A/N: Thank you so much for all the reviews you gave me on Wendy's chapter! I'm so grateful to everyone who said that this story is getting better and who gave me so much encouragement (: So our next chapter is Lyla's, because I got requests to see Lyla and Evie interact after Evie and Ima's scuffle, so here you go! This sort of addresses that aspect, but also addresses a question I was asked about Evie having Jax's baby. I chose for her not to know who the baby's father is, though, because it seemed right given her job. As always, please read and review and let me know what you think (and who you want to see in the next chapter!) and also suggestions/ ideas/ requests are always welcome and appreciated! (:

Lyla and Evie had shared a sort of respect since Evie had defended Lyla to Ima. They weren't close friends, but they were friendly to each other, and after Opie's death, they had become closer. Perhaps it was because Evie had been Opie's favorite woman besides Lyla, but they shared a sort of bond when it came to him, and Lyla had even helped Evie get a job at Diosa. And one day, when Evie needed Lyla's help, the former porn star was more than happy to help her friend..

Evie was nervous and shaking when she slipped in the door of Diosa, not even slowing down to say goodmorning to Nero and some of the other girls that were in the lobby. She searched until finally she saw Lyla, making a beeline for the blonde. "Lyla!"

The blonde stopped, looking up and smiling at Evie. "Evie, hey! Do you need something?"

Nodding quickly, Evie took Lyla by the hand and pulled her into an empty room. It took her a moment to catch her breath, her eyes beginning to water. "I'm pregnant."

Her words caught Lyla by surprise, and the blonde's mouth fell open as she stared at Evie. "Are you serious? For who? How do you know?" Lyla had so many questions she barely knew where to begin.

Tears began to slip down Evie's face as the croweater looked at Lyla, the redhead shaking her head. "I don't know.. I don't know who's it is." She sounded so upset and embarassed, it broke Lyla's heart to see her friend like this. Evie began sobbing in earnest, Lyla pulling her into a tight hug.

"It's okay, Evie, it'll be okay." Stroking her hair, Lyla couldn't help but think back to when she discovered she was pregnant with Opie's child and what she'd done about it. "Do you want to keep it?"

It was a moment before Evie answered, pulling back from Lyla's arms to shake her head no. "I want an abortion, Lyla. I can't have a baby when I don't even know who the father is. I can't be a mother, not right now." She tried to wipe some of the tears off her face, but she was shaking so hard it was nearly impossible.

"Okay, first of all, calm down. Let me go tell Nero I'm running out for a minute, and then we'll go to the clinic where I went. It won't take long, and then you'll be okay." Lyla looked Evie in the eyes, trying to make it easy so she would calm down. When Evie nodded, Lyla went to find Nero, telling him she had an errand to do and grabbing her purse. Evie was still standing there when she returned, and Lyla put an arm around her shoulders and led her to the door. "C'mon, let's go."

On the ride to the clinic, neither of them spoke, but by the time they reached their destination, Evie was calm and collected again. They hurried inside, where Evie spoke quietly to the nurse at the desk before sitting down in a chair beside Lyla and exhaling in relief.

"Thanks for coming with me, Lyla." Evie looked over at her friend with a smile, Lyla returning it.

"I've been where you are, Evie. I had a friend when I came here, and you need one too." After a brief minute, Lyla again looked at her. "I know this is kind of random, but I never did thank you for standing up to Ima for me. I really appreciate it."

With a laugh at the memory of that fight, Evie shrugged. "It's not a problem, I'm pretty sure I'm not the first person to want to knock her teeth out. I'm just the first one to actually do it."

Lyla tucked her hair behind her ears, shifting in her chair so she could face the redhead. "That was pretty much the best thing anyone ever did for me, girl." A laugh escaped her as she paused. "Opie got a huge kick out of you telling him about respect too, he told me about when he got home and he couldn't stop laughing. And Jax thought it was just a huge riot!"

The memory of Opie's face when she reprimanded him made Evie laugh as well. "I thought Opie was going to pass out from shock at me talking to him like that! I've never seen someone look so stunned." A wave of nostalgia washed over her, and she smiled softly. "Opie was one of the best friends I ever had, Lyla."

Lyla smiled wistfully. "He loved you, Evie. He really, truly loved you."

Shaking her head, Evie glanced over at the blonde. "You were his wife, Lyla. I was just the side chick."

"Nah, you were more than that to him." Lyla shifted again, looking like she was going into storytelling mode. "Opie loved a lot of women in his life. He loved Donna, he worshipped the ground she walked on. She was his true love, as much as I tried to deny it. I was always second place to her in his eyes, but he loved me too, because I helped him cope with the kids and I comforted him after Donna's death. But he loved you too. He loved you because you were his friend, probably his best friend after Jax. You held a special place with him, Evie, he told me that. You were the one that listened to him without judging him and you cared for him without expecting anything in return." Pausing a moment, Lyla patted Evie's hand comfortingly. "I was his wife, but I'm glad he had you too. You made him happy and made my life a little easier." She laughed a little, Evie laughing as well.

"He was one of the best men I knew." Evie's words were heartfelt. She missed Opie more than anything in the world, and she constantly wished he was still here. "He was always looking out for me at the clubhouse, and if I ever needed him all I had to do was call."

Lyla smiled again. "Opie always looked out for who he loved."

They were interrupted as a nurse opened the door and gestured to Evie, the redhead breathing out nervously as she got up. "Wish me luck, Lyla!" Then she was disappearing into the back, a place Lyla knew a little too well. The poor girl was scared to death, just like Lyla had been the times she'd been in the back.

A little while later, Evie emerged with a stoic look on her face.

"It's done."

That was all she said, the two women going back to Diosa in silence. Then Evie was getting into her car and leaving before Lyla could ask her if she was okay. She supposed the emotions of the day had been too much for Evie, between the abortion and reminiscing about Opie, and made a note to check on her later on her way home.

Evie had went home and cried her eyes out for a solid hour. When Lyla came to check on her later, she was laying in bed holding her stomach and sobbing and babbling about missing her baby.

She had never figured out who the father was, and most days Evie tried not to think about that baby-that-never-was. Eventually she'd come to accept it as a side effect of her job as a croweater, because thinking about any other way would send her into tears in a flash. Lyla had been a rock for her during those days after the abortion, and even now Lyla was still just a phone call away for anything Evie needed. They were friends, and some days when they felt extremely nostalgic they'd get together and talk about the old days, and about how everything had changed.

Sometimes it was nice to have friends who'd been through the same thing you had.

So that's Lyla's chapter! As always, please let me know what you think! (: