And today's sponsor for this chapter is the faculty strike at my university allowing me to have a minute to breathe to write. Ya'll might not like this chapter though. Sorry. Love you all!

Also, thank you for the well wishes for my son. I appreciate that people that only know me through a fictitious writing forum that I stole the original premise for the whole story from Kurt Sutter care about my family :)

Riley sighed and put her head in her hands. She understood Chibs being upset, but he wasn't the one being told get married or deal with the consequences. He wanted to get married regardless. She didn't.

"That not go very well?"

Riley picked her head up and saw Happy standing in the doorway with his arms crossed.

"What was your first clue?"

She heard Happy chuckle as he turned and walked back into the garage. She followed him in and climbed back under the car she was working on. After a few minutes of silence, she felt a hand on her ankle and she got pulled out from under the car. She was about to protest until she saw Kerrianne standing above her.

"Hey hun. What's up?"

"What's going on with you and da? Ya haven't been home since ya got back."

Riley sighed and sat up, wiping her hands on her pants. She had been avoiding the girl, that was for sure. She stood up and walked over to a table by the side of the building. Kerrianne sat down and motioned for Riley to sit next to her.

"My dad helped Brandon take me."

"Your da?"

"Yeah. He is a king but is placed here in the states."

"Christ."

"Yeah I know. He talked with your dad and told us either get married and give him grandchildren to be pulled into the IRA when they're of age or he will take me and make me marry whoever he wishes."

"Who doesn't want to get married?"

"I don't."

"Do you love my da?"

"Of course I do. I just don't want to get married. I don't want to have kids."

"You've never wanted kids?"

"I had a son."

"Had."

"Yeah. Brandon beat me pretty good when I was eight months pregnant. I had him soon after. He died in my arms."

"Jesus Christ. I wouldn't want kids either."

"Your dad is really upset with me. He won't talk to me. He just keeps drinking and doing whatever. I tried talking to him today but it just didn't work."

"Ya coulda called me ya know. Why don't ya come home?"

"I will. I'm sorry you've been left all alone through this. Wasn't fair to you."

"I'm just glad yer home Riley. I missed ya."

"I missed you too, sweetheart."

Riley put her arm around Kerrianne's shoulders and pulled her into a hug. She really had missed the girl. The two of them had become close before she was taken and without her she never would have been found.

Happy watched the two women talk. It drove him crazy that Chibs was acting the way that he was. Every part of him was telling him to go in and kick the shit out of the man until he got his head out of his ass. He knew it was a bad idea though. He got up and walked towards the clubhouse wanting to get changed. When he walked in he saw Chibs flirting with the croweater behind the bar and it really pissed him off.

"Chibs. Can we talk?"

Chibs looked at him and nodded then looked at the croweater. She scurried away but anyone could see the disappointment on her face.

"What are you doing, man."

"I don't think it's much of your business, Hap."

"I know. You're pushing her away though."

"I don't give a fuck, Hap. I just don't care."

Happy watched him pull his phone out and text someone and snap the phone shut. Almost immediately the phone went off and he smirked at whatever he saw. He snapped the phone closed, downed the rest of his drink and set the glass on the table.

"I have some business to get to, so if you're done."

"Yeah. I'm done. Need anyone to ride with you?"

"Nah. Ain't club business."

Happy watched as he walked out the door and shook his head. All this bullshit was putting the president in a bad place. He had seen him upset before, but to be leaving two women he cared about outside while he took off was unlike him. Happy turned to the prospect and waved him over.

"Follow Chibs. Don't let him see you. Don't let him know you're there. Call or text me when you find out where he is."

"I, uh, he's the president."

"I fucking know what he is. I told you to do something."

He watched the prospect scramble outside and heard a car turn on. He wasn't sure what the hell Chibs was up to but he had seen this shit before. Jax had withdrawn from everyone and everything when faced with real shit and now Chibs was doing the same shit.

Chibs hopped on his bike not bothering to really look at Riley and his daughter. He saw when he walked out they were sitting together and talking. They were both smiling until he walked out. He noticed that Riley sat up straight when he got on his bike. He just didn't care anymore. He needed to get his mind off all of this.

He drove out and headed across town. He had made this drive a thousand times before, more than even the rest of the club knew. You see, they had ordered him to do it to an extent but they never knew just how far he had gone with it.

He grimaced knowing that this choice would change everything. He considered turning back and pulling Riley into his arms. God he missed her. He wanted nothing more than to embrace her and tell her everything would be okay.

Would it?

If he turned around right now would everything go back to how it was? The image of her killing Brandon flashed through his head. He had never been so proud. Even drugged she was able to take care of the threat around her. When she had falling into his arms it was the best feeling he had ever felt.

He had been so damn nervous when he asked her to marry him. Truth be told he had been wanting to for so long, especially since Fiona had died. It freed up his whole life like he had never even imagined it could. He spent months in Ireland trying to find the perfect way to propose to her. Part of him wondered if all of this would have been avoided if he had asked her sooner.

He frowned again. What did it matter? She didn't want to get married. Even as a last ditch effort to get away from her father. She didn't want him. She didn't want what he could give her.

He decided at that moment, as he shut his bike off, that he didn't care anymore. If she didn't want him, he wasn't going to wait around.

"I was almost wondering if you changed your mind."

"I almost did."

"You're here though."

"Aye. I'm here."

Chibs got off his bike and looked at the woman in front of her.

"I ain't promising you anything."

"I know."

"As long as you know that."

"Come inside?"

He nodded and followed her inside. As she turned on him and pressed her lips to his he let his mind forget about Riley, even if just for a few hours.

Happy's phone starting ringing in his pocket. He had been waiting for the phone call so he waited in the club house, not wanting to tip Riley off to his suspicions.

"Yeah."

"Uh.. Happy.. I uh.. I found Chibs."

"Where is he."

"You aren't gonna like this."

"Tell me."

"He just went into Officer Jerry's house. Hap I can see them through the window on the couch. I thought he was with Riley?"

Happy slammed the phone shut and punched a hole in the wall.