Olivia couldn't be happier that she managed to get to the grocery stores at a quiet portion of the morning, parents had done their shopping earlier after the school run so the aisles were dotted with older people meandering through the produce. The last few days had consisted of sitting in the hospital with Abel in between work and waking up in the mornings beside Jax. Olivia was well and truly content for the first time in awhile and she intended to enjoy every minute of it.
Opie had kept his word and decided not to out them for their rendezvous but that didn't stop him from rolling his eyes or grimacing when they lied to the others about where they had spent the night.
Although it had not been discussed with any other members Gemma Teller had made it clear that she knew exactly what was going on between her son and the youngest Winston, her usual passing comments and pointed looks made Olivia roll her eyes internally but on the outside she shrugged it off and kept her cool in front of the others, determined that she wouldn't be wavered until her and Jax made the decision to announce whatever they were to everyone.
"I come bearing gifts." Olivia smiled brightly, holding up the shopping bags she had in each hand. Donna rolled her eyes playfully before standing aside to let her sister in law in.
"Kenny, Ellie, Aunt Liv is here." Donna called down the hall, not a second had passed before the sound of both kids racing down the hall drifted to their ears. Olivia braced herself as the kids nearly knocked her over, wrapping their arms around her tightly, it had been awhile since she had seen them , her schedule seemed to be pretty packed these days.
"I have candy, calm down." Olivia laughed. "How's school?"
"Good, I got an A in Science class last week." Ellie beamed proudly while Kenny rolled his eyes at his sister. Olivia handed over the goods, the kids disappeared into the living room with it while Olivia followed Donna into the kitchen where she began to make coffee for them both.
"How's everything going?" Olivia asked, sitting down at the kitchen table. She knew Opie and the guys were all at the clubhouse, Opie had been going to work and doing what he was told in terms of his day job but the fact he was still associating with the club was pressing on Donna.
"Actually, pretty good, we seem to be getting by." Donna's slight smile gave Olivia a glimmer of hope for her brothers marriage. "Samcro is still involved in our marriage but at least Opie is earning an honest living now. Baby steps." Olivia thought it was best to let Donna believe there was some probability of Opie leaving the club.
Olivia smiled gratefully as her cup of coffee was placed in front of her, taking a sip of the magical liquid she looked up to see Donna watching her, a smile tugging at her lips.
"Not getting enough sleep lately?" Donna laughed, raising her eyebrow, Olivia could feel the blush on her cheeks as she realized what the older woman was getting at.
"I'm getting by." She grinned back. "If anything I'm satisfied."
"Okay, too much information." Donna laughed, waving her hand in front of her face as if to banish the image in front of her.
"Hey, you brought it up." Olivia shrugged, still laughing.
"Seriously though, how is everything going with Jax?"
"Honestly, really good at the moment." It felt good to be able to talk to someone about whatever it was her and Jax were, all the secrets from the club was wearing on her slightly and sometimes all she wanted to do was gush about him. "He's behaving, he checks in, he brings me coffee and doughnuts before work when he knows I'm feeling tired."
"Jax is a good guy, Olivia, and this is all you've wanted since you were fourteen, I'm happy for you." Donna sounded sincere as she grasped her sister in laws hand and squeezed it gently.
"Opie's a good guy too, Donna." Olivia looked her in the eye. "Don't go too hard on him, you and the kids are all he cares about right now." Donna merely glanced down at the table, sighing gently before changing the subject.
"I think Ellie has a crush on a guy at school, I thought that wouldn't happen for another few years."
"Hey, be grateful he doesn't have a Kutte and a Harley." Olivia smirked before laughing at the look on her sister in laws face. "That was a joke, Donna! I was about her age when I started noticing Jax."
"Jesus I'd hate to be back at that stage." Donna shook her head as she sipped at her coffee, Olivia nodded in agreement.
"You'd better hope they take after you in their teen years, if they're anything like me and Opie you're gonna need another level of strength and patience."
"I rebelled by being with Opie." Donna smiled lightly to herself. "Nearly gave my whole family a heart attack."
"I remember." Olivia smirked draining her cup of coffee. "Anyway, I gotta head to work, I'm in the bad books for taking so much time off lately."
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Olivia bustled around the bar, keeping herself busy, she had got chewed out by her boss for being late. Kenny and Ellie insisted on showing her something on the TV and then she got stuck behind the mother of all slow drivers on the way here adding to her blood pressure levels.
The bar was quiet as it was just coming on to evening time, the usual stragglers were around along with a few guys playing pool but it was a nice crowd all in all. Olivia was the only one on this evening as it was the middle of the week and it wasn't likely to get much busier than this. She had text Jax earlier asking how Abel was doing, he was getting another check up today. Alan had avoided Olivia, getting Tara to give the updates whenever possible however he did have one encounter with Jax on Taras day off. Jax had chuckled through the whole story as he told Olivia in bed that night, how Alan had spoken through gritted teeth and barely looked Jax in the eye while Jax listened to him intently with a shit eating grin spread across his face.
She was wiping down a table with a small grin on her face at the thought of laying in bed with Jax, apart from sitting with Abel that was her favourite thing to do these days. When they were in their own little world that no one else knew about.
A shiver ran through Olivias body as someone brushed past her, her eyes widened as she looked up to see a large figure sitting at the bar. Is this guy ever going to learn.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Olivia asked loudly as she marched to the other side of the bar. The light shadow of the bruise her fist had made was still visible under his eye.
"Thirsty." The man shrugged, leaning against the bar.
"Do you know what the meaning of the word barred is?"
"Your boss told me I could come back, on account of his employees rage." Olivia could tell he was more than happy that he was the one to break this news to her. Olivia glanced around the room quickly, making sure everyone was occupied and had full drinks before she leaned across the counter, just inches away from his face.
"Trevor, can I call you Trevor?" She grinned. "Nevermind, I'm going to anyway. You made it clear the last time that you knew exactly who I am but I'm not sure that you do." Olivia had her voice low and dangerous, her eyes locked with his as she smirked back at him. "See, my entire family could make you disappear quicker than you could count how many girls you've groped in your lifetime, you're always on your own so I doubt anyone would even miss you. And all I would have to do is dial one number, right now, and it would be done tonight." Olivia paused to let her words sink in, she smirked again when she noticed a small moment of doubt flit across this mans face. He knew she wasn't bluffing, the night of the fight the others in the pub had told him to not mess with her, it'd be the last thing he would ever do but he wasn't about to back down from some Biker Whore. "But all of this would be your best case scenario cause see that's only if the boys are dealing with you, if it's left to me and my girls, we fight a little bit dirtier, you'd be picked apart piece by piece, and I know which part I'd start carving first." Olivia dropped her eyes to emphasis her words, there was beads of sweat forming on the guys forehead as he tried to hold his composure. "I'm not a Biker Whore, honey, I'm blood."
Olivia grinned to herself as she watched the large man in front of her huff indignantly before picking himself up from the stool and making his way out the door of the pub. Her grin quickly disappeared as she made her way around the back to where her boss, Derek, was sat doing paperwork.
"You're undermining my decisions on who to bar from the pub now?" Olivia folded her arms as her boss looked up at her with his eyebrows raised.
"You broke the guys nose, Olivia!" Derek exclaimed. "I don't need that to go around town."
"Because he deserved it and I didn't even do it in this pub so what's the problem? Would you prefer to let the town know that you accommodate creeps?"
"Olivia, you're being dramatic, I took a chance on you when I first hired you, no trouble, that was the deal."
"Did the other girls get the same talking to or would this have anything to do with SAMCRO?"
Derek sighed before putting his pen down and giving her his full attention. "I heard about the raid on the club, I just don't want the ATF to turn up here looking for you in front of all of our customers."
"All of our customers have been drinking here since before I was born, they've seen me grow up, they don't seem to have any problem with the club or who I am."
"Olivia, you're a good worker, you're one of my best but you're getting out of control lately, calling in sick, taking more days off than usual, turning up late." He shook his head before lowering his tone. "Would it have anything to do with the fact that you're hanging around Jax Teller more."
"Y'know what, Derek, call Stacey to come in because I'm done." Olivia shook her head, untying her apron and placing it on the desk in front of him.
"Oh now, come on, there's no need for this."
"No, if you have a problem with Jax this isn't going to work." She shrugged before turning on her heel and walking out.
Jax's POV:
Jax rested on his bike as he pulled his phone out of his pocket, he knew he would have a text from Liv about Abel, she always checked in if she couldn't make it herself. He smiled to himself as he text her back saying everything was good, deciding to keep the really great news for tonight when he'd see her in person.
Olivia was at the hospital just as much as him and Gemma, he wanted to see the look on her face when she found out they were going to get to hold Abel tomorrow.
"Jax!" He turned at the sound of his name to see Tara trotting down the steps of the hospital, paperwork in her hand. "Forgot to get you to sign these."
"No problem." He grinned back to her. "Everything okay?" He couldn't help but notice Tara seemed uneasy, she was shifting her weight from either foot while she glanced around the car park.
"Yeah, I'm just drained from these shifts I suppose, would you mind giving me a ride home?"
"Sure," Jax nodded, quickly signing each of the contracts. "When are you finished?"
"Half an hour, if you don't mind waiting?" Tara smiled gratefully at him as she made her way back into the hospital. Jax pulled out a cigarette as his own eyes sweeped across the parking lot, not quite believing Tara. His mind did jump to Olivia, he would tell her about giving Tara a lift home when he saw her tonight, there was no way she could have a problem with it after all he would hate to see Tara getting into a crash just because of some long running teenage feud.
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It wasn't too long before Tara was making her way back down the steps of St. Thomas, her coat on and bag slung over her shoulder, she smiled gratefully to him once again before taking the helmet he was holding out for her.
Tara mounted the bike behind Jax, her arms came around his waist, tightening together at his stomach as she held on to him. Olivia, once again, flashed across Jax's minds eye as he kicked the bike into gear and tore out of the parking lot.
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Jax pulled up outside Taras Dads house, he unbuckled his helmet while Tara got off the bike, she was glancing around the place nervously, scanning every car in the area.
"Okay, what's going on?" Jax asked, sighing as he tilted his head to the right. "You've been antsy since you were outside the hospital, does it have anything to do with the silver sedan that's been following us since then?" Tara's eyes widened at this as she glanced in the direction Jax had pointed to. The sedan was sat idling a few houses up the street, the sun reflecting off the windscreen making it impossible to see who was sitting in the drivers seat. This didn't make any difference, she knew exactly who the owner was.
"Josh Kohn, that ATF agent that's looking into club, I dated him in Chicago, he got violent, I tried to leave, he stalked me. He's not here to torture you guys, he's here for me." Jax's jaw clenched tighter and tighter as he listened to Tara's story, it made a lot of sense to how she was acting the past while. Jax ignored Tara's calls as he turned on his heel and made his way down the street towards the silver sedan, he pulled his knife from it's sheath on his waist and stabbed it into the car radiator, thanking his knowledge as a mechanic to know exactly where to damage.
"Possession of a deadly weapon, damage to private property, you're looking at six months on the inside, Teller." Kohn smirked as he got out of the car, sunglasses hiding the rest of his face.
"How about breaching a restraining order and stalking a member of the public. You'll be in the cell next to me, did they teach you how to suck a dick in ATF training?" Jax glared back at him, squaring up as much as he could.
"Threatening a federal agent, you're on a roll." Kohn continued to smirk as he placed his hands on his hips. Jax took another step up to the fed, they were practically nose to nose.
"Look in Tara's direction again and you'll find out what a threat is." Jax growled, his eyes deadly as he stared Kohn down.
Olivia's POV:
Olivia had gone straight to Teller Morrow after she walked out on Derek, she knew Jax was at the hospital with Abel but her main reason was to ask Clay for some more hours in the office now that she was unemployed, he seemed to be happy that Olivia remembered his offer of a more permanent job. They didn't need her until tomorrow so she had sat up beside her father and Chibs at the bar in the clubhouse, relaxing before she headed off again.
"Are you eating right?" She asked, surveying her father as he lifted the tumbler of whiskey to his mouth, he paused at her question and looked at her with his eyebrows raised.
"Do I look like I'm wasting away?"
"Definitely not, you look like you're living on fast food." She pointed out, causing Chibs to snort into his glass. "When's the last time you actually cooked yourself dinner?" Piney responded by giving her another sideways glance as he continued to sip on his whiskey. "Come over to mine tomorrow, I'll make dinner for both of us."
"Not gonna say no to that." He grumbled, giving her a lopsided grin.
"You can cook too? Real triple threat." Olivia turned to see one of the croweaters stood by the pool table smirking sarcastically as she waited for Tig to take his shot. Olivia never paid attention to the croweaters but Ima was always a real piece of work, it didn't help that she used to be Jax's pussy of choice.
"You can walk in those heels and talk at the same time? I'm impressed." Olivia called back, matching Ima's sickly sweet tone. The croweater responded by rolling her eyes before turning back to Tig who didn't even seem to realise the girl had spoken, his eyes firmly fixed on her ass.
"What the hell was that about?" Chibs wondered aloud, frowning over at Ima. "They never say a word to you."
"Must have gotten her STI results back." Olivia laughed at her own joke as she hopped down from the stool. "I'm gonna leave anyway, I'll text you the time for dinner tomorrow night, Dad." She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek before waving goodbye to the others and making her way to her car.
It was starting to get dark and the guys had Half-Sacs big fight tonight, Jax had said he wasn't interested in going so Olivia was getting take out for both of them, even though she had just reprimanded her father for the same thing. Jax had text her earlier to let her know everything was going good with Abel and that he had some really good news, she responded by letting him know she'd meet him back at his place tonight.
Pulling into his driveway she wasn't shocked to see Gemma's car parked in front of the house, they were remodeling in the hope to get rid of Wendy's mess and Abels nursery was being decorated too. Olivia had even helped pick out a few pieces for it.
Olivia had decided to give Jax a treat tonight and had brought some lingerie and candles with her, she made sure these were both buried at the bottom of her bag as she made her way into the house.
"Gemma." Olivia called, the kitchen light was on but there was no sign of the older woman. "Saw your car out front, I got take out for Jax but there's enough here if you're hungry." Olivia made her way through the house after dumping the food on the kitchen table, a frown creasing her features as she peered into each room. "Gem?"
Her breath caught in her throat as she came to Abels room, it was completely thrashed, frames broken, crib turned over. Gemma was stood with her back to the doorway looking at what looked like a series of Polaroids stuck to the wall.
"Gemma." Olivia whispered as she made her way into the room, she placed a hand on Gemma's shoulder as her eyes wondered over the photos. They were all of Jax, taken from afar, one of Jax having sex with a blonde girl, one of Jax and Olivia kissing at the hospital, chills ran down her spine as she looked over each photo. The one that made her heart sink to her stomach though was one of Jax on his bike, Tara behind him, her hands firmly wrapped around his waist and her head on his shoulder.
The front door opened and closed and footsteps made there towards them, Olivia tore the image of Jax and Tara from the wall, her hands shaking as she tried to keep hold of it.
"Who did this?" Gemma asked, turning to look at Olivia.
"Holy shit." Both women turned to see Jax stood in the doorway, his face mirroring the shock on their own. "This was because of Tara."
"That stupid bitch." Gemma shouted.
"Hey, leave her alone." Jax raised his voice to match his mothers.
"Why are you jumping to her defense?" Olivias voice was quiet and steady, she never took her eyes off Jax as he stared back at her, his head tilting to one side but there was no sign of his signature smirk anywhere.
"Because she didn't cause this, Kohn is stalking her, I threatened him today over it, he did this to get back at me."
Olivia looked down at the floor with the photograph squeezed in her hand tightly, she was trying to keep a hold on her temper but there was something about Tara that caused her blood to boil in seconds.
"This needs to be sorted, Jackson." Gemma told her son sternly, her hands placed firmly on her hips. Olivia heard Jax agree as she still focused on the floor, she didn't know what to think right now. It was overwhelming to see a room they had worked so hard on and picked out furniture for torn to pieces and ransacked by some stranger.
Gemma left to get some cleaning supplies from her house, the sound of the front door closing behind her echoed through the silence surrounding Jax and Olivia.
Jax decided to make the first move, Olivia had still not looked at him but he could tell from her shaking hands she was trying to keep control of whatever emotions were running through her right now.
"Liv." His voice was just above a whisper as he tried to take her hand in his, she took half a step back, her right hand raised up to show him the photograph that had obviously been taken earlier today. Olivia was looking at him now, her green eyes had turned dark but her expression was neutral. "Tara asked for a ride home because she's terrified of Kohn, I couldn't say no and then live with the guilt if something happened to her."
"Does no one else in the hospital drive?" Olivia's voice was careful, she never wanted to be that girl but Jax and Tara have history.
"Babe." Jax sighed, fighting the smirk on his face.
"I'm not laughing, Jax."
"I was going to tell you about it, I swear. Do you not think that this is exactly what Kohn is trying to do by sticking these photos up?"
"Do you not think that maybe Tara has the same agenda?" Olivias voice was getting louder now as her eyes began to water, she was so overwhelmed by everything but her worst fear was Jax getting with Tara behind her back. "What about the blonde?" Olivias thumb jutted over her shoulder towards the other incriminating photograph. Jax's jaw clenched as he stepped around her and ripped the photos from the wall one by one.
"She was just a random girl on the run to Nevada, we weren't together at the time."
"Jax, I need you to know that cheating is end game for me. I won't tolerate it no matter who it's with." Jax held up his hands in surrender as he let her rant on. "I will not sit heartbroken in that fucking office like your mother did just days ago or put on a brave face and get over it like a good Old Lady, I won't do it, Jax!"
"I'm not asking you to do it, Liv!" Jax shouted back. "Nothing happened with Tara, nothing is happening with Tara. I gave her a ride home because she was scared, I'm never going to put her before you, you matter to me!"
Jax walked towards Olivia, pulling her into his chest and wrapping his arms around her, she didn't respond for a few minutes but as his chin landed on her head he felt her arms circle around his waist.
"I don't want anything bad to happen to Tara but I don't trust her either." Olivias voice was muffled as she spoke against his chest. Jax closed his eyes, he knew he was threading on thin ice with whatever his response was going to be with this.
"Do you trust me?"
"I just stared at a wall plastered with polaroids of you with I don't know how many women." Olivia sighed, pushing away from him, choosing to pick at her fingernails instead. Jax bent to the ground and picked up one of the polaroids, holding it in front of Olivias face, the one of them at the hospital.
"This is the only that matters to me."
"Real cheesy, Teller." Olivia sighed, letting her gaze focus on the wall behind him. "I just have a feeling that Tara is going to try and get in between us."
"She wouldn't do that, Liv. I wouldn't let her anyway!"
"Well you don't seem to be doing a very good job at keeping her away!" Jax breathed in deeply before he replied to this comment, running his hands through his hair as he tried to find a way to fix this.
"Liv, I need you to just trust me."
"I'm gonna go back home tonight, tell Gemma I'll come by tomorrow to help clean."
"You're walking out?" Jax asked incredulously.
"I'm letting myself take a breather, Jax, it's just a lot to process." Olivia sighed, she knew if she stayed they were going to spend the night going around in circles and that was never going to end good. She couldn't be rational while those polaroids were burning in her minds eye.
Olivia picked up her bag from the kitchen table before pulling the front door open, she was about to step outside when Jax called after her.
"Abel is getting out of the toaster tomorrow, I want you there." His voice was quiet and vulnerable, Olivia could feel tears gathering in her eyes, happiness was one emotion missing from the rush of the last twenty minutes.
"I want to be there, let me know what time." She didn't turn to look at him, knowing she would crumble the second she did. So she walked out of the house and let the door shut behind her, taking a deep breath of the clear, still, night air.
AUTHORS NOTE:
Once again thank you all so much for the love and support and patience! You're all so lovely!
I wanted this story to kind of show the differences between Olivia and Tara, Liv isn't a damsel in distress and she can handle her own shit!
Also I want Jax to be as close as I can possible get to Kurt Sutters Jax so the whorish nature has to come into play every now and again!
Let me know what you guys this and let me know of some story lines from the show you're looking forward to seeing in this fic!
Also, thank you so much for all of the well wishes on the move it means so much! You never know how many chapters you're gonna get when I have twenty two hours on a plane to pass by!
Thank you guys!
