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Stefanie slowly opened her eyes the next morning as the soft buzzing of her cell phone continued. Sitting up she moved the hair from her face as she looked at the time to see that it was nearly 9 a.m.
Reaching over she grabbed her phone and answered it. "Hello?" She asked groggy as she laid back down as she draped an arm over her face. "I take it was a long night for you?" Gemma replied as Stefanie removed her arm and sat up. "Well yeah, especially since I bailed out Tig last night. What the hell happened?" She asked as she heard Gemma sigh. "I'm sorry, but I couldn't tell you. Believe me Clay and Jax didn't know I was doing this either. Let's just say that well...Marueen told me some "personal" stuff that I need to confront her about." She said as Stefanie got up as she searched for something to wear. "It's fine Gemma, in fact you being there will keep Jax on track of getting Abel back. And should I be worried about this "personal" stuff?" She asked as she pulled out a pair of jeans and a grey tanktop as she heard Gemma sigh. "I'll let you know more when I do...I'll let him know you're thinking of him...gotta go baby." She said as Stefanie hung up and threw her phone onto the bed.
After getting ready Stefanie found herself at T&M as she walked in to see Kozic and Tig at each others throats once again. Groaning Stefanie walked in as Tig and Kozic stopped the bickering once they saw her. "Am I going to know why you two hate each other?" She asked as she looked and pointed at the two of them. "No." They said in unison as they walked away from her as she looked down to see the desk full of paperwork.
"Good thing you don't work for a living." Stefanie thought as she sat down and started to sort out the paperwork. Stefanie continued to sort out the paperwork as Piney and the prospects followed in. "Hey Piney, you think the prospect can sort some of this out. I told Lyla I'd go some place with her." She said as Piney nodded as he pointed to the prospect behind him. "You heard the lady." He said as Stefanie moved as she walked over to Piney as she grabbed her hoodie on the way out.
"So Gemma, went to Belfast with the boys." Stefanie said as she pulled her arms threw the hoodie as she and Piney walked outside. "She said that there was "personal" reason why she had to go. I guess Jax and the boys didn't even know about it." She said as Piney nodded and shook his. "That sounds like Gemma." He said as Stefanie nodded as she looked over at Kozic and Tig who were glaring angrily at each other. "What are we going to do about those two?" Stefanie asked as she pointed to Tig and Kozic. "I don't know...can't figure out what's up with those two." He said as Stefanie nodded as she grabbed her keys and walked over to her car. "Well if you ask me...they should just fight it out." She said as Piney laughed as Stefanie opened her car door and got in. "Just make sure that if they do fight...they don't kill themselves." She said as Piney laughed as he closed her door as Stefanie left the parking lot.
Pulling up to Lyla's house, Stefanie got out as Lyla's son came running toward her. "Hey pal, how are you?" She asked as she picked him up and carried him into the house. "Hey Lyla, I'm here." She said as Lyla looked over as she pulled on her jacket. "Thank for doing this Stefanie." She said as Stefanie shook her head. "It's no problem." She said as she looked down at Lyla's son playing. "Who's watching him?" She asked as Lyla grabbed her purse. "Is it okay if we drop them off with Piney?" She asked as Stefanie nodded. "Yeah no problem, Piney watching Opie's kids?" She asked as they all piled into the car. "Yeah, he said that he wouldn't mind watching the kids." She said as Stefanie nodded as she pulled out of the driveway.
After dropping off Lyla's kid, the two drove to the clinic that Tara had told Lyla about as they noticed Tara standing by her car. "Here we go." Stefanie said as Lyla nodded as Stefanie reached over and gave Lyla's hand a reinsuring squeeze as they both got out of the car.
Tara looked over skeptically as she looked at both Stefanie and Lyla. "Stefanie, what are you doing here?" She asked as Stefanie walked forward. "I asked her to come." Lyla said as Tara nodded as the three women walked into the clinic.
Sitting down in the grungy hard chairs Stefanie sighed as she watched Lyla fiddle with her hands. "You're sure this clinic is what you said it is?" Lyla asked as Tara looked over at her. "My boss said it is 100% confidential. No one will find out. I also gave them a fake name." She said as Lyla shook her head. "Good...not just for my job but, I don't want Opie to know...I love Ope but, I don't think he's ready for another child right now." She explained as Stefanie looked over at her and gave her a slight smile. "It'll be okay." She said as Lyla nodded again as the nurse walked out. "Miss.?" The nurse asked as Lyla looked at both Tara and Stefanie questioningly as she rose and followed the nurse into the room.
Stefanie ran her hand threw her hair as she grabbed the magazine from the table as she opened it and started to flip through the pages. Stefanie felt eyes on her as she moved her own eyes from the magazine in her hands to Tara, who was staring at her.
"What?" Stefanie asked as she put the magazine down on the table and turned to Tara. "Nothing, I'm just surprised that you're here. Especially, since the last time we talked you pretty much threatened me." She said as Stefanie rubbed her eyes as she shook her head.
"I really don't want to do this here okay." She said as she grabbed the magazine again. "God Stefanie, when can we stop this? When can we end this endless battle against each other?" Tara asked as Stefanie put down the magazine again and turned to her. "I don't know...I don't know if we can get past everything that has happened." She said as Stefanie looked down at her hands. "If we put this behind us...maybe we can be friends or at least tolerate each other." Tara said as Stefanie looked from her hands back at her.
"If I decide to put everything behind me...you have to know this." She said as she turned her body so that she was now facing Tara. "You have to know that you and Jax...never happening again. He's with me now. He's going to be the father of my baby. He put this ring on my finger. So you are not going to try and break me and Jax up again. If you do I swear it will not end well for you...trust me." She said as Tara took deep breath as she nodded her head.
"Believe me I know...the way that Jax looks at you is totally different then the way he looked at me. I'll stay away from Jax." She said as Stefanie nodded her head as she shrugged as she looked back at Tara. "Then maybe after everything is over...maybe we can be friends or at least tolerate one another." She said as Tara smiled slightly as she looked back at Stefanie. "I'd like that." She said as Stefanie nodded as she looked over to see Lyla walk out.
Standing up the three women walked out to their cars as they stood for a minute. "Tara, you think you could give Lyla a ride home? I have to stop by T&M before I head home." She said as Tara nodded her head as she opened the door for Lyla. "Sure." She said as Stefanie nodded her head. "Thanks...Lyla I'll call you tomorrow." She said as Lyla nodded groggily as Stefanie waved as she got into her car as she headed off toward T&M.
Once back at the garage Stefanie got out of her car as she walked into the office to see Kozic and Tig looking again beaten and bruised glared at each other. Raising her eyebrow she smiled as she looked at the two men. "Anything I need to know boys?" She asked as they didn't take their eyes off one another. "Nothing to worry about Angel." Tig said as Stefanie nodded her head. "Okay, I came to see if you needed a ride before I headed home." She asked as Tig stopped glaring at Kozic and turned his attention to her. "No Angel, don't worry about it. Go home." He said as Stefanie pulled out her keys and stepped back. "Okay, you boys don't kill yourselves without Clay and the boys around to be on who will win." She said as Tig went back to glaring at Kozic as Stefanie went back to her car to head home.
Once back at her home Stefanie walked into the bedroom after locking the front door. Kicking off her shoes and plugging her phone into its charger she then gathered up some clothes as she walked off toward the shower. Just as she was about to turn on the nozzle for a nice relaxing shower her cell phone rang as she groaned lightly. "You gotta be kidding me." She said as she walked back to the bedroom as she walked over to her phone and pulled it from the charger to see that she didn't know the number on the caller ID.
"Hello?" Stefanie asked as she sat down on the bed as she ran her hand over her stomach. "Hey Angel." Jax replied as a smiled spread across Stefanie's lips. "Hey yourself, how is everything? You and the guys okay?" She asked as she heard Jax take a deep breath. "Yeah, just found out some stuff about Jimmy and the IRA here...It's going to be a little complicated getting Abel back." He said as Stefanie ran her hand over her face. "Shit, do whatever you gotta do to get him back Jax. I trust you." She said as she stood up and walked over to the door frame. "I won't keep you babe...it's gotta be late there. Just wanted to hear your voice." He said as Stefanie smiled. "I miss you too...bring him home okay." She said as felt the tears prick her eyes. "I'll do whatever I have to...I love you." He said as Stefanie blinked the tears away. "Love you too." She said as Jax hung up the phone as Stefanie pulled hers away from her ear as tossed the phone to the bed.
After hanging up with Jax, Stefanie shook her head as she walked to the bathroom and turned the nozzle on to continue her shower. "I hate this life sometimes." She said a softly as she stripped her clothes and climbed into the not steaming shower.
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