Happy stretched out on the bed, one arm behind his head with the other entwined with Hayley's in the middle of the bed. She had had her back to him but she rolled onto her back, looking up at the ceiling fan as it turned slowly before she twisted her neck to look at him. She reached across, her fingertip dragging along his jaw lazily as she smiled at him dreamily.

"Missed you tonight," she murmured. "Working the bar's not the same without you."

Happy grunted a little, his velvet lips catching the pad of her finger and biting it gently. "Oh yeah?" He curled his tongue around the spot he had bitten, softening the nip with his saliva, and he buried his nose in her blonde waves as he rolled towards her. "Apparently I'm too 'scary'. Whatever that means."

Hayley giggled a little at that, turning her whole body to face his now. They lay, pressed flat up against each other, and she blushed as she felt his hard-on twitch against her eagerly. "You're… intimidating, that's all." Her hand roamed down his body, pressing against his abs. "It's fine, you don't scare me."

"Really?"

She was sure he was a little disappointed, and Hayley laughed as she tangled her legs in with his, pulling him impossibly close against her. He murmured contently as he kissed her, his hands working up into her hair as he tugged her mouth towards his, eager to take every possible embrace she might be able to muster for him. His tongue worked against hers rhythmically, his hand beginning to work down her side and finally curling around her waist as he dragged her tight to him.

"You're just a pussycat," she whispered, her nose brushing against his lightly. "A big… hairless pussycat."

Happy gave her a slap on the ass for her teasing and she squealed playfully. "Rather that than a hairy fucking mess like that lump out there." He jerked his thumb towards the clubhouse bar and Hayley rolled her eyes, immediately knowing who he was referring to.

"Leave him alone," she chided, shaking her head. "Opie's my friend. Don't be like that."

"Be like that?" Happy pouted, she had never seen him look so childlike before. "You don't think it's weird that your first fuck happens to be in my club?"

Hayley could see that he was finding this hard, and she let go of him, drawing away as she sat up in the bed. She tamed her wild hair down over one shoulder, winding it around and around to try and smooth it out, and she blinked at him as he got up, sitting cross-legged naked in front of her.

"Charming is a small town, I had no idea he would still be here. Let alone…" Her hand brushed against the reaper on Happy's skin and she sighed. "Please, it's nothing. Me and Ope, we were kids. He's a good man." Happy still didn't seem convinced and she shrugged. "It's not like you haven't got a history, buddy. How many of those Diosa girls have you worked through, huh? The girls I work with? It's no different."

"Course it is," Happy objected and she laughed.

"Why? Because you're a guy and I'm a girl?" She shook her head, crossing her arms defiantly. Happy watched as the sheet pulled tighter around her, her nipples pushing through the white cotton. God, she looked sexy as all hell when she was so mad at him. "Since when do you get one rule and I get another? I know how this works, this club thing. You go away, do what you want to do, make your deals and seal them with… whatever." She motioned to his crotch. "It's work. Just like what I'm doing at Diosa is work. If I can ever get any," she added, pulling a face.

"Whatever money you need, I'll give it to you," Happy offered, leaning towards her but Hayley shook her head.

"I don't take handouts. I don't do charity." Her green eyes gazed up at him and he felt something in his chest thawing. "I'm perfectly capable of earning my own keep."

"It's not charity when you're my old lady," Happy said firmly. "How'd you think it looks, huh? Other guys knowing they can fuck you for money?"

Hayley groaned. "It looks like an expensive way to try and get one over you," she frowned. Happy put his hands together in prayer and pinched his lower lip with his index finger, unable to explain it to her and he sighed as she started to get out of bed.

"What if I want you just to myself?" he asked. Hayley laughed as she slipped out of bed and fished her underwear off the floor. She untangled it in front of him and started to redress.

"Yeah, well, when I get you just to myself too, then we'll talk about it." She picked up her blouse. "I don't do double standards, Hap. It's all or nothing, that's just how I roll."

She turned around to pick up her jeans but, as she stood, Happy suddenly loomed behind her, pressing his bare body against her as she unfurled to her full height. "What if I promise you that? Everything? No crow eaters, no deal-sealers." She looked at him in surprise and he pouted. "No blow jobs at truck stops?"

Her face soften and she snorted with laughter. "You get blow jobs at truck stops?" Happy didn't seem to understand why this was such an alien concept, but he wrapped his arms around her, crushing her in his hold and pressing his growing erection against her.

"I'm serious," he said. "I'll give it all up if you do the same."

Hayley turned around, the look in his eyes told her that he really was serious. She raised an eyebrow at him. "What, so it's just… you and me?" He nodded and she flushed a sort of pink. "What, do we get married now or something?"

"That what you want?" Happy immediately started tugging at one of the rings on his hand and Hayley laughed, stopping him quickly.

"No, no way. I'm not that kind of girl," she said, pushing it back firmly in toward his hand. "I just… Let me think about it. I'm not like those girls out there." She gestured to the club bar. "I didn't come here to try and catch one of you."

Happy looked at her blankly, confused. "But you did. You caught me."

Hayley wasn't sure whether to laugh, he was looking at her with such sincerity in his eyes it confused her. Wrinkling her nose, she nodded slowly, drawing herself away from him a little.

"Let's get a drink," she said softly. "Just… I need a little time, Hap, to work a few things out."