Jax was sitting on the roof of the clubhouse thinking all about what his older brother was telling him. You have no problem standing up to Clay over club, business, but you never stand up to your mom when it comes to adult personal business. He had a point.
Jax missed Tara. She was his first everything and he loved her when he was sixteen. Maybe even before. He remembered when all he ever wanted was a Harley and a Kutt. He remembered when he was eleven and Happy was sixteen and they would always play The Club in Tara's back yard.
There was a treehouse that was perfect for a play clubhouse, and the boys would always ride their bicycles around pretending like they were Harleys.
~Flashback Memory 1990~
Sixteen year old Happy Teller was sitting on his mountain bike waiting for the other boys. His eleven year old brother Jax, his six year old brother Thomas, Jax's friends who were all the same age as Jax. Kyle Holbert, David Hale, and Harry Winston.
"Why can't we be in the club? We can ride too!" said ten year old Tara Knowels as she was standing with her friends who were the same age as her. Donna Larner and April Watkins. Jax and the other boys rode up then.
"Because girls don't belong in the club." said Happy.
"Meanie!" Tara said kicking the sixteen year old boy in the shin.
"OW SHIT!" Happy yelled as everyone laughed at him.
"Watch your language Teller." Twenty four year old Collette Jane Knowles snapped. She had Tara when she was fourteen and she had just gotten unlucky enough to be with the town drunk.
"Sorry Mrs. Knowles." said Happy.
"Okay can we have our meeting now?" Kyle asked.
"Alright clubhouse." said Happy.
"No cussing kids." said Tara's mom as her phone rang. "Hey Lenny. Well if Frank gets drunk and hits me one more time I'm leaving him." she said as she walked into the house. Frank Knowles was at his usual place. The Hairy Dogg drinking.
"Man talk about a MILF." Happy commented as they all climbed the tree house and the girls took off on their bikes.
"Alright guys listen up." said Happy.
"How come you are always president?" Kyle asked.
"Because I'm the oldest shithead." said Happy.
"Mrs. Knowles said no cussing." said David. "I'm telling.
"Fuck you very much then. Fucking rat." said Happy.
"What's a MILF anyway?" Harry asked.
"Lets get the meeting started." said Happy.
~Present Time~
Jax sat on the roof laughing at the memories. Though as soon as he found out what a MILF was he asked if he could tak his older brother to the ring and kick his ass for that one. John okayed it after Jax ratted that Happy said that about Tara's mom.
Collette was a sweet woman he got dealt an unfair hand in life. A drunk for a husband, but when he went after her that last time she divorced him and got with Lenny Janowitz aka Lenny the Pimp and married him soon after her divorce was finalized.
They were very happy until Lenny was sent to prison when Tara was seventeen and Jax was eighteen and then afterwards Tara's mom moved to Stockton to be closer to her husband and became the female version of her husband's nickname. Lenny The Pimp Janowitz, Madame Colette Jane Janowitz!
Jax laughed again at the memory of little nine year old Tara Knowles kicking his sixteen year old brother in the shin and calling him a meanie. It was then he realized that Tara wasn't trying to get him to leave the club. She wanted to go to school and follow her dreams and all she was just transfer to Long Beach while I'm in San Diego and while she was in Medical School and residency in Chicago, transfer there is a charter there.
He realized that all Tara wanted was something for herself, something she was passionate about while Jax was passionate about the club. Jax let his mother get into his head. Jax decided to start making things right. Pulling out his phone he called Tara.
"Hello," she said.
"Hey Tara I'm picking you up in an half hour. Family dinner tonight, and I want you there. I still love you after all of these years." said Jax.
"Ummm okay I'll see you in thirty then." said Tara before they hung up.
"Hey brother." said Happy.
"Hey." said Jax.
"I'm so proud of you and I have to steal this line I heard Uncle Piney tell Opie today. Great job with growing a dick and taking care of your business." said Happy.
"Yea that sounds like something Piney would say. I hope mom doesn't give the girls a hard time." said Jax referring to Clair and Tara.
"If Gemma gets too over the top over Clair I'll say something politly and respectful to her, and you do the same with Tara." said Happy. "She should be back from Oakland by now. Her and our cousin went to some mall near her house since Clair is just going to sell most of her clothes in Nashville and then buy more biker chick friendly, and Baller chic friendly." said Happy.
"Well as cheap as you are you can't say you are marrying your wife for her money. She has five hundred million, maybe more even. Her dad was some big time Oil Tycoon from Texas." said Jax.
"Yea her parents were killed in a car crash. Drunk driver." said Happy. The two brothers shared a joint, a bottle of Jack, and then talked on the roof for another twenty minutes before Jax got ready to go get Tara, and Happy went to his apartment to see how Clair was coming.
"Do I really have to go?" Clair asked as she was hanging clothes up in the closet in their apartment.
"Family dinner's are mandatory. You don't wanna piss off the SAMCRO queen." said Happy.
"Is this okay?" Clair asked gesturing to her dark blue low rise jeans, dark red three quarter length silk blouse with several top buttons undone and a black silk cami underneath with dark red sued booties.
"You look hot baby girl." said Happy kissing Clair. "You smell good too. If we had time I'd have you on your back right now." he said.
"Hey killa quit fucking your Ol Lady. We gotta go!" Tig yelled banging on the door.
"Stupid shithead. Ready?" Happy asked.
"When you are." said Clair grabbing her black sued purse as the two walked out of the apartment and then out to Happy's bike before making their way to Clay and Gemma's house.
It was a full house. Everyone was there including Donna, Opie, and their kids. Donna let what Gemma said sink in and after talking with Happy, after he overheard what Piney said to Opie, realized that the club was family.
Jax walked in with Tara and the look on Gemma's face was priceless. Clay just gave her a look that said stay out of it. Donna and Tara hugged and so did Tara and Opie and then Tara and Happy before Tara hugged everyone else.
"Alright some of you have met the newest member of the family and some of you haven't yet. This is my wife, and soon to be Ol Lady Clair Stevenson, Clair Teller now Clair this is Clay, Gemma, Opie, Piney, Donna, and her and Opie's kids Kenny and Ellie, Tara, Jax, Tig, Bobby, Juice, Half Sack, Chibs, Otto, and Luanne." said Happy.
"Nice to meet ya'll." said Clair her southern accent coming out.
"Where are you from?" Luanne asked.
"Nashville Tennessee." said Clair.
"How in the hell did you end up with Killa's ugly ass?" Otto asked.
"Fuck you!" Happy fired back as everyone laughed.
"I went to my next door neighbor's bachelorette party in Vegas and well got a little too wild and ended up married. I wanted to end the marriage, but Happy here convinced me to give us a whirl and stay here." said Clair.
"What do your parents think about you moving all the way across the country?" Gemma asked.
"My parents were killed in a wreck. Drunk driver crossed the median on I-40, and plowed head first into their Audi at ninety miles and hour." said Clair.
"I'm so sorry baby. You have us family now baby since you are with Killa. You are not alone." said Gemma.
"Well I have an Uncle. Don't know if he's alive or not. My mom's twin brother." said Clair. "My mom told me that before she moved to Nashville she had a very hard life. Abusive parents. Her mom knocked the crap out of her all the time and her twin brother, well I can't get into what happened to him with the children around. Lets just say it was bad. He found happiness though. Freshman year of highschool he met the girl that he wanted to marry. Now this is just the story that mom told me. Anyway when he was eighteen after graduation there was a horrible accident. My mom's brother drove a Harley because it was cheaper than a car. Well because of wet pavement he laid down his bike. He survived, but the love of his life rolled under a semi and was killed. Then my mom told me after that he told her that life wasn't worth living anymore. Nobody but you Ali, his nickname to my mom. Hers was Alex. He said that he was going to join the marines. Besides you no one would give a shit if I was killed anyway. After that mom's brother enlisted. She decided she wasn't staying either. She was from a bumfuck out in the middle of nowhere small town. She no longer wanted to stay there so she hightailed it to Nashville and never looked back." she began with her story.
"How did your mom meet your dad?" Donna asked.
"Well he walked into the bar mom bartender at in downtown Nashville. My dad was a big time Oil Tycoon from Texas and he had moved to Nashville from Austin. He figured he could do all of his work via the internet and then just fly out to Texas for meetings. He loved Country music so he moved to the city were it all began. Though here is something that is pretty funny. I'm from Nashville the Eastern Country music Capital, but Happy spent time between here and Bakersfield. The Western Country Music Capital." said Clair.
"Now ain't that some shit. Though I prefer my eighties rock and roll." said Clay as everyone laughed.
"Well my dad said it was love at first sight. She was beautiful to him and wanted to take care of her. She resisted for a bit, but then fell in love with his soft spoken southern charm." Clair was telling everyone as Gemma refilled her wine glass and got everyone another beer or whatever they were drinking. "Thanks Gemma." she said.
"You're welcome baby." said Gemma smiling. She was being polite to Tara, but seeing as Jax brought her to a family dinner she realized that they still loved one another. So for no she was backing off.
"What were your parents like?" Tig asked.
"Total opposites. Though that's why it worked. My mom was the most independent woman there is and she had this personality where she had a good heart and saw the good in everyone. And on the flip side she'd go off at the drop of a hat. It would be mellow one moment and then," Clair snapped her finger, "What the fuck did you just say bitch! I'm gonna kick your ass! My dad on the other hand is always calm, cool, and collected. I've never seen him ever raise his voice. I only saw him lose his cool one time. I was fifteen and I had my learner's permit and dad was teaching me to drive and we were in his Escalade. This jerk was riding my bumper to the point it was dangerous. Dad told me to pull over and I did. Rolling down the window he yelled at the other driver. MY KID IS TRYING TO LEARN AND DOESN'T NEED SOME IMPATIENT ASSHOLE RIDING HER DAMN BUMPER!" Clair said.
"Over protective father that's a good thing." said Otto.
"Yep he was, though that was the only time he ever lost his cool. Mom on the other hand would fly off the handle at the drop of a hat. She had an hair trigger temper, and she had anger issues do to her mom abusing her. I think her father did too, but she never told me anything like that. Only about her mom." said Clair.
"So did your mom and her brother stay in touch? I'm just curious. Oh Happy I will never forget what you called my mom when I was nine." said Tara.
"I kicked his ass in the ring as soon as I was old enough to know what it met." said Jax.
"Finish up about your family and then I wanna know what Happy said when he was sixteen." said Gemma.
"Alright well you know twins never lose that bond. If one dies the other can feel it and I'm sure that's what Uncle Alex is feeling now, wherever he ended up. Anyway they stayed in touch. He got out of the Marines and he and a Marine buddy got a place and then his new wife moved in. She was an alcoholic with Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Would verbally, mentally, and emotionally beat him down. They had two daughters in which she poisoned them against him. I remember when I was ten my mom put her fist through the kitchen window after yelling out, I'm about to fucking fly out there and kick that fucking bitch Colleen's ass. My dad ever the calm one patched her up and then went to Home Depot and got a new window and replaced it." said Clair.
"Sounds like a typical day at my house." said Bobby. "Glad Precious is working."
"She's just stressed. It's hard taking care of a young child. Especially of one is sick. Give her a break and maybe do something nice for her. Cook her dinner, let her have a relaxing bubble bath with her favorite wine or alcoholic beverage, and be on kid duty for one night." said Donna. "I was at my breaking point when I couldn't pay for my groceries. Gemma helped me out and that was then I realized a few things. I just need my husband and a night off once a week." she added.
"We can do that. I heard Happy talked to you also." said Opie.
"He did, and thank you. You have saved our marriage." said Donna. Tig was just piecing all the pieces together and then realized that he was Clair's only living remaining family member that wasn't an inlaw of hers. He was trying to figure out how and when to tell her who he was, and he decided that if Happy ever hurt her he would kill him. He didn't think so because Happy wasn't like other men.
"So what did Happy say that pissed Jax off all those years ago?" Juice asked. Juice was curious as was everyone else.
"He called Mrs. Knows a MILF when Tara was nine years old, and Happy was sixteen." said Opie.
"You asshole that was so disrespectful." Clair said smacking him lightly and then putting an ice cube Donna passed her down his shirt.
"Okay I get it now. Ahhhh that shit's cold!" Happy exclaimed getting a laugh out of everyone. Gemma decided she liked Clair. She was true to herself and didn't hide anything and she saw how she was with the Killa.
"Funtown is tomorrow. Who's all going?" Gemma asked.
"Shit! Clair I have to go to Tacoma. Maybe you can go with Gemma, Precious, Tara, or Luanne or Donna if she's not working." said Happy.
"I'll keep an eye on her." said Jax.
"Thanks man just don't get kicked off the rides again for screaming like a little bitch." said Happy.
"I do not!" said Jax lying a bit.
"Yes you do everytime. You pussy!" said Opie as everyone laughed as there was more joking around as Gemma, Clair, Donna, and Tara got up and got the desserts. It was chocolate cake, and it was big enough for everyone to have a large piece.
Tara and Jax ended up and Jax's house were they spent the entire night together. Bobby went home to surprise Precious. Opie and Donna had a movie night, and Tig had laid in his bed crying for his twin sister. He had been feeling it ever since the accident. His twin was gone, but somehow she brought his niece to him. Okay it was a crazy wild Vegas thing, hey common in the Trager world, but there it was.