Bri and Gemma sort of talk things out. Juice is himself and annoys Happy and Jax possibly may dance sometime soon.
I just finished upgrading the computers in the TM office for the fourth time in a month. There was a hacker doing a serious job on them and no matter how many firewalls and virus scans I ran the hacker still got in and seemed to be attempting to watch the club. I pushed away from the desk frustrated and smacked my head softly against the wall behind me.
"You alright kid?" Tig asked appearing out of nowhere.
"Yeah, I'm good. I need to talk to Jax, someone is trying to watch the club. I can't get rid of this hacker!" I stood up and walked out past Tig and into the garage, I peered out and saw Jax leaning against his bike talking to the Grimm Bastards. The talk about the hacker would have to wait.
"What the fuck?" Bobby asked as music filled the air. It wasn't coming from the compound but it was getting louder and filling the space faster.
"Blacks moved into town Jax?" T.O asked with a laugh just as Brianna's beast of a truck pulled in behind Happy on that sick red Dyna she had pawned off on him.
"No." He laughed as we all watched the truck park and Brianna hop out, a plume of dust rising as her feet hit the ground. "We have a Russian who is fond of rap."
"You know Brianna Hohrykova?" T.O asked.
"Yeah, she's actually Happy's old lady." He answered.
"You're kidding me? He got with a Bay Area socialite?" He laughed hard as Happy approached.
"Yeah he did. We're wondering how it happened." Jax nodded a greeting to Happy.
"You gonna introduce us to your lady?" T.O eyed Happy and he waved over Bri.
She took her time approaching us. It was as if she was purposefully walking in slow motion.
"What's up?" Her eyes scanned the group.
"Brianna this is T.O, T.O Brianna." Happy rasped, he sounded irritated.
"Hey." She purred. "Nice to meet you."
"Same." T.O said.
"What're you here for?" I blurted, it came out more rude than expected.
"Rude. I'm here to borrow Jax, cashing in on that favor he owes me." She grabbed his arm and dragged him away to her truck.
"You're an idiot." Happy slapped me on the back of my head. "Watch yourself."
"I didn't mean it to sound rude, she's just here too much." I shrugged and looked at him.
"You're the one that got her involved with Jax dumbass." He pushed me and I stumbled backwards.
"She's involved with Jax?" T.O asked.
"Yeah, she's replaced the Irish." I said. Happy moved closer to me and pushed me again.
"You need to think before you speak." He walked off.
"That's the most I've heard that man say." T.O said with a soft chuckle.
"Yeah, well I bring out his talkative side when I start talking about his lady." I sighed and stomped off into the garage to find busy work.
SOASOASOA
"What do you need darlin'?" Jax asked as he reached in his pocket to get another cigarette. "And what did you do to make Juice mean to you?"
"I need you to let me steal Happy, Kozik, and Juice." I said. "He's annoyed by seeing me I guess."
"Steal them for what?" He asked.
"I am having this house party and they'd make scary bouncers." I smiled.
"Hap and Koz will, not Juice." He chuckled and lit up the cigarette.
"Juice is going to be the guest of honor. His birthday is coming up this weekend." I shifted my weight to my right hip. "Please Jackson."
"Fine, but why don't you just have it here?"
"Because you guys don't listen to music I can dance to here. You guys are basically stuck in an episode of Andy Griffith." I smiled. "My nanny used to watch that show." I shrugged.
"Am I invited?" He bit his lip and smiled.
"Yeah, but if you show up, you have to dance with me Pretty Boy!" I poked his chest.
"The world isn't ready for me to dance." He laughed.
"Yeah it is. I got to prep, I'll catch you later." I climbed into Ironhide and drove off. It was time to plan a house party that would go down in the books but first I had to check into work, I frowned at the sound of my phone ringing, it alerted me that my boss was calling yet again.
I answered it. "Yes?"
"We need you to come in." My boss said in his arrogant voice.
"I'm on my way there now." I rolled my eyes.
"See you soon then." He trilled before ending the call.
"Ugh." I smacked the steering wheel
"I need to be my own boss already!"
#
Three boob jobs, and a nose job later I was finished. I walked sorely and awkwardly to my office and plopped down on the plush sofa against the wall. The work day had successfully beat my ass.
"Ugh." I kicked off my clogs and moved to pull on my sneakers. "Fuck."
"Bri, Bri." Natalie poked her head into my door. "Today was brutal."
"Yeah it was." I sighed. "I need fun!"
"I need a nap, this baby is draining me, it's a vampire!" She clutched her neck and wobbled back and forth before laughing.
"You're so weird!" I smiled. "My widdo goof ball. Come to sissy." I pulled her into a hug and squeezed. "You're gonna have a girl and we're naming her Luna. Ingrid says so."
"Ingrid is trippy, like is she really psychic?" She bit on her nails and stared at me.
"Probably." I shrugged. "Wanna go bug the Sons?"
"Yeah, I wanna see Juice." She blushed a bright red.
"Alright. I'm down. I need to see Kozik anyways." I turned off the lights and walked out my office. Heading out the back door so I could avoid the new annoying receptionist
"How's Hap?"
"He's alright, he wants me to try to apologize to Gemma though so I think he has a concussion. He's been like talking and giving his opinions more. No caveman noises." I smiled and she giggled.
"That's a problem why?" She asked as we reached our cars, hers was parked haphazardly in her assigned spot.
"It's weird. I think that accident really shook him up." I touched her car and jumped back when the alarm sounded. "When did you get that?"
"Juice put it in." She unlocked it and the alarm stopped.
"I'm not even gonna ask, let's go though." I disarmed my truck and climbed in. I frowned, I was definitely going to need to get the sports car fixed. "Gotta fuel up though first."
I pulled out of the parking structure and sped towards the nearest gas station. I loved Ironhide but he drank gas like no other. I smiled as Natalie pulled in behind me. "I'll pay for you too."
"Let's get icees." Natalie started towards the store but stopped at the sound of approaching motorcycles. "Sons?"
"No, those are Mayans. You can tell by the handlebars." I shrugged and walked into the store. "Sons are low and sleek."
"Loooook, they have banana flavored!" She bounced to the icee machine like a hyper toddler. "I'm bout to make a strawberry banana icee. Omg Bri."
"Calm down. You're gonna make people think you're slow." I watched her fill the biggest available cup with the flavored ice and shook my head. "I'm going to get an Arizona."
"I'm finished!" She said. "He's cute." She pointed out the window at one of the Mayans and I shrugged.
"He's alright." I grabbed a fruit punch Arizona and a pack of jolly ranchers as we made our way to the cashier. "Eighty on five and forty on seven." I slid the bills to the cashier and walked away. "Come on Nat."
"I wanna talk to that guy." She sipped her icee.
"You're knocked up!" I scoffed. "You don't need anymore dick in your life."
"Brianna." The voice drew my attention away from the pump as I twisted around to find the guy Natalie was eying.
"Hi." I gave a weak smile.
"I'm Esai Alvarez." He flashed a crooked smirk. His light eyes caught the light and sparkled.
"Of course, you don't look too much like your dad." I shook his hand and he pulled me in for a hug instead.
"I'm better looking." He chuckled.
"Yeah you are." Natalie called from by her car. "So good looking."
"Excuse my friend, she has low blood sugar and goes crazy if she doesn't get sugar in her system right away." I felt my cheeks grow hot.
"I see some sugar I wanna get in my system." She yelled.
"Omg." I shook my head.
"I'll see you around Brianna." Esai said as he walked off.
"Omg, Natalie you're a slut. Happy was right." I finished pumping my gas and climbed in the beast.
#
"Brianna Banana!" Kozik hollered as I walked over to him. "Who's your friend?" His eyes glazed over as he watched Natalie walk over to Juice.
"That's Natalie. You remember her." I smiled. "Where's the guys?"
"Off on a run." He sipped his beer.
"You're grounded or what?" I asked.
"Can't do SAMCRO business because I'm not SAMCRO yet." He pouted. "You can keep me company though."
"I will, why's Juice here?" I turned to watch Natalie try to get Juice to try her icee.
"He's tasked with fixing the security system. There was a hacker." He shrugged.
"Wow." I nodded. "So I get to babysit my Kozik tonight?"
"Yes. This could go in so many hot ways. You're the naughty babysitter, I'm the angry boss. You're the good babysitter I'm the bad baby who needs to be punished." He closed his eyes and I could tell he was thinking of more situations in his perverted mind. I smacked his chest.
"Cut it out." I frowned. "I don't want to be in your sordid fantasies."
"Too late, you've been in them for awhile, I've been trying to get Happy to share." He winked at me.
"Oh God. He doesn't share." I shuddered. "Thankfully."
"He should share." He took my Arizona and took a long swig. "This is too fruity."
"Yeah, well, it's fruit punch Herman." I smiled.
"Shh. Don't call me that." He placed a heavy hand over my mouth, I instinctively went to lick it so he'd pull it away but then thought about the gross shit he probably came in contact with. "It's embarrassing."
"Wanna help me pick out a puppy?" I pulled out my phone and googled pet shelters. "I want to get a German Shepherd or Pitbull."
"Puppy?" His face fell. "I'll help."
"What's wrong?" I passed him the phone.
"Nothin'. Just like dogs is all." He scrolled through the pictures and his face lit up as he stopped. "Her." He handed me back the phone and I looked at the picture of a fluffy brown and black German Shepherd.
"Aww, I want her!" I smiled at the screen. "Hap's Ma would love her. She wants a grandkid but I told her a puppy would have to be first."
"Hap with a kid would be perfect. He's good with Jax's kids." He was smiling at the phone again.
"I haven't met Jackson's kids." I clucked.
"You're not kid friendly." He poked my shoulder hard. "Too intense at times."
"I guess the intensity from Hap rubbed off on me. I'm kid friendly. My youngest siblings are like in elementary school." I stated boredly.
"Yeah, that's not ok. What got into you that you decided to get mad at Gemma?" He cracked open another beer and took a quick sip as the foam rose to the top.
"I have no clue, I feel bad about it. Hap told me to apologize and I think I may have overstepped my boundary but like I hate when people try to put fear into me. If Happy doesn't really scare me too much then why would she? Tig scares me the most out of all of the guys I've met honestly." I crunched the empty Arizona can in my hand. "Think Gemma would accept my apology? Or will she beat my ass?"
"She'll hit you." Kozik stated. "Really hard."
"I guess I'd deserve that." I grinned. "If she breaks my face I have a phone of plastic surgeons I could call to fix it."
"Dr. Fake Tits, I don't care what you say your fits are fake." He made squeezing gestures with his hands. "I just know it."
"All real." I smacked his hands and laughed.
"Nope!" He snorted. "Fake!"
"Nooo!" I whisper shouted.
"Oh, oh, oh, look it's Gemma. Go apologize." He pulled me off the stool and pushed me in her direction.
"I'm scared!" I yelled back at him.
"Shit, I'm scared for ya kid." He gave me a look of pity and I walked towards Gemma. Fear snaking its way through my body.
"Hey Gemma." I said as soon as I reached her.
"You come here to tell me how to act sweetheart?" She spat. Her hands resting on her narrow hips.
"No," I started. "I came to apologize. I feel bad about it, I shouldn't have disrespected you like that. I had no right to say what I said or to get physical with you."
"Damn straight." She looked at me.
"I'm sorry, I hope one day you can forgive me but I understand if you don't." I moved back and forth on my feet and smiled nervously. I wasn't paying attention to her hands and out of nowhere I felt something metal smash into my face.
"We're even." She hissed. That was the last thing I heard as I hit the floor and everything went black.
SOASOASOA
"Holy fuck." I jumped off the bar and moved over to Gemma and Brianna. Brianna was unconscious on the floor and Gemma was standing over her with a triumphant smirk on her face. A metal sheet pan was dangling from her fingers.
"She deserved worse." Gemma shrugged and bent down to check Brianna's pulse as Natalie came bolting from the hallway.
"Bri!" She slid on her knees and came to an abrupt spot at her best friend's body. "She's dead!"
"She's not dead!" Gemma scoffed. "Get her ice and she'll be fine."
"I don't know Gem. She looks dead." Kozik declared as he stood over her.
"She's still breathing." Gemma said. "She'll be fine."
"I don't know." Natalie smacked Brianna's face. "She usually can take a good hit and bounce back."
"She's not usually getting smacked by a metal sheet pan." I shook my head.
"Let's move her." Gemma said. Natalie hopped up and pushed her away.
"She could have a neck injury. We can't move her. We should call an ambulance."
"No. I'll call Tara." Gemma pulled out her phone.
"Who's Tara?" Natalie laid out next to Bri and ran her fingers over her face.
"She's the resident doctor." I smiled. "She's also married to Jax."
"So a doctor is coming to check on a doctor who's laid out on the floor unconscious?" Natalie laughed at the ironical situation.
"She's bleeding only from her nose and mouth. She'll be bruised." I said.
"She's going to need a plastic surgeon." Kozik said. "I'll grab her phone."
I laughed. "This is too ironic. The plastic surgeon needs a plastic surgeon."
"Take a picture!" Natalie made a funny face as Kozik snapped a picture of her and Bri. "This one's going on the wall."
"She's on her way." Gemma came back inside and frowned at Bri still laying on the ground.
"She's waking up!" Natalie clapped her hands together as Bri's eyes slowly fluttered open.
"Can you hear me Brianna Banana." Kozik chimed as he held his beer to her nose.
"No." Bri whined as her hand pushed the beer from her nose. "Stop."
"You good kid?" Natalie asked her.
Bri looked at her and started rambling at her in Russian.
"I don't know what you're saying mamas." Natalie frowned. "Say it in English."
She opened her mouth and nothing but Russian came out once again. Gemma managed to knock the English out of Brianna. "Holy shit." I handed off the ice pack to Kozik. "I'm calling her dad."
"You guys are young and dramatic. She's just disoriented. I didn't hit her hard." Gemma reasoned with us. "She deserved it. I didn't appreciate her talking shit to me."
"Happy." Brianna mumbled. "I want Happy." She sat up and pushed herself up on her feet. Slowly swaying back and forth. "Kozik, get Happy."
"Chill Bri Bri." Natalie walked her outside and she laid down in the boxing ring. "Gemma knocked you out mamas."
"I figured that." She felt her nose. "Ow, omg it's broken!" She laughed. "Fuck my life, that woman can swing metal."
"You good Bri?" I asked her. "Your face is bruising really fast."
"Yeah, I should have taken Kozik serious when he said Gemma would hit me hard." She smiled. "I can't even be mad right now."
"She has a doctor on the way to check you out." I said. "There she is." I pointed to the SUV pulling into the lot.
"It's hella dark." She sat up and moved to the side of the ring and threw up. "I'm going to cry."
"Hey Juice, Gemma called me about an unconscious Russian barbie." Tara laughed.
"That's her, the one throwing up." I pointed to her and saw Natalie holding back Bri's hair once again.
"Concussion." Tara said as she walked over to her. "Hey, I'm Dr. Knowles."
"Dr. Hohrykova." Brianna cleared her throat. "I don't know why she called you, I'm so fine." She smiled before going into a bout of dry heaving.
"You don't look fine." Tara frowned at her. "Let me see your eyes." She pulled out a flashlight and Bri gave her a blank stare. "Gorgeous eyes."
"Thank you." She held a hand over her mouth. "You're pretty."
"Thanks." She smiled at her.
"Jax is a lucky man." Natalie added causing Tara to blush and Bri to laugh.
"Excuse her, she's pregnant and has one thing on her mind." I said to Tara.
"It's ok, I'm flattered." She smiled. "You have a concussion."
"I can deal with that. I'm bummed about my broken sniffer." She chuckled. "I appreciate this."
"No problem. I'm the club doctor." She clicked off her flashlight.
"Is it just me or is it hella dark?" Bri slid off the ring, and lost her balance. She fell to the ground in a fit of laughter. "I feel drunk."
"Get her some water and have the prospect hose down the ground." Tara commanded.
"Such a boss!" Bri hopped up off the ground and smiled. "I think we can be friends."
"I think so too, as long as you don't try to push up on my husband." Tara laughed.
"Oh, no. He's not my type." Bri shook her head slowly.
"That's a first." Tara looked at her with shock.
"I'm Happy's old lady." She gave her a proud smile.
"Wow. Happy?"
"Yeah, bagged the scary one." They laughed and leaned against each other. "Jax is cool though, he's like the smart brooding bad boy who's fighting for change but is getting held back by his surroundings."
"You've known him how long?" Tara cocked her brow at us.
"A month or so."
"You picked all the up in that time?" She played with the necklace around her neck.
"Yeah, I'm observant." She grabbed the ice pack out of my hand and placed it on her nose. "It doesn't look too crooked does it?"
Tara nodded and moved in. "On three." She placed her hand on Bri's nose. "One…two." There was a sickening crack and blood gushed from Bri's nose.
"I'm going to be sick." I ran off from the scene and into the clubhouse, leaving the three women to do whatever they needed to do to get Bri back to almost perfect condition.
"How's Barbie?" Gemma asked.
"Tara reset her nose, she has a concussion." I took a drink of my beer. "She's fine."
"Thank God. I just wanted to knock some sense into her, let her know I'm the Queen." Gemma huffed. "Didn't mean to knock her out cold."
"Yeah, I don't think she'll step to you any time soon. I think you scared her." I laughed. "You think Jax will be mad?"
"Nope. He knows to stay out of the way when us women have problems." She looked at Tara as she walked through the door with Natalie trailing.
"Hey doc, thanks for coming." She pulled her in closer.
"No problem Gemma." She smiled. "She's fine, I'd keep her from driving. She's a little loopy. Keeps speaking Russian and English."
"Gemma knocked the language part of her brain out." Natalie said.
"Who are you?" Gemma narrowed her eyes at her.
"She's my lady." I smiled and pulled Natalie close to me.
"You the daddy Juicy?" Gemma rubbed Natalie's belly.
"Yes, yes I'm the daddy." I gave Natalie a quick kiss and ushered her back outside.
"Omg." Natalie squeaked. "That was too cute."
"I meant it." I laced my fingers through hers. "I know this is fast but it feels right."
"I agree." She smiled and wrapped her arms around my waist. "Juicy."
"Nattie." I whispered.
"I'm starving! Let's go get snacks." She pulled me towards her car.
"What about Bri?" I looked over my shoulder and saw her shadowed figure sitting on the table.
"She'll be fine. Let's go." She tossed me her car keys and I got in the car.
"Alright." I started the car and pulled out of the lot, leaving Bri to care for herself. Once again I picked another girl over her. It felt different this time though. In a good way.
SOASOASOA
"Bri." I felt rough hands on my thighs as I tried to open my eyes. "Brianna." He squeezed me.
"Happy." I mumbled.
"No, its Koz." He lifted me up. "Gonna get you home."
"My face is hurting." I gently touched my nose.
"It looks like it does. Where are your keys?"
"In my bra." I felt his fingers graze my top and pull the keys free.
"Nice hiding place." He unlocked the truck and laid me on the backseat. "You're lucky you're with my best friend otherwise I would have left you behind."
"Thanks." I grunted as the truck came to life with a rumble.
"Go to sleep." He said as he turned off the radio.
#
"Brianna." I felt hands on my face. "Wake up."
"Go away Koz." I swatted away the hands.
"It's Happy." He said. My eyes opened and met his dark concerned eyes.
"Babe." I struggled to sit up.
"Bri. You look terrible." He smiled. "Gemma got you good."
"Yeah, I think we're good though." I smiled weakly.
"Sorry I wasn't there to care for you baby girl." His voice was soft and full of love.
"It's ok, you're here now. Koz watched over me. He warned me but I didn't take the warning serious." I snickered.
"I'm glad you apologized." He kissed my nose and I winced. "Is it broke?"
"Yeah, Tara reset it for me. I like her."
"She's cool. You need a bath. You're bloody." He pulled the sheet off of me. "Did you undress?"
"No, Koz did it for me." I swung my legs off the bed. "He's sweet when he wants to be. He called you his best friend."
"Yeah." He nodded as he took my hand and walked me to our bathroom. "Bubble bath?"
"Yes." I stood and watched him start the water and toss too much bubble bath into it.
"Let's get you naked." He pulled my panties off roughly but slowly and gently pulled my shirt over my head and unhooked my bra. I let it fall to the floor and stepped into the tub. The hot water felt soothing as I lowered myself down. "You ok?"
"I'm alright. I feel all loopy and drunk." I dunked my head under the water and held it under for a few moments.
"The idiot told me you kept speaking Russian." He smiled down at me from his spot of the edge of the tub.
"I did?" I shrugged. "I guess I did."
"You did." He pushed the bubbles towards me. "You should see your actual doctor about your head."
"I will. Will you get in with me Lowman?" I pouted at him.
"I'm too tall." He furrowed his brow.
"You sit down and I'll sit between your legs." I stood up and waited on him to come up with an excuse but he didn't. He shrugged off his cut then quickly undressed and stepped in the tub and lowered himself down. He barely fit.
"Sit." He smacked the water and I sat on him. My head resting on his chest. "I swore I said no bubble baths."
"You weren't solid on that." I placed my hands in his.
"This doesn't leave the bathroom Bri." He squeezed my thumbs. "Promise me."
"Your secret is safe with me." I laughed. "I promise."
"I love you." He kissed my forehead.
"I love you too." I sighed.
"How long do these things last?" He trailed our hands through the water.
"Til the water gets cold or you get uncomfortable."
"I feel relaxed." He yawned.
"Me too. How was your day?" I closed my eyes and pressed my ear against his chest to listen to the rhythm of his heart beating.
"Hard." He yawned again. "Bloody."
"You're sleepy baby." I yawned. "Yawns are too contagious." I laughed.
"You are too." He yawned once more. "Fuck, let's just go to bed."
"Alright." I stood up and stepped out. Grabbing our towels from the shelf. "Here."
"Thanks." He took the towel and dried himself off and tossed the towel on the hamper. I dried off and was happy my hair was in a bun and didn't touch the water.
"What time is it?" I padded towards the bed.
"It's almost three." He climbed in bed and patted the spot beside him. I crawled over and snuggled close to him. He still smelled like leather, cigarettes, and his cologne, even though he was naked and he took a dip in lavendar bubble bath.
"I can't believe it's that late. I lost hours of my night from being smacked." I laughed and linked my fingers with his. "I'm mad at Natalie, she ditched me for the idiot."
"She's a slut. She was there when I stopped in. All over the idiot." He sounded irritated. "Kozik told me what happened though, left a voicemail."
"They deserve each other. I don't see why she'd leave me alone if I was hurt." I softly bit his chest and he flicked my ear.
"You and that damn biting. Just relax and go to sleep. Deal with the slut and idiot when you're all better." He rubbed my thighs. "Goodnight Bri."
"Night Happy." I closed my eyes and listened to him breathing. Fast, then slow, until it was steady and he was snoring lightly. I smiled to myself as I relaxed to drift off to dream land.
Once again thanks for the reviews and feedback. I appreciate it all. Next chapter is almost finished and has more action and a Power Couple will emerge. (;