Opie, Jax and Stella watched them wheel Tig through doors where they couldn't follow him. Stella took a deep breath tired to slow her heart down, since it felt like it was beating out of her chest.

"I should have got here earlier. He wouldn't be so back if I left with Kozik. I should have left straight away"

"We didn't know where he was at that point" Opie told her. On the outside Stella was cool and calm on the outside but her eyes gave her away and she was terrified.

"I gotta call Parker" she said walking off to the nurses station. She shook her head tried to prepare herself for the onslaught, she had been in his bad books before she left and she spoken to him in a few days. Stella wasn't going to be his favourite person in the world right now. He picked up at the second ring

"Hi" she said quietly.

"Is this what this marriage is going to be like? You packing up in the middle of the night, leaving without a word. I couldn't even call you because you left your phone here"

"I left you a note so you wouldn't worry"

"Stella, that was barely even ten words and given who your family supposedly are why wouldn't I be fearful for your safety?"

"Hey!" she stopped him right there " Be pissed at me, that's fine but talk about them that way again, Parker we will be on very shaky ground I genuine you that" Parker was shocked into silence; she had never spoken to him that way. He had never heard she speak to anybody that way "they would never hurt me and put their lives on the line to keep me from harms way"

"I am just saying"

"I know what you're saying but I just calling you to tell you that I'm okay and you don't have to worry. Listen I have to go I've got something to do but I'll call you later"

She didn't even wait for Parker to say anything before she hung up the phone. She must have hung up louder then she first thought because Jax and Opie looked up at her surprised.

"You okay?" Jax called out. She smirked and shook her head before walking towards them

"No I'm in a lot of shit right now" she told them before seeing Juice jogging towards them " You ready?"

"All stocked up and ready to go"

"Okay. Let's go"

Jax looked down at this tiny woman who he had seen do incredible things that day and he was amazed that she wasn't done yet. As she went to work away Opie held out his arm and stop her.

"You don't need to do this. You got him back, you've done enough Stel"

"Don't worry" she getting up on her tippy toes and kissing him on the cheek " I'll be okay. Keep me posted. I won't be long"

Opie and Jax frowned as they watched Stella walk out of the hospital with Juice. What ever she had planned it wasn't good and they were worried.

Stella and Juice pulled up outside Darby's house and it was all dark and empty. Looked like no one was home, which was the way that Stella wanted it. She didn't want to physically hurt him, she knew the guys would take care of that but she did want him to pay and that was why his favorite hangout, that dirty and disgusting bar was currently in flames. Juice and Stella hopped out of the truck and grabbed the last two containers of Kerosene out of the back. She followed Juice through the front yard and watched him break the window and get into the house. He jumped into that window and unlocked the front door letting Stella into the house. They both ran through the house dropping Kerosene everywhere.

"You ready?" he asked

"More then ready"

They stepped out of the front and both stuck matches before dropping them on the kerosene soaked floor and calmly walked back to the truck and drove off. Stella couldn't wipe the smile off her face.

"Juice?"

"Yes"

"Can I ask one more favor?"

"You want a kidney?"

"Nothing that painful, just something small" she said smiling her winning smile at him. Before she knew it they were at Gemma and Clay's place and she was building up enough courage to knock on the door. When she finally did Gemma just looked at her blankly

"You look like shit" Gemma told her

"I feel like shit"

Gemma couldn't be angry at her anymore so she hugged her tight. They pulled back from each other "Don't you ever leave again, without saying goodbye. You hear me?"

"Loud and clear"

They walked into the house, still wrapped in each other's arms, Gemma sniffed a couple of times before asking

"Is that kerosene?"

"Yeah, it's my new perfume"

"What? And your new hair spray smells like smoke"

"It was a package deal"

Gemma looked down at the overnight bag in Stella's hand and smiled

"Do you want to borrow the shower?"

"Dear god yes. I've been in cars and burning building for the past three days"

Stella rushed into the bathroom and had the quickest shower known to man, including washing the smoke out of her hair. She was back in Gemma's kitchen dressed in jeans, a tank top and freshly blow dried hair. Gemma placed a cup of coffee on the table in front of Stella.

"Thank you" she said quietly. Tiredness had caught up with her, Gemma could hear it in her voice or maybe it was the realization of what she had just done and how close she had come to losing him. A single tear escaped and that was all she needed before Stella came crashing down. She sobbed. Gemma pulled her up from the chair and held her tight as Stella sobbed her little heart out.

"He's okay" Gemma whispered " It's all going to be okay"

Stella nodded her head but continued to cry. Stella heard someone else walking into the house but at that point she was to far gone to hide that she had been crying, so she just kept going.

"You've shot a guys knees out and shot another in the head and now you're crying?" Clay asked chuckling.

"Yeah, what of it?"

"You did?" Gemma asked surprised

"Well the guy with the knees wasn't telling me what I needed to know and the other guy was my way'

"Burning the guy's cheek with the silencer?" Clay asked eyebrows raised.

"That was just plan fun"

Gemma laughed and wished she had been there to see it.

"Jax called" Clay told them "Tig has internal bleeding and going into surgery"

Stella shook her head and knew it was going to be a long couple of hours. Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Kozik walked into the place like he owned it. Gemma tried not to laugh when she saw Stella roll her eyes. If only Stella knew what the future held for herself and Kozik. He was all cocky and full of attitude until he saw what state she was in. He gently handed her the keys

"Brought the Porsche around, thought you might be here, thought you might need it"

"Thanks" she said softly "How are you getting back?"

Kozik just smiled at her and Stella knew the answer was herself

"Come on. I have to go back to the hospital anyway"

He just smiled because he got his way. Stella promised to call Gemma once she heard anything about Tig and left with Kozik.

As they drove back to the club house he couldn't help but stare at the two carat round cut diamond in her finger, it was the reality of his situation hit home and it hurt. They hadn't said anything to each other since they got into her car but that didn't mean she hadn't noticed what he was looking at the whole time.

"Would you stop!" she told him half way home

"What?"

"Looking at my engagement ring like it's going to explode"

"It's a little small isn't it?"

"It's what he could afford and it's not the size that matters"

"I guessing that not the only time you've said that about Parker"

Kozik knew he was right only for the fact that Stella chuckled "It's not the size it's how he uses it"

"Judging by our night together, he doesn't know how to use it either. Are you getting good at faking it?" She smirked but stared at the road ahead of her. Stella hated that Kozik guessed that and she hated the fact that he was right "I'm right aren't I? Parker is a bad lay"

"Get out" she said laughing as they pulled up to the club house. Kozik just laughed as he unclipped his seat belt and suddenly he was on her side of the car, so close to her that their noses were almost touching, she was certain that he was going to kiss her, one of those kisses that took the air right out of her lungs but instead he kissed her on the cheek and she had been disappointed until he run his hand up her left thigh and watched her press her lips together, close her eyes and rest the back of her head on the seats head rest. Kozik chuckled by before kissing her other cheek.

"Yep" he said with a smile on his face "I've still got it"

"I hate you"

"Not right now, you don't"

"Shut up!" she told him before he closed the door and she drove off, back to the hospital.