As soon as Elizabeth woke up she showered and dressed for the day in a pair of jeans and a plain white t-shirt. She quietly exited the bedroom as she walked towards the kitchen she saw Happy asleep on the couch. Elizabeth looked at Happy and realized just how peaceful his face looked.
She continued walking towards the kitchen and started cooking. She wanted a simple breakfast and made scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast. She was surprised when she placed the bread in the toaster and turned around to see Happy standing in the kitchen entrance watching her.
"Good morning" she said grabbing 2 plates and filling them up. She placed the plates on the breakfast bar.
"Sit, are you hungry?" Elizabeth asked Happy turning around and grabbing strawberry jam and plating the toast. Happy sat down watching Elizabeth's every move. Elizabeth sat next to Happy and started eating wanting to calm her brain down
"Is it poisoned?" aske Happy. Elizabeth smiled
"No" she replied
"What's so funny?" asked Happy
"That was the same thing Kozik asked me" she said remembering bribing Kozik with food. Happy stayed quiet, but it bothered him that she had cooked for Kozik.
"I'm sorry" said Elizabeth turning to face Happy
"What?" He asked
"For not telling you the truth" said Elizabeth not wanting to apologize again. "You were right, I never gave you any reason to know that I didn't want to marry. I'm sorry" she said realizing it was sincere
"We're married now. I want us to get along. You said you wanted us to pretend to be happily married. I can do that" she said. Happy stared at her with a blank face and took a bite of eggs. They were not bad could use a bit more salt
"What do you get out of it?" he asked
"Peace of mind" she said only saying half truth. In the back of her mind her goal was still to get him to trust her enough for her to have a normal life outside of this fake marriage. Her being able to go back to work, go see her family without being followed.
"Okay" He said unsure knowing that she was hiding something
"But… I won't sleep with you" said Elizabeth in a rush " and you can't hit me again" Happy looked at her. she looked unsure of what his answer would be and was playing with her napkin
"Okay" he said agreeing. He never wanted to be his father who beat woman and he had never forced anyone to be with him.
"Okay?" asked Elizabeth surpriced
"Okay" said Happy again and went back to his plate of food. Elizabeth followed his lead and started eating. She was surprised her he had agreed so easily. She was ready to negotiate giving her some time before sex but he had agreed. She let out a long breath
"Are you going into work today?" she asked after she picked up the plates
"Yes, ready?" he asked her. she nodded her head and followed him out. Happy locked the door behind her and looked at the keys in his hand.
"Follow me" Happy said handing Elizabeth the keys to his car. He acted like he wasn't nervous that she would drive the opposite way. And just as she wanted peace of mind so did he. He couldn't afford to be worring about her running away when he was on club business or to have to worry more about Elizabeth than his mother.
Elizabeth saw it as a test.
"Thanks" she said taking the keys. As she followed him while he rode his bike and she drove the car she made sure to stay right behind him. Always were he could see her, but a few feet away so she was never close enough to hit him.
Happy parked his bike next to the other bikes. Elizabeth parked next to the office. Happy walked towards her and wrapped his arm around her waist. He felt her stiffen.
"Its okay" he whispered in her ear as he walked her towards the bar
"Morning Happy and Elizabeth" said Gemma pouring two coffees and placing them in front of them
"Thanks" said Elizabeth
"You're helping out today?" asked Gemma to Elizabeth
"Yes, if you need the help?" Elizabeth asked
"Yes honey, you are much better at filing than I am. Thank you for helping me out the last few days" Gemma said it purposely in front of Happy so he would know that Elizabeth had been helping out and doing a good job. She went back to the kitchen to make some coffee.
"You been helping out?" asked Happy
"Yes" Elizabeth answered not making it a big deal. But glad that Gemma mentioned it to Happy.
"Hey brother" the same curly hair man from last night greeted Happy. She was introduced to Tig, and slowly more guys walked in looking for their coffee fix. She met Chibs, Juice, and Bobby. Apparently they had been on a run the last couple of days and that why she hadn't seen them.
"I should go help Gemma. Feel better guys" Elizabeth said giving Happy a kiss on the cheek and wavying to the guys goodbye as the continued whinning about their killer headaches.
"Hey Elizabeth, do you mind running an errand?" asked Gemma walking out of the club house
"Yeah sure" said Elizabeth
"Thanks honey" says Gemma and walks towards her car. Gemma drives while smoking a cigarette. She is annoyed that she had to go check on Wendy because she's not answering Jax's call and he's worried because he hasn't received a medical bill from her Obstetriciant.
They got out of the car and walked towards the front door.
"Wendy" Yelled Gemma knocking on the door. She hated that she had to knock on her sons house because that junky whore was staying here during her pregnancy.
"Wendy open up!" shouted Gemma
"Let me knock on the back door" said Elizabeth. She walked around the house and found the back door. She was about to knock on the door when a she saw partially open window. There was a woman on the floor lying in a pool of blood
"Fuck, call 911! Gemma call 911!" Elizabeth shouted. She turned the door knob but the door was locked from the inside. She tried pushing the front door but it wouldn't budge. She did the only thing her panicked brain could think of. She punched the edge of the glass above the door knob. She was surprised when her hand went through the glass.
"Fuck that hurts" Thought Elizabeth, but her hand was already there so she moved it to open the door from the inside.
"Elizabeth!" shouted Gemma when she saw Elizabeth pulling her hand out of the window and blood running down her arm
"Gemma did you call 911?" Elizabeth asked running inside the kitchen. Fuck there was a lot of blood surrounding the blond on the floor and her blue jeans were bright red from the blood
"Fuck" said Gemma pulling her cellphone out.
"They should be here in 8 minutes" said Gemma kneeling next to Elizabeth. She didn't care if Wendy lived or died but that was her grandchild she was carrying and knew that it would destroy Jax if his son died.
Elizabeth felt useless. She could remember learning in high school how to take a pulse and CPR but she couldn't remember how. She could see Wendy was breathing, but they were short shallow breaths and her lips were a light shade of blue.
"Mm..Wh..at" Wendy gasped
"Its okay, help is on its way" said Elizabeth trying to sound calm. She brought her hand to Wendys forehead to caress her head hoping to calm her down. But she moved it right away after she saw the trail if blood she left on her forehead and her hair.
"Thank god" whispered Elizabeth when she heard the ambulance
"I'm going to go out there and meet them" said Gemma wanting the paramedics to check on her grandson as soon as possible
"Yeah" said Elizabeth nodding her head
Gemma ran to the front door and unlocked it. She ran outside waving her arms wanting to make sure they saw her. They quickly pulled in and followed her inside. They pushed Elizabeth out of the way and focused on Wendy asumming the blood on her hands was Wendys.
" I'm going to ride with them, follow us there" ordered Gemma handing Elizabeth her keys. Elizabeth ran to the car needing to follow them especially when she didn't know where the hospital was. She made sure to stay close to the ambulance and ignored her throbbing hand.
The ambulance pulled into the emergency entrance and Elizabeth looked for a parking spot but everything seemed full. She had to park towards the end of the parking lot. She walked as quickly as possible towards the entrance and was releaved when she heard Gemma shouting. Elizabeth followed her voice
"… the baby is in distress" Elizabeth heard Gemma shouting at the nurse who looked terrified and was holding a clip board as a protective shield.
"Yes ma'am "she said and ran away
"Bunch of incompetent idiots" said Gemma and started pacing
"Gemma"
"Elizabeth sorry I forgot you were behind us" said Gemma still pacing back and forth.
"I called Jax, he should be here in a few minutes" said Gemma remembering the silence from Jax when she had to call him.
"Okay, good" said Elizabeth. She didn't know what to say or do to offer comfort to Gemma. Unfortunately Elizabeth had always been horrible at comforting people and usually relied on other people to do the comforting and on the rare occasion she had to step up all she could do was awkwardly pat their shoulders and say "Its okay". She knew she was bad at it and was better off staying quiet.
After a couple of minutes of pacing Gemma sat next to Elizabeth
"He's going to be okay" said Gemma more to herself than to Elizabeth praying she was right
"Mom!Mom" Gemma shot up from the uncomfortable chair and locked eyes with jax. She threw her arms around him and pulled him towards the nurses station for an update.
"What happened to your hand?" Elizabeth was taken by surprise to hear Happy's voice next to her. She looked up and was surprised to see Happy's eyes full of concern. Was it for her? she wondered
"What?" she asked
"They're doing a c-section as we speak" said Gemma. Elizabeth looked around and realized that there were about a dozen SONS in the room
"What happened to your hand?" Happy asked again pointing to her bleeding hand
"Fuck! I'm sorry I forgot" said Gemma "Let me go get a nurse" she said
"No, its fine. We need to focus on you guys"
"What happened?" asked Tig
"She broke Jax back window to open the door" said Gemma feeling proud of Elizabeth
"You go rocky" said Tig appreciative of her trying to help his family. They were his family he had known Gemma for twenty years and considered her a sister and Jax a bratty nephew. He was looking to welcome a new family member.
"Are you sure you don't want to get checked out darlin'?" asked Jax grateful that Elizabeth was there
"I'm fine thanks" Elizabeth said wanting to take the attention from her
"Lets go home, I'll help with your hand" said Happy grabbing her elbow "Let me know if you need anything brother" said Happy to Jax and gave him a quick hug
Happy and Elizabeth drove in silence. Elizabeth was worried about Gemma and the baby. She didn't know them but she hoped that they would be alright.
"Come on"said Happy taking Elizabeth's uninjured hand and pulling her to the bathroom. He had her sit down on the tub while he washed her hand and pulled out small shards of glass. Elizabeth was surprised at the gentleness of Happy's hand. She noticed he made sure too keep on eye on her reaction for extra pain.
Happy marveled at Elizabeth. He was upset that she had gotten hurt, but was proud that she had helped out. Her hands were so soft. Her nails were trim and unpainted. A huge contrast to the croweaters that usually had a red shade on their nails. He made sure to keep an eye on her face for any discomfort and was glad when he only noticed her wince once.
He gave her a pain pill and helped her into bed. After an exhausting day Elizabeth was tired and fell asleep quickly. Happy stood at the doorway and watched her sleep for a few minutes noticing how peacefull she looked in her sleep.