THAI

"Are you guys seriously watching the Kardashians?" Lilith asked with a sigh. Bobby held up his hands in defence "It just happened to be on the TV when I woke up, don't look at me kid." he said. Tyler walked up to them and handed Bobby the beer he had asked for "Was me Wings"the prospect admitted, "I was watching that show where there's girls, the one that's in the Playboy Mansion" Tyler explained. Lil shrugged, and took a sip of her orange juice. She was waiting for Jax to show up, she had to tell him she'd gotten a job.

"Hey Wings?"Bobby asked Lil, "Hmm?" She answered as she began to flick through the channels. "You comin' friday night? There's gonna be a few Nomads over aswell, might be a good idea to meet them." Bobby asked, Lil shrugged "Dunno..." she answered.

"What do you mean you don't know kid?" Asked Bobby

"I got a job, might have to work monday morning."

"Hey kid, if you need money the club could always-"

Lil cut him off "I know, I just wanna be self sufficient. And, as the club isn't making that much right now I thought..."

Bobby patted her on the back "It's alright kid, I got you."

It had taken Lilith, half an hour to choose what to wear that day. She eventually decided on a Black Sabbath T-shirt and black skinny jeans, which was exactly the same sort of thing she would wear at the clubhouse. She had locked her cutte up in her wall safe, and did the same with her gun. She did however wear her black leather jacket , and black Doc Martens. She was riding her bike to work after all. She pulled up at the store, and took off her helmet. After combing her hands though her hair, she was ready to face her new boss .

His name was Eddie, he was in his late fifties, and had long straight grey hair. He greeted Lil as she opened the front door of the store, he was about the same height as her, although five-foot seven would be considered short for a man. He had on old ripped blue jeans, and a pair of worn down flip flops. "I like the hair" he had commented , as he showed her around the shop. "Yeah, I like it too" Lilith had answered. "Does it take up a lot of upkeep?" He had asked, "Yeah but, It's worth it" she had replied. After showing her the ropes he had left, and Lilith had the whole shop to herself. She sat at at the counter quietly for about ten minuets, thinking of how tired she was. She then decided that it was a bit too hot, and that she would feel better if she braided her hair , to keep it off the back of her neck. Her hair, once braided reached the middle of her back. But the layers that were cut into her hair, made the braid look untidy.

After twenty minuets of no customers showing up, she wandered down to the rack of acoustic guitars. She picked up one which was dark in colour, then walked back to the counter. She attempted to play it, but it was blatantly obvious that the instrument was out of tune. She carefully set it down onto the counter, then looked at the stack of drawers under the counter. She opened the top one, which was filled with paperwork. She shut it, then opened the second drawer. After fumbling around the contents for a few minuets she found a tuning fork. She smiled and shut the drawers, then she picked up the guitar and held it in her lap. She had been tuning the guitar for a few minuets, when she heard the shop door opening, with a bell sound. A woman and child walked in, "Hello, how can I help you." Lilith asked, as the woman held the childs hand tight, and walked towards her. The womans high heels were making an annoying and loud sound, and the child didn't seem to be very happy being held onto so tightly. "Hello" the woman said through her thick layer of pink lipstick "Do you stock, violins?" the woman asked.

"Yeah, of course. What size?" Lilith questioned. The woman looked down at her daughter "Something she can play" she replied.

"Okay" Lilith nodded, and got up. She led the woman over to the violins, and brought down one half sized and one three-quarter sized violin. "These are the only two smaller ones in stock, im afraid." Lilith explained, and the woman sighed. "Okay, Monica which one do you like?" The woman asked, as she looked down at her daughter. The girl picked the smallest one up, and held it incorrectly. Even if the girl had held it correctly , her fingers were too chubby for the neck of the instrument anyway, Lilith thought.

''But mommy, I want the pink one!" The little girl whined, her mother sighed "But it's too big for you" she tried to explain to her daughter. The mother vaguely apologized to Lilith, and the walked out of the shop.

"Lucky I don't work on commission" Lilith sighed to herself, she then went back to tuning th guitar.

Eddie showed up at around five o'clock, he had walked in on Lilith playing the guitar, Lilith thought he would be angry about it, but the guy smiled. "How long you been playing for Lilith?" He queried. Lilith shrugged "Since I was thirteen so...seven, maybe eight years." Eddie chucked " I was pretty young when I started to play aswell" he explained. Lilith's face lit up "How long have you been playin' then ?" She asked, he sighed "Gave up a while ago, but I played for around twenty years" he answered.

"Were you in a band?" Lilith asked, she was somehow happy to be acquainted with a musician in such a small town.

"Yeah, called ourselves the Beaded."

"Never heard of em."

Eddie laughed "We were never that big really. What about you?"

"Hmm?" Lilith asked, she seemed to be a bit dazed.

"Are you in a band?" He asked.

"Was, before I moved. We gigged all around the States."

"What were you called?"

"Black Wings And Beautiful Ink, Black Ink for short. They're still playing, I left cause of personal reasons."

"Long name"

Lilith giggled "Yeah, long names were the in thing at the time." She explained.

"What kinda music did you play?" He asked, genuinely curious.

"Rock i guess...started out very punk, but then I guess it smoothed out a bit."

"Punk? In this day and age? How on earth did you make any money?" Eddie chuckled.

"I have no clue" Lilith said smiling.

The consuming warmth of bath water,always seemed so wonderful to Lilith. Her head was submerged, as she held her breath. She wasn't sure why she did this all the time, but she enjoyed the fact that it was almost like a mini-workout for her lungs. She would hold her breath, then submerge herself, she would only come to the surface when the lack of air started to seem dangerous. But this time she wasn't going to have time for that, as her phone began to ring. She quickly surface and dried one of her hands on a near-by towel, she then reached up to the sink and grabbed her phone. It was Juice.

"Hello" she said, as she answered the phone in her typical manner.

"Hey Lil's" he replied cheerfully.

"What's up ?"

"Oh um, just finished up at the clubhouse, was planning on getting take out and going home. Have you already eaten?"

"Yeah, i guess"

"What do you mean, you guess?"

"I guess I've eaten babe, just not sure when."

"alright, Im gettin' take out then coming over to yours, is that...okay?"

"Course' it is, what you getting?"

"Thai, what you want me to get you?"

Lilith contemplated picking something from the mental menu in her head, but she quickly decided to be lazy "Whatever you want"

"Kay then, see you soon."

"Bye babe"

"Bye Lil's"

She hung up, then placed the phone on the sink. She didn't want to get out of her bath, but she did miss Juice. She made very sure, not to slip like she did last time, and got herself out of the bath. After drying off, she went up to her dresser, and opened the second drawer. She then contemplated, what kind of underwear to wear. Her stuff was mostly boxer briefs, and bikini style panties, she only owned a handful of thongs, as she was very against them. The first reason was that they were very uncomfortable for her, the second was that they were pretty useless and didn't do the job of underwear very well. She ended up picking a pair of pink lace bikini briefs, as they matched one of her sleep bras. She wasn't keen on changing into day clothes again, and the comfort of pyjamas was far too tempting. But she still enjoyed teasing Juice too much, so she picked out a pair of short black flannel shorts, and a soft black vest which had lace around the neckline.

She was brushing her hair, when she heard a knock on the door. "It's me." She heard Juice's voice say, "It's open." She answered. Ten seconds later , he was leaning on the door frame of her bedroom door, with a silly smile on his face.

"Hey" she greeted him, as she smiled sweetly.

"Hey" he replied, and his smile grew larger. "Ready for food?" He asked.

"Yeah" she said as she tied her hair up in a messy bun, he watched her smiling. She got up and made her way towards the door, before she passed him he scooped her up, and kissed her on the cheek. She giggled as she gave him a peck on the lips, then held him by the hand and led him to the kitchen. She opened the take out bag, and began placing it's contents onto the kitchen table, Juice pulled a chair out for her, then sat down on the chair opposite.

"Tired?" She asked, as she handed him a pair of chopsticks.

He nodded "Uhuh... well , my brain is. And my eyes."He paused, as he opened the noddles"How was work?" He asked, then slurped a mouthful of noodles.

"Boring, but easy. Eddie's a cool guy."

"Uhuh, he got any problem with you bein Samcrow?"

"Nah, didn't talk about that. He used to be in a band."

"I guess that's cool, for an old guy."

"He's not that old."

"Am I old?" Juice asked.

"Uhm..."

He smirked "How old do I look?" He asked.

"Uhm, twenty-five?"

He laughed cheekyly, "Nope" he said with a big smile.

"How old are you Ortiz" she said smiling as she kicked him gently under the table.

"Older than you." he replied with a smirk, and she kicked him again,

"C'mon Juice, tell me the truth." She insisted.

He shrugged, "You'll have to figure it out yourself."

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