A/N: I do not own Sons of Anarchy that belongs to the genius and his name is Kurt Sutter. I do however; own Izzy Morrow, Jillian, and Rayne and all of their issues that they have. I do also own other OC's that will show up later in the following chapters. This chapter is called: White Lies. I hope you like it and I do it some justice. Please comment and review.

Chapter 9: White Lies

Fending off stares and comments about my face, I started to daze in and out of my own thoughts. Looking out the window in science class I knew right then and there that a little white lie might be a great way to start or a great way to end everything. Tig had always told me that; I had a tell when playing poker. He always told me to never give it away; but I could help it. It was a part of me and it was deeply ingrained in the way I was so I had no idea how to stop it. I was scared; not scared for Scott but scared for everyone else. My dad and the guys would freak out at the sight of my face and the fact that he knew club business.

I was so into my own head that I didn't notice my teacher call my name; in the now empty classroom.

"Isabel, are you alright".

"I'm fine, why"?

"Well your face, it looks fresh, is there something you want to tell me".

"No, I'm good. It looks worst than it feels. I'm fine really".

I as I gathered up my books, my teacher looked at me and told me, "ok" and walked back to the desk. I got up and began walking out of the classroom when I bumped into Jillian.

"Oh my god, what happened to your face"?

"Nothing", I said as I kept walking to my locker.

"Yeah, right nothing just slammed into your face and busted your lip".

"I'm fine really, it looks worse than it feels", and knowing the words had left my south they were a lie. I was now lying to my best friend and she would surely see right through that. As I was walking to my next class we ran into Sara.

"Oh my god, what the hell happened to your face"?

"Nothing", Jillian tried to say jokingly but it didn't seem to register to Sara. I grabbed both of their arms and pulled them into the girl's bathroom.

"You really want to know what happened".

"Yes", they both said.

"Fine", as I put my books down on the countertop. I walked over to the stalls and checked to make sure that there was no one else in the bathroom.

"Jesus, just tell us already".

"It was Scott".

"Scott did that to your face, why", asked Sara?

"It had something to do with samcro and his brother".

"Stop being glib and tell us what the hell happened".

"Well remember when bluebird blew up; well I guess that it had to be the about that and payback".

"He brought it up here at school; but I thought your dad and Darby had set rules that business was not suppose to go down here".

"Yep, he just reacted and I guess his brother is dead. So that's why my face looks like this".

"You need to tell your dad".

"I can't he will kill Scott. So till I have to figure this out, I need you two to back me up about this. I got hurt during cheerleading".

"Right, cheerleading fight club", Jillian joked.

"You know hap's going to freak when he sees your face".

"No he's not because he's out of town. He left with Kozik yesterday afternoon and won't be back for a week or two. And by then my face will be healed up. So you have to promise me not to say anything till I say so. Promise me".

"I promise", said Sara.

"Jill"...

"Fine, I promise but this is a bad idea lying to club to protect Scott".

"I'm not protecting Scott I'm protecting the club. They will kill him and be in jail. Do you want Juice in jail"?

"No, I don't".

"Then not a word, promise me that".

"Fine I promise but I got a bad feeling about all of this".

"Let me worry about that", I said as I walked out if the girls bathroom and into my next class. All day I ignored the stares and whispers behind my back and in front of my face. Lunch was no big thing we sat down and ate at the school cafeteria just in case I ran into anyone out of school it couldn't get back to mom and dad. The rest of the day I just ignored everyone and focused on the task at hand keeping my little white lie. After my classes were over and cheerleading practice was done I scurried off to the dance studio and practiced till it was late. I arrived home at 1045 and mom and dad were no were to be seen. That was a good sign for me. Mom was probably at the hospital and dad was busy handling club business so no one around to bother me, until my phone rang.

"Hello".

"Hey, Izzy".

"Hi Hap, what are you doing calling me so late at"?

"Haven't talked to you since yesterday and wanted to see how your first official day of being away from me was going".

"It was fine same thing as usual school, cheerleading, and then dances not much here in dear old sweet Charming".

"Oh, so you didn't miss me".

"I didn't say that I did; and I didn't say that I don't".

"Oh, you're going to be like that".

"How am I being"?

"Smart and sassy".

"Well, I have had one hell of a long day. I'm sore and have a ton of work to still do. Plus I'm tired can I call you tomorrow".

"Yeah, are sure everything is alright".

"Yes and no".

"What's that mean"?

"What I said, goodnight Hap". As I closed the phone cutting him off with what he was going to say.

I took a shower and got dressed and slipped into my bed for a long good night's sleep.

I woke up to the sound of my alarm going off; I walked to the bathroom and peered in the mirror; my lip was bruised and my face was a wonderful shade of purple and red that controlled the bottom of my cheek and toward my ear. I dressed quickly and did my make up as best as I could to try to hide some of it. I grabbed my bag and my cell phone and headed downstairs. When I got downstairs, I was bombarded with questions and looks from, Chibs, Jax, Mom and Dad as I came into full view.

"What the hell happened to you", as Jax rose from his seat at the table?

"Calm down", as I approached the table and placed my bag on it, "I'm alright, it was a little problem at school yesterday".

"What kind of problem where your face looks like that", my dad asked as he put down his morning cigar.

"I got hurt at cheerleading practice yesterday afternoon. I caught a flying body part to the face and was knocked down. It looks worse than it actually feels".

Chibs came from around the table and took my face into his hands and looked at me."Where you dizzy after the incident"?

"Yes a little, but I wasn't nauseous and I didn't have a headache"?

"She seems alright to me. No headache, no nausea, and no double vision right so I don't think she's got a concussion", he said as he released my face and gave me a quick peek on the top of my head, "She's fine".

"See told you I'm fine, no need to worry", as I picked up my bag from the table and walked over to the refrigerator and picked an apple out, "I'm going to be late for school".

"Are you sure you're o.k."?

"Yes, mother I'm fine. I will see you guys later at the garage".

I hopped in my truck and head for school, after the 20 minute ride to campus I was met by E.J.

"What the hell happened"?

"Nothing", as I closed the door to my truck and proceeded to walk away, "What do you want"?

"Wanted to know if you were alright, Scott came to my house all freaked out and worried that he was going to be killed last night about what had happened".

"No, go back and tell your little friend that his secret is safe with me. I didn't do this for him. I did it for the club so he better remember that. Oh, and tell him to stay clear of me and my friends and to avoid me as much as possible were no longer friends or whatever we were".

"I will let him know", as he stepped in front of me before I could enter the school, "Do you want to go out and get lunch today"?

"No", as I side stepped him and walked in to school.

I made my way to my locker and taped on the front of my locker was a red rose.

"Who the hell gave you that", Jillian asked as she grabbed the flower from my locker door?

"I have no idea, who did that, just throw it away".

"What did E.J. want"?

"The same old thing, oh Scott was worried that he was going to get killed last night. Wanted to see how you were doing and did you want to go to lunch today", as I was pulling books out of my locker.

"So the same old shit".

"Yes, ma'am same shit different day".

As we said our goodbyes, I went to my first class and sat down and tried to pay attention to what my teacher was talking about. I just wish this week would hurry up and fly by.

Most of the day had flown by every so quickly, when we got to the locker room for practice there was a note on the door saying that practice had been cancelled for the week. Sweet no more practice for the week, but that was an odd thing to happen. We were walking to the parking lot when we encountered Scott and E.J.

"Did you guys practice gets cancelled, too" Scott asked?

"Yes, it did. Why?

"Bartlett High's football team got suspended for trashing the school and put on probation for two weeks, so they had to forfeit".

"Holy shit, Can we say bye-bye play-offs, sucks to be them", Jillian quipped.

"Well I got to get to the garage", as I turned and left the group to their own devices.

"Izzy, can I talk to you for a minute", as Scott ran up to me.

"No, you can't", as I turned to walk away from him. He grabbed my arm and for some reason I felt heat at the touch of his hand on my arm. I bawled up my fist and through a right as hard as I could and knocked him on his ass.

"Ohhhh", was all you could hear from the crowd that was forming in the parking lot.

"No, you can't talk to me every again. Do you get it now", I walked away shaking my hand damn that had hurt but it sure felt good. I hopped into my truck and headed for TM. When I got there I got out and walked to the clubhouse where I found Tig drinking a beer.

"Hey, doll face how was school"?

"Fine", as I walked to the kitchen and pulled out an ice pack for my hand; I walked back over to Tig and placed a kiss on his cheek.

"What was that for", as he shot me a shocked look?

"For being you and teaching me how to throw one hell of a right cross", as I reached in my bag and pulled out a king size Snickers bar.

"Thanks, babe I will always teach you shit you know" as he grabbed the candy bar off the countertop," Need me to show you anything else", as he winked at me and licked his lips.

"Why do you have to go a ruin a good moment between us with being a dirty uncle"?

"Little girl that's how you and me are with each other. The day you stop giving me shit about that and stop calling me names is when I know we got a problem. Come on slugger, I walk you over to the office".

"O.k., you dirty old bastard".

"I love you too darling", as he opened the door to let me out of the clubhouse we walked over to the office still talking to each other. As we departed ways, I went straight for the office where I found my mom sitting at the desk. I plopped down on the chair and waited for her to get off of the phone. Once she hung up the phone, she looked down at my hand and asked, "Who was on the receiving end of that right hook"?

"An asshole was on the end of it; and it hurts like a bitch".

"What hurts like a bitch", as we both looked up at the door and saw Jax and my dad standing there?

"My hand", as I held it up and showed them.

"What happened to your hand"?

"I hit someone with it".

"You're not going to explain why you're hitting people at school".

"Nope, nothing left to tell".

They all just looked at me and said, "O.k.".

Nobody ever questioned why I was hitting people, because I assumed it was for a really good reason. As I sat silently in the office while they talked; I just started zoning out in my own little world. I had started of getting in the habit of doing that and it usually got my some suspect looks.

"Hey, are you going to answer your phone", Jax asked as he shoved me a little to wake me up from my daydream.

"Hadn't plan on answering it, why is it bothering you"?

"Damn, just asking".

I let me phone ring and ring till I heard it beep. I had received to phone calls from Happy and at least 2 text messages from him as well. When I dialed my voicemail, I listened to the messages,"Hey, call me just checking to see if you are alright". The second message was. "Just seeing if you're o.k. with what happened last night". I had cleared the voicemail messages and then checked my texts; they were the same so I didn't even bother to answer back. I just tossed my phone on the desk and asked my mom, "Were you going to go check up on Abel".

"Yeah, since you don't have practice to you want to close up for me so I can go see my grandson".

"Sure, got nothing else better do to than this".

"O.k., thanks baby girl", as she gathered up her belongings and headed for her car. Once she was gone I made short work of the rest of the day's paperwork and as it was getting closer to be closing time. I readied the receipts for the day and took them over to Bobby. Once I was done with all the signing and filing; I closed and locked the office door. I hopped into my truck and headed home. Once I was there I just finished up the rest of my homework, showered and hopped in the bed. This week had better fly by quick; I was looking forward to the weekend.

Wednesday and Thursday and came and went; and while all this was happening I had ignored several messages and texts from Happy. I was not in the mood for anymore explaining that I had already done this week. Friday morning had come and gone; it was now lunch time and Sara, Jillian, and I had gone to the diner to eat.

Once we sat down and placed our orders all the questioning had began, "So when was the last time you talked to Happy"?

"I talked to him on Monday, why"?

"Kozik says that he's called you and left messages and text messages but you don't seem to be answering".

"Tell him I dropped my phone in water or something. I don't know or care what you tell him right now".

"What's wrong with you", Sara asked," You seem down in the dumps".

"I am down in the dumps. I'm bored with all this shit that goes down around here and just want to get away from it all before my brain explodes".

"Well since you brought up getting away; if we could do that would you be down for a little road trip", Jillian asked looking at Sara with a smile on her face.

"Hell yeah, I'm down; wait what are you guys thinking about doing"?

"Well, you're birthday is a month away and we got you an early present".

"What kind of birthday present"?

"We got tickets the go see The Killers in San Diego at the end of September. Do you want to go"?

"Hell, yes I want to go, but I got to ask. I don't think that they would say no"

"You know what that means right".

"We have got to go shopping for more swimsuits and clothes. We also need to make plans for the road trip like hotels and stuff".

"Yeah, I'm so excited"!

After we had finished lunch I was in such a good mood that I went to TM to talk to mom and dad. I arrived at TM and walked to the office,"Hey ma, can I talk to you and dad".

"What is it about", as she picked up the intercom to the garage and called dad into the office.

"What's up, baby", as he walked into the door and sat down.

"I wanted to ask you guys a question. Sara and Jillian got us tickets to go see The Killers in concert. I was wondering if I could go with them; they got the tickets for my birthday. The concert is in September".

"I don't see why not, sure you can go".

"Wait where is this concert at", dad asked giving mom a look.

As I gave my parents a smile,"Now may I remind you that I'm turning 18 and I'm a good kid? The concert is in San Diego; so that I would have to miss school for only a day and a half. Half on Friday to leave early and then to come back on Monday; it would be a girls weekend".

"Um, Iz, where going to have to think about that? You and the girls come up with a plan; where you're going to stay? How much this is going to cost? Then we could talk about this again in a couple of days".

"O.k., is it o.k. if they spend the night tonight to do some research and talk about it".

"Sure doesn't seem to be a problem to me", dad said as he looked at mom and gave a nod.

I left TM to head over to Sara's to pick her up and bring her back to my house. As we had left her house, I picked up the phone and called Happy. Since he didn't answer I just left a message, "Sorry I haven't answered I've been really busy and had a bad week. Call me when you can".

We arrived at my house at the same time as Jillian arrived, too."Hey, did you bring your bathing suit and laptop"?

"Yes, I did".

"So what are we going to do first", as she and Sara followed me into the house and dumped their gear on the dining room table.

"I think we need to finish homework first, and then we would have all the time in the world to discuss what we want to do in San Diego"?

"So mom and dad are letting you go".

"No, not yet; they need to think about it and we need to give them a place where we are going to stay, what we are doing, and when we are going to leave and be back? So we need to see this as a history project and map out everything".

"Sounds fun, what's for dinner"?

"I'm thinking Chinese food once we are done".

We sat down at the dinner table and pulled out our school books and began doing homework. A couple hours later and we were down; I pulled out the menu and we called in our order to Mr. Wong's; we ran upstairs and changed into shorts and our bathing suits. After 45 minutes, we had changed and the doorbell rang it was our food. We sat down and ate and then decided to head out back to the hot tub. We sat down in the hot tub and talked about our trip to San Diego, when my mom had walked out to the backyard calling my name, "Isabel".

I turned around to see my mom and Kozik, Juice, and Happy standing there," You have visitors".

Jillian and Sara damn near knocked each other over trying to get out of the hot tub to get over to the guys.

"Hey, baby", Jillian said as she planted a kiss onto Juice's lips with him in return grabbing her ass.

Sara ran and jumped into Kozik's arms giving him a kiss as well.

"I will leave you kids to it", my mom said as she left with a sly smirk on her face.

Happy walked over to the hot tub with a puzzled look on his face as he got closer. He cupped my face and asked, "What happened"?

"Cheerleading practice gone wrong; I got hit in the face. It looks worse than it feels".

Mom came back outside after changing her clothes, "Going to the hospital to see Abel. I won't be back till late tonight going to go to Jax's and clean up".

"O.k., see you later if not too late", I yelled.

"Are you guys going to Fun Town tomorrow with us"?

"What the hell is Fun Town"?

"Fun town is a carnival that comes ever year to Charming. It should be fun; you know rides, games, and fried foods. Plus everyone in town should be there and it shows the community coming together for fun times", Jillian said as he raised an eyebrow.

"Sounds like fun, maybe we could spare a couple of hours", Juice said taking off his cut and placing it on the back of one of the dining room chairs.

"There's cash on the counter if you want to order the guys some pizza and there is beer in the refrigerator, too".

"Dou you guys want some pizza"?

"Yeah, that sounds good".

"There are some board shorts in the laundry room if you want to change and join us in the hot tub". Juice had changed and joined us while Kozik and Happy sat at the table smoking; having a conversation.

I was pulling my hair up into a bun, when I felt a hand on my arm, "Need to talk to you, get out".

"O.k., I'll be right back", as I hopped out and followed Happy inside to the kitchen.

"Tell me what happened, now"!

"What are you talking about"?

"You have marks on your arms that look like hand prints and bruises going down your back".

I stepped back a little bit and crossed my arms," I got hurt during cheerleading and it was an accident. I'm fine, really. It's nothing to talk about".

He stepped closer into me and cupped my face, "You would tell me if someone hurt you right".

"Yes", as I let my hand fall to his waist," but there is really nothing to tell I promise". I knew as the words were leaving my mouth, I had official lied to Happy.

"You promise", as he placed his lips on mine and kissed me. Not like before where there was heat but sweet and kind. I kissed him back as his hands went up and down my back running though my hair. He had pulled away."I know you're lying", pushing away from me and walked back outside.

I stayed glued to the countertop with my mouth wide opened, how did he know I was lying? I brushed my lips and went back outside to see everyone enjoying themselves in the pool besides Happy. I sat down in the chair next to him and placed my hand on his arm, he recoiled and pulled away. "I'm not going to tell you so you can be made all you want. I don't care".

"You should care if you're trying to be my old lady".

I ran my fingers through my hair," We don't even have rules yet and your already demanding that I tell you everything".

"So what happened"?

"I told you what had happened. It was an accident and I'm o.k."

"That's it; you're not going to say anything else".

"No, I'm not because there is nothing left to tell". As I got up from the table and jumped into the pool. As I resurfaced, I looked over at the table and he was pissed like no other. We splashed around and played till the pizza guy showed up then we all hopped out. The guys ate while we went upstairs to change.

"So what was that all about"?

"Nothing", as I changed out of my bathing suit.

"Right, he figured out you're lying to him about the bruises", Jillian asked as she was rummaging through her bag to find her pajamas.

"Yeah, he did".

"You know there is only one thing that will let him forget about all of that, you know".

"If you're saying to have sex with him; to distract him from the fact that I lied; no I'm not going to do that".

"Why not you want to"?

"I'm not ready for that type of commitment; plus I don't exactly trust him just yet".

"So what's it going to take for you to trust him", Sara asked as she was coming out of the bathroom.

"I don't know", as I sat down on the bed burying my face in my hands," I guess I will just know when I feel it, I guess".

"So then you might as well just tell him the truth".

"I guess I'm going to have to".

We finished dressing and came downstairs to find the guys finished eating. Jillian and Sara grabbed Kozik and Juice and pulled them toward the living room, "Let's go put on a movie", as they disappeared.

When I sat down at the table; he got up and went outside,"Oh my god, really". I followed him out there and saw him sitting down on top of the picnic table. I went over and kneeled down in front of him," Please talk to me".

"You're going to tell the truth now".

"I will tell you, but you have to promise that you are going to be cool and not do anything".

"I can't promise you that".

"Well, try to at least contain the rage just a little bit".

I rested my hands on his thighs and took a deep breath in," Scott, Whistler's brother did it", as I was playing with the outside seam of his pants not wanting to look up."He said something about SAMCRO killing his brother and three Mexicans for retaliation. I don't know how he knew that or if it's true, but he grabbed me by the shoulders and slammed into the lockers. Then I told him that his brother is not an innocent at all, and that's when he backhanded me. The only ones who know are you, Jillian, and Sara".

I looked up and his eyes were blacker than black and he was breathing really hard," Hey, look at me. I'm fine really I handled it", as I cupped his face between my hands forcing him to look at me.

"It's handled; I ended up knocking him on his ass later with a right hook anyway. Will you please say something", as I moved from the bench and walked away. He was silent and that was not a good thing. I was begging a killer for the club to say something, anything really. I was freezing my ass of outside, when I felt his sweatshirt cover my arms. I put my arms through and he stood behind me, "I' m mad that you lied".

"I know you are and I'm sorry. That's never happened before and I handled it".

"You sure your o.k.", as he leaned into me and, held my face with his hand stroking over the fading bruise on my jaw. "Yeah, I'm good, are we good".

"Yeah", as he leaned down; and wrapped his arm around my waist lifting me up. I wrapped my legs around his waist holding on to him tightly. He gently placed me on top of the picnic table and ran his hand up my shirt. Gently cupping my breast and causing me to shudder underneath his cold hands on my hot skin. My hands were at his waist and working their way up his stomach as he also shuddered underneath my touch of cold onto hot skin. We stayed like that for what seems like forever until I started to shiver before he pulled away. "Let's go inside before you freeze to death".

"Yeah, I'm freezing out here", as he grabbed my hand and pulled me to his side and went inside locking the door behind us. As I started to walk way, he pulls me close and kisses me again, running his hands down my sides and over my ass.

"I love the way you feel", moving his hands from my ass to my stomach then to my breasts cupping them one last time before he walks away to the bathroom. I let a sigh out and walked to the living room finding everyone else spread out watching a DVD. I grabbed the blanked off the back of the couch and covered up. Happy returned wearing a pair of sweats and a wife beater, "move over", as I slid over he sat down and pulled me close covering us both up with the blanket.

I had fallen asleep and woke up alone on the couch. I looked around and everyone was asleep on the floor. I got up and walked to the kitchen to get a bottle of water, when the back door opened and it was Happy.

"Couldn't sleep", as I hopped on top of the counter drinking my bottle of water.

"Yeah, can't sleep with Juice snoring like that".

"Yeah, I know what you mean".

"He woke you up, too".

"No, you did. I was warm now I'm freezing because you left".

"Mmm, let's see if I can warm you up again", as he stepped closer to me and pulled me close to the edge of the countertop. He wrapped his arms around me and found the hem of my shirt. Lifting my shirt just a little above my belly button and kissing my stomach. He was right he was warming me up a lot. He slowly peeled up my shirt to it was almost exposing my breast; he kissed me and pulled me close to the edge. I ran my hands down his needed to be shaved head and over his shoulders; before I gasped as he began cupping my breast and sucking my nipple. The mixture of cold of his hands and hotness of his breath was intoxicating and making me want more. I let out a moan of pleasure as I leaned back. When we both hadn't noticed that we weren't alone in the kitchen, "I hope I'm not interrupting, kiddos."

I jerked my head up and pulled up my shirt, "Shit, mom when did you get home".

"I just walked in the door", she said with a grin on her face.

Happy stood straight up, "Gemma, sorry about that, we just got carried away".

"No apologies, about damn time. Except for one thing she has a bedroom. So let me lay down a few rules for you guys, one: no sex in the kitchen".

"Mom"!

"Two: no sex in my room".

"Oh my god, please stop".

"That's only those two, I like him and I trust you Isabel. Go back to the living room and have fun", she said as she put her keys in the dish, grabbed a bottle of water from the refrigerator, "Goodnight kids, see you in the morning".

Happy looked at me and I was official embarrassed as it was apparent by the red blotches that covered my chest and neck. He just kissed me and helped me off of the countertop, "What a way to ruin a moment by having your mother walk in".

"Wasn't all that bad, she said we could have sex", as he chuckled.

"You're not funny, you know not even a little bit".

"Let's go finish the movie", as he pulled me back to the living room.