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Kozik's POV

I was watching Charlotte walk away and disappear down the hallway towards the dorms, thinking: damn, she sure does look great in that dress. Come on Kozik, don't screw this up. Just stay focused. She could be the one.

Just as I turned back to talk to Happy, Roxie came up and demanded my attention. "Hey baby." She said as she walked her fingers down my chest. "You wanna go someplace?"

I shook my head and took a step away from her. I watched as she followed me and started toying with my belt. For a brief moment, my body threatened to betray me. I took another step away, running into the pool table. No, I don't want her. After being close to Charlotte, having a croweater was just not good enough any more.

She seemed to take the hint and sat on the table next to me. Roxie was still trying to seduce me by running her hand up and down my arm and back. I tried to shake her off but it was useless. Why is she so damn desperate? Shit, why can't she go fuck another Son?

Happy sat on a bar stool watching the whole time, enjoying me trying to deal with this croweater. He decided now was a good time to torment me. "Koz, I didn't know you were such a pussy over pussy." He growled out, nearly laughing in my face.

I chuckle back, "Wouldn't be so funny if this was happenin' to you." We both share a look, mine near desperate to get him to take Roxie off my hands but his says he's enjoying himself. Every time I inch away from her, she follows. Happy and me are getting some entertainment out of it but I'm still a little concerned that Roxie won't leave me alone.

Before I could figure out how to get rid of her, Charlotte had come back and was standing next to me. Great. The shit's about to hit the fan and I'm gonna get my ass chewed out by Gemma and then Opie or Piney will kill me. I tensed and readied myself for Charlotte to start getting upset.

Charlotte's POV

I wasn't sure what to do when I came back from Kozik's room and saw him smiling at another woman. I watched as she ran her fingers up and down his arm then across his shoulders. She was wiggling her ass and leaning forward just enough to show off her cleavage. This woman obviously looks like she'll put out at the snap of his fingers. My mind started getting off track, comparing myself to her and wondering if I would be enough for Kozik. What am I going to do about this? I want to keep him mine and mine only.

Gemma's voice in my mind quickly snapped me out of my trance. "Let me tell you about the skanks that are about to show up… the women who hang around are mainly just sluts who want to fuck their way into the club… they're hard to miss. Don't take any lip from them and don't let them take what's yours. They are at the bottom of the MC world food chain. They should be getting you drinks and serving you… they wish they could be you."

Immediately, I got some courage. I'm gonna take Gemma's advice. I thought as I took several deep breaths then walked over to Kozik with a smile. I didn't even make it to the pool table when I received a frown from the woman. I went and stood on the other side of Kozik, kissing his cheek lightly.

I heard the woman scoff then ask me, "What do you think you're doing? Back off, he's mine." I simply smiled and shrugged, not answering her.

She took a step away from the pool table and got in my face; she was so close I could see the ridiculous amount of makeup she had caked on her face. "Well, you stupid slut, neither man is up for 'newbie grabs', so you can take yourself home and watch some cartoons cause Roxie has all this… covered." She shot back, motioning to Kozik.

Both Happy and Kozik were about to yell at the woman but I got right back in her face and I rapidly fired back, "Have you looked in the mirror recently, skank? Close your legs and get your nasty ass away from me."

The woman looked infuriated, "Watch who you're talking to, whore!" She shouted as she shoved me away from Kozik.

Before the guys could grab the woman, I slammed my fist into her face, putting all my weight behind it. I heard the sickening crunch on her nose breaking. She held her face and fell backwards, looking up at me with shock and fear.

"What the fu-" she cried out.

I crouched over her and threatened in a low voice, "No bitch, you better watch who you're talking to. Next time you come near me, or Kozik, you're gonna wish I took it this easy on you." I stood up straight and adjusted my dress, seeing almost everyone staring at us. Kozik was still sitting against the pool table; I grabbed his hand and pulled him behind me as I walked over to the bar to get myself another drink. I caught Gemma's eye and got an approval nod from her.

While waiting for Phil to get to me something to drink, I looked up at Kozik. He was still gawking at me. I rolled my eyes, "Take a picture it lasts longer. While you're at it, you owe me a twenty." Kozik still hadn't said anything to me and it was starting to worry me. I couldn't read his face; maybe he's upset I hurt his prospective sexual conquest. "Look, I'm sorry if you're mad at me…" I crossed my arms over my chest, trying to figure out what he was thinking.

He gave me a look that made me trail off, "Hey, stop it. I'm not at all. How could you possibly think…"He chuckled and shook his head. "Oh and don't worry; I'll pay you back eventually." He gently took my hand and brought it up to his lips, "You didn't hurt yourself, did you? 'Cuz Ope would kill me if you did."

He massaged my hand in both of his, there was already a slight bruise, I shrugged, "My wrist hurts a little but I'll be fine. That whore won't be if she tries to come near me again." I leaned back and put both of my elbows on top of the bar.

He stood in front of me, placing his hands on either side of me, "You know, that was really sexy…" He said biting his lower lip and grinning down at me. "And FYI, I wasn't gonna do anything with that chick. I told you earlier, I want you. I ain't gonna fuck us up just for some random gash." He leaned towards me, his lips brushing mine.

I smiled and glanced up at him and thought: I've never felt this way about a guy before. He pressed his lips against mine, letting me know he meant what he said. As he pulled back, I winked and whispered, "You better not."

Gemma's POV

I was sitting on Clay's lap when I watched Charlotte head towards the dorms. I saw the croweater that Kozik used to frequent walk up to him and Happy, strutting her stuff. Oh shit, here we go. I thought. That tramp better back off or I'm gonna throw her ass out of here. Charlotte's new and doesn't know how to defend herself and man from these whores. And not all of the croweaters know that Kozik is now taken.

Charlotte came back a few minutes later and I saw her stop in her tracks. I was about to get up and go handle the whole thing myself, but suddenly, Charlotte went over to Kozik. Next thing I know the croweater is on the ground and Charlotte is taking Kozik to the bar. Ratboy went over to the fallen croweater, helped her up and to the kitchen to get cleaned up.

Damn, I didn't think Charlotte had it in her. But now I know that she'll make a great old lady one day. If only Kozik will keep it in his pants and not fuck it all up. By the way that he was looking at her, I knew that it'd never happen. He's in love. Just like Jax and Tara, Me and Clay, Sack and Cherry, Opie and Lyla. She's really fitting into our family perfectly.

Kozik's POV

I couldn't believe it when Roxie started speaking rudely to Charlotte. Happy and I were so shocked, we couldn't move or speak. Turns out, we didn't have to. I don't know what was more surprising a croweater giving lip to a SAMCRO family member or Charlotte snapping and holding her ground. Holy shit. I can't believe Roxie would say that. When Charlotte punched the slut, a smile spread across my face. Damn. I thought she turned me on before. Now I find out she's a tough chick, one who'll fight for her family. A mini-Gemma. The perfect Old Lady.

I was still staring down at the crying croweater when Charlotte dragged me away. I caught Happy's eyes on the way; he gave me a nod and a wink. We both knew: women like this were real hard to find. I was a lucky one to find a high caliber old lady who needed me just as much as I needed her. She may have backed down and been scared by a couple men in the past, but when it came down to it, she could handle this life.

The spark I saw in Charlotte's eyes was starting to die down when she realized I wasn't saying anything, I still didn't know what to say. She tried to apologize, which blew my mind, why would she be sorry? She was just taking what was hers. I saw the doubt flicker in her eyes, which helped me understand what she was thinking, she thinks I would want to bang that skank and forget about her. Charlotte is obviously strong but like any woman, she needs to be reminded that she's wanted.

I explained to Charlotte that the croweater didn't mean anything to me and that I was serious earlier. She seemed to believe me and I hoped she would. I'm never letting her go. I realized for the first time in my life, I had someone special. And for the first time since I joined the MC, I wanted to put my crow on a girl. I never thought this day would happen. I doubt Charlotte would want to do it any time soon. Every day until she agrees, I'm going to work on convincing her. I can't let the guys knows though, if they found out, they'd give me more shit than I've already gotten. I ain't Jax or Opie, I'm not gonna get weak from having an old lady. She's just gonna make me better.

I almost had Charlotte pinned against the bar, her body language said that she was into it. Our kisses were still innocent and sweet, and there was barely any heavy petting like I normally would have done. I was smiling and kissing her, enjoying the coy yet playful mood we were both in. I heard some heels coming towards us, clicking against the wood floor, causing me to look away from Charlotte.

Gemma made her way over to the bar, getting herself and Clay another beer, something she never did. Normally, croweaters and hang-arounds waited on them, making sure their drinks were always full and cold. Gemma gave us one of her famous smirks as she stood next to us.

Gemma's POV

I watched Kozik and Charlotte at the bar and decided to go talk to her about what happened. I kissed Clay and then went over to the bar. Phil immediately got me a beer and I told him to take one to Clay. Kozik and Charlotte were shyly smiling at me, like they had been two teenagers that were caught making out. They are so cute with each other. I can't wait to see where this goes.

I took a sip of my beer and put my hand on my hip, "Pretty impressive stuff, slugger." I said with a wink. Charlotte blushed but Kozik had a proud look on his face. Before she could respond, I kept going, "Good job, sweetie. You gotta teach them dumb bitches to leave things alone, cause Lord knows they aren't the smartest. I'm real proud of you. You're gonna go far, just wait til I get to teaching you even more of the basics."

Charlotte was beaming, "Thanks Gemma, I feel kinda bad…"

I cut her off, "No. You never feel bad for those women or what you did to them. How's your hand? Must of hurt, huh?"

She nodded, "My wrist is sore but I'll be okay."

I took a step towards Kozik, keeping my voice low, "You know, Koz, you should be teaching your girl how to fight. That way if she ever has to defend herself, she won't hurt herself. Just think about it. She has a mean right cross." I didn't wait for them to answer; I just took my beer and went back to Clay.

Kozik's POV

Gemma was right, Charlotte had a lot of force behind her punch. If she knew how to do it properly, she'd never hurt herself. I looked over Charlotte's hand again, "Would you want to learn?" I asked her. I paused while she thought about it. "I promise I'll only teach you enough to protect yourself when I can't be there. Please?"

She finally relented and agreed, "I dunno. If we do, I'm not going to take it easy on you."

"Who says I'm gonna spar with you? I've already seen you in action. I was gonna get some sucker in there and let you loose on them." We both laughed before I kissed her lips again.

After a couple of hours of drinking, dancing, and pool, the party had died down and the only stragglers left either making out or passed out. Charlotte and I had been talking, drinking, and playing pool for a majority of the night. We had ignored almost everyone else; I couldn't take my eyes off of her.

I'm pretty sure that I owed Charlotte more than a hundred dollars by the end of the night. She has to be hustling me; she is too damn good at this for it to be beginners luck. "You're cheating!" I exclaimed after she sank the eight ball again.

She laughed and shook her head, "No, I'm not! You're just a really bad pool player." I shook my head and smiled at her over the pool table as she kept laughing. "You want to play again? Or are you tired of losing money?"

I strode around the table to her, finishing the rest of my beer before I got to her. I threw my pool cue onto the table, "I give up. There's no way I'm letting you scam me out of the rest of my money." I took the cue out of her hand, putting it on the table before wrapping my arms around her waist. I lifted her off the ground and held her against my chest as we kissed. I sat her down on the edge of the pool table and stood in between her legs. "You know, I'm gonna need time to get the money together. Maybe we could work out a trade?"

She put her hands on my chest, pushing me away from her; her eyes showed she was a little taken aback, "A trade? What kind of trade did you have in mind?"

My hands were resting on her hips but I moved them to the table so I could lean towards her and look at her, eye to eye, "Free boxing lessons, maybe?"

She seemed relieved, "Fine. You win. This time." She wrapped her arms over my shoulders, kissing my cheek in the process.

I brought my arms back around her midback, enveloping her in a bear hug. "Thank you, baby." I heard her sigh and felt her stifle a yawn into my shoulder. I turned my head to see her face, "Wanna go to sleep?" I asked her. She nodded so I took a step back and helped her off the table.

I placed my hand on her lower back as I led her back to my dorm room. Tig looked up from Roxie sitting in his lap and sneered, "Finally gonna get some, blondie?"

I glared down at him, muttering, "At least my girl is clean."

He jumped up and got in my face, "What was that? Did you have somethin' to say to me?"

I stared straight into his eyes, "Charlotte, go to my room." She hesitated and didn't move. "Charlotte, please?"

Tig started chuckling, "Man, you can't even control your pussy." I was about to start wailing on him but I saw Charlotte move.

She got in between me and Tig. She frowned up at him, "Listen here, Alex. Leave me and Koz the fuck alone."

He snickered, "Or what, bitch?"

Without a warning, she sucker-punched his face as hard as she could. Tig staggered backwards and touched his lip, feeling the blood from his lip. "That's what." She whispered, her voice catching. I looked down at her, she was clutching her hand to her chest and I could see her eyes flooding with tears.

My head snapped up as I looked for Happy, Opie, or Piney. Opie had gone home but Piney was still sitting at the bar. Happy was leaning against the jukebox with a croweater and had seen the commotion. They were both on their way over to hold Tig back. Why would Tig even try something like this? It's one thing to take a stab at me, but why did he have to take one at Charlotte?

I had to get Charlotte away from him before he could do anything else. I hadn't seen him look this mad since we took out the assholes that raped Gemma. Putting my arm around her shoulders, I guided her to the kitchen to get ice on her hand.

Charlotte's POV

I could feel myself getting tired as I beat Kozik again. He had finally convinced me to learn how to box and I wasn't sure if it was a good idea but if it could get him to stop asking, I'd do it. Kozik and I were headed towards his room when Tig started back up with his snarky comments. Why does he keep pushing Kozik's buttons? Can't he just mind his own damn business? Kozik stopped and told me to go to his room but I wasn't going to stand back and let this guy walk all over us anymore. Once Tig set his eyes on me, he ignored Kozik. He must be drunk if he's thinking of talking to me like that. Gemma said the guys wouldn't talk to me like this. Maybe this one is the exception. I don't know what possessed me to do it, but as soon as my fist landed on his cheek I regretted it. My fist and wrist were now killing me, plus the look in Tig's eyes was terrifying, he looked furious. I took a couple steps back, fearing for my life. Tig looks like he's going to kill me, why'd I do that?

I felt Kozik wrap his arm around me as he hurried me to the kitchen. I was afraid to look back but for some reason, I did. I saw Happy holding Tig back, against the wall while Piney was yelling at him. Once in the kitchen, Kozik picked me up and set me on the counter before grabbing a towel and filling it with ice. He gingerly laid the ice onto my hand and wrist then rubbed his hand over his face. I couldn't bring myself to look him in the eye; I hope he's not mad that I didn't listen to him. I just couldn't take it any more. Tig shouldn't be trying to pry us apart.

"Charlotte?" Kozik whispered, pulling me out of my thoughts. I realized I was staring at the ground, not blinking. "Hey. Look at me." I felt his fingers cupping my chin, tenderly making me look up at him. His thumb smoothed my cheek, brushing a tear off as he studied my face. "I can't believe you slugged Tig."

"I'm sorry for emasculating you. I'm just sick and tired of him saying shit about us. About you." I explained quietly, almost inaudibly.

Kozik smiled, "I should be mad but how could I ever get angry with a chick who has the balls to do that? Shit, Charlotte. I don't know if that was smart or not, but I don't care. Maybe now Tig will stop." He leaned down and briefly kissed my lips. "First thing tomorrow, we'll get Chibs or Tara to check out your hand. Hopefully the swelling will have gone down and with any luck you didn't break your hand. Come on, let's get you to bed."