Chapter 25 – This will be a fight to remember

Walking into the clubhouse that night, despite everything I thought about the upcoming fight, I felt my pulse start to elevate in excitement as I took in the atmosphere.

Sweet music blared from the speakers, people were dancing and drinking and having a good time, some croweater swinging her almost bare ass to the bass up by the stripper pole. Yep, a true SAMCRO-party, that's what this was!

"Lillian!" A slightly intoxicated Bobby made his way across the room to give me a big bear hug. "You're looking exceptionally good tonight, showing off for your old man?"

I looked down at what I was wearing with a grin: high heels as usual, skinny jeans that hugged every curve just so and my favorite push up bra underneath a barely see-through top that left just enough to imagination.

My hair was curled and I felt like a million bucks, let's see if Kozik could keep his secret from me now!

"You know it, Elvis." I smiled at him and then gladly waved at Jules who was walking towards me glued to Happy, his arm possessively around her waist but the overjoyed smile on her face showed how little she minded it.

"Hi, Tinkerbell!" She called, releasing herself from her man's arm to embrace me. "You're not drinking." She said accusingly and grabbed the bottle of beer from Happy's hand before shoving it into mine. "Here, drink."

"That was mine." Happy's raspy voice sounded annoyed but Jules just looked at him.

"Well, now it's Lily's." She simply said even though the growl that followed had me ready to give it back to him.

I might have had history with the man and I considered him one of my friends, don't get me wrong, but he still scared the living shit out of me when he wanted.

Happy grabbed a firm hold of Jules' hair and pulled her so close that she had to strain her neck in order to be able to look him in the eyes.

"You are so lucky I love you." His voice was low and rough and Jules had the biggest smile on her lips as she stood on her tippytoes to kiss him.

"And don't I know it."

"I'm starting to think I'm needed elsewhere." I laughed at the couple who, in their own very special way, were cuddling their brains out in front of me and so I took my beer and headed outside where some of the prospects were starting to warm up the ring for the night's main event.

I could see Kozik noticing me from across the lot but didn't pay any attention to him. Let the games begin, I thought to myself!
So I went around, making conversations and greeting my friends and family, trying not to gloat too much at how obsessively my Old Man followed my every move.

Finishing my beer I made sure to show off my ass when I bent down to get another one from a cooler and I had to fight hard not to grin when I felt a familiar pair of hands grasping my hips.

"Are you showing off that sweet ass on purpose, Lily?" My man's dark voice sounded in my ear and I could feel the delicious shudder making its way through my body as he traced the curve of my butt, his long ring-clad fingers stroking the sensitive backs of my thighs.

"Feel like telling me your secret now?" I gathered every last ounce of self-restraint left in my body and rubbed against him, determined to win this game!

He let out a sound that sounded like a cross between a groan and a laugh and I could feel him tense against me as he sighed tiredly.

"Seriously Lil, is that why you're doing this?" He took a small step back so that he wasn't glued to me anymore.

"What can I say? I don't like it when you keep secrets from me." I turned around and beamed up at him, something that got the hint of a smile back on his face.

"I get that. But you're playing dirty, my little lady." He pushed a curl behind my ear and looked into my eyes with those stormy gray orbs that always seemed to be looking into my very soul.

"It was the only way to get you to spill the beans." I smiled.

"I have spilled no beans, Lil."

"I know but it was worth a shot." I leaned up and kissed him, feeling childishly happy when he wrapped his arms around my waist and held me close.
He made me feel so free, so overjoyed to be alive that I decided to put my game-plans behind me. As long as I had him I didn't need anything else.

"You ready to get your ass kicked, Pixie-boy?" Alex walked up to us with a cocky grin on his face and although I felt Kozik stiffen slightly he answered back with a smug smile.

"I could ask you the same thing, Tigger."

Smiling at their rivalry, that was growing more and more into something similar to that between two siblings, I pulled away from my man and leaned over to hug my brother.

"I can tell you two are excited about tonight, any particular reason for that?" I asked once I let go of my brother, just in time to see them share a look of understanding. Like they were sealing some kind of deal with that one look.

"No reason." They both said in complete unison with avoiding looks on their faces, something that had me a little unnerved.

"Ooookay... Well, it's almost time. You should go get ready." I said before kissing them both on the cheek and went to find Gemma, trying to push every suspecting thought out of my pretty head.

If they wanted to play the "hide-something-from-Lily"-game then they could do it by themselves, I saw no point in trying to get it out of them.

Separately I might have been able to do it but when those two had something going together discussing with a brick wall would have been more rewarding.

"Hey darlin'." Gemma hugged me as I went to stand next to her a little further from the boxing ring. "Excited about tonight?" She asked but frowned when I said nothing. "What's eating you, sweetheart?"

I sighed and shook my head.

"I don't know, it's just been one of those days I guess." I caught her looking at me funny out of the corner of my eye and for a brief second I wondered what was with people today.

"If you say so." Gemma simply said and turned her eyes back to the ring where the two main fighters of the night had just entered and were warming up.

"Begin."

Bobby jumped out of the ring as soon as he'd spoken the words and lucky for him because the two men were not paying attention to anything besides the man in front of him, wanting to kick the living shit out of him.

The crowd was going crazy, screaming and cheering as Tig landed a good punch to Kozik's face only to go even louder when the blonde responded by sending a fist flying into the other's ribs.

They circled each other, not even bothering to guard themselves as the punches flew. This was a match to see who would cave first and knowing them both I knew that this was going to be a long night.

Gemma looked over at me and noticed that whilst I was watching the fight intently I wasn't making any noise.

"Why aren't you cheering?" She asked without taking her eyes off the match.

"And who do you propose I cheer for? If I cheer for either one of them the other is just going to go crazy, so what's the point?... What's so important that they have to go to this extreme to get it?" I asked after a second, suddenly feeling so tired of all the drama around here.

"You really don't know?" Gemma asked seriously causing me to look at her.

"No." I answered. "I don't."

Gemma didn't say anything more. Neither did I.

We both went back to watching the fight, me flinching every time either one of them landed a punch and Gemma smiling at the intensity with which they fought.

Punch after punch was thrown but both of the fighters were still standing and with no intention to stop until the other one was down.

Then suddenly, in the blink of an eye, the whole entire lot fell into silence as Kozik's fist lodged itself in Alex' face with such power it sent my brother to the floor.

Not a sound was made as we all waited to see what would happen next but even though he tried Alex was down for the count and Bobby jumped in to call the match, trying to make himself heard above the noise the crowd was now making.

I found myself clapping my hands as my man grinned widely in the ring, pulling my bloody brother to his feet before asking him something I couldn't hear.

Alex nodded his head with a smile, the kind of smile he only had after a good fight.

"Alright, I have something I wanna say!" Kozik raised his voice above the noise and the crowd quieted down almost completely.

"Lillian!" He yelled and I can tell you he now had my complete attention. "Will you marry me?"

Again the entire lot drew for breath and I was no exception. Every single face was turned to me and in the corner of my eye I could see Gemma, knowingly smirking at me.

It felt like an eternity before I could find my voice but when I did, it was with tears in my eyes that I answered him.

"Hell yeah!" I screamed at him and again the lot was filled with cheers, a little less violent this time.

Jumping out of the ring Kozik jogged up to me and I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him happily. I could taste the blood on him and I could only imagine how we looked together at that moment, him beaten and bloody and me crying in happiness.

I was happy. I was complete. I was with my family and I was safe, nothing could even so much as touch me anymore.

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New chapter's up! Wiiii :D

And after this there will be an epilogue because I couldn't seem to fit it into the story any other way.

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