He could be a jealous man. He could be a mad man. He could be a sorry man and he could be a good man. But his favorite type of man to be was her man. He loved her more than anything else in the world and he couldn't count how many times he sat back and thanked every powerful being for granting him the opportunity to have her in his life. She put with his shit time and time again, she stayed with him despite his countless fuck-ups, she married him and then to top it all off, she even gave him three children that he couldn't be more thankful for.
Happy watched her absentmindedly wipe her face in her sleep and he smirked, knowing she felt his finger glide across her cheek. He watched his wife turn her head away from him and curl up into a ball so he snaked an arm around her waist and pulled her to him. He knew she only did that when she was cold so he knew this was ultimately what she wanted so once he got her settled into him, he wedged his leg between hers, adding extra heat for her.
Hanna moaned, her hand landing on top of where he was resting on her taut stomach. "You wonderful man, you." She whispered as she turned her head so she could see him.
"You could say that." He pressed a kiss to her neck. "You know SAMTAZ will be here in a couple of hours, right? Means you better get up now and start getting things ready for them..."
The blonde beauty groaned, letting him know her disapproval of his idea. "You go get stuff ready and situated for them, I'll stay here..."
"Oh no, you know all about that stuff, woman, you do it all." He smirked as he rolled on top of her, pushing her into the mattress with his weight.
She laughed, pressing her soft lips to his briefly before pushing him away long enough to get out from under him. "Why don't you come take a shower with me and then we'll go from there?" She laughed again, watching the man practically jump out of bed to follow her into the bathroom.
Roni looked over at the sleeping figure beside her before throwing the covers off of her body and getting out the bed. She looked around the dorm room to see that nothing had really changed in the room… But then again, how could anything change when she'd only been gone for a couple of days at most? She rolled her eyes, she barely missed the man in the bed and now she was already back. She honestly was feeling smothered by him, especially since he'd been on the kick about loving her and not wanting to lose her. She didn't mind the love and appreciation, it was the constant need to be together that was driving her crazy. But then again it could've been her entire mood change… she'd been experiencing crazy mood swings the past couple of days and it was starting to concern her but she wanted to talk to her mother first before jumping to any conclusions.
"Hey, you ok?" He rolled onto his back and looked at her with the bluest eyes. Veronica couldn't help but nod her head, hell she wanted to roll her eyes but she quickly refrained, trying not to come off as a bitch.
She pulled on a t-shirt from her duffle bag and then pulled on a pair of black skinny jeans. "I'm fine, just wanna go find my mom. I need to talk to her about some stuff, I'll find you later." She moved to the door, only looking back for a brief second before she started smiling at the naked form that was now pulling on a pair of boxers and a pair of jeans. "Hey, I do love you, ya know?"
"I've been hoping so." He spoke softly, making his way toward her. "I guess I'm just jealous that I'll never be as important to you as your dad…" He bowed his head only for her to pull him closer.
Veronica Lowman was nothing if not calculating. She calculated everything, analyzed everything and this relationship was no different. Granted, she didn't plan her current predicament, it was happening, it was real, and she only had one option in how to handle it. She kissed her boyfriend's cheek, whispering that he needed to relax before she looked away from him and laughed, "We are a mess, Mason, one big mess and my parents are gonna kill us both."
"Just go talk to your mom, alright? It'll all be good." He ushered her out of the room after he grabbed a shirt and his cut.
Hanna had been picking up the mess of the barroom for a good hour with the help of her trusty sidekick and best friend, Natalie, before SAMTAZ arrived. It was her job to make sure that everything was calm, collected and copacetic so here the blonde was, making sure every single spot was clean. She had already set up the beds and sleeping arrangements for the men. Hanna and Natalie were on a roll, they had everything pretty much set up and ready to go except for a small things that needed to be dealt with.
The blonde looked up, hearing the door to the clubhouse entrance slam shut and watching Kenny and Ellie stalk him in front of Opie. All three of them were wearing the infamous Winston scowl, making Hanna laugh. She knew that look all too well... Kenny hugged his aunt before Ellie approached Hanna. When Ellie got to the blonde beauty, she hung on a little tighter, silently telling Hanna that something was wrong. "You wanna talk now or later, El?" Hanna whispered only to hear her niece say later was better before Ellie stepped away from her aunt and left the barroom. Hanna looked up at Opie and cocked a curious eyebrow at him. "I take it they know?"
"Yeah, she told them... I don't know who they're more pissed with. Me or her." The giant hung his head, forcing his little sister to come to him, wrapping him up in her embrace. "I think they hate us both... They haven't said shit since I picked them up."
Hanna pulled away from her brother and shrugged her shoulders. "Send them to Hap... He understands what they're feeling."
"Nah, I can't do that to him." Opie shook his head, standing up from the bar.
Hanna shrugged her shoulders again, a habit that never seemed to leave her, a habit that Opie hated... Especially when he was trying to have a serious conversation with her. "Let me know if you want them to talk to him... Hell, I'll talk to them if you want. We all know what absentee parents look like."
"Thanks Han... I'm glad to know you're always here for me and the brats." Opie pulled his little sister into a tight embrace before leaving her alone to finish picking up the mess that had been made from the small party last night.
She noticed the black and white polka dotted duffle bag behind the bar that had the letters VJL in neon purple on it, then the all black duffle bag with the letters VJL in red on it next to the bag. She knew the bags belonged to her youngest children and bent down to grab them. The straps of Victoria's polka dotted bag slipped through her fingers and hit the floor with a dull thud, all the contents in the small front zipper falling to the ground. A razor, a small tube of toothpaste, a purple toothbrush holder and a packet of pills.
"What the hell?" Hanna murmured to herself as she picked up the packet and read the inside of it. "What the hell is she doing with this shit?"
She stuffed the packet in the pocket of her skirt and stuffed the other contents back into the bag, quickly standing upright again and rushing down the hall that led to the dorms. She quickly dropped the stuff in the kids' room and backed out of the room. Her thoughts were going a mile a minute... Her young daughter was taking birth control. Why in the hell did Victoria need birth control? She couldn't be having sex, there was no way in hell.
Not seeing ahead of herself, the blonde beauty bumped right into her already pissed off husband. "Whoa what the fuck?" His gravelly voice echoed through the hall, knocking Hanna right out of her thoughts.
"Oh baby, I'm sorry..." Hanna grabbed Happy's face in between her hands and checked him over. "What's wrong?"
The Killa's hands landed on her hips and tugged her closer to him. "Nothing, SAMTAZ is about 10 minutes out... You got everything looking good for them?"
"Yeah, just gotta get the prospect to restock the booze... You haven't seen any of your demon children, have you?"
Hap shook his head as he shrugged his shoulders. "Vic's in the ring with Juice, throwing rough shit... I don't know about your spoiled daughters."
"My daughters are not spoiled, they're just very privileged." She winked at him, pressing her lips to his quickly. "Let me go find the prospect... I'll catch up to you later, baby." She kissed him again before moving around him, trying her best to not freak out over the contents of her pocket.
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"So this is it, huh? Not even gonna try to go back?" Vee sat, leaning against her older sister on the roof, their legs dangling off the side of the building.
Roni nodded her head. "Daddy's gonna kill me either so might as well just stay around..."
"But you've wanted to be at UCLA since you were like thirteen..." Vee leaned up, off of her sister, her grey eyes staring into her sister's much darker eyes.
Veronica looked away out in the nothingness of the sky, thinking about how her life had come to where it was today. "Things change... You'll see."
"I got a bad feeling about this shit, Roni. Daddy is gonna go into cardiac arrest..." Vee shook her head, looking down at the ground.
The eldest Lowman child laughed, shaking her head as she did so. "I'll bring him back to life, too... Just relax. I plan on talking to Mom first that way she can calm him down if he starts going rogue."
"You think I have that much power?" The soft voice echoed around the two girls forcing them to turn around and come face to face with their very reason for breathing.
Veronica nodded her head enthusiastically. "I think you don't give yourself enough credit when it comes to the crazy man."
"I think I take the credit I deserve, Veronica... What are you two doing up here?" Hanna walked closer to her daughters, her hands going to her hair, running her fingers through it.
Victoria moved closer to her sister so Hanna could sit down with them before leaning on her mother's shoulder. "This is our safe house."
"This used to be me and your uncle Opie's safe house, along with Uncle Jax... We used to come up and spend hours on end up here trying to escape the crazy club life." Hanna wrapped her arm around her youngest daughter. "I need to have a word with you, my love."
Vee looked up into her mother's blue days and made a confused face. "What about?"
"Things that only concern me and you... Unless it's a serious matter, then I need to drag your father into this. Veronica, go find something to do." Veronica quickly made herself scarce, knowing just how serious her mother was about talking to Vee alone. "You got anything you want to talk to me about? Anything at all?"
Vee shrugged her shoulders. "Do you have something you want to talk to me about?"
"Victoria Jade, I will slap the shit out of you. Don't play games!"
Vee looked away from her mother's piercing glare, getting upset. "For what? I didn't do anything."
"You know exactly what I'm talking about..." Hanna gripped her daughter's chin, turning her head so they could look at each other.
The young girl was going to fight, she was going to keep up her silly charade. "I'm pretty sure you've gone crazy, Ma."
"I'm positive I haven't." She pulled the birth control packet out of her pocket and held it between her index and middle finger. "Where did these come from? I know they belong to you. Roni has a different brand and I sure as hell didn't put mine in your bag."
Her grayish-blue eyes turned dark fast as hell as they widened in surprise. "They're a precaution... In case I decide to have sex soon. You should be happy that I'm being responsible."
"A PRECAUTION? Are you kidding me right now? What the hell... You've lost your damn mind! Victoria, you are fourteen! Sex better be the last thing on your mind!" The blonde scoffed. "You're too damn young for that!"
Victoria's dark eyes connected with her mother's much lighter eyes and she groaned. "I don't think I'm too young! I'm the only one of my friends who's still a virgin."
"You need new friends then, Victoria."
The brunette shook her head. "There's two girls in my class who are already pregnant now..."
"Fine. Tell ya what... Talk to your daddy about all of this and if he doesn't see a problem, we can forget we had this conversation."
Vee shut up out of her seat like her ass was on fire, a sudden look of shock and fear on her face. "You're kidding, right? Daddy would drop dead... Is that really what you want?"
"Well I guess it's settled then, huh?" Hanna stood up and started to move toward to the ladder.
Victoria's next words were what completely stopped Hanna from going any further. "What if I meet the person I love tomorrow?"
"If it's really love, then it can wait until you're emotionally, mentally and physically prepared, huh?" Hanna walked back to her daughter and pulled her to her feet.
Victoria simply pulled away. "What if I think I'm ready now? Because I feel like I am."
"I know you, Victoria Jade, and you're not ready for any of it..."
Vee just rolled her eyes, knowing what her mother was trying to say. "I'm not a kid anymore. I can grasp the concept of what it means to be physical with someone."
"Like I said... Talk to your daddy about this first."
Victoria shook her head, her dark brown aves flying through the air. "Roni and Mason fuck like bunnies, Vic has gross make out sessions with some girl in 8th grade and me? Oh well, no one sees me... Absolutely no one.
"Is that so, baby?"
The young Lowman daughter nodded her head enthusiastically. "You guys just look right past me."
"At this point, it's a two way street. You know you can talk to me or your father. We are always here." Hanna ran a hand over her face before looking down at her wedding ring.
Victoria grabbed her mother's hand and pulled the woman toward her. "No!" Seeing Hanna's look of confusion, she continued. "Daddy is there for rink and Vic for everything. Sporting events, award ceremonies, anything and you had to force him to come to my dance recital. Don't think I didn't know how that... I never come to you guys because all you do is yell. Any little thing can set you two off and then you're mad at each other. But then somehow you guys end up having sex and all is well again. At this point, sex seems to be the only way to fix problems in this family."
"We need to this with your daddy, baby... He needs to know all of this stuff too." The blonde beauty sighed. Her heart breaking more and more as she listened to her daughter who was essentially becoming more and more right as the conversation got more serious.
Vee shrugged her her shoulders, "fine whatever... I'll make sure you to leave once he touches you. I know the drill, that's always the cue."
"That's enough, Victoria!" Hanna 's voice was loud as hell and she was sure whoever was across the lot in the garage could hear her. "We'll discuss this further with your father, now go work on your schoolwork or something." Hanna grabbed Victoria's elbow and pulled her forward. "You better lose that damn attitude before we regroup, he won't put up with it and you know that."
The loud rumble of motorcycles blared through the lot, making the four men around the ring stop their actions and scope out the scene in front of them.
Happy was shirtless and getting ready to jump into the ring with Vic as soon as the twelve year old and Juice finished up their practice round.
Kozik was standing beside Happy cheering the fight on while waiting for his turn with Vic. The three Sons were dying for this day to come where Vic wanted a round in the ring with them ever since he was born.
"Alright kid, kick his ass!" Kozik shouted, enjoying the fight. Happy Lowman's son was a damn beast in the ring but that shouldn't be such a damn mystery.
Red, Dex, Taker, Jay, Ryder, and Vegas were right there beside Happy and Kozik as they watched the fight.
Jay had brought his old lady, Jenny, and their son Kellan who were both standing by Jay, Jenny was holding onto him tightly.
Ryder had fallen weak to their favorite sweetbutt, Olivia and brought her along for the ride, mostly hoping to get her off their hands. But other than the sweetbutt, Jenny and Kellan, it was just SAMTAZ, no one else.
Seeing SAMTAZ approach, Happy and Kozik tore their attention away from the intense fight in the ring to greet their brothers. "Wassup boys?" Hap shook hands with all the SAMTAZ boys, trying to ignore the gaze of the random woman standing between Ryder and Vegas.
"You boys train 'em early these days, huh?" Red smirked at Hap, hugging Kozik before turning his attention to the ring.
Hap and Kozik shared a laugh as they looked back at the ring, seeing Victor bouncing around, blocking Juice's swings. "Hell no... That's my kid, Vic."
"You have a kid? Wow, you don't even seem like the type." Olivia flashed Hap a seductive smile, her hopes only burying her as she tried to gain his attention.
Jay grabbed Olivia's arm and shoved her into Vegas. "Excuse her... She never knows when to keep her mouth shut. How ya been, man? Been way too long!"
"Yeah, well you guys never need us anymore so we just said fuck it, we don't care." Hap chuckled, turning back to the ring briefly. "I been good, everything's been great. How's 'TAZ?"
Taker couldn't stop himself, he really wanted in on the ring with Happy Lowman's kid... He loved fighting, loved going against Happy and now he could have the opportunity to go against Victor Lowman. "We been kosher, where's everyone else?" The buff man looked around to see only a few motorcycles on the lot that didn't belong to SAMTAZ.
"It's just us and Catalano right now. Business meetings came up but we're partying tonight." Hap watched his son throw a mean ass right hook into Juice's face before bringing his knee up to the other side of Juice's face and knocking the man out.
"VICTOR LOWMAN!" Hanna appeared out of nowhere, coming out of the clubhouse. "You've got work to do so go get it done now!"
Victor immediately jumped at the sound of his mother's voice, she was definitely in the mood to kick some ass. "Dad..."
"He listens to me... Now get out of that ring and go to my room!" Hanna was quickly grabbed by her husband and he pulled her to him
"HANNA-BELLE?!" Jay screamed and quickly grabbed her into a bear hug.
Once Hanna was released from being passed around and receiving hugs. "How are you guys?"
"Shit, we are all better now that we know you're here!" Dex smirked at the blonde beauty as she took her place under Hap's arm.
She looked back to see Victor climbing out of the ring and marching into the clubhouse with the signature Lowman glare on his face. She felt a piercing gaze on her and she turned to see Red's brown eyes on her, she smiled at him before looking up to her husband and whispering something him.
Everyone watched Hap quickly pull Hanna into the clubhouse and the door slammed shut.
Hap lead the woman to their room and he locked the door before turning around to face her. "What's wrong? What was so urgent?"
"Your little girl."
Hap's crossed arms fell to his sides and concern flashed across his face. "Did something happen?"
"We need to talk to her, Hap. She's going through some rough shit."
Hap got on his knees in front of where Hanna was sitting with her head in her hands and pressed kisses to her head and face. "Baby, talk to me. What happened?"
"I was taking her bag to her room when I was cleaning up earlier and I accidentally dropped it... A bunch of her stuff fell out and I was putting it back when I came across a pack of birth control pills." Hanna closed her eyes, feeling him move away from her and a tension start to fill their room. "Please don't go jumping to any big conclusions... She swears she's still a virgin. I think she's just acting out or something. Please remain calm for me, we have to talk to her together and she doesn't want to talk to you because she think you're gonna lose your shit on her." Hanna finally opened her eyes as tears rolled down her cheeks.
Hap threw his fist into the wall, completely and utterly hurt. "BIRTH CONTROL? It's fucking birth control... You're kidding me, right? Birth control?"
"Please get it all out of your system now. If you blow up on her, she'll draw back even more from us." Hanna's piercing blue eyes were at their brightest, Hap could've sworn he'd never seen them be so bright before but he also knew she had battled so many emotions together at once before.
He couldn't stop his anger though, he was drowning in his own emotions. Anger, sadness, confusion, and annoyance. "Hanna it's birth control! BIRTH CONTROL... The power to control births... Of babies. SHE'S JUST A BABY HERSELF! What the fuck does she even know about birth control... Or sex for that matter? Fuckin' birth control..."
"Believe me, Happy... I know this all already! I know what birth control is and what it does and what it doesn't do."
He just groaned. "The only birth control she needs is the kind where dicks go NOWHERE near her."
"You think I don't already know that? I tried to explain it seven different ways and she still believe that she is ready to have sex. Even if she does think it's just a tool to fix problems. Which she picked up that assumption from us because we've made it habit to make up by sleeping together after we've been fighting."
Hap shook his head and he bounced onto the bed, pulling his wife into his arms. She laid on her back and he laid beside her, throwing one of his legs over her body and buried his face in her chest. "We gotta do something about this shit..."
"Better think quick too, she's waiting on us to go get her so we can talk to her about all of this." Happy groaned, making Hanna laugh. "That's not even the worst of it either... She thinks we favor Roni and Vic over her, mostly Roni though."
The heavily tattooed biker lifted his head with a heartbroken look on his face. "That's shit... She's my damn baby. I love that little girl almost more than I love Veronica's smart ass."
"Don't say that... You love them all equally. Victoria is going through some rough shit right now and I honestly don't know how to help her. She's stubborn as hell like you and won't listen to anything I say." Hanna started to rub Hap's bare back, hoping to calm his nerves enough so they could have a very serious talk with their youngest daughter.
AN: I'm sorry for the long wait for this chapter; I've been working on other stuff and real life has been kicking my ass.. But I am back, babes!
Credit: I had some help with this chapter by my lovely bbys, Vaeh (fairytellerxo) and Liv (LivyMer) who I thank so much for their help and all their support and love for this story as well as the others that they both love dearly.
Let me know what ya think about this new shitstorm brewing, (;