Nina gave Chibs a playful smack on the back as he reached the staircase leading up to her apartment. She spoke up a tired laugh escaping her throat. "You need to put me down querido. I don't think it's a good idea to try to carry me up the stairs."

"Aye fine. Ya ruin everything." He teased reluctantly lowering her off his shoulder and back to the ground ignoring the way his back ached in protest of the action.

He was getting older and it wasn't a nice realization. He had to fear that he would one day be just like Piney; stuck to an oxygen tank deprived of his beloved cigarettes, on heart medication, and stuck with a trike on his Harley.

It wasn't a future Chibs wanted for himself.

When he was younger he'd been almost convinced that he wouldn't live past forty, but then his fortieth birthday had come and past and he was still alive and well.

And for the first time in so long Chibs actually wanted to continue living on to a ripe old age.

He had everything in the world to live for now it seemed; an old lady, his Kerrianne, and his little Sophie.

For the first time in so long Chibs' world seemed so wonderfully bright and full of hope.

Nina rolled her eyes shaking her head a bit as she situated herself back on to the pavement. "Oh yeah because falling down the stairs and breaking every bone in our bodies would be so fun."

"Aye maybe they could give us one of those two person hospital rooms up at Saint Thomas. I could scoot my bed up beside ya and we could ride the morphine wave together..It'd be like a vacation." He teased pressing a kiss to her cheek as he moved behind her to follow her up the stairs.

"Yeah not the kind of vacation I have in mind." Nina replied shaking her head again as she began to dig through her purse for her keys.

Chibs pressed a kiss to her neck as they finally reached the top of the stairs and her door stoop. He took a deep breath once again inhaling the scent of her perfume. He had missed her in his time away.

Though it had only been two days it had felt longer to him. It had been two brutal days of nonstop work and stress, and all Chibs had longed for was Nina and Sophie.

He was relieved that the entire mess with the Russians was mostly settled for now at least.

He was unsure just how long the peace would last though.

If Chibs knew anything it was that peace and quiet never lasted long in Charming, at least not for the Sons these past few years.

Chibs took Nina by shock reaching into his wallet and paying the barmaid Nina had hired to watch Sophie for the evening the agreed amount Nina had promised.

The barmaid stared up at Chibs a bit wide eyed at the kutte on his back and the scars along his cheeks.

Nina spoke up her cheeks flushing a bit embarrassed and to be honest kind of pissed off as well that the girl was practically gawking at Chibs. "Joan this is Filip. Sophie's father."

Joan tore her eyes away from Chibs clearing her throat as she spoke. "Sophie is in bed and has been for an hour. I got her to take a bath and put her dance shoes up. I got her to eat some of that soup you bought her."

"That's good. She was pretty tired today after her dance class. I think she's getting a cold though." Nina replied placing her purse on the counter in the kitchenette as Joan gathered her things.

"Her dance class was today?" Chibs blurted out mentally kicking himself for missing it.

He had promised himself that he would take Sophie to her first dance class with Nina.

The teacher had told Nina when she'd first signed Sophie up for the class that at the end of each class the parents were free to come in so the kids could show just what they'd learned that day.

It was the teachers way of breaking the kids of being frightened of preforming in front of groups.

They would need to break their stage fright if they were going to have pageants.

Sophie had been so excited about the class. She tried her dance slippers on each night before she went to bed. When Nina had asked the girl just why she was doing this Sophie had replied that she wanted to make sure they still fit.

Chibs had been so looking forward to seeing what Sophie had learned in her first session.

He spoke again letting out a heavy sigh as Nina finally saw Joan out the front door. "Shite love. I'm sorry, I wanted to be there."

Nina pressed a kiss to his lips shaking her head a bit as she tried to reassure him. "It's okay querido. I know you wanted to be there and would have been there if you could. The situation was beyond your control."

She paused reaching up to straighten his hair as she spoke again. "You didn't promise us anything, so it isn't like Sophie really noticed or cared."

"Aye I know. I shoulda been there though. I really wanted to be there." He replied sinking against her touch.

He had to fear that this would become a repeat occurrence in their lives; him missing things with Sophie, her classes and doctors appointments and teacher parent meetings.

That was the last thing Chibs wanted; to be a fair-weather father. He didn't want Sophie to look back on her life and wonder where the hell he had been half the time.

Nina gave him a soft half smile knowing just the thing to cheer him up. She pressed a quick kiss to his cheek as she spoke up. "I took a video on my phone of her dancing at the end of the class. You want to see?"

"Yah know I do hen." Chibs exclaimed his mood lifting automatically.

He pressed a kiss to her lips as she pulled away making her way over to her purse and fishing out her cell phone.

Nina stood beside him flipping through the videos on her phone until she finally found the right video.

Chibs was unable to take his eyes off the screen. A small grin appeared on his face as he watched Sophie move slowly going through the entire routine she'd just learned.

He had to be proud of the child. She was clearly taking it so seriously moving slow and gracefully a look of complete concentration on her face.

She was wearing a little black leotard with pale pink tights and matching ballet slippers. Nina had pulled Sophie's curly locks up high on her head into a tight ponytail.

He chuckled as he realized that Nina had painted Sophie's nails a pale pink to match the tights and shoes. It was typical Sophie wanting to match.

He had noticed that the child was always so particular about her clothing; she liked her colors and her prints to match perfectly.

Chibs guessed that Sophie had picked up that little trait from her mother, Nina was the same way when it came to dressing for the day.

He was disappointed when the video came to an end. He was tempted to ask Nina to play it again, but held this request in.

He would be there to see it in person next week he promised himself.

There would be no more missing his daughter's dance classes he reassured himself.

He wouldn't allow himself to become an absentee dad.

Nina spoke up as she pulled away and placed her phone down on the counter in the kitchenette. "Are you hungry? I can make you something, or I have some leftover Chinese food in the fridge."

"I'm good love. I grabbed something at the clubhouse before I came home." Chibs remarked not correcting himself on referring to Nina's apartment as his home.

He made his way over to her wrapping his arms around her from behind as he spoke again. "Christ I've missed ya."

"We were only apart for two days." She pointed out turning around.

She giggled as he nipped at her neck before speaking. "It felt longer."

She spoke up the smile dropping from her face as concern kicked in. "So everything really worked out with the Russians? I mean...I don't have to worry about you being shived?"

Nina cleared her throat kicking herself for the last comment; her failed attempt at bringing humor to a dark situation.

She couldn't help but to fear that she'd offended him mentioning shiving, given what she knew about his past, about why his cheeks were so scarred.

Nina was relieved that Chibs seemed to take no offense to her slip of tongue.

He pressed a kiss to her forehead as he spoke up. "Aye it's all okay. We talked it out with em. Next time Ope and I go up to Stockton we're goin to ask the club pres how ta move forward."

He ran his hand up and down her back not liking the clear look of worry in her eyes. "I'll be okay hen. Shite is just a bit crazy righ now. More things are pilin up on my head. It's only temporary though, as soon as the lads get home from Stockton things'll go back to normal."

He pressed a quick peck to her lips attempting to make her laugh as he spoke. "Only they'll be better than normal cause I'll have my lasses here with me."

She let out a soft weak laugh shaking her head as she spoke. "That may be true but it's not going to stop me from worrying."

"Aye I know. So what've ya and Sophie been up too these past few days?" Chibs asked wanting to shift the conversation away from club shit.

He'd had all he could stand of thinking about pissed off Russians and his imprisoned brothers over these past two days.

He did like that he could talk about these things with Nina though.

It was nice to know that he could be open with her about that side of his life.

He had been so afraid that she would be frightened of that part of his world.

It was such a huge relief to know that Nina wasn't going to shy away from him out of fear.

Her love and acceptance of that side of him meant more to him than she probably would ever know.

Nina let out a soft sigh shaking her head. "Nothing much. I've been working my ass off trying to do a complete overhaul of the drink menu downstairs. Tia thinks if we give our menu a little refresher that it might bring in new clientele...I don't know though. Things aren't looking that bright for the bar and it's freaking me out a little."

She paused her stomach knotting up as she thought of how slow business had been at Estrella's lately.

She was afraid that if they didn't start breaking even soon then they would have to close their doors forever.

Nina didn't know what she would do if Estrella's Tavern closed.

She didn't have any sort of real training that would provide her with enough experience to land another decent job.

It seemed that she had been putting all her heart and her soul into her aunt's bar lately and she was getting nothing in return to raise her hopes.

Going back to art school and getting a job through that wasn't a reasonable option.

She would need some sort of income to care for Sophie and keep a roof over their heads and food on their table.

Going back to school now that she had a child just seemed too selfish to her. This wasn't her life any longer; she had to think of what would be best for Sophie.

And making sure that Sophie had a home and food in her belly was far more important to Nina than furthering her education in art.

She guessed that if worse came to worse her tia could retire and Sophie and she could move in with her while Nina got some sort of job training, but still that wasn't a favorable option for her.

Besides would her aunt even be able to afford to keep her home and help her out if she lost the bar.

Estrella's Tavern had been her tia's pride and joy for so many years. Nina would hate to see Gabriella lose it.

Of course Nina knew that if worse came to worse she could always ask Chibs for help.

After all he loved her and would do anything for their daughter. It just didn't seem right asking him for help though.

She didn't want to have to lean on him so much especially this early in their relationship.

Nina spoke up again drifting the subject away from her failing family bar. "Sophie spent most of her time with my tia at the library. It seems like she's reading those books faster than she can check them out. I think Soph is getting a cold or something. She's had a runny nose for days. I've been loading her up with orange juice and all the vitamin C she can stand...I know that's an old wise tale about vitamin C and being sick...but I figured it couldn't hurt."

"Is she goin to be alrigh? I mean do we need to take her to see a doctor?" Chibs asked his stomach dropping.

He hated the idea of his little girl being sick.

He had been the same way when Kerrianne had some childhood ailment.

Chibs could distinctly remember when Kerrianne was a baby and was sick with some ear infection he would stand over her bassinet rocking it doing everything he could to soothe her tears.

He had always felt so helpless when Kerrianne was sick. He didn't like it; his child being so miserable and knowing that there was nothing he could do to ease the pain.

Chibs guessed it all went back to when he was a child. He had been sick quite often growing up; little colds and ear infections.

His mother had always taken such good care of him back then; she would sit in a rocking chair that she had out in the living room and hold him while he coughed and whined.

She would always sing to him too. She'd sing the old lullaby Teddy Bear Picnic to him and it never failed to soothe him a bit.

He had always promised himself that he would do the same for his own children; that he would be the kind of dad that sat with his kids when they were sick and sing to them.

Nina smiled pressing a kiss to his cheek as she spoke reassuring him. "She should be fine. It's just a little summer cold. I'm sure she caught it from one of the kids wondering around at the kid section of the library."

He nodded his head his stomach knotting up as he decided to just jump straight into the one thing he'd been thinking about bring up with Nina for days now. "So I have somethin I wanta ask ya. I don't think yer going to like it much though."

"What is it? Are you about to have to disappear for a few days again?" Nina asked her stomach dropping.

She had just gotten him back home and she wasn't quite ready to be away from him again just yet.

He let out a heavy sigh preparing himself for the blow out. "No love. It...well, my VP's old lady Tara is havin a birthday party Saturday night...Gemma wants us to come."

"Gemma?" Nina sighed unable to stop herself from rolling her eyes at the name.

She had hoped that she would never be forced to hear that name again and now it seemed she was going to be forced to be in a social situation at the moment.

"Aye I know hen..I'm sorry, I know how ya feel bout her. She asked ya and Soph to come though...It's her way of apologizin." Chibs replied giving her a sheepish smile.

Nina shook her head doing her best to keep her anger in check. "She could start apologizing by actually saying she's sorry."

"I know love. Trust me I know. Gemma's never been the type ta apologize though." He replied so accustomed to making excuses for the Queen of SAMCRO.

Nina narrowed her eyes her arms crossing over her chest. "That's no excuse Filip...For Christs sake she's the one who came at me first. She accused me of using our daughter to drain you for all you're worth. Then when she found out the truth she couldn't even call me up and apologize...and now you want me to go play dinner party with her."

Chibs tensed up a bit knowing that he was walking on thin ice at the moment. He knew that what he was asking Nina to do wasn't quite fair.

He was forcing her to play nice with Gemma after the woman had been nothing but purely bitchy to her.

"I know Nina, trust me I do love. Ya don't have to do it..It would just mean a lot to me if ya did." Chibs remarked trying to smooth over the mess he might of made by asking her to do this.

He cleared his throat his shoulders sagging a bit as he spoke again. "It'd just mean a lot to me if ya came with me Nina. I want my family to meet ya and Sophie."

Any resolve Nina might have had melted with this little statement.

She suddenly understood just why this whole party was so important to him. SAMCRO was his family.

She gave him a tight smile nodding her head as she spoke. "Okay I'll go...do we buy her a gift or something?"

"That would be okay. We can get somethin tomorrow on the way to the party...I won't leave ya alone with Gemma I promise." Chibs replied so thankful that she was agreeing to this.

"Okay. You better not." She replied shaking her head a bit as he embraced her.

He pressed a kiss to her neck as he spoke up. "I love you."

"I love you too. You owe me for putting up with Gemma though." She replied a sigh escaping her throat.

She wasn't looking forward to this birthday party.

He gave her a grin a sudden thought entering his head. "I can think of a few different ways to make it up to ya hen."

She smiled her cheeks flushing a bit as she realized just what he was hinting at. "Oh can you?"

"Aye come on love." He replied taking her hand in his as he lead her back to her bedroom.

She let out a squeak as they fell over onto her bed his lips locking over hers.

He pressed his lips to her neck as soft groan escaping his throat he'd wanted her for so long now.

Hell he'd wanted her since he'd first walked into Estrella's Tavern the day she'd finally come back to town.

His fingers trailed down her sides caressing her skin underneath the soft green tshirt she'd worn with her jeans.

They both kicked their shoes off doing all they could to avoid having to pull apart.

She ran her fingers through his hair tugging at it as he ran his tongue along her heated skin licking, sucking, and nipping.

Nina ran her hand underneath his shirt her nails sliding along his skin leaving little scratch marks in their wake.

She let out a disappointed huff as he pulled back from her neck. He pressed a kiss to her lips giving her a cheeky grin as he spoke. "Christ I love ya."

"I love you too." She replied her lips sliding along his her fingers still trailing through his hair.

He pressed his lips down to her chin moving downwards to the hollow of her neck.

He pressed his lips down her stomach over her tshirt his hands trailing down her sides as he moved.

Nina felt her cheeks flush as he reached the hem of her shirt and began to pull it upwards.

She spoke her insecurities sinking in. "My body has changed since...since Sophie."

All she could think about was the stretch marks on her belly and her thighs not to mention her breasts, and the cellulite on her ass that just wouldn't seem to fade.

She just didn't want Chibs to be surprised by the changes in her body, It wasn't the same as it had been five years before.

And it didn't help that the lights beside the bed were on making the room bright enough to see every little imperfection along her body.

Chibs frowned it taking a few minutes to register just what she had said, through his lust.

He took one of her hands in his pressing a gentle kiss to the top of it as he spoke. "I don't care Nina. Yer gorgeous love...besides have ya seen me darlin? Yer outta my league lass."

"You're gorgeous querido." Nina blurted out his statement making her a bit teary.

She took ahold of the hem of her shirt pulling it over her head her cheeks still dark as he took in the sight of her.

He groaned his eyes locking over her full breasts hidden under a thin black lace bra.

He resisted the urge to move back up her body and lock his lips around both her breasts and suck them until they were beyond tender.

Chibs pressed his lips to her stomach kissing each thin little stretch mark his words soft as he spoke. "Jus like I said gorgeous hen."

She ran her fingers through his hair a soft gasp escaping her lips as he continued to run his lips along her skin.

She closed her eyes becoming lost in the feel of his chapped lips and his facial hair against her soft skin.

Nina gasped as Chibs began to fumble with the clasp to her jeans unfastening them and sliding them down her legs easily.

She felt her cheeks flush a bit frightened that her plain pale pink cotton panties weren't the sexiest thing on the planet.

Her worries disappeared as Chibs spoke his voice low and lust filled. "So sexy Nina. Christ yer fuckin sexy love."

He wasted no time to pull her panties down tossing them across the room.

She pressed her thighs together a bit embarrassed that she hadn't shaved, not that she'd been shaved the first time he'd seen her, but still.

Chibs chuckled placing his hands on her thighs gently nudging them apart as he spoke up. "None of that hen. Let me see that pretty pink pussy of yers love."

She gasped the little comment sending a hot jolt of lust straight through her.

Nina spoke up the lust and want overtaking her brain and causing her inhibitions to melt for brief moment. "And just what are you going to to my pussy Filip?"

Chibs groaned the comment making him harden. He resisted the urge to reach down and unfasten his pants so he could stroke himself.

"I'm goin to make ya feel so damn good love." He groaned finally breaking and unfastening his jeans.

He moaned as he palmed himself through is boxer briefs easing a bit of the tension building up in him.

Chibs pressed his face against her inhaling her sweet scent a groan escaping his throat as he finally placed his hand underneath the waistband of his boxers wrapping his hand around his member and stroking.

He stroked his tongue along her slit moaning at the realization of just how wet she'd gotten, he'd barely done anything to her and she was soaking, practically dripping.

It was a huge confidence booster to him; knowing that he was able to get her so wet so easily.

He continued to stroke himself as he used his free hand to spread her lips open and lap along her center.

He flicked his tongue along her clit smirking as she whimpered her hips shooting upwards.

Nina placed a hand on the back of his head encouraging him to keep going.

He had been the only man who'd ever been able to eat her out properly. He seemed to know exactly what he was doing; just where to lick and where to suck to get her going.

She spoke a moan escaping her. "Please don't stop baby please."

He stared up at her as he continued to lap at her, so entranced at the look on her face; her lips parted her eyes closed her face growing flushed.

He buried his face in her pussy as he continued to lap up and down and back and forth. He pressed his mouth against her clit and sucked causing her to gasp and whimper.

Her hips rocked against him and she turned her head burying her face against a near by pillow to quieten her moans.

Chibs groaned at the sight her back arching as he continued to lap at her clit teasing the little button by circling it with the tip of his tongue.

He had always gotten off by eating a girl out. There was just something about it that got him off; the taste of it, the sight of a woman in pleasure, the sound of a woman moaning.

He rarely gave oral to the croweaters though; there was too much of a chance of disease given the fact that the sweetbutts were passed around from brother to brother.

He groaned a bit realizing that he was free to eat Nina out any time he wanted to; she was all his.

He could eat his Nina out any time he desired.

He stroked himself harder the thought.

Nina tugged at his hair feeling her end sneaking nearer and nearer. "So close baby please more."

Chibs ran his thumb along his tip smearing the precum already forming as he continued to lap at her.

He sucked at her clit the action sending her over the edge. Nina fell apart at the action her hips rocking against him and her fingers digging into his scalp as she came.

Chibs pulled away from her his voice thick as he continued to stroke himself. He was so damn close. "That's it my love. Ya came like honey fer me didn't ya? Ya taste jus like honey too hen, so fuckin sweet."

She opened her eyes staring down at him a moan escaping her throat when she realized what he was doing.

She reached down treading her fingers through his hair her eyes locking on his as he pleasured himself.

The sight of her staring at him her face pink from her orgasm was enough to make him cum. He came hard a strangled moan escaping his throat.

He sighed kicking his boxers off using them to wipe himself clean. He moved up her body pressing his lips to hers causing her to gasp the taste of her on his lips strangely plesant.

He collapsed against her his lips pressing along her neck as she finally muttered up the energy to speak. "I'd say you're forgiven for talking me into that party querido."

Chibs chuckled pressing his lips to hers again as he reluctantly pulled away from her making his way over to Nina's dresser to the drawer she'd emptied out for him.

Nina smiled laughing a bit finding the sight of him naked from the waist down a bit comical. He was still wearing his kutte over a long sleeved black shirt.

She had to admire his bare butt. She suddenly realized she'd just found her favorite feature outside of his dimples.

She spoke up still chuckling. "Leaving so soon?"

"No love, not anytime soon." He replied shoving on a clean pair of boxers.

He pulled his kutte off folding it respectively before he put his gun and his knives in the top drawer on Nina's dresser high out of Sophie's reach.

Chibs opened another drawer rooting around in it until he found exactly what he was looking for.

He pulled out one of his clean shirts and a pair of her panties giving them to Nina as he made his way back over to the bed.

He pressed his lips to hers as she slid the shirt over her head and the panties on. He collapsed against the bed melting against her as he spoke. "I'msavin the rest fer later love. I know ya wanted to move slow. I'm goin to give ya a romantic night lass, something to make up fer me havin to be gone so much..fer all the shite I caused with getting myself arrested."

She ran her fingers through his hair her hand resting against his cheek as she spoke up. "That sounds perfect babe. I love you."

"Love you too hen." He murmured his eyes growing heavy.

Nina watched him fall asleep trying to hold on and stay awake for a bit longer; she loved him so much.

She suddenly realized that he was worth every bit of trouble Gemma threw her way.

As long as she had her Chibs and their Sophie everything would be okay.

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