Hey guys, here's the next chapter and I hope you like it!

Thank you to ozlady80, Danae Jo, theadventurer and Akumi Uchiha who have read and reviewed my story. Veronica belongs to teskodanceparty and both her and Ronnie rock!

Disclaimer- If I did then Happy would belong to me and be in it more and Juice would belong to teskodanceparty.

Going back home was a big deal for me and not for the usual reasons, no I was worried because of the bruise I had on the left side of my face and the busted lip my asshat of a possessive stalker ex Mark had given me when I told him it was over. Happy my self pro-claimed protector had taken one look at the damage and shot off to find Mark with a couple of the other 'sons'.

Veronica was so pissed I was actually considering locking her in her room but she promised not to do anything rash… ha like I'd fall for that with her temper. It was like life was mocking me or keeping the balance- I had just finished my final degree and doctorate in Anthropology, graduating with honours and that's when he decides to get all weird and clingy, showing up everywhere even the garage. Kozik thought that it was weird at first and then when Mark tried stopping me from going to the clubhouse he was furious and had a 'chat' with him. When Mark came to the apartment the next day he started screaming about how I'm cheating on him and of course because I was so sick of his bullshit…

"It's over, done, finito, ended. I can't deal with your paranoid delusions and shitty behaviour anymore" I screamed back.

"Well maybe if you weren't banging all those biker guys I wouldn't be like this!"

"You stupid fucking idiot! They are my family and they treat me better than you ever did! Ronnie was right about you, I should've listened to her!"

I felt the pain even before I had registered what had actually happened. I raised my hand to my face and winced drawing it back I saw the blood.

"You really should get out of here now while you can still walk" I said deathly calm.

He walked out slamming the door behind him while I went to the bathroom and inspected the damage, a split lip and a cut along my left cheek which had the skin around it already bruising.

"HONEY I'M HOME!" Ronnie's voice came from the living room, her boots giving away her position as she walked through the place.

"I'm in the bathroom Ron"

"Holy shit what the hell happened to your face?" she exclaimed, unknown to me Happy was standing in the hallway listening as I replied.

"Mark and I split up and he got angry" I sighed.

The next thing I knew I was staring into Happy's eyes which had darkened with rage while he was looking at my face. I glanced at Ronnie only to see that she was smirking and backing out of the bathroom while waving at me, I'd get her later.

"I'm goin' to kill him" Happy rasped touching my cheek gently.

"Hap, its fine lets just forget about it ok?" I pleaded.

"The bastard hit you Morgan"

I knew there was no point in arguing with him so I just sighed and nodded, Happy then shocked me by putting his arms around my waist and hugging me to him. Damn I could feel his muscles through the fabric of his clothes and it felt right and safe to be wrapped around him like this. I knew that I had developed feelings for the strong protector over the last couple of months and it was one of the reasons why I broke up with Mark.

"Just promise me that you won't do anything reckless?" I muttered into his shoulder.

"Promise, me an the boys will take care of this and then we'll head out" he agreed letting me go and I felt cold and empty inside.

I was pulled out of my thoughts by Ronnie clicking her fingers in front of my face.

"Yo! Space Cadet, come back now" she laughed at the sheepish look I just knew was on my face.

"What?"

"I asked how we are gonna do this, because it's drawing more attention than we fucking want going back together especially with the cars…"

"Yeah but if we go together then realistically we'll be safer and can watch each other's backs"

"Right, well Happy, Koz and some of the prospects are going up before us anyway so that they have a stronger influence if anything does happen and also he's going to explain this shit to Clay and everyone up there" she sighed.

I knew that Ronnie was still had mixed feelings about going back, hell so did I. She had told me why she left and who she left behind even though it killed her to, I understood the need to get away. She had left behind some that she loved, she defended that she cared for everyone equally but I knew she loved him it was in her voice every time she said his name… Juan Carlos Ortiz.

"Ok you can't lie to me Ron, I know you don't want to go back but my question is why?"

"I always knew that I couldn't stay away forever but now that it comes down to it… I just don't know" she sighed and left it at that.

The next couple of hours were spent packing up our stuff in boxes and loading them into out cars. Ronnie got a call from either Happy or Kozik about my now dead ex boyfriend and refused to tell me anything about it. We were going to give the guys a head start and then follow.

We went to bed after tying up some loose ends and got ready for the long ass drive back home, I was still worried about Ronnie but I knew better than to push her for the details. Plus it wasn't as if I didn't have any of the same worries she did.

"Get your ass outta bed we got to go" was the awakening I got from Ronnie.

"Fuck off, I'm gettin' up alright"

"Not a morning person are ya sweetheart?" she chuckled as I threw my pillow at her.

We got ready and headed out.

Well review and tell me if I can make it better, I know it's off to a slow start but please be patient.