A/N: Thank you for the reviews of the last chapter. As always they are greatly appreciated.
Maggie hummed as she went around the bar bring customers their drink orders. She was back at work after a couple of weeks off to take care of her dad. She was lucky her boss was so understanding. She told the other bartender she was going into the back to wash a few dishes since they were running low.
AJ came into the bar. He looked around and didn't see Maggie and breathed a sigh of relief thinking she wasn't there. He wasn't ready to see her yet. He ordered a drink and sat at the bar. "When's Maggie back?" he asked Elias, the other bartender.
"She's already back, tonight." Elias sat AJ's beer in front of him "She told me what happened. Don't mess with her. You're lucky you're even allowed in this bar."
"I did nothing. It was my wife."
"You shouldn't have been messing with her to begin with. You're married." Luke said as he came up behind AJ. He looked at Elias "Where is she?"
"The back" Elias jerked his thumb to the door on his right.
Luke nodded his head before looking at AJ again "I don't want to be that guy that tells someone he better not talk to his girl. But I'm gonna be that guy this time. You better not talk to her."
AJ snorted "And what if I do? You're gonna let a girl ruin our friendship?"
"I'm not letting her ruin anything. You're doing that all by yourself." Luke sat on the other end of the bar "Can I get a whiskey and a beer?"
"What are you? Her babysitter?" AJ asked sarcastically
"She asked me to come here after work. Good thing I'm here."
"Hey babe." Maggie said with a big smile as she walked from the back with a tray of clean glasses.
Luke smiled for the first time since entering the bar "Hey beautiful. I missed you today."
Maggie started putting the glasses away "I missed you too."
"Hey Maggie." AJ said sitting up a little.
Luke looked at AJ "What he hell did I just tell you?"
"Free country. I can talk to whoever I want."
"Maybe if your wife didn't try beating me up and calling me a home wrecker I would be more open to talking to you. Please don't talk to me unless it's to order another drink."
"Come on Maggie. It wasn't my fault Lindsey went over to your house..."
"AJ, if you didn't try messing with me Lindsey wouldn't have had a reason to be mad." Maggie sighed "I'm with Luke now. You lost your chance. If you wanted me you should have said something a long time ago." she went over and poured herself a shot of tequila and took it.
Elias walked over to Maggie "Go with Luke and take your break." he looked over at AJ "If you cause any more trouble I'll make sure Mark bans you from this bar."
Maggie kissed Elias' cheek and gave him a hug "Thank you." she walked over and took Luke's hand and they go over to a booth and sit together.
"You ok?" Luke asked as Maggie snuggled into his side
"Yeah. I'm just annoyed at him."
Luke wrapped a protective arm around her shoulders and kissed the top of her head. "Let's talk about something else. What time do you get off work?"
"I get off at 2am. Why?"
"Damn that's too late. I was gonna see if you wanted to come over after work. But I have to get up early. I'm opening in the morning."
"What about tomorrow night? I'm here early and get off at 11pm."
"That will work."
They talk a little while longer. AJ finally left. Luke felt better about leaving Maggie now that AJ was gone.
Just before her break was over Maggie went to the bathroom. While she was gone Luke went over to Elias "Thanks for looking out for Maggie. She means a lot to me."
"You don't have to thank me. Maggie and I were friends a long time. I'll always look out for her."
When Maggie came out of the bathroom she walked over to Luke and wrapped her arms around him "You heading out now?"
"Yeah. I'll see you tomorrow." he leaned down gave her a kiss before pulling his keys out of his pocket and heading out of the bar.
Meanwhile
Karl was sitting in the den watching TV with his dad when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it." Karl said as he got up. When he got to the door he opened it and smiled "Hey Alexa."
"We need to talk."
"That's never a good phrase to hear." Karl said with a bit of a frown.
Alexa placed her hands on his chest "It's nothing bad I promise."
He let out a breath before stepping out on the porch and shutting the door behind "What's up?"
"I was just wondering when we were gonna let everyone in on our secret.. I don't like hiding stuff from our friends."
"It's not like we are really hiding our relationship. Things have been really crazy around here the last few weeks. I think Luke knows already. He hasn't said anything, but I think he saw us kissing the other night. And if he did he more than likely told Maggie."
Alexa wrapped her arms around Karl and rested her head on his chest. "I'll just feel better once its out in the open."
Karl kissed the top of her head "It will be soon. I promise."
Little did they know someone was watching them and he had a smirk on his face.
A/N 2: AJ back at it causing trouble. Who do you think was watching Karl and Alexa? What do you think will happen next? Please review and thank you for taking the time to read.