...Chapter 10...

Nicole heard motorcycles pulling up, so she walked outside, and saw Jax, Happy, and Juice parking their bikes. The only thing she really noticed was the scowl on Jax's face. "I'm gonna get my ass chewed out." she thought to herself, rolling her eyes. Then as Juice was about to give her a hug, Jax yanked him back over to Happy, and got into her face. "What?" she asked.

"What the fuck, Nicole? What the fuck is wrong with you?"

"I'm sorry."

"Running off outside at night, again?"

"Jesus Christ, I said I was sorry... what the fuck do you want from me?"

"To use your brain for starters and stop running away, when you have someone out there, after you." he paused. "Do you think I wanna find you dead, somewhere on the side of the road, because you wanna be stupid?" her eyes started welling up. "Just because something doesn't go your way? Nicole... right now, you're acting like a spoiled little bitch." her jaw dropped to the ground. Juice was about to say something, but Happy glared at him with a 'stay-out-of-it' look, shaking his head. "You're going to be a mother, so grow the fuck up, and stop acting so fucking irresponsible."

As he walked away to his bike, Nicole said "Jax, you're not exactly the poster boy for being a responsible parent either."

"Uh-oh." Juice shook his head.

Jax slowly turned around and growled. "What did you say?"

"You fucking heard me."

He got back into her face. "How 'bout you tell me to my face."

"Okay... I said, you're not exactly the poster boy for being a responsible parent... I mean, once Wendy told you she was pregnant, what did you do? You bailed on her like a pussy, because you couldn't handle it... so do not fucking talk shit to me about "being irresponsible." she said, using her quotation fingers. Nicole could see the fire in his eyes, but she didn't care, then all of a sudden Jax couldn't take anymore, he's never been so pissed off at her, so he reached his fist back, and punched Nicole in the face, making her fall to the ground. Both Juice and Happy stood there frozen in shock, as was Nicole, who was struggling to get up. Once she was on her feet, she chuckled, as the pain was burning her cheek. "Wow, you really are a pussy, because only dick-less assholes hit women."

"You're not a woman... you're my sister, so that rule don't apply to you."

"Well, I ain't your sister anymore." she shook her head. "You can fucking rot in hell, you bastard, because you're just like Colin and Connor... except I don't think you'd ever torture or rape anyone, then again, I never ever thought you'd hit a woman either." she shrugged. "I guess I was wrong, you're exactly like them." then she walked passed Juice over to Happy. "Can I ask you something?"

"What's up?"

"Can you take me to Tacoma?" she whispered in his ear. He glanced over at Jax, then looked down at Nicole with worry in his eyes. "Please?"

Happy has known Nicole since she was younger and she's always had him wrapped around her finger, and there was never a time he told her 'no' to anything, no matter what Clay or even Jax had said otherwise. "Yeah... I'll take you to get some stuff, then we'll go, I gotta get going over there anyway."

"Thank you." she said, softly and almost kid-like.

He nodded, then got on his bike. As Nicole was about to get on, Juice grabbed her arm. "What the hell are you doing?"

She ripped it out of his grasp. "I'm re-thinking this whole relationship... so leave me the fuck alone and stay the fuck away from me." then she carefully got on behind Happy, and he rode off.

Juice just glared at Jax, shaking his head, then Jax groaned. "Sorry, Man... I was pissed off."

"I'm not the one you should be saying sorry to, why the fuck did you hit her? She's fucking pregnant!"

"I know." Jax shook his head. "What she said, made me mad, and I wasn't thinking."

"No, you weren't thinking and now my girlfriend is off to Tacoma." Juice scoffed. "You do know who lives in Tacoma, right?"

Jax gave him a 'you're-fucking-stupid' look. "Nic isn't gonna do nothing with Kozik, because he knows and she knows that Clay will kill him." Jax paused. "Besides, that ended a long time ago, you ain't got nothing to worry about, if anything... she's safer over there and away from Connor."

"Yeah, right." Juice got on his bike and started it up, then rode off.

Jax walked over to the handicapped sign and punched it as hard as he could. "Fuck!" he yelled, wincing in pain, but he felt as if he deserved it, plus a lot more.

He pulled out his phone and sent a text to Happy. "Just keep Nic there in Tacoma, she's safe from Connor."

Happy replied back. "And she's safe from you, asshole, but it's one of the reasons why I'm taking her."

A few minutes later, Jax groaned, getting on his bike, and went back to his house.

Happy pulled up to her place and they walked inside. "Pack light, we're on my bike."

"I know." she nodded, then gave him a hug. "Thank you, Happy."

He backed up to look at her, examining her cheek. "You know I'm only taking you there to keep you safe."

"I know."

"So, stay away from Kozik."

"I will, Happy... I just need to get away."

"Okay... don't worry about Clay, I'll talk to him." she nodded again, then she went into her room to pack. Within ten minutes, Nicole packed what she needed, then her and Happy took off to Tacoma.

Jax walked into his house and Clay jumped up to his feet. "Where's Nicole?" he noticed the look on his face. "What's wrong?"

"She's with Happy."

"Okay, is she coming back?"

"Not right now."

Clay raised his eyebrow. "What the hell do you mean, not right now?"

"Me and her got into a fight and he's taking her to Tacoma."

"What!" Clay, Gemma, and Crystal yelled.

"Relax... her being there, she's safe from Connor." he started walking down the hallway. "I'm going to bed, all of you, let yourselves out." then he went into his room and slammed the door.

"What the hell... is going on now?" Crystal asked, out loud.

"Well." Cassie started. "If she's with Hap, then she'll be okay."

"Yeah." Katie agreed. "Let's hope Connor can't find her."

"I'm gonna wring Happy's neck." Clay said, walking out the door. "Bye everyone."

"Bye." Gemma waved, then followed behind Clay.

Crystal started to think of something, then her eyes widened. "Uh-oh... Nic's going to Tacoma?"

"Yeah, so?" Katie shrugged.

"Uh, hello... Kozik lives in Tacoma."

"Oh." Cassie made an 'O' shape with her lips, then shook her head. "That's not good."

"I hope she doesn't do anything stupid."

"Maybe she won't Crys." Katie paused. "She loves Juice."

"Well, you guys... go ahead and go, I'm gonna stay with Jax."

"Okay." the girls said, at the same time, then them and all the guys left.

Crystal walked into Jax's room and sat down on the bed, she reached over and rubbed his bare back. "Are you all right?"

"No." he mumbled.

"What's wrong?" he didn't answer. "Would you like to talk about it?"

"No."

"Do you want me to leave?"

"No." he lifted his head up. "I just want to sleep, I'll talk to you in the morning." then he slammed his head back down on the pillow. Crystal got up, locked all the doors, turned everything off, and laid down next to Jax, then closed her eyes, wondering what happened tonight.

A/N: I freakin' love KOZIK, so there will be a little bit of his yummy goodness in here! Enjoy this and as always R&R!