Chapter 9- To Love A Crow
Rachel had just been discharged but she was having a hard time getting her sister off the guilt trip. Steven hadn't been found so the shooting had gone cold, allowing everyone but Sara to move back in, so Sara had gone to Liz's to collect her cats, a Bombay named Gus and a Himalayan named Victoria, which Sam and Blair had taken with them at first.
"I suggest shutting up and enjoying yourself. We're at the Taste of Charming," said Rachel. "That hospital food sucked, I could use something yummy."
"I guess," said Sara.
"Aw, does someone miss her boyfriend," said Rachel.
"Kinda," said Sara. "He called while you were in the hospital, hearing his voice helped."
"You're in love with him," said Rachel.
"No I'm not," said Sara.
"Yeah you are, I can tell," said Rachel. "He loves you too."
"No he doesn't," said Sara. "That brush with death is making you loopy."
"No it's not," said Rachel. "I've seen the way he looks at you, Sara. If he only wanted a fuck he'd only stare at your boobs anyway."
"You're such a wiseass," said Sara.
"It's a gift," said Rachel. "I was serious when I said it. Jax, Opie, and Sam could all be in the same room and he'll still give you that look. You won't admit it because you don't want Steven to wack him – which is why I got my hair highlighted the minute I was discharged."
"Glad you did. Then he'll wack the right sister next time," said Sara.
"That wasn't funny," said Rachel. "Let's go give Gemma some of our hard earned moolah."
They walked over to Gemma's booth. The SAMCRO queen gave both women hugs, and Luanne did the same right after.
Chibs drained the last of his beer, looking at the wallet photo of Sara that he had stuck inside one of the slots. However, because everything was done and McKeavy never though it was too early for a beer or women, they were at an Irish bar near the border. It was pretty amusing – McKeavy was a hardass when doing business, but take him out of that setting and stick him in a bar and he was the funniest man in the place.
"Who's the lass?" said McKeavy.
Chibs realized McKeavy had seen the wallet photo and cursed.
"Relax, I won't tell 'im," McKeavy slurred. "Probably won't remember tomorrow mornin'. Look, ya never shoulda married Fi. I warned ya, but you were 18 and ya weren't thinkin' straight, she only wanted power. What of this new one? Ya love her? She looks familiar… wait a minute."
McKeavy and Chibs both saw the TV at the top of the bar airing last night's episode of Letterman, the bartender had taped it. Sara was the feature guest and was laughing at something the talk show host had just said.
"She's famous? Sheesh!" said McKeavy.
"Relax, she doesn't know shite," said Chibs.
"She got any sisters?" said McKeavy. "All the women here are mine!"
Chibs rolled his eyes then ordered a shot of whiskey when he saw McKeavy drooling.
Later that day, Sara and Donna walked around sipping lemonade and talking about Kyle Hobart being back in town.
"Do we have to talk about him?" said Sara.
"No," said Donna. "Chibs. Are you in love with him?"
"You're the second person to talk about me loving Chibs," said Sara. "Rachel hasn't even been out of the hospital a day and she's implying things."
"You've been with him a little over three months," said Donna. "Besides, I won't go implying things all over the place where the free world can hear it, so feel free to spill."
"You're right," said Sara. "I love him. I know you don't agree with the club, but I've been walking a line between the club and a normal life for a long time. I can't have a normal life, even when the Steven thing blows over I'll still be famous, and I know Chibs doesn't care that I'm known all over the U.S. I can't say the same for most of the men I've dated, though. They hear the name Sara Davis and are like, 'Wow, the theater actress!' With Chibs, I'm just Sara. I can be myself."
"You've obviously given the relationship a lot of thought," said Donna.
"I didn't want to wreck things," said Sara. "After Ramon died, I snapped. After I left and went to New York I fucked every Tom, Dick, and Harry in all five boroughs."
"Shit," said Donna.
"My sentiments exactly," said Sara. "I'm not messed up anymore, thank god. What about you and Opie?"
"I don't know," said Donna. "I drew up papers. If he goes back to the club, I'm leaving."
"You two have been in love since you were four," said Sara. "Just answer one question for me. Cut all your problems out of the equation right now: all the debt, the arguing about the club. Do you still love Opie?"
"Yes," said Donna.
"That's something to work on," said Sara. "Work on that, and talk with each other, no more fighting. If you still think you wanna leave him, I'll set you up at the house in the Keys that my sorority sisters and I all bought. You and the kids can stay there as long as you need."
"I wish your advice was that simple," said Donna.
"When life is complicated, drink tequila," said Sara.
She pulled out a flask from her purse and the best friends drank the goods.
"I must be drunk, I see Elvis!" said Donna.
"No, that's just Uncle Bobby," said Sara.
They laughed.
Chibs came back the next day, and wasn't too happy that everything had gone to hell while he was away.
He had gone to the Davis house to surprise Sara, and had found Rachel there instead with a sling in her arm, who had told him about the shooting.
"Doctor said I'll be fine," said Rachel. "Obviously I'm one of those annoying people that just won't die."
"Where is she?" said Chibs.
"Clubhouse," said Rachel.
Chibs drove there to find Sara and Half-Sack playing pool.
"They've been playing pool for weeks," said Tig. "Let's see how long he can keep our resident celeb entertained."
Tig then laughed, and Chibs walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Guess who luv," said Chibs.
Sara turned around and gave Chibs a big kiss.
"I find it hard to believe you're famous… you're not like Paris Hilton," said Half-Sack. "You're very nice to us."
"You're just happy I gave you some yummy recipes that didn't have meat in 'em," said Sara.
Chibs and Sara went upstairs.
"That's my cue to take a ride," said Bobby.
"They won't even have time to do anything," said Tig. "Clay wants a Church meeting later."
"Oh," said Bobby.
He seemed relieved, but turned the radio all the way up anyway.
"I stopped by your place, and your sister filled me in," said Chibs. "Why didn't you call me luv?"
"You had club business, and I know enough not to interrupt that," said Sara. "I stayed with Opie the first night, then Jax brought me here. I'm okay, but I'll be great when Steven's gone. How were things up north?"
"Fine," said Chibs. "McKeavy saw your picture in my wallet and was happy that he could keep all the women we met to himself."
"Sounds like quite the character," said Sara.
Chibs heard meowing and knew it was Sara's cats, Gus and Victoria. Gus, a black cat, got between them in the bed and Victoria was shedding all over the place. They then heard a commotion. The couple exited the room to find Bobby cursing and the toilet overflowing.
"Ew!" said Sara. "That is so rank, Uncle Bobby!"
"Half-Sack, get in here!" Bobby yelled.
Half-Sack found a pair of panties in the toilet.
"Who do you think would flush panties down the shitter?" said Bobby.
"Weird," said Half-Sack.
"Very," said Sara. "Now I gotta get outside and get some air, this is way too nasty."
She ran off, and then decided to take a drive to Sugar Ice, her friend Liz's boutique and buy some clothes. She saw Sydney, Teagan, and Morgan. Morgan looked upset.
"What's wrong?" said Sara.
"Zack cheated on me with Jessica," said Morgan.
"Your boyfriend know how to fillet a cheating bastard and his slut?" said Teagan.
"Death is too quick, I say we use my blog," said Sydney.
"I say we call the other girls in the class, except for Jessica and Jenna," said Morgan.
"No killing, but by all means ruin his life," said Sara.
After she bought a couple little black dresses that she liked, she made the drive back to the clubhouse. She found herself stopped at a stop sign in front of a police van and several cars. Suddenly a guy in his sixties ran out and opened fire on the van. Sara had to duck to keep from getting hit. When the chaos subsided, she saw that her tires had been flattened by bullets and a couple going by on a motorcycle had been killed in the crossfire.
"Jesus," Sara muttered.
"Unlock me!" someone yelled.
She saw a cop handcuffed to the van and went over to undo the cuffs.
"Thanks," said the cop.
"Don't mention it," said Sara.
Hale soon came on the scene and asked Sara to come down to the station and answer some questions.
"Can I call for a tow first? It's a classic, I'm sure one of the rookies would make off with it," said Sara.
"I'd do the same myself," said Hale.
He would. That mustang was an all-American man's wet dream, but now it looked like it had seen battle. Hale wondered just how badly SAMCRO would flip when they saw that car. After someone from Teller-Morrow arrived to take it down there, Sara went down to the station with Hale, who then had to leave. As she was giving a statement, and a vague one at that, she saw Clay get brought in then Gemma soon after. They then got into a fight right there in the station.
"It's not my fault!" Clay yelled.
"And it's not my pussy!" Gemma yelled.
Sara couldn't believe it. Clay had cheated on Gemma.
"Holy shit," said Sara.
She was allowed to leave just in time to see ATF raid the garage. She had seen Hale leave earlier, and knew he was behind this. She had gotten a ride with Sam, who was more than eager to watch his twin get in Hale's face.
"This is a crime scene!" Stahl yelled.
Sam flashed his press pass.
"Freedom of speech bitch!" Sam yelled.
"Wow, that was personal," said Sara.
"She almost ruined my marriage when Blair and I lived in D.C.," said Sam.
Sara remembered. Sam had worked for the Washington Post for years, and had had a big story on a corrupt ATF agent he was anxious to put on the front page. The agent's partner, a female, had made a fake tape that sounded like she and Sam had slept together, and had threatened to make the tape public. Sam had called her bluff, and Agent June Stahl had made good on her threat, and Sam had decided the only way to prove he hadn't been cheating had been two things: starting a family with Blair, and raising that family in Charming, because Blair had never wanted to go to Washington in the first place. So he had, but now the bitch was back. Sam and Sara walked right into the room used for Church, and Sara walked right up to Hale.
"You are a piece of shit," said Sara.
Sam grabbed his sister so she wouldn't get physical.
"Seriously man, I can only hold her back for so long, and even only if I want to," said Sam.
"Excuse me?" said Hale.
"You don't give a shit about what Charming is, all you wanna do is turn it into something it's not," said Sam. "You used to love this town, now you've turned your back on everyone you grew up with. Even Rachel thinks so."
"You don't wanna change Charming, you just wanna give it back to the Honorable Judge Asshole," Sara hissed.
"Don't you dare drag my father into this!" said Hale.
"Did I hit a nerve? I'm so sorry," said Sara. "Not!"
Hale walked away.
"You shut down SAMCRO the drugs will come into Charming!" Sam yelled. "My kids are done if that happens! You hear me you asshole?!"
"Sam, calm down!" said Sara.
"I can't," said Sam. "He shuts down SAMCRO, then the Mayans will bring in their heroin, and the Nords will bring in their meth. I've covered way too many stories of kids killed by druggies. I'd rather have SAMCRO around, because they don't participate in the drug trade."
Sara went back to the clubhouse after ATF left and ran into Half-Sack. She liked the kid. Reminded her of what a little brother would've been like if she had had one. She sat at the bar.
"What will you drink?" said Half-Sack.
"Tequila," said Sara. "When life is complicated, I reach for tequila."
"You can talk to me," said Half-Sack.
Maybe she could. He wasn't like most of the others. Course, when he was fully patched that could change in seconds.
"I can't believe Clay cheated on Gemma," said Half-Sack. "I'm shocked. I'm gonna visit Cherry later."
"You like her," said Sara. "You sure she likes you?"
"Yeah," said Half-Sack. "She didn't look at Clay like… like she looked at me."
"Young love, how sweet," said Sara. "I'm fucked."
"Why do you say that?" said Half-Sack.
"I'm too cynical," said Sara. "Uncle Bobby went through three wives, divorced them all. Jax has slept with too many women to count, Opie and Donna's marriage is hitting the skids, now Clay and Gemma… do you think Chibs and I are any different?"
She downed a shot, and poured herself another.
"Course!" said Half-Sack. "If he wasn't smitten, he would've hit some in Canada, but he didn't. You're also used to all this, because you grew up with it. I know I'm rooting for you two to stick together and handle whatever may happen."
"Thanks," said Sara. "Don't worry about the hazing. Stick it out and it'll pay off."
Chibs walked in right after Half-Sack left. He had seen the damage to Sara's car and was grateful that she was unharmed.
"Half-Sack seems to think we have a better chance than all the other couples around here," said Sara.
"I think he's right," said Chibs. "Jackie-boy told me what happened with Clay an' his mum. I'd never do that to you, luv."
They shared a kiss more passionate than any others they had shared before.
Cherry walked into the clubhouse, looking for Half-Sack. He was what she wanted. After what she had been through before, he was the kind of man she needed. A real man. She saw a man curled up on a couch with a brunette who looked very familiar. Seeing the white-gold hoops almost threw Cherry into a shock, because only the actress Sara Davis wore those.
"Some night, Chibs," said Sara, waking up.
She saw the girl standing near them.
"You're Cherry aren't you?" said Sara.
"You're Sara Davis aren't you?" said Cherry. "I saw a couple plays in Vegas. You're good."
"He's upstairs," said Sara.
She ran off.
"Who was that?" said Chibs.
"Half-Sack's girlfriend," said Sara.
Morgan, Sydney, Teagan, and the others drove until they got to Zack's house.
"Let's see how the cheating bastard likes what we have in store for him," said Morgan.
She grabbed the knife she had taken from the house and slashed his tires. He loved his car more than he had ever loved her, so she would destroy it with a little help from her friends. Sydney had written an article about how men who were unfaithful upped their chances of contracting STDs, and the article mentioned Zack's name like there was no tomorrow.
Morgan egged the car and put baloney on it. Later that day the baloney would roast on the car and take the paint off. She would find out because Blaze teased Zack, and the boys got into a fight that resulted in Blaze being merely bruised while Zack needed stitches. She had to wonder what exactly had caused Blaze to leave Belfast, as he never mentioned it.
Teagan then called the Wells residence after they had left. Jessica's mother picked up, because Jessica wasn't home.
"Hi, this is Susan calling from Charming Family Clinic," said Teagan. "I have the results of your daughter's pregnancy test. Could you have her call us back as soon as possible? It's important."
Teagan ended the call, and the friends exchanged high fives.
Next chapter you'll see some more Chibs & Sara, as well as Aiden "Blaze" Finnegan... if you review.