Lucky You Have Me
Chapter Four
Walking into Jake's Jason spotted Carly playing pool with Johnny Zacchara. He shook his head when he realized that she was flirting with the young guy. What was Johnny? 25?
Fuck.
Carly could sure stir up trouble without half trying. She just didn't care that she had started more mob skirmishes than Jason could count just by being hot as all hell. It took years to get rid of Alcazar and Jason didn't like the idea of having a Zacchara on Carly's tail now.
But it wasn't his call who she slept with next. For tonight though she was gonna shoot pool with Jason and not get herself into a new mess before she got out of the old one.
Jason walked over and gave Johnny a cold stare. Then he held out his hand. Johnny handed over his pool cue.
Carly simply smirked.
Johnny smiled at her. "Guess we'll take this up later."
She waggled her fingers at him. "Bye now."
Johnny chuckled and looked down before turning, grabbing his jacket off a nearby chair, and walking out.
After Johnny was gone Jason asked "Lag for it?"
She made a show of moving to the end of the table and leaning over as she took her shot. Jason shook his head at her antics and tried to ignore how sexy she was. He was always trying to ignore that.
(Some things we don't talk about.
Rather do without
and just hold a smile.
-
Falling in and out of love,
ashamed
and proud of,
together all the while.) (Never Say Never by The Fray)
Most of the time what worked best was telling himself she had a man at home and it wasn't him. But now she didn't.
Now she was going home with him. But he wasn't the type to pretend that meant they were gonna hook up or make love or be a perfect family unit without any outsiders messing it up. He knew better. He learned the hard way a long time ago.
(You can never say never.
Why?
We don't know when.
-
Time and time again.
Younger now than we were before.)
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Carly came to Jake's to remind herself who she was before she got on this roller coaster.
Before she slept with Sonny and went through years of ups and downs. So many crazy times. Some that were great and some that nearly wrecked her. Before she met Alcazar and before she met Jax. Before she married either man and tried to start over again. Before she failed so many times.
She just wanted to remember the feeling of having a fun that wouldn't be followed by pain. Johnny had been helping her do that. He was the only decent guy around that night.
Her kind of guy. Someone in the business who got it.
Standing near the doorway was his gaurd, Niko, and though he was all right he wasn't Max and he really didn't have much of a sense of humor. Plus he was deathly afraid of Jason and wouldn't dare play pool with Carly when he was there to gaurd her. So Carly had to find someone else.
When Jason walked in and saw her with Johnny he gave her a look at said: You got to be kidding me? Don't give me a headache with this shit.
And that made her want to laugh. He always tried to stay out of her love life the best he could but he had opinions, don't let him fool you, and most of them were that she never picked the right man. Well she wasn't into Johnny anyway- he used to date her little cousin Lulu, come on now- but it had all been worth it to get Jason riled up.
She just might call Johnny again one day down the road and make Jason freak a little. Get him to tell her to watch herself and not start some mob war over sex. Like she would do that. That was so ten years ago.
Right now she was all about making a good life for herself and her boys. And that meant finding a way for her heart to heal from losing her hope that Jax was the right man for her. It also meant hanging tight to Jason.
He'd get her through any storm.
(Don't let me go.
Don't let me go.
Don't let me go.
Don't let me go.
Don't let me go.
Don't let me go.
Don't let me go.
Don't let me go.
Don't let me go.)
XXXXXXXXX
They finished their game of pool and then ordered some beers. Carly told him "The furniture is coming in the morning so I was thinking you could take off a few hours to help-"
"Fine."
She lit up. "Really?" she asked, excitedly, as she rubbed his arm.
"Fine," he said, raising both eyebrows. "I want you and the boys to feel comfortable at my place for as long as you're there."
"So you're not counting the seconds till I find a new house or calling real estate agents for me? Cause if you do remember that I want the best."
He grinned a little. "Yeah, I'm sure that goes without saying."
"Thank you for letting us move in with you."
"Stay for as long as you need."
"Forever?"
"You won't need to forever."
She just smiled and drank her beer. Her eyes were all lit up in a look that said she had plans forming in her head. Jason eyes held hers with a joking warning look before he took a drink of his beer.
(Picture
you're the queen of everything
as far as the eye can see
under your command
-
I will be your guardian
when all is crumbling.
Steady your hand.
-
You can never say never.
Why?
We don't know when.
-
Time, time and time again.
Younger now then we were before.
-
Don't let me go.
Don't let me go.
Don't let me go.)