The motel room looked like everything one, dim lighting, two beds a small bathroom and stationary TV and table. She was so tired she didn't even take her shoes off as she fell on to the first bed.

Jax sat down on the opposite one and turned his head to peer at her, "Either we're sharing a bed, or you're getting up. I sleep by the door and window."

Audrey groaned and shoved herself up off the bed, she wasn't sharing her bed with anyone anytime soon. She stood in front of him waiting for him to get up, but he tugged her down beside him.

"What Jax?" She said with a sigh.

He tugged her chin gently towards the dim lighting apparently trying to get a better look at her bruised and battered face.

"They'll heal. They always do."

She could see him visibly tense and then he stood up and pulled off his vest hanging it on the back of the door, at the same time locking it. Audrey managed to tug off her sneakers, remove his jacket, she knew as soon as her head would hit the pillow she'd be out. She didn't even manage to get under the covers, before it was lights out for her.


Audrey shot straight up in bed, her hands clenching the sheets to her chest; what a horrible nightmare. Her eyes focused in the darkness as she sought out some familiar comfort, her eyes flickered over to where Jax should have been sleeping, but he wasn't in his bed. Panic rose in her chest, where was he? Did Tommy find them? A moment later the bathroom door opened and Jax came wandering out in his jeans sans a T-shirt a plastic cup of water in his hand.

"Are you alright?" He asked immediately.

She couldn't speak as the sheer sight of him brought her such relief,

she collapsed back into the pillows behind her, "I-...I thought..." She let the rest of it die on her lips. She was so stupid to think that Tommy would ever be able to best Jax.

Jax came around the end of her bed and sat down on the side of his, sitting the cup of water on the night stand. "The water is for you. He's not coming for you Audrey. I promise. He wouldn't dare."

She managed to turn her head and look at him as he laid down on the bed, he placed his hands behind his head and stared up at the ceiling, "Thank you Jax. For everything."

"Don't mention it." He said looking at her once more. She snuggled deeper into the blankets and then realized at that moment she had fallen asleep on top of the covers. She lifted the blanket slightly and realized that he stripped her of her socks and jeans. Her eyes widened and she whipped her head around to look at him. Her neck was stiff from the blows she took earlier and she grimaced.

"Don't looked real uncomfortable, kept tossing and turning. As soon as I did that. You slept better. I don't get cheap thrills from unconscious women."

She shook her head lightly after a second, "I never thought that. You

just didn't have to do it."

"I'm a light sleeper and you flopping around all night would have kept me up." He smirked at her jokingly before settling in for the night.


The second time she came awake the sun was just coming up, attempt to sneak into the shut blinds. It lit the room up enough that she could see the Jax clearly sleeping in the same position he fell asleep in. The only way she knew he was truly asleep was how even his chest was rising and falling. She stretched slightly and reached for the cup of water he had so kindly brought for her. As she grabbed the cup the plastic snapped a bit. Her eyes flew to Jax's face his eyes were already glued on her.

"Sorry." She whispered with a wince, just before she took a quick drink.

His eyes focused on her in the dimly lit room, "Didn't believe me when I told you I was a light sleeper did you?"

"Not quite that light."

He smiled a tired kind of smile, "Another nightmare?"

"How'd you know?"

"You've been making noise in your sleep. I think these past twenty minutes were the longest I slept."

"Oh Jax, I'm sorry."

"You can't help it."

She sighed, "Yeah. I'm sorry anyway though."

"This one about Tommy too?"

"...Of course"

Jax didn't say anything truthfully he didn't know what to say...A moment later Audrey sat up, "I think I have a solution to this problem." She stood up with the blankets wrapped around her, "Scoot over."

She expected him to question her, but he moved after a slight hesitation.

"I promise this isn't sexual. I think I'll sleep better with someone next to me."

He arched a brow and a smirked, "Okay I'll let you go with that lie."

Audrie rolled her eyes and laid down next to him. He still remained above the covers and she had the blankets from the other bed securely wrapped around her. It reminded her of her childhood, when Gemma use to watch her and her brother. Even when she was little she slept more easily next to Jax, he protected her as a child, more than her brother did. She felt safe with him, she drifted off to sleep once again. She might have pretended like she had forgotten about him in the past ten years, but that wasn't the case at all. Jax had crossed her mind on more then a few occasions; being this close to him again it was..well she realized how much she missed him.


A knock on the door woke her up, but Jax was already out of bed, and opening it. Tig came in a moment later, "We should probably get a move on, its already noon."

Jax nodded, "Alright, give us a few minutes we'll meet you out there."

The dark haired man nodded and the both quickly made their exit. Jax grabbed his shirt and pulled it on as he tossed her jeans to her.

"I hope you got some sleep." Audrey muttered as she was tugging them on.

Jax pulled on his cut and peered at her, "Yeah your solution worked."