Chapter 2

Jessie POV

The next morning, I woke up and just laid in my bed for a while. I couldn't help but think about the moment that Opie and I almost had last night. It was almost like we hadn't broken up. After a while, I had to get up and get ready. I had to go over to Mom and Clay's for breakfast. Not really sure why. Mom wouldn't say. I climbed out of bed and walked over to my closet. I grabbed a blue jean skirt and a tank top out of my closet. I got dressed and then grabbed my flip flops. I walked out of my bedroom and toward the front of my house. I grabbed my keys and headed out the door. When I walked out to my car, I noticed that Opie's bike wasn't in the driveway. I figured that he was probably over at TM or he went to go see Piney.

I got in my car and headed over to Mom and Clay's. When I got there, Jax had just pulled in the driveway. I parked beside him. "Hey." He said when I got out of my car.

"Hey." I said. "No Lisa, this morning?" I asked.

Jax shook his head, while lighting a cigarette. I grabbed my pack out of my car and lit one as well. "Nope. She has a really bad hangover." Jax told me. "Look, I know that Ma sprung Ope crashing at your place on ya."

"Your right, Ma did spring it on me."

"How you doing with it all? You know, him being out and around you all the time." Jax asked.

"Okay, I guess. I don't know…it just feels like we never broke and that this is completely natural." I said.

Jax nodded. "Is that what you want?" Jax asked, raising an eyebrow at me.

"Who knows? Time will tell I guess." I flicked my cigarette. "Come on, before Ma strangles us."

"Yeah, come on." Jax said, putting his arm around my shoulders.

Jax and I made the short walk up the driveway and around the side of the house to the kitchen door. Mom didn't like using the front door. We didn't bother knocking, we just walked in. "Morning Ma." We said.

"Morning babies." Ma said. "Go to the table, we're ready to eat." Jax and I nodded and headed to the dining room. Jax and I took our usual seats. The four of us fixed our plates.

There was an awkward silence before anyone said anything. "Okay….what is going on here?" I finally asked.

Mom and Clay looked at each other. "Um… my hands are getting worse. Doc says that the cortisone shots aren't doing anything anymore. I'm gonna have to step down before too long." Clay said.

"We want the too of you to take over everything." Ma said.

Jax and I looked at each other. "Seriously?" I asked. Ma and Clay both nodded. Jax and I both looked at each other, unsure of what to say. "What do we have to do?" I asked.

After the strange breakfast with Ma and Clay, I headed back home. When I pulled into my driveway, Opie's bike was back. When I walked into the house, Opie was sitting on the couch. "Hey." I said, shutting the door behind me.

"Hey, how was breakfast?" He asked me.

"How much do you want to know?" I asked, laughing.

I walked over to the fridge and grabbed a couple of beers before joining Opie on my couch. I handed him one. "That bad, huh?"

"Yeah….Uh, Clay is stepping down and handing the club over to Jax and they are handing the garage over to me." I said, opening my beer.

"Wow…that really is a bombshell." Opie said.

"Yeah, you could say that." I said. "Listen, about last night…" I started to say.

"No, Jess. The fight that we had three years ago…it was my fault. I was upset because I thought that you were bailing, ya know." Opie said.

"I wasn't bailing, I just needed some time to process everything that was happening." I said. "Ope, we had just lost our baby and I felt like my whole world was crashing."

"I know and I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you more than I was." Opie said.

I took a drink of my beer and lit a cigarette. "Where do we go from here?" I asked Opie.

"Jess, I thought about you every day that I was locked up. I thought about what I would have done differently to avoid that fight. I wondered if I would have the chance to try and fix things or if when I got out that you'd be with someone else." Opie said.

"There was never anyone else…and there never will be. You were and always will be the only one for me, Opie Winston."

Opie grabbed my hand and pulled me to him. He kissed me. "I missed you." Opie said.

I kissed him back. "I missed you too." I said.

"And you looked incredible last night."

"You think so?" Opie nodded. "You always did like me in a corset."

"That I did." I finished my cigarette and put it out in the ashtray. "So would you say that it's safe to say to we're back together?" Opie asked me.

I nodded. I leaned in and kissed him. "Absolutely." I said.

LATER AT TM…Jax POV

I was working in the garage when Opie's bike pulled up and my sister was on the back of it. That meant only one thing. They'd reconciled. I remember the first time that I had gone to check on her after he'd been locked up.

***FLASHBACK***

Opie had been arrested last night. Kyle stupidly left Opie at the warehouse that night, causing him to get busted by the cops. Clay had gone to tell Jessie in person, taking Mom with him. Jessie and Ope had been having a hard time. Jessie had been 14 weeks pregnant and had a miscarriage. Then on top of all of that…now Opie was locked up in Stockton.

When I pulled into Jessie and Ope's driveway, I was nervous about knocking on her door. I cut the engine to my bike and took my helmet off. I walked up to the front door and knocked. It took a couple of minutes but then Jessie opened the door. "What're you doing here?" She asked me.

"I came to check on you." I said.

"I'm fine. You can go." She said, and started to close the door.

"Come on, Jess." I said, trying to plead with her.

"Five minutes." She said and let me in.

I was shocked when I walked into her house. There was broken glass everywhere. "What the hell happened in here?"

"Don't worry about it." Jessie said as she walked over to the freezer and pulled a bottle of Whiskey out.

"Jess, that's not going to help." I said.

She turned around and glared at me, looking just like Ma. "Then what is, Jax? I just lost my baby…My fiancé broke up with me because we had a fight and now he's sitting in a jail cell." She was lashing out. She took a shot straight from the bottle. "You know what, just get out."

I started toward the door when I turned back toward her. "Look sis, I know that your hurting right now…but you should at least go see him and talk to him." I told her and left.

***FLASHBACK ENDS***

The entire time that Ope was locked up she never did go see him.

I stood there in the doorway to one of the bay areas and watched my sister and my best friend. They looked happy…and I was happy for them.

Things were about to start changing…the least I could do was give them today…

A/N: HEY GUYS! HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER. I CURRENTLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 15 STORIES THAT I AM CURRENTLY WRITING. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME ISSUES THAT I HAVE GOING ON. THE WRITING HELPS AND I HAVE MY MUSIC AND MY KIDS. AND MY FRIENDS ARE GREAT AS WELL. THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT.

NEXT CHAPTER: FLASHBACK CHAPTER OF JESSIE AND OPIE'S FIGHT….