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This chapter is rated 'M' for scenes depicting sexual situations of a graphic nature – not as intense as it will get, but it's there :)

Present day

It was late Tuesday morning and Ana was woken up by an ecstatic and shirtless Mark peppering kisses on her face. Confused, it took her a moment to fully wake up and return them but she was more than happy to oblige.

"Mmmm good morning, what's gotten into you?" Ana asked in between kisses, swapping positions with Mark so that she was on top of him now, straddling him in bed.

"Well it's just one of the few mornings I get to actually sleep in next to my gorgeous girlfriend." Mark said slyly, clearing hiding something from Ana as he sat up so they were face to face as her legs wrapped around his waist.

Before she could question him further, he started leaving a trail of kisses along her collar bone, in the sweet spots he knew she had that would always elicit the same moan and have her curl into his touch. As she nuzzled his neck, he moved his right hand under her shirt, moving it from her left to right breast, lightly grazing her nipples until they were hard.

"Mmmm babe what are you doing to me hmm?" She asked playfully, moving her hands to either side of his face and pulling him into a deep kiss. They hadn't had sex since before that dinner with the brothers, they'd been too much at odds since then and it seemed they were finally past it.

Mark returned her kiss with just as much passion, sliding his tongue into her mouth, the two of them fighting for control. As their kisses became more intense, Ana began move her hips into Mark's, feeling him grow with every move. It wasn't long until he laid her back down on the bed, ripping her t-shirt off to expose her free breasts and trailing kisses down from her neck to her waist.

Slowly, he began pulling her panties down as she whimpered beneath him, begging him to move faster. "Mmm come on baby I need you," Ana moaned as she played with her breasts, missing the feel of his hands cupping them. He moved lower down her body, moving his head between her legs to find she was already wet, completely aroused. Ana trembled as his tongue inched closer and closer to her lips and when they finally did she couldn't contain herself.

"Fuck Mark don't stop, keep going baby," she instructed as she grabbed onto a fistful of his hair and the edge of the bed, incredibly close to entering that pure state of bliss. But right before she did Mark stopped, moving back up her body, taking each nipple in his mouth and sucking before he brought his lips back to hers.

Neither of them could wait any longer, and Ana wrapped her legs tightly around Mark's waist as he thrust into her.

"Fuck Ana," Mark whispered into her ear as they began to sync into rhythm. "God Mark, faster baby, keep going," Ana encouraged, moving with him with such force she wasn't sure how they hadn't finished already.

"Fuck baby I'm almost there," Mark moaned as he gripped Ana's hips, fighting for control while she was quickly losing hers.

"Shit, yes Mark, fuck," Ana screamed, arching her back into him as he came almost simultaneously with her, both now completely spent and satisfied.

Breathless, the two lied in bed for a few minutes silent as Mark rested on top of a relaxed Ana. It was as if for a moment the world around them cease to exist and the two were in their own personal little bubble.

Freeing herself from underneath him, Ana placed a kiss on Mark's lips as she went to the bathroom to freshen up. Upon returning she found him sitting up in bed under the covers waiting for her. Easing into his embrace, Mark wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pulled her in for a kiss on her forehead before Ana rested her head on his shoulder.

"That was a VERY good wakeup call," Ana said giddily, feeling the stress of the past few weeks fall away but little did she know it was about to be dredged up all over again.

"Yeah well let's just say I got some pretty amazing news this morning," Mark shared, looking down at Ana with a smile a she turned her head up to him.

"Oh?" She asked curiously.

"I got the call babe," Mark said, the grin on his face telling Ana all she needed to know. Moving out of his hold, Ana sat up straight when the realisation dawned on her.

"The call? As in the 'we want you in DC' call?"

"That's right babe! We're moving!" Mark exclaimed, clearly thrilled. Ana on the hand was feeling a number of emotions, but happiness was not one of them.

Noticing her reaction, Mark's face quickly dimmed. "What's wrong?"

"Hmm, oh babe you know I am so fucking happy for you! Seriously I know this has been your dream since forever it's just, you know. I thought we'd have more time," Ana explained, choosing her words carefully.

Frustrated, Mark was now done playing nice. "Well for crying out loud Ana how much more time do you need? This has been on the cards for months," he says, livid that in this moment Ana wasn't as thrilled as he was. "You should be happy for me."

"Mark I am, it's just… for ME it's different okay, you're moving for your job. I'm moving for a guy and giving up everything okay. It's just a lot to consider," Ana said, quickly moving away from Mark who was getting angrier by the minute.

With both of them now on the edge of each side of the bed, they were at a standstill. "Ana seriously, you know wherever we go you're going to be okay because you have me."

"But what else Mark? What else will I have? And you know what I get that you're mad at me for not being completely on board but you haven't really taken the time to think about it from my point of view. That I'm leaving the town I grew up in, my family, my friends and what how do you even tell me it's a done deal now? After a quick fuck? That's how you think this sort of thing needs to be announced?" Ana yelled, not knowing what came over her but feeling relieved now that she'd actually voiced the words.

Looking back at her wide-eyed and livid, Mark couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Seriously Ana you're overreacting okay? You can make friends anywhere, you can tend bar anywhere and you don't have family here!" He yelled, regretting the words the minute they left his mouth.

Ana gasped, she was in complete shock. "How fucking DARE YOU! Just because you can't keep a relationship going that's doesn't involve sex doesn't mean that MY relationships aren't important. YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT EZ, ANGEL AND FELIPE. YOU KNOW THEY ARE MY FAMILY. If you EVER try to imply otherwise again Mark whether we are here or in DC we are going to have some serious fucking problems." Ana spat out, getting up from the bed and heading to her closet for a change of clothes.

Not missing a beat, Mark jumped after Ana, following her into the hallway as she headed for the shower. Grabbing her by the arm as she walked away, Mark tried reasoning with her "Ana where do you think you're going, we're not done."

"No, correction: you're not done trying to control me and guilt trip me into moving with you. I, on the other hand am done with this conversation. I have a shift at the bar, and you know what? Then I'm gonna go hang out with some family – sorry friends – I don't have family, right? Don't wait up I'll crash somewhere else. Have a good day at work." Ana said definitively, pulling her arm out of Mark's grasp and storming off.

It was now 7pm and Ana was still livid from this morning's fiasco with Mark and everyone at the bar could tell. Ellie, the now regular bartender had been trying to brighten Ana up all night to no success and frankly the perky blonde was getting a little scared of the feisty Argentinian. She wouldn't admit it but she was glad Ana's shift was over, she just wanted her to go home and sleep off whatever got her in this foul mood.

"So girl, any plans tonight?" Ellie asked brightly, trying to make small talk as Ana finished serving her last customer for the night.

"Um, yeah actually. EZ and Angel should be here soon and we're gonna hang out." Ana said shortly. She had no idea what they'd actually end up doing, but she just knew she needed a distraction.

"Oh yeah? I have yet to meet the famous EZ – he as cute as his brother?" Ana asked with a wink. While she initially had a strong attraction to Angel, it didn't take a genius to figure out there was something unspoken between him and Ana that was just waiting to be uncovered and Ellie wasn't about to get involved in no love triangle.

Laughing for the first time tonight, Ana couldn't help but look back at Ellie in appreciation. "Seriously Ellie are cute guys all you think about?"

"Cute guys? No. Hot bikers? Hell yes! Seriously Ana no offence to your boyfriend, who I'm sure is sweet but like how have you not jumped Angel in all these years?" Ellie asked a little too loudly and just as she finished her sentence who else walks into the bar than the man they were talking about and his little brother.

Following Ana's embarrassed face, Ellie turned around and soon realised the Reyes brothers had almost walked in on a very interesting conversation. Realising they'd been spotted, Angel and EZ walked over to the bar.

"Hey Ana, you okay? You sounded pretty down earlier?" EZ said first as he gave Ana a light peck on her cheek, searching her face for the answer. Plastering a fake smile on, Ana appeared as sunny as ever. "I'm fine EZ, just missing my guys. Before we go though, EZ this is my friend and new bartender Ellie. Ellie, EZ," Ana said, wasting no time introducing the two as she noticed Ellie's ogling.

"Hey," EZ said with his signature charming smile, causing a usually confident Ellie to blush. While the two started talking (more like flirting), Angel moved across from Ana to check in on her himself.

"So how you really doing?" The older Reyes brother asked. This was the first time Ana had seen him since her breakfast with EZ and she was surprised by the reaction she had. Standing in front of her in his cut with a short sleeve t-shirt underneath, Angel had his arms outstretched on the bar as he stared straight at her, eyebrows raised, as if he were challenging her to lie to him like she did EZ.

"I'm fine Angel… I just had a shit morning okay?" Ana admitted in a hushed tone as she avoided making eye contact, not wanting to go into it with anyone, but especially not Angel. She wasn't sure if it was her talk with EZ or her fight with Mark or both, but right now she couldn't look at Angel without blushing. Every time she looked at him now she found herself thinking of random moments from their shared past in a different light.

No longer did he come across as a protective and caring older brother in her memories, now he was someone else. Who? She wasn't sure, and that scared her.

"What'd Marky Mark do this time?" Angel asked, sarcasm dripping from every word.

Rolling her eyes, Ana figured there was no point in trying to hide it because the boys would find out soon enough. "He got the job okay," she said emotionless.

At this, EZ's attention returned to Ana as he and his brother stared at her with practically identical expressions of sadness and confusion.

"Oh, guys don't do that okay? Don't look at me like that I can't take it," Ana said, her heart swelling at the sight of the two men in front of her. "Nothing is confirmed – trust me Mark is making it very difficult for me to want to move – tonight I just want to get drunk and have fun!" Ana said, slamming her hand down on the bar for added emphasis.

Perking up at the sound of Mark irritating her, Angel wasted no time in sharing his plans for the night. "Well baby girl there aint no place better for a drunken night than the clubhouse. Been a minute since you've been. Whatcha say?" Angel asked, a gleam in his eye as he took in Ana properly for the first time. Tonight, she was dressed in tight leather pants that showed off her curvy hips and round ass perfectly, matched with a khaki green halter neck crop top that cut off just before her naval, Angel was practically drooling.

Noticing his leering, Ana felt a weird sense of pride at the thought of Angel of checking her out, it felt as though he was appreciating her for all she was. While it was likely on a physical thing, she couldn't deny it was perking her up in a time when she was really down.

Not having any better ideas for the night, she agreed and before she knew it found herself on the back of EZ's bike as they sped off to the clubhouse.

It was now just past midnight and Ana, EZ and Angel had been drinking at the clubhouse with the guys for a few hours. Ana had already beaten Coco yet again at poker, also winning a few bets from the guys dumb enough to back him in a game. When will they learn, she thought as she counted the hundreds.

Currently, she was playing pool with Riz and Bishop while Angel, EZ, Coco and Gilly sat at a table on the other side of the room.

"Jesus Angel want to make it any more obvious?" Coco said, chuckling as he put out his cigarette. Confused, Angel wasn't sure what Coco was getting at. "Huh?"

Laughing, Gilly stepped in as Coco started mocking Angel. "Don't act dumb. You've been eyeing that girl all night. How many fucking girls have been coming up to you tonight trying to get a piece and all you can do is make puppy dog eyes at Ana."

"Man shut the fuck up," Angel said, shrugging off his brother's teasing and turning to EZ for back up.

"What are you looking at me for?" EZ asked, not able to keep a straight face, he was beyond thrilled that he didn't have to act like what Coco and Gilly were saying was utter bullshit. Though, he still hadn't mentioned his chat with Ana to Angel, so he was treading lightly on the topic.

"Seems like Riz didn't get the memo though," Coco cut in, nodding his head over to the scene before them. Riz was currently pulling the classic move of showing a girl how to hold a pool stick by getting behind her and whispering sweet nothings into her ear on Ana, something that Angel didn't appreciate in the slightest. Slamming his beer onto the table instantly, Angel stood up, ready to charge over and make a seen before his brothers stopped him.

"Man chill out. It's just Riz okay? He's a flirt he loves women, especially hot ones. And you had to expect Ana was gonna be hit on when she came in tonight okay? Fucking look at her!" Coco said as Gilly draped his arm over Angel's shoulder to hide his anger from the rest of the MC.

EZ on the other hand found himself getting overprotective of Ana as well and walked over to the pair and Bishop while Coco and Gilly tried calming his brother down. While he knew Ana could take care of herself, EZ wasn't around during her early 20s when Ana became accustomed to being hit on, and part of him forgot that in some ways, she grew up without him.

"What's going on here?" EZ asked, trying but failing to come off casual. Turning around and catching sight of him, Bishop chuckled knowing the prospect was likely to put his foot in it yet again and while he was happy to watch it happen, he wasn't about to have a spectacle on his hands.

"Ana here is taking my whole club for a ride here and emptying all our pockets, that's what's going on," the MC President said, chuckling.

"That's right, Riz here made the mistake of underestimating me because I'm a woman and he's now out 200 big ones," Ana said drunkenly as she leaned into Riz.

"Seriously, the girl told me she'd never played before?" Riz chimed in, his hands up in the air as he looked to Bishop for answers. "She's a fucking con artist," he joked.

"An artist of the game? Yes? A con artist? Hardly," Ana said confidently as she handed to pool stick to Bishop before walking over to EZ. She had clearly had one too many drinks and was now feeling it, slumping into his arms.

"Well hey why don't we play now? I'm sure I could win!" Riz joked, his ego slightly bruised that he'd lost so quickly. "Honestly Riz even in her current state I don't think you could," Bishop joked, looking over at the young girl he'd only met a handful of times but liked greatly.

Chuckling, EZ was grateful to see that what him and the boys thought was someone trying to take advantage of Ana was actually someone getting schooled by her. Grabbing hold of her he sat her down at the bar and got her some water, noticing Angel walking over to them.

"Yo, what happened?" Angel asked, a mix of concern and anger spreading across his face. "Angel! Where have you been?!" Ana jumped in her stool at the sight of the older Reyes brother before dragging him down into the seat next to her and smiling, catching both him and EZ off guard.

While Angel had no clue what was going on, EZ was pretty certain that drunk Ana was more in touch with her feelings that sober Ana was and tonight was going to get much more interesting. But just as he handed Ana a bottle of water, his phone buzzed: a text from Jimenez: his cousin and the DEA agent tasked with handling the deal Mark made that got him out. 30 minutes, your dad's shop.

Fuck, EZ thought. This wasn't supposed to happen tonight, he had only just started prospecting and the time for giving up information was not even close. Noticing his attitude change, Angel reluctantly turned away from Ana to look at EZ.

"Everything ok bro?"

"Huh?" EZ asked, looking up from his phone. "Yeah, yeah just um I realised I forgot to do something for dad. I need to head home just shop stuff… um can I leave her with you?" EZ asked Angel, trying to act like everything was fine.

"EXCUSE ME. But I do not need to be taken care of E-ZEKE-I-EL" Ana said, drawing out his name as long as possible. Struggling to contain his laughter, EZ looked at Angel who nodded a 'yeah I'll look out for her'.

"No of course you don't Ana, you're totally sober," EZ said as he moved out of the bar and over to Ana, dropping a kiss on her forehead before turning to Angel. "Make sure she gets home safe okay?" He said seriously, with no room for joking.

"Of course," Angel responded, his face as serious as ever.

As EZ said his goodbyes to the rest of the club, Ana leaned over the bar to grab the bottle of vodka left unattended. Turning back to her, Angel struggled to pull it out of her grasp.

"Fuck girl you might be tiny but you're strong." He said as he finally got hold of it, eliciting a groan from Ana.

"Angeeeeellllllll. What are you doing?" She asked drunkenly as she perched her head against her arm.

"Cutting you off mi dulce," was all Angel said in response as he grabbed another cigarette from his pocket and lit it up, moving the bottle down the bar and away from Ana.

As she watched him take a puff from his cigarette, drunk Ana felt overcome with a certain kind of emotion that was usually only reserved for Mark. But if she was being honest, recently she hadn't even been feeling it towards him.

As Angel sat next to Ana smoking, his left arm leaning on the bar, Ana rested her head against his shoulder, staring up at him. Tilting his head down to look at her, Angel had never been more confused. Okay… I know she's drunk, he thought. But come on, she's gotta know what she's doing to me?

"Can I have a drag?" Ana asked after what felt like an eternity of silence. Angel handed his cigarette over to Ana and watched in awe as she took a few puffs. Somehow, she looked even sexier, he thought. When she handed it back to him, their fingers touched briefly and Angel felt like he could have been set on fire.

Sitting in silence, Angel simply admired the sight of a calm, carefree Ana, someone he hadn't seen for a while. But as much as he enjoyed her like this, he knew it was time for her to head home. Before she did something she regretted, or he did.

"K, I think it's time we roll out," he said, causing her to sit up straight. "What?" she asked, looking slightly offended. "Why?"

Smiling, Angel knew the next words that came out of his mouth needed to be framed very carefully because if he said the wrong thing Ana wouldn't leave until dawn.

"Because my love, it's getting a bit rowdy and I have a feeling you're a bit too good for this place with it turns up… and honestly? Imma little tired," he said, eliciting a hearty laugh from the love of his life, followed by a hiccup. Yep, definitely hammered, he thought.

"Oh, Angel the big bad biker is tired?! What a BORE!" Ana teased, grabbing Angel's cheeks like a child. "And you are drunk," Angel retorted, standing up and lifting Ana with him, who much like she did with EZ earlier, unable to balance herself, fell into his chest.

Caught off guard, Angel looked down at her and lifted her head to meet her eyes with his. "Hey, you alright?" he asked, genuinely concerned that maybe she'd hit her limit.

Smiling up at him, Ana wrapped her arms around him before declaring, "Never better."

Savouring the moment for just a minute, Angel started walking Ana outside, taking it one slow step at a time as she insisted she could walk on her own.

"Come on, let's get you home before Marky Mark calls the cops," Angel said, half serious half joking as they got to his car.

At the mention of Mark, Ana jumped up. "Angel no! Don't take me home tonight please!" She pleaded, putting her hands together as if in prayer. "I can't talk to him tonight he is driving me crazy," she admitted, catching Angel off guard.

"Ana? What's wrong? What happened" Angel asked, assuming the worst.

"He's just TOO MUCH right now. I need a break okay!" Ana yelled like a child, letting all her pent-up frustrations come out. "Please? Can I just stay at yours tonight? I promise you won't hear a peep from me!" Ana asked, staring up at Angel with her signature puppy dog eyes, the ones she knew he couldn't say no to.

Like putty in her hands, Angel simply walked over to the passenger side and opened the door for her. "Okay, get in," he said, at which she jumped with joy before drunkenly walking to the car.

Jesus Christ what the fuck am I thinking? Angel thought.

By the time they got to Angel's place, Ana was ready to pass out and he had to carry her inside. Carrying her into his room, Angel laid her down and took her shoes off slowly. In all the years they'd known each other, this was the first time Angel was taking care of her, it was always the other way around.

Smiling, Angel knelt down next to her, moving a piece of her luscious black hair away from her face as her eyes started fluttering, she was clearly struggling to stay awake.

"Hmmmm Angel?" she asked, turning on her side as she half-opened her eyes to look at him.

"Yes?" he answered softly, his breath catching as he realised how close they were, how vulnerable she was, how beautiful.

"Angel I don't want to go." Ana said, her eyes now fully open and with a new sense of soberness they didn't have before. With Angel's hand still lightly grazing her cheek, Ana brought hers up to rest on his chin, tracing his beard.

"So, don't go," Angel said almost instantly, he knew deep down Ana wasn't ready to move and that was all the confirmation he needed.

"But I, I need" Ana began, before stopping herself, clearly struggling to find the right words to stay.

"Need what Ana?" Angel asked, inching closer again towards her, careful not to get to close, but close enough to hear her, to comfort her.

"… Do you… do you want me to stay Angel?" Ana asked, her voice now softer than Angel had ever heard it, her hand continuing to trace his beard. They'd never been this close before and his heart was racing, he's pretty sure it had skipped more than a few beats.

"You know I do Ana, more than anything," he answered softly, truthfully, scared to be any more vulnerable, especially if Ana didn't remember anything in the morning.

Ana, who was now starting to drift again, was clearly struggling to stay up but she was fighting. Her hand was now slipping down Angel's face to his chest, before falling to the side of the bed.

Angel was ready to leave her to sleep before he heard her mumbling something. "But… why do… you want… me…to…Angel….hmmmmm."

Confused, Angel wasn't sure what to think as he stood up, looking down at the woman he loved more than anything sleeping in his bed, drunk and professing something to him. What she was trying to say he wasn't sure, but he was certain now more than ever that now was his chance to finally get the girl of his dreams and he was done waiting. Tomorrow, he'd figure this all out. Tonight? He'd just watch her sleep.

Author's note – And there we go for chapter 7! That was a long one with lots of different elements. Hope you guys enjoyed it! I needed to cut it down a fair bit because it was WAY longer. So chances are if you felt like there should've been more it's likely because there was aha.

I have the next few chapters planned, but I won't be uploaded until the weekend OR if you guys review this one! So please everyone that reads send in a review, it seriously is amazingly helpful – any and all feedback is welcome! :)