{Hey guys sorry for the long anticipated wait. I do not own the Sons of Anarchy only my own character(s) and anything you don't recognize.}
The week so far was uneventful being as most of the boys had left for Nevada, including Happy. But, now that the boys were back, I barely saw any of them and I had yet to actually see Happy. The night he came back into town, I was with Gemma and Abel and I had talked to him on the phone but, nothing more than that. To be truthfully honest, I missed him. Today we were setting up for Gemma fundraiser and apparently being a part of this family meant being a part of all these things no questions asked. Gemma had me on a run for food and I hip checked Gemma car door shut. I adjusted the bags on my hips and walked around the school towards Gemma. She looked to be in a serious conversation with a short haired brunette. As I got closer the brunette walked away and Gemma watched her carefully, I set the bags on the table and asked "What was that about?"
"Her kids dad wants to come to town to see him play." Gemma replied while she ruffled through the bags
I rose my eyebrow, "What is the big deal about that?"
"Well baby...let's just say the club and him aren't on good terms. He was a part of club and now he isn't." Gemma whispered
"That bad hey?"
Gemma nodded her head and I turned around to see the woman just disappearing around the corner of the building. I bit my bottom lip as I thought carefully on what that could actually mean. Until Gemma spoke up to me and Luann. "Hey, I got to go see Clay think you can finish up here with Luann?"
"Sure." Luann and I replied
Gemma gave Luann a hug before she came around the table to give a hug and kiss on the cheek. "When you're done here, come back to the shop. Me and Clay got a surprise for you for getting better."
I looked at her confused but, agreed none the less. "Oh, and I need you tomorrow for a gig." Gemma told me as she started to walk away
"And what's that?" I asked
"I want you to sing and play the guitar for the kids, maybe see if Bobby wants to join you a little to."
I let out a short laugh, knowing full well that once Gemma made up her mind on something there was no changing it.
~~SOA~~
It wasn't long before I reached the club house again, thanks to Luann. I couldn't help but, look for Happy's bike hoping that I could at least catch him here. Unfortunately it didn't look like I was going to see him at all either. I thanked Luann for the ride and hoped out of her car going straight for Gemma and Clay who stood outside of the office. Clay gave my back a pat and Gemma looked ecstatic, "Okay, guys what's up?" I asked
"Well kiddo, let's show you." Clay said
Gemma wrapped her hands around my eyes and guided somewhere. From what I could tell it was over to the garage door but, I wasn't one hundred percent certain. I knew I had a ridiculous large smile on my face as I couldn't hold my excitement in any longer. It felt like forever when Gemma finally pulled her hands away and placed them on my shoulders. My smile grew even wider as I looked at a alloy-metallic silver 2007 mustang gtr. I let out a joyful laugh and walked towards the car. Gemma walked forward and stood beside Clay as they watched me marvel over the car. "We figured you deserved it after helping out and getting clean and staying that way. But, realize I will take it back if you don't keep up with the good work."
Gemma smacked Clay in the chest and he grunted and rubbed the spot she hit. Gemma walked up to me, arms open for a hug "We thought that you may want something of your own instead of relying on everyone all the time."
"Thank you so much." I told them
I accepted the hug that Gemma had offered and went and gave Clay an appreciative hug. When I pulled away from Clay he let the keys dangle from his fingers. "Don't get pulled over now kiddo." He warned
Before I knew it I was cruising down the highway seeing how fast my new baby could go.
~~SOA~~
The car was the best thing I had ever received and I drove it for hours, even had to gas up by the end. I had to be serious now though, today was the day of the fundraiser and I was already running behind. I scooted around the house in search of clothing. I choose to wear a pair of light blue skinny jeans with a navy blue button up blouse and a black pair of flats that had a small bow on the toe. I left my hair down in waves with my side bangs down so it covered my one eye almost. The thing that was making me actually late though was my acoustic guitar. In all the boxes I had received from my aunt not one was labeled and I had no idea where she put it. Once I did find it I ran out of there like a bat out of hell. When I pulled up, I pulled up beside a grey truck that screamed I have a small penis but I make up for it with my big bad truck. The people in the truck were no better, a blonde guy in it with some blonde bimbo that looked half his age. I got even more curious when I hoped out of my car and saw the same lady from yesterday pulling him sharply away from the kids he was hugging. I continued to walk away not trying to pry and I saw Jax, Tig and Bobby. I wandered up and gave each of them a hug and looked back over to the guy, "So, that's him?" I asked
Tig looked over at me shocked, "What do you know about Kyle?"
"Only what Gemma told me about. Said he was kicked out for something? Told me to stay clear of him and make sure you boys do to. So let's go check in with Gemma."
"Oh you're gonna keep me in line? I like it when a woman tells me what to do." Tig said with a sneaky smile on his face
I gave him a quick punch to the arm and started to push them towards the school. Once I realized that Jax wasn't following I turned around "Are you not coming?"
"I'll be right in sweetheart, don't worry. Let ma know that I'm here and that I'm on guard duty."
I nodded my head and I sent one more quick look in the Kyle's direction before I headed inside. Gemma was rushing around the food and drink table when we came in. Luann signaled towards us and Gemma rushed over to meet us. "You are late Elvis, and you too." Gemma pointed her fingernail towards us.
I raised my hands in a mock surrender and Bobby started walking backwards, "Do you know how hard it is to get this into a helmet?"
Gemma kept up with his speed walking and said, "The kids are waiting."
"I know, I know." Bobby said as he pushed through the curtain, "Bless my soul. Oh, look at all god's children. So tell me who wants to look like Elvis?"
The kids all shouted at him saying me and I tried to stifle a laugh but, failed. Gemma whipped around when she heard and walked up to me. "Come on baby, you promised me you would be here and now your late and you have kids songs to sing."
Gemma tried to bring me to my stand but Luann called out to her "Gem? Where is the cupcakes and brownies?"
"Oh shit. I left those in the fridge at the clubhouse." Gemma said stamping her heel into the soft dirt.
"If you want I can run back and get them? I won't be more than twenty minutes?" I offered
Gemma contemplated this and she looked over to the kids around her. "Fine. But, be quick about it, no dilly dallying."
I gave her a smile and passed her my guitar and took off. It was a little bit harder to get to TM than I originally anticipated because of the traffic heading to the school. Once I was out of that though it was easy to get there. I parked quickly in the middle of the lot seeing as no one would be coming to TM now and jogged into the clubhouse. A short man I had never seen before, Kipp, Piney and Clay were all sitting around the one I had yet to meet. They all looked over to me but, once they realized it was me, the tense look on their face calmed down. Clay had a AK in his hands but, that didn't stop me from coming towards him and giving him a quick hug and kiss. "This is a really nice place thank you for having me," The man spoke up once he realized there was no harm coming to him. Kipp placed a beer in front of him, "Thanks."
"That's on the house man." Kipp replied
"Oh that's very nice of you." the man replied
"Want anything Savannah?" Kipp asked me
"No thank you. Who is the new guy?" I asked, leaning on the back of Clay chair
"Chucky. What are you doing here kiddo?" Clay asked
"Gem forgot something in the kitchen, I'll be out of your hair in a minute."
I left them to their business and went into the kitchen. You could still hear their conversation slightly but, I choose to tune it out. The way I saw it was if I was meant to know it then they would have said something to me while I was out there. I opened up the fridge and pulled out both trays, first thing I noticed was that there was obviously a brownie missing. I sighed and shut the fridge, heading back out front. I walked up to Kipp who was now out on the floor grabbing some more dishes off of a table. "Four hundred and sixteen thou." Chucky said
I scrunched my eyebrows and gave Chucky a fleeting look. One that I knew I would regret right away. At first I thought I was seeing things so I turned to look at Kipp who was also staring at Chucky. I knew then that I wasn't hallucinating. I looked back over to Chucky and scrunched up my face in disgust. Chucky had his hand shoved into his pants and was pulling on himself. I swear if I wasn't paying attention to the items in my hands, I would have dropped the plates. "Jesus." Piney said
"Lin was real sloppy with his money. Arrogant, wasteful prick. And there is so much of it to. Counterfeiting, prostitution. So I cooked his books for about a year, skimmed a little hoping he would fire me but, nobody noticed so I kept on skimming." Chucky continued
I looked over to Clay who now stood up from his chair. Me, Piney and Kipp all had looks of disbelief on our faces especially when Clay didn't stop him. "What did you get busted for?" Clay asked instead
"Lin's lawyer finally caught on. I got scared so I blew the whistle."
"So, you're a thief and a rat." Clay pointed out plainly
"I accept that."
He accepts that? Really? "The uh, hand on the dick. What's the deal?" Clay finally asked
Chucky seemed to finally realized what he was doing and apologized, "I'm sorry man," Chucky took his hands from his pockets and I took a step away from him. Piney who was closet raised his hands and looked unsure to be sitting so close to him, "I'm so-sorry, I have this condition. I'm not even aware of it."
"Condition?" Clay asked doubtfully
"CMD." Chucky said back
Clay still looked lost, "Compulsive masturbation disorder." I said for Chucky
Piney looked back at Clay and let out a sigh as I looked down at the stuff in my hand. "I couldn't get the right meds in Stockton. So it's a little out of control right now."
Kipp who was now sitting down, looked stressed and rubbed at his head and face. "You know I use to have that, then I turned thirteen." Piney said with a laugh
Everyone smiled at his joke but, Chucky didn't find it funny since it was at his expense. "Well, it's a lot more common than you think. It stems from childhood drama. I was sexually abused-" Chuck started to explain
Clay didn't look interested and looked as if he was getting more pissed off as the seconds ticked by. When his eyes met mine and he realized that I was still here, he cut him off "Look Chuck. I don't give a shit about your childhood trauma. If I see your hand dance in your pants again, let alone in front of my daughter, I'm going to tie you up and I'm going to throw you in the god damn closet. Are we clear?"
"Accept that." Chucky replied
The shot gun that was in front of Piney was now in his hands and he cocked the gun. Chucky looked scared and I just rolled my eyes. "I have got to get these back to Gemma so I will leave you men...to whatever you're doing."
I gave Kipp a kiss on top of the head and hugged both Piney and Clay before I left for the fundraiser. I was there just shortly under twenty minutes and Gemma found me instantly. Gemma placed her hand on my back and started to push me towards a group of waiting children. Gemma placed a quick kiss on my cheek and turned back to her table. "Hello my darling chiclets. What do we wanna hear first?"
They were just as excited as the group of kids that surrounded Bobby. Shouting random songs out at me, most of which were nursery rhymes. I smiled down at all of them, "Whoa Whoa, we will go through all the songs but, one at a time."
I sat down on the stool that was placed in front of them and balanced my guitar with my leg. I strummed my guitar to make sure I was tuning it right. I was just about to ask what song was first when my eyes connected with Kyle and Jax. Jax had Kyle pinned against the wall and looked completely pissed. Jax looked like he was ready to punch him in the face but when his eyes contacted with Gemma's, he let Kyle go. I was become more curious on why this man was so hated and was kicked out.
~~SOA~~
It was night time now and I was just finishing up the last song for the kids that wanted it. Which was one of my favorites as I was a child. I strummed the cords to the ants go marching and encouraged the little ones to join me in the singing. Basically all of them were. It wasn't until the end though that I noticed that Happy was leaning against the table opposite to me. He had a wide smile on his face and my smile grew as I finished the song. The kids groaned when it finished begging me for one more but, before I could say anything their parents came to collect them. I placed my guitar against the tent and wandered over to Happy. "Hey, darling." he spoke once I was close enough
"Who me? I would think we were strangers after all I haven't seen you in weeks?" I teased
"I have been busy what can I say. But, I'm here now?"
I smiled and leaned in to give him a hug. We still hadn't let anyone know about our secret but, I still could at least hug him. I missed his presence for the last few days. His arms wrapped around my waist and he held me there for a few seconds longer than normal. We reluctantly pulled away and I felt the blush come on to my cheeks as I looked into Happy eyes. I pushed my hands into my back pockets "What are you doing tonight?" he asked me suddenly
"Um, not a whole heck of a lot?"
"Wanna come for a ride after the fire works?"
"Only if you watch them with me." I replied and stepped closer to him
He gave me his deep husky laugh before he nodded his head. I looked towards the stage where people were setting up for the concert that would play during the fireworks. I looked over to Happy once more, "What do you say we find a more reserved area for us to watch those fireworks?" I suggested
He motioned behind me with a sneaky smile on his face. I giggled and turned around to walk to the parking lot. We only made it half way across the field when someone shouted Happy's name. I rolled my eyes and turned around to see Opie running towards us, waving his hand. "Man, did no one tell you?"
"Tell me what?" Hap asked genuinely confused
Opie eyed me warily before he pointed behind him. "Clay called everyone back to TM."
My shoulders slumped when I heard this, obviously that meant our mini date wasn't going to happen. Happy nodded at him and turned around to face me. I was hoping that Opie would leave so that I could at least say goodbye to Hap but, he didn't. Instead Op spoke towards me this time, "Would you mind helping me with the fireworks?"
My eyes darted to Happy who seemed to have gone off in his own world. "Yeah, I don't see why not. I'll see you later Hap, club business and all right?"
"Wait Savannah-" Hap tried grabbing for me
I pulled away and turned around and walked away from him. It wasn't that I was mad at him, he couldn't do anything but, just as he was back all of a sudden he is ripped from me. I have no idea how long I can do this with him if we are always going to be apart like this because we can't be close together in public or in front of the other members. Once me and Opie reached the fireworks he asked with his head down, "Did I interrupt something? You didn't have to come help me..."
I looked up at him shocked before I offered him a warm smile. "No Opie. Hap was just asking where you were so, I was going to help him look for you. Of course I would want to help you, I love fireworks."
Opie seemed to be fine with my answer and I continued on with helping him out. We were just placing the fireworks in the tubes when Donna and the kids came running down the stairs. I watched as Opie embraced his wife and kids. As I stood in on the side watching this, I realized that I wanted Happy. I didn't want to be standing here watching this and I didn't want to watch the fireworks alone. I decided I was going to find Happy even if it meant waiting outside TM for him. I slipped away from the happy family and made my way up the stairs and to the parking lot. I took my keys from my pocket and hoped into my car. As I was pulling away what I didn't see in the darkness of night was Opie running after me, shouting at me.
~~SOA~~
I pulled up to TM and made my way to the doors. I peeked into the room but, saw no one...in fact no lights or anything were on either. I stepped back outside and furrowed my eyebrows. This was where Opie told Happy to go wasn't it? It wasn't long before my question was answered. As I walked towards my car, the door to the office opened followed by Jax and Happy. "What are you doing here?" Jax asked stopping dead in his tracks
Happy tried to step around Jax but, before he could the door to the garage opened. Happy started to yell at whoever was behind the garage doors but, it was too late. I dropped my keys out of surprise and brought my hands up to my face. I watched as Bobby and Tig finished unhooking a man with a horribly burnt back, from chains that had him suspended. Clay swore under his breath and Jax tried to get over to me. Before anyone could reach me, I took off. I had no idea where I was going all I wanted to do was get out of there.
