February 4, 2005 - 9 PM

Hanna's POV

I was still trying to get Veronica to walk and the damn girl was stubborn as all hell. She didn't want to do anything but be cuddled with. She really did inherit my traits, she may look like her son of a bitch father, but she was all me on the inside.

I was expected her babysitter at the house any minute now as I got ready for my third party with SAMTAZ since I'd been here. Flashing my ink to that stupid prospect, Griffin, did absolutely nothing since he was still trying to hook up with me so I rarely went to the parties, but Red and Dex begged me on this one so I caved. I missed the parties, I missed having coherent conversations with people that actually understood what I said; don't get me wrong, I love the girl but she's not like her daddy when it comes time to discuss things. He was an easy listener, I could talk to him about anything and he'd listen and listen and listen… Veronica didn't even understand me and even if she did, she wouldn't understand my problems.

I heard a knock on the door and I knew Chloe was here. She was good kid, only about nineteen and she was in college, she was also Jay's little sister. Jay's a member and another one of my favorites, he honestly reminded me of Juice. All goofy and foolish, he never failed to make me laugh and I liked being around him. It was always a plus when he got rid of Griffin, too. I strongly despised that little shit. Honestly, I'm tied to another member in more ways than one, like why didn't he just take the hint and leave me the fuck alone? Guess the little shit had a death wish. He clearly didn't know the shit I could do and have him taken out. I could easily sign my own death warrant and call Hap, tell him about this guy and Hap would be here in a heartbeat. That's one thing for certain, the man never took well to anyone who touched me. He only allowed Kozik and Juice to hug me, he trusted them a lot. He knew they'd never do anything wrong.

Opening the door, I moved to the side to let Chloe in. "Hey Chlo… how are ya?"

"Hey hot stuff, you look good! I'm pretty good, a little stressed over this test I have but all is well. You don't mind if I study while I'm here, do you?" She was all smiles and the sweetest thing, I was really glad to have her around… not only to babysit but she was a little close to my age and I could always talk to her whenever.

I shook my mind, grabbing my red leather jack and shrugging it on. "Thanks, babe. Nope, go ahead, study away… Of course, you know you can help yourself to anything. The baby monitor is on the coffee table, she's been down for about twenty minutes and she should stay down all night but I have some bottles in the fridge just in case she wakes up before I get back. Should be an easy night but if she starts freaking out, just call me…" I checked the mirror by the front door and made sure everything was good before turning back to face Chloe. "I should be back around one, if I'm not… Call Red or Jay; oh and thanks again for doing this."

"Alright, alright, alright, I know the procedure… It's not my first rodeo! Just go have fun, have some sex… Do something, shit! I love you and all but go before I kick you out of your own house!" Chloe laughed as Hanna threw her hands up in defense as she laughed and left the house.

Happy's POV - A little before 12 AM 2/5/05

Almost to Arizona and I was fuckin' out of my mind tired, I just wanted to find a nice bed and crash. I don't know why Clay really sent us down here but I'm not too fond of the damn idea. He said that we needed to touch base with SAMTAZ so he asked up to drop into Arizona before going back to California. I just want to find Hanna and Veronica. I'd been in Utah, Nevada and Idaho coming up short every time… Where the fuck was this crazy ass woman?

I'd been away from her for seven goddamn months and I was sick of it. All I saw was this goddamn woman, every time I closed my eyes and I missed her… I missed my beauty, my woman, this was so much worse than last time we lost each other. This felt permanent, this felt fuckin' awful… I needed her back, god, I just wanted to hold her.

Me and Kozik were pulling up at the clubhouse as some black Lexus was pulling out, I saw some blonde hair and I was instantly hit with the reminders of her. The smell of her hair, the smell she left in our bed, the way she always kept her hair in perfect condition. I remember when she had kept it long, when she was still in college… She loved to have it pulled, she loved when I played with it and damn it, I missed her ridiculous ass always flipping her hair in my face.

We parked the bikes and walked through the heavy crowd, only to be hugged and attacked by Red, Dex, Jay, Ryder and Vegas. I scoped the place out, seeing women and hangarounds everywhere. I noticed some kid and Taker in the ring before I noticed the some brunette staring at me. I looked away from her, I didn't want any damn pussy unless it was my beauty's pussy.

The fight in the ring ended and the kid was pulled aside by Red, who led the kid to the circle of SAMTAZ members. They all talked to each other before pulling apart and going separate ways. I looked at Kozik, my eyebrows raised in utter fuckin' confusion.

"The fuck is that about?" I muttered, still watching Red.

Kozik slung his arm over my shoulders and turned me around so our backs were to everyone. "I don't know, man but let's keep an eye on their little group chats. Something is wrong here… I just want booze and pussy then we scope out the town."

"I'm gonna go get a shower before I ride out; hopefully that damn firecracker is here. I'm tired of being all over the country. I'm ready to find her and get her ass back to me." I turned to walk away, only to see Red head to his bike and leave. What the fuck was going on?

Hanna's POV - 2/5/05 12 AM

Chloe called saying Veronica had woken up and was screaming her head off. When I got there, I could hear her cry all the way from the front door. My god, what the hell happened to her.

I walked to the back of the house to see Chloe sitting in the rocking chair, rocking my girl to peace. Her cry was still there but it wasn't as bad as it was when I walked in the house.

"Oh my god, I don't know what happened. She was asleep one minute and then she was screaming her head off the next minute. I changed her, tried to give her a bottle and I tried to sing to her. Nothing worked so I had to call, I'm sorry" Chloe continued to rock Veronica as I walked toward her, nodding my head the whole time.

I stood in front of her and held out my hands, asking for my baby girl. "Go to the kitchen and look in that cabinet by the stove, there's a bunch of baby stuff in there. Grab the thermometer and some baby's Tylenol, please." Chloe handed Veronica over and slowly swayed back and forth, listening to her cry come to a halt. "What happened, sweet girl? You were doing so good."

I sat down in the rocking chair, cradling Veronica to my chest, slowly rocking her, humming to her… My poor baby girl, I don't know what that was about and I'm not entirely sure I want to know but this was breaking my heart seeing her hyperventilate, trying to calm herself down.

Chloe finally came back into the room but she was with Red. I smiled at him and he just shrugged his shoulders. "You mentioned her and I got worried…"

"No problem, I think she's getting sick. She feels hot but I don't know yet. Let me see the thermometer." I slowly stood up, walking to the pair at the door. I handed Veronica to Red so that she was facing me and her dark eyes shot open to look at me. "Can you open your mouth for me, baby?" She did it so I stuck the thermometer under her tongue. After a few minutes and we still couldn't detect her temperature so I pulled the damn thing out of her mouth and groaned. "Lay her on the changing table, I'll be back."

After I came back into the room with a wet wash cloth, I set the cloth and thermometer down by her little feet and unbuttoned her onesie. "What the hell are you doing, Hanna Banana?"

I looked back at Red and made a face at him. "This is the only way I can check her temperature… Don't worry, it's a different thermometer."

After checking her temperature and it coming back at 100.3, I gave her some Tylenol and started to rock her back to sleep. I sent Chloe home, paying her double for the hellacious mood Veronica jumped into but Red stuck around.

"What's up? You've been all antsy since you got here. Spill the dirty beans." I smiled at him as he sat down on the floor by the door.

He shrugged his shoulders, looking away from me and I shook my head. "You need to lay low for a little bit if you don't want to be found."

"Why? What's going on?"

He looked up at me and for the first time since I'd been in Arizona, he looked scared. "Happy's here, with Kozik… They're here on a run but I don't want to risk him seeing you."

"Shit… I was supposed to be helping Chloe out tomorrow with some work at the clubhouse. She doesn't even know about all that shit, Red… What do I tell her?"

He nodded his head, I knew he was at a loss for words. He knew everything that happened, he knew why I left and I know he didn't fully understand me just taking off but it was done and he'd promised to help me through anything. "I'll take care of that, you just worry about not being found."

"Is it sad that I actually want to see him?" Hanna placed her daughter in her crib and went back to the rocking chair. "I know I'll always love him and miss him; it's gonna be even worse once she gets older… I just know she's gonna be like him so much, whether it be quiet and calculating like him or have his sense of humor and she's going to look like him with the tan skin and dark eyes that'll burn holes through anyone and I'm so scared of the day that she comes to me asking about him."

I felt the tears streaming but I didn't do anything to stop them, I didn't care… I was upset, I missed the love of my life, I wanted him back in my life but at the same time, I didn't want him back… He cheated and that's not even excusable.

I watched Red pull his ringing phone out of his pocket and answer it. "Yeah?" He had a weird look on his face. "Alright, just come up with something… I'll be there soon." A smile formed but quickly faded on his nice features. "Whoa, wait what? I can't do that, man…" He looked up at me and frowned, hanging up the phone. "Hanna, I'm sorry… I can't leave you by yourself. We gotta go into lockdown and I have to take you with me."

I stood up, shaking my head. "No, I'll be fine here… I can't go and I won't. I'm sorry, Red. I'll check in every hour or something, I'm not doing that though. I'm not risking our lives by being found by him. He's probably got a damn squad with him too…"

"It's just Kozik." He muttered, looking at the ground.

I rolled my eyes, of course the number one assholes would be together. Why the fuck were they even here? "I'm sorry, Red… I can't risk it. Call me 500 times a day, I don't care… Check in 500 times a day but I'm not going anywhere near that place while he is there. He can't know, ok?"

Red nodded his head and approached me, he pulled me into a hug before kissing my cheek. "I'll try to send Jay or Taker over here soon. Happy is one noticeable bastard, Dex said he was asking them where I was… But I'll call you later tonight. Lock up the place, ok?" He kissed my cheek again, staying there for a few minutes before he pulled away, ran a hand down Veronica's back and left.

February 7, 2005 - Midday

Happy's POV

SAMTAZ had been on lockdown for two days now, we told them we'd stay and make sure everything was good before we left but I noticed Jay and Taker kept leaving and would stay gone for a while. I had half a mind to follow them the next time they did it but I didn't. I just stayed put, accepting any orders that were thrown my way.

Standing by my bike with Kozik, smoking and talking about how everyone from SAMTAZ kept leaving for long ass periods of time, we finally saw Jay pull back in. But that black Lexus from the other night was pulling in behind him. Jay jogged over to the SUV and helped the blonde out of the car. It was hotter than four hells, why the fuck was the blonde wearing a hoodie? They walked fast to the garage, once they were inside, the bay doors closed.

"Dude, what the fuck man? We gotta get the fuck outta here. These fuckers went all crazy on us." Kozik flicked his cigarette out into the open.

I nodded my head. "Hey, man… What if Hanna went somewhere that has a charter? What if they were protecting her?"

"Whoa, you think that's what's going on here? What if that weird ass hoodie thing was her?" He piped up, looking around the lot for any signs. Right as he was about to go scope out the SUV, the bay doors opened again and out emerged Red, Jay, the blonde and Taker. But of course, this dumbass lemonheaded fucker beside me had to attract some attention our way. "You know it's like 600 degrees outside, right?"

The men laughed as they approached the SUV and the blonde got in and waited for Jay to get on his bike before leaving the lot with him following the cage closely.

What the fuck was going on, goddamn it?

AN: Here's a lovely little chapter that I never really let surface between the couple later in the future when they got together but here this is..

This was the first and only time they almost encountered each other. For some strange reason, Hap never pressed further about the mystery woman they SAMTAZ kept hidden... Maybe because he always knew deep down what the deal really was.

Let me know what ya think ;)