In as small of a town as Charming was, it had nothing on the quiet little town that was currently Taylor's destination. She would arrive a hour before the bar closed. This was a routine to her and to the people of the town. No one knew who she really was, they had a name, a general idea of the kind of person she was but that was all that they knew. Well everyone in the town except the person she was headed to see, the same as every other year. He would be expecting her because somehow in the past 5 years, it had became a routine.

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Glancing at the clock, one hour to close he knew that she would walk through the door at any moment. She would as beautiful and sorrowful as she had been the first time she had stepped through the door of his bar. She was the only person in the world who understood the side of him that this time of year brought out in him and he knew that she felt the same way. After all she never quit coming back and he didn't mind. It was a comfort having someone to share the sorrow that came with it, who understood exactly what he needed and he provided the same for her. It was the 11th, the worst day for her and tomorrow would be his.

Over the years he often wondered if they shared a destiny or if the parallels that they lives seemed to follow was complete coincidence. He had spent time wondering if maybe they really were meant to be together but he had learned long ago that they held each other in too high of a regard, the need they had for each other was too great to chance it on a relationship. After all, if it failed who would spend this dreadful time with him or her.

It didn't matter what went on in his life, it didn't matter if he had a girlfriend, a handful of fuck buddies or even an offer to find peace in a beautiful random location for a vacation. He waited for her every year and every year she showed up. While it was a time that had once been filled with sorrow, it had also become a time filled with joy. He was sad but he knew that just being with her would allow him to find peace and even a little bit of happiness….

He looked up from the glasses he was cleaning when he heard the bell jingle above the door. He watched as she walked slowly towards him, his hand automatically filling two glasses with straight shots of Jameson. He shoved a glass across to her when she reached the bar, they clinked glasses before slamming the shots. She leaned over the counter and he met her halfway, she kissed him. As always the first was slow and sweet and he savored the feel of her, the taste of Jameson on her breath and the fact that for three days life would be as close to amazing as he had yet to find since that horrible day six years ago.

She pulled back slowly and whispered "Its good to see you Jay"

He looked her in the eyes and replied "ive missed you Tay"

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Ali and Cora had arrived home to the empty quietness of knowing that they had fucked up hard core. Ali had glanced at her phone one last time before turning it off and tossing it on the kitchen counter. She grabbed a pack of smokes from Taylor's stash in the freezer, opened the cabinet that held the liquor and grabbed a bottle of vodka before heading out to the porch.

Cora had been following Ali watching the ritual that seemed miss placed being played out by Ali instead of Tay. Cora had a million questions and was kind of pissed off that it seemed that Ali and Tay had been keeping secrets from her. She didn't know that Tay had always taken off at night when she told the girls she was sleeping, Cora had never even noticed that Tay was gone since they only requested the one day off of work. Tay had always been a private person but Cora was pissed as hell that Ali had kept this from her. They had no idea where the hell Tay was or what she was doing, probably on a drunk binder in some random town where only God knows what would happen.

Cora looked over at Ali as she lighted a smoke and took a long drag from her smoke. Ali gestured to the chair before taking another long drink from the bottle and passing it to Cora.

"I know your pissed and want an explanation and will give you the best one I can because despite what you think even I don't have all the details."

Cora took a long swig from the bottle and while she lit up her own smoke and waited for Ali to start she got a heavy feeling in her stomach almost as if instinct knew that what ever was coming was going to be more crazy than she ever expected.

"So it all started a few years ago…."

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Happy didn't even look behind him to see if Ali and Cora had left, he just grabbed the Taylor look alike and drug her off to his room. Happy was quite sure that the sweet butt had nothing on the actual Taylor. He knew first hand that she didn't have the body or the attitude that Taylor possessed but if he closed his eyes he could imagine the way it would all play out.

He allowed himself to get lost in his head after he told the woman to strip for him, his head was stuck on the dead look in Ali's eyes as she told Cora that Taylor would be off the grid for three days before showing up on the forth with hickeys and bruises. That meant one thing for sure, Taylor was out there somewhere getting laid, which for some irrational reason pissed Happy off. So he made a plan as he glanced at the girl who was almost completely naked. He would spend the next three days in booze and pussy. No one would second guess his reason for doing it. They would all just assume it was his birthday binge, after all they all did it. Nope, Happy was sure no one would guess that the real reason he was doing it was because he didn't want to think about anyone laying their hands on the only woman in the he really wanted.

Happy grabbed the Taylor look alike and did something he had never done with a crow eater before and kissed her soft and slow. It was a sweet kiss, one Happy had only shared with a handful of woman and that had been a long time ago. He allowed himself to believe that it was Taylor until he remembered that she was probably doing the same exact thing with someone who wasn't him. He pulled away from the kiss and threw the girl on the bed. He learned over her naked frame still fully clothed and whispered in her ear.

"Don't get used to that because it will probably never happen again."

He watched the girl nod her head while trying to hide her fear, that small look of fear allowed Happy to realize that this bitch wasn't the one who he wanted who he doubted looked at anyone with fear. Happy unzipped his pants, brought out his cock and flipped the girl over. He took a condom out of his wallet before he rammed into the girl. His hand was fully fisted in her hair, his pounding and the rub of his zipper was probably not making this good for the girl but he didn't give a fuck because this wasn't the girl he gave a fuck about.

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Taylor and Jay had almost finished the whole bottle of Jameson, not that it mattered because Jay always ordered extra of their favorites. Taylor knew that there would be a few bottles in his apartment above the bar along with a few extras down in the bar. Taylor started stacking bar stools while Jay cashed out the last customer and locked the door behind them as they left.

She didn't even have a chance to turn around as Jay grabbed her from behind and laid her top half on the bar. She gasped as he pulled down the scrub pants she had on. This was probably her favorite part. The quick, fast fuck that always took place down here once Jay closed the bar. She moaned as she felt Jay slide into her. It wouldn't take much to make her come, Jay had long ago mastered the art of making her come. After all you didn't spend three days around someone in a fight, fuck and get drunk mode and not learn a thing or two.

Jay pulled her top half flush with his, his breath rough in her ear and she was sure that hers matched. One of his arms supported her lower half the other arm across her chest allowing him to play with her nipples. She was getting close and she knew that Jay was well aware of that fact, as he bit down on where her shoulder and neck connected she felt her orgasm rip through her. She was sure she probably screamed but she didn't care. She would spend the whole weekend not caring about anything but this small town and Jay because this was the escape she needed and would always need.

She had ended many relationships this time of a year and she was sure she had destroyed some of Jay's. Last year, she asked him if he was okay with this all. She had heard a rumor around the bar that Jay had ended a relationship with a sweet girl. No one commented that it was Taylor's fault, in fact it was the opposite the whole town loved her. She had saved a broken man and had brought joy into his life even if she was only around once a year. The thing that mattered to the town was that the bar was open, Jay was a happy person, smiled and passed out drinks and that even though bad shit had happened to him in the past he didn't dwell on it, didn't allow it to control his life.

Every year Taylor came here, she considered staying. And at the end of her three day leave she always left with a soft kiss on Jay's lips much like the first one they always shared and told him she would see him soon, even though they both knew that it would be a year until she would appear again. The year that Jay had asked her if she thought that maybe they belonged together always stayed fresh in her mind. She loved him but she needed him more and she wouldn't risk the three days of peace she claimed when she really needed them on the chance that they could have a successful relationship. Jay had understood that perfectly but Taylor had no doubt that one year, the prepaid she kept close the one with the number she had given Jay would ring and he would tell her that he found someone to spend his life with. She dreaded that day but she knew it would come and she would be happy for him, she wouldn't hold a grudge and the year that, that happened she would stay disappeared from this sleepy little town for good.

Taylor finished stacking the stools and sweeped the floor while Jay counted the money and locked it up. She sat on the freshly wiped down bar and lit a smoke while she watched Jay mop, shirtless. She loved the way his muscles moved and loved the way they felt under her hands. As she grabbed the bottle of jack, she was reminded of Happy. She took a large slam of the bottle hoping the burn would cause her brain to lose its train of thought. Happy had no place in here, this was supposed to be the place that brought her peace. In that exact moment she realized another moment where she had found peace and she wasn't very happy that she had found that with a certain biker that had a way of seeing into her soul.

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"About five years ago, right after she went through that whole bender thing, she just disappeared. I looked everywhere, called everyone three days had passed and she showed back up. Had a few bite marks and hickeys and some hand shaped bruises but she seemed happy, peaceful even. She didn't tell me where she went but she told me that she was fine and god she was just so much like the old carefree Tay that I didn't question it. I thought she met someone new and figured that we would meet him eventually. I spent the next couple of weeks watching her closely, looking for signs that she saw him again. I even checked her phone one time looking for a new name in the contacts and I found nothing. She avoided all the questions about him and eventually I guess I just let it go and forgot. Time passed and eventually this time came up again. We all spent the day together, it was a good day all things considering. I went to check on her that night and she was gone. I spotted the note on top of her pillow and read it. She said she would be gone for a couple days but she was safe and would be back on the third day. Said not to worry and don't try and find her. I followed her the year after that but she lost me. When she got home, she told me that for three days she found peace and that she wanted to keep that. Its been the same way since then. I know she spends it with a guy, the same guy but that's all she will tell me. Shes a grown up, its not our business to go searching for something that has nothing to do with us. She will come home happy and peaceful and everything will be fine and than next year she will do it all again." Ali finished with a shrug of her shoulders.

Cora took a long swig of the bottle before asking her question "What do you think happened between Tay and Hap? How the hell did he know about today?"

Ali took the bottle from Cora and tossed back a shot while she thought about it. She took another swig before she set the bottle down and lit up another smoke, "He saw the tat, that's the only thing I can think of because that information isn't listed."

Cora nodded her head "The night of dinner. Happy must of caught a glimpse of it somehow and with his obsession with tats and Taylor it makes sense now. That's why Taylor was getting so drunk that night. Pretty much showed her soul to Hap…"

Ali stared straight ahead "I wondered how the hell we became so blind but then I remember something Tay said after she lost the baby. She said she knew how Anthony was but love makes you blind. She said she would never love another person like that again."

Cora took a long swig from the bottle. 'I didn't know that I could love someone, guess I was wrong."

Ali gave Cora a small smile before she finished off the bottle. They sat side by side for awhile before Cora asked her final question. "You think she's mad at us?"

Ali shook her head. "No she's happy for us."

Cora took a deep breath before standing up and heading towards the door. She wanted to grab another bottle. She looked over her shoulder at Ali as she opened the door. "I'm not sure which is worse."

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Happy booted out the Taylor look alike and headed for the bar. He grabbed a whole bottle of Jack off the shelf. He sat at the bar and filled the glass first taking shots before slowing down and just sipping his favorite drink. It also made him think of Taylor, he wanted to be mad at her but he knew that he had no right to be. She was a tough bitch doing what she had to do to survive. Where ever she was, she was finding the peace she needed to deal with a loss that had happened a long time ago. Part of happy figured she should be over it but after more thought he realized that it wasn't the type of loss you just got over. It was the kind of loss that followed you around. The kind of loss that haunted everything you did.

Happy felt someone take a seat next to him, a quick side glance told him what he needed to know. He knew that Juice wasn't going to try a pick a fight with him for being disrespectful to his woman but he did wonder what the hell made him sit there until he felt someone fill the seat on his other side. He didn't need to look to know that it was Tig. They all sat there drinking, no one spoke and no one needed to. No one club or otherwise bothered them. It must of hit everyone else just like it hit Hap. They shared something in common. They were all in love, with the three musketeers which in turn meant that they were bound to form a bond stronger even than the one they had currently had. You couldn't love one of the three without having a care and respect for the other two. They were a package deal.

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Gemma had been watching everything that night but seeing the three men sit at the bar she wasn't sure but she had a feeling that the calm that surrounded them had something to do with the three women that walked into town and into the life without having any idea of what they were getting into, except for maybe Taylor. Gemma wouldn't make any comment to anyone, not even clay about the things she was slowly figuring out. Happy was in love with Taylor, which seemed strange to her. She never thought that the killah was in possession of that kind of feeling but watching the three of them at the bar she knew. The three men at the bar were in the love with three girls that came as one, lived as one and would lay down their lives for each other. It was almost like a small club. They were their own person but they completed each other, were each others families much like the Sons were.

Gemma was shaken from her thoughts when her husband, son and Tara all took a seat at her table.

"Any clue what that's about?" Clay asked her.

Gemma lit a smoke and shook her head, "No idea."

Jax and Clay exchanged a look before nodding along with her response.

"You think Taylor will ever come around to Hap?" Jax asked Tara.

Tara shook her head no slowly. Everyone stayed quiet for a moment before they heard laughter break out from the bar. All four turned the heads to the sound.

Tig, Hap, and Juice all sat at the bar laughing their asses off and just like that all of the seriousness that had been there before was gone. And the Friday night party/birthday bash was in full swing.

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