Elle sat across from David as she sucked down her strawberry milkshake, trying to decide.
"Ok Elle, you've been staring at me with those furrowed brows for almost 10 minutes, so just spit it out already." He laughed as he took a swig of his rootbeer float.
"Well….Ok, well, Gemma is throwing me a 'Grand Opening' party tonight, but I know how you feel about the Sons, so I'm just trying to decide on whether or not it would be a good idea to invite you."
David sat back in his seat and looked at her, "Are you asking me to be your date, ma'am?"
Elle smirked, "Well I was considering it, but I can't have some cop showing up and ruining my party with that thing called the law you know."
David smiled, "Well, Ellie Mae, I would be honored to be your date tonight, I'll wear actual clothes and everything."
Elle smiled brightly at him, "Great, uhm, pick me up from my shop at 7 ok?" she said as she stood up to walk back to the store and finish up.
"Will do, ma'am." He smiled at her as he watched her walk out.
Elle was in the stores back bathroom fixing her hair when Tara knocked on the door. Elle reached over and unlocked it then went back to pulling her hair up into a tight pony tail and curling the ends. "So, you have a date, huh?" Tara said leaning up against the door frame.
"Yeah, do you think I look too bad?" she said as she turned and faced Tara.
Tara examined her closely, she had added a small amount of pink lipgloss, a touch of pale yellow eyeshadow, and had on some dangling silver earrings. The dress she was wearing looked beautiful on her, it was a white sundress, with lace looking designs on it. "You look gorgeous, babe. Now, do I get the pleasure of knowing who your date is before he shows up at the door?" Tara said smiling.
"Uhm, it's David….Hale." she said as she turned back around to face the mirror quickly.
"DEPUTY David Hale? Elle, you know that's not going to end well with him showing up, the boys hate him!"
"Tara, please, it'll be ok, you'll see." The bell above the door ringing saved her from further conversation as she guessed it was David walking in.
She walked by Tara and walked out to see David standing there in some faded denim jeans and a red and black plaid shirt. Elle smiled, he looked almost too handsome. "I'm on time right?" he said looking at his wrist watch.
"Yes, you're on time." She said as she walked over and laced her arm with his, "See you in a little bit Tara." She called back as they walked out the door.
Her arriving with the Deputy went a little worse than she had expected. Clay had stalked over to the bar and just stared, well actually, all the boys were just staring at her with mean looks, she almost felt like she should just leave her own party, until David grabbed her hand and squeezed, which gave her a little bit of courage.
Just then Jax walked up and pulled her into a bear hug, "Are you enjoying your party, Sis?" she just smiled an almost tear filled smile at him before Jax turned to David, she heard everyone in there hold their breathes, "Well hello Hale, glad you could make it, make sure you take care of Elle." He glanced at her, "God knows she needs someone to keep her out of trouble." He then shook Davids hand and walked over to the bar to get a drink. Elle instantly felt so much better, and even better when David took her in the middle of the room to dance with her.
"What the fuck was that about?" Clay exclaimed at Jax.
"Look Clay, if she's going to date someone in this town, I think the best way to keep her safe is if she's dating Hale, plus, maybe if he gets Sheriff, he'll give us some leeway like Unser does. Just get over yourself, and help Elle have a good time. This is HER party you know." Jax said as he pulled Tara out there beside Elle and Hale to dance.
"You know, he's actually right, this may help us more than hurt us." Clay said grinning.
