The Return

Girls Day out

The next morning Happy woke to smell of bacon entering his senses, he walks downstairs into the kitchen, he sees Elena standing next to the stove.

"That smells good."

Elena jumps and quickly turns to face Happy. Her eyes take in his bare chest or rather how many little smiley faces were now tattooed along his rib cage. She knew exactly what they stood for, and for the first time she realised how involved in Samcro her brother really was. Elena her back on him and takes a deep breath to compose herself before carrying on as normal.

"Well figured that I owed you since I cut your night short last night, soooo I've made you egg, bacon, sausage well pretty much everything. So take a seat." Happy does as he was told. She places all the food on the table before she joins him.

"So you okay?"

"Yeah"

"So what was last night?"

"How do you mean?"

"Well I know that you didn't drink too much, so what made you want to leave?"

Elena didn't have to try and think of a lie, because the house phone started ringing, Elena quickly left the table to answer it. After about 5 minutes Elena returns.

"Who was that?"

"Gemma, wants to take me out for the day."

"You going?"

"Yeah. I should probably start getting ready" Elena grabs a slice of bacon before leaving the table, and placing a kiss on his head.

He watches her leave, hating the fact that once again she had managed to avoid his questions. He hates the fact that he didn't know what was going on in her life.

"ELLE GEMMA'S HERE" Happy shouts up the stairs.

"OKAY." Elena shouts back. Happy walks back into the kitchen.

"So how is she?" Gemma asks accepting the cigarette Happy was handing her.

"She's good"

"Does she seem a litt..."

"She's fine" Happy snaps. As much as he loved Gemma Elena is his sister which means her problems are for him to deal with and no one else.

"Okay, I take the hint, I'll back off" Both of them turn to face Elena who had now entered the room.

"Hey sweetheart, you look beautiful"

"Hardly" Gemma shakes her head at Elena's modesty. Even thought she was only wearing a pair of ripped jeans and a lose fitting white vest she really did look beautiful.

"You ready?"

"Yeap" Elena grabs her bag and gives Happy a kiss

"I'll call you later, maybe we could do something?"

"Sure, but I don't actually have a cell at the minute"

"Why?"

"Um..mine..I kinda broke it, but it's okay I'll try and pick up a pre-pay today"

The real reason she didn't have a phone was because she had thrown it away so that Dean couldn't get hold of her, but she couldn't really tell Happy that so again she lied.

"Pre-pay?" Gemma snaps, Happy turns to look at her. Gemma raises her hands in a surrendering motion "I'll meet you in the car."

"Why do you want to get a pre-pay?" Happy asks seriously

"Well I don't exactly have an income so at least this way I can pay when I can afford it." Elena shrugs

"So is that the only reason?"

"Yeah, why?"

"No reason" He walks over to her and places his hands on her arms. "So how does this sound. I'll get you a phone put in my name and the bill can come out of my account"

"I can't ask you to do that"

"Your not asking I'm offering"

"Thanks Hap, love you"

"Yeah me to" They hug each other, she kisses him on the cheek before she leaves the house.

Gemma pulls up outside a small shopping mall just outside of Charming. As they head towards the entrance Elena notices a red head girl standing in front of the doors.

"Is that Rachel?"

"Yeah, I asked her if she fancied joining us, is that okay?"

"Yeah...it's fine" Elena lied plastering on a fake smile as she looks at Gemma.

Elena wasn't fine, she really couldn't deal with Rachel today especially after last night. She didn't know what Jax had said to her after she had left. Elena knew that the scene Rachel had walked in on could have easily misinterpreted as something else.

"Elena" Rachel throws her arms around her catching Elena slightly of guard.

"Hey Rach" She pulls herself free from her grip.

Gemma and Rachel give each other a kiss before the three of them head into the mall. For some reason Elena felt slightly overwhelmed. Gemma and Rachel were getting along so well, and they were talking about things that Elena had no idea about. It became very clear to Elena that a lot of things had changed in 4 years and not just with her.

They were having lunch when Rachel excuses herself from the table. Gemma had noticed Elena hadn't been herself since they entered the mall, she had also noticed that although Rachel had been trying extremely hard with Elena, she was getting nothing back and Gemma didn't like that at least not without knowing why. So she decides to take advantage of Rachel's absence.

"So what's your problem with Rachel?" Gemma asks getting straight to the point as always.

"I don't have one" Elena replies shocked by Gemma's question

"Have I been that obvious" Elena thought to herself

"You can't lie to me. I know you have an issue with her. You were fine in the car then when we met Rach you completely changed, you got distant."

"I..didn't I don..."

"Is it because she's dating Jax?"

"What...No" Elena snaps completely caught off guard.

"I know you had a crush on Jax when you left"

"That was a stupid teenage crush, and how did you even know about that?"

"It was pretty obvious"

"Gemma I'm not interested in Jax"

"Good because Rach has been good for him and I don't want anything to ruin that"

"I get that"

"So what is it with you and her?"

"I don't know I mean she's changed, I've changed maybe we just aren't the same people we were before I left"

"Well you could at least try, because Rachel is a permanent fixture around here"

"Yeah so I'd noticed" Elena thought to herself.

Rachel appears back at the table. She could sense the tension between Gemma and Elena, Gemma leaves so that she could go and pay the bill, leaving Elena and Rachel together.

"So was everything okay last night?" Rachel asks taking a sip of her drink

"Yeah everything was fine. Why what did Jax say?"

"Nothing, just that you were a bit upset"

"Yeah, just weird being home"

"I know we haven't exactly been the best of friends over the past 4 years but we were best friends once. What I'm trying to say is that I am here if there is something you want to talk about."

Elena just nods at her, before turning her head away, she looks around the restaurant trying to see what was taking Gemma so long and to avoid Rachel's gaze.

"And about me and Jax, is it weird for you?" Elena quickly snaps her head back in Rachel's direction, she frowns at her. "I mean I now that you liked him"

"Yeah exactly Rachel LIKED, past tense." Elena snaps now fully pissed off with her

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you..." Rachel sees Elena rising from her seat "Where are you going?"

"Home I've had just about enough shopping for one day"

Gemma returns to the table and asks Rachel where Elena was. She lies and tells her that she had a phone call and had leave. Gemma knew straight away that this was a lie considering she had told Happy that morning that she didn't have a cell. Gemma was curious as to why Elena had left but more curious why Rachel was covering for her.

Elena was sitting in a cab she managed to get outside of the mall. She was still mad at Rachel and Gemma.

"God why does everyone think I'm in love with Jackson Teller, I am so not in love with him I had a stupid crush and that was it I was 16. Plus men are the last thing on my mind right now. Who is Rachel anyway, she thinks she knows me, she knows nothing about me. Stupid crow eater." Elena ranted to herself on the drive back to Charming

Happy pulls into Teller/Morrow, he notices Jax's bike already parked up. Happy looks around and sees Jax with Chibs in the work shop. He makes he way over to them.

"Hey Brother"

"Chibs" Happy turns to face Jax "Can I have a word... What happened to your face?"

Jax was now sporting a cut on the bridge of his nose and two black eyes.

"Nothing, just hit it on the door" Happy frowns at him not buying it, he knew a door didn't cause that damage.

"So, what can I do for ya?" Happy ushers Jax outside.

"How did you get on with Elle?"

"Oh, um al-right she didn't have a lot to say"

"Well did she anything? Something ain't right with her I'm worried"

"I think she's just finding it difficult to adjust, you know coming back here after 4 years things have probably changed a lot more than she had expected."

"Maybe" Jax could tell Happy was worried

"I'll try and talk to her again, is she home now?"

"Nah, Gemma took her out for the day...Listen thanks for trying anyway man."

They share a manly hug before Happy heads over to the clubhouse. Jax returns back to fixing the car with Chibs.

"Everything okay?" Chibs asks noticing the worrying look on Jax's face.

"Yeah" Jax lied.

Jax hadn't slept much last night, he couldn't stop thinking about Elena and the bruises on her wrists. Someone had hurt her and he wasn't going to stop until he killed the person who was responsible. But he had to be honest with himself that wasn't the only he couldn't stop thinking about Elena, he was taken aback on how grown up she had become, she had taken his breath away.

"But that was it right the reason she took my breath away was because she had grown up and I haven't seen her 4 years. Yeah that is defiantly it, it has to be she is Happy's baby sister and completely off limits." Jax thinks to himself as he continues working.