A Fickle Affair

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Tig and I sat outside a little longer before we wandered back inside. Walking in the doors, Gemma is still glaring at me and I decide I have not had enough to drink to deal with this shit. I walk to the bar and the prospect goes to hand me a beer. "Don't serve her." Gemma says. The prospect stops and looks between us. "Really Gemma? That's how you're playing this?" I say, rolling my eyes. "Yeah. It is. You ain't an Old Lady and your Dad ain't here so you have no reason to be." she says. "My best friends and my boyfriend are here and since this is their clubhouse, not yours, you don't get to make that call." I tell her. She gets in my face and says "If I tell you to get the fuck out, you do as I say." she seethes. I decide to walk away but not before I grab the beer that Tig sat down for me. I pick it up and go to walk away. She grabs my arm and turns me around. "What did I just say?" she seethes. Before I can say anything else, Clay grabs her and says "She's Hap's girl. He wants her here, you don't get a say." Clay reminds her and pulls her away. Turning to me, Clay asked, "You good?" I smile and say "Good as gold Uncle Clay." I turn to walk over to Happy and he pulls me to his side and kisses me. The rest of the night, he doesn't let me out of his reach and I am not complaining.

A few days later, there are a couple of other charters in the clubhouse and the party is in full swing. I hadn't had another encounter with Gemma so all was peaceful in my world or so I thought. I had been beside Happy most of the night so far and decided that I needed some air. I told Happy that I was going out to the picnic tables and would be back. Walking out to the tables, I didn't know I was not out there alone. I see movement out of the corner of my eye and stiffen up a little. All of a sudden, a guy in a kutte starts walking over to the tables. "Come on." he tells me. "No thanks." I say. "I said come the fuck on." he says again and pulls me off the table. I start pulling away and he slams me into the side of the building. "You don't say no to me." He says as he start trying to pull up my shirt. I fight against him and start to panic and all of a sudden he is ripped off of my. Jax has me at arm's length looking me over. "Cam, are you okay?" He asked me over and over and I couldn't answer. I started withdrawing into myself and he lets me go. He is still next to me asking me to please say something but I can't. After a couple of minutes, Happy is back there to me, pulling me to him. "You're okay now, baby. I got you." he told me and I folded into him. After a minute, he pulls back from me just enough to look at me and says "What happened?" I take a deep breath and say "He just came over and told me to come on and telling me that I don't say no to him. When I tried to get away, he slammed me against the building and started assaulting me." I tell him and I start to have another panic attack. "Let Juice take you inside. He's gonna take you to our room and stay until I get in there." Happy says. I just nod. Juice walks over and says "I got her man." Happy nods his thanks and heads over to the offending brother.

A little later, Happy comes in and as he opens the door, I coil away. He doesn't try to touch me right away. He just sits on the bed and watches me. "Baby? Look at me." he says. I don't look up. I can't. I still feel like another attack is coming on. He reaches for me and I freak out again. "I'm sorry." I whisper. He finally pulls me into his arms and rubs my back while I am stiffened in his hold. "Baby, I'm not gonna hurt you. I got you. I promise." he whispers to me. I finally start to relax a little but not completely. "Gemma told him you were a croweater." he says. I pull away and look at him, shocked. Getting up, I run to the bathroom and start getting sick. Happy comes to the bathroom door and I lock the door before he can get it opened. "I'm sorry Happy. I can't do this. I'm so sorry." I say and start to sob behind the door. I slide down the wall and pull my legs into my chest, sobbing. "Baby, please open the door." he says gently. "I won't hurt you just please let me in." he says. After a few minutes, I stand and open the door but I slide out the door, past him. I turn to him and say, "I can't do this Happy. Have one of the prospects come get your things." I turn and walk out the door. I see Lyla and she runs to me and hugs me. "Can you take me home please?" I asked and she doesn't say anything, she just walks me past everyone and out the door. I hear Jax call my name. Stopping, I turn slightly but don't look at him. He doesn't come all the way to me but close enough for me to hear him. "Don't push Hap away. You two need each other. Me and Clay will handle my mom. Just please, don't do anything until your nerves calm down some." he says and I just nod.

Walking into my house, I walk to the bedroom with Lyla behind me. I lay on the bed and she tucks me in. "I'll be in the living room if you need anything." she says and I just nod, barely. I curl into myself holding the pillow as close as I can get and it smells like Happy. That makes me cry harder. He deserves better than this. I'll never come back from this shit. I have my back to the door. After a while, I hear Happy come in and feel the bed dip down. He doesn't try to touch me. Part of my is glad but part of me wants him to make this better. "I'm not leaving. You're my girl and I will make this better. I promise." he says. He turns over and I feel him pull me back against him. "I love you little girl. Nothing will change that." he says and I feel myself start crying again. Happy just holds me and whispers how much he loves me into my ear. Finally, I turn to face him. We don't say anything for a few minutes and I finally kiss him softly and say "I love you too." He pulls me closer and just holds me. Neither of us slept that night. Just holding each other and trying to figure out how to get past this.