Two weeks had past and everything was slowly falling back into place. Sunshine was working her case and slowly getting into a nice and quiet routine. Her new office was anything but spacious and scenic. She had to work with the paneled wooden walls and the artificial light. The small window did nothing to brighten the room either. It was her own personal hell.

She slumped in her seat and groaned before straightening back up and covering her face. "I cannot do this."

"Knock, knock." Gia smiled. "I brought you some flowers. Brighten up the place. You were not lying when you said this place was dingy."

Sunshine looked up and shrugged. "It is but it's functional." She murmured. "What can I do for you? I'm kinda busy working through the logistics of my cases."

Gia furrowed her brow. "Look, I know that you're upset about me taking your position but I didn't think you'd hate me. It's a good move for my career. You have to understand that."

"I don't hate you, I hate your actions. That's a whole different story." She rolled her eyes. "Look, we're supposed to be best friends and you didn't even give me a heads up or any of that. Tyne told me while I was packing up the rest of my shit. Hey, you're fired but a badge is good enough for you and your years of schooling and shit."

"It happened so fast." Gia looked at the brunette. "She made the offer and it had a timer on it. I took it and I'm not sorry that I did. I have the opportunity to make change and to earn recognition. I should've told you. I'm sorry that I didn't but I needed this. You'll still amount to amazing things and there's not a single doubt that you won't end up as another ADA. This was probably my only shot. I'm sorry."

"You don't have to apologize." She waved Gia off. "I get it. I would have taken the opportunity as well. Do what you need to do. I am all for women being in strong positions." She stood up slowly. "Now, if you don't mind, I have some people to visit."

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"I do not know why you're still working!" Maria groaned as she pulled Sunny into a tight hug. "You should be taking a leave. That's what you need to do."

Sunny nodded as she hugged the woman back. "I am gonna take a leave. I just gotta make sure this case is good."

"I was so worried about you that night, when Happy came to the house. I thought the worst had happened." She wiped at her eyes. "I was so relieved to see you rolled up like a damn burrito on your couch."

She smiled. "I'm sorry that you were scared but I'm okay. I am. I learned that I do kinda get faint when blood touches me. I had to go through testing to make sure I didn't catch anything. I had to talk to so many damn people about what happened. Over and over again."

"He loves you, you know?" She sat down on the sofa. "Happy. He loves you."

"No he doesn't." She shook her head slowly. "We're just friends. He's being a friend…"

"I never had a friend track down my family and make sure I was good. Never had a friend who checked in on me religiously." Maria shrugged. "He loves you. He called me and asked me how you were and if we should worry that you are still working and not talking to the therapist your job had recommended."

Sunny nodded slowly. "Okay, I guess if you say so. I miss you so much. Why did you let me do this? You should've made me be a hair stylist or something."

"I cannot in good conscience let you be a hair stylist when you rotate through three styles. Ponytail, bun and down." The woman laughed. "I let you do this because you've been so passionate about it since I can ever remember babe. It would have been bad of me to steer you into a life that you would not have been happy in. My job has its ups and downs but I wouldn't trade it for the world."

"Functional styles." She laughed as she looked at her aunt. "I have no idea what to do with my hair. You've known this since the day my mom left me with you."

Maria nodded slowly. "I know. You've gotten better at making the ponytails slick and not bumpy now. I'm so proud."

"It came with lots of practice and patience." Sunny leaned against the woman. "I have to go and talk some more with Tyne about the whole incident and that's honestly the last thing that I want to do. Then they want me to go talk to Jax about it and I really don't wanna do it."

"I still cannot believe that Gemma tried to kill Tara." She clucked her tongue and shook her head slowly. "I know that she was kind of crazy about her son and those boys but not enough to kill their mother. It's all surreal."

"I cannot believe Tara actually is still hanging on. Doctors say she'll recover. It's crazy. Gemma stabbed her in the head, but the blade didn't penetrate the skull. So, it spared her brain but fuck, that's not a fun way to go. Then she stabbed her a few times, punctured lung and that's why she was barely breathing and she lost so much blood. The entire floor was just bloody. I don't know how they'd ever want to return to that house."

"Hey, it's okay." Maria pulled her niece into her side and smiled. "I got you right now. Nothing is going to happen to you. Not over my dead body baby girl. I made a promise to your father to protect you with my life. I plan to do so until I take my last and final breath whenever God wills it."

Sunshine pulled back and wiped at her eyes. "I had a dream about my dad last night. It was the first dream I've had about him in a long time. I was sixteen and we were hanging out in the driveway. He was working on his bike and I was just reading through the manual and he kinda looked at me and was like mija I don't want you hanging out with Jax anymore, he's not going anywhere. I want you to get out of Charming, make something of yourself. Be better than me and your mom. Then I woke up but I woke up smiling. Then I realized that I want to move out of California when I'm finished here. Maybe just become a regular lawyer. I can't stay in California, it's too trying. I want you to come with me. You can retire and we can get a ranch somewhere. Anywhere. You choose."

"We can move," She smiled at her niece again and nodded her head slowly in agreement. She had always been against leaving Charming. This was where she settled, planted her seeds and managed to create a career that she loved but she loved her niece more and she was ready to finally take it easy and retire. "We can retire in Texas. I've always wanted a ranch with horses. I think that would be fun or maybe even Arizona."

"Whatever you want," Sunshine wiped at her tears again and smiled brightly at the woman. "I just want to be as plain as possible. Live a good life and make a decent living doing so. I want to be somewhere that I can make a difference. I can't do that here. I'm working towards justice and the government is just as corrupt as the criminals. They want to play the criminal's game to just get what they want. I can't do that anymore."

"You don't have to baby." Maria kissed the brunette's temple and sighed. "You and me baby girl. We're going to get out of here and we're going to live an amazing life. You're gonna spoil me rotten too. I know it. I love you Sunny. My Sunshine."

"I love you too," She kissed her aunt back and nodded. "Love you so much mom." She sighed as she rested her forehead against the woman's. "I've always should have continued to call you that. You're more deserving of the title anyway. Love you mom."

"I love you too," She wiped at her own eyes and smiled before hugging the young woman tightly and rocking them side to side. "You stay here, your room is always ready for you. I love you my Sunshine. So much."

SOA

Happy rolled the toothpick between his lips, his dark eyes staying on the woman as she paced back and forth on the other side of the room. She didn't have to speak a word, he knew she was nervous, knew that she wanted to be anywhere but where they currently stood. He knew that she'd fly away if she could but he admired her for not tucking tail and fleeing. "You're gonna wear a hole in the floor."

Sunshine shrugged as she continued to pace the living room of the home. Her ears doing their best to tune out what was going on in the kitchen. She couldn't believe she was at the scene of the crime and she was even more shocked that Happy had agreed to be with her. He had been as steady as a presence the last few weeks as Maria was. She was grateful for the both of them. She was happy that she had two strong people at her sides because she was slowly breaking and she didn't know how much longer she could keep her shit together. "I don't care. I don't want to go back in there."

He easily closed the space between them in a few giant steps before he stopped her from pacing. He dropped his hands to her waist and looked down at her slightly. "Listen, do it, get it over with and you never have to deal with this shit again. You got it in you to do this shit and never look back at it."

"I don't know if I can," She rested her hands on top of his and looked up at him. "What if I get in there and it all comes rushing back and I just break down?"

"Then you break down and leave." He shrugged slightly before turning his head towards the kitchen's entry. "I say you try but if you can't even try then I'll get you out of here right now. Just give me the word."

"I want to leave." She nodded as she squeezed his hands gently before pulling on them. "Please, just get me out of here? Take me anywhere but here."

The man nodded, taking the brunette's hand and leading her out of the house and towards his Dyna. "Gotta hold on tight, okay? I lean, you just move with me."

She rolled her eyes, he gave her the same speech just an hour prior and she knew it was protocol but she always knew that he knew she would move with him. "I know Hap."

He mounted the bike, sitting still as he felt her slip behind him, her arms instinctively wrapping around his waist as she pressed herself against him. He inhaled sharply, catching a whiff of her perfume before shaking himself out of it. His body going into autopilot as he pulled off and headed towards his spot. Somewhere he knew the brunette would appreciate just as much as he did.

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Happy reached forward, pulling Sunshine to him by her hips to position her between his legs. He glanced up at her, smirking as she covered her face and giggled. "What's so fucking funny?" He squeezed her hips before dropping his hands as she moved to straddle his legs, her hands finally dropping from her face. "What'd you do huh?"

Sunny couldn't contain herself, she had spent the last few hours, really getting to know not only Happy but herself too. She now knew that her crush was something more and she wasn't upset with it. To be honest, she was happy about it because she knew he mirrored her feelings. Under his rough exterior, he too was a softy and they seemed to be made for each other. Despite the obvious problem. She was on the wrong side of the law. "We're a cliche. The lawyer and the outlaw." She leaned in closer before giving him a quick kiss, only for her to feel his fingers tangled in her hair as he deepened the kiss.

"Yeah, well you can be kept on a retainer, keep my ass out of prison." He pulled back to look at her before he kissed down the column of her neck, smirking as he felt her shudder slightly. He finally had what he had been coveting for the past months. Not even months, for the past few years. Ever since he had watched her leave Charming, he had wanted her. There was just something about her he needed and wanted. Now that he finally had her, he hoped he could keep her. "You'll give me a discount right?"

"I can work with your budget." She nodded as she felt his rough hands snake under her shirt, sending another round of shudders through her body as she rested her forehead against his. "I'm hoping you won't do something so bad that I wouldn't be able to keep you out of prison though."

He shrugged, pulling her shirt over her head and tossing it to the ground before he took her appearance in carefully. The light spattering of freckles over her collarbone, the way her skin seemed to flush under his touch, the way her chest rose and fell. It was all slightly mesmerizing. He couldn't figure out why she had such an impact on him but he knew he didn't want to treat her like the ones who came before him. The woman he used and tossed out without a second thought. He wanted her to be his. He just hoped she wasn't going to tucktail and disappear on him in the next few weeks. He knew what was coming. It was going to be huge and it was going to be bloody. "I figure if I keep playing bodyguard to you, I'll stay out of trouble."

"I'm good with that." She rested her hands on his face, dragging her thumbs over his cheeks lazily as she continued to eye him. "We're gonna have fun and make memories. I hope you're ready…"