CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
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"I really don't think I want to be out there tonight D." I tell Donna as I pull all my hair into a pony tail high on my head, I'm standing by the mirror in Ope's bathroom in my underwear, the pink strapless set a new one that I'd brought to go with the dress I'm going to wear tonight, the mid-calf length dress & jacket is hanging over the door, the sparkly shoes that I've built the outfit around sitting in their box on Opie's chair, I'm not trying to make any waves tonight, I'd rather stay hiding in the dorm room but I know that Donna won't let me.
"Please, you'll be fine, if you do want to come back at any stage I'll give you the key and you can lock yourself in here, Ope has the other key." Donna says softly as she pulls on her own clothes. She's opted for a semi-casual look tonight, jeans fairly similar to the ones she wore the previous weekend, but these ones are white, she's got on a pair of stiletto heeled black boots and her shirt is black with chains hanging between the shoulder seams.
The pair of us go out to the main room of the building, we've only been gone about half an hour but the clothing level seems to have halved, the women walking around are wearing short shorts and tops that leave more skin uncovered then is covered.
Heading straight outside Donna and I get food, she's holding 2 plates so I fill them and mine, once they're loaded we head to where Opie is sitting at one of the picnic tables, a bottle of beer sitting in front of him. After handing him his plate Donna sits down and we spend the time we're eating being filled in on what happened on the trip. Opie is careful not to mention any of the 'entertainment' that was on offer in Las Vegas.
While we're eating various women walk past us and even though it's obvious Opie is checking each of them out his gaze always returns quickly to Donna. After eating I leave the pair to themselves, they've gotten lost in conversation about their kids and the next trip. I end up at the edge of the boxing ring; Happy's currently in there beating the shit out of some hang-around who apparently didn't realise that just being in the gate didn't mean he could demand women do what he wanted. When Happy is done the 2 prospects almost have to wipe him off the floor and out the gate.
I stop to talk to Luann for a while, we haven't had any time to catch up since I got back, I'm glad that she's still coming to the clubhouse and even happier when she tells me that there's been some progress with Otto and he may be released soon, he's served almost 5 years of his 6 year sentence, and though he hasn't been a model inmate he's never done anything to mean more charges.
It's almost 10pm when I vaguely notice a blonde standing to my left, turning my head I'm not surprised when I notice it's Ima, but I am surprised when she opens her mouth to speak, "I just thought I should let you know that I will be sharing Jax's bed tonight."
I shake my head, "Honey, I don't care who he sleeps with, but you're fooling yourself if you think you're going to still be there in the morning."
She glares at me, "Oh, I'll still be there in the morning, and I'll be there tomorrow night too."
"Sure you will." I say, turning and walking away.
Walking to where I can see Juice not far from the boxing ring, he's standing with a couple of the Tacoma guys who I haven't met.
Stepping around the tall blond one I'm almost lifted off my feet when an arm snakes round me and pulls me backwards. My back smacks into the chest of whoever it is that's touching me, even though I can tell it's a Son cause Juice wasn't standing with anyone else I'm beyond pissed off as I snarl. "If you don't take your hands off me right this fucken second I will give you a hole in your foot shaped like my heel."
A deep chuckle sounds inches from my ear, "Come on, don't be like that. I'll show you a good time."
"The only fucken thing you will be showing anybody is the scar that you're about to earn." My voice is dangerously calm.
Out of the corner of my eye I see Happy jump down from the ring edge and stride over. He's at my side in seconds and pulls the arm away from me, wrapping his arm over my shoulders I allow him to pull me to his side, finally seeing the person who'd manhandled me, the blond Son wearing a Tacoma patch, looks at Happy and goes, "Sorry man, didn't know she was yours."
Happy looks at him, shakes his head, "Koz, man I just saved your ass."
The guys surrounding us wander off and I hear Juice start to fill them in that they need to keep their hands off me. "Kozik just got his ass saved by Happy." he states as he and the other guys walk towards the BBQ pit.
The guy, Kozik, looks confused till Happy continues, "This is Sarah, she's Clay's niece."
Realisation dawns in the other bikers eyes and he looks panicked for several seconds before I grin at him, "You would have had some explaining to do. However I'm willing to let this go, on 2 conditions."
Nodding his head furiously I'm trying to work out what I can get from the tall man standing in front of me when I see Jax and Ima heading into the club house, Ima is practically falling off her shoes at Jax hauls her through towards the doors, and I don't miss the smug smile she aims towards me as she pulls Jax to a stop and kisses him hard just outside the doorframe.
Turning back to the biker in front of me I'm glad that Happy's arm is still on my shoulder, I'm not sure if I would have ripped Ima's hair out or left the lot if it hadn't have been for the weight behind my neck.
"First thing I want Koz, is for you to take your ass inside and get me a bottle of vodka."
"Sure, do you want soda as well?" He asks, turning towards the clubhouse already.
"Nope, just vodka, a few limes and a glass." I say, shrugging off Happy's arm, "Find me when you come back out and I'll tell you what else I want."
Finding an empty chair behind the boxing ring I sink into it and wait till my errand boy returns with the clear liquid that I'm hoping will erase the memory from my brain.
When he returns he stops in front of me, I look up from where I'm sitting and he hands me the bottle, and the glass which is full of limes. I tip the 4 limes into the lap of my dress, Happy's not far away and I can see his KA-BAR hanging from his belt. "Hey Hap, come slice these please?"
A pocket knife appears in front of me and I call out, "Never mind." Taking the small object from the hand it's resting in I look at Kozik, "What else did you want?" he asks and I'm not sure if it's nerves that are tainting his voice, but I doubt it.
Slicing a lime in half I squeeze the juice into the bottom of my glass and dump the rest of the fruit in there before drowning it in vodka. Swirling the liquid around a few times I drink half of it, the lime tartness making my taste buds sit up, but the alcohol volume making my eyes tear slightly.
"Next thing I want from you, and I promise it will be the last, is for you to go find Tig and get me the joint that's currently in his pocket."
Kozik's face screws up at Tigs name, "I have some here, and have one of those instead." He pulls a plastic baggie out of his pocket and waves it in front of my face.
"Sure." I say, snatching the bag from his hand, sliding the bag open I pull out one of the white neatly rolled tubes, handing the bag back to Koz I take the offered lighter and lean back into my chair.
"You can go now, and your secret is safe with me." I attempt to smile, but I know it comes out forced.
I can see the blond Son is thinking about staying where he is so I point over his shoulder at the brunette sweet butt that's been eyeing him up most of the night, "Your being called."
He looks over his shoulder and is up and out of his seat almost before his head is completely turned, "Typical." I chuckle to myself as I light the joint and refill my glass.
I sit in my darkened corner for a while and I'm not sure how much time passes, I see Gemma leave, Clay not far behind her, obviously they're off to relieve Neeta. Donna and Opie head inside not long after and I can tell that I won't see either of them again, the fact that Donna was slung over Opie's shoulder is a giveaway of that.
The music is just loud enough that I can block out my thoughts and the booze and weed helping, but I guess it must be approaching 1am when I notice Ima making a reappearance at the clubhouse doors. She spots the few remaining skanks sitting at the edge of the boxing ring waiting for Tig and Happy to finish their match. Sauntering over she takes a seat between Lyla and a red-haired girl Cherry who I think has eyes for Kip, but I'm not sure.
I had hoped I wouldn't be able to hear her, but I guess my good fortune for the night has ended as her voice drifts over, "Fuck he's great."
None of the women with her reply so she waits a few seconds and tries again, "Jax really is an amazing fuck."
I snort as the older brunette turns to her, I'm pretty sure her name is Emily; Donna said she was Jax's last 'flavour-of-the-month'. "Enjoy it while it lasts sweet-cheeks, cause once he's done with you that's it."
Ima laughs, "Please, he's not going to be done with me, I mean look at me."
I can see Emily is going to say something to Ima but the guys in the ring are just finishing so instead she jumps up and grabs a towel, wrapping it round Tig's neck the two of them head off to the clubhouse, pausing a few steps away Tig reaches back and grabs hold of Lyla's arm and yanks her with them as well.
Ima is now just sitting with Cherry, who's been watching Kip since she sat down, there are still a couple of other crow eaters there but none of them are paying any attention to the young woman. I stand up, intending to ignore Ima and walk over towards the women. Leaning down so my head's level with Cherry I say softly, "If you want him you're going to have to go get him."
She snaps her head in my direction but I force her to look back at the new Patched member. "If you don't someone else is going to steal him right from under your nose sweetie."
She swallows hard but gets up and walks in his direction. "Teaching her from your experience?" Ima's voice irritates me the second she opens her mouth and I half-turn to tell her to but out but a flash of red draws my attention to her feet. Biting down on my tongue I try to be polite, "Where'd ya get the shoes, they're so cute."
She looks down at her feet, "They are aren't they. Someone left them in Jax's room and I just couldn't leave such gorgeous shoes there, I did leave mine there though."
I take a couple of steps over and lean down, I'm sure she thinks I'm admiring the shoes, but I really want to get with arms reach. When I'm close enough I reach out and grab hold of the heels of each shoe and yank them off her feet. "Listen carefully you two bit cum dumpster, leave shit that doesn't belong to you alone."
I spin on my heel and head back inside, the shoes dangling from a finger, I absently wonder if it's possible to catch anything from footwear. I'm almost inside when I hear footsteps behind me, but the volume of them lets me know its 2 sets of covered feet.
Swinging open the door I hold it for the people behind me and I'm not surprised when I see its Cherry and Kip who are leaning on each other as they head towards his room. Walking down the hall I pass Jax's room where I can hear he's replaced Ima with someone else, the rhythmic banging on the wall a dead giveaway. Thumping on the door as I step past I thank the miracle that is children that Gemma didn't want to stay and she let me have their room for the night.
Flicking my shoes, both pairs, into the corner I drop my jacket on the chair and fall onto the bed and start to drift off to sleep almost immediately.