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Chapter 4

Chibs let the anger flow through his entire body as his motorcycle roared on its way to Scoops the wind flowing by him doing little to cool his rage.

He was so livid. His heart ached with the knowledge that Bobby had known just where Julie was all this time.

Bobby had seen Chibs struggle through the heartbreak of Julie leaving town.

Bobby had known just how shattered Chibs' heart was by the loss of Julie due to nothing more than his own stupidity.

After all Bobby had spent many nights up at the clubhouse on Chibs' and Julie's anniversary listening to a drunken Chibs practically fall apart as he sucked down his whiskey.

Chibs had been quite vocal about his heartache over Julie when he drank. He talked a lot about their past together, about how much he'd loved her. He talked about the future he had wanted with Julie; about how he had wanted to maybe have a commitment ceremony with her in place of a legally binding wedding given crap with Fiona being such a mess. He talked about how he wanted to buy Julie a little house with a garden and a big backyard, about how he wanted to buy her a house-full of pets knowing that Julie adored animals.

He talked about how he wanted to start a family with Julie; about how Julie wanted a big family. How important it was to her to be a mother. Her mother had died when she was so young and she wanted more than anything to be a mom.

Chibs had really opened up to Bobby about Julie and his regrets over the fallout of their relationship.

Chibs felt so betrayed by Bobby. The man had known just where the woman Chibs had wanted more than anything on the planet, was all these years.

Bobby could have alleviated the heartbreak and the guilt and self-hatred Chibs had felt all these years. He had felt like such a piece of shit over the way he'd treated Julie cheating on her the way he did though it was only once,.

Bobby had seen Chibs' pain and he had done nothing.

This realization was still rolling through Chibs' brain as he parked his bike in front of Scoops dismounting it and walking into the ice cream parlor anger clear in his features.

Happy and Ratboy looked up from the two croweaters they were entertaining Ratboy's eyes widening at the rage in Chibs voice. "Where is he?".

Happy sighed knowing that this confrontation was coming soon enough. He had known that there would be trouble the second Chibs had spotted Julie and found out the truth.

He spoke nodding off to the backroom and the stairs that led up to the chapel. "Bobby's upstairs."

Chibs said nothing in response as he left his brothers a glare set into his features. He marched upstairs the rage coiling in him like an angry storm ready to release havoc on anyone who dared to cross its path.

Bobby sighed his stomach knotting up as Chibs entered the room. He held his hands up already knowing what was to come. "She asked me not to tell you."

"Yah knew how I felt bout her though. Yah knew I wanted to make things right. Yah know I wanted to find her." Chibs spat out approaching the man as Bobby stood up from his seat at the table.

"She made Opie and I promise not to tell you anything. I felt sorry for her Chibs. She was pretty broken up." Bobby replied doing his best to cool the fury in Chibs.

Chibs stepped closer to Bobby his hand reaching out to poke the man in the chest. "Yah supposed to be my brother. Christ yer supposed to have my back."

Bobby frowned shaking his head annoyed that Chibs didn't seem to be hearing him. "She was angry Chibs. You really did a number on her cheating with that croweater...She just wanted to disappear after that...forget you. Opie was the one who tracked her down. He went out to see her after Donna died...wanted to tell Julie in person given how close they were. She begged him not to tell anyone where she was. Said she wanted to forget that part of her life."

"And how'd ya find out bout it?" Chibs spat out his fury still rolling through him though it had dampened a little the shame of knowing he'd hurt Julie setting in.

Bobby shook his head once again sighing. "I saw her when she came to town for her brother's funeral...You were gone on that run. I saw her at a gas station while I was fueling up my bike...She was leaving town after the funeral...I bought her some coffee and we talked for a bit. I promised her I'd keep her location a secret."

"Yah knew how much I loved her." Chibs replied his voice thick with anger and sorrow over Bobby's betrayal.

Bobby sighed knowing that Chibs wasn't being over-dramatic with this statement.

Chibs had often drunkenly told Bobby that he more than loved Julie. His words had been "that he worshiped Julie."

He shook his head not backing down even up against Chibs' anger. "Yeah I know...but you also fucked up things with her. I mean shit Chibs, you cheated on the best damn thing you were probably ever going to get. You let Tig mess with your head about Julie and her future with the club, and you fucked things up instead of talking things out with Julie like an adult."

Bobby paused glaring up at Chibs as he spoke again. "You weren't the only one who cared about Julie...the guys all loved her. She grew up with Tara and Donna. She was family to SAMCRO in a way...Julie wanted her privacy and I gave it to her. It was the least I could do given how upset she was...I gave her my cell number in case she ever needed anything...I didn't expect her to call but she did and I've kept tabs on her ever since then...she was a friend to me Chibs. She was a friend to a lot of us."

Chibs narrowed his eyes his body growing tense. Though he knew Bobby had a point he was far too angry to focus on it. "And you're the one who called her about Jax?"

"Yeah I did. She started studying law out in San Bernardino. She's a damn good lawyer...one of the best. She's got a good track record. She's doing it all pro bono...for Tara. She knew that Tara would want her to help Jax and the boys." Bobby explained praying that Chibs wasn't going to behave like a child over this.

Jax needed Julie, and the club needed Jax.

Chibs gritted his jaw his thoughts racing with all the news that had been dropped on him in less than twenty four hours. "Where's she stayin?"

Bobby rolled his head a huff escaping his throat. "What are you going to do?"

"I wanta talk to her." Chibs snapped his body still so tense.

Bobby frowned knowing that Chibs wasn't going to just calmly talk to Julie.

He was tempted to with-hold Julie's motel from Chibs, but he knew better.

Bobby knew that he might as well just let Chibs and Julie duke it out against each other without his interference.

Julie could handle herself.

"She's staying at the Charming Inn...Room 34."


Julie sighed the sugary soda doing little to ease up her headache. Though she knew that her current headache was more than likely from the stack of paperwork in front of her and not the lack of caffeine and sugar.

She had found herself stretched out on the crappy queen sized bed at her motel room with all of the necessary paperwork she'd need to look over for Jax's case spread out across the ugly white, brown, and tan floral bedspread.

Julie let out a shaky breath as she turned over a graphic picture from the crime scene; Tara lying lifeless and bloody, over face down where Julie wouldn't have to face it.

She sighed her stomach flipping at the photos. The murder seemed to be a crime of passion to Julie; after all only a crime of passion would hold such a high level of overkill.

From the coroner's report it seemed that most of the stabbing with the carving fork had been induced postmortem.

It took a lot of hatred and intense emotion to stab someone after they were no longer living.

Julie did her best to try to shove any thought of how painful Tara's end must have been for her, far from her mind.

She felt her stomach flip once again wondering how in the hell she was going to prove that Jax was innocent.

The prosecution had a nice case all tied up with a bow, and Julie knew it was her job to disassemble that case piece by piece.

She knew that it was a huge job and for once her confidence wasn't feeling all that high.

Julie had never really had much of a problem handling a case.

She had always been able to keep herself separate from the case at hand and give her client the best defense possible.

Julie had always said one thing when people asked her rather they thought their client was innocent or guilty; 'She didn't care. It wasn't her job to deduce rather or not they had committed the crime. It was her job to defend her client to the best of her ability."

For once compartmentalizing and keeping her thoughts away from who had killed Tara wasn't working out so well.

All she could keep thinking about was the fact that whoever had killed her best friend was out there walking around freely while Jax sat in prison awaiting his fate.

Julie knew that Jax was innocent. Jax loved Tara far too much to ever do anything that horrible to her.

Julie could remember how Jax and Tara had been together back when things were good and life was much simpler.

Tara and Jax had been so in love; like two halves of one whole.

Julie knew of course that Jax had done many horrible things in his life. After all Julie wasn't naive to the life...she had been right in the middle of it once, back when Chibs and she were still together.

She knew though that no matter how rotten Jax's criminal record might be, he wouldn't hurt Tara.

Julie stood up from the bed as a hard knock pulled her out of her work-mode.

She sighed quickly deciding that it had to be Adam with the food she'd sent him out for not too long ago.

She made her way over to the door her eyes growing wide as she peeked through the peep hole.

There on the other side of the door stood not her ex-husband, but another ex; Chibs.

She frowned dumbfounded about why Chibs would be paying her a visit at her motel at this time of the night.

Julie felt her stomach drop it hitting her suddenly; Chibs must have found out that Bobby had been the one to hire her, that Bobby had kept in touch with her all these years.

She pulled her black silk robe tight around her body blocking out the cool air as she opened the door and spoke. "Chibs...did something come up with Jax?"

Chibs tightened his fists the anger still rolling around within him. He spoke his voice tense as he stepped into her room. "Opie and Bobby knew where ya were all these years?"

Julie stepped back unable to stop herself from slamming the door behind Chibs and she. She was astonished that he was choosing now of all items to rehash ancient history with her.

She couldn't stop herself from sounding bitter as she spoke her words cutting. "You didn't seem to care too much when I left...As I recall the last time I saw you, you were drunk as can be and had a naked woman in the bed I shared with you at the clubhouse."

Chibs tightened his jaw shrinking back a bit at her words and the rage dripping from them. He spoke knowing that she had more than a right to be spiteful with him. "I tried to make it right."

Julie crossed her arms over her chest scoffing in response. "You tried to make it right? Oh fuck you Filip. You couldn't make it right. There was no way you could ever make any of it right."

Chibs stepped forward the anger and the guilt he felt slamming against his self-control. "I wanted to fix things with yah. I looked for you Julie. I looked for years, jus so I could win yah back. I was crazy about yah...you were the first woman I actually gave a shit about since Fiona."

She shook her head at this scoffing again as she spoke. "That's not how you treat someone when you care about them."

"I fucked up alrigh...I know I pissed all over everything we had. I was feeling insecure...ya were younger and smarter than me and I knew that ya were too good fer me. I let the liquor and my self-loathing get to my head. But I wanted to fix it...I wanted to fix us. You disappeared though...yah were gone the day after ya found me at the clubhouse...ya didn't even give us a chance...yah gave up on us." Chibs remarked doing all he could to make her see things from his point of view; to make her understand just how he'd been kicking himself these past ten years for ruining things with her.

He wanted her to know how lost he'd felt without her; how angry he was with the way she'd left.

"You asshole...you gave up on us first. You showed me that by your actions. Feeling insecure doesn't mean shit. You should have handled it like an adult and talked it out with me before getting drunk and...and fucking that whore." Julie fired back her own temper making itself known.

Chibs shook his head a sneer on his face as he spoke. "Aye an adult then?...like ya...That's fresh comin from ya seeing as how ya ran away like a child...Ya didn't even tell anyone besides Tara and Donna that ya were leavin...and I know sure as hell that ya didn't keep in contact with Donna. She coulda used ya when Ope was locked up."

Julie narrowed her eyes livid with this little snide remark. "Don't you dare try to go down that road with me Filip. Don't you dare bring Donna into this. Trust me I know what I did and how much she hurt..I know that I never got a chance to apologize to her before she was ripped from this life...I feel that pain, so don't you dare throw it in my face."

She was quick to speak again her voice sounding unfamiliar to her own ears. Her voice sounded brittle and shrill. "Did you ever think that maybe I ran because I couldn't bear the thought of looking in your eyes after I found that croweater in our bed...I hated you for what you did...for that betrayal..You always swore to me that you would never hurt me, and then you did. I knew that if I looked into your eyes all I would want to do was claw them out."

She paused her voice tight as she tried to keep a hold of her emotions. Emotions she hadn't felt in years. "You broke my heart Chibs. You were my first real love...I loved you more than anything on this planet and you completely obliterated my heart."

Chibs felt the guilt kick in full gear as he realized that Julie's eyes had begun to water with this statement.

He opened his mouth unsure of what to say, but wanting so badly to say something to stop her tears.

He had never been able to take her crying.

The pair was interrupted though by a tiny sleepy voice sounding from behind Julie's turned back. "Mommy."

Julie turned to face Gracie a shaky breath escaping her throat as she tried hard to smile through her obvious tears. "Hey little miss. What are you doing up?"

As Gracie peeked around her mother to stare at Chibs he felt his heart do a flip.

This little girl was the spitting image of Julie in all the photos Chibs had seen of Julie when she was a child.

Little Gracie was a tiny version of his Julie. He closed his eyes at the thought; she wasn't his anymore.

The little girl was staring up at him with wide frightened eyes. She was dressed in pink Hello Kitty pajamas clutching a little pink teddy bear.

Julie spoke her throat tightening up. "Let's get you back to bed sweet pea."

Julie turned to stare at Chibs the coldness in her eyes making his heart sink as she spoke. "I'm going to go put her to bed...Either you can stay and we talk like adults, or you can get the hell out "

She refused to look back at Chibs as she opened the door connecting the two rooms Adam and she had rented.

Gracie had been sleeping in the other bed in Adam's room so that Julie could work late at nights.

Gracie managed to climb into the center of the bed and scoot underneath the comforters and lie back.

Julie sat on the edge of the bed beside the girl and tuck her in, all while doing her best to regain control of her emotions.

She couldn't understand how Chibs could still get to her after a decade.

After all she'd assumed that she was completely over him.

Gracie stared up at her mother a frown on her face. "Who was that man?"

Julie took a deep breath trying to sound cheerful as she spoke. "An old friend baby."

"Why'd he make you sad? I heard yelling." Gracie asked the frown deepening.

Julie gave the girl a tight smile praying that Gracie didn't decide to bring up mommy's old friend who made mommy cry. "We just had a fight baby...sometimes friends don't agree and they fight. It's okay."

"Are you going to say sorry. Because you said when you hurt someones feelings you are supposed to say sorry?" Gracie asked snuggling her pink teddy bear closer.

"I will." Julie stated pressing a quick kiss to her daughter's forehead.

She spoke again quickly changing the subject. "Did you have fun visiting with Abel today?"

"Uh huh. He's sad though. He's sad because his mommy went away to heaven." Gracie mumbled her eyes growing heavy as she began to grow drowsy.

Julie felt her heart sink at these words. She took another deep breath struggling not to break down over this comment. "Maybe he could use a friend...I bet you and he could be good friends."

Gracie spoke again her voice sleepy. "I can visit him again right? He's nice."

"Of course you can. I bet Abel would really like that." Julie stated pressing a kiss to Gracie's head.

She smoothed back the girl's hair as she spoke again. "Now you get some sleep."


Chibs was locked in deep thought over what he'd just seen; Gracie.

The girl looked so much like Julie; she had her fair hair, her smile.

The realization made his heart ache. He had always pictured that Julie and he would start a family of their own someday.

It hit him hard that if he hadn't of screwed up everything with Julie that she and he would have probably had a family of their own by now.

He could easily remember the promise he'd made to Julie all those years ago; a promise of the family they were bound to have.

April 2000:

Chibs and Julie sat back resting on a blanket at Julie's favorite park.

Today was a hard day for Julie. It was the anniversary of her mother's death.

Julie always found herself at the park on this date. It had been the park where her mother had often taken her to play as a child.

Julie felt that visiting the park was the best way to pay remembrance to her mother. After all she imagined that her mom wouldn't want her sitting around the family mausoleum.

Marion would think that the graveyard was gloomy. She would want her only daughter in a bright place; a place full of life.

Chibs was surprised that Julie had asked him to join her today. Usually she wanted to spend this day all on her own.

He had tried to make the day nice at least; brought along some food and some wine.

The day had been quiet for the most part. Chibs had stood back; let Julie mourn her own way.

They had found themselves sitting under a shady tree off near the same playground. Julie had played on as a child.

Julie spoke her voice soft as she grew drowsy under the warm afternoon sun. "Thanks for coming with me today."

"Aye I'm glad I could come with ya today." Chibs remarked perfectly happy to hold her in his arms her back to his, his arms wrapped around her waist.

Julie spoke a bittersweet smile on her face. "I love this park...my mom used to take me here every Saturday afternoon...It was the only time we really had one on one time...Time away from my brothers."

Chibs chuckled softly at this comment. "Aye yer brothers give ya a hard time Jewel?"

"All the time...My mom was the only one who could keep any peace around the house." Julie explained her voice faltering at the end of this statement.

She paused for a brief moment her voice growing tight as she spoke again. "After she died the peace sort of went with her."

Chibs frowned not helping but to wonder what Julie's childhood was like after her mother had died.

He imagined it couldn't be easy with brothers like Jacob and David Hale, not to mention their father Jacob Sr.

At times he found it hard to believe that his Julie actually came from the Hale family.

What little he had experienced of the family was unpleasant and tense. Not to mention a little bit awkward given that David was a rising star on Charming's police force.

Julie spoke once again trying to hide the fact that it still made her feel a little weak to think of her mother, and how young she'd been when she had died so suddenly. "I always thought I'd take my kids to this park one day...you know keep the traditon alive."

"Ya want kids?" Chibs blurted out this statement catching him off guard.

They had never really discussed kids before, nor had they really discussed much about the future they wanted together.

They had simply been living in the present, enjoying the now.

Julie let out a soft sigh knowing that this conversation would come up eventually.

After all Chibs and she had been a couple for a little over a year now. It was probably high time to discuss the future.

"Yeah I want kids...I've always wanted to be a mom...What about you...I mean I know you have a daughter...Kerrianne, but would you ever want more kids." Julie remarked wondering if this was going to be some sort of big issue for Chibs.

She knew the entire tale of Chibs and the family he had lost. She knew all about Kerrianne. She knew that Kerrianne lived with her mother Fiona in Belfast with the man who had scarred Chibs' face before banning him from the IRA.

Julie knew that Chibs wasn't allowed to have any contact with Kerrianne. She imagined that it must be hard for him; being away from his daughter.

She wondered if this forced separation would be enough to push him from wanting more children.

She prayed it didn't. Having a family was an absolute goal for her. It wasn't something she could see herself compromising on.

She was shocked as Chibs spoke a soft laugh escaping his throat. "I've never really thought much bout it...when I was younger I didn't really think I'd ever become a da, then Kerrianne came along and I couldn't get enough of being her da."

He paused clearing his throat his body growing a bit tense. He spoke again the smile dropping from his face. "Losing Kerrianne and her ma bout killed me...I thought I'd never be complete again, but then ya came along and fer the first time I was actually fully livin my life...A big part of me is scared to have another child...to feel that love. I don't want to lose it."

Julie frowned her heart sinking at his words. She turned a bit to face him her lips brushing against his. She spoke her voice soft. "I would never hurt you Filip...if we had children I would never ever dream of keeping them from you. I promise."

Chibs gave her a small smile part of him wanting to tell her that she couldn't make promises like that. After all she couldn't predict the future.

He took a deep breath knowing that this wasn't the right response though. He nodded his head doing all he could to hide the doubt he felt. "I know love...I would never hurt you either."

He spoke again as she brushed her lips along his once again. "If havin children is important to ya then I wouldn't want to deny ya it."

Julie shook her head a small frown on her face. "I don't want you to have children with me only because I want it...I want you to have kids with me because you want it,"

Chibs sighed knowing that she had a good point. He pressed a kiss to her forehead a small smile on his face as he spoke. "Aye I know love...We would make some pretty cute wee ones...they'd have yer blonde hair and my dimples...they'd look like little angels...though they'd probably get my personality and yer hard headed tendencies so they'd be more like wee hellions in angels robes."

Julie smiled easily picturing the children he was describing. She could picture it perfectly in her mind; a little girl and a boy both blonde with their father's dark eyes and his personality down to a T.

He spoke again making Julie's heart do a flip. "Jus how many kids are ya plannin on squeezing out of me? Cause I'm not getting any younger love."

Julie burst out laughing a genuine smile on her face. "Men can reproduce till they drop dead. They don't have menopause like women...Maybe about three or four...I want a big family. I want a little farmhouse somewhere close to town...an old house that we can fix up together. I want to fill the house with kids and pets...my parents never let me have pets growing up. I always wanted a few cats though. We could have a nice backyard with a big swingset and Opie could build a treehouse for the kids...The house could have a huge garage where you can store your bikes and teach the kids about fixing up cars and bikes. I could plant a garden in the backyard; one just like my mother used to have; filled with organic veggies and huge sunflowers. Every Christmas we could buy a gigantic tree and make homemade decorations for it...we could have cookouts with all the guys from SAMCRO."

Chibs grinned loving this little idea.

He would make it happen he promised himself.

He would give Julie her big family; their big family.


He was pulled from this thought as Julie reappeared in the room her arms crossed obviously still livid over their argument just minutes earlier.

Chibs sighed knowing that she was right. He had broken her heart and in result had shattered all those plans they'd made.

He spoke up wanting to say anything to show that he was done fighting, to extend an olive branch.

"She looks like ya...Gracie...she looks jus like ya."

Julie raised an eyebrow shocked by this comment. She guessed that Chibs had taken her order to mature before she returned. "Yeah she does...I heard you're able to talk to Kerrianne now...I'm glad for you...I know it hurt you being away from her."

"Aye...she's about to turn eighteen...I visit her every few months...it's been hard to see her lately though...with all the club shite piling up on us." Chibs admitted his stomach in knots over just how much the club had changed in just the past year alone.

He was tempted to blurt out just what he'd found himself thinking these past few years; that if he'd had Julie around he wouldn't have felt as though the floor was being ripped out from under him every week.

He held this comment in knowing that it wasn't appropriate. He'd lost the right to say things like that to her,

"I'm sorry Jewel...I know I fucked up shite with us...I hurt ya, I know that. I've hated myself fer it fer years now. It was the one thing I promised I'd never do...hurtin ya. And I went ahead and did it. I was a righ bastard fer it." Chibs blurted out knowing that these were the words that needed to be said.

Julie frowned wanting to scold him for calling her Jewel. He'd been the only person who had ever called her that name, and she'd sworn to herself that if he ever tried to call her by that name again that she'd rip his spine out.

She was shocked that she didn't feel the need to snap at him though. In fact her heart lifted at the nickname.

Julie mentally slapped herself for the way her heart lifted. Chibs Telford wasn't allowed to make her heart lift like that.

Chibs spoke again his voice tight everything within him wanting to drop to his knees and beg her forgiveness not just for tonight, but for every wrong he'd ever committed against her. "I'm happy yer workin Jax's case...I wouldn't rather have anyone but ya defending him...Ya always have been one of the smartest women I know."

Julie widened her eyes shocked by this statement. "Thank you."

Before she had a chance to say anything more the door opened revealing the last man who probably needed to find his ex-wife's ex in her motel room.

Adam sent Chibs a quick glare before turning to Julie. "I got you some Thai..I know you didn't eat earlier when I took Gracie to get burgers...I know you like Thai when you're up working late...Chicken pad thai with extra lime and a diet coke."

Chibs cleared his throat resisting the urge to return Adam's glare. "I better get goin...ya should stop by Scoops tomorrow night...talk to the lads bout Jax's case."

Julie nodded her head astonished that she was almost reluctant to see him go.

Adam didn't speak until Julie and he could clearly hear the sound of Chibs' bike roaring down the road . "What was he doing here?"

"He came to ask about Jax's case." Julie lied taking the paper take out bag from Adam.

Adam let out a huff as Julie placed the bag on the wooden dresser. "Odd time of the night to pay a visit."

Julie rolled her eyes as she removed the styrofoam container containing her dinner from the bag along with some wooden chopsticks. "He's Jax's VP...and he's Jax's friend. He's worried."

"He's also your ex Jules." Adam remarked his voice a bit bitter.

He paused shaking his head. It seemed that he had never been able to escape the ghost of Chibs Telford.

"He hurt you Julie...He broke your heart. You told me that."

He paused again shaking his head seeing that Julie was doing her best to ignore him. "Just because we're divorced doesn't mean I'm not still allowed to care about you Jules...You're still my friend...we were friends long before we ever started dating...I care okay...I just don't want you to get hurt again."

Julie gave him a tight smile shaking her head. "Don't worry about me Adam. I'm fine."

Adam frowning knowing that Julie was lying. She wasn't fine. She had never been genuinely fine in all the years he'd known her.

She spoke again shaking her head. "You better check in on Gracie. Thanks for the dinner."

Adam let out a huff nodding his head.

He silently promised himself one thing. That if Chibs ever hurt Julie again, he would be there to break every bone in his body.


Julie stared down at her black converse her cell phone held up to her ear.

She was currently waiting on Adam to finish up Gracie's bath, so Gracie and she could go to breakfast before she had to start her day.

Julie had decided to give her dear friend Emma a call as she was waiting, but she was quickly realizing that making this call had been a grave mistake.

Emma spoke up her voice a bit shrill. "He stopped by your motel room?"

"He was upset about me keeping in contact with friends here...his brothers in the mc." Julie admitted rolling her eyes as Emma let out a huff.

"So you guys just fought?" Emma asked causing Julie to roll her eyes again.

"Yeah we had some things to sort out."

Emma spoke again sighing. "And?"

"And nothing. We're going to try to be civil with each other while I work this case." Julie replied crossing her legs trying to get comfortable on the lumpy bed.

Julie felt her stomach knot up as she spoke again knowing that Emma was always the one she went to in times like this; times of doubt. "He called me Jewel."

"And you didn't slap him?" Emma asked having heard enough of Julie's drunken pity parties at the beginning of their friendship to know that the Scot used to call her Jewel.

Julie took a deep breath shaking her head. "I couldn't do anything...I just...I'm confused. If you'd asked me a week ago I would have told you that I hate Chibs Telford...but now I'm just here and he's here and when he calls me Jewel my heart does this thing that it shouldn't do around him...I just, I don't know. My heart shouldn't have sung last night and it did."

Emma sighed easily coming to a decision. "I can call my supervisor and buy a plane ticket to Oakland. I can rent a car and drive the rest of the way."

"No...don't Emma...I'm just, I'm being ridiculous. I'm in a fragile state of mind and Chibs and I have a lot of good memories together despite the bad shit...Seeing him again, it's just that he's familiar so of course things are going to feel weird for me." Julie argued trying her best to stop Emma from whatever plan she'd hatched up to join her in Charming.

"That's bullshit Jules. I'm coming down there and helping you with this shit. I won't take no for an answer." Emma remarked not backing down for even a second.

Julie sighed shaking her head at this.

Just what had she gotten herself into?