A/N: Well, the new semester is upon us. I know you all understand that school work comes before fanfiction, even if we don't like it. Updating will be as often as possible. Sorry it can't be more regular but I don't want to set a schedule for posting chapters (like a chapter every Saturday or something) because I want to post whenever I'm able to and not limit myself or my readers. So, posting will be whenever I'm able to get a chapter done. Thanks!

Day 45

Opie took a seat across from Jax in the visiting room for the medical ward. He noticed that Jax looked better than he had in a long time. Opie could tell his best-friend was feeling good again. Opie would never say it for fear that Gemma would cut his dick off but he could see that getting shanked was the best thing to happen to Jax in a long time. Jax was more focused and more present than he had been for a long time.

"You look good." Opie said. "You going back to gen pop soon?"

"Yeah," Jax smiled and nodded his head. "That asshole, Dr. Lawson, cleared me to go back within the next few days."

"That's great." Opie grinned. "You can get this shit done and get back to Charming."

"You don't like being president?" Jax laughed.

"Nah, man. It's a shit job." Opie replied.

"But you're doing a great job, Ope." Jax said seriously.

"Thanks, man, but I can't wait to get back to being just another body in the club."

"I can understand." Jax said.

"So what are you going to do about the doctor once you're out of medical?"

"I'll see her once a week for awhile and then I'll see her once a month." Jax shrugged. "What?" He snapped when he caught look Opie threw his way.

"Thomas was right." Opie laughed.

"What did that little shit say now?" Jax huffed.

"He said you got it bad for the doctor." Opie replied.

"I do not have it bad for Corrie." Jax said.

"You really have it bad." Opie shook his head, the smile never leaving his face. "It's good though. It's nice to see you interested in an actual woman instead of a pussy. But, I have to question your choice a little bit. I mean, another doctor?"

"We're friends. We're not going to be anything else than that." Jax said.

"Until you're out of here at least." Opie shot back. "Don't try to bullshit me, Jax, I've known you too long. I know when you have your eye on somebody."

"Nah, Ope. She's like Tara." Jax sighed.

"A selfish, frigid bitch who can't make up her mind what she wants? She's going to ask you to give up everything you've ever known, the things you've wanted your whole life, the people who mean the world to you?" Opie quirked his eyebrow.

"No." Jax gave his best-friend a half smile. "She's smart. She's successful."

"And you're just a mechanic with a GED, that it?" Opie couldn't believe Jax was pulling this bullshit again. Jax nodded. "You ever stop to think that maybe she sees more in you than that?"

"Maybe," Jax shrugged. "Abel likes her."

"Corrie takes Abel for a walk in the park so they can feed the ducks every afternoon before she goes to work." Opie said.

"I had no idea." Jax said.

"Well, since I've already sounded enough like a pussy for one day, just let me say that it's not up to you to decide whether she likes you or not. It's her decision to make. If she does want more from you when you get out, don't question it."

Jax nodded.


"What can I do for you, Mr. Trager?" Corrie asked the dark haired man with wild blue eyes. He was sitting on a bed in the medical ward with his shirt off and blood dripping down his shoulder.

"I'm in a lot of pain here, Doc." Tig groaned.

"What happened?" Corrie asked as Karina got a basin of saline and a medical sponge with soap in it ready.

"I was walking in the yard, minding my own business," he said loudly at the guard, "when some crazy bastard bit me."

Corrie quickly cleaned the wound. She grimaced when she saw the bite imprint. "That's...not good. It doesn't look like you'll need stitches." Corrie quickly put a bandage over the bite wound. As the guard was going to lead the patient back to general population, Jax walked back in from visitation.

"Hey, Tiggy, you okay?" Jax asked the man.

"You look familiar. Do I know you? Are you my long lost son?" Tig asked.

"Nice, asshole." Jax laughed.

"Yeah, man, I'm cool. Just got bit in the shoulder." Tig replied. Jax shot him a look. "What? It wasn't my fault! I was just walking and the bastard bit me."

"It's Karma, Tigger. You're finally getting bit back. Maybe you'll stop biting people." Jax grinned.

"I got bit in the ass by a doberman. Did you forget about that? I still have the scar. I could show you but I don't want to offend the good doctor." Tig said.

"Keep your ass covered. Nobody needs to see that." Jax laughed.

"See ya soon?" Tig asked.

"Yeah. I get released back to gen pop in a few days." Jax said. Corrie's heart dropped. She slowly flipped open Jax's file and tried to contain a frustrated huff. Dr. Lawson had made a note that Jax was ready to return to the pod. Corrie couldn't tell what upset her more: the fact that Dr. Lawson made a call about her patient or the fact that she'd been contemplating fudging the paperwork so that Jax would have to stay in medical longer. Granted, she didn't have any reason to keep him in the medical ward. He was out of danger but she was going to miss having him around. And, realizing that she wanted to spend more time with Jax and keep getting to know him was a problem. Over the past couple of days, Jax had told her about his dad dying when he was 16, Thomas' medical scare when Jax was 12, and how his mother had married his dad's best-friend. She needed to get a hold of her senses. Jax was a prisoner. She couldn't develop feelings for him. It just wasn't right.

"You okay?" Jax asked her.

"Yeah," she smiled at him. "Just a little tired."

"Maybe you should forego the walk with my son tonight." He teased.

"Never!" She laughed. "It's the best part of my day."

"Thank you for spending so much time with him." Jax said. He was grateful that she had made it a habit to see Abel. The little boy needed a sane person in his life.

"I should be thanking you for letting me spend so much time with him." She laughed.

"I guess we should both thank Thomas." Jax groused.

"Oh, don't be so hard on the guy. Don't you remember what it was like to be 26? He's gotta be a ladies man while he can." She giggled.

"He said that, didn't he?" Jax shook his head.

"Of course." Corrie shrugged.


Karina shot her friend a look as they stocked the supply room of the medical ward.

"I can feel your eyes on me." Corrie said.

"You gonna rip Dr. Lawson a new one?" Karina asked.

"For what?" Corrie asked.

"Oh, like you don't know." Karina laughed.

"No. He made the right call about Jax." Corrie said.

"You just don't want him gone." Karina said.

"You can read me so well." Corrie huffed. "I just like his company. He's made the past few weeks interesting."

"And you want to rip his clothes off." Karina teased.

"Karina, we probably won't see each other once he's out." Corrie huffed.

"Yeah, right. You're spending time with his kid. Plus, the Sons end up in our ER a lot." Karina said.

"Maybe we'll be friends but that's it." Corrie shook her head. "What would an outlaw see in a doctor?"

Karina shrugged. "He was with Knowles for awhile."

"That's different. She was his high school sweetheart. His first love." Corrie replied. "I'm sure there's some bad ass chick that would suit him much better."

"You're pretty bad ass." Karina said.

"Karina, it's...complicated." Corrie said.

"It will be until he's released. Then, it's not complicated anymore." Karina shrugged again.

"Easy for you to say." Corrie said. "Jax and I are just friends."

"Girl," Karina laughed. "You got it bad."