, but Kozik's the one that pissed him off more. Robert had the right to keep shit from him, to an extent, but Kozik's his brother, he had no right whatsoever to keep this shit from him. "I should beat your head in." Happy's raspy voice adds an extra threat as he growls at Kozik.
"Calm down, Hap." Kozik puts his arms up. "I was passing by on my way to Charming, found the two alone at the house. Angelina didn't refer to him as her boyfriend, but you can tell they were together." He explained. "Besides, I thought you weren't carrying the torch for the girl."
"I'm not, but it would have been highly appreciated if you kept me in the loop." Happy snapped.
"You chose to walk away," Kozik walked away from him, following Angelina outside of the clubhouse.
The lockdown was still on, everyone getting antsy as danger looms over the club. This isn't something new, the club has been threatened before, but for Happy it felt different. He was fucking overjoyed that Angelina decided to go to Charming, no questions asked, but he couldn't help being pissed the fuck off. He walked away as a favor to her brother, didn't mean he want to, but he did. Now, here he is, having emotions about the young girl he once knew. Angelina wasn't the same anymore. She no longer looked at him like she was the center of his world, twinkle in her eyes. She no longer worshipped the ground he walked on. She grew a back bone and apparently could careless if they spoke to one another again or not. And for some reason, he couldn't accept that. Angelina has always liked him, she adored him, everyone else failed to compare in her eyes, but now, he was like trash to her.
And that pissed him off.
Happy stood up, following Kozik's path. He gets out of the club and found Tig and Chibs talking to Robert, while Angelina was off to the side talking to Bryan. His eyes narrowed at the two, wanting nothing but to bash the kids head in. But he knows he couldn't, at least not in front of Angelina. Actually, he didn't care if Angelina was there, he would beat the shit out of the guy, something her brothers had failed to do. But what irked him, riled him up is the possibility he might have to deal with Angelina defending him and that would just add fuel to the fire.
"How was the trip?" Angelina questioned.
"Good, got a ticket, but nothing too bad." Bryan shrugged.
"A ticket?" Angelina chuckled, shaking her head. "You would get a ticket."
"What can I say, I crave for speed baby girl," he winked at her causing Angelina to laugh.
Juice, Jax, and Opie sat at the picnic tables, Kozik and Happy joining them. They watched Angelina as she spoke to her ex-boyfriend, their facial expression practically alike- pissed off, ready to pounce at any wrong movement.
"He looks harmless," Juice reasoned with the group of Son's at the table.
"Harmless my ass," Jax rolled his eyes. "Do you see the way she looks at him, it's a bit sickening."
"She loved him," Opie pointed out. "You can tell they still care for each other, but it's different from what they used to have, like he knows what he did to her."
The other four men at the table looked over at Opie, shaking their heads. They didn't give a shit if the guy gave her the moon and the stars, he was in their shit list.
"Looks like you want to finish him off," Kozik murmured to Happy.
"You have no idea, man." Happy took a puff from his cigarette.
Angelina felt the stares boring through her back. She looks back, finding the audience that she had at the picnic table. She rolled her eyes, looking back at Bryan who looked at the same thing, a smirk graced his face.
"They really care about you here, you made it seem like they hated you here." Bryan commented.
"Robert made it seemed like we were hated." Angelina clarified. "They're a bit of a pain in the ass, especially Happy since you know."
"Shut the fuck up, you know you love the fact he's around you." Bryan playfully placed her in a headlock. He looked up and met Happy's dark stare sending chills down his spine. His arms move away from Angelina, he felt like Happy was telling him to back off and here he was doing what the Tacoma Killer seemed to request.
"I wish I can go back to Santa Cruz with you," Angelina wrapped her arms around Bryan, completely surprising him. His arms automatically wrapped around her, kissing the top of her head.
Happy felt his hands clench closed, forming a fist. There's absolutely no reason for her to have her arms around him. Kozik caught Happy's reaction and he fights his laughter from coming out.
Happy never gets jealous. He never gives a fuck about bitches, unless they're closely associated to the club. The Old Ladies, they earn respect from the men, but its common knowledge that as soon as you're an old lady, no one should disrespect you, unless they want to get a beating from your old man. But at times, the old ladies earn the respect of the club by showing what they're made of.
But Angelina is different. Her father was a member of the club, but she wasn't an old lady. Though the guys watch her grow up, their obligation to protect her came with the fact they raised her. But Happy's excuse was always the fact that she was somewhat the little sister he never had. Kozik always scoffed at this reply, simply stating, 'Didn't know you were into incest,' that reply usually would get Kozik a black eye, but he didn't care. He knows why Happy's pushing this whole thing away.
Gabriella.
You can call her as Happy's unofficial old lady. When they were in Tacoma, Gabriella waltzed into Happy's life, leaving turmoil as she walked out. It's never discussed what happened between Happy and Gabriella. She was almost his old lady, Happy was preparing her ink. They've been together for three years by then and that's a ridiculously amount of time to be tied down to one girl, especially for Happy.
But one day, she just left him. What surprised Kozik is the fact that Happy didn't go after her and dragged her back to Tacoma. But bitches come and go, at least that's what Kozik feels. Instead of running after her, he found himself with Happy on their way to Charming. Angelina's parents passed away and Happy dropped everything to be with the family who accepted him.
"Gonna start thinking you holding that torch," Kozik pushed Happy's buttons, it's what he does, but its all fun and games.
"What if I torch your ass?" Happy looked over at Kozik who laughs.
"Alright, I'll back off."
Happy rolled his eyes, focusing his eyes back on Angelina and Bryan.
"I know baby, but be nice and listen to your older brothers. It seems to be very important for you to stay here." Bryan reasons with her. "Where's Anthony?"
"Inside, I'll go get him for you." She pulls away, going back inside the clubhouse.
Robert makes his way over to Bryan, Tig and Chibs in tow.
"So, you're baby girl's ex," Tig commented as he sizes up Bryan. "Heard you cheated on her."
"Yeah man, got caught up in the heat of the moment," Bryan's doesn't scare easily. Sure the SAMCRO members have made a chill run down his spine, but he's not going to let them bully him around. His relationship with Angelina is just between him and Angelina. Thought he understood their reasoning, he just felt that this isn't SAMCRO's business.
"I'm not sure if you know this but you're on everyone's shit list here," Tig informed him. "You're on the top of mine."
"Not surprising, but you're not Happy, should you care about Angelina this much?" Bryan always knew what buttons to press. Tig didn't need Angelina to be blood for him to treat her like one. In SAMCRO, you don't need to be blood to be family. It just happens that Tig took a liking for Angelina ever since she was a kid. Maybe it was the charm she brought that reminded him of his daughters, he's not sure. Either way, the young girl has him.
"You should be thankful I'm not Hap," Tig smirked deviously. "Quite surprised you're still breathing. Expected Killer to have placed you six feet under by now."
"You wouldn't kill for her?"
"I would," Tig brushed Bryan's shoulder off a little roughly. "But he would enjoy it much more than I would."
Before Bryan can utter another word, Robert stepped forward, placing his body in between Tig and Bryan. Happy and the rest of the boys seated at the picnic table remain mum as they watch Robert shake his head at the man before him.
"Control yourself, you're in their territory, they wouldn't mind killing you." Robert warned.
Bryan simply nodded his head, backing away from Robert. Angelina walked out of the clubhouse holding Anthony in her arms, Alex followed after her, holding Anthony's things.
"Dada!" Anthony called out excitedly.
A smile immediately appeared on Bryan's face, holding out his arms for his son. He takes him from Angelina's arms, giving the little boy a kiss on his forehead. "Hey little man, did you miss daddy?"
Anthony nodded excitedly, wrapping his small arms around Bryan's neck. "Play?"
"When we get home," Bryan replied. He looked over at Angelina, giving her a small smile. "Thanks for taking care of him, Lina."
"Anytime," Angelina returned his smile.
Tig and Chibs gagged at the display before them earning a fiery look from Angelina. Bryan just rolled his eyes, letting the antics of Angelina's family go. It's not like they haven't made it obvious, but Bryan knew how well liked he would be in Charming. Hostility is something Bryan is quite familiar with.
"Alright, I'll head out before I crash." Bryan walked over to Angelina, kissing her forehead, wrapping his free arm around her. "Be good troublemaker."
"Hey!" Angelina smacked him across the chest. "I am not a troublemaker."
"Yeah, okay," Bryan snorted. "I'll catch you later, Rob." He turned to Alex. "Nice seeing you again, Alexander." His eyes then traveled to Tig. "Thanks for the words, even though majority of them were threats. I understand your overprotective nature for Angelina." Bryan's words surprised Tig, catching him off guard, but managed to nod his head at the guy.
"Bye Tony, I'll see you when I get home." Angelina waved goodbye at the young boy. Calling Santa Cruz her home hits a nerve with the SAMCRO members, especially Alex and Happy. She couldn't possibly mean Santa Cruz. They always thought that Santa Cruz is a temporary home for her. Not somewhere she would permanently stay.
"Mama," Anthony reached out for her. By this time Gemma had walked out of the garage office, watching the scene before her. She's seen pictures of Bryan from pictures Angelina would show her, but she's never seen him in person. As much as she hated to say it, she saw why Angelina fell for the dashing young man. He was definitely different from the boys in SAMCRO, but he still held that 'bad boy' aura.
"No, that's not mama, Auntie Lina." Bryan corrected his son, shaking his head.
"Comes," Anthony declared.
Angelina walked over to him, caressed his face softly, and shook her head. "I can't baby, but I promise I'll be back soon."
He pouted, but eventually nodded his head. With a kiss on the cheek, Anthony finally waved goodbye to Angelina. She walked over to her two brothers, who were standing side by side as they watch Bryan leave the lot.
"Still don't see what you saw in that douche." Alex declared.
"For once, my brother, I definitely agree." Robert said.
Angelina rolled her eyes. "Haha, very funny assholes. Unite against me." She walked over to Tig and wrapped her arms around him. "Protect me,"
Tig wrapped his arms around her, kissing the top of her head. "Your brothers are assholes." He shook his head at the two Levesque's for picking on their little sister, but later nodded his head to agree with their comment. Happy stood up and walked over to the group huddled near the clubhouse entrance, Kozik following suit.
"How was Canada?" Happy questioned Robert giving him a rather hard pat on the back. Being pissed off at Robert was a bit hypocritical of him, he knows. SAMCRO deliver guns, they sell them, that's their main gig, but he finds Robert's choice of letting Angelina go idiotic and dangerous. But he feels there's more to the story than Robert is sharing. The eldest Levesque brother knows how to hide shit, Happy should know, he thought Robert everything he knew. He just didn't think it would backfire.
"Cold, wet, unbearable," Robert shook his head. "Nice country and all, but would rather stay State side." He shrugged. "I got to talk to Uncle Clay, is he available?" He looks over at Tig who nodded his head.
"He's inside," Tig unwrapped his arms around Angelina, kissing the top of her head. He leads Robert inside, Alex following after the two.
Angelina eyes drifted from Chibs, Kozik, Happy, then to the other SAMCRO boys resting at the picnic table.
"Honestly, did you have to give Bryan a hard time?" Angelina crossed her arms over her chest, raising an eyebrow at the men before her. "He's an asshole, I know, but all of you are honestly not far behind."
"We didn't break ya heart love," Chibs replied slightly narrowing his eyes at her. "Don't understand why ya still protecting him."
"I'm not, I just think it's been a while and we should all move on." Angelina offered.
Kozik shook his head. "Are you over him?"
Happy waited for her answer, watching her as she looks at all of their faces. She shrugged, pissing Happy off. What kind of an answer is that? It's either a fucking yes or a fucking no. No in betweens, no maybe's, she should be over him.
"We're friends." She weakly argued.
"Yeah, well you have a weird ass definition of the word friend." Kozik rolled his eyes.
"Wouldn't talk if I were you Koz," Angelina glared at him. "Least I don't sleep with everything that walks."
"Hey! I have standards," Kozik scoffed. "Big titties are a must."
Angelina tried to fight off her laughter, but she couldn't. She busted out laughing, the SAMCRO members joining her at Kozik's reply. Happy cracked a smile, simply shaking his head at one of his closest friends. It's not like Kozik was lying. Big tits were a must, especially if they were as natural as Angelina's. They weren't double D's, but he can work with them.
Happy shook his head. Those were the type of thoughts he wanted out of his mind. He couldn't possibly see Angelina that way. His possessiveness over her dates back when she was still worshipping him. He's just a little ticked that she no longer holds him in such a high light. Bitches have never been an issue to him. Only person he cares about in this world besides the club is his mother. But Angelina strolled in and everything fucked up. Gabriella was a good distraction, she was a good fuck, one of the best he's had, but she was never cut out for the MC life. She used to bitch when he would be gone for a long amount of time, give him shit for putting the club first. He's never disclosed any confidential information with her, something an Old Lady would know about.
It's not like he never trusted her, he did at one point and time. But he knew their time was never meant to last, especially in the end when she gave him an ultimatum. Leave the club or she leaves. Bitch must have been high giving him an ultimatum like she did. Happy walked away. It was always believed that she walked away and Happy let her go because of the passing of the Levesque's. But it was never that, he walked away because he actually let himself get tied to a bitch like her. Like he's said before, she was a good fuck, he's not sure why he even considered making her his Old Lady.
The power of pussy.
Kozik wrapped an arm around Angelina's shoulder, a move that doesn't go unnoticed by Happy. This isn't the first time Kozik has done this. There has been numerous of times where he pushes Happy's button to see if he'll finally crack, but he failed to understand how good Happy is at controlling his emotions. Everything changes though when he challenges Kozik in the ring and beats the shit out of him. Happy always passed it off as Kozik hitting on his little sister, but as always Kozik would make an incest comment afterwards.
"You know, you did have a little crush on me. You over that?" Kozik smirked as Angelina laughed throwing her head back and leaning it on Kozik's arm.
Happy knew of Angelina's crush and at first he thought it was a joke. Angelina had her moments with boys, at first he thought it was a bit funny. He's not calling her a slut, but this girl had her eyes on a boy every other fucking week. Thankfully for him, she never tried to sleep with these guys or he may have had to kill a couple of teenage boys in Charming. But when she turned sixteen for some fucking reason her eyes drifted to Kozik. He thought it was going to fade after a week, but it didn't. It stayed for six fucking months and Kozik has never let him live it down.
"Got over my dumb blonde phase," she elbowed Kozik's rib causing him to step back a bit. The corners of Happy's mouth slightly lift as he sees this exchange.
"Like I said, become my Old Lady and I can guarantee you that you'll come back to that phase and stay there." Kozik looked up at Happy. "Unless you still carrying the torch for a certain tan, tatted up biker."
Angelina wanted to slap Kozik, but that wouldn't take back the embarrassment. She shook her head and turned to Kozik. "You wish," her words seemed to be directed to Kozik, but in some twisted way, Happy knows it's for him. So what? She's over him now? This irked Happy, not knowing how to react to this. As far as he knew, she still carried this "torch" for him, main reason why he's stayed away all these years. But is it possible that she got over him because of Bryan?
Fuck this shit. He didn't need this. Angelina can live her own fucking life. This type of distraction is the last thing he needs with the ass kicking and focus that is required from all the Sons members. Angelina is a fucking adult. She can do whatever she wants, whenever she wants.
She's not his to call.