Thank you everyone for all the comments! I got back to a lot of you, but not all. But I really appreciate each and every one of you who keep coming back to my story!
Sorry for the slightly longer wait, this chapter ended up being a lot longer than I thought. Getting close to the end, starting my list for one shots so please tell me if you have any ideas.
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2014
22
"I don't think I heard you right, that sounded like a no." Happy leaned against the kitchen counter waiting for Gabby.
"You heard me perfectly fine, no." She turned back to her laptop and snuggled further into her bed.
"You promised me all the holiday parties." Happy reiterated.
"Dad, I went to the New Year's eve dinner at Gemma's. I didn't put up a fight when you took me back to the club house. I stayed the whole night. Got up in the morning, was coerced into helping with clean up with all the other crow eaters and then ended up cooking New Year's Day brunch for a bunch of hung over bikers." She finally slammed her laptop closed. "Now you come over at 11 at night, I'm already in bed, and you say there is another 'family' New Year's celebration to go to. NO."
"You promised me." He defended, arms crossed.
"You're taking advantage of my promise."
"Yes I am, now get your ass out of bed and come with me."
"You're also taking advantage of the key I gave you." Gabby ignored his plea for her to come with him.
"You take back my key I'll just start picking the lock." He warned and walked out of the kitchen and leaned on the back of the couch facing Gabby's bed; which earned him a glare. "Tacoma's gonna be there, and Portland and Rouge River, Indian Hills, Fresno… Come on, Vin and Lenard are always asking me about you, and I know you like Donut."
"Donut thinks my name is Abby." Gabby corrected her father and crossed her arms.
"No, that's just a joke, he likes to tease. Come on sweet heart, there's gonna be a lot of new guys there to…" Happy stopped himself a little too late.
"To what Dad? Play bachelorette with? To throw myself at? Seduce?" Gabby hadn't dated since slugging George and Happy had used her promise of holiday's with the club to introduce her to any man under 30 that lived up to his standards.
"Really don't have to seduce these guys Gabs." Happy tried to lighten the mood.
"Right, just have to blow them in the club house while they watch other women strip."
"I better not catch you blowing a guy in the club house." Happy got up off the back of the couch. Gabby smiled at her father's short fuse.
"Does that mean you want me to be the one stripping or that I should just go right to the dorm rooms with them?"
"Gabby." He started in a warning tone but stopped. She was trying to piss him off so he'd storm out and not make her go. He'd fallen for it at Thanksgiving and had to turn back around to get her cursing and swearing when he realized it.
"Get up, get dressed, or I will throw you over my shoulder and take you as is." He said in a deadly calm voice. Gabby looked down at herself. She was in a camisole and boy shorts. She looked back up at him with a 'you wouldn't dare' look on her face.
"10." Happy said slightly louder. Gabby just looked at him. "9." He said taking a step closer. Gabby rolled her eyes. He hadn't counted down to get her to do something since she was 6 years old.
"8." He took the laptop off her bed and set it on the dresser. "7."
"Are you seriously counting down? I'm 22!"
"6."
"Okay! Jesus."
"5." Gabby jumped out of bed and grabbed her jeans off the hook on the closet door. "4." She hopped around getting the jeans on. Happy tried hard not to smirk, "3."
"Oh my god!" She huffed, slipping her feet into a pair of tennis shoes sans socks.
"2." She pulled Happy's hoody from last night off the couch and shoved her arms into it. "1."
"Done!" She pulled her hair out of the hoody and held her hands out to stop him from picking her up.
"Let's go." He pulled out his keys and grabbed one of her hands tugging her out the door.
Gabby followed her father through the throng of people earning several hugs and smiling politely at the men who greeted her father with a scream of 'killer' and a hearty pat on the back.
"Abby!" She heard just before she was lifted off the ground in a bear hug.
"Hi Donut." She rolled her eyes at Happy as she was set back down.
Happy snorted, covering it up with a cough. He had been carefully to keep Gabby his little secret as much as he could, at least till he put Kozik in charge of her while he was in prison. When he got out he found out Kozik had told all of Tacoma about his secret. "Why don't you go inside sweet heart, I'll be there in a minute."
"You sure?" She asked, extremely uncomfortable with the idea of walking around on her own.
Hap took a look around and spotted Tig with Bobby talking up some Indian Hills brothers. "Yeah, it's fine." No one besides Tig would say anything to his girl.
Gabby headed inside the clubhouse hoping to find a Charming prospect to hang with. She knew Happy had put the fear of God into all of them to look out for her.
"Good, you're here. You're late." Gemma said backing up after colliding with Gabby at the kitchen entrance. "Nice outfit." She added.
Gabby looked down at herself. She really couldn't care less. "Thanks Gem, picked it out just for you."
"Right." Gemma thrust a try of meat at her. "Take this outside to the grills. Then I need you behind the bar tonight." She added over her shoulder walking away.
Gabby's head snapped back to Gemma so fast they could both hear it. "Excuse me?" Gemma turned back around slowly. Gabby thrust the tray of meet at a passing sweet butt and walked up to Gemma. "I'm not a bartender."
"Aw Hun, it's not hard just pass out beers and pour shots. No one drinks fancy shit around here." Gemma patted her on the shoulder and started to walk away.
"No Gemma." Gabby grabbed Gemma's arm and pulled her back. "I'm not Here tonight to be a bartender. I'm here as a guest."
Jax looked up from greeting Jury at the bar just in time to see Gemma pat Gabby and walk away and Gabby grab Gemma. He all but rolled his eyes as he caught Tara's gaze and nodded over to the women. It was all the silent communication the new SAMCRO queen needed before she headed over.
"You're here to do whatever the fuck I tell you to do you little tart." Tara got there in time to hear Gemma seethe at Gabby.
"Gabby is here with her father Gemma, she's not here to see to your needs." Tara said calmly.
"I am in charge…" Gemma started.
"No Gemma." Tara interrupted, "I am in charge. I allow you to plan these parties and see after the girls. But I have the final say here." Gemma scoffed and stormed back into the kitchen.
"Thanks Tara." Gabby sounded slightly embarrassed that someone once again had to stand up for her in the clubhouse. She really wished Happy saw this part of her evening, maybe he would finally stop dragging her here.
"No problem, I love any valid excuse to tell Gemma off." Tara smiled and Gabby smirked back. "Can I ask you something Gabby?"
"Of course."
"Why does Gemma treat you like that? As far as I can remember you've never slept around with these guys."
"Cautionary tale." Gabby shrugged.
"What do you mean?"
"My mother was a sweet butt."
"But Happy's your dad." Tara shook her head not seeing the problem.
"He's not. Whoever my father is…he didn't claim me. I was the first accident. Gemma turned my mother and me into a cautionary tale. She didn't get old lady status by getting knocked up and I…"
"Get no special treatment for maybe being the daughter of a Son." Tara nodded her head in realization.
"Suppose it worked in the end. Not many of the girls stay pregnant….." Gabby heavily inflected the 'stay' and Tara again nodded her head.
"But with Happy, I mean, the guys see you as his. Why doesn't he enforce that with Gem?"
"Since when do these guys get involved in old lady and sweet butt disputes?"
Happy Vin and Lenard stood at the bar watching Gabby play pool with Lox, the newest Indian Hills prospect and Casper. "How long has it been for Casper now?"
"Year and 8 months." Lenard informed him. "Surprised your girl over there hasn't gotten swept up yet."
Happy scoffed. "Close call with a civilian last year."
Vin shook his head. "The Tacoma Killer's daughter marrying a civilian? What, you kill him?"
"Nah, Gabby broke his nose." Happy beamed, it was one of the proudest moments of his life.
Lenard spit out his bear. "That little mouse punched somebody?"
"She's my kid; you think I didn't teach her how to fight? So what's wrong with Casper?" He asked, eyeing the man currently making his daughter smile and blush. He wasn't too worried; yet, Bobby was in earshot of the table and would surely alert Happy to anything over the line.
"I don't know, he's a good kid, wiz on the computer. He just doesn't have that outlaw gene in him, you know? No fighting, just no heart for it I suppose." Lenard sighed. He liked the kid. Would probably keep him on as an employee after all was said and done. But if he didn't show some killer instinct soon Vin and the rest were ready to give up on his ass.
"Juice ain't exactly the toughest SOB in Charming, but gotta give the kid his props, that computer shit really comes in handy these days." Happy said before he thought about it. Why was he defending the kid he thoroughly dismissed when Gabby showed interest in him?
"Oh hell yeah man, he's done fake ID's, hacking, last month he got into a bike dealers security system and changed some time codes, gave 3 of my men a solid alibi. He just, you know, ain't got that SOA spark." Vin added to Lenard and Happy's discussion. "Now this guy," Vin pulled a younger brother over who was on his way to the bar, "he's got the fucking spark man. Hap meet Shark. Just transferred in from Florida he's a mother fucking surfing biker!"
"Happy." The young Son shook his hand firmly before hugging him.
"Shark, how you liking Fresno?" Happy asked, obviously looking him over like a piece of tail. He was a few inches shorter than Happy but built with the same lean muscle. He wasn't covered in ink, but he had his fair share.
"Shark loves Fresno." Vin interrupted. "He just bought a house there, nice 3 bedroom ranch. Not too bad for a 27 year old." Vin smirked and patted the boy on the back. Lenard and Vin both wanted Gabby to hook up with a Fresno boy. Everyone loved her there, and having the Killer's daughter in town also meant regular visits from the killer himself, which usually came in quite handy.
"Yeah, so you're settled there, not thinking about going back to Florida?" Happy continued his near interview of the man. He wanted Gabby out of Charming, but no way in hell was she leaving the west coast.
"It's good to be home, I grew up in San Diego. Prospected in Florida with a buddy when we got out of the marines. Always planned on coming back to this side of the country. Gonna help my sister take care of our mom, spend some time with her before she's gone, you know?" Happy listened intently. He was like a mini Happy, what better choice for his girl?
"Shark, you meet Hap's kid yet?" Lenard set his empty beer bottle on the bar and wrapped an arm around his shoulders. "Do us a favor will ya? Keep an eye on her while we take Happy over to the ring. Tacoma boys are getting ready to fight. Happy doesn't like his girl wondering around these parties unattended." Lenard grinned at Hap and Vin and walked Shark over to the pool table.
"Gabby." Lenard greeted her with a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey Lenard."
"Want you to meet Shark." He patted the man hard on the back before quickly making his way back to the bar.
"Subtle." Was all Hap said as Lenard returned. He looked over and caught his daughter's eye, raising his beer bottle and pointing outside. She nodded and went back to paying attention to whatever the hell Shark was telling her.
Lox made his escape after he lost the current game and Shark took over. "Prospect, how about some beers, huh?" Shark asked, taking the pool cue out of Casper's hand.
"I'm good Casper. Please no more." Gabby smiled sympathetically as Casper went off to unquestioningly fulfill his prospect duties. Casper smiled back not seeing the glare Shark aimed his way.
It was nearly an hour later that Gabby and Shark surrendered the table to another group and Shark began to lead Gabby into one of the darker corners of the club house. Gabby spotted Bobby, her unsaid babysitter, passed out on the couch and groaned whilst trying to maneuver around Shark to prevent from being pinned anywhere. Casper saw her look of discomfort and got up from his own perch by the bar, only to get shoved out of the way by Tig who was making a b-line straight for Gabby.
"Get lost kid." Tig nodded Shark away. Shark let go of Gabby's waist and left reluctantly. Older Brothers always got first pick of the girls, though only the dicks actually took advantage of that rule.
Shark made his way out of the clubhouse and Gabby found herself trapped by yet another man. She swallowed nervously, a move Casper caught and once again started to make his way over to her.
"Where's Happy?" Tig asked, pushing Gabby in the same direction Shark had been.
"Outside."
"And he left that twerp to look after you?"
"Look, can we just skip to the part where you make some disgusting sexual innuendo and I leave the club house in a huff?" Gabby asked, the late hour and alcohol making her irritable.
Tig stopped moving. He looked down at her carefully and let go of her arm, pushing a strand of hair behind her ear. "Is that really how you see me? Some creepy old pervert?"
"Don't." She flinched her head away making Tig quickly recoil his hand. He was staring into her eyes so intensely she had to fight to hold back a shiver.
"I'm a lot more than that sweet heart." He finally whispered.
"Don't. Don't call me that." She started to back up and he grabbed her arm again quickly.
"I think it's time you and me straightened out a few things." His eyes flared in anger and she tried desperately to pull her arm out of his grasp. She didn't want to make a scene. She looked around for anyone who would help her. The only Charming brothers in the room were passed out or engrossed in sweet butts. Her eyes locked with Casper over Tig's shoulder and he instantly pushed the rest of the way through the crowd and put his hand on Tig's chest, wedging himself between the two.
"Let go of her." Casper said firmly and calmly.
"Beat it Prospect." Tig didn't bother turning away from Gabby to look at him.
"No." With that Tig whipped his head around.
"What the fuck did you say to me boy?"
"You're scaring her." Casper pushed himself the rest of the way in between Tig and Gabby, forcing Tig to let go of her. Gabby grabbed on to Casper's arm immediately.
"Casper don't, please, just…just take me home." Gabby whispered to him, keeping her eyes on Tig.
"You want to go home find Happy." Tig pointed at her over Casper's shoulder.
"Come on, I'll take you." Casper answered her, wrapping an arm back and around her pushing her around him away from Tig. He wasn't stupid enough to turn his back on this guy.
"You're not taking her anywhere." Tig grabbed his arm and pulled him back over toward the wall.
Shark walked out of the club house and toward the boxing ring. The fight was long over but the crowd had yet to disperse.
Happy spotted him instantly and looked around for Gabby. When he didn't see her he shoved his beer at Vin and stalked toward the younger man. Lenard Vin and Chibs who had joined them all quickly followed.
"Where's Gabby?" He said immediately upon getting to him.
"Umm, Tig snagged her from me." He waved a hand back at the club house.
"Shite!" Chibs cursed under his breath and was only a half-step behind Happy as he charged his way through the crowd into the clubhouse.
"What the fuck's the matter with you? I told you to stay with her!" Lenard slapped Shark upside the head before he and Vin ran into the clubhouse as well to see what the big deal was.
"Jesus, let him go!" Happy heard his daughter yelling as soon as the door opened. He shoved his way through the ring of men getting to the center where he found Gabby attempting to pull Tig off of a profusely bleeding Casper.
"Gabby!" Happy wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her away from the fighting men just as Casper got out of Tig's grasp and missed a left to his jaw.
"Dad stop them!" She tried to pull out of his grasp and he pushed her back towards Chibs whom wrapped a firm arm around her middle and pulled her against his chest.
"Not your fight lass let the brothers resolve it." He whispered into her ear.
The crowd was getting louder in their shouting as all the charters picked a brother to cheer for.
"Jesus Christ what the fuck?!" Jax entered with another surge of men as news of the fight spread and forced his way into the circle along with Happy.
"Jax stop them, please." Gabby pleaded from the side.
"Fucking Christ Tig! Tig get the fuck off of him!" Jax tried to force the boys apart and Happy stopped him, pulling him close.
"Tig needs this brother." Happy whispered into his ear and Jax looked at him carefully, and then looked at Tig and Casper as the prospect caught Tig in the left kidney.
Jax let out a frustrated breath through his nose and nodded to Chibs to take Gabby out of the circle. She was horrified at the sight in front of her, and Jax knew with Tig and Gabby in the same room this fight could only be about one thing; her.
Chibs pushed their way through till they got out of the circle of onlookers. "Stay here. I gotta get the first aid kit." He pointed at the corner cushion of the couch and jogged off toward the garage.
As soon as he was gone Gabby got up to head towards the door. "Oh no you don't. Two men fight over you, you stay till the end." Gemma appeared in front of her and shoved her back down.
Gabby hid her face in her hands as the fight continued, the sound of the blows sometimes louder than the cheers. The distinct sound of a table crashing slightly preceding half the room groaning in agony and the other half of the room cheering genuinely in shocked surprise.
"Here" Gabby looked up to see Happy with a very bloody Casper hanging on his shoulder. She jumped a bit as he was dropped down next to her. He dropped a cold bundle in her lap. "Clean up your hero." He looked at the two and then walked away, following Jax and Chibs who were carrying what looked like an unconscious Tig toward the dorms.
Gabby unbundled the towel ice pack and mini first aid kit, quickly kneeling on the cushion next to Casper. "Jesus Casper." She started to wipe the blood off his face and he brought his hand up, knuckles busted, to stop her.
"You don't have to." He whispered, bringing her hand down.
"You didn't have to either." She rested his hand on her knee and balanced the ice pack on top of it, going back to cleaning his face. "Why did you do that?"
"It needed to be done." He winced as she cleaned out a cut above his forehead. "He has no right to treat you like that Gabby."
"You take good care of him darling!" A few of the Indian Hills brothers walked by hooting at the two of them on the couch. One heavily patting Casper on the shoulder which caused another wince.
"Gabby…I don't want you to think….I mean, shit." He used his less damaged left hand to lower hers once more. "I didn't fight Tig to win you or anything…. I mean… I like you…. But I don't…. You don't owe me or anything." Gabby smiled and started to close up a cut on his cheek with butterfly bandages.
"Thank you. For stepping in, for helping me."
"You're welcome."
"What the fuck was that?!" Jax yelled at a barely conscious Tig.
"You might want to wait a few hours if you expect a coherent answer." Chibs threw over his shoulder as he set Tig's broken nose.
"Yeah, Prospect whipped his ass good." Lenard said from his spot leaning against the wall. Happy stayed silent. He wanted Tig alone, to find out exactly what he did to provoke the prospect into fighting him over Gabby.
"It's fine." Tig shoved Chibs off of him and swiped the ice pack from the bed. "Just a fight amongst brother's man." He looked at Happy, daring him to say more.
"Fight between brothers over a girl?" Jax asked crossing his arms. "What the fuck is always up your ass when Gabby's around man. She's not a fucking sweet butt. She's your Brother's Daughters!"
"SHE IS NOT HIS DAUGHTER!" Tig screamed getting up and pointing at Hap. Chibs stepped up and pushed him back down.
"She is Brother. I don't give a fuck whose blood is running through her. Happy raised that girl. She will be treated as such." Jax declared. "You seem to be the only one here who has a problem with that."
Tig got back up and shoved Chibs away. "She is not your daughter!" He got in Happy's face. "You want her, you want her to call you dad and curl up with you. You need to keep a closer fucking eye on her. She shouldn't be here. She has no place in this club."
"Tig." Chibs warned.
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Jax stepped up as well. "She's a club kid. I put a pink SOA hat on her 2 hour old head myself."
"I don't want her in my clubhouse." Tig looked back at Jax.
"Not your fucking choice." Jax shot back.
"Aye, Tig, you need to take a step back and see the big picture." Chibs tried to calm his brother. There weren't many men left from their generation in the club. Bobby Chibs Tig and Clay were the only ones who were still around from Gabby's conception.
Tig spun in the middle of the room looking at all the men. "I didn't start that fight. Your bachelor of the month was dragging YOUR daughter into the back of the club house and I stepped in and stopped it. Pee Wee out there needs to learn his place." Tig spat at Happy.
"Needles said you threw him into a wall." Lenard walked closer to the group.
"He got between me and Gabby."
"Needles said Gabby was scared to death trying to get away from you." Lenard explained further.
"I don't want Gabby here. I don't want her with a god damn Son. That's not the life for her!" Tig yelled at Happy and Jax, standing side by side.
"Not your kid, not your call." Jax warned.
Tig took a few deep breaths before diving at Jax. Jax shoved him off and just as quickly Chibs and Lenard had him restrained.
"Get him the fuck out of here. Sleep off the booze. And whatever the hell else you took, clean up your face." Jax yelled toward the 3 men as Chibs and Lenard nodded and dragged Tig to his own dorm room.
"What the fuck was that about?" Jax turned back to Happy.
Happy looked his president in the eye, but couldn't bring himself to say it. He sighed loudly and ran a hand over his head. "I'll stop bringing Gabby here."
"No. Gabby's welcome here. Look, you weren't around when she was born. My dad, he didn't care who Gabby's mom was. I meant what I said. He handed me a hat and took me into Emily's room, pointed at Gabby, and told me to say hi to my new little sister. That she was club. That club was stronger than blood. I used to baby sit her. Me and Opie both…when my dad died, things in this club changed. I'm still trying to fix them."
Happy nodded and Jax hugged him. "So you okay with her having a new biker in her life?" Jax teased.
"Yeah… think he proved himself tonight." The two brothers walked out into the main club house and perched themselves against the bar, watching Gabby wrap Casper's knuckles.
"You ready to lose your little girl to Fresno?" Vin came up to them and patted Happy on the back.
Hap chuckled. "Been setting her up with patches for years now. And she picks the flunky."
"Flunky? Hap, that fight…that girl, just earned Casper his top rocker."
Gabby looked up at the sound of an unfamiliar motorcycle parking in front of the store. She couldn't help but smile when the rider took off his helmet to reveal a very black and blue Casper. He smiled at her through the window and slowly made his way inside.
"Hey." She set down the case of wallets she was putting out on display and walked over to him, leading him to the counter. "Surprised to see you up and around."
"We're headed back tonight, wanted to take a ride, make sure I would make it. Jax told me where I could find you."
"Yeah I ah, thought it best not to come back to the clubhouse to check on you…. I was worried though." She looked him over; the swelling on his face was gone leaving only dark bruises and still open gashes. She peaked around him and rubbed his right hand, his knuckles were busted open.
He stroked her hand with his thumb. "They aren't broken." He assured her.
"So what happens now? Tig must be pretty pissed."
"Don't know, I figured I'd get booted out for attacking a patch but Tig's cool. He seems more pissed at Happy then he is at me." He shrugged and Gabby furrowed her brow, a move Casper found absolutely adorable. "I'm half way out already. If I ain't patched in the next 4 months they'll ask me to leave. They ain't gonna give me more than 2 years to prove myself."
"So…I may have lost you your patch?"
"No…no, I mean, you didn't do anything Gabby. I made the choice to stand up to Tig."
She nodded her head and gently stoked a bruise on his jaw. "Let me know what happens, okay, with the club, with…whatever…."
"I will. I gotta get back. We got church in 30 and Fresno heads out after that. I just wanted to stop in, say bye."
Gabby smiled and pushed up onto her tip toys catching Casper off guard with a light gentle peck on his lips. "Bye" she said as she pulled away.
Casper lowered his head along with her and kissed her back, just as gently but a bit longer. "Bye" he whispered back, resting his forehead against hers.
6 months later
"I told you you didn't have to come here. Everything's packed. Trucks gonna be here any minute." Gabby teased her father.
"Did you really think I wasn't gonna go down there with you?"
"You don't have too." She insisted.
"Least he could do is put a crow on you before you move in together." Happy grumbled.
"Oh my god dad, for the last time, I am not moving to Fresno for Casper." Gabby sighed and Happy just stared at her. "Fine, not JUST for Casper." She threw her arms in the air and collapsed on the couch. "I got a good job down there, something I can make a career out of, something I'm passionate about. I'm gonna make a difference in those kids lives dad." Gabby had gotten a job as a youth counselor at a drug rehab facility in Fresno helping kids whose parents were using or in treatment. She had been taking classes online and volunteering for a few years now to get the credentials she needed.
"Besides I'm not moving in with him. I got my own apartment. One with walls separating my bed from my couch." She waved her hand at the 4 feet of space between said bed and couch in her small studio.
"And your young hero ain't gonna be spending the night?" Happy was honestly thrilled with Casper; he had gotten his patch and was truthfully the perfect Son for Gabby. Plus it got her out of Charming. But he would never tell Gabby any of that or he would never hear the end of it.
"It's not like it has to be dark out for us to fuck dad." Gabby couldn't help but smile as the water bottle in Happy's hand instantly got crushed with a loud obvious crinkle sound. Happy really wasn't as hard to read as everyone thought. His face my reveal nothing but his body language was hard to miss.
"I swear to god Gabby…"
"Don't worry dad, we're careful. I don't want kids till I get married." Somehow the assurance of his daughter being on birth control did nothing to delete the image of her having sex out of his head.
"And when do you plan on getting married?"
"Don't know, we've only done the long distance thing. I want to make sure I can still stand him when I see him every day."
"Smart."
She smiled and walked over to him. "Daddy didn't raise no fool." She teased and kissed his cheek. "You can grumble all you want. I know you wanted me with a Son, and I know you like Casper."
Happy gave in and kissed the top of her head. "You make sure that Son of yours knows he doesn't have my permission to have your hand for anything yet, marriage or crow."
"You just said you wanted him to put a crow on me before I moved down there." Gabby groaned, exasperated.
"No I said the least he could do was put one on you." The argument stopped with a knock on the door before Casper and a new Fresno prospect came inside. Happy held back his growl when Casper and Gabby greeted each other with a kiss.
"Happy." Casper greeted him.
"You're late." Hap said and shoved a stool into his hands.
"There 10 minutes early." Gabby defended them.
"Sorry sir." Casper replied to Happy. Happy grabbed another stool and headed down the stairs to the truck the prospect had driven up.
"You know, if he's gonna be your father in law you need to learn to stand up to him." Gabby tried not to laugh at Casper.
"Easy for you to say, he won't punch you."
"Really? The Tacoma Killer was a nice dad?" The prospect asked.
"Well, not nice per say, he beat the shit out of my mom a few times, pulled a gun on the first guy he saw me with, and disappeared for about 5 years of my life. But other than that he's a teddy bear."
"What's with the chatter?" Happy asked coming back in.
"He even used to braid my hair." Gabby grinned at her father's back as he dropped her nightstand after hearing her comment.
"ONCE." Happy said loudly making the other 2 men in the room jump. "Only because it had to be done for your Christmas pageant." He picked the night stand back up and walked towards the door. "Get the fucking couch!" He yelled at the younger brothers and charged out of the apartment.
"Holy shit." The prospect gasped and looked wide eyed at Gabby and Casper.
"What, still scary?" Gabby asked.
"WORSE!" Both men screamed at her.
"Why?"
"Because now I'm pretty sure he'd kill both of us just to keep that secret!" Casper filled in heaving up his end of the couch and backed out of the apartment.
"Dude, you really think he's gonna kill us for knowing that?" The prospect asked on the way down the stairs.
"Wouldn't put it past him, Jesus, I know that, and I'm screwing his daughter!" They got to the bottom of the stairs and Casper backed into a very large Happy shaped immovable object. Casper only needed to see the Prospects eyes widen before he started backpedaling. "Making love." Casper tried, walking around Hap and lifting the couch into the truck. "HUGGING!" He yelled as Happy continued to just stare at him.
"Naked hugging." Gabby offered as she came down the stairs carrying a box.
"Are you trying to get me killed?" Casper wailed from the truck bed.
"He won't kill you. I'd cry, and he hates it when I cry." Gabby smiled at Casper before turning around and kissing Happy on the cheek. "And if he killed you I'd never date another Son again." She warned over her shoulder as she jogged back up the steps.
2 notes:
1, for those of you who haven't watched every single David Labrava interview on YouTube, "Behind the Cut with Happy" DL talks about surfing. So I just had to add that in there.
2: Did anyone notice that Gabby has a bit more of an attitude about her now? I added that in on purpose since she finally stood up for herself in the last chapter. She's growing and maturing and finally finding herself, and her voice.
