The bike went down just outside of Tacoma. They'd been sideswiped by a car and even with all of his experience Happy couldn't keep the bike upright. He realized that the bike was going to land on them and shoved off of it at the last second. Between the momentum of the push and the speed of the bike they ended up about 10 yards away from his Harley. He'd turned them as best he could while they had been gliding through the air so that she mostly landed on him instead of the concrete. He had made sure that her head landed on his chest, it had probably bruised, if not broken some ribs, but it meant she probably wouldn't have brain damage. At the last possible second he let his body go slack.
This is what they'd told her when she woke up in the hospital. Her leg was broken from where the car had hit them, and almost the entirety of her right side had road rash. Happy had successfully pulled the rest of her body on top of his. He had road rash all along is back, where his clothes had torn from being dragged on the concrete. He had one cracked rib and two bruised ribs on either side, from where her helmet clad head had slammed against his body. Somehow he had only gotten a concussion when his head hit the pavement.
He was the clubs enforcer, he'd even been dubbed the 'Tacoma killer.' They used him as an offensive weapon in their dealings, but he had instinctively protected her. He had managed to clear his mind when she had just panicked and had done everything he could to keep her from getting hurt.
When Evelyn walked through the door saying 'I'm her mother' Beth went crazy. She started screaming for someone to get her out of the room, vehemently repeating that this woman was not her mother. Finally two prospects had pulled her out of the room and toward the waiting room. A patched member stuck his head in and she told him to call Juice. As an after thought she'd added Gemma and Clay. She knew that Gemma would convince Clay to let her come, she was a mother lion and her cub had been hurt. Beth only hoped that her mother could convince her father to bring along her husband and brother. She was terrified and wanted to go home.
When Nikki came in a little while later with Cissy she was greeted warmly. Nikki had never pretended to be more than she was. They were sisters, but they had never been that close. They hadn't grown up together so they didn't know that much about each other. But she had become important to Beth in the year that she had been here. She was family, although Beth saw her as more of a cousin than a sister.