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Chapter 16: I'm just not sure you know it yet

They were all walking out of the room she now knew was called The Chapel, they all carried weapons and they looked pissed. Once again she had no idea of what was going on. She heard the bikes when the drove off. She looked around but couldn't Gemma or Tara so she found Grace and took her into Happy's room and they laid down to read some more.

They both fell asleep and she was waken up by Happy.

"Hey, you ok?"

"Some shit happened, you'll be safe thought, you should go home."

"Ok, wanna talk about it."

"Not now, it's just a mess here. I'll stick around here for a while. I'll meet you at home."

"Ok, I'll pack everything, can you help me with Grace? Just to carry her out to the car."

"Sure."

She packed up her stuff and they walked out to the car. Happy was carrying Grace and when she threw the bags in the back she saw him kissing her in the car seat. He got around the car and hugged her, really hard.

"I'll see you later babe, don't wait up."

"Ok."

She got home and left most of the stuff in the car and just got Grace inside, took a shower and went to bed.

He crawled into bed and she looked at the alarm clock, 4 am. She felt his arm around her waist and she turned around. He didn't look tired and he should, as far as she knew he was up before eight that morning.

"What happened?" Sometimes it was best to just flat out ask, this was that time.

"Gemma is suspected for murder, Half-Sack got killed and Cameron took Abel." He said, just looking at her.

She didn't even know how to breath for a while. "Took Abel?"

"Yeah, it's a fucking mess."

"And Gemma, what happened?"

"I'm not sure, no one seems sure. Clay sent Tig after her, we'll know more tomorrow."

"Half-Sack."

"Cameron killed him when he tried to save Abel."

"Jesus! I don't even know where to start, it's just... shit!"

"There's more."

"Shit!"

"I was in the garage with Grace today, she asked about Jonah, why you weren't running. I told her she didn't have to worry. That you were going to stay here."

"She figured it out?"

"Yeah, flat out asked me if I killed him." She was just stunned, there was just a little to much, to fast. "I'm sorry, babe."

"Shit!" She kept looking at him. "I knew she would figure it out. What did you say?"

"Yes."

"And?"

"She told me she wouldn't tell anyone." Ava smiled, what else could she do. Her baby girl, she had seen her dad do some horrible things, she had been afraid of him her entire life. She knew exactly how Grace felt, she had felt the same thing when Happy told her. Relief.

"Anything else." She looked at Happy, he had a strange look on his face, he looked... she didn't know what he looked, proud? "Tell me."

"She said that..." he smiled, "She loved me."

Ava was stunned, really, truly just fucking baffled. Not only at the fact that Grace had said that but at Happy's expression. It took her a while but then she hugged him and looked at him.

"Well, at least one good thing happened today then."

"True, fucking awesome." He still had a weird smile on his lips.

"And you, what did you say?"

"Told her I loved her to." She couldn't stop smiling.

"Promise me something."

"What?"

"Even if you leave me, or we fuck this up or anything like that..."

"We're not."

"You don't know that, but please, don't abandon her. Even if you start to hate me."

"I won't hate you."

"Please."

"I won't leave her, and even if I tried the others would hunt me down, you know that."

"Ok." She relaxed a bit. "It's just... she's really happy here, with you and the others and... she deserves to be. I haven't..."

"Hey. Any kid would be lucky to have a mom like you, who fought for her like you did. Do you know why Gemma gave her that phone?"

"Yes, she told me." She knew that the fact that Grace had that phoned had saved her. She still didn't like that someone put that much responsibility on a child. She also knew that was the reason Gemma asked Grace not to tell anyone.

"You pulled that fuckface further into the apartment, trapping yourself, just so she could get out. Pisses me off when I think about it, but still. Don't you dare say that you've been a bad mom in anyway. Ever."

She just looked at him. "Thank you. I needed that."

He kissed her, holding her tighter and she felt a need for him, she needed him close.

"I need you."

"I know."

She felt his hands, inside her panties and she moaned into his mouth.

It was rough, he took her hard, but he kept kissing her the entire time while holding on to the back of her thigh, thrusting into her. Then she felt it, deep in her stomach and her toes curled up and she autocratically arched her back.

"Oh my god, Hap, please." She rolled back her head and he bent down and took her breast in his mouth, sucking hard and prolonged the orgasm even further, it felt like it would never stop. His cock swelled and he started to moan, still holding on to her breast.

He let go and his head was next to hers. "Oh fuck, Jesus fucking christ, Ava." And he pushed even harder a couple of times before relaxing on top of her.

He was lying on her, holding her hard, panting then he rolled off. Looking at her.

"You need to find Abel." She said.

"We will." Happy sounded very confident. "It's going to be crazy for a while."

"I kind of figured that out.

"Smarty pants!" He smiled. He kissed her again. "Go back to sleep."

"Ok. If you hold me." She felt his arm circling her waist and he pulled her close. When

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Sometime during the night she was woken up by Grace, climbing into their bed and when she woke up in the morning Grace was awake, lying perfectly still, looking at Happy's back.

"What are you doing, honey?"

"Just looking, he has playing cards on his back and dices."

"I know."

"And on his arm there are very nice flowers, I like those."

"Which one do you like best?"

"I like the Chinese lady on his arm." They couldn't see it now since his back was against them but Ava knew which one she meant.

"It's a geisha sweetie, Japanese."

"Still like it best. Some of them are scary." Grace said and moved her hand over some of the more demon like tattoos. She was leaning over his side, looking at his chest. He woke up and caught her, turned around and put her in between them.

"What are you doing, Sugar?"

"Looking at your tattoos."

"Like 'em?"

"Some are scary, but I like the Japanese lady, and the snakes and the flowers." She kept looking at him, closely while he watched her, studying him. Ava gave her a kiss and got out of bed to find something for breakfast. "Mom, when can I have a tattoo?" Happy laughed when Ava shot him a glance.

"When you're eighteen."

"That's a really long time." Grace was still looking at Happy "Happy can make tattoos."Ava turned and looked at him and he was still smiling. "It's true." He looked at her and smiled. She hadn't known that.

"Well, Happy's still going to have to wait until your eighteen."

"When are you getting a tattoo?" She glared at Happy again and he was suddenly very focused on Grace but she could see the twitch in the corner of his mouth. "Happy can make if for you, right?"

"Sure." He said, still only looking at Grace. "I could make a crow."

"Oh, a bird like the one Gemma has. I like that." Grace said and Ava could fell her teeth grinding. She shot one final look at Happy and was glad she had finished getting dressed. She wanted to get out of there.

"I'm making scones for breakfast." She said and walked out to the kitchen. Sneaky fuck! She thought to had her hands in the dough when Happy came out, holding her from behind and kissed her neck. Then he went for the coffee. When she was done and turned around he was leaning against the counter wearing only a pair of jeans, just looking at her. She washed her hands and then took a cup of coffee and leaned against the counter next to him.

"

You don't want to become an old lady?" He asked.

"I... I don't know Hap. I don't even know what this is, you and me. And... I don't know."

"What's the biggest problem?"

"I don't understand the rules, with relationships or in the club or even what an Old Lady means."

"The rules are whatever we make them, babe."

"Still... I... Shit!" She looked at him. "What would the rules be?"

"What do you want them to be?"

"Don't! I mean it. You brought this up, you tell me what you want."He put his arms around her waist, took her cup and put it down on the counter. "I want you, I want you to wait for me while I'm inside."

"So no prison clause?" She did it just to tease him. Gemma had told her about it, said she should use for leverage. He glared at her, he kind of looked pissed.

"She told you about that?"

"Yes."

"No, I don't want a prison clause." He pulled her hair to get her chin up and then he kissed her. Then he looked at her again. "Why? You want it?""Don't worry."

"What do you want?" He asked. She thought about it, what did she want? But it wasn't just

"I don't know, I want you. I want to be the only girl you kiss, the only girl you give head, and preferably the only girl who sleeps next to you. Besides that... I don't want to meet any of the other girls. EVER! And I want to be the only girl you have a real relationship with."

"You're not going to tell me to now have sex with anyone else?" He looked surprised.

"No. I just don't want to know about it."

"You don't think you're worth it?"

"I know I am. I'm just not sure you know it yet." She said with a smile, kissed him on the cheek and then walked away. "Oh, and if you give me some STD you're out the door. Just so you know."

Happy watched her walk away towards the bathroom. He was stunned. Smart bitch! The things she asked for wasn't anything he wouldn't have done anyway, it was pretty much the normal deal, and she probably knew that. But it wasn't something a normal woman would agree to, but her answer to his question was what blew him away. 'I know I am. I'm just not sure you know yet.' She was, he knew it. He went after her and found her brushing her teeth in the bathroom.

"I'll make a deal with you. Until I go inside I'll stick to you. And we'll talk when I get out again. I'll agree to all the things you said, don't worry about it, but anything beyond that we'll just figure out later. Ok?"

"Ok." She smiled at him. "So I'm not getting the prison clause?"

"No."

"What are you giving me for that?" She put her arms around his waist and bit his chin.

"Give you?"

"You're going to leave me for God knows how long, without sex. So... I want something in return."

"You said you didn't want the claus." She was starting to piss him off. She wanted to fuck others? He felt his jaws clench. Finally he couldn't hold it back. "So you want to fuck others?"

"Do you?" She let go of him and took a step back.

He didn't want to talk about this. Sometimes she seemed to fit right in with the club and the life and other times she did stuff like this.

"I told you. We can talk about this when I get out. I'll stick to you until I go inside." She put the toothbrush in the holder and walked outside. "Where are you going?"

"Grace, come on and I'll get you breakfast." She was fucking ignoring him. That pissed him off more than anything. And why the fuck was she brushing her teeth before eating the scones?

He followed her into the kitchen and had breakfast with Grace while Ava was getting ready for work. She came out into the kitchen in a black skirt, white shirt and with high healed shoes and huge earrings. She had her hair down, something she rarely had at work. She gave Grace a kiss and then started to walk to the hallway. He got up and followed her.

"Wanna tell me what the fuck this is about?" He said in a low voice since he didn't want Grace to hear.

"I need to get to work, Happy." She avoided to even look at him and reached for the door.

"Don't fucking shut me out. Tell me!" He said and got in between her and the door.

"It's very convenient for you. Telling me you'll stick to me until you go inside and no prison clause and then we'll decide when you get out if you're going to fuck other women or not." She looked extremely pissed and he was stunned, she pushed him back and walked outside. "See you tonight, Honey!" She said in a louder voice to Grace and then closed the door.

"Are you fighting?" He heard Grace behind him and turned around and saw her standing in the door to the kitchen. Great! Perfect fucking timing!

"No."

She looked at him. "You're lying."

Sometimes it was extremely irritating, not being able to hide shit from her. And he was pissed at Ava for leaving him with this. "Yes."

"Why?"

"Sugar. It's... complicated." Her big blue eyes were staring at him.

"Will you be friends again?"

He knelt down in front of her. "Yes." She looked at him for a while and then she picked up her helmet.

"Can we go?"

He took her to school and when he lifted her off the bike she wouldn't look at him. She had the same face as Ava had earlier the same morning. Sometimes have two of them was great and sometimes it was just twice the trouble. Like now. Two stubborn ladies with the same expression on their face. One would have been more than enough.

"Are you pissed as well?"

"I don't like it when you fight."

"It's the first fight." He was trying to win time. She rolled her eyes at him. "Ok. That was..."

"Lame and another lie."

"Lame?" He started to laugh.

"Peter said that yesterday when Vera made a suckie joke."

"Peter Worthington?" Was she still hanging out with him? Was that something he should worry about? He needed to talk to Tig about this, he had two girls.

"Yes." She was still standing just looking at him.

"We had a fight. It will probably happen again." Considering how fucking stubborn she was there was no way around that.

"Are you friends now?"

"Not yet."

"Did you say you're sorry?"

"No."

"You should try that." He sighed. "Please?" Grace looked at him with huge, begging, eyes.

"I'll talk to her, ok?"

"Ok." She started to walk away and he got off his bike and followed her. When he reach her she picked her up.

"Going somewhere with my kiss?"

She threw her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss. "Love you."

"Good."

Grace laughed. "You're supposed to say it back."

"Oh, ok. Love you, Sugar."

He kept his eyes on her until she was through the doors. He realized that they hadn't told her about what happened and they needed to do that. Another thing that would suck.

When he turned around one of the parents was staring at him, then he noticed quite a few parents staring at him. He ignored them and got on his bike and drove off. Fucking pricks!