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…Chapter 4…

About five and a half hours later, Alyssa followed the guys all the way to T - M and she parked her car. "Great." she muttered, shutting off the engine.

"Where are we?"

"The clubhouse… come on." both of them got out as Jax, Happy, and Kozik walked up to them. "And over there." Alyssa pointed. "Is the auto shop."

"You two can stay here tonight." Jax said, lighting up a cigarette. "And we'll figure out something tomorrow."

"Awesome." Alyssa rolled her eyes, then linked her arm with Leah's. "Come on, Girly." then she looked back at Jax. "We're staying in your room, so it better not smell like sex or dirty socks in there either."

"That's fine." he laughed, as Happy opened the door, then they walked in.

"Wow." Alyssa looked around. "Everything's still the same."

"Of course it is, Aly." Kozik said, with a 'duh' tone of voice.

Suddenly, she spotted Juice, asleep at the bar, so she ran up and hugged him. "Hey!" he got startled. "What the hell?"

"Dude." she let go and stood beside him. "It's just me."

"Oh." he rubbed his eyes, then gave her a hug. "Hey, Aly."

"I missed you, Buddy."

"I missed your silly ass too." he let go and frowned. "Sorry about Erin."

"Thank you." she nodded, then looked over. "Oh, this is my best friend Leah… Leah, this is Juice."

As Juice was about to shake her hand, Happy appeared out of nowhere and smacked his hand away. "Don't touch her."

"Um… okay." he waved instead. "It's nice to meet you." he opened his laptop. "I think."

"All right." Alyssa gave Happy a questioning look, and he just nodded, so she knew where his head was at. "It's late and we're going to bed now." she pulled Leah's arm towards the hallway.

"What was that about?" Leah asked, as they walked into Jax's room.

Alyssa sat down on the bed. "What was what about? Happy?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, that was just his overprotectiveness with you… so get used to it."

Leah just nodded, then Kozik poked his head through the door. "Do you girls need anything?"

"Yeah." Alyssa tossed her keys at him. "Grab our luggage or suitcases."

"I'm not the bellhop."

"You asked if we needed anything and what we need is our stuff."

"Anything else?"

"Nope, that's it." she smirked and he just stared at her for a few more seconds, then groaned walking out.

"So, what's the plan for tomorrow."

"I don't know." Alyssa shrugged. "Probably visit with everyone and plan Erin's funeral, plus I have to call my boss and tell him what's going on, just in case Lori forgets."

"Good idea." Leah sighed. "I need to go potty." then she went into the bathroom.

Kozik walked into the room, a few minutes later and dropped everything in the middle of the floor. "Here's your shit."

"Thanks, Kozik." she gave him a weak smile.

"Are you gonna be okay?" he asked, sitting next to her.

"Yeah, I'll be fine."

"You sure?"

"Yeah." she nodded, then both of them locked eyes with each other.

"Wow." Leah said, as she walked out of the bathroom, making Alyssa and Kozik look away. "You can totally tell, it's a guys bathroom." she paused. "What's going on?"

"Nothing." Kozik stood up. "I just brought your shit and I'm gonna go." then he walked out and shut the door behind him.

"Aly." Leah crossed her arms over her chest. "Explain."

"He was asking if I was okay, that's all."

"Remember what I told you… white on rice."

"Duly noted." Alyssa nodded. "Let's go to sleep, I'm friggin tired."

Alyssa couldn't sleep, she was awake the whole time, even after Leah fell asleep, who was lightly snoring next to her. She sat up and looked over at the alarm clock on the night stand. "3:35am" was staring right back at her in bright green numbers.

Alyssa put on her Paul Frank Monkey slippers and quietly walked out to the main part of the clubhouse, but stopped in her tracks, when she saw Kozik sitting at the bar, holding an empty shot glass.

"Still awake?" she asked, sitting next to him.

"Yeah." he nodded. "Can't sleep."

"Me either… I just can't stop thinking about Erin." a few tears fell down her cheeks. "Plus she was pregnant? What kind of monster would do that to her?"

"Hey." he turned to face Alyssa. "We'll find whoever it is responsible, okay?" she slowly nodded as he wiped her tears away with his thumb. "Don't cry." he pushed the stray hairs away from her face. "You're so damn beautiful."

Alyssa took a deep breath and got off the bar stool, grabbing Kozik's arm. "I think you should go to bed, because I'm sure you've had enough to drink."

"I was just getting started." he grabbed the bottle of Jack Daniels. "But I'm buzzed, though." then they walked into his room and she laid him down on his bed.

"Hey, Kozik?" he sat up a little, wiping more tears from her face. "Is it okay, if I stay in here with you?"

"Yeah, yeah, it's fine." he nodded, as he laid back down. Something was telling him that she shouldn't be in here, but he couldn't say no. Alyssa shut and locked the door, then crawled into the bed next to him. "Let's go to sleep." she turned to him, taking off her shirt. "What are you doing, Aly?"

She climbed on top of his chest. "I need you."

Kozik sighed, knowing how wrong it was, with her being vunerable. He cupped her face with both hands and pulled her lips down to his, and for the next hour and a half, Alyssa showed Kozik how much she really needed him. After Alyssa knew he fell asleep, she carefully got out of his bed, and put her clothes back on. "Good night, Kozik." she whispered, then kissed him on his shoulder blade, and walked out. She took a few deep breaths before going into Jax's room, and went back to sleep.

"Aly… wake up." Leah shook her arm. "You can't sleep all day."

"What?" she mumbled.

"Wake up."

"What time is it?"

"A little after nine." Leah smacked Alyssa on her ass. "Now, get up."

"Ow!" she winced.

"Aly, I swear, I will pour ice cold water all over you, if you don't get your ass up."

"Ugh!" she groaned, sitting up. "Okay, Mom, I'm up."

"Good, now get dressed."

Alyssa looked at Leah like she was crazy. "What are you so chipper about?"

"Well." Leah started, as she leaned up against the dresser. "Just being away from home, it's like a vacation, and given the circumstances why we're here, we should at least make the best of it."

"Yeah." Alyssa nodded. "I miss being here with my family and the club… have you met anyone else yet?"

"No, I just woke up, took a shower, then woke you up."

"Oh, okay, well… let me take a quick shower, then we'll go out there."

"I'll be on your laptop."

Alyssa nodded, going into her suitcase. "Super." she grabbed some clothes, then went into the bathroom.

Five minutes later, there was a light knock on the door, and Leah raised her eyebrow. "Come in." the door opened and she smiled a little. "Hey, Happy… good morning."

"Morning." he nodded. "You sleep good?"

"Yeah."

"Well, we'll get you and Aly set up somewhere, so you don't have to stay here."

"Okay." she paused, sitting up. "I wanna thank you again, for what you did last night. I mean, I've never had a guy defend me like that, so thanks."

"You're welcome… you won't have to worry about anyone bothering you, as long as I'm around." he shook his head. "I won't let nobody."

"Okay." Leah nodded with a smile, then he smiled back, and walked out of the room. Leah had massive butterflies in her stomach, giggling to herself, then went back to playing on Alyssa's laptop.