...Chapter 11...

The next morning, Juice walked into Stefani's house and saw Happy sitting on the couch, watching TV. "Sup, Man?" he sat down on the recliner. "You wanted me to hurry up and get here, so early in the damn morning?"

"Yeah, I want you to do something."

"Okay, what?"

"I want you to keep an eye on Stefani."

"Okay, but why?"

"Kozik's leaving with his dumb bitch today and tomorrow is Sofia's funeral, so she'll need someone to be there for her."

"And this someone is me?"

"Yeah."

"Alright." Juice leaned back. "I can be the shoulder for her to cry on." he nodded. "So, what are you doing here?"

"I stopped by to check on Stef, last night, and I found her laying in her room, with a bottle of vodka in her hand... she must have hit her head on something, because she was bleeding, so I took her to the hospital to get stitches."

"Damn."

"And she wanted me to stay, so she wouldn't be alone." Happy sat up. "This is where you come in... I don't give a shit what she says, you don't leave her alone, and you don't let her have any alcohol." Happy stood up and shook his head. "She don't need anymore trips to the hospital, just stay with her. "

"I will." Juice nodded. "I got this."

"A'ight, thanks." Happy said, before walking out the door.

Juice got up to sit down on the couch, then he grabbed the remote to change the channels. "This should be fun." he chuckled.

...

Stefani walked out into the living room a few hours later, with a pounding headache, and frowned. "Juice? What are you doing here?" she looked around. "Where's Happy?"

"He took off and I'm on Stefani - duty, which means, I have to keep an eye on you."

"Juice, no offence, but I'm a big girl, and I can take care of myself."

"Yeah, says the girl, that got a little too hammered, and had to get taken to the hospital." he paused. "Look, Happy and I are worried about you, and we don't want you to do anything stupid, because you're upset about Kozik's dumb ass."

"Yeah." she nodded. "Drinking was pretty stupid." she sat down in the recliner. "For what it's worth, thanks for being here for me, I kinda don't feel like being alone."

"Well, that's why I'm here." Juice smiled. "We'll have fun, we'll watch whatever movie you want, we can play some video games, or play the Wii."

"I don't... I don't have a Wii."

"Okay, let's go buy one then."

"Alright." she got up, headed to her room. "I'll get dressed and we'll go."

Kozik got done packing, then after he found out that Crystal and Katie had taken Danielle to the park, he went down there to see her, and say goodbye. He smiled, watching her on the swings, laughing, and having a fun time without a care in the world, then he finally went up to her, and hid behind one of the slides. "Psst... Dani, come here a second." she went up to him and smiled, hugging his leg. "Glad to see you too." she let go, then he squatted down to her level. "Look, there's something I need to tell you."

"What is it?"

Kozik took a deep breath. "I'm going away for a while."

"Why?"

"Because I have to, but while I'm gone, can you do something for me?" she nodded. "Can you take care of your momma?"

"I can do that."

"Good."

"I need to tell you something too."

Kozik raised his eyebrow. "What is it? You can tell me anything."

"Okay." she took a deep breath. "I had another bad dream last night."

"What was it about?"

"You and Mommy gave me a little brother, but Michael found out. At my birthday party, he came over and hurt Mommy, then." tears started falling down her cheeks as she continued. "Then Michael killed you and he took me and my little brother away." Danielle put her arms around his neck, hugging him tight. "I don't want him to hurt you."

"No, no, no... listen to me, Michael isn't going to hurt me or Mommy, I won't let him."

Danielle backed up to look at Kozik. "But how? You said that you're going away." she started crying again. "I want you to be my daddy... please don't go."

Kozik wiped her cheeks with his thumbs. "Come here, Baby." he sighed, giving her a hug, then he closed his eyes.

"Okay, Juice." Stefani started. "I sent Katie a text to keep Dani for one more night, so you and I can test out the video games." she paused, then he nodded. "We got the Wii, now... what games should we get?"

"How 'bout." he looked at the games on the rack. "Donkey Kong Country, Just Dance 2 - for Dani, New Super Mario Bros... Tetris, maybe some bowling and mini golf games."

"Okay." Stefani nodded. "Ooh, we have to get Super Mario Bros 3, best game ever!"

"Yeah." Juice agreed.

"I also want a Playstation 3, so I can play Black Ops, Madden 11, and Rainbow Six: Vegas."

"Maybe we should get that instead." Juice shrugged.

"Or... you can get the Wii and I'll get the PS3."

"Okay, deal." he nodded. "But for the PS3, I want Need for Speed, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, and NBA Jam."

Stefani laughed. "We're gonna have so much fun and thanks for taking my mind off of things."

"No problem, now let's buy this shit, and get to your house to play."

"Kozik." Holly walked into the kitchen, seeing him stare at a shot glass full of alcohol. "Kozik." she called him again, then he slowly looked over at her. "You okay, Baby?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Holly put her hand on his shoulder. "When we get to Germany, everything will be okay... it'll take a little to get used to, but we'll make it work."

"Yeah." he nodded. "Sure."

"All my stuff is in the car and ready to go. Our flight is at six and I have some things to do, so I'll meet you at the airport?"

Kozik stared at her, for a few seconds, then nodded. "Yeah."

"See you at the airport." she gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Bye."

"Goodbye, Holly." he told her, then she flashed him a smile, grabbed her purse, and walked out of the house. Kozik took his shot, then threw the glass at the wall as hard as he could.

After Juice and Stefani got back from Best Buy, Juice hooked up both game systems, and both of them played all day. As the night went on, they ate pizza, then watched movies.

Juice had lost track of the time, then when he finally looked on his phone, he read 2:45am. "Shit." he yawned, looking over, seeing Stefani asleep. Juice got up to turn everything off and he locked up the house, then he went into Stefani's room to fix it up. He went back to pick her up bridal style and carried her into her room, laying her down on the bed, then walked out of her room.

"Tomorrow is gonna be a long day." he muttered, laying down on the couch, then he closed his eyes.