Chapter 7


Clay and the others showed up about ten minutes later. Wally walked to the back bedroom to check on Audrey. Before the guys had got there Happy caught Audrey lightly stabbing the man with her switch blade. Happy saw the nicks she had made and the rubbing alcohol by her side. "Mama, stop." he said and pulled the girl away. She persisted and after the third time he locked her in the closet.

"Where's my kid?" Wally asked watching as the men moved the attacker to the van. Luckily the apartment wasn't near any other buildings and it was close to midnight so even if they did have neighbors they wouldn't see anything. Happy walked back to the closet and pulled the chair away from the doors. "Really, Happy?" Wally growled. Flicking the light on. Audrey sat in the back corner her head against the wall.

"Lil bear?" Wally asked crouching down in front of his not so little girl. "That dirty fuck cut me and I don't have anything to fix it." She breathed not opening her eyes. "Where did he cut you baby girl?" Wally asked helping his daughter up. He stopped when he saw her bruised and swollen knuckles. She stood and he saw the the cuts along her hip bones. They weren't deep. But needed to be checked out in any case. Wally left to get Chibbs. Leaving Happy and Audrey staring at each other.

"Why didn't you say anything?" Happy asked looking at her hips. He felt like an asshole now for locking her in the closet. "Forgot about it. Hand me my bag please?" She requested pointing to her bag. He picked up the bags and set them beside her on the bed. She dug through the smaller one. "Here." She said handing him a small clear box. It was a travel size sewing kit but the thread was thicker than normal thread and the needle was bigger. "What do you want me to do?" Happy asked as the redhead laid on her back and stretched her arms over her head. He realized that the box was a stitching kit. Before he could say anything; Chibbs, her father, and Gabe walked in the room. Happy handed the kit over to Chibbs who looked over his glasses at the battered young woman.

"Let's get this done." She said clapping her hands together and looking at Chibbs who nodded. Audrey scooted down the bed so she was laying back on the bed with her feet resting on the floor. Her legs bent a perfect ninety degree angle. "Want anything to drink?" Gabe asked sitting by her head. She gave him a dark look and turned her head away from him. Chibbs started stitching. the action caused Audrey to clench her jaw. She grabbed her phone and started going through it. In order to distract herself form what she was feeling. "Dee don't be mad, please." Gabe pleaded quietly to the girl.

Her jaw clenched and a a tear slid down her freckled cheek. "We're good. You don't have to be here." She muttered coldly, typing away on her phone. She stopped after a moment and looked at him. "Actually you and dad can go deal with that guy with everyone else. Chibbs and I will be fine." She said clearing her throat steeling herself not to cry. She was more hurt that Gabe was fucking around with some bitch instead of coming to her rescue. Wally, Chibbs, and Gabe looked up at her. "You sure?" Wally asked she nodded and looked away when Chibbs started stitching again. When they reached the door Gabe looked back. Hearing her mutter something about him getting his dick wet.


Clay rounded up the guys leaving just Opie and Chibbs. Opie sat on the couch in the living room as Chibbs finished up Aubrey's stitches. "Not much of a talker huh?" Opie heard Chibbs say. It was his third attempt at getting the girl to talk. She hadn't said a word since her father and brother left. Didn't make a sound when he was stitching her. To say he was put off by it was an understatement. "Not tonight, anyways." Was Audrey's response. Chibbs chuckled. "I have that effect on the ladies." Chibbs tried to joke. He was met with a grunt. Chibbs told her about the aftercare of the stitches and Opie heard her murmur thank you before seeing Chibbs walk through the house and out the door, nodding to Opie as he went.

He heard shuffling and saw Audrey emerge in light grey sweat pants that were slung low on her hips so that they wouldn't rub against the stitches and a dark blue crop top. Her hair was in a messy bun on the top of her head. She had her thumbs hooked in the corner of her pockets. He cleared his throat to get her attention. Audrey looked up and nodded to him before reaching into the freezer. She shut the door and now was holding a big bottle of tequila. She nodded back to him before disappearing back into her room.

Opie got off the couch and followed into her room. He leaned against the door way. Audrey was sitting with her back against the head board drinking out of the bottle of tequila. There was some cartoon on the tv. She looked from the tv over to him and held out the bottle to him. "Want some?" She offered shaking the bottle a little bit. Opie pushed himself off the door frame and walked over to the bed his eyes never leaving her face.

He took his kutte off and his boots. Laying the kutte on the dresser and his boots in front of it. He turned to the girl who was watching him with a raised eyebrow. "You alright?" He asked after taking the bottle and sipping some of the tequila. The girl sighed and shrugged as he sat down beside her. "Sorry about the other day." Opie said glancing at the tv then back to Audrey. Her eyes were fixed on the tv she was smiling and quoting line for line with the show. She looked over to him and shrugged again. "Gabe said you never dated a Son." Opie said watching her closely.

The girl nodded "Was with someone til a couple months ago." She said muttered sipping the tequila. "What did I do wrong?" She asked quietly she picked at a fuzzy on her pants. "Just kinda pissed me off." She rolled her eyes. "I asked you to lunch that shit goes both ways. I took the initiative. It would have made me uncomfortable if I didn't tip." Opie looked over at the girl. "Well, next time just let me take care of it." Opie said. He watched as his words registered with the girl, she looked up at him and smirked.

"Who says there'll be a next time, pal?" The redhead asked raising her eyebrow at him. Opie chuckled and got more comfortable on the bed. "I do." Her smile got bigger and her big green eyes seemed to twinkle in the low light of the room. "We'll see about that, Opie." She said. Turning her attention back to the cartoon. "Nope, its happening." The man said his hands brushing hers. "Some one is confident." She stated watching him pull his beanie off and lean his head against the head board. He smirked and closed his eyes. Audrey watched him for a little while longer before turning her attention back to the tv.

"Are you sure you're okay?" He asked looking sideways at her. The girl gave him an annoyed look. "Said I was, didn't I?" She asked her eyes going back to the tv. "Yeah but that's still some heavy shit, Audrey." He said softly. She didn't respond and turned her attention back to the cartoon. Opie leaned against the girl to get her attention. She glanced at him for a second but didn't say anything. They sat in silence for a while. Audrey rested her head against the headboard and closing her eyes. She breathed deeply before opening them again and focusing on the tv. Opie held her hand his thumb brushing against her bruised knuckles. He leaned slouched down and started fidgeting earning a glare or two from the gorgeous redhead beside him. he wanted her to talk to him Tell him what was going on in that pretty little head of hers.

She undid his bun and ran her hands through his hair. "Who said you could touch my hair?" Opie asked looking back up at the girl. "I was taking the initiative." She said watching the tv. Opie sat up a little. "Didn't that get you in trouble recently?" Audrey smiled "hush this is my favorite part." She turned her attention back to the tv.

She bit her lip and laughed. "MOOlissa." She chuckled smiling at the show. She covered her mouth as she laughed and pulled her hair out of its bun he watched the girl. It was almost like she forgot he was there. Like the previous event of the night had been just a bad dream or something. She laughed as the cartoon girl said,"Daddy's a bad... bad man." All the while playing with his hair; her finger tips lightly scratching at his scalp. Opie tugged on the ends of her hair. She looked down at him. "What?" She smirked. ".

Someone behind them cleared their throat. "Glad you're feeling better." Gabe said snidely. She flipped him off glowering at him. "Don't you have a couple whores to get back into?" She growled looking past Opie to her brother. "Whatever hoe." He said turning away from the pair and walked through the apartment. Audrey climbed off the bed beside Opie and went after her brother catching him before he got on his bike."You're really going to be an asshole to me, when I needed you and you were too busy being knee deep in some whore?" She asked tugging on his arm. Gabe looked over his shoulder sighing when he saw tears in the girls eyes. "You didn't need me, here."She wiped the tears away frowning. "I was scared Dean Gabriel. And I did. I ddi need you he tried to fucking rape me and I needed you here." Gabe hung his head at the use of his full name and what she said. "I'm sorry, Audrey." He pulled the girl to him hugging her tight. The girl started crying as soon as she was in his arms.

After a few minutes she stepped away from her brother wiping away her tears with the sides of her hands. "So, Opie huh?" She laughed and shook her head.
"Shut up, loser." They walked in to the house and saw Opie on the couch tying his boots up.

"You're bleedin." He said pointing at Audrey. She looked down frowning."The stitches popped and its swollen." Audrey said looking at the cut.
"He probably used his own the dissolvable stitches." Gabe said squatting to get a better look at the cuts. "Did you tell him allergic to those?" He asked walking to the bedroom to get her little sewing kit.

He had given it to her a while ago along with another emergency kit just for in case purposes. he got this stuff for her because this girl could get hurt chewing gum. she was a clumsy and awkward. It was worse when she was a teen. At that time she reminded him of a of Great Dane puppy clumsy as all hell. Tripping over her feet not having any spacial awareness whatsoever. Once he saw her standing and texting and she just fell over right out of the blue just plop on her ass.

Gabe shook his head and headed back out to the living room with the emergency kit and the sewing kit in each hand. He stopped seeing Opie and Audrey talking. Audrey was laughing at something Opie said her smaller hands were in his playing with them. Gabe narrowed his eyes at the sight. She didn't need some asshole pushing up on her. She was smiling brightly at the man. Gabe watched the interaction carefully and cleared his throat.

"Needle or glue?" He asked setting each kit in front of her. "Don't matter to me." Gabe rolled his eyes. She was hella indecisive too. "Fine. Glue. I'll take the glue." She said.

Opie watched the pair smiling. They bickered like siblings even though they weren't. Opie thought it was pretty funny and wondered if that was the kind of relationship he would've had with his sister if she had stuck around. But probably not, right? Everyone is different. Audrey wasn't exactly raised around the club. He and his sister was; but Mary always had shit to say about his dad and the club. Always bitching about something Piney was doing. Audrey made it seem like her mom wasn't like that but who really knew so maybe she would have had a different relationship with Wally if her mom hadn't taken her from him. Opie got the feeling her mom only took Audrey and her sister way for safety reasons.

Opie was pulled out of his train of thought by the sound of arguing in front of him. "Pinch me one more time you god damn mother fuck." Opie looked back to the pair. Audrey was swatting and pulling away from the larger tattooed man. Who was trying to glue her cut back together.
"You can't even swear right. Shut up an let me do this." He snapped at the woman.

She slapped his hands away from her injuries growling at her brother. "Opie grab her god damn hands so I can do this and get on with my life." Audrey gave Opie a murderous look and squinted at him. "All I need to do is glue it and put those butterfly bandages on it. Why are you being so damn difficult?" Gabe complained Audrey rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. She was choosing to be quiet.

Gabe gave his sister a withering look and started fixing her cuts. Five minutes later he was done. The cuts were glued and bandaged the best they could be. When he was done, Gabe stood and checked his phone. "Clay and Wally want you back at the clubhouse. Then you're going to Clay's til they can figure out the best place to put you. Go pack your things." Gabe half expected Audrey to fight with him on this decision. Being told and ordered around wasn't something she took lightly to at all. But the redhead nodded and left the room to pack.

Once she was gone Gabe glowered at Opie. "She doesn't need to be locked the fuck down. Don't go near her anymore. I told you that shit about her so you would get your head out of your ass. It wasn't a pass to go at her. She just got attacked and you're pushing up on her? What the fuck?" Gabe growled advancing towards the younger man.

In reality Opie wasn't that much younger than Gabe was; Opie was twenty-nine but it didn't matter to him. She didn't need to fall back into some dumb fuck relationship or fuckship or whatever dumb fuck thing they were thinking about starting up. She needed to figure her shit out, go back east and finish school. She was too good to be anyone's old lady. Locked down to a life of obeying and playing house.

"I like her man. I think something could be there. Just want to get to know her, man." Opie said simply trying to defuse the quickly heated conversation.

"That is my baby sister, asshole. Not figuratively, not metaphorically but literally. She is literally my baby sister and here you are trying to get you're fucking dick wet. She doesn't need your shit. Or the club shit. She needs to go back home and finish school. Not be here with you fucking mackin or getting it in." Gabe growled his disapproval and balled his hands into fists the more he thought about it.

"Why don't you let her decide that?" Opie said curtly. Stepping up to the overly tattooed biker. Before Gabe could respond, Audrey came back out with her bags draggin it behind her.
With the cuts on her side and hip she wasn't able to or wasn't willing to lift anything just in case the the cuts opened up again. She looked up to see Gabe and Opie nose to nose.

"Dean?" She spoke softly looking from one man to the other concerned by their proximity to each other. Gabe stepped back and took the bags from the girl. He gave Opie one hard look before guiding the girl outside. Opie followed locking up the place knowing the prospects would probably be there soon to clean the place up.