After work, Emma and the girls walked out with the bouncer as they did every night at 2am after closing. You didn't know what wierdo's lurked outside downtown.

"Want to walk home together?" Holly J asked Manny, knowing they headed in the same direction. Emma usually had to cab or her parents would pick her up, seemed like she had to cab tonight.

"Sure." Manny was swinging her coat on as she noticed someone leaning on his motorcycle outside the bar as Brian the bouncer locked up the bar. She glanced Emma with a side smirk . "Night Em."

Emma had pulled her hair out of her jacket that she swung one on too, "Night!" she then stopped in her tracks, seeing who had waited for her outside.

Sean leaned off his bike, his arms crossed a little. How long had he been waiting there?

"Hey." His voice was so soft and smooth. Emma looked him up and down curiously. "You want a ride?"

Emma tore her eyes off of him to glance back at Manny and Holly J walking away, Manny snuck one more smile in before she was gone.

Emma turned back, trying to hide her blush. "Um. Sure."

He nodded, turning back to his bike and Emma cautiously walked over. He got on, putting on his little Harley helmet. Emma noticed the BDK label on the back of it. She wearily wondered if he was one of those bikers now. Was this safe for her to do?

She paused when he held his hand out to help her on. Stop being stupid Emma, it's just a helpful hand.

Emma got on the back of his bike with his help and he cleared his throat from the front, "You have to hold on." She could feel him smiling a bit as he spoke, maybe taunting her even a little.

She rolled her eyes but smiled and then bit her lip as she did.

On the ride home, Emma noticed not only did Sean know what he was doing but he was a pro at riding. Her Dad would kill her for being on the back of someones motorcycle but at least Sean seemed like he was born on one. Plus, didn't her Dad like Sean?

When they got home, the engine that roared on the highway was now quiet and didn't wake the neighborhood as he parked it up in his driveway. Emma's door step was just 5 feet away.

"Thanks." Emma said, ready to hop off but her feet a little like jello and didn't know if that was from the ride, or Sean.

Sean got off to help her once more and took one of her hands in his, and his other took hold of her arm as she jumped off and then hopped down right in front of him. His stormy blue eyes gazed down at her piercing hazels and Emma's heart stopped as she took in how good looking he really was.

His hands then fell off of her and Emma snapped out of it, stepping back and he watched her run her hands through her hair.

"Well," she went to say goodnight, but knew she didn't want to.

Sean seemed to feel the same. "Does your Dad know you work at a bar?"

Emma went over the question and laughed a bit. Her parents trusted her, knew she was a smart girl. It seemed Sean still had a lot to learn about her. He seemed a little worried though and it was kinda cute.

"Yea. It's a café by day. It's a good bar though, I like it." She chose her next words wisely, "It's usually not filled up with bikers though.."

Sean smirked a little. Emma wanted to melt at that moment. That smirk was panty dropping material.

"They won't stay for long. " he then looked away with a frown on his face. Probably thinking of tonights little episode.

Emma glanced at his helmet on the bike again, "Are you.." she drifted. She sucked in a breath when he gazed right at her again, intensely.

Now he chose his words wisely, "..I was."

Silence. Emma bit her lip and didn't know what to think of that. It's like he sensed her uncomfortable vibe.

"My brother is their treasurer." He didn't know why he was explaining this all to her. He moved to this town not wanting anyone to know of his past, but here this girl stood and he wanted nothing but to be honest to her. He hated to have her feel uncomfortable around him and wanted her to know the truth.

"I joined the club around my teen years, got into some bad stuff, so chose to get out. Motorcycle gangs don't like that very much though… but since my brother was still in it, I was free to go. I joined the army next for about a year or two, and then .. I came here."

"And now you're just some ex-soldier?"

Sean chuckled, "Now I'm just some mechanic." He paused and added, "I work down the street from your bar actually. At Tony's garage."

"Oh." Emma tried to take this all in, but the fact her and Sean were even talking was enough to think about.

He itched the back of his neck, "If you need me to uh, pick you up after work sometimes..that's fine."

Emma raised an eyebrow, trying not to smile.

He continued, "Especially with the bikers in town. It's not really..safe." he chose to leave out the part Jesse took an interest in her. But Sean felt Jesse got his warning. He wouldn't go near her again.

But it was good to be on the safe side.

"Okay."

Sean and her locked eyes and Emma inched away to leave now, it was late, and if she stayed here any longer she might make an idiot of herself. Suddenly, there was a baby crying again. Emma strangely glanced back at her house, then back at Sean's, noticing it was coming more from there. It wasn't baby Jack.

"That's my cue." Sean joked, his eyes hard on her though as she put together he had a kid. A baby, in fact.

"You.." Emma drifted off and then mentally slapped herself. She just couldn't shut up, could she?

"Yea," he grinned a little sheepishly as he walked to his door, "I have a kid. A cruel 3 year old who doesn't like to sleep."

Emma was in a little shock. She turned to walk to her door slowly but then turned when she felt Sean's eyes still on her. Probably waiting until she got to her door.

"Yogart!" She called to him and shook her head at her outburst when he gave an odd look but grinned a little at her. The baby's crying got louder. "Give her yogart. It put Jack right to sleep, they're usually hungry but don't want the usual. Yogart is dairy so it puts them back to sleep and at least made Jack one happy baby.."

Sean raised his eyebrows but then nodded, and he had to ask. "How'd you know it was a her?"

"Just a guess." Shrugged Emma and she finally got to her door, pushing it open and closed it softly behind her, a smile on her face.

Over by Sean's, he too was still grinning. He then shook his head, wiping it off with a frown and then closed the door with a slight cringe. What the hell was he doing? Flirting with the daughter next door. He liked Snake, and Emma was beautiful but that didn't mean there wasn't other girls. Emma should be off limits.

But damn, she was really beautiful. Smart too. He was going to have to try that Yogart trick.

"Peyton." His voice was softer, and he opened his second bedroom door, seeing Peyton up in her crib, eyes shimmering with tears. "Come on," he lifted her up and sat down on the chair next to her crib.

He struggled a bit with her, but she clung to him, knowing he was her Daddy after all. He just didn't know what she wanted. Hell, it was probably her mother- but Ellie wanted nothing to do with her.

This was one of the 'bad choices' on his list from his dark past. Not Peyton, but Ellie. He loved Peyton with everything.

Him and Ellie use to be hot and heavy, but none the less never really serious. They were both 17 when they had met and she liked the danger and the biker parts of Sean. She wanted to be part of the gang. Not to mention Sean was drop dead gorgeous. But when Sean got older, he was offered the next step up from his position, but he let Jesse have it. It made Ellie mad that Sean didn't want to be a leader. Then, guess who she shacked up with next? But then she found out she was pregnant. Jesse wasn't happy, knowing it wasn't his.

When she got pregnant, Sean was worried the baby was really Jesse's but when he saw Peyton, he knew. She was his. And Ellie wanted to go on with her life in the gang with Jesse if Sean didn't really want to be a part of it anymore. She hated that Sean wanted to change their lives for one unplanned baby. He wanted to become some mechanic but Ellie didn't' want to change, she didn't even want the baby, but when she threatened to abort it, Tracker (Their club's treasurer and a somewhat dangerous guy with dangerous connections) told Ellie she had to have it or she'd be exiled from the club. So, she did, she had Peyton and went through the 9 months and birth all just to leave her on Sean's door step like it was trash. He was in the army then, so his step sister had to take care of Peyton until he got home. Now, it's been him and Peyton against the world. He hadn't seen Ellie in months, maybe a year, but she stopped by now and then to see how Sean was doing. She never asked about Peyton. She would take Sean back in a second but he knew it would mean he would have to give up Peyton too. He would never. And he never loved Ellie anyways, but this made it easier to hate her and let them both move on. . .

..if only Ellie would stop coming around.

((*))

The next day, Sean carried Peyton on his side, walking around his kitchen where his tired step sister yawned and stood up, "Sean, I can't watch her anymore. It's too much for me. She wants you, not me."

"I know, Jane. I think the neighbors got me a babysitter. Thanks for last night though."

"No problem. Why so late anyways?"

"…Ellie's in town."

"Well," Jane crossed her arms slowly, "She better get her little butt out of town before I beat it to the curb."

Sean chuckled and just paid attention to feeding Peyton some yogart. He smirked as her eyes widened in excitement to the new taste and grabbed the spoon herself to dig in.

Guess it worked.

"More!" she cheered, her blonde curly hair that was up to her shoulders bounced. She wore a cute little white sundress and had milky skin like her Dad. The only thing Peyton really had of Ellie's was her green emerald eyes. That was pretty much it, the rest was all Sean. Even the button nose and smirk.

Jane smiled at Peyton and her step brothers moment. "Alright," she rolled her eyes, "I gotta go meet Lucas since their in town I guess. See yeah later."

"Thanks again," Sean commented and focused back on Peyton as they were again left alone. Two against the world.

Jane left. Jane's brother was Lucas, who was also in the biker gang. Sean's father had remarried their mother after Sean's real mom ran out on them when he was 14. Making Lucas also Sean's step brother. They got along fantastically, both all hating their parents. Sean's Dad was in jail now, Tracker took over the club, and Jane's mom was a lonely bitter biker lady. Jane stayed in touch with the club, too scared to fully leave it but also did her own thing. While Lucas kind of enjoyed the power of being in it. Sean just wanted to leave it all in the past; but he knew that was impossible. The Vaughn's and Cameron's were very known to the biker world.