All the bikes from earlier had made sense now. There were a lot of men coming out of the door and she had lost Tig somewhere in them all.

"Lill-" she spun around to find her friend was no longer behind her.

There was no way she was going to find anyone in the crowd especially as the music had started up so loudly they would never hear her. Her panic had already set in and all these bodies were making here feel claustrophobic.

Weaving through the now scattering crowd back the way she came she made a mental note to make sure her and Lilly didn't separate whilst here, there are too many people to watch without panicking about each other's safety.

"Thank god." She muttered making her way over to the corner of the room. Tig had clearly remembered about the girls after the rush of people and grabbed whatever one he could find. Lilly was stood on a chair scanning the room, having not seen Faith walking towards her, with Tig standing next to her protectively. She contemplated going to the bar to get another drink to make him suffer for losing her in the first place but decided that wouldn't be the best idea for her friend. Tig had been acting like a father and would probably yell at her, which she could handle, if it wasn't for those cold crystal blue eyes.

She didn't know what was up with the guys she had met here, or why it was of some great importance that someone 'looked after the girls' but it was getting weird. Surely there was no way they would know about her and Lilly's arrival prior to right now? She would have to ask either Tig or Juice at some point, but right now she wanted to find Chibs and get the hell out of the place.
"Hey! Where you going?" the hand on her shoulder made her jump out of her day dream and snap her head back into reality, realising she was almost out the door. "Shit Tiggy you scared me" she sighed spinning around to face him and Lilly with another man she hadn't met yet. Her face went bright red with one hand still on her chest trying to calm her heart rate down. The other man was almost as tall as Tig with blonde hair reaching his shoulders. He had boyish good looks with a smile that was designed to melt hearts.

"You must be Faith, I'm Jax, Anything you need while you're here, you girls just ask ok?" with a wink, and a pat on the back for Tig, the blonde young man was gone.

"Tig, just help me find Chibs so we can leave" Faith was having trouble keeping the drink at bay before she would stop thinking clearly. And Lilly had already started swaying on her feet.
"awh, just when I thought we were having fun"
"you're looking for me are ya? S'alright Tig, I got 'em, go find Juicey, he could use a drink". Chibs was shorter than Tig, slightly stockier with greying hair. However all these features were second to the scars on both sides of his face along both cheeks.

"CHIBS!" Lilly threw her arms around his neck deafening them with her drunken shrill of delight. Jeeeez they were gonna have trouble leaving.
"hey, so I was just checking in, we're still alive and well, so you can call Steve and let him know" Faith grabbed at Lilly's hands that had become a vice around Chibs's neck, luckily he didn't seem to mind.

The party behind them was in full swing with music blaring and half naked girls wrapped around the bikers dying for attention.

"What are you celebrating?" Faith asked holding both her and her friend against the wall.
"nothin' it's like this all the time, how long you stayin' for" his Scottish accent was beautiful and cut through the music like a silk knife.

"erm we was gonna stay a week in charming, just to get some money together"
Chibs smiled and nodded towards the bar "whah ya drinkin?"

"We should be going, we still need to find somewhere to stay" Faith was looking around the clubhouse and noticed all the small details of the place. The pool table was in full use with women and men betting on a winner, the bar was crowded yet everyone was served in no time at all. The booths were used by groups drinking together and the tables were now platforms for some of the skimpier dressed women who were dancing to their own songs. Everything had its place. The pictures on the wall were like trophies of old Harley's and the group's photographs together.
"There are rooms in the back for t'night, don't worry, talk tomorra? I gotta sort summin" Chibs kissed them both lightly on the tops of their head before he walked away however not before summoning Tig back to their sides.
"Tiggy are you like our guard dog?" Lilly asked, face beaming up to him
"sure" Tig spun her around and onto his lap in the chair he had sunken into, drink in hand.

"C'mon dollface, there's room for two" he called up patting the arm of the chair.
"You better look after her Tig." Faith stared at him as long as she could hold her eyes on his without caving under the weight of the endless blue. 'Goddamn it' she thought as she stalked away to the back of the building where Chibs had mentioned rooms.
Making her way down the hall she couldn't help but wonder if anyone lived here full time. There were so many rooms, almost like a camp dorm. It was a shame to think they might not be used in such a lovely building. The smell of old pine and beer mixed together was just oozing from the walls. She stopped to examine a wall used entirely for the hanging of mug shots. How bleak. They are proud that they went to jail? Tig, Juice, Jax and even Chib's faces were displayed proudly in frames and lined up with all the others. All of them had been to jail. Why did Steve want her to check in with a known criminal?

The back rooms would likely be the quietest, further away from the main hall where the party hadn't even reached full swing. Trying the last door vigorously only to discover it was locked she moved along one, only to hear the door she had just tried open. Shit.

Out of embarrassment she threw her hair over her shoulder to block any view the man who stepped out of the room might have of her. She couldn't stop her eyes from darting quickly to see who she had disturbed only to see an older man with tattoos everywhere. Fumbling with the door handle she could hear him wipe his face with his rough hands and grumble under his breathe. 'Damn, I've pissed him off, why won't this door open!' she thought turning the handle the other way before the door swung open. Turning quickly to shut the door behind her she locked eyes with the heavily tattooed man as he walked past. His eyes were black and looked emotionless. Not someone she particularly wanted to see much of. He looked too cold even for her.

The room was filled with the bare essentials answering her question from earlier. No one lived in these rooms. It was homely yet barren of any personal objects apart from a photo on the dresser of two young boys. She recognised one as Jax, with his long blonde hair even at that age. He must have been around 7 or 8 and was standing next to another boy, both with their bikes, smiling. Did Jax have a brother? If he was here, why he wouldn't be president as by the look of it, Jax was younger. Knowing if she left the room for the luggage in the car she would have to face the party again so settled on undressing and searching the dresser in hopes of forgotten clothes she could borrow for the night and tomorrow.
Luckily there were a few men's black t-shirts, one with the words
SAMCROW
REDWOOD ORIGINAL

Written on the front in the font she had seen on the back of the men's cut with the grim reaper big and bold. The shirt came to just above her knees, whoever this top belongs to, he must be tall.
The sheets on the bed were soft and fresh, no way was this done by any of the men. This was a mother's washing. However as comfortable as the bed looked she didn't feel like sleeping on it, not with the photograph directly opposite, this room must have been someone's at some point who spent enough time here for it to hold an important memory of theirs. Instead she dragged the duvet over to the chair in the corner and settled in for the long night. Her sleeping habits meant she'd be up again in a few hours, giving the party hopefully enough time to die down and maybe she could find Lilly to get her to sleep.