Chapter 7
Disputed Point

Magz was making coffee at the kitchen when Gemma and Clay got out from their bed, kissing each other. Gemma noticed Magz first and approached her, "Morning, baby."

"Morning, Mom," she greeted her back. "Coffee? Black, less sugar?"

Gemma nodded as she grabbed her favorite mug from the cabinet, "oh you still remember my taste. I'm impressed."

"Well, who will forget about it when you kept complaining to me every time I gave you a wrong one? 'Maggie, black and less sugar. Magz, I want black. Margareth, what did I tell you, it's less sugar'. I surely gonna remember that." Gemma pouted as she pinched Magz's cheek. Clay was laughing from the dinner table when he heard Magz comment about Gemma. "Clay, you wanna coffee too?" she asked.

"Sure, darl'," answered Clay as he read the newspaper that Magz placed earlier on the dining table. Both women walked to the dining room and Magz gave the coffee to Clay before she took a seat across Gemma. "How was your sleep?" Asked Clay.

"Great. Never better. I don't know I still fit in in my little bed. I forget how comfortable it was." She smiled at him.

"Glad to hear that," said Clay.

Magz didn't feel like staying at her Mom's house. A lot of terrible things happened in that house. Especially when she walked into the bathroom. She didn't really remember what happened on that day, but every time she walked passed the door, it gave chills throughout her body. She was ok when she came to the dinner party a couple days ago, but stay the night in this house felt different. Besides, live back with her Mom made it feel real. She didn't want to ruin things up again, but it'd be hard when the people she made a deal with were still under her skin. No matter how much she kept telling herself that everything would be just fine, she still couldn't shake it away.

"Have you talk to Jax about the break-in?" Asked Magz to Gemma.

Gemma wanted Magz to stay at her place because she almost got hurt at Fun Town, and yesterday Gemma went to Jax's house to give some home supplies and decorating Abel's room, there she found someone broke into Jax's house and pissing at her grandson's bedroom. That was it, she took Magz's belongings and brought it back to her place whether she likes it or not.

"I did last night. Your brother said he will take care of it," replied Gemma.

"Any idea who did it?"

"No clue," answered Clay. "And that son of a bitch better pray to keep himself safe from the club."

"Someone who hates the club?" She asked.

"I don't think so. Seems like it was just a stupid dick jealous at your brother. Probably because he tapped on their girlfriends," laughed Clay.

Magz tried to laugh but honestly, she was kind of worry. What kind of sick person would do a nasty thing like that to a baby's bedroom? "When are you going back to Jax's house, Mom?"

"Later this morning. Why?"

"Can I come? I can help you clean up, so I can go back to stay there."

"Hey Magz, you can stay here as long as you like. I don't mind. Besides, it's good to have a daughter in this house," Clay smiled at her. "Ok?"

"Ok..."

"And there's something I want you to see in the garage," told Clay as he got up from his seat. Magz followed him behind in confusion. She looked at Gemma and she just gave her a big smile. Clay bent down to opened up the garage door while Magz waiting for him. As soon as the garage was wide opened, she saw a red shiny polished Mustang. Her mouth opened and her eyes widened.

"Is that... Is that your first car, Mom?"

Gemma nodded, "Clay took initiative and told me if we could fix the car when you came back. And I... Well, we want you to have it."

She looked straight back to Clay and Gemma just to saw he was showing her the dangling key between his fingers. "What!? No! Na ah! I can't take it."

"You can, and you will!" Clay handed her the car key. "I've never given you anything. Accept this as a gift from me. Well, from us," he glanced at Gemma. Magz hesitated but Clay kept pushing the key to her. All Clay wanted was taking his stepdaughter's heart. He never did things like this, never for Jax.

Magz slowly took the car key and staring it down in her hand before looking back at Clay, "thank you!" She hugged him.

"See, I told you a daughter is better than a son," chuckled Clay to Gemma, making her rolled her eyes.

A second later, Magz felt her cell phone buzzing from her pocket. Her feeling suddenly changed. The ringing cell phone was the one from Jax, while the buzzing phone was the cell phone she wished she could throw it off and never bugging her life anymore.

"S-sorry I have to go the bathroom," she left back inside in a rush, and lock the bathroom door before answering the call.

"You're an hour late," the man said. "I said I want you to check-in every day, at the same time."

"I know. I... Umm," she stuttered. "I can't talk right now," she whispered a low as possible.

"They will arrive tomorrow. You better not run!" Threatened the man.

"No! No, you can talk to me in public. I will..."

"Not your choice," the man cut her. "Tomorrow, the same time!" And he ended the call.

"Wait! Hello? Hello?"

"Baby, are you ok in there?" Magz startled when she heard Gemma was calling her from outside the bathroom. "Are you sick?"

Magz quickly turned off her phone and put it back in her pocket. She took two longs breath before unlocking the door. Gemma was outside looking concern. "I'm fine, Mom. My stomach doesn't feel right. Maybe the expired milk I drink earlier," she lied.

-o0o-

Magz was working at the office since Gemma wanted to spend time at St. Thomas with Abel. Earlier this morning Tara delivered them great news, telling them that Abel could go out from the incubator anytime soon.

Magz haven't met Juice since the incident. She didn't see Lowell too today and turned out he was sent to the cabin yesterday for a rehabilitation SAMCRO style. That was what Clay told her. Clay didn't tell much to her about why Lowell almost ODed, and Magz felt uneasy about it. Cherry and Gemma told her that he had feelings for Magz but she didn't take it seriously. And this was the second time Lowell did a terrible thing like this. She almost felt like she wanted to blame herself, without knowing that Clay was actually the one who caused Lowell acted that way.

A moment later an ambulance drove inside TM in a rush and stopped in front of the garage next to the office. Magz jogged in a hurry just to found out it was Half-Sack behind the wheel. "The hell is this!?" She shouted.

"Could you open the garage, please? Please, hurry up!"

Seconds later TM's tow truck arrived, also in a hurry. Magz realized it was Juice, he parked the truck and rushed to where Magz was standing.

"Juice!?"

"Not my idea!" Said Juice.

"The garage door, come on guys!" Told Half-Sack.

Juice then jogged to open the garage door followed by a confused Magz. They both opened it all up letting Half-Sack to drove it inside. Juice closed the door right away.

"Where did you get this!? Did you guys steal it?"

"He did!" Juice pointed at Half-Sack who just got out from the driver's seat.

"This will get us a lot of cash."

"What!?" Magz yelled at them.

"We lost the bet on Sack last night, and we need money by the end of today," explained Juice.

"Clay knows about this?" Asked Magz and both of them were staring at each other. "Oh God! I'll go tell him." Magz rushed to the door but stopped before she got out. "You two, better stand still!" Juice and Half-Sack nodded in unison. Magz laughed on her way out seeing them looking like two little boys being nervous.

Magz jogged to the clubhouse. The guys were lounging and playing pool, and a bit startled when Magz rushed in. "You guys need to see this!"

All of them followed Magz back to the garage. Clay couldn't believe what he saw and it seriously pissed Tig off. Tig sarcastically talked to Half-Sack making him shrink while Chibs and Juice just laughed at him. Jax came a few minutes later, brought great news that he got the money and the club didn't have to worry about it anymore. They left the garage after Clay told Chibs to get rid of the ambulance when the night came.

There were only Magz and Juice, and she slowly took a step closer to him when everyone was walking back to the clubhouse. "How's your face?" She asked, pointing to Juice's lower lip that still swollen.

"Not that bad," he smirked before his face turned serious. "Sorry that I lied about it." Magz knew what Juice meant is he lie about why he came to Fun Town, and it was all because of Gemma.

"It's ok," she smiled. "Well, you got me a teddy bear. How can I mad at you?" She bumped her shoulder to him.

"I'll get you another one," said Juice.

"Tig brought it to my Mom's house yesterday. It was laying in the parking lot, he said he thought maybe it belongs to me. Thanks to him, I still have my first present from you," said Magz, and she gradually blushing afterward and walked a foot away to hide her face.

"I heard about the break-in. You ok?"

She nodded, "I stay with Gemma and Clay for now."

"Oh, are you gonna stay there? I mean like, permanently?"

"It's temporary. I can't really go back to Jax's too. I guess I should've found my own apartment right away. I don't wanna bother them. I mean they even gave me that car," pointed Magz to the red one parked in the lot. "Why you ask?"

"Nothing. It's just, umm..." Juice's eyes were wandering around the garage, thinking the right sentences to say to Magz. "Maybe because I can't pick you up from home again if you stay at Gemma's. I mean with Clay there, and now you have a car and... Well, you know... Uhm... Uh, shit!" Juice scratched his scalp nervously.

She gulped. Her cheeks started to heat up again, and she wasn't the only one. Juice's face was also turned a little red. Both of them went into silence before Chibs shouting for Juice from the lot.

"Juicy-boy we have Church now!" Chibs waved at him and went back to the clubhouse.

Juice nodded in his direction and walked, but Magz grabbed his arm, "if you want to, you can come pick me up anytime you want." She kissed his cheek before jogged back to the office leaving Juice who was making a happy grin face.

-o0o-

Magz was visiting Abel with Gemma and Jax after Tara told her Mom that Abel's condition was getting better day by day, and he could go out from the incubator. Jax was inside the room waiting for Tara brought Abel to him. His face lit up when he saw his handsome son. Gemma was holding her tears and Magz couldn't help herself to squeeze her Mom's arm when she saw her little nephew. Tara carefully put Abel onto Jax's arm. The baby yawned and moved his little fingers, wiping his face. Jax was taking his precious time with Abel before giving him to Gemma. The new Grandma was so happy; she couldn't even express it by words. Magz was mesmerized by how adorable and strong Abel was.

"You wanna hold him?" Asked Jax.

"I don't know. He's so little, I'm afraid I might hurt him," answered Magz.

"No, you won't!" Assured Gemma.

She then slowly and carefully placed Abel on Magz's arm. She was scared and excited at the same time, made her hands shaking a little bit. She gently rubbed Abel's rosy cheek and placed her fingers on his chest. She remembered, the first time she saw Abel, he was tinier before. There was a huge scar on his chest causing from the open-heart surgery of his heart defect. A family flaw, that was Gemma always said. Both of her brothers had it. Jax thankfully grew up just fine unlike Thomas. Magz, fortunately, didn't have one, yet she had a problem with her lungs.

Everything was so peaceful until Jax got a phone call. His expression suddenly changed. He harshly breathes out and clenched his jaw. Both women could feel the changing atmosphere in the room, even Tara.

"What's wrong?" Asked Gemma.

"I gotta go," answered Jax in a rush. Jax was eyeing Tara and whispered something to his Mom. Gemma got the note, her eyes widened. Magz figured that it must be something about the club. "Ok, baby. Just be careful!" Said Gemma.

Magz was holding Abel but her changing mood caused Abel to feel discomfort and he started to whine. Magz tried to calm him down before Gemma took over. Gemma gave Abel back to Tara, so she could bring him back to the nursery room. "Is everything ok?" Asked Tara.

"Yeah it's fine," smiled Gemma but Magz knew something was wrong.

After Tara went back to the babies' room, Gemma quickly held Magz hand and went out from the hospital. "Mom, what happened? Tell me!"

"Something went south with the Irish. We have to go back to the club!"

"Oh my God! Is everyone's alright?"

"I don't know, but Clay and Tig were there."

Magz held her mouth after Gemma delivered the news. They went to Gemma's car and drove back to TM in a rush. Gemma was driving like crazy and Magz needed to tell her to slow down several times at every intersection.

Gemma parked the car sloppily and both of them rushing to the garage. "What happened!?"

"Ask him!" Told Tig as he pointed Clay as he walked but Magz stopped him on his way out, "are you alright, Tig?" Tig's face was intense but he softened it up when Magz looked really concerned about him. "I'm fine, doll. Just get inside." He told her before went to the clubhouse.

Magz wanted to follow Tig and accompanied him but she went to the garage instead. Her Mom was talking to Clay, assuring that he didn't get hurt. Magz was relieved when she saw Clay was still in one piece and perfectly alive. "Clay!" She jogged and hugged him. "Mom said you were at the scene. I'm glad you ok!"

"I'm fine," told Clay as he tapped her back.

She then took a peek inside the ambulance, "holy shit!" just to found a man she didn't know was grunting. His bottom was covered in a lot of blood. Juice and Chibs were trying hard to hold him still. "He got shot!?" Juice nodded in response. "Don't you think we should patch him out!?" She asked panickily.

"There's a slug in his artery. First, he needs surgery!" Explained Chibs.

"The hell are we going to get surgical tools? That man probably needs some fluids too."

"Come on, baby. Just let them work things out. There's going be to full-house tomorrow. You better help m prep things up," said Gemma as she grabbed Magz's arm.

"Wait, lass! You know medic?"

"I volunteered at a local vet a couple of times, a few years ago..." Answered Magz.

"Good! Gem, I need her here," told Chibs. "Come help me, lass!"

"I-I... I helped operating a dog, never help a human being before."

"Doesn't matter! We're all animals after all!"

Magz looked at Gemma, "go, go, help him. I'll call the girls to help me," said Gemma as she kissed Magz's cheek and left the garage.

"Chibs, text me everything you need. I'll ask Tara if she could help," told Jax.

"Aye!"

"What do you want me to do, Chibs?"

"Could you check the other wound?" He pointed with his chin to another wound on the man's leg. Magz looked for trauma shears in the ambulance and cut off his pants carefully. Thankfully the wound on his leg was just a big tear. The bullet passed through it and didn't stick under like the one in his ass.

"No bullet." She looked back into a cabinet for more medical supplies. "Could you hold him!?" She asked Half-Sack and started to disinfect the wound, wrapped it up with a gauze.

"Great job, lass!" Said Chibs followed by a smile from Juice. "Sit here, take my place and keep pressing the wound. Understand?"

"Got it!"

As Chibs slowly got up to go talk to Clay and the guys, Magz already pressed her hand to the wound and take a seat next to Juice.

"Hey," grinned Juice.

"Hey... You okay?"

"Yeah. I wasn't at the scene. But Clay… Damn, they almost got him."

"But he's not," she tried to smile. She wanted to comfort him but both of her hands, pressing the wound. "And we're gonna save this..." She stopped, realizing she has never seen him before. "Whoever this guy is." Juice nodded several times having some faith.

A moment later, they decided to bring the Irish inside the club using the cart. Chibs opened the Chapel's door, then Juice and Half-Sack helped the man laid onto the table.

"Magz, text you brother all the tools we need!" shouted Chibs.

Magz put out her phone and started typing as she saying out loud, so Chibs could hear her. "More gauze, long tweezers, clamps, scalpels, saline, hydrogen peroxide, and... Uh... I don't know. Blood stopper? Chibs! What else Chibs!?" She almost freaked out, afraid to miss anything important.

"The needle and threads, sweetheart."

"Oh yes right!" She added the last ones and sent it away to Jax. "Done!"

"Ok good. Now we wait for your brother to come back." Chibs pulled a chair and sat there while his hand kept pressing the wound.

"You go clean yourself Chibs. I can do it," Magz offered him her help. She walked around the table and took over. Chibs patted her back before head out from the chapel.

"Me arse!" Suddenly the Irishman screamed before passing out. Magz and Juice were staring at each other before chuckled at the scene.

"Why don't you clean yourself too, Juice."

"Nah I'm good. Can't let you do all the job," he smirked.

-o0o-

Day passed. The sun was rising. Everyone was wide-awake all night trying to save the man's life. Chibs, Juice, and Magz were alternately taking rounds pressing the wound. The Irish couldn't stop whining in pain.

"Are you ok there, baby?" Gemma took a peek to checked up on Magz after she spent hours walking back and forth.

"I'm not the one who has bullets inside my ass," she tried to joke.

"Yeah, right... Just hang in there," Gemma then returned to walk around in no direction before she sat down.

It was a very busy morning. There was no news from Jax, he hasn't got back from Tara since last night and Gemma started to lose her patience. Chibs took initiative tried to pull the slug out of the Irishman's ass with a plier. He started digging in, making the Irish grunted in pain and blood gushed out all over the place. Magz and Juice were trying to hold him steady.

Things got a little harder when Chief Unser gave a surprising visit. Magz unintentionally was listening to the conversation between Clay and Unser. It caught her attention when Clay mentioned that the Sons' rival, Mayans MC, was targeting Clay. Her eyes caught up with Clay, and he quickly closed the door.

Meanwhile, Chibs was digging deeper. "I got it! I got it!" Chibs shouted with a slug that he pulled out. Magz cursed and ran over to Chibs when the blood was gushing out like a fountain. "Shit! Shit! Shit!" Chibs grabbed Juice's hand. "Come here! Hold that!" And then he stuck Juice's finger inside the hole.

"What the!?" Juice looked at him in shock.

"What's going on!?" Tig opened the door and rushed inside, followed by Gemma.

"Chibs managed to get one slug out!" answered Magz as Chibs showed them the slug. "But..." Magz moved a little so Tig and Gemma could see Juice's hand.

"This is insane!" Shouted Gemma.

Chibs told Juice to stay still, "and you, Magz. Just stay with him, ok?" Magz nodded and Chibs was leaving them inside the Chapel. Thankfully the Irish passed out, so they no need to hear him moaning all day long.

"I just got back here and this happened. Jesus, I need to get laid after this!" said Magz as she sat on the table next to Juice.

"That could be arranged," said Juice grinning, but then he was blushing. "Uhm err, so, you're working with vets before?" He quickly changed the subject.

"Me? No. I volunteered in a shelter a couple of times. One day there was an emergency. They were running out of people and they asked for my help. Since then, doing my own research. Out of curiosity."

"You love animals?"

"I do. Always wanted to have a puppy but haven't got a chance. Well, Gemma has a cockatoo. But I really want to have a furball that totally huggable. Tig used to have a dog named Missy, until..." She paused. "Anyways, how about you?"

"I did!"

"Really? You had a dog?"

"No, I had a dinosaur," he answered. She was veiled and staring at him in confusion. "You know, back then, in my Tamagotchi."

"You've got to be kidding me!" Magz punched him and Juice mischievously made a face.

They were talking and joking around to kill some time until the Irish woke up and mumbled, "what the hell is going on?"

"Well, uhm..." Juice looked at Magz and she shrugged. "Well there were some complications," answered Juice as he wasn't sure how to explain it to him.

"Where's the Scotsman at?" He asked tilting his head around looking for Chibs.

"He's gonna be right back."

"But where the hell's your hand?" He talked to Juice.

"It's okay. Well my fingers plugging up one of your bullet holes," he smirked at Magz.

"You got your fingers jammed up my ass?"

"No! No no!" he shook his head. "Well…" He paused. "Technically… yes… But my finger's not jammed up your ass, 'cause, you know, that would be gay." Magz chuckled at Juice. "It's kind of jammed in your ass. Which I guess is still kind of gay." And right there Magz was laughing out loud.

"Jesus! Am I gonna die or not?"

"No no. You'll be fine! You did great so far," she answered while still laughing at Juice. But her laughter stopped when Chibs finally came back.

"Scotsman…" called the Irishman. "I need you guys to do me a favor. Brenan Hefner. Port commissioner. He's got to be dealt with."

"There's plenty of time for that," replied Chibs.

"No! It's got to happen before Monday. He's gonna sic port dogs on our shipment. You got to take him out. You promise me that."

"Take him out? That means, like, kill him?" asked Juice innocently.

"No, I think what he means are dinner and a movie," Chibs bumped his shoulder to Juice and winked at Magz. She rolled her eyes, couldn't believe that right in this situation Chibs still had time to tease her.

It actually pretty tiring but somehow Juice was still in his goofy mood. "Me stick my fingers to another sweet hole will be great," Juice grinned.

"That thing I can't help," she bumped into his upper arm making him chuckled. "You better not let Tig hear that. I'm so done with him."

Juice bit his lips, after giving a broad smile and nodded, "Well, the good thing is he's not in that mood."

Jax finally arrived at the club with Tara. By that time Magz's phone kept buzzing inside her jeans pocket. She checked her watch noticing it was time for her to check-in. After Magz saw the man already in a good hand, her stomach felt sick and she ran to the restroom. She quickly answered the phone before someone else saw her, "I'm checking in!" and then turned the phone off. She took a deep breath and thankfully not threw anything up.

Juice followed her to the restroom after he could finally pull his finger out with the help of Tara. He was concerned about her, "you ok?"

Magz quickly tucked her hair behind her ears and open the water tap. "Y-yeah, guess the adrenaline just stop and making me sick in a sudden." She washed her hand and Juice stood next to her doing the same.

"You did great!"

"No, you did great!" she told him.

"We did great!"

"Fair enough."

"And uhm…" He looked around before stared back at Magz. "I promise next time I take you out, it won't involved any of us stick our fingers in someone else's butt."

She nodded coyly and saw her face in the mirror, reddened. "Ok…"

-o0o-

Hola!
My fanfic is following the timeline of SoA.
I tried to avoid scenes that were already in the show, but I can't help to put this scene to my fanfic.
It'll be essential for the next chapter.

Hope you guys like it.
Thank you for all the follows, favs, and reviews :)
Cheers!

ETA:
I edit the story to make it shorter and summarized the known scene instead (avoiding the repetition)
Thanks Ang for the advice.