Chapter 25
Juice and I have been in Charming for almost a month now and we have settled in better than I thought. Libby seems to love her Aunt Venus, who I have quickly become best friends with. She seems to love her Uncle Tig too. Tonight is one of SAMCRO's notorious Friday night parties and the club nanny, Neeta, is watching Libby along with a few of the other kids. "Are you sure you don't mind watching her Neeta? I can come back later to get her." I ask. "No, honey, you just go and have fun. Enjoy yourself. Me and little miss here are going to have a good time tonight. We will see you in the morning. Now go, momma. Me and Libby are ready to play." she tells me. I kiss Libby's cheek and hug Neeta, thanking her again and we head out the door. Getting onto Juice's bike, we head to the clubhouse.
Walking into the clubhouse, we see more members in kuttes than I am used to. Juice pulls me close and says "Looks like Tacoma is here too." I walk to the bar and hug Venus and the prospect hands me a glass of wine. Venus started keeping wine at the clubhouse for the two of us. After a while, Juice is still playing pool with some of his brothers and catching up with some he hasn't seen in a while when a guy in a kutte takes the bar stool next to me and spins me to face him. "Wanna have some fun honey?" he says with a nasty grin. "No, thanks." I say as I try to turn back around. Spinning me back he takes my hand and goes to stand and says "You don't say no to a member." I pull my hand away and say "I do when I'm not a croweater." Before I can say anything, one of the croweaters comes over and tries to lure him away from me. He tells her to take off and turns back to me to see Juice standing next to me. "Lorca, I see you met my Old Lady, Janie." he says. Lorca looks at Juice and then me shocked and says "Sorry about that doll. I didn't know you were taken." I fake a smile and say "Well, now you know. Doll." I turn back to Juice and Lorca walks off to find the croweater that tried to intervene. "Sorry about that babe." Juice says. "That's okay but can't you just tell everyone now that I am yours so that I don't have to deal with them?" I asked and Tig walks up and says, "I'll handle that." Tig let's out a loud whistle and everyone goes quiet and Tig says "Listen up. You all know our brother Juice is back with us but we wanted you to meet someone special to him and us. This is Janie. She's Juice's wife and Old Lady. You all know how to treat her. Make sure you introduce yourself so she knows who all y'all ugly fuckers are." he says and we all laugh. The party starts back and I thank Tig.
The party starts winding down and Venus and Tig head back to his dorm and Chibs comes up. "Juicy Boy, you remember where your old room is?" Juice smiles and says "Yeah. I remember." Chibs smiles and says "Venus made sure it was ready if you two want to crash here." We smile and Juice takes my hand and leads us back to the dorm. We walk in and he closes the door and locks it. Looking around, I can see he is in deep thought. "What are you thinking babe?" I asked. "Just about how many nights I spent in this room. Some were good and some weren't." he says. "Things are different now babe. You are home, where you belong and you have me and Libby with you. Things are better now." I tell him. He pulls me to him and kisses me softly. "Now, show your Old Lady some Reaper love." I tell him and he deepens the kiss and pulls me to the bed. We spend the rest of the night showing each other how much we love each other.
The next morning, we head to Neeta's to get Libby. Knocking on the door, Neeta answers and Libby is in the highchair in the kitchen. "I hope she wasn't any problem last night." I say. "Honey, that child didn't make a sound. She was the best one out of the bunch. I don't know what you have done to this child but you are doing something right." she tells me and I smile. "Well, let me know if there is anything you need Neeta. I want you to know how much we appreciate you watching her." I tell her. She hugs me and says "Well, Aunt Neeta will watch that little love any time." I can't help but smile.
Getting home, Libby is playing on the floor while Juice and I are on the couch watching her play. "Are you happy here?" he asked me. "Of course I am baby. Why wouldn't I be?" I asked, concerned. "Because, you moved out here and left everyone you knew. You didn't know anyone here but you moved for me." he tells me. "Baby, my home is wherever you and Libby are. You are my family. Plus, I love it here. I love being able to have lunch with a girlfriend. Since Molly moved to Florida, I didn't really have anyone but you and Bill and as much as I love you both, I need girlfriends. I don't regret it for a second. I want Libby to have a big family and here, she does." I tell him. "So you would be open to having more kids with me? You know, for the big family and all." he says smiling. Smiling back, I respond, "I definitely want more kids."