SEVEN

She felt used after Juice's news. Some people may see it as foolish for her to feel that way because she was a sex worker, but that was work, it wasn't who she was. Afterwards in the kitchen, she wanted to demand some kind of explanation about it, instead she stopped what she was doing and went straight to her bedroom to avoid the temptation of going out there and hunting for answers, for Chibs.

Waking up the next morning, those feelings of betrayal was still fresh but she had a clear mind. She followed her normal morning routine and walked out to the kitchen, making herself a much needed coffee. She heard noise coming from the lounge and Juice appeared in the doorway of the kitchen, head down looking like a guilty child but Bonnie didn't have the heart to say anything to him at the moment.

When the kettle finished boiling, she made her coffee and started on breakfast. The house stayed silent the whole time she prepared her eggs and toast, it was the knock at the door that broke the quietness. She dared a quick look at Juice to see if he was expecting anyone but he was already walking to the door. She thought her eyes were deceiving her when she saw the Scottish Son come through her door, the hard line of his mouth told her that Juice had contacted him and she couldn't believe he thought it would be alright to come into her home.

After speaking in low voices at the door, Juice turned to her. "Bonnie, I'm going to head-"

"You are not leaving me with him today." She interrupted Juice, trying to not yell the words at the young Son.

"Clay sent him over." Juice seemed a little unsure in how to handle the situation, he took a glance at Chibs who hadn't said a word to Bonnie, simply watched her.

"Well I'm sure whatever Clay wants you to do, Chibs can do." She stated, not wanting the man within talking distance near her.

"Aunt Bonnie!" Ethan's voice cut through the tension of room, Conan coming into the house behind him. "Chibs!" The excitement in Ethan's tone cut through Bonnie. "Are you staying with us today?" He asked Chibs, his hand grabbing onto the Son's hand and pulling him further into the house.

She swore Chibs kept eye contact with her while answering her nephew. "Yep, you can't get rid of me." Bonnie was tempted to say something but she didn't want to have this conversation with her nephews' in the house.

Conan grabbed onto her hand, distracting her for a moment. She reached down and picked him up as Mathew came to the door. "Morning Bons." He send a nod to the two Sons and leant in to give his sister a quick kiss on the cheek. "You still right to look after the boys?"

Honesty, she had forgotten about agreeing to take the boys for the day after hearing about Chibs. "It's no problem." She answered as Conan laid his head down on her shoulder.

"Thanks so much!" Mathew reached forward to kiss his boys' goodbye, giving Bonnie a chance to check him over. He wore the Son's T-shirt for the garage, his hair was freshly washed and facial hair was shaved – he appeared to be in great shape even with Ima suggesting there was something happening between the two of them, maybe he finally told her no. "I'll pick them up this afternoon."

"Not too late." She advised, remembering the party Luann offered her for extra work.

"No later than six." He flashed her a smile and left through the front door. Juice quickly followed her brother out, giving her no time to demand for his ass to come back.

Closing the front door, she watched Ethan explain to Chibs how he wanted the train track to be set. The boy was so innocent, smiling at the Son without a clue to the tension between the two adults. Bonnie desperately wanted to kick the Son out of her house but she couldn't do that to Ethan.

Glancing away from the two on the floor, she turned her attention to the boy in her arms. "You hungry Conan?" The kid slowly nodded his head and she took them into the kitchen so she could make some toast for the boy.

It wasn't until lunch time with the kids outside playing that Chibs managed to catch Bonnie alone. After Juice had told him about last night, he knew the woman was pissed and that he'd have to stop avoiding her to get her to understand. "Bonnie?" He took a seat at one of the stools at the kitchen bench.

She cursed him at hearing her name come from his lips. She didn't acknowledge that he was sitting in front of her and continued making the sandwiches for lunch. When it was clear he wouldn't be leaving her alone, she spoke up. "I have nothing to say to you."

"Oh I doubt that." Chibs stated, knowing that she no doubt had many tastefully words to throw in his direction. "I want you to know the truth."

"That you slept with me for a bet." She answered, trying to disengage herself from the words.

"It may have been the plan to begin with," He saw her hand tighten into a fist at his words. "But that night, I slept with you for another reason." He didn't quite know what else to say, he was trying to sort through the mess in his own head. Sitting across from her, he could remember her hair smelt like coconut and the way she trembled under his hands that night, than there was the feelings she sparked inside of him, something he hadn't felt for his wife. "Can we start over?"

She tensed at his words. She was fighting with him, not giving him a second chance. "A new start?"

"Aye, get to know each other." He watched a deep line appear between her eyebrows.

"Let me think about it." She said it slowly, almost curious.

Chibs relaxed slightly in his seat, the woman hadn't given him a straight out 'no'. "An answer by the end of the week?"

She simply nodded her head in agreement, turning her attention back to the sandwiches. That gave her three days to decide what she wanted.

Later that night she leant against the wall, watching her nephews' and Chibs with interest. Ethan was always an outgoing type of boy, easy to get along with other people while his younger brother Conan was the opposite. Watching Conan now, she was happy to see the large smile gracing his lips.

The knock at the door distracted her, pulling her from a view that she would like to have for herself one day. She shook her head at Chibs when he went to get up and answered the door herself, Mathew stood on the other side. "Hey, how were they?"

"Like angels." She replied, never having any trouble with the kids. Bonnie opened the door wider for Mathew to walk into the house, he took a seat on the couch and Conan was climbing onto his father's lap within seconds. "They've had dinner."

"Thanks." Mathew sounded tired but at ease. She liked the knowledge that her older brother was getting back on his feet, she missed him. "Hey Chibs." Mathew greeted the other Son which made Bonnie realise that he knew nothing about the argument the two were in. "Guessing it was quiet around here today?"

"Nothing new here." Chibs replied.

Bonnie looked between the two men, obviously she had missed something. "Would someone mind telling me what happened?"

"Lyla was harassed by Georgie today, she has Opie looking out for her." Chibs was the one to answer her.

Bonnie realise that maybe having her own body guard wasn't such a bad idea after all. "Is Lyla alright?" She didn't know the woman to well. They knew each other from Cara Cara and they've had to do a few parties together but she didn't want any harm coming to her.

"Just a scare, Opie's taken care of her." The Son reassured Bonnie.

"Op will look after her." She repeated to herself for comfort. She knew Opie enough to know he could handle himself and anything thrown in his direction. The club business was probably good for him to get his mind off Donna's passing away.

"Well I better take the kids and let you get to work." Mathew shifted Conan to his hip and started to get Ethan ready to leave the house.

"How'd you know about that?" Bonnie questioned her brother, she hadn't mentioned anything about her shifts to him.

"Luann came around today looking for Gemma." He stated, helping Ethan put on his jacket. "And, you should keep the pay to yourself." Mathew said quietly to her. Luann had hinted at his sister's involvement with paying the child care.

"At least let me help with one of them?" Bonnie asked, remembering the large bill.

"And how are you meant to save up and get out of Cara Cara when you're giving money away?" Mathew threw back at her, knowing that she always spoke about leaving the porn business and going out to get a degree.

"He has a point lass." Chibs said from beside them.

She was tempted to tell the Son to butt out of their conversation but she noticed Ethan standing between the two men, watching them talking. "Fine." She stepped forward and opened the door for the family.

"Love you too." Mathew teased at hearing her tone and left the house with two waving kids.

She closed the front door, turning to see Chibs behind her. "I've got work in half an hour." She made her way down the hallway to pick up her bag and came back to find Chibs sitting on the couch.

"You doing a party?" Chibs questioned, following her out the door.

"Yeah." She locked the front door and started for her car.

"What do you usually do at a party?" She turned around to face him at his personal question.

"What I do, doesn't concern you." They weren't in a relationship of any type, she wasn't even sure if he'd be put into the friend category now.

"And what if I want it to be?" His question sounded honest as he watched her, making her feel somewhat uneasy about the direction of their conversation.

"We'll you have to earn that." She was satisfied with her answer, moving to get into her car.

"And I will." He promised.

"You aren't doing to great so far." She replied closing the driver side door and starting the engine of her car.

It was the next morning after the Cara Cara party, she felt drained by the events of last night. She couldn't get Chibs promise out of her head or the feel of the Asian man's hand on her as they had intercourse. The conversation with Chibs last night had haunted her through the whole night, she couldn't understand why he would want to get involve with a woman who spent her time with strangers. Not wanting to give any more thought to last night, she went and took a shower to clear her mind.

Dressed in her usual jeans and shirt, she finished brushing her hair when the doorbell sounded. Letting out a groan, she made her way towards the door – she hope it was Juice on the other side. When she opened the door, it wasn't a Son like she expected but a woman dressed in a suit. "Can I help you?" She questioned, not recognising the woman.

"Bonnie Gipps?" The woman pulled out her badge at the nod of Bonnie's head. "Agent Stahl, ATF, I would like to ask you some questions about SAMCRO."

"I'd rather not." Bonnie went to close the door, only to have the woman block it with her foot.

"Are you aware about the truth to your parents' death?" Stahl's question made a cold shiver crawl through Bonnie's body. "If you happen to change your mind about talking, give me a call." Stahl held out a business card in which Bonnie hesitantly took. "I'll see you later." The Agent removed her foot and allowed Bonnie to close the door.

She moved into the kitchen, placed the card on the bench and moved to make a coffee. She didn't even get past pouring the milk when she let out a frustrated groan. "What the fuck was she going on about?" She demanded to the quiet kitchen. Making her mind up, she poured her finished coffee into a travel mug and started to leave the house.

Bonnie pulled into the T-M parking lot as Juice was about to put his helmet on, he put it back on his handle bar at seeing the woman pull up. "Is everything alright?" Juice stepped forward making sure nothing had happened.

"Is Gemma about?" She tried to flash Juice a smile.

He nodded towards the garage. "In the office I think."

"Thanks." She headed towards the office, trying to decide how she would bring up the topic of her parents, it was a subject that was rarely spoken about.

She only briefly paused at the office door before entering, starting with the easiest topic. "An ATF Agent came to my house today." Bonnie took a seat on the couch, capturing the Old Lady's attention.

"The damn bitch is talking to everyone." Gemma placed her glasses on the desk. "She's no doubt trying to find a rat."

"Which brings me to what I want to talk to you about?" Bonnie said, a little unsure on how to approach the topic. "She said something about the truth of my parents." The hard line of Gemma's face made her stomach chunk uncomfortably. "Their deaths were an accident right?"

"Baby girl, don't go asking questions you ain't prepared for." Gemma went to turn back to the computer, making Bonnie determined to know the truth.

"I want to know." The tone of the woman's voice made Gemma pause in her work, she didn't want to take a trip down memory lane, it would only leave a hurricane after it's awake.

"Bonnie." Gemma shook her head softly, getting up to close the office door to give the pair some privacy. "Your mother's death wasn't an accident, it was murder."

"Why do you say that?" Bonnie couldn't believe the words coming from the woman, surely someone would have known the details about her mother's death.

"Tanya was seeing another man, your father found out." Gemma knew she was making a mistake about telling the woman the truth, hell Clay will be on her ass about it but Bonnie deserved to know the truth about her parents. "Your father got angry, got carried away."

"Dad wouldn't have-" Bonnie couldn't bring herself to say the words. Yes, their father was a heavy drinker but she had never once seen him lay a hand on her mother.

"Your dad started drinking long before your mother passed away." What Gemma was saying didn't make any sense to her. "Your parents were getting at each other's throat and your mum regularly turned to someone else for comfort." Bonnie stood up from the couch, not liking the direction the conversation was heading.

"Your saying mum was cheating on dad?"

"Doug was your dad, but not your father." Gemma spoke in a soft tone, not wanting to distress the woman further. "You and Mathew are related by your mother."

Bonnie suddenly felt dizzy and sat back down on the couch next to Gemma, trying to wrap her mind around this news. "And that's why they were fighting?" Now that Gemma mentioned it, she could remember small snippets from her childhood.

Gemma nodded her head, confirming what the younger woman had already knew. "Your father-"

"Hang on!" Bonnie raised her tone, feeling slightly panicked at the wave of information. "I need to think about this." She got back up and started to gather her belongings.

"Baby, you don't even know who it is." Gemma tried to smooth the woman.

"I can take a wild guess that his a Son." It didn't take a genesis to figure that out, she just wasn't sure if she was ready to find out who yet. "I just need a little bit of time to digest this first." Bonnie gave the older woman a tight smile before leaving the office.

AN: Thanks everyone for the amazing response of alerts, favourites and reviews for the story. I know it's been published for a while but I have my heart set on finishing the story! I really just wanted to let people know that the story doesn't follow the storyline of the TV show, though there are some pieces from the show.