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Chapter 10

CJ was walking through the grocery store and couldn't help but feel as if everyone was watching her, a few customers would quickly look away when she caught their eye; then whisper not so quietly to their companion. It happened at the gas station, the post office and at the social services office.

She was beginning to think that she had missed something big; could her new love life really be that interesting to the residents of Charming? She hadn't even gone on a real date with the guy and all of the sudden the town gossips were going nuts.

Cj caught a few words like 'hooligan' 'dangerous' 'harlot' from a few of the seniors in town as she walked by the salon and Cj glared at them. Her love life had nothing to do with them or the town of Charming.

Charlie had loved his new car, Cj was happy to have full use of her truck all the time and the kids loved the extra freedom. Anna hadn't given an indication she wanted her own independence yet; Cj hoped she would start branching out because of Juice but Cj couldn't be sure.

After a full day of errands Cj drove home, she smiled thinking of how her life had changed for the better. Ever since Happy had entered her life she felt herself feeling the thrill of excitement more often than not.

Her smile instantly turned into a frown when she saw charlie sitting on the porch, blood on his face and t-shirt.

"What happened?" Cj asked Charlie who wouldn't meet her eyes.

"Nothing"

"It doesn't look like nothing"

"One of the guys at school was mouthing off about Anna, he wouldn't shut up. So i made him." Charlie looked at her in the eye defiantly. She saw his eye swollen and a nice shiner, split lip and a few other scrapes.

"You know how i feel about fighting." Cj wanted to say more but Charlie cut her off.

"You don't know anything about it!" and slammed the door shut after he walked away from her.

Cj called to him but it was no use, he was already up the stairs; she heard the slam of his door. Sometimes she didn't know what to do. She had to get Charlie to see that he couldn't always fight his way through a argument. She shook her head and headed to the kitchen to make some dinner, and a large glass of wine. Cj learned long ago that conventional discipline did nothing for Charlie; he had to figure it out for himself and he was still young.

A plate saved for Anna who started a new night class would be home in a few hours. And Cj crawled into bed.

Over the last week Anna had been spending more time with Juice. They had gone to a movie and had a lunch date; she had met more of the Sons and was getting over her initial fear and anxiety's of hanging out with a man like Juice.

Anna was leaving her night class on the chilly autumn night and stopped just outside of the building doors. She slowly looked are the parking lot, who was there and where her car was; Cj suggested she take a minute to check her surroundings out and see if there was anyone outside before going to her car. It helped her feel more secure, knowing who was in the lot and making sure if there was enough light. Anna knew she could always go get the security guard, he had escorted her to her car for the last week after this class. She had told him that she was going by herself tonight.

Anna had decided it was time to get over her fears and start living life. Briskly walking to her car Anna stopped abruptly when she heard a crash from in between the Science and English buildings. She was only a few feet away , turning briefly she wondered if she should go get security; instead she took a few steps to see what was going on.

What Anna was made her eyes go wide and gasp, she immediately recognized Juices friend Opie and another man beating up another man who was on the ground. They must have heard her because Opie looked up at her and carefully stepped away from the man on the ground. A few words exchanged with his SAMCRO brother and Opie started to walk toward her.

Anna took a step back, her hand covering her mouth. She knew Juice was in the 'Club' as he had said many times but she hadn't realized what the club was. Maybe she was naive, maybe she was just trying to blind herself from it. She wasn't a stranger to violence, her childhood and teen years had been a prime example of the scum on earth. She took another step back; it was if Opie had seen her thoughts run through her mind. 'did Juice do this to people too?', 'would he ever hurt her?" 'how did she feel about that? Was she safe with him? Would he sell her out when he found out that her father and the man she sent away were constantly searching for her. Would Opie hurt her?

"Anna, wait" He put his hands up and walked to her slowly. Opie saw Anna breathing quickly, she looked totally freaked out. She took another step back and shook her head.

"I just want to talk to you"

Anna shook her head no again and looked around the lot again, to the man on the ground and wondered if they were going to kill him.

Opie took a small step to her again, he was almost 6 feet away, Anna turned and ran to her car. She didn't bother to look back she was just glad she had key less entry.

Opie swore and pulled out his phone. ``Juice..yea we got a problem."

Anna drove home and tried to make sense of what she saw. Obviously the `Club` was more than what he had told her. It made sense people were very private about those kinds of things. Maybe she over reacted; that could have been a very bad man; or he could have hurt someone. Anna wasn't sure but she definitely wasn't ready to see that. Logically she knew that Opie wouldn't hurt her, but she watched the Sopranos, maybe they didn't want any loose ends. Shaking her head she decided to wait until she could talk to Juice or Cj about it.