The next chapters will have more action in them, and you'll start to see how Emery handles club business, these few chapters have just been to show the kind of person Emery is and the dynamic's of the club, I didn't want to start the story as being all doom and gloom constantly. Thank you :) -Also I realised I didn't do a disclousure, all SOA thngs you recognise belong to Sutter, anything you don't is my own.

Chapter 4-Tig's Nightmare Come True

Jax was sat around a table with Tig, Opie, Clay, and Happy. There were laughing and drinking hearing Tig and Clay talk about some of their run ins with the Mayans, their biggest rival mc as they played poker, he glanced to the other side of the room to see Tara and Donna deep in conversation, Donna honestly looked as though she was bored out of her skull just nodding along to Tara's rant occasionally adding her input. Jax turned his attention back to the game as Clay shouted to Tig it was his hand, looking at Tig, Jax thought it looked as though his world had come crashing down around his turn, he was pale and was that sweat? Yep he was pretty sure the clubs sergeant of arms was sweating, nothing scared Tig, in fact he was the one people feared most beside Happy, he was just out right crazy 'my life's over' he muttered Jax barely being able to hear him

'What's up Tiggy?' Clay asked confused he hadn't ever seen Tig look this scared

'I'm gonna have to lock her away, ban her from parties, she'll hate me but its what's best for her now' Tig carried on eyes never leaving one spot sounding like he'd just had a nervous breakdown. Collectively the guys turned to follow Tig's gaze and found his terrified expression was placed upon his daughter just entering the bar area with Chibs, his arm wrapped protectively around her shoulders

'damn' were the collective words from all of the guys 'you're up shit creek now brother' Clay whispered to Tig, his only answer was him nodding slowly as he continued to watch her, he'd already decided there were at least four people who he wanted to beat the shit out of, with all the charters gathering here with their new prospects for the celebration he saw the younger ones give Emery a once over beside him he heard Happy growl and was thankful there was one other person who shared his feelings. Around him, Jax could hear the lads taking the piss out of Tig about his daughter and the fact that boys would be fawning over her all night but Jax wasn't really paying attention, he was looking at Emery as she stood at the bar with Chibs now joined by Gemma, looking at her she seemed different, so different then all the other times he'd looked at her and it wasn't because she was wearing more make-up he'd seen her wearing it before. Her deep Red hair was pinned up into what he could only call a curly messy bun with bits if curls falling down to her bust, her eyes were bright and alight as she laughed at something Chibs was saying, those hypnotic grey eyes that could captivate anyone but always shone through with honesty. She showed her perfect teeth, with just one little chip on her incisor which Jax remembered had happened when she'd fallen off the monkey bars at the park, as she gave Gemma a huge smile her dimples showing on either side of her full plump lips, if he had to say which of Red's features was his favourite, he'd have to say her eyes and her dimples. For what was probably the first time Jax snuck a look at Emery's body she had an amazing cleavage if he had to guess he'd probably say a she was a C his eyes then ran down her flat stomach that dress really did show all her curves it looked like her workouts with Happy and all the dance classes she had taken had really paid off he gulped, as if she knew he was checking her out she turned to face Donna who was making her way over to her giving Jax a perfect view of her ass.

'Hey, Jax?, brother you there? It's your turn' his head snapped to Opie who looked at him with an eyebrow raised 'hmm' Jax replied buying himself some time' erm yeah sorry was just looking at Tara' he bluffed the other's rolled their eyes easily believing the lie, Tig would kill him if he knew that he'd been ogling his little princess, not even Opie would approve, hell, Jax didn't approve, shaking his head he just put it down to what she was wearing and the fact that Tara had put him on a shagging ban. He looked at Ope 'come on brother you just know we gotta be there for her first drink' he winked at Ope as both stood. Tig smiled to himself the boys would look after her but even still he shared a look across the club with Chibs and looked to Happy with the same expression, each of them knew what it meant.

Emery grinned to herself as she hugged Gemma, 'thank you for the dress momma bear, I love it' she squeezed her closer

'no problem baby, you look beautiful, you always look beautiful but, wow honey' She beamed at Emery 'now take it easy tonight with it being your first time drinking, don't let those boys lead you astray' she warned as she eyed Jax and Opie making their way over.

As Gemma walked away Emery continued talking to Donna and jumped when large arms hugged her from behind around her neck the beginnings of a beard tickled her cheek as Opie kissed it 'Happy birthday Red bird' he cheered as Donna smiled at the display, she didn't understand what Tara's problem was with Emery sure she was close to Jax but no more than she was with Ope, Donna had known from the first time she was introduced to Opie by Em that they were close, they were a little trio the lads protected her made her feel safe, especially due to the circumstances surrounding her younger years and because of that they shared a bond, It didn't faze Donna if she walked into a room to find Opie lounged on the sofa with Em's head resting on his shoulder or to walk into the club when it was packed and find her sat on his lap, to her it was normal. Once he finished wishing Emery a happy birthday Opie walked over to Donna embracing her and kissing her tenderly, Emery smiled to herself hoping someday she could have a relationship that was similar to that of her two best friends. She was pulled from her thoughts as a familiar arm was slung over her shoulders, 'Happy birthday Red' Jax drawled before shouting to the prospect behind the bar to get a round of sambuca shots and beers. The rest of the California club members joined in as they cheered before taking their shots, the men instantly moving on to the beer whilst Emery stuck her tongue out in disgust scrunching up her face, she glanced up to see Jax smiling at her and laughing so she stuck her tongue out at him as her father kissed her cheek handing her a beer, 'That's ma girl' he cheered as she began guzzling it down.

Hours later and many shots and beers later the members filling the club were getting leery, Emery and Donna had managed to get the prospect behind the bar to play some cheesy music so they could dance he was reluctant until Em played the birthday card, as the club filled with music the biker boys didn't even bat an eyelid some had half naked crow eater's splayed across them and Emery was sure one of them was sucking of one of the members from the Tacoma charter in the dark corner, she smiled to herself not believing the fact that this sort of scene seemed completely normal to her, she and Donna danced together both very drunk at this point and not really caring if they looked stupid or not.

Throughout the night a couple of the younger men from the charters had tried flirting with Emery she flirted back innocently but always excused herself when she thought things were escalating too much, at one point one prospect had got a bit grabby and she was about to punch him in the face herself before happy had beaten her to it, her father soon following suit shouting to the man he would never make it to patching in if he looked at her like she was and she quotes 'a piece of gash' ever again. By now her head was spinning, but she didn't care as soon as she heard Bon jovi's Living on a prayer start to play, this was her and Donna's song actually it was her, Donna, Opie and Jax's song but looking over at Jax now there was no way he'd be joining in, he'd spent most of the night just drinking in the corner trying to keep an annoyed and bored Tara happy, as the song began to play Donna and Emery jumped around excitedly until Em decided to climb up the bar stool and onto the bar with Opie standing behind her thankfully covering her dignity, laughing as he helped her to stand, once up she grabbed Donna's hand as she climbed to join her on the bar, as they laughed and danced around, all around her each of the cali members were looking at her with bright faces as she sang along and laughed with Donna, Jax gazed at her thinking about how beautiful and carefree she looked prancing around and couldn't help but think alcohol looked good on her, Tig half asleep and on his way to passing out looked up abruptly to the squeal of his little girl and couldn't help but look out at her with a goofy smile plastered across his face and she pranced along the bar, yep she was just like her mother.

Forgetting about the people surrounding her it was just her Donna and Bon jovi in her mind and as she danced along to the music she grabbed the pins holding her hair in pulling them out shaking her hair loose before dropping to her knees on the bar doing the air guitar to the guitar solo in the song, All the guys around her chuckled as Jax and Opie whooped at her and Donna, she was that lost in the dance she hadn't even notice Jax join them, looking around briefly she realised Tara must have left. Once the song had stopped, she shuffled round and put a foot forward onto the chair to get down from the bar her shoes long ago forgotten and left by her dad's seat, Opie had picked up Donna swinging her around before placing her on the ground and planting a kiss on her. Just as Emery went to put weight on her foot she slipped as she let out a slight squeal as she braced herself for the fall, but found strong arms holding her up instead, she opened up one eye to be met by Jax's signature smirk 'don't worry Red I got ya' she giggled up at him apologising as he placed her on her feet, unknowingly Gemma had been going round throughout the night taking photos.

A few more drinks later Emery was starting to feel a little lightheaded and headed outside for some fresh air, out there she saw Jax, Opie and Donna sat on one of the picnic benches laughing, slowly making her way towards them she sat in between Jax and Donna who was snuggled into Ope's side, she let out a sigh shaking a little at the cold and rested her head against Jax's shoulder closing her eyes 'You enjoyed your party Red?' Jax asked in a low voice she just nodded content with not speaking, her voice hurt from all the singing she'd done. Jax gave a little chuckle as she felt his arm slip away from her, making her frown pouting slightly until she felt his arm snake around her shoulders letting her rest her head against his chest, not knowing he was watching her all the while as her pout faded and was replaced by a small smile, she opened her eyes looking up at him when she felt his chest rumble with a laugh, that was however a big mistake as she bolted forwards to one of the trash cans and began violently throwing up she heard Donna say something to Jax but couldn't make it out then she heard Donna stand behind her and shh her whilst she held back her ruby hair for her 'sorry' she muttered out between violent retches and a few tears, Donna just continued to rub her back as she hunched over the bin. When the retching had finally stopped she felt as though all the strength she had, had left her and she fell unceremoniously dropping heavy to the floor her knees crunching at the weight ' Jesus Christ you okay?' She heard Jax shout as he ran towards her, but she couldn't feel any pain she was just exhausted and she wanted sleep, and sleep she would she thought as she wiped her mouth and lay her head against the bin closing her eyes.

'oh no you don't' she heard Jax whisper to her 'come on Red I'll take you to bed' she just nodded her head as he slipped one hand under her legs and the other around her waist lifting her bridle style, she leaned her head against his hard chest falling asleep with the smell of cigarettes and leather surrounding her. He couldn't help but smile as he looked down at Red's face her full lips slack and ajar as she breathed deeply whilst she slept, walking into the clubhouse most people had passed out, however Happy and Chibs ran over to him concern on their faces when they saw Emery lying slack in his arms, Happy's face was focused on the blood that was coming from her knee's 'relax bro she's fine, got a bit sick and fell to the floor an hurt her knees, but don't worry I'll put her to bed deal with her knees in the morning' Happy just nodded and stroked some stray strands that were stuck to her cheeks from her tears away from her face whilst Chibs spoke to Jax hoping the other two men hadn't noticed, they had but they didn't make a point of showing it Happy wasn't one to show emotion, but they all knew that he loved Emery especially after Tig had asked him to be her godfather, 'alright Jackie boy, you just make sure she's okay' he nodded towards Donna and Opie 'I'm guessing that pair'll be sharing a room' he winked at Jax and Jax just chuckled, Chibs kissed Emery's head whispering 'night lass' before turning around to get the attention of his crow eater back, Jax shook his head, and headed towards Emery's room.

Jax was stood outside Em's bedroom tryna get a good enough grip on her to be able to reach up and grab her key from the top of her door frame, she didn't normally lock her door only on nights there was a party because she didn't trust the crow eater's, thinking about it even Jax didn't trust the crow eater's, he let out a slight huff then heard Opie's voice behind him 'here bro let me help you out' he said letting go of Donna's hand, reaching for the key and unlocking the door swinging it open, 'thanks bro, night Donna' Jax called as Donna and Opie walked to the door diagonally opposite Em's which was Opie's room. Once he walked inside he kicked the door shut behind him and placed Red on the single bed bringing the covers over her and kissing her on the head, he turned to walk away when a small delicate hand grabbed his wrist, he turned looking into the glazed eyes of his best friend, 'Jackson?' she said in a small voice, 'yeah Emery' he replied smiling at the fact that she'd used his full name that didn't happen unless she was angry or as he had learned over the years it meant that she needed him, he using her full name in similar circumstances.

'will you stay with me, please?' she gazed at him as he began to nod before he'd even realised that he was, 'could you do me on last favour and grab me a glass of water whilst I change?' he smirked 'yeah course Red, I'm just gonna grab some sweats ight' he told her as she nodded getting up shakily from the bed, he took one last look and went to change, walking into the kitchen to get Em a glass of water, he bumped into Tig who had a croweater hanging off his face, 'oh hey, Tig, I'm gonna stop with Em tonight she asked me to stay with her, think tonight's took its toll on her' he gave Tig a weak smile, walking away from the crow eater he lead Jax to the isolated corner of the kitchen,

'yeah I think she misses her mum, guess that necklace didn't help' he rubbed his neck, Jax shook his head

'she loves the necklace bro, but yeah man, she's gonna have a bad headache in the morning too' Jax smirked at him

'yeah heard she was sick, okay Jax you stay with her if that what she wants, but no funny business, and I mean none!' Jax held his hands up in surrender as Tig glared at him in warning,

'hey man, not once have I ever broken your trust' he laughed, and it was true Tig couldn't fault him Jax had spent many a night in his angels room, it first started when she got bad nightmares, and either he or Opie would go in depending if Opie was at the clubhouse and if he heard her, hell sometimes Tig walked into her bedroom to find both Jax and Opie sleeping peacefully one at each side of Emery as they all mushed together in the little single bed, he smiled to himself in memory 'alright Jax, thanks for taking care of her' Jax just nodded as he replied 'always', Tig couldn't help the small smile that crept onto his face 'night kid' he murmured as he patted him on the shoulder and then he was off to his own bedroom at the clubhouse with his piece of gash for the night.

Emery heard the door creak open and shut, and opened her eyes to a shirtless Jax in only sweatpants setting a glass of water down by her bed, He had to say that Emery's room calmed him it smelt of her and like a citrus peach smell, the silvery grey and lime green room was immaculate with all her make-up and hair supplies neatly stacked along her drawer, necklaces and jewellery tucked into a small jewellery box, her room back at her home with Tig was similar only it was grey and black, and one of her walls was covered in a collage of all the people she loved in her life and memories, he couldn't help but smile at the little clean freak.

'Thanks blondie' she smiled at him, 'no problem Red', he walked around the bed and got in next to her he laughed when he rolled over to see her cuddling up to Tiberius, 'still with the teddy ehh' she gave him a small smile, 'he makes me feel safe' she replied 'I know it's silly especially now I'm 16 but I can't help it' she shrugged and Jax lifted her chin 'hey, I didn't say it was stupid, now come on get some sleep your gonna be in hell when you wake up' he grinned at her she smiled at him and crawled closer so that she was tucked under his arm her head on his chest with Tiberius tucked safely under her chin, gradually drifting asleep as Jax stroked her hair, she loosened her grip on her teddy and put a leg over Jax's, breathing warm breaths on his chest, that was one of the first nights he'd had in while where he fell asleep peacefully with a smile on his face.