*Forever and for Always*
As always I do not own these SOA characters. They belong to Kurt Sutter. I do however own Patches (BYZLATS President) Jeizan (Ellie's Boyfriend) Matt, Don, Skip & Jared (Jury's crew) also the charter president's Charlie, Ryan, Tommy, Mark and Kim. First and foremost thank you all for the support and the reviews it means a lot.
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Tara awoke to sounds of whispering and laughing, when she got out of bed and made her way to where the kids were she saw Abel and Thomas coloring on Happy's face with her makeup.
She looked at the clock at read that it was only 6:15 in the morning. She looked inside the fort and noticed that Juice was not in there. She quietly grabbed what was remaining of her cover up and was leaving the fort when Juice appeared in front of her.
"Jesus you scared the shit out of me" Tara said as she stepped out of the fort.
"Sorry I had to use the bathroom. I see you noticed the boys art work" Juice said pointing to Happy and laughing.
Tara just looked at Juice and shook her head.
"Yeah it was my idea. The rug rats have been up since 5. They were bored" Juice said shrugging his shoulders.
"Of all people you chose to let them color on Happy?" Tara asked trying to hold back her laughter.
"He's a heavy sleeper I figured he wouldn't wake up while they were playing Picasso on his face" Juice said looking back at the boys who were also covered in her makeup.
"Well you owe me more cover up mister" Tara said as they made their way to kitchenette in the suite.
"I made coffee already if you want some" Juice said as he passed her an empty coffee mug.
"Thanks but I'll just have some orange juice" Tara said.
"Mommy can we have pancakes for breakfast?" Abel asked.
"Sure ask Uncle Juice if he will start the batter while I clean you and Thomas up" Tara smiled at her growing boys.
After Tara finished cleaning the boys up and getting them dressed the pancakes were already done when they returned to the kitchen.
All the other guys started to come in the suite looking rough so Tara decided to ask what exactly happened last night.
"So did you all have fun last night?" Tara asked as she was cutting pancakes for Thomas.
All the guys just looked at each other and they all started talking at once.
Tara looked at Neeta and Lyla and then back at the guys and finally said "spit it out"
"We just enjoyed ourselves so much we had way too much to drink and ate way too much" Charlie spoke up first.
"We practically went bar hopping like we were 21 again" Kozik said as he sat down next to Tara.
She looked at all the other men who had no facial expressions and she asked "why do I get the feeling you are all leaving something out?"
Each of the guys cleared their throats and Kim was about to speak until Happy entered the room and all the guys started laughing hysterically.
Happy looked at them and then back to Tara, Lyla and Neeta who were also laughing.
Happy noticed that Thomas or Abel weren't looking in his direction and he decided to look in the mirror.
"BOYS" Happy shouted from the bathroom which caused Abel and Thomas to look up and smile that same Teller smile their father has.
"It was Uncle Juice's idea; he said it would be fun" Abel said as Happy entered the room while wiping his face with a wash cloth.
"I'll take care of Uncle Juice later, for now let's eat I'm starving" Happy said as he took a seat next to Abel.
After breakfast Tara decided that the girls should get ready for their big adventure they have going on today.
Tara also put it in the back of her mind to ask Jax what exactly happened last night.
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(((MEANWHILE WITH ALVAREZ)))
"Sorry that you are wasting your time in raiding my clubhouse. I've told you a million times the past hour that we don't do anything illegal here and you're not going to find anything" Alvarez said from the ground.
"Mr. Alvarez we had an anonymous tip that you were holding Clarence "Clay" Morrow hostage in your clubhouse. I'm going to have to ask you to come with me and my guys to open the only locked door in your clubhouse" Hale said as he reached to grab Alvarez from the ground.
"Now why the hell would I be holding Clay hostage at my clubhouse? If I had him hostage I'm sure you and your men would have found him by now. You've been looking inside my measly 3 room clubhouse for the past hour" Alvarez said as he stood up.
"Just unlock that locked door and if we find nothing then we will be on our way" Hale said as he escorted Alvarez inside.
As Alvarez reached in his pocket to grab his keys Hale and his men drew their weapon. Alvarez held his hands up and said "Just trying to get my keys. They are in my front vest pocket. You can go ahead and grab them I don't need to get shot because I don't have a gun" Alvarez said standing with his hands up.
After Hale grabbed the keys and unlocked the door his men opened it turned the lights on and then looked back at Hale.
"It's clear boss" One of the deputies said.
Alvarez looked at the men and turned to Hale and said "I think I deserve an apology. I told you I was clean"
Hale and his deputies made their way out of the clubhouse and left the lot. Alvarez and his crew were for certain on who that anonymous tip was but they had to wait for Jax and SAMCRO before they acted upon it.
"Looks like Jarry really was looking out for us" Juan said as he sat down at the picnic table.
"Ese I told you she was, I think we still need to leave Clay and all the illegal shit out of the clubhouse at least until SAMCRO return. We can't depend on Jarry to run to us every time we are going to get raided and I damn sure ain't losing any of the shit we have" Alvarez said as he lit a cigarette.
"Whatever you say boss" Juan said as he reached for his phone.
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(((BACK IN DISNEYLAND)))
"Babe so where exactly are you girls going?" Jax asked while Tara was getting ready.
"We are going to get a manicure, pedicure then we are going to a nice restaurant for lunch, then we are all getting a massage. That's all we've come up with for now but it's not like any of us can go get drunk like all of you guys. We are going to have Ellie with us who is only 15 plus Lyla is pregnant so don't have to worry about that" Tara said as she was towel drying her hair.
"I think you should take someone with you for safety reasons" Jax finally said. He knows he has to tell her they could be in danger after having to shake someone down but he didn't want her to worry.
Tara looked at him and shook her head.
"What part of girl's night do you not understand? Can't you just give me this one night Jax that's all I ask? I know that you are always concerned for our safety but God Jax we can take care of ourselves. We aren't in Charming no one here knows that I'm Jax Teller's ol' lady. You can let us have this night Jackson. I let you guys have a night" Tara said.
"I know that we aren't in Charming but I still worry about your safety. Will you at least think about taking someone with you later tonight if you guys stay out late?" Jax pleaded with her.
Tara just looked at him and nodded her head. Just because she said she would think about it didn't mean she will say yes.
"You're lucky I love you Teller" Tara said as she slipped into a nice black/yellow sun dress.
"God Tara you are so beautiful" Jax said as he wrapped her in his arms and kissed her roughly.
"Remember what I said Teller, gotta wait till we are married" Tara said with a smirk and a wink.
"You're such a tease Knowles" Jax said as he slapped her on her ass as they excited their room.
Tara turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered "you'll see how much of a tease I can be in a few days"
As the happy couple made their way down to the pool where all the guys were swimming with the kids Tara spotted that gentleman from yesterday sitting at the bar looking towards them.
She remembered that she never told the guys about him and decided that it wasn't the time or the place to say anything or they will be stuck with half of the SONS escorting them to the nail salon.
After the girls said goodbye to their guys they slowly made their way back to the suite to grab everything they will need.
"Remember that guy from yesterday?" Tara asked Lyla, Ellie and Neeta.
"Yeah" Lyla, Neeta and Ellie said in unison.
"When Jax and I were coming down to the pool I noticed he was sitting at the bar and then remembered that we never told the guys about him. Before coming down Jax was harassing me about taking someone with us for our girl's night so I think maybe we should keep it to ourselves until our night is over" Tara said as she grabbed her bag.
"I may have already told Jeizan" Ellie said quietly.
Neeta, Tara and Lyla all turned to look at Ellie who was red in the face and fidgeting with her nails.
"Its ok I'm sure if Jeizan said something than we wouldn't be leaving on our own" Tara said laughing as they all excited the hotel and started walking down the boardwalk.
"He won't say anything to them unless God forbid something bad happens to us" Ellie said as they entered the nail salon.
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"So Jax the big day is tomorrow are you prepared?" Opie asked as he handed Jax a beer and sat down.
"I'm more prepared for the honeymoon part than the whole wedding part" Jax said smirking.
"Yeah like you two need a honeymoon" Opie said laughing.
"I'm actually surprised how easy it was to write my own vows. I have to admit when Tara first said that she wanted us to come up with our own vows I was a nervous wreck thinking there's no way in hell I'll be able to get that done but after I sat at the table with a pen and pad it just started coming all at once. Hopefully my vows aren't longing than hers" Jax said as he sat back in the chair.
"I'm sure she wrote a book about how she had you whipped since day one" Opie said laughing.
"Hey not many people can say that they married there high school sweetheart. I'll never change it for the world" Jax said as he took a sip of his beer.
"Daddy come in the pool" Abel shouted from the diving board before he jumped off.
"Yeah dad you come in too we can play basketball or something" Kenny said splashing water towards the guys sitting in the chairs.
"Boyo if I get hit with that water you'll be sorry" Chibs said from the spot he was sleeping.
"Oh yeah?" Kenny asked as he came out of the pool with a bucket full of water.
Jax and Opie knew what he was going to do and they couldn't stop him before Kenny dumped the whole bucket over Chibs.
"Shite that's cold" Chibs shouted as he jumped up to chase Kenny who just jumped in the pool causing more water to splash at Chibs.
Opie and Jax were laughing hysterically that neither of them noticed Bobby, Kozik, Happy and Juice come up from behind them and push them in the pool.
After they were pushed in Kozik pushed Happy who in turn grabbed Juice on his way in the water. Kozik and Bobby were laughing and never noticed Jury come up behind them and push them in the pool.
After everyone was in the pool that started racing underwater to see who could race the fastest.
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(((MEANWHILE IN STOCKTON)))
"Morrow you have a visitor" The guard said as she rounded the corner to the cell.
"Must be my lucky day" Gemma said sarcastically.
Once Gemma was sitting at the table the guard handcuffed her to the table and said "He will be right in"
Just as the guard walked out her lawyer walked in.
"Mrs. Morrow I told you to stay out of trouble and yet I have to find out that you brutally attacked an inmate with a weapon? No wonder the judge denied bail" Jared stated as he sat down and opened his brief case.
"I was attacked first I was defending myself but nobody seems to listen when I say I was attacked first. That bitch broke my nose" Gemma said loudly.
"Well I'm here to go over some paperwork that has been brought to my attention. Patterson is trying to give you hard time for this and if you keep up your behavior she's going to have a huge case on you. My suggestion to you is to keep to yourself and stay out of trouble. The first charge is kidnapping with intent to harm, the second charge is endangering the welfare of a minor and the final charge is pre-meditated attempted murder. Mrs. Morrow you are looking at hardcore time right now and it looks like your accomplice Ima is turning on you" Jared stated as he showed Gemma the papers.
"Wait hold on why am I being charged with endangering the welfare of a minor? Tara is an adult I kidnapped her not a child" Gemma said not realizing she just admitted she was part of the kidnapping.
"Mrs. Morrow Tara is 12 weeks pregnant, Patterson is trying to get you on endangering the minor because your plan was to kill Tara" Jared stated.
"What I wanted was for my son to leave the bitch and take my grandsons away from her. That's what I wanted. I didn't intend to kill Tara" Gemma said.
"From what Ima is stating in her testimony you hired her to kidnap and kill Tara Knowles so that she could get Jax and you could get your grandsons" Jared said handing Gemma the copy of Ima's statement.
"That conveying bitch knows damn well the plan was to get rid of Tara not for that porn pussy bitch to get her dirty hands on my son" Gemma shouted.
"Well first and foremost Mrs. Morrow I think you need to figure out your story. One minute your telling me you played no part in this kidnapping and the next minute your admitting to actually doing it so I guess you have the next 30 days to sit in jail and think about what story you are going to use in court" Jared said as he packed up his brief case and knocked on the door.
"Your my god damn lawyer aren't you supposed to tell me what to say?" Gemma shouted.
Just as the guard opened the door Jared turned around and said "No Mrs. Morrow I'm not supposed to tell you what to say my job is to give you legal advice and I just did"
"THIS IS BULLSHIT" Gemma shouted as Jared left the room and the door closed behind him.
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(((BACK IN DISNEYLAND LATE NIGHT)))
"Tara just text me and said they are at a karaoke restaurant and they will be home soon" Jax said to Opie.
They guys were all settled in their own rooms except for Opie and Jax who were sitting out on the deck.
"Good I hope they enjoyed themselves. You know she was questioning about what we did last night right." Opie said as he took a sip of his beer.
"Yeah I know. How do I tell her that we almost ended up in jail on our vacation?" Jax said as he sighed.
"I don't know brother but she's going to find out eventually so it might as well come from you" Opie said as he lit a cigarette.
"Dude she's going to be pissed that we caused practically a riot at the strip club" Jax said taking a drag of his own cigarette.
Opie just chuckled and said "dude it was your idea to go to the strip club"
Jax just looked at Opie and shook his head.
"I'd just leave that part out of it though. She's going to be pissed that we had to work while we are supposed to be on vacation" Opie said laughing.
"Well maybe I can get away without telling her for at least a few more days" Jax said smirking.
Jax knew that he was going to have to eventually tell Tara that they had to shake down the strip club owner because he wasn't paying his girls the money they deserved.
He will just have to explain to Tara that he owed Nero a favor and he had to settle it while he had more man power with him. She should understand. He hoped.
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"Ellie you did an amazing job on that song" Tara said as Ellie made her way back to the table after singing 'Single Ladies' By Beyoncé.
"Thanks Aunt Tara, what song are you and mom doing?" Ellie asked.
Tara and Lyla both looked at each other and said "You'll see" in unison.
By the time Neeta finished Aretha Franklin's RESPECT it was Lyla and Tara's turn.
They were both nervous but couldn't wait to sing their hearts out.
"Hey babe, we are about to sing the last song then heading back" Tara answered her phone when Jax called.
"I love you too baby" Tara said and set her phone.
"Next up we have 2 lovely ladies who are singing Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Please welcome Lyla and Tara"
"Oh Neeta look they both look nervous" Ellie said as they took stage.
They were just starting the song when Ellie noticed a man dancing close to the stage just as Tara busted into the lyrics:
The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells what you gonna do with your life
Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one
But girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have
That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls - they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun
"Neeta it looks like he just grabbed Aunt Tara's ass" Ellie said.
"No he just grabbed her hand see she pulled him on stage" Neeta said.
Oblivious to the fact that Tara never hung up the phone, Jax was listening to their whole conversation.
(BACK AT THE HOTEL)
"Opie we gotta go now" Jax shouted as he slammed his phone down and practically ran out the door.
Opie and Jeizan followed behind until they finally reached the karaoke restaurant.
When they walked in the place the whole crowd was on their feet dancing. Opie spotted Lyla and Tara on stage dancing with some guy singing Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
Before Opie knew what was going on Jax was up on stage practically dragging the man away from the girls all while shouting at Tara
"I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WEREN'T DRINKING TARA. YOUR DRUNK AND LETTING THIS GUY DANCE ALL OVER YOU" Jax shouted as he slammed the guy down on the floor.
"Jax I'm not drunk what are you even doing here?" Tara asked now getting embarrassed because the whole restaurant was staring at them.
"Sir.. sir I'm sorry I was just dancing having a good time I meant no harm" the guy said as he stumbled to his feet.
"I'M HERE BECAUSE APPARENTLY I CAN'T TRUST MY FIANCE TO GO OUT ALONE" Jax looked at Tara and said "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU GOT DRUNK AFTER SAYING YOU WEREN'T GOING TO DRINK. I'M GLAD ME AND OPIE CAME WHEN WE DID OR GOD KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED NEXT. MAYBE YOUR NEXT SONG WAS GOING TO BE TEQUILLA MAKES HER CLOTHES COME OFF"
Jax was pacing back and forth when Tara walked up to him and slapped him across the face and shouted "I'M PREGNANT YOU JACKASS AND I'M FAR FROM DRUNK. I WAS JUST ENJOYING OUR GIRLS NIGHT YOU KNOW BEFORE WE GET MARRIED TOMORROW"
Jax looked at Neeta, Lyla and Ellie who all were holding their arms across their chests giving him the evil eye. Just as Jax was about to say something Tara ran out of the restaurant which caused Neeta, Lyla and Ellie to follow behind.
"Brother what the hell was that about?" Opie asked after finally calming his best friend down.
"Dude I don't know I overheard Ellie say to Neeta that a guy grabbed her ass and I lost it. Then I come in here and see her dancing like she's intoxicated with some stranger. I just lost it Ope. Shit man I didn't even know she was pregnant. What the fuck." Jax said letting out a sigh.
"Your gonna have to let her cool off man. Let's get back to the hotel I'm sure that's where they headed off too" Opie said as they left the restaurant.
When the guys got back to the hotel Bobby, Happy and Kozik were all up waiting for them.
"Did the girls get back ok?" Jeizan asked.
Bobby, Happy and Kozik all looked at each other and then Happy spoke up and said "They aren't here I thought you guys were going to pick them up?"
Jax and Opie looked at each other and immediately started calling their ol' ladies phones.
"Fuck Tara's phone goes straight to voicemail" Jax said after trying her for the 3rd time.
"Lyla's too" Opie said.
"What the fuck is going on. Where are the girls?" Happy asked now getting inpatient.
"We don't know" Opie and Jax said in unison.
TBC—so that last part was going to be my entry for Tempting Tara but I was behind in my updates so I chose not to enter it in the contest. Hope you enjoyed! Next chapter is the big wedding!