**Jax POV**
I was hoping this cartel meeting flew by I didn't want it to go any longer than it had to. It was bad enough that they couldn't meet today and we had to wait until tomorrow. I wanted to get this shit over with. Tara was right we needed this so that we could get everything else the way we wanted it to. She was also right in saying we had the upper hand. I was going to keep that. As long as we had that, we were a step ahead.
"Hey big brother" Thomas said as he came and sat next to me. I loved my brother. Really I did but he was so annoying, and if he kept on hitting on Tara I would be forced into beating him into next century. "Where's little miss fiesty today?"
I rolled my eyes "Her name is Tara and she's back at her apartment. She has to go to school for the week she'll be back on Friday"
"I never thought I'd see the day that my big brother would be tied down to one girl" Thomas laughed. I wasn't in the mood for his bullshit. I had to much shit to deal with right now.
"What do you want Thomas?"
He sighed "I want back into SamCro"
my head snapped to his "What?"
"Look leaving and going nomad was a mistake. My place is here, I just needed some time to cool down and deal with the fact that Dad made you President and not me but I'm ready to come back" he looked at met seriously "I know it has to be put to a vote. I know the guys kinda hate me but I was hoping if you wanted me back then the guys would follow." I looked at him and searched his face for any indication that he was joking. When I found none I shook my head.
"That's gonna be a hard one Thomas. You've been an absolute jackass to everyone for no god damn reason and now you just want back in?" I ran a hand down my face "I'll talk to them but you might want to talk to them first try and re build those bridges you burnt"
"I'll do that." He stood up "I'll talk to Tara to"
"Leave her alone Thomas." I growled.
"No I mean talk to her as in apologize. She's pretty cool and doesn't really take shit from anyone. No wonder mom likes her." He laughed "She won't stop talking about her every time I go to the hospital. She tells me all the time how Tara has stepped up for this family and I think it's time I do to" He nodded and walked away. Seriously with everything go on I wanted to take my bike and crash into a semi but then my phone rang and it was the one person that gave me a daily reminder that all this shit would be worth it in the end.
"Hey beautiful" I answered.
"Hey baby" She said cheerful. "Guess what happened today?"
"What?"
"I spoke to my advisor today and she said all my grades came in and I passed all my classes. So I'll be graduating in 2 weeks!" She said excited.
I smiled "That's great baby I can't wait to see you at your graduation"
"Wait that's not all, because my grades came in and I passed I don't have to attend classes any more. So all I have to do is come back for graduation."
My smile grew "So are you coming home?"
"Home" she sighed "I love the sound of that"
"Charming is your home now baby"
"I know. I love it but no I'm not coming home today. I want to pack up the apartment and see if Donna is up to managing the bar"
"You might want to find another manager. I think Ope and Donna are getting pretty serious."
"Awe man. Ask Ope first. I'd rather not have to sit threw interviews if he isn't serious"
It was mere chance that Ope was walking by him at that exact moment "Yeah hold on. Hey Ope" he waved him over and he sat in front of Jax at the picnic table.
"What's up?"
"This thing with you and Donna serious? Or not serious? Tara wants to know if she has to do interviews for a new manager for the bar or if she can give it to Donna"
Opie smiled and shook his head "That girl of yours is something else."
"I know but that's not an answer" Tara said laughing.
"She says she knows but that's not an answer. She can hear you" I smirked.
"Thanks for that set up" Ope looked away and then turned to me again. He stood up and smiled "She's gonna have to sit threw interviews" he walked away without another word.
"Looks like I'm not the only one that fell in love this year" I mused.
"Jackson Teller are you being romantic?" She giggled.
"No I'm being truthful"
"I love you" She told me and I could practically see the smile that graced her beautiful face.
"I love you to. Now when can you come home?" I asked her. Now that I knew she was done I wanted her in charming. Living in the house that i bought for us.
"I'll be there Friday baby. Same as usual. I'll have miles help me pack. Might as well give him something to do. I'm only talking personal items and my clothes any way since we're getting new furniture for the house. I talked to your mom she's gonna help me with furnishing the house."
I smiled. My mother was a handful and she never got along with anyone that I was with but Tara came along and just fit perfectly into our lives. "Good that'll give her a good distraction"
"Yeah that's what I thought to"
"You think you'll be able to finish up everything before Friday?"
"Yeah. It shouldn't be to bad. I don't have that much stuff and I'm pulling into the bar now. So I'll be able to get the word out about the interviews"
"Ok baby. Call me when you get home. I'm gonna head to the hospital to see my dad for a bit"
"No meeting?"
"Not today"
"Ok. Be safe babe I love you"
"You to baby. I love you to" I closed the phone just as Tig came and sat next to me.
"Hey pres. Was that Tara?" He asked.
I furrowed my eye brows "Yeah why?"
"Just wondering. It's pretty boring without her around" he said.
"well come on. Let's get to work on some of these cars and get them off the lot"
"Nobody's been doing paper work Jax there no way to tell which ones next"
"Who's been doing the paper work since my dad got in the accident?"
"Tara" Tig looked at him like it was obvious.
Jax looked around the lot "What else had Tara been doing since she came to charming ?"
"Where's your head been at pres? Taras been doing it all. Making sure everyone's in check, the club house stocked, making sure the crow eaters cook for us, keeping the books for the garage, making sure the cars go where they need to go and get back to the owners on time. Taras been the boss" he shrugged.
I didn't realize how much Tara had stepped up. It was amazing to me that she did all that and more. I was over come by emotion. The love I had for her ten folded. When Tigs phone started ringing he smiled "There's the boss now" my head snapped and looked at him. I didn't really like the fact that Tara could be calling Tig.
"Hey boss lady" he listened as she replied "The white camaro?...yeah... Oil change? Ok...What about the hoopty...full service?...ok got it..." I motioned for him to hand me the phone. "Hold on Jax wants to talk to you" He handed me tho phone.
"Tara?"
"Hey baby" she answered.
"Why are you calling Tig?" I couldn't help to feel the jealousy surge threw me.
"forgot to tell him about some of the cars on the lot. Since I'm not there is that ok?" She sounded worried.
"Yeah babe just call me if you have some more stuff to discuss"
"I'm sorry if it upset you babe. I didn't think it would and I didn't want to bother you"
"no it's fine it just-" I stopped talking not wanting to admit my own jealousy.
"Oh my god Jax are you jealous?" She asked threw a laugh.
"It's not funny" I argued and turned my back to Tig who was looking at me in amusement.
She kept laughing "I was just on the phone with you babe. I didn't want to bother you have a lot on your mind"
"I know" I put my head down a little. I was kind of ashamed of myself. I knew Tara loved me and her calling Tig was strictly business.
"How about if all goes well after your meeting tomorrow you come over here and I'll show just how not jealous you have to be" she said seductivly.
"Oh yeah? What did you have in mind?" I smirked.
"I would rather not hear you 2 have phone sex with my phone"
Tara laughed "I love you Jax. I'll see you tomorrow" she hung up and I frowned.
"Thanks for that bro" I rolled my eyes and tossed Tig his phone.
"No problem" he clapped me on the back and said "let's get to work. Tara says the white camaro needs an oil change. The owner will be here in about 20 minutes and the invoice is on the desk. The hoppty needs a full service run down the owner will be by tomorrow to pick it up."
"I still can't believe Tara picked up on all of this" we walked into the office and everything was neat and in order. I smiled my old lady was perfect in every way shape and form.
"You picked right Jax. She's good for you and good for us" Tig smiled as he grabbed some paper work and left. He was right she was good for me.
The next day me and the guys were up and out early. We closed the garage for the day. No matter how hard I had tried to figure out all the paper work I just couldn't find anything or figure shit out. So I decided we would close till Tara or my mother could run it. I gave the mechanics paid leave which they didn't object to and left for the meeting with the cartel. Opie and chibs were next to me as we sped down the high way for our meeting. The guys all piled in behind us. This was what I loved about the open road and riding. It was pure freedom. It cleared my head and made me think better than ever. Even better than Tara did. There was no questions, no answers, no judgement, nothing. Just me my bike and the road.
When we pulled up to the meeting spot. Romeo and his guys were already there. We parked our bikes, took off our helmets and walked over to him. I took my gloves off and stuffed them in my pocket before shaking his hand.
"Jax teller" Romeo greeted.
"Romeo" I gave him a firm handshake and stepped back a little. The guys stayed behind me a few feet just to not come off as threatening.
"I gotta say I was surpirse when you called. You seemed not to like the idea when I first pitched it to you"
I nodded "I'm still not 100% sold but I figured out a way to help you that benefits the both of us"
he crossed his arms "Did you now?" He looked at his partner "Well let's hear it"
"We'll work for you for 6 months. We'll help you buy sell and distribute till we find someone that better suites your needs. As you already know SamCro wants out of everything illegal. We're not stupid to think that going to happen over night. So in return you take over our gun business and we can find someone to assemble and distribute that to. After the 6 months is up SamCro is no longer involved in anything illegal and you get a big bonus by having the drug trade and the gun trade" I finshed. I could Romeo was liking where this was going. Considering he kept nodding and smiling slightly at things I would say.
"You thought about this a lot didn't you?" He asked me.
"I had some help" I smiled thinking of Tara.
"Be that as it may. I have to discuss this proposition with my associates" he walked away in to the empty shake we were parked by.
"You think they'll go for it?" Ope asked me.
I shurgged "I don't know. Romeo seemed to like it. If they don't accept then we back out and we don't help them either." I looked toward the empty shake and shook my head. This would be either the end of what we wanted to do or the beginning of all of our plans coming together. When Romeo came back out I met him half way and he out stretched his hand with a smile
"You got yourself a deal teller"
I nodded with a smile "That's good to hear"
he handed me a suite case I didn't know he had "This is 250,000 you'll get the rest tomorrow when we meet and give you the goods" I took the suite case and handed it to Bobby. "After you distribute let us know and we can re up"
"Sounds good" I lit a cigarette "Bring it to the ware house. My guys will be there ready for the shipment"
"We'lol get started on our end for the guns. Let's us know when they come in. If you can't find anyone I'm pretty sure we can" he shook my hand again and left without another word, his guys tailing after him. When they were gone I turned around and looked at my brothers.
"Well that's went better than I expected" Tig smiled.
"Yeah me to" I took a deep breath and smiled. "Let's go see a man about an ice cream shop boys" they cheered as we took off. Maybe this idea would go the way we wanted it to.
**Tara POV**
It was Thursday afternoon and I was at the bar getting ready for these stupid manager interviews. In all honesty it was more like an assistant manager position considering I still had plans to be involved in the bar but who was I kidding. With the way things were in charming, John in the hospital, Gemma sitting vigil at his bedside, me starting work at school, getting the ice cream shop ready for its grand opening, making the garage expansion happen and managing the bar, not to mention being a good old lady and taking care of my man. was beyond a doubt a full time job. I wouldn't have much time for myself let alone come in and check on the bar.
"Hey Tara your next interview is here" Donna popped her head in.
"Thanks Donna send them in" I put a folder on the desk in front of me and grabbed 2 bottles of water. A girl around my age (25) came into the office. She was in buisness attire. Some nice slacks, a blazer, dress shoes and her hair dark red hair was pulled into a high pony tail. She had folder with her and a pen in her hand. She looked ready to ace this interview and I had to admit her professionalism was a plus.
"Hi miss knowles?" She smiled and extended her hand.
"Oh jut Tara please" I smiled and shook her hand "You must be" I looked at my paper work "Jenny Summers?" She nodded "Have a seat and we can get started"
she sat down and crossed her legs "I brought my resume I was only able to fill out the application. The girl in the front told me just to bring it the day of the interviews"
"That's fine thank you" I took and reviewed it. To my surpirse she had an abundance of experience working in bars. She also had a bar tending certificate and an associate degree in business. "Are you still attending school?" I asked her.
"Yes but I only go Monday & Wednesday. I'm only taking 2 classes each of those days. I'm almost done with my masters in business so I don't need that many classes and my professors are lenient if I need to take a day off" she explained.
I nodded my head "Why do you want to work here?"
"I heard that this place is under new management and it would be awesome to grow with a business instead of being apart of something that's already established. I know it's going threw expansion it would be enjoyable to watch it grow as I grow along with it"
I was highly excited. She was perfect. "Ok so our business hours Monday-Sunday. Monday-Thursday we open from 1pm-1am Friday & sat from 12pm-4am and Sunday 12-2. Would those be hours you can work with?"
"Yes I looked at my own schedule and the bar schedule and I would be able to do both with out a problem"
"Perfect. My boyfriend who's the owner of the bar will be here tomorrow. Can you come in to meet him?"
"Of course" she smiled wide.
"Ok good. we will be able to discuss your salary and everything else tomorrow"
"So I got the job?" She asked excitedly.
"Yes I think you perfect for what we're looking for. Congratulations"
she jumped up and hugged me " oh my god thank you!"
"Welcome to the family. Can you stick around today? So I can show you the ropes?"
"I actually have to find an apartment now that I'm staying. Id rather not live on campus"
"oh! I'm moving out of my apartment cause my boyfriend bought us a house an hour away from here in charming" I got up and walked around the table "Maybe we can talk to the landlord and you can move right in. I'm not taking the furniture or anything you Can keep it if you want that is"
She squealed "That would be awesome seriously I have like nothing. I left Minnesota with my suite case and my car. I registered for school and have been living off fanatical aid for almost 2 semester this job means the world to me. I promise I won't let you down"
"Your story seems similar to like my own" I sighed. "But I think you have what it takes to run this place."
"Thanks. I've worked in bars before never had the chance to actually run one besides the bosses leaving me in charge"
"There's nothing to it really. Paper work and stuff but that's about it" I shrugged. "I won't be here for your training. I have a new project I'm doing in charming but Donna will be here with what ever you need and I'm only a phone call and an hour away"
"If you don't mind me asking. Donna knows all this why isn't she being upgraded to manager?" Jenny asked. I motioned for her to follow me outside and to my car. We got in before I explained.
"I had her put down as manager. My boyfriend Jax told me his best friend and Donna were getting pretty serious. I'm suspecting she'll be moving to charming soon."
"And she has to move?"
"Well no she doesn't but Jax is the president of a motorcycle club in charming. Opie, Donnas boyfriend is the Vice President. He can't necessarily leave that. It's hard to explain. You'll get the gist of it sooner or later"
She grew silent as she thought about everything I told her. This life wasn't for everyone. If she couldn't handle SamCro she wouldn't be able to handle everything else that would be thrown at her. My love for Jax drove me to do everything I was doing to help him. I didn't want him to ever have to choose between me and the club. If I could help him make the club what he wanted it to be he would never have to choose. Besides I loved the guys and to be honest I kind of enjoyed the Biker chick life. My entire life I never had control over anything and now I was like the First Lady of the MC world. People turned to me, asked me for advice and followed my rules. I liked the power that I had, not that I would ever mis use it but it was nice to know people looked to me for things. I knew my boundaries in the MC world and I would stick to them. As I pulled up to my apartment I saw several bikes outside including Jaxs.
"Looks like you'll be meeting Jax sooner than I expected" I smiled as I parked next to the bikes.
"Oh gosh. Now I'm nervous" she smoothed out her outfit as she got out of the car.
"Don't worry about it doll you'll be fine. I promose they are the most laid back people I've meet" I walked into the apartment with everyone busy doing stuff well mostly. Miles was packing up some of the few pictures I had, half sack was packing up my kitchen supplies, Jax was looking at all the books I had on the book shelf and the rest of the guys were sitting around observing with beers in thier hand.
"Well it's good to know you boys aren't lazy" I chuckled crossing my arms.
Jax turned to me and smiled "Hey baby"
"Hey Tara!" The guys all greeted. I walked around giving the guys all kisses on thier cheeks before walking into Jaxs waiting arms and gave him a tender kiss.
"Not that I don't like having you guys here but why are you guys here?"
"Had to make a run decided to stop here on the way back see if you needed any help getting packed" he looked over my shoulder "Who's that?"
I looked back and saw Jenny standing there awkwardly "Oh my god. Jenny I'm so sorry." I took Jaxs hand and walked back over to Jenny. "This is my old man Jax. Baby this is Jenny Summers. She's the new manager for the bar" I introduced them.
"Nice to meet you" Jax smiled and shook the hand she out stretched for him.
"Like wise" she smiled.
"She's also going to be taking over this place since I won't be living here any more. Let me show you around Jenny" I took her hand and showed her my one bedroom apartment that served me well threw out the time I was here. "How do you like it?"
"I think it's perfect! Thank you so much again for this"
"It's not a problem I swear I'm glad I could help. Come let's introduce you to the guys"
i stood by the couch where they sat and Jax came over and wrapped his arms around me from behind. "Ok so you'll be seeing a lot of these guys. They come in to check on things all the time. This is Tig, Chibs, Bobby, Juice, Happy, Kozik and Opie" I pointed to each of them so she would remember. "Miles is the one with the box of pictures and Half Sack is the one in the kitchen."
"Not gonna introduce me sis?" Thomas walked in to the apartment like he owned the place.
I rolled my eyes "and this is Thomas, Jaxs little brother who takes the job of being highly annoying to the very max" I said dryly.
"Nice to meet you doll" he winked at her.
She nodded and smiled but seems uninterested. Good. "I'm gonna get outta here. I need to get some things together before tomorrow"
"Sure. can you be at the bar at 1030am tomorrow? I'll go over somethings with you before I have to head out"
"sure can. I'll see you tomorrow" she hugged me and walked out.
"She seems nice" Jax whispered.
"She is. Hopefully she'll stick around. I have to much going on to come back and look for another manager" I turned to him and kissed his lips.
"I think she'll be fine." He put his hands in his back pocket and brought me closer "I'm more interested in you showing me my reasons not to be jealous" He smirked reminding me of our conversation earlier in the week.
"I would but the guys are here"
"so" he shrugged "Let them hear" he winked at me.
"And you call me kinky" I laughed and brought him into the kitchen. "Are you hungry?"
"I'm starving" half sack groaned.
"She was talking to me prospect. My girl is not required to Cook for you" Jax said simply.
"Sorry" he put his head down.
"That's not nice Jax." I scolded "I'll order Chinese for everyone. I would cook but the kitchen stuff is already packed" I grabbed my phone and placed an order large enough for everyone. "Half sack can you head to the store and buy paper plates cups and utensils?" He nodded his head and left. I looked over to Jax and smiled "What about you mister? Did you pack your stuff?" I sat in his lap.
He shook his head "That's easy for me. It's just going to be my clothes" I played with his breaded chin as he spoke.
"Are you free this weekend? I want you to come with me to pick out our bed"
he nodded "This might be the last weekend I'm free."
"Did you buy the ice cream shop yet?"
He shook his head "The guys wanted you to be there when we bought it. I got say you've charmed every last one of them. They love you not as much as I love you but they think of you as family already."
"I've never really had a family. It's nice to know I won't be with out one now"
"You'll always have family now baby. And hopefully sometime in the near future we can start a family of our own" he smiled a little shyly and placed his hand on my stomach.
"You really wanna have a baby?" I asked. Kids have always been a dream of mine. It was just always the wrong time or the wrong person. Now I've found the right person and I was waiting for the right time but to be honest if I found out I was pregnant now I wouldn't be upset. I would be over joyed to be carrying his baby. Starting a family with the man that I love. The man I would spend the rest of my life with. he picked me up slightly and shifted me so I was straddling his lap.
"I really want YOU to have my kid" he kissed me "I never thought about having a family of my own but now that I have you I cant think of anything that would make me happier than to have you as my wife and having my kids. I don't expect us to have kids any time soon but I don't want us to wait for ever either. I want us to settle into the house, I want you to start your teaching job, I want to get the businesses up and running and most importantly I want to make SamCro something we're all proud of something that will allow us to live without constantly looking over our shoulders for danger but yes, I want to have a baby with you"
There were tears in my eyes when he finished speaking. He wiped them away with his thumb and I kissed him. I couldn't believe the words he was saying but I knew they were 100% true. I felt it. When he spoke to me sometimes his words vibrated threw my body and clung to my soul. "You wanna marry me to?" I broke the kiss and placed my forehead on his.
He nodded "I'd marry you now if I didn't want you to have the wedding you deserved"
"Let's do it" I nearly shouted.
"What?" He looked at me like I was crazy.
"I don't care about a big wedding baby. I just want you the guys and your mom there that's it maybe Donna if she can. We can get married tomorrow in charming if that's what you want. We can move into the house as husband and wife." I knew I was talking crazy, but seriously I wanted to tie myself to him in every way. If he was willing to marry me now, why would I want to wait?.
A smile spread across his face "Are you serious? You would marry me right now?" I nodded unable to speak any more. I was scared I would say to much and he would hit the road and never look back. He looked to be in thought for a moment before nodding his head. "Yeah let's get married then" I scream so loud the guys came rushing into the kitchen.
"What the hell is going on?" Opie asked but I was busy kissing Jax all over his face.
He was laughing and hugging me close to him. We didn't care if the guys were all watching we had just made a huge decision one that would change our life forever.
"Are you sure?" I asked him. "If you want to wait we can wait"
"Wait for what?" Chibs asked.
"Yes baby I'm sure. If you don't mind doing it now then I deff don't want to wait any longer"
"Do what now?" Juice asked.
"I don't mind but let's do it tomorrow. At home" I beamed.
"What are you guys doing tomorrow?" Tig asked.
"Then tomorrow it is. Tomorrow you become Mrs. Teller" he smiled brightly.
"WHAT?!" The guys yelled excitedly.
We continued to ignore them "Tomorrow I become your wife"
"Tomorrow I become the happiest man on the face of the planet" he laughed.
"Can you guys tell us what the hells going on?" Bobby walked over to us and looked at us both. Jax looked up at him and smiled.
"Me and Tara are getting married. Tomorrow at TM" He told him happily. He looked at me again and had wonderment in his eyes. Almost as if he was wondering how he got so lucky. I knew that look cause it was the same look on my face as I looked at him.
"Holy shit! That's great bro!" Opie cheered. I stood up and was passed around each of the guys with congrats going all around. I was so happy I thought I was going to explode! My life was literally starting tomorrow. By the end of the next day I would be a married woman moving into my dream house with the man of my dreams by my side. I left Jax to celebrate with his brother for a few while I went into my room and took out my phone. I started at the number for almost 20 minutes before I hit call. The familiar voice picked up and I smiled.
"Hi momma" I said into the reciever.
"Tara? Honey is that you? Oh my god my baby I missed you so much" She cried.
"I missed you to momma. I'm sorry I haven't called in a while. I guess I was just avoiding daddy" I sighed.
"I understand sweetheart no need to explain. Are you ok?" She asked.
"Yeah momma I'm more than fine" Jax came into the room and smiled at me I smiled back and patted the bed next to me. "I'm actually getting married tomorrow"
"Oh my" She gasped taken aback "That's wonderful sweet heart. Are you happy?"
"Yes momma I'm very happy he makes me happy. I love him" I cupped Jax cheek and he kissed the inside of my hand.
"I'm so happy for you baby."
"Thank you momma, I was wondering if you guys can make it to the wedding? I'll pay for the plane tickets and put you guys into a hotel for the weekend. Please mom it would mean the world to me to have you here and I want you guys to meet Jax"
"I would have to talk to your father sweetheart but I don't see the issue. I would love to see my little girl get married." I could hear her smile. "You make the arrangements and I'll make sure your father and I are there"
I breathed a sigh of relief. Having my parents there would be the icing on the cake. I didn't really care if my dad showed up but I wanted my mom there. "This means so much to me momma thank you"
"I'll see you tomorrow my princess"
"I'll see you tomorrow momma. I love you"
"I love you to" she said as she hung up.
I looked up at Jax and smiled "Looks like you'll be meeting the in law tomorrow"
"I can't wait." He kissed my head "Come on the food is here, let's eat and then i want to kick the guys out and make love to you till the sun comes up."
"Mmm sounds like a plan "
"Sounds like a very good plan Mrs. Teller"
i jumped up and down "A few hours and that'll officially be my name"
He smiled and nodded leading me into the kitchen. Tomorrow I would officially become Mrs. Jackson Nathaniel Teller. The title itself carried so much weight but it wasn't something I was going to shy away from. I would hold that title with pride and respect. He was after all the president of the mother charter and tomorrow I would become head First Lady. Gemma would be upset but her time was over and my time was now. I looked around the room as I sat of Jaxs lap and watched all the guys around me chatting and laughing about stupid things. I smiled to myself. I had finally found my place in this world and now it was time I owned it.
A/N: This was a filler chapter but an important one.
I'm unfortunately still on jury duty but I wanted to get this out to you guys. If it seems rushed it because it is and I'm sorry. I try to write in between breaks and someone called out sick today so I had a little more time lol
How do you guys feel about Tara owning her place in the club? And how do you think Gemma will take it?
Let me know in a review pretty please! :)