After Harley and Gemma returned from the store, Half Sack filled in the men to what happened. They were furious with Gemma for taking off like that causing Sack to leave Belle and Harley vulnerable. If Sack hadn’t gotten there when he did that man would surely have hit her. After they had church, Clay and Jax walked over to Harley who was at the bar with a sleeping Isabelle in her arms.
“What exactly did that asshole say to you?” Clay asked in his serious president voice.
“He said if I don’t want what happened to ‘that old hag’ to happen to me, I better make sure you take them seriously.” Harley answered looking up at the taller men while she rocked side to side slowly to keep Isabelle from waking up.
Clay and Jax exchanged a knowing look before looking at Harley again. They knew her smartass mouth wouldn’t go quietly. “What did you say to him?” Jax asked with a slight smirk on his face.
Harley let out a quiet chuckle. “ I told him he signed his death warrant by threatening me while I was with my kid and that you would rip every limb off his body before you killed him for what he did to Gemma”
Jax laughed and pulled her in for a side hug while Clay smirked and shook his head. He kissed the young womans temple and the two men walked off.
Kozik had heard what happened while they were in church and he was fuming. Someone had openly gotten to his old la… Harley. They’d gotten to Harley. All the Sons were visibly angry but to him, it was personal. That was the mother of his child.
Once his President and VP stepped away, he noticed Harley and Sack packing up things to head out. He quickly crossed the room walking over to her. “Hey, where you headed?”
Harley lifted her eyes from the diaper bag to Kozik. He looked upset but she could imagine why. “I’m heading back to my house to drop off Abel and Baby Belle for Neeta.” His eyes turned hopeful as he looked from her to Sack. “You.. you want to come?” she asked him quickly seeing his expression turned to excitement.
“Yeah! Let me go tell Nora.” He walked away
Sack looked at Harley with raised eyebrows at her offer. Harley let out a small smile and shrugged “So far he’s only been able to talk to her. It’ll be nice to have him do some daddy things, yah know?”
Kozik let Nora know he was going with Harley to bring Isabelle to the house. Nora was hesitant to agree but he didn’t seem to stop for her approval.

Harley drove Koz and the kids back to her house. Each took a kid in arm and she lead them inside. The house was spotless, he knew it was due to Harley’s OCD. It must have gotten worse when she had Isabelle. While Harley ran the bath, Isabelle took Abel and Kozik to her room. Kozik looked at his daughters room with a proud glint in his eyes. Harley had done such a great job. It was a pale pink with a full sized bed with white and pink sheets and a canopy around it. It was perfect for a princess which Belle was clearly treated as. She showed him her toys and all her favorite clothes.
Harley smiled as she watched her daughter and Abel show Kozik around the place before picking them both up and getting them ready for a bath. Kozik helped her wash the kids up and dress them for bed. It all seemed so natural, the two of them working together. As Harley went to the kitchen to fix them a light snack, Kozik was in the living room putting a movie on for the kids to watch. When she walked back to the living room she saw Kozik on the floor with Abel lifted up above his head and Isabelle trying to tickle him. The thought of another kid with him crossed her mind but she quickly shook off the thought. He just seemed so good with kids, it made her want to let him back in but she couldn’t.
After tucking the kids in, Harley went back to the kitchen to wash some dishes. Kozik couldn’t help but come up behind her and wrap his arms around her giving her a hug. She lowered her head as a small smile crept across her face. “Thank you Harley.. again. Thank you for everything.” He whispered against her hair. Despite everything her head was saying, she turned around and hugged him back. Laying her head against his chest, she closed her eyes taking in the smell of leather and musk she remembered so well.
Kozik held her against him for as long as possible. Her body seemed to fit perfectly against his. As she pulled out of his arms, her face was only inches from his. They locked eyes as he pulled her hips a little closer to his. Harley felt him pull her closer and sighed, placing her hands on his chest pushing him off of her gently before walking out of the room. Kozik leaned back against the counter placing his head in his hands. “Way to blow that one Kozik.” he mumbled to himself.

The ride to the party continued like nothing had ever happened. If it was one thing he loved about Harley, it was that she never let a situation get awkward. They separated again at the party. Koz went over to Jax, Bobby, and Juice sitting on the couch while Harley joined Lyla and Nora by the bar. As they spoke, Harley noticed a few faces she hadn’t seen before. It wasn’t to uncommon but normally it was the same people who showed up at the clubhouse parties. She saw one eyeing her but had to look away when Lyla nudged her to see a croweater hanging off of Kozik. Nora’s face was pale as she watched the slutty woman sit on her man’s lap.
“Hey,” Harley pulled her arm making Nora look at her. “Now you listen to me. That is your man. You got to show these bitches he’s not a free dick to jump on. Now get over there and stake your claim” Harley lightly shoved Nora in Kozik’s direction before she had time to think about it. Lyla nodded her head for Harley to follow the poor girl in case things got physical. She knew first hand how vicious these women could get.
Nora walked straight up to Kozik, pushing the blonde croweater off of his lap, giving him a passionate kiss. Harley walked behind Nora, staying a few feet away in the croweaters line of vision.
“Hey! Look honey, he’s got all that he can handle tonight, why don’t you go polish a bike or something.” The croweaters eyes fell behind Nora to Harley who was standing with her arms crossed over her chest and her eyebrows cocked as a silent threat saying ‘touch her and it’ll be the last thing you do.’ Jax, Bobby, and Juice noticed Harley standing behind Nora. They knew exactly what she was doing but Kozik didn’t notice her yet.
He looked at his girlfriend with worry as she stood up and pushed the croweater, before he could do something, Juice stopped him, nodding his head over to Harley who was watching the two women interact ready to jump in if necessary. Kozik immediately felt at ease and leaned back in his seat. He couldn’t be more thankful for Harley keeping Nora under her wing.
“No. You listen, honey. You go near Kozik again, I’ll kick your ass so bad, you’ll never show your face here again.” Nora piped up jabbing her finger into the croweaters chest. Harley couldn’t help but laugh at her poor attempt to threaten the woman.
The croweater looked like she was about to do something when she saw Harley take a step forward, anger clearly written in her face, the woman just walked away in a huff. Harley backed up going back to the bar where she had a shot with Lyla. She was so proud of Nora. Both blondes watched the brunette as she sat down with Kozik. Clearly she needed that confidence boost. Harley wasn’t going to be there all the time and Kozik needed a strong woman by his side. Teaching Nora to stand up for herself and what was hers was definitely a step toward that.

Harley stepped outside for a smoke. Sitting on one of the tables she looked out at the empty lot. Her mind was all over the place. One minute she wanted nothing more than to be in Kozik’s arms, the next minute she was pushing Nora to claim him. She blew out the smoke and heard footsteps coming towards her.
“Who would leave a pretty thing like you out here by yourself?” The unfamiliar voice spoke as Harley recognized him from the bar earlier. He was one of the faces she hadn’t seen around before.
“If I were you, I’d follow in their footsteps and leave me alone too” She used her cold tone at him, inhaling more smoke. He stood grabbed her arm, lifting her up from her seat and pulled her closer. “Dude, what the fuck, are you dense? Disappear before I make you” She tried pulling her arm out from his grasp but he only tightened it.
“Feisty, just like that old hag huh?” he smirked grabbing her tighter. Harley’s eyes instantly narrowed as she pulled out her pocket knife and stabbed him in the thigh. If he was one of Zobelle’s guys, surely the SONS could use him. He screamed out and backhanded her causing her to fall to the ground. As he bent over to check out the stab wound in his leg, she kicked him in the face with her boot before leaning up and stabbing him in the leg again causing the guy to fall over. She pulled out her phone and dialed Jax’s number telling him to come outside and to bring the guys. She stared down at the guy and kicked him in the face again. Once for what he must have done to Gemma and once for busting her cheek, knocking him slightly unconscious.
The guys ran outside to see Harley wiping the blood off of her knife on the man’s shirt as he was starting to come too. “Harley what the fuck?!” Kozik ran up to her placing his hand on her arm checking to make sure she was alright. He immediately noticed the blood on her cheek from the man’s ring and brushed his thumb over it causing her to wince.
Harley sighed and stepped back from him looking at the guys. “He called me a pretty little thing then grabbed my arm and when I told him to leave me alone, he called me ‘feisty like that old hag’ which I’m assuming is Gemma. I stabbed him in the leg. He hit me and when he bent to check out the cut I kicked him in the face and stabbed him again. I thought you guys could you use him to get to Weston or Zobelle.” As angry as the guys were they couldn’t hide the pride in their face. All those years of teaching her how to handle herself were paying off.
“You fucking cunt! When we get our hands on you, and I promise you we will, I’ll personally see to it that each of my guys take their time inside your sweet little pussy. I’ll have you begging me to kill you!” the guy spat out still holding his bleeding leg.
Kozik jumped on top of him, punching in hard in the face a few times. “NOBODY TALKS TO MY OLD LADY LIKE THAT YOU PEICE OF SHIT!” The guys quickly pulled him off before he killed the man.
“I… I thought I was your old lady..” A quiet voice came from the doorway as everyone turned around to see Nora standing there. Harley looked from Kozik to Nora and sighed lowering her head.
“Nora… “ Kozik started to speak but she just stormed back inside. Nora ran past everyone to the dorms. Lyla could see the woman crying but she breezed by her when she tried to stop her. Harley went inside and sat down on the bar stool.

“What happened out there?” Lyla asked, pouring Harley another drink.
Harley downed the vodka and sighed. “Kozik beat the shit out of the guy and called me his old lady, Nora was at the door listening to the whole thing.”
Lyla gasped and looked at the doorway Nora just ran towards. “ Poor thing, she ran out there crying.”
“Yeah, well Kozik just blew whatever weird ass friendship I had with her out of the window.” Harley sighed and said goodbye, grabbing Half Sack so she could go home.

After the guys finally got some useful information from the guy, they finished him off. He walked back to the dorm but Nora wouldn’t unlock the door she he picked the lock walking inside, they were going to talk this out whether she liked it or not.
“Nora, I’m sorry alright, it was just a habit. She’s not my old lady baby. You are. We’ll get you a crow and everything.” He pleaded taking her hands in his. He didn’t mean that. He really didn’t want his crow on her when it was so perfectly on Harley, but he couldn’t bring himself to let Nora walk out.
“Herman,” Nora sighed looking up into his eyes. “I love you, but since being here I feel like I know nothing about you. You need to tell me what this is. What you do! How could Harley so easily stab someone and know exactly how to react when you come in shot and damn near dead? How is this all so normal for you guys? If that man was trying to hurt her, why couldn’t the police handle it?!” She could feel tears starting to form.
Kozik took a deep breath and nodded. He sat her down on the bed and spent the better part of the night filling her into what the club did. What had happened to Harley’s father. What this guy did to Gemma. Nora was afraid for her life. This man was not the man she fell in love with. He killed people for a living. How could they possibly have a happy normal life if he was constantly attracting danger? As much as she wanted to understand, she couldn’t. How could Tara and Lyla be so accepting of this? Sure, Harley was born into this, but those two weren’t. This was not normal.

The next day, Nora had to get out of there. Lyla had offered to take her shopping to clear her head for a little while. Maybe if she spoke to Lyla she could understand what made her so accepting of it.
Harley was cleaning the bar from the party last night. Isabelle and Abel had gone with Neeta and her family to the Aquarium and she needed to keep herself busy. All her mind kept going to was Kozik calling her his old lady. The thought alone made her so angry at him. Like he had any right to claim her.
She scrubbed furiously at the counter when Kozik walked up to the bar. “We took care of that guy Harls. He won’t come near you ever again.” He spoke quietly sensing her anger.
“Why don’t you worry about your girlfriend instead huh? Thank you for taking care of him for me but I am NOT your old lady. I am NOT your responsibility. Nothing about me is YOURS!” Harley seethed slamming her hands on the counter.
“As long as you have my crow, you ARE my old lady and MY responsibility. I don’t give a fuck what you think! I will ALWAYS be looking out for you! Why can’t you try to understand that!?” He yelled throwing his hands up in the air.
“Oh is that fucking so? Were you looking out for me when you were fucking that croweater behind my back?! Were you looking out for me when you hit me?! When you tackled me onto the ground while I was fucking pregnant?!” She yelled louder, her face becoming redder by the minute recalling all the anger and emotion from that night.
“I didn’t know you were fucking pregnant!!” He screamed at her flipping a chair over. His anger getting worse by the minute.
“So that made it fucking ok to try and beat me?! You sick fucking bastard! No wonder I never let you near MY kid!” She screamed, throwing and ashtray at him.
The ashtray hit him hard in the jaw causing him to stumble back. He grabbed an empty glass from a table and threw it at her. “You never let me near her because you were a selfish bitch Harley!! You know I would never hurt her!”
Jax, Tara, and Chibs were watching the church doorway. Tara tried to say something but Chibs shook his head. “No lass, they both need this” he spoke, his eyes never leaving the couple.
“I was a selfish bitch!?! I was selfish!?” The glass hit her shoulder and shattered, slightly knicking her. Harley came from around the bar, throwing one of the stools at him. “YOU were the one going off to get high all the time!! Wasting ANY and ALL money we made! How could you even fucking provide for us?! You were a worthless peice of shit and I’d be dammed if i let you near MY baby when you were like that!” She screamed.
“ENOUGH!” He yelled flipping a table over. His eyes staring right through her. “I’m fucking sorry alright!? I’m so fucking sorry!We’re past this ain’t we?! We’re finally in a better place! For fucks sake!”
Harley shook her head a small chuckle escaped from her lips as she placed her palms on the bar, before breaking out into a full out laugh. Kozik looked around at the damage done between them and started laughing. This was them. Heated one moment. Laughing the next.
She hung her head and chuckled. “I’ve hated you for so long, I forgot what getting along with you actually felt like.” she smirked sitting on one of the stools, eying the damage around her.
Jax and Chibs looked satisfied at the end of the fight while Tara just looked terrified. Although this wasn’t the first time she saw them fight, this was the first time she was so close to it.
The clubhouse doors opened, Lyla and Nora walking inside. Lyla looked at the damage then back to Harley and Koz who were laughing. While Nora gasped “Omg did we get attacked?!”
“Nope, some issues finally got resolved today.” Jax laughed as Nora’s eyes went between Harley and Kozik. Is this what Tara meant by destructive? Harley had a cut on her shoulder Kozik had a bruise on his chin. glass was broken, chairs and tables were knocked over, yet they were sitting there laughing. She should have been happy they fought, but something told her it seemed to make them closer and that didn’t sit well with her.