A/N: Okay so I felt like I was missing something for one of my stories so I started rewatching SOA. And I have come to the conclusion that I like season 1 Gemma the best. Yeah she was two faced back then but not nearly as bad. And did anyone else notice that Opie's hair was short then? Anybody watch Mayans MC?

Chapter 8

Jax POV

Clay and I were helping Lex get things organized and ready for the trip up to Tacoma. She was in the chapel looking at the intel when I stopped in the doorway. "She's good at what she does." Lex said.

"I believe it. Hap taught her most of what she knows." I said.

Lex turned around and leaned against the table. "She speaks highly of you." Lex said. This surprised me. Don't get me wrong, Bells and I had always gotten along but she was always more of a free-spirit. "She hated not telling you what she was up to in Forks."

"She's my sister, I worry about her." I said.

"That's understandable. I've asked her to be my VP." Lex said, waiting for me to say something.

"You asking for her to get killed? I may not know a lot about your club, but I know what it's like to wear that VP tab. I know the weight that it holds." I said.

Lex looked over at me and smirked. "Bells said that you're a pretty good fighter." She said.

I smirked back. "I can hold my own." I said. I walked closer to her. "What about you?"

She leaned closer to me. "I'm better in the bedroom than I am in a fight, but I can hold my own." She said. She leaned back. "I need a drink." She said walking around me out to the bar room.

Bella POV

I pulled into the driveway of the address that Lex gave me. Hap and I got out of the car and I walked to my trunk. I opened it and grabbed the duffel bag that was waiting for me. I closed the trunk back. I looked at Hap. "I need you to take the back side of the house. I don't think that she'll run but just in case." I said.

He nodded. "Be careful." He said.

"Always." I said. Hap took off to the back side of the house. I made my way up the porch. I opened the front door and walked inside. I walked into the living room and saw Lexi sitting there.

She looked up at me. "I wondered when Lex would send you." Lexi said.

"Why'd you do it?" I asked.

"Money. Jane offered me money and a place in her ranks if I did it." She said.

I sat the bag down in the door way and walked into the living room and sat on the couch opposite of her. I pulled my gun out of the back of my pants. "You know that she would have killed you in the end." I said.

"How pissed is Lex?"

"I think that she's more hurt than anything. She feels betrayed." I said and Lexi nodded. "How do you want to do this?" I asked her.

"We can go out back." She said and I nodded. We stood up and headed towards the back door. I grabbed the duffel on the way out. We walked past Hap and he started following us. When we got to the edge of the woods, we stopped. She took off her kutte and handed it to me. I passed it back to Hap. "Tell Lex I'm sorry, okay?" She said and I nodded.

I had my pistol in my hand. "You know this one's hard for me, right?" I said to Lexi.

"I know. But you'll do it because your President asked you and you love your club." Lexi told me, hugging me one last time. "Stand by Lex and protect her. She looks to you." I nodded. She backed away from me. "Okay… I'm ready." She said.

"Lexi, the club has decided that because of your betrayal that your life is over." I said.

"It's okay, Bells. Just breathe." She said.

I pulled the trigger. I stood there and watched her fall to the ground. I let out the breath that I didn't realize that I was holding. A few seconds later, I felt Hap's hand on my shoulder. "You okay?" He asked me.

I nodded. "Yeah let's just get this done." I said. I grabbed my bag from him and reached inside for my pliers and the small box. I got on the ground taking one of her boots and pulling her sock off. I had my black gloves on, so I grabbed my pliers and I cut her big toe off sticking it in the small box. I handed Hap the box and he stuck it in my bag.

Forty-five minutes later, Hap and I are walking back to my car. I opened the trunk and stuck the bag in my trunk. I tossed her kutte in as well. I closed my trunk and looked at Hap. "Ready?" I asked and he nodded. We climbed back in my car and headed back to Charming.

Gemma POV

I was sitting at a table drinking a glass of whiskey, when Lex walked up and sat across from me. "You must be Gemma." She said.

"I am." I said, sitting my glass on the table.

"Bells says that you're the one that taught her how to take care of everyone."

I nodded. "I did. Does she talk about everyone here a lot?" I asked.

The girl nodded. "She does. When I first recruited her, I was hesitant. I wasn't sure if she had what it took, but then she started telling me about everything that everyone here had taught her…. And the next thing I knew, she'd gained us the reputation of being the assassin club."

"She did that?" I asked and she nodded.

"Gemma, she's good. She takes care of everyone and she protects her club all at the same time." She said.

"Her father was like that." I said, thinking about how loyal JT was.

"I've heard a lot about him. Not just through Bells but other clubs throughout the years. Our club is close with Indian Hills." She said.

If they were close with Indian Hills, then that meant that she knew Jury. I just nodded at her. "I just worry about her getting hurt." I said.

"I get that. My mom worries too. But she's good at what she does. The only reason that she got hurt so bad was because her cover got blown." Lex said, before she stood up.

"Lex." I said causing her to turn around. "Thanks."

Bella POV

When Hap and I got back to the clubhouse, I grabbed Lexi's kutte and the small box, shutting my trunk. I turned around and Hap was standing right in front of me. He was staring at me. "I'm okay Hap." I said.

"You know, I've been doing this a long time. It's one thing when it's a stranger… it's a whole other when it's a member that betrayed the club." He said.

"I have to get this to Lex." I said, walking around him. When I walked into the clubhouse everyone was staring at me. I walked over to Lex. "It's done." I said, handing her Lexi's kutte and the small box. Lex nodded at me. "I'm going to shower and then I'll be back." I said turning and heading toward Hap's room.

When I stepped out of the shower, I wrapped a towel around me. Lexi had been my friend. She had been my sponsor when I first joined the club. I knew that Lex felt betrayed by Lexi, but for me it was more than that. I felt like she betrayed that bond that we had throughout the whole club…we were a sisterhood. When I walked out of the bathroom, Hap was sitting on the bed. "Hap, I told you I'm fine." I said.

"I know. But you seemed kind of off." He said.

"I reconsidering going back." I said. Hap raised an eyebrow at me. "I'm not quitting the club, I'm just thinking about telling Lex that I need a break. I think I'm gonna tell her that if she needs me for a job that I'll be there, Chapter 9

Bella POV

When Hap and I walked back out to the bar room, I walked over to the bar and got myself a glass of whiskey and a shot of tequila. I was sitting at the bar when Lex walked over. "You okay? I know that one had to be hard for you." Lex said.

"It was but I'll be okay." I said. I threw back my shot of tequila and chased it with my whiskey. I turned to Lex. "I can't be VP." I said.

Lex nodded. "Can I ask why?"

I let out a sigh. "Lex, after we handle this shit with the Italians… I need to take a step back for a while." I said. Lex nodded. "I'll still be there when you need me… I'll just be doing it from here." I told her.

Lex put her hand on my shoulder as Half-sack poured me another shot of tequila. "Bells, you've been loyal to this club since day one. When you first joined, I was concerned. You had so much anger. I know that you were angry at your family for sending you to Forks, but somehow… you channeled that anger and you have help me make the club into what it is today." Lex said taking a drink of her beer. "If this is what you feel that you need to do… then I have your back and you'll always have a place in the club."

"Thanks, Lex." I said, throwing back my shot.

A couple hours later, I realized that I hadn't see Hap for a while. I grabbed a couple of beers from the bar and I headed toward the dorms to see if I could find him. When I got to his dorm, the door was cracked. I pushed the door open and saw him sitting at the desk. "Hey handsome." I said.

He looked up at me. "Hey beautiful." He said.

I walked in and shut the door behind me. I walked over and sat the beers on the desk. I plopped myself down on his lap. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I wrapped my arms around his neck. "You hiding?" I asked him.

"Nah. Just not really in the mood to party." Hap said.

I nodded. "I talked to Lex." Hap raised an eyebrow at me. "She's cool with everything. Told me I'd always have a spot at the table." I told him.

"That's cool." Hap said.

Something seemed off about him. "What's up with you?" I asked.

He let out a sigh. "After this shit in Forks, your gonna come back and really be home for good?" He asked me.

I leaned my head down and kissed him. "Yes, baby. After we deal with the Italians, I'm coming back here. The only time I'll have to leave is if Lex needs me for a job." I told him.

"Good. It'll be nice to have you home." He said, leaning up and kissing me.

The next morning, we were up and loading up the vans to head to Tacoma that night. Ma was working in the office and a bunch of the guys were working in the garage. I was wearing blue jeans, a SAMCRO tank top, and my riding boot with my kutte. I walked out to the parking and I see a familiar car sitting on the street just outside the gate. I stopped in front of the office and checked out the car. "Jax!" I yelled, knowing that my brother was in the garage.

He came walking out and stood beside me. "Hey, what's up?" He asked me.

"How long's that car been sitting there?" I asked me.

He looked over at the car. "I'm not sure. Why?" He asked me.

I looked over at the picnic table and saw Lex and Misty. "Lex!" I yelled across the parking lot. She looked up at me and I waved her and Misty over. They walked towards me.

"What's up?" They asked me at the same time.

"You see that car over there?" I asked.

"Yeah?"

"That car look familiar to you." I said.

Edward POV

When Jasper and I got to Charming, we set out to find the Auto Repair shop that Alice said that Bella was most likely at. I found the shop but there was a gate surrounding the shop. There was a building to the side that said Sons of Anarchy on it. Fuck. She was connected to these assholes. This might prove harder than I originally thought. Jasper and I would watch the building till I knew for sure that Bella was here.

There were several guys working in the garage. I was watching. There were a couple girls sitting on the picnic table. That's when I saw her. She walked out of the clubhouse heading towards the garage. "Jas, look there she is." I said as she stopped in front of the garage. She looked over toward us.

"How do you wanna handle it?" Jasper asked me.

"Let's go." I said as a guy and two girls joined her.

"You know that this might not end the way that you want it." He said.

"We gotta try. If I don't bring her back Jane's gonna kill me after she lets Alec torture me." I said.

We got out of the car and walked across the parking lot toward them.

Bella POV

"Jax, grab some of the guys… Hap included." I said.

"You got it." He said walking back into the garage.

Lex, Misty and I slowly started walking toward Edward and Jasper. "What are you doing here?" I asked stopping in the middle of the parking lot.

"Just a little friendly conversation." Edward said. "You can tell your guard dogs that there's nothing to worry about."

I turned around and noticed that half of SAMCRO was standing behind us. I turned back to face Edward. "I think my guard dogs are where they need to be. What do you want?" I said.

"Jane wants a meet." He said.

"Who?" I asked. I was good at my job. I knew who Jane was but that didn't mean that I was gonna tell him that. "I don't think that I know a Jane. "Lex, Mis, do you know a Jane?"

They both shook their heads. "It's not ringing any bells." Misty said.

"Look don't play dumb. You guys are known throughout Washington. We know who you are. Jane wants a sit down." Jasper said.

I took a couple steps forward with Lex and Misty on my flanks. "Look here, I don't bow down to a bunch of Vampire looking wannabes. You need to get out of here, before you give me a reason to put a bullet between your eyes." I said.

They stood there and stared at me. "I think their testing you, Bells."

They stood there for another moment. "Fine, we're going. But this isn't over." Edward said backing up.

"Oh, I look forward to it." I said.

When they were out of the parking lot, Lex turned to me. "What do you think?" She asked me.

"I think we need to move up our timetable." I said.

"You heard her boys! Load em up!" I heard Clay yell behind me.

but I need a break from Forks." I said.

"That what you really want?" He asked me.

"Yeah it is." I said.

"Then that's what we'll do." Hap said, grabbing my hand and pulling me to him.

"I love you Hap."

"I love you too, Bells."