Racey clumsily marched into her room after the meeting. She caught a glimpse of her sister and Spink heading back to the back bedroom giggling and sprinting like two giddy high scholars as she closed the door. She turned around to face her bed and jumped causing her heart to race at the sight of her two sister's laying on her bed. "What the fuck are you two doing?" She glared at them with her hands on her hips.

"We were fucking sleeping what's it looking like?" Synnie fired back at her with Lovely in her arms. "That couch isn't the most comfortable fucking thing in the world."

"Well it's time for you to go back to the couch. I'm going to fucking bed." Racey crossed the room and helped her sister off the bed and out of her room. Noticing Lovely scowling at her from the other side of the door as she slammed it shut.

She jumped into bed after changing into her sleep pants and putting on her sports bra and returning her black hoodie around her body. She laid there staring at the window. She rolled over to face her door and saw the living room light creeping under it. She trembled remembering sitting in the Four Rose's either and hearing the discussion. She finally placed two and two together and knew that Joe was the one that was to kill Nick Hume. She stared at her door shaking a bit before seeing the light shut off instantly. She continued to stare at the door. She began to twitch and shake a bit thinking about the bar and the liquor that lined the shelves; she was knocked from her thoughts by a ping on her window. Figuring it was a bug or something she ignored it but rolled over to face the window staring at the light that passed through the blinds like always. She flinched and became nervous as she heard the ping again. She peeked out of her window to see the shadow of a stalky figure and the cherry on its cigarette.

"Billy." She shouted the whisper at her boyfriend.

"Good thing you're awake. You gonna let me in or stare at me all night?" She felt him raise a brow at her as he tossed his cigarette to the ground.

"I guess you have to be quiet though." She jerked her head motioning for him to go to the front door. Then blinked at the sight of him climbing up the fire escape and blushed a bit realizing how high school this was. She sat to the right of window as she waited for him to remove his boots and step in on her bed. He threw his boot to the end of the bed and turned to scoop her up and kiss her passionately.

Surprised at his action she pushed away from him and rested her cheek against his chest. "What the hell has got into you?" He laid down on her bed and hugged her too him.

"Seeing you the way you used to be I guess. Seeing you being the Racey I've always enjoyed having around." He smiled at the ceiling unaware of Racey smiling up at him. "It also turned me on a lot." She giggled and snuggled tighter into his chest.

"So Joe is going to kill Nick?" She felt his gaze hit her. "Yeah why the fuck does it matter? It's time for him to be a man."

She shivered a bit and tears welled in her eyes as she stared at the open window and the light that filled the room now. Joe was dear to here, so much like a little brother. She could aggravate the shit out of him but if anyone else did they were in trouble. She saw him much like she saw Lovely and Cy. Yeah they were a pain in her ass but she still loved them all the same. "What if something happens, what if something goes wrong? What if he gets hurt, what if you get hurt?" She felt his hands move from tracing her spine to grabbing her wrist and pulling her to look at him.

"Don't ever fucking think that. Ever. It's bad luck and I wouldn't let anything happen to him. I'm gonna be right beside him so don't worry." He pulled her hands up to his lips and kissed each of her palms then laid his lips upon her forehead and rested them there.

Racey nodded then laid her chin on his chest soaking in his warmth from him. Then rolled off of him to her bed feeling his grasp once again around her and hugging her to him she shivered at him tracing her spine. "I might have to make you sneak in more often. Its way sweeter reminds makes me wanna go back to being in high school and having braces almost." She felt the smile creep onto his face the same time a smile spread across hers and giggled snuggling into him.

"If that's gonna happen I'm gonna have to quit fucking smoking. I had to take a break on the level below so I could at least act like it was nothing to climb up to the third floor." He tightened his grip around her after looking down at her finding her already asleep in his arm. Her arms fold into her chest and the smile remaining on her face. He released her to remove his jacket and the two shirts he wore over the grey Henley long sleeve shirt he wore. Then placed Racey between the sheets and crawled between then with her snugging her into his chest once again. Soaking in her heat as she soaked in his.

Racey awoke to the sounds of banging and clattering in the kitchen. She rolled over to see Billy still asleep and crawled out of bed carefully and quietly shut the door behind her as she walked into the kitchen to find Syn, who was sitting in the floor, had scattered pots and pans everywhere. "What the fuck are you doing Syn!?" Racey yelled as she saw their half pint sister sitting at the table.

"Trying to cook squirt some damn breakfast." Syn shot back at Racey as she glared at her out of the corner of her eye.

"People are trying to sleep in here you know. Not everyone is an early riser like you two." She placed her hands on her hips as she noticed Ty was at by her side peering sleepily at their sister and scratching the mess of hair on her head.

"Well I'm fucking sorry that I'm in charge of the kid and you two just go out and do whatever the fuck you please." Syn stood slamming a pan onto the stove and pouring the oatmeal and water into it.

"Well try to fucking keep it down." Racey walked back towards her room and heard Synnie fussing at Ty and then heard her speak loud enough towards Racey.

"What the fuck crawled up her ass?" Racey stormed back in and got in Synnie's face.

"You woke me up that's what crawled up my ass. You of all people should know I'm not the best at waking up or being a morning person." She turned around and headed back to her bedroom slamming the door behind her causing Billy to jar awake. She then heard the front door slam and the sound of the pots and pans banging together stop. Racey sighed and walked over to snuggle back into bed and fall asleep but was quickly stopped by that strong hand on her arm.

"What the fuck did I just miss?" He glared down at her, also not being a morning person.

"Me and Syn got into it. Like we always fucking do when we are around each other." She shrugged and rolled her eyes before hearing the clattering of the pots and pans being put back up and cartoons playing on the TV. She heard the front door open and shut one more time. She rolled her eyes and got up to walk into the living room seeing Syn had come back to the apartment.

"What are you back so quick for?" she questioned her sister and blinked as she saw her gathering her things into the suitcase she had brought when she first showed up. "Are you leaving?" Her eyes widened and she canted her head to the right.

"Yes, I'm fucking leaving with Lovely but we'll be right down the fucking walkway if your bitchy ass ever wants to come see us." Syn said angrily as she gathered hers and Lovely 's things and walked out of the apartment. Racey listened as Syn's heels clicked down the concrete balcony and stopped about two apartments down. She blinked and looked at Ty who was scowling at her at this point and watched her walk past her shutting the door with her foot and moving back to her bedroom.

"Get ready, we got a fucking job to do." She slammed the door in her usual pissed off big sister way. Leaving Racey standing in the living room she stuck her tongue out in Ty's direction and walked into her room slamming the door. Changing into her usual blue jeans and removing her hoodie and wife beater to put her bra on but felt two warm hands rest on her hips, She saw Billy's tall figure standing behind her small frame burying his chin in her matted pink hair. She smiled and watched as his eyes smiled as well. She pushed her bra straps onto her shoulders and felt his hands drift up her back to clasp it. She then grabbed a clean white wife beater from their specific drawer and was quickly interrupted by Billy snatching the shirt from her and turning her around to face him. She smiled as he slid the shirt over her head and she worked her arms into it then wrapped them around his neck laying a warm kiss upon his lips she then pushed him away. "You gotta get dressed too mister. I gotta a job to do and so do you from the way Spink talked."

He growled in disapproval and huffed deeply. "Fine, I'm coming back tonight you better fucking be ready." He winked at her as he slipped on his boots having already put his shirts back on and was now finishing his signature look with his jacket. He stood over Racey whose hair had now been placed in a bun on top of her head and her hoodie replaced over torso and wrapped his arms around her. She felt the hair from his chin tickling her forehead then felt the soft lips that were hidden in the goatee kiss her forehead. She giggled but was immediately interrupted by Ty banging on her door.

"Get the fuck out her, sis! We gotta go!" She sadly walked to the door and flung it open meeting her sister's gaze then watching her stare at Billy. "When the fuck did Darley get here?"

"It's a secret." Racey giggled and turned to wink at Billy as she threw her hood over her head and ran for Ty's car jumping in her passenger seat and once again placing her feet on the dash.

"Get your fucking feet off the dash Race." Ty spoke irritated at her little sister.

"Fine." Racey said slamming the seat all the way back getting comfortable as they headed to stake out the Hume house.

Twenty minutes later they pulled up a few blocks from the Hume household. They sat there and watched every movement the family made. The oldest son practicing hockey, Nick watching and his wife and younger son pulling into the driveway and greeting the other two with hugs then heading inside the house to do probably what normal families did and prepare dinner for the night.

Racey smirked at the sight as she looked in the folder at the information Billy had on the family. "Fucking cookie cutter perfect, we're looking at the fucking Brady Bunch sis."

Ty nodded remaining silent and watching everything that went on. "They seem like they don't have a fucking clue at all. He doesn't look all that dangerous though. Just a regular fucking pencil pusher."

Racey's phone rang about thirty minutes later and she rolled her eyes at the name. "Fucking Billy Darley." She looked over at her sister before answering the phone. "What? We're doing the job you put us on?" She nodded and took her cussing at first then fired back at him before hanging up the phone and shaking her head holding the bridge of her nose between her index finger and thumb. "Let's go." Ty looked at her confused. "Billy said we could go for the day. I don't fucking know. I guess he has someone fucking watch us watch Hume. "

Ty rolled her eyes and banged her head into the back of the seat before starting the car and calmly headed back to their apartment.