A Flicker of Redemption

Chapter 11

Chibs and Angelika played pool all night until she began to yawn. He smiled at her and thanked her for playing pool with him. She just smiled back, took her water bottle, and made her way through the people to her dorm room. Tig watched as Happy got up a few minutes later and headed to the dorms as well. A few minutes after she walked into dorm room, there came a knock at the door. Hearing Happy telling her to open the door eased her mind a little. She cautiously opened it up almost afraid of who was on the other side. She moved to sit on her bed while he sat at her desk.

"Are you sure you're alright?" He asked.

"I had it handled." She huffed.

"No one should touch you. Ever." He stated.

"Even you?" She asked remembering the kiss to her forehead.

"Except me." He retorted making her eyebrows shoot to the roof.

"Why will you be touching me?" She tried to keep her voice calm as her heart sped up.

"I won't touch you inappropriately if that's what you're worried about." He stated, "But I'll hurt anyone else who lays a finger on you."

"Chibs touched me to check out my cheek." She countered.

"You know what I mean, little girl." He growled at her.

"I still want to know why you'll be touching me." She stated.

"Because I can."

"That's not a reason." She stated.

She watched as he moved to stand in front of her. She swallowed as he pulled her to her feet. Before she knew what was happening, both his large hands were cupping her face and his lips were on hers. Not knowing what to do, she grabbed ahold of his upper arms and let him kiss her. A moment or two later, she began kissing him back. She'd never been with anyone, of her own free will, and had never dated. She wasn't used to the affection she was receiving from him at that moment and didn't know how to process it. He finally pulled away and rested his forehead against hers.

"That's why." He said as he stared into her eyes.

"You like me?" She gasped earning a half-smile from him.

"From the moment you stepped onto the lot. (He sighed.) I've fantasized about what your lips would feel like." He told her bringing a blush to her cheeks.

"I've never dated. I was too focused on surviving than worrying about that." She confessed.

"Don't worry, baby. We'll go at your pace." He told her, "But I will fiercely protect what's mine. Got it? You have problems with anyone, you come straight to me. Don't handle it by yourself unless it's a woman."

She just nodded before he leaned down and kissed her again. This was a feeling she was rapidly getting used to. He pulled away and looked into her eyes.

"I will never let anything happen to you. I will take care of you." He promised.

"Ok." She stated, "Uh, can I come to your room if I have a nightmare?"

"Of course, little girl." He stated before kissing her forehead.

He moved to leave her alone leaving her standing in her room watching him leave. She couldn't believe that had just happened. He'd not only gotten her to tell him everything, or almost everything, he'd somehow become her boyfriend in the process. It was astounding. She locked the door then stripped down to head to bed. It had been a long day and she was tired. All her mind could think about was his hands on her face and his lips on hers, though. She drifted to sleep thinking of their kisses and smiled.

Happy was just about to take his boots off when there came a knock at the door. Chibs stated a fight had broken out and his presence was needed. He jumped up and quickly followed Chibs into the main room. The guy that had tried to man-handle Angelika was trying to fist fight Tig and running his mouth. When he began shouting about the "hot blond from earlier who needed to learn her place", Happy growled. Chibs stated he had been causing problems with nearly everyone. Jax had finally had enough and asked Tig to get him gone. When the SAA tried to get him to leave the premises, he got hostile and belligerent, talking trash about his fellow bikers and of Happy in particular. "I'll kick that bald one's ass!" he exclaimed making Happy growl again.

"I was hoping maybe you could step in and help Tig." Chibs stated.

"Oh, I'll help him alright. Get him in the ring." Happy's voice dropped with his anger.

Chibs rushed over to Tig to let him know what Happy was about to do. Tig shoved the guy towards the ring making him stumble and nearly fall. The SAA grabbed ahold of his arm and dragged him to their boxing ring. Bobby walked over to make sure Happy didn't kill him by accident. Jax knew this fight wasn't right. Happy wasn't drunk and he was extremely angry. Happy was going to be brutal to the enormously drunk kid. The Tacoma Killah rapidly stripped of his kutte, hit shirt, and his rings handing them to the crow eater nearest him before slipping into the ring. He'd wanted to do this after he'd touched Angelika but he hadn't officially staked his claim yet.

The kid was still running his mouth as he slipped into the ring. Happy wasted no time in executing a right-left-right to the kids face knocking him backwards into the rings. Happy lunged forward and began wailing on the kid who just lifted his arms up to try and shield his face. The kid tried pushing Happy away so he could move around the ring and get his bearings. Happy didn't stay away long. He quickly went back on the offensive and was throwing punch after punch to the kids face. The kid tried to dodge the attacks but in his inebriated state, he was doing good to stay on his feet.

After only a few minutes, Jax had Bobby break the pair up. Happy was still pumped from the fight when he left the ring. The crow eater holding his stuff wanted to rub up on him but he just shoved her away making her stumble and nearly fall. "What's going on, brother?" Bobby asked as the pair walked back into the clubhouse. Happy told him nothing before heading straight to the dorms. Jax had Tig get some of the kid's friends to get him off the property before Happy returned. The kid's face was already swelling and bruised making Tig smile at his brother's handiwork. Happy stripped his kutte, shirt, and rings off tossing them onto his bed as he made his way to his bathroom. He washed his hands of the blood that were there and then his face.

He finally set down on the edge of the bed to take his boots off. The assassin finished stripping for bed and climbed in. The adrenaline was still flowing but he had nowhere to unleash it. Angelika was asleep in her room. He didn't want to wake her and he didn't want to get into another fight that night. As he laid there in the dark, he closed his eyes and thought back to when he'd first kissed her. It seemed to have taken her aback because she just stood there for a few moments as he kissed her. When she became an active participant, however, sent electricity down his spine. She had such soft, kissable lips. Lips that would only be on his skin from now on.

Sometime in the middle of the night he heard a knocking on his door. It pissed him off. Everyone knew better than to come knocking in the middle of the night. He slammed the door open when the knocking didn't stop. He was about to start yelling at whoever had woken him up when he saw Angelika standing there with her arms wrapped around herself. She looked like she was trying to not cry. He moved so she could enter his room before he shut and locked the door. Without a word, he walked to lay back down in bed with her following suit. She wasn't sure where to sleep until he tapped his chest.

"Come here, little girl." His sleep-heavy, even deeper voice exclaimed as he got comfortable.

She rolled over to lay her head on his chest and drape her arm over his tattooed stomach. He immediately wrapped both arms around her pulling her as close to him as he could get her. She took a couple deep breaths, inhaling his natural scent, before she closed her eyes and tried to go back to sleep. He kissed her forehead before leaning his head back on his pillow and closing his eyes. It took her a few minutes but she finally found herself slipping into a dreamless sleep as she laid there cuddled with Happy.

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