This particular one shot is different. I started it for the main story, it would have been after chapter 3 when Happy and Emily fought and Happy left. I mentioned that I tried to do a chapter sooner than the 4 year gap I left, but I hated it, well – this is it. It obviously doesn't flow with the story because as you will see for one, I said Happy didn't come back to Charming for 4 years and two, in this Emily and Gabby get evicted much sooner then she tells Happy. It's also not finished! So feel free to turn back now and come back next Wednesday for a lockdown without Happy and a bit more club interaction.
Disclaimer: do not own, not for profit
2001
Age 9
Happy was able to stay away for 7 months. But now he was back. He was down with about a third of the Tacoma charter on a charity run. They were staying the night in Charming. The night of Gabby's 9th birthday. Which is why Happy now found himself standing inside Emily's house holding yet another stuffed animal. The house however, was empty. He had ignored the eviction notice on the front door, hoping they would still be there packing, or squatting. But no, and more, the condition of the house actually scared him. The carpeting was stained permanently with dirt, the walls covered in smoke stains and hand prints. It had been bad before, but not like this, he never would have left Gabby like this. Emily must have crashed hard after she kicked him out.
He walked back out and started his bike. He hadn't gotten in town early enough to catch Gabby at school, and he had no idea what so ever where they would have ended up, they might not even be in Charming anymore. He rode around the block to the park Gabby always walked to and sat for a good long while hoping to catch site of her. When Hale and his police jeep drove by for the 3rd time he finally gave up. Gabby wasn't here and the mothers and children didn't want him here.
He couldn't really blame them. Hard core biker without a kid had no business sitting around at a playground. He started to rethink even looking for her. She had seen him hurt her mother. She had been scared of him. She ran. What if she didn't want to see him? Having her walk away from him, run away from him, again, would break his fucking heart.
Happy returned to the club house and sat at the bar, Kozik came over and sat silently for a while. Hap and Koz had become close since living together. Unlike most that just avoided Hap or gave him his space Kozik had learned the ins and outs of Happy's range of emotions. He was the only brother willing to try and actually pry stuff out of Happy. 2 shots and a beer later Kozik finally turned to Hap, crossing his arms, waiting for Happy to spill. It was common now, ever since Kozik had started to pry Happy would give something up to quicken the process.
"Wasn't there." Was all Hap said.
"You didn't wait?"
"Evicted." Happy threw back another shot.
"You could ask someone." Happy turned back to his bottle of whiskey and Kozik got up. He had, over the last 7 months, pried what had happened out of his brother. "Chibs." Kozik jogged over to his old brother. Chibs was probably one of Kozik's closest Charming brothers. They got along well and stayed in contact after Kozik transferred. He also happened to know that Chibs had more than a little thing for Emily Duncan. Happy tried hard to ignore the whispered conversation the 2 were having while blatantly staring at him.
"Emily is living with a new sweet butt named Candy. The address." Kozik handed him a slip of paper. "You want me to go with?" Happy looked down at the paper.
"A motel?" He held the paper up questioningly.
"Apparently they rent by the week." Kozik filled him in.
"And the hour?"
"Candy rents by the week." Happy nodded and got up from the bar stool. He had to find Gabby before Tacoma rode out tomorrow morning.
He parked outside the motel and watched the door for a half an hour. The motel was right over the border in Galt, and where a lot of prostitutes worked. SAMCRO allowed it as a compromise since technically it wasn't in Charming. He watched Johns coming out of more than one door but so far none had come out of Emily's. He finally got off his bike and went to the door, knocking politely and staying out of view of the peep hole.
Candy answered the door, Happy vaguely remembered her as a half way decent stripper from the parties. "Can I help you?" She asked, staying in the door, crossing her arms defensively.
"I'm looking for Gabby." He tried to stay calm.
"She's at school." He looked the woman over, her hair was stringy and dirty, her outfit tight and definitely slept in.
"It's 8:30, she's not at school."
"Well she hasn't come home yet."
"Where's Emily?" He tried a new tactic.
"I'm not her keeper. Maybe the bar."
"What bar?"
"The hairy dog." Happy nodded his thanks and pushed off the doorjamb he had been leaning on. He was getting damn tired of driving around in circles.
Please don't throw things at me! Like I said before, I got a page and a half into this and just didn't like it. So there is no end to this one! I just wanted those of you who didn't like the 4 year gap to know I DID try; it just didn't want to be written.
