Chapter 4
Dinner Party

They finally arrived at Gemma and Clay's house. A bunch of Harleys already parked outside in the garage. Magz hopped off from the bike as Juice parked his Dyna. She unclasped her helmet and waiting for him. Soon after they walked inside together and Gemma greeted them as they walked in. "What took you so long?" She pouted as she kissed her daughter. "I thought you're gonna help me cooking."

"Sorry Mom, going somewhere first with Juice," she explained.

"Juice?" she raised one of her eyebrows and glanced at Juice who right behind Magz.

"Hi Gem!" greeted Juice.

"Hi sweetheart," Gemma leaned closer to kissed his cheek. "Come get your butts to the table. Everyone's already here and dinner almost ready!" They walked to the dining room while Gemma back to the kitchen, preparing the rest of the meals with the help of the croweaters.

"Heyyy, here come our resident celebrity!" Tig raised both of his hands when he saw Magz. Juice just chuckled seeing his brother as he took a seat next to Chibs.

"Where's Opie and Donna?" asked Magz when she saw everyone was already sitting on the table except the two of them.

"Umm… Opie wants to spend time with the kids," said Jax followed by weird expressions from the guys. There must be something going on between Opie and the MC, but she didn't ask them any further. She knew not to be nosey about it.

"Sit with me, Magz! Come here sit with Uncle Tiggy."

There was no chair left and she sat next to Tig. "Are you really wanting me to call you uncle? I can call you that," she played her eyebrows. "Or maybe, Grandpa? Whatever you prefer, as long it's not daddy," she made a shuddering gesture making everyone's laughed.

"You know Magz, I'm totally open to anything," he smirked. "But I don't do little girls like you. No, doll. No"

"I'm not a little girl," I replied.

"So you'd do me?"

"Ew no!" she answered, followed by laughter from the guys.

"Tig will do anything, lass. Trust me! Even a corpse," said Chibs, making Juice and him laughing to each other.

"A sexy corpse," corrected Tig. "The stiffness. The coldness. There is something about it, man." Tig closed his eyes, must be imagining things that Magz didn't want to know.

"Enough with your kinky boys. Dinner is served!" Shouted Gemma proudly as she took a very big plate full of roast beef.

"Smells great, Gemma!"

"Thanks, Bobby," she smiled at him. "Now let's dig in! Plates!" They all then passed their plates around, giving it to Gemma so she could portion them equally. The house filled with laughter and felt so warm. Magz totally misses this feeling so much. The way the guys cracked jokes to each other, then her Mom snapped at them for being too loud. She smiled while looking to every each one of them until her eyes locked to Juice, who gave a half smile to her as he munched his roasted veggies, making her blushed in no reason.

"So Magz," talked Clay. "How was your life back in Philly?"

"Aye Maggie-girl, tell us something about it," told Chibs.

"Yeah yeah Magz, tell us about the strip club you were working," Tig teased, making Magz rolled her eyes and everyone laughed at it.

"Heard you were going to college? A Little bird said you went to one of the Ivy Leagues," continued Clay.

She almost choked on a bite of chunky potato when he mentioned it, "Ivy League!? No no, I'm not going to that top score school, not even close."

"But they saw you hang around with some Penn students," continued Clay.

"They?" she lost. "What do you mean by them?" Her heart skips a beat. Worrying about how they knew about all of these.

"I hired a PI to track you down right after you left. He found you three months afterward," answered Gemma.

"A PI!?" she shouted in shock.

"Sorry! I'm just worried, ok!" She quickly added after she saw Magz's face turned sour. "Don't worry I'm not stalking you, baby. It stops in a week. Clay forced me. Besides, it takes a lot of cash. I called it off when I know you're safe and sound there."

There was a sound of relieved coming from her. She was afraid the MC knew about her secret. "So you hang out with upper-level kids?" Asked Jax trying to lighten me up. He probably thought she was scared if Gemma knew about her being locked up, but it was not because of that. Magz squeezed her own palm so hard yet she didn't feel hurt. She kept staring down to her plate, playing with the carrots. "Magz!" Jax called her again.

"What?"

Jax wheezed, "are you ok? I'm asking if you really hang out with those kids?"

"Oh that… Umm, well, it's a long story,"

"Come tell us something. Humor this old guy, will ya?" Said Piney from across the table.

"Come on I wanna hear it too," said Juice excitedly.

"Well, ok uhm..." she clear her throat. "A month after, you know, I ran. I was already running out of money. And one day when I went to a bar where college kids like to hang out. That night there was this uhm..." she stopped.

"Wet t-shirt challenge?" added Tig and they all stared at him. "What!? That's what college kids do, right?"

"The bar filled with students, and they were having this some kind of game competition. Whoever stands until the end will get a lot amount of cash. I was running low so I jumped right in. I didn't know how, but I beat, what they called the best gamer among them." The guys knew Magz was a nerd. She spent time in her bedroom playing video games when she wasn't out there causing trouble. In the other hand, Magz didn't want to sound like a nerd not when Juice was listening. She usually not care about other people think about here, but don't know this time it was different. She took a bite of her food, munched and swallowed it before continue again. "I went home with great cash in my pocket but three guys approached me on my way home." Jax's expression changed. "No, no, nothing happened. Turned out they offered me something."

"Become a stripper?" Joked Tig. Again.

"Tig, stop, please. We heard enough," said Bobby, but he just shrugged making everyone chuckled.

"They want me to join their crew."

"Crew? Like an MC?" joked Clay, followed by a light slap on the back from Gemma.

"No," she laughed. "They want me to join their gaming team," she paused.

"You nerd!" shouted Tig. Tig was always teasing her every time she mentioned how much she enjoyed playing video games when she was a kid. So it wasn't surprised for her that Tig would bring it up again.

"Continue," said Piney.

"They wanted to attend an annual gaming competition but one person short because one of them bailed them out to join another team. They said if we won, they would fairly split the prize money."

"And did you join them?" Asked Juice. "I mean the prize can be up to six figures, right!?" He sounded so excited now, making Magz not shy to talk about it.

"Million dollars!" Shouted Tig again.

"Six figures, Tig." Corrected Juice.

"A million dollars! Wow!" Tig kept saying it. Juice and Magz just shook our head and made a circle on the side of his head as he pointed to Tig making her laugh. "Wait! Is that for real?" asked Tig and she nodded.

"Yeah totally legit, man! Call of Duty shit. That EA sports game. You should check it out!" Answered Juice. "And then?" He moved his body forward onto the table. Totally made her smile seeing his attention to her story.

"I said no at first, but they were persistent. So I thought why not. Nothing to lose, right? We hang around a lot. They basically became my first friends back there. A few months later we joined the competition and..."

"You won!" Juice yelled, and Magz nodded in satisfaction.

"So you got that quarter of a million dollar in your pocket now?" Asked Clay.

"Oh! Ah uhm... Nah. Not anymore. Gone in a second. Big spender. Stupid me," She faked a smile and followed by disappointed faces from the guys. There was a reason all of her money gone so quickly. Magz was not a type of girl who spends a lot of money on things. Jax knew it for sure, that's why he and Opie always came to her when they need the money back in high school because Magz just saved it and not interested in buying fancy things for herself. So that was kind odd for Jax when he heard his sister spent quarter a million dollar in just a few years.

"Is that why you back to Charming?" asked Gemma.

"Yes, she's broke," Jax answered the question for her when Magz suddenly uncomfortable with it. She silently eyeing Jax, thanked him for covering her and not telling their Mom about the jail time.

The rest of dinner was filled with conversation about the MC and Tig's antics for the past weekend. After dinner, Magz helped Gemma cleaning all the dishes before she went to the front porch enjoying a bottle of beer while the rest of the guys were hanging out in the back yard with Gemma keeping them company.

"Hey!" Juice showed up from the front door. "Is it ok if I join?"

"Sure," she answered as she hopped and sat on the fence.

"Refill?" He offered her another bottle but she politely declined, showing him that the bottle was still half full. "So..." He started making a conversation. "You're a gamer?" He smirked.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, such a total nerd. I get that a lot," she sipped her beer.

"Woah, trust me it's not an insult. I mean, I do play myself. Like a lot. When no club's business happened."

She chuckled, "so you're saying big ass biker is also a nerd?"

"You don't believe me? I have an iPod dock on my bike. Sounds nerd enough?"

"Nope!"

"I got my things installed in my dorm at the clubhouse. Come try and beat me," now he made a devilish grinned and twitching his eyebrows.

"Is that a challenge?"

"Yeah!" answered Juice.

"And what will I get if I beat you?"

"Anything you want," answered Juice. "As long as it's in my budget," he corrected when Magz was grinning.

"Aw, I was thinking about getting a yacht!" Both of them laughed. "And if you won?"

"I think I have in mind that you can give it to me," he told.

"And what is that?"

"It's a secret, you'll know when you lose." He hopped off the fence and now was standing right in front of her with his hands placed in between her. "So what do you say?" His face moved closer, making her leaned back in nervousness, but her grip on the fence slip and made her almost fell back to the ground if Juice didn't pull her over to him. Next time she knew her body fell onto Juice.

"S-sorry..."

"You and your clumsiness. I can accept that," he laughed.

A second later Jax came out, "hey! What you guys doing!?"

"Nothing," she quickly answered him. "I fell off."

"Get up!" Jax took her hand and pulled her to her feet. "I head back to the club, I'll drop you off my house."

"I can give her a lift home," offered Juice. "If it's ok with you..." He added after Jax eyed him closely.

"You ok going home with Juice?"

"Yeah, of course."

"Ok, I leave my sister with you. If I see any scratch on her body tomorrow, I know who I'll be looking for," teased Jax. "See you later, darlin'!" He kissed her cheek before he went home.

"You also wanna head back?" Asked Juice after everyone left the house, leaving only Tig and Chibs who stayed watching sports match on TV with Clay and Gemma.

"Let me say bye to my Mom, first." She walked inside to meet Gemma, who was in the living room snuggled with Clay on the sofa. Tig and Chibs sat on the couch next to them. "Mom."

"Yes, baby?"

"I'm going home now before the clock strikes twelve and my chariot turns into a pumpkin," I joked around, which not funny 'cause nobody's laughing.

"Tiggy, why don't you ride Magz home?" Tig stood up from his seat right after Gemma asked him.

"No Mom, I'm going home with Juice." She glanced back at Juice who stood behind her.

"Going home with Juice?" Her face showed a question mark.

"He'll drop me off at Jax's, Mom."

"Ok! Goodnight sweetie. Love you!" Gemma gave her a hug and kisses. "You better take her home safe, ok baby?" She told Juice.

"Always Gem," he answered with a smile.

They headed to the garage and were ready to hit the road when suddenly she heard Tig whistled from the front door. "Juicy-boy!" Chibs shouted and winked at them.

"Shut up guys!" Shouted Juice back at them. "Just ignore them!" He said to her. "You ready?" She wrapped her arms around him and nodded.

"She's so ready Juicy!" Tig shouted again, followed by a howled.

"Fuck you both!" Magz raised her middle finger making them laughed in response to her annoyance.

Usually, she just threw it away when someone's teasing her like that but not this time. She felt ashamed and say no word during their ride to Jax's. She stole a glance at him from the rear mirror and sometimes he caught, and then she just hid away. Her heart raced and she was just hoping it didn't explode.

Growing up with the MC turned Magz into a boyish girl. She dressed up more like Jax than her Mom. She adored her older brother, and same adoration goes to Opie. She wished she could be a member of SAMCRO but it would never happen. She didn't have a lot of girl friends. Well, actually she didn't have one. She didn't mind. Too much drama anyway. She only friends with boys, playing basketball, and went to an arcade. But it was kind of a struggled when she became a teen. Boys were too afraid to be around her since Jax and Opie were too protective over her.

The members of the MC were the only people she knows, but they were way older than her. Jax and Opie were the ones around her age and they weren't considered as friends. She accepted the fact that maybe she would never have a love life like any other girls. Every time a guy tried to get close to her, it was all because they want an invitation to be a hang-around. Didn't know how many guys had been kicked out by Jax from the clubhouse because of that.

Until one day this dumb cocky spiky blonde hair guy visited the mother charter. He was older than Magz. Older than Jax. Somehow they spent too much time together during his stay. She started to show her feminine side, which she never showed it before. She thought she finally would have her own story. Silly teenage dream until one day she saw him getting busy with a crow-eater. She snapped. She flipped out. She went furious saying that he cheated on her but he just said a simple answer. Said she was just a kid and he had no interest in her.

It caused another wound to an already broken soul. From that day she promised herself not to get involved with any bikers anymore. Then she remembered about John Teller. Should've learned that from the beginning when her old man started to make Gemma sad. She was too young to remember everything but she knew her Mom was such a wrecked because of JT. But now this stupid silly guy with a funny haircut made her stomach tingling.

She was too caught up with her own mind, not noticed that they've already arrived at Jax's. Juice stopped his bike and she hopped off. "Thanks for the ride." She handed him the helmet that she used.

"Anytime," he gave a little smile. "Sorry about Tig and Chibs, they can be out of their minds."

"I know," she nodded.

They were staring at each other in silence, and she hated this awkwardness. Juice didn't do anything either. Both of them were just awkward to one another. He didn't take off and back home immediately. He just sat on his bike. Juice was mistaking her for a crow-eater and every time he remembered it, he just wanted to throw himself over a well. It was embarrassing. Besides she was Jax's sister, Gemma's daughter, and Clay's stepdaughter. Juice didn't want to mess things up but he couldn't help the same feeling like Magz felt right now.

"See ya!" She told him breaking the silence as she walked to the door.

"Hey!" He called and she turned around. "Uhm so I will see you tomorrow?" He asked and she nodded giving him a smile. "We still have a deal to work for, remember?" He suddenly gave Magz a wide smile.

"Oh yes, the game deal!" she chuckled.

"Ok!" He started his bike. "Goodnight."

"Night!"

There's a reason why I write about Magz's life back when she was in Philly.
Will be revealed in one or two next chapters (depends on my brain lol).

Thanks to everyone who follows this fanfic. I really appreciate it.
Sorry if the chapter kinda boring, I promise the following chapters will be better.