…Chapter 5…

Nicole drove half way to Gemma's then turned around to go back to the house. Once Nicole got in, she went to her old room, into the closet, and took out the old shoe box that was hiding behind the other boxes, and pulled out a .9mm gun that Trevor gave her years ago. She got the bullets and extra clips, then put it all in her purse.

After that she packed all of her stuff in the suit cases, then put it in the cadillac and drove off to a place where she knew she'd be safe.

Gemma walked out to the backyard and went up to the guys. "Hey, have any of you heard from Nicky?"

"No." Happy shook his head.

"Well, she's an hour and half late and she's not answering her phone."

"All right." Happy groaned. "We'll go check Trevors." then him, Kozik, Jax, Chibs, and Juice left Gemma's.

They got there within seven to ten minutes and parked in front. "The car is gone." Jax pointed out.

"Fuck." Happy shook his head. "Where could she be?"

"Maybe we should split up." Chibs suggested.

"Good idea." Happy nodded, then looked at Kozik with a scowl. "Right now, I don't give a fuck if you and Nicky don't get along… you find her, you call me."

"Okay, fine." Kozik nodded, then all the guys got back on their bikes, and split up.

After searching for two hours, in Charming and even Lodi, Kozik wanted to try one more place - the cemetery. He was right, because he saw Gemma's Cadillac parked off to the side. He got off his bike and headed towards Nicole's parents mausoleum.

He took out his gun and slowly opened the door. "Nicky?" he called out, then once he got inside, there was some candles lit, and he saw Nicole curled up into a ball, asleep on her fathers tomb.

He shut the door and slowly walked up to her. As he got closer, he saw a purple-ish black bruise on her cheek and a fat lip, then he noticed that Nicole had a gun in her hands. Kozik went on the other side of her, so he wouldn't get shot, if she woke up in a panic.

"Nicky." he lightly shook her arm.

Her eyes shot open then she quickly pointed the gun. "Who's in here?"

Kozik snatched the gun out of her hands and she gasped. "Baby, it's only me." Nicole turned around and jumped into Kozik's arms, sobbing. "It's okay, whatever it is."

"No, it's not." she shook her head. "He's gonna come after me."

"Who, Nicky?" he asked. "Who's coming after you?" she didn't say anything, she just clung onto Kozik for dear life, all Kozik could do was hold her. "Baby, I'm here, okay?" he rubbed her back. "I'm not gonna let anything happen to you."

About fifteen minutes later, Nicole finally calmed down, feeling safe in Kozik's arms. "I'm sorry." she muttered.

"It's okay." he let her go and sat down next to her on the tomb. "But I need to know what's going on and who the hell did that to your face."

Nicole took a deep breath. "I walked out of the house to go over to Gemma's and there was this guy leaning on her car. He told me that Uncle Trevor owes him seventy-five grand and if I don't give him the money, he's coming after me."

"Do you know the guys name?"

"He said it was Xander."

Kozik lightly touched her cheek and growled. "He's the one that did this to you?" she nodded. "He's fucking dead." he got up and started pacing.

"Kozik… how come you didn't call and tell me that Nicky was in here?" Happy said, walking in. "You okay, Nic… " he stopped in mid-sentence as Nicole turned to look at him, then his eyes widened. "Who did that to your face?" he darted his eyes at Kozik, and went up to him. "Are you the one that hit her? Because I know you hate her."

"No, I found her like that."

"Don't fucking lie to me, because I will kill you!"

"Hap… I didn't touch her, alright?"

Happy wasn't listening and he didn't want to hear it, instead he punched Kozik in his jaw, making him fall to the ground. "I'll fucking kill you, Kozik!"

"Happy, don't!" Nicole yelled, trying to pull Happy away from beating the shit out of Kozik. "Leave him alone!"

"He fucking hurt you, Nicky!" Happy yelled, then pushed Nicole out of the way. Nicole flew into the wall, then she collapsed, and grabbed onto her stomach, as she felt pain. Nicole was trying to breathe as she tried crawling out the door. Then Happy looked over and didn't see Nicole, so he let go of Kozik, and went outside. "Nicky?"

"Hap… I need the hospital!" she yelled. "NOW!" seconds later, she felt warm liquid going down her legs. She carefully got up and walked over to the car.

"Nicky, what's going on!" Happy yelled at her.

"I FUCKING NEED THE GODDAMN HOSPITAL!" she screamed, getting in, and drove off. She was gently rubbing her stomach, as tears were rolling down her cheeks. "It's okay… Mommy is taking us to the hospital." seconds later, she grabbed her phone and pressed speen dial number four.

"Nicky? Hey… nobody could get a hold of you."

"J- Juice?"

"Oh, I'm glad you're okay."

"I need you… NOW."

"Where are you?"

"Something's wrong with the baby and I'm headed to the hospital. Happy and Kozik were fighting and I got pushed, then felt blood dripping down my legs."

"Shit!" he yelled. "I'll be right there."

"Hurry." she said, then hung up the phone. Nicole got there in record time and went to the front desk. "Excuse me? I need help… I'm twelve weeks pregnant and I was shoved during a fight."

"Okay." the nurse nodded. "We'll get a doctor to see you right away."

"Please." Nicole pleaded. "I can't lose my baby."

Juice had called up the guys, before heading to the hospital, and all of them, including Gemma and Kozik showed up, and sat into the waiting room, until someone could tell them what's going on.

Tara walked in an hour later and saw everyone in there. "Are you all here for Nicky?"

"Yeah." Jax nodded. "What happened?"

"Right now, she's stable and the baby is doing fine too."

"Baby!" most of them, yelled in unison.

Tara raised her eyebrow. "Nobody knew she was pregnant?"

"No." Happy shook his head.

"Well, she's twelve weeks and though there was blood, don't worry, it didn't effect the baby at all."

"What room is she in?" Juice asked.

"Room two-twenty-five."

Kozik was about to walk out, when Happy grabbed him by the arm. "Where the fuck do you think you're going? I ain't letting you near Nicky, not after you gave her a fat lip."

"You hit her?" Jax said, getting pissed off.

"No, that wasn't me… Nicky told me it's a guy named Xander and Trevor owes him seventy-five grand and he told Nicky he'd come after her, if she didn't have his money." he got in Happy's face. "I would never lay a hand on Nicky and she fucking knows that." Kozik paused to take a deep breath. "I love Nicole… there I fucking said it, I fucking love her, and no, we don't hate each other, because we've been together for a few years, so you need to back up off me, Brother, and let me go see if my girl is okay." and with that, Kozik left the waiting room, leaving everyone confused.