Lily sat up at the bar. In her left hand, she toyed with a glass of whiskey as she waited for one of her contacts to pick up the phone. It had been a long day, but she had gotten a lot of useful information. The notebook in front of her was full of the information she had learned. She still wasn't comfortable enough to meet with Galindo just yet though. She was going to make sure that Galindo couldn't say no to them.
Everyone else was doing as much as they could. Juice, with the help of Scarlett, was trying to hack into any database that could give them any useful information. Turns out, they had local law from Texas all the way to Arizona on their side. It was gonna be hard if the bad guys also had the good guys on their side.
Jax sat at the head of the table as he watched Lily at the bar. The gavel twisting in his hands. Suddenly, she started speaking Spanish incredibly fast and writing in her notebook equally as fast. He realized she wasn't the same girl he grew up with. She had been tough, never one you wanted to cross while growing up, but now she was powerful. She had a world of information in her hands that he couldn't even begin to imagine.
"What do you think she's saying?" Chibs asked his president.
Jax looked to Chibs who sat to his left. Both of them were feeling pretty useless at the moment. They had exhausted their means already. "She's probably telling them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine," Jax chuckled. He was trying to play it cool, but he was terrified that this wasn't going to work. That they were all gonna end up buried in the desert if they weren't careful.
"Thank god we have her on our side," Chibs sighed. He rub his hand down his face. "I would hate to be on her wrong side."
"Unfortunately, I have a bad feeling that we might end up on the receiving end of her," Jax said. Chibs looked at him in question. "She's keeping something from us, and I think it's pretty bad."
"What makes you think that?"
Jax licked his lips. "She won't tell me why she stayed away from Charming. Every time I ask her, she just says that if she tells me, it will change the club."
"What do you think it is about?" Chibs asked.
Jax shrugged. "She stopped coming around not long after her dad died. It might have something to do with that."
"Didn't she used to say that she was gonna patch up? Maybe after Isaiah died, Clay made sure that didn't happen," Chibs offered.
Jax shrugged his shoulders again. "Whatever it is, it isn't good. She isn't one to keep something from someone just to spare their feelings."
"Somebody get me a fucking map," Lily yelled suddenly. She continued to write furiously in her notebook. She didn't even look up when someone slid the map in front of her. She just started marking spots on the map.
"Maybe if we make it through this, we'll find out what she's keeping from us," Jax said forcing a smile. His attention went back to Lily at the bar.
"Muchas gracias, Juan," she said before hanging up. She turned to Jax with a big smile on her face. "I think we got this."
The club all sat at the chapel table. The map laid out in front of them. Lily stood next to Jax at the head of the table. "They've done a pretty good job at making us think that they have guys everywhere," she said. She couldn't contain her smile. They were gonna make it out of this. "My contact let me in on a little secret of there's." Everyone looked up from the map to her. "Their guys are spread thin." She dragged her finger across the map where she had marked it. "They move a lot giving the appearance that there are more of them."
"What if your contact is just telling you that to set us up?" Bobby speculated.
"I've been paying for his daughter to go to college," she explained. "He would be very stupid if he decided to cross me."
"You're paying for her school?" Chibs questioned.
She shrugged. "I'm giving back to the community." Her attention went back to the map. "The Horsemen have clubhouses where there is a green mark on the map. All of their safe houses are marked in red."
"That's only a handful of places," Jax said.
Lily nodded. "Their numbers come from their nomad charters."
"What about the Castillo cartel?" Opie asked. "How are gonna take them out?"
Lily grinned. "That's the best part," she said. "The Horsemen are meeting with Castillo in two days to get their shipments for the month. All of them are going to be in one spot for the taking."
The whole club started to realize why she was so happy. They could finally finish this.
"I want to take this to Rooster to see if I can get some reaction from him to be sure," she said rolling up the map. She wasn't going to let the map or her notes out of her sight.
"Um, about that..." Jax trailed off. No one had told her that Rooster was buried in the woods now.
She looked at everyone at the table. "You're fucking serious. You guys couldn't keep him alive for two days?"
"Blame it all on the Killer," Tig said trying not to smile. "He's the one who put a bullet in that poor chicken's head."
She crossed her arms and looked at Happy. "No surprise there," she said shaking her head. She looked back to Jax. "Now, we make sure we got our shit together and wait for Galindo to call."
Lily's phone finally rang a few hours later. As soon as she saw the number, she went back into the chapel. Jax noticed her quietly slip away from everyone and followed her. Her head snapped up when she heard the door close.
"It's Galindo," she said leaning against the table. Jax nodded to signal her to answer it.
"Hello," she answered.
"Miss Lilith," Galindo said smoothly. "I was surprised to hear that you were working with the Sons of Anarchy. Little below your pay grade, aren't they?"
She rolled her eyes. "Yeah, well, the Sons and I have a long history."
He chuckled. "I'm very interested in what you have to say. I'll meet with you and Teller at 7 o'clock in Oakland. I'll send you the address."
The line went dead before she could say anything else. She sighed and threw her phone onto the table in frustration. Jax bounced on the balls of his feet in anticipation.
"He wants to meet with just you and I tonight at 7," she said. "He'll send me an address."
Jax let out a breath he had been holding. There was no other plan if Galindo wouldn't help them. "Jesus Christ," he muttered running his hands through his hair.
She went for door, but stopped at his side. She placed her hand on his shoulder. "We can do this," she said reassuring. Jax, though skeptical, nodded in agreement. "I'm gonna try to get some sleep before the meet."
"Thank you for helping. Not sure what we would be doing without you."
She smiled. "Probably still trying to get your truck back."
"Ha ha," he said dryly. He watched her leave and disappear towards the dorms.
Lily went into the room she shared with Happy. She sighed and fell back onto to the bed. They were one step closer to being finished with this mess, but if she knew anything about the MC life, that once one enemy is gone another one takes it's place.
She stared up at the ceiling. She couldn't wait until she would finally get to sleep in her own bed. Just the thought of how many croweaters had been fucked on the same mattress made her skin crawl.
The door to the room opened and Happy slipped in. She sat up on her elbows to get a better look at him. "Hey," she said, smiling at him.
"Hey," he said simply. "You did good work out there today."
"Thanks."
He didn't say anything. Before she knew what was happening, he was nearly on top of her. She could feel his breath on her face.
"Tell me that there's something going on between us. That I'm not just imagining this," he rasped.
Her breath caught. She had not been expecting this. Something had been brewing between them. She thought that maybe it wasn't just her imagination. But the kisses on the cheek and the over protectiveness told a different story. She slowly nodded. Her eyes fixed on Hap's lips.
"Say it," he forced.
She finally met his eyes. "There's something," she whispered.
He pushed her back onto the bed. His eyes never left hers. It felt like an eternity before his lips connected with hers. Her hands immediately went under his shirt. His muscles flexing under her touch. She let out a gasp when he pulled her top down exposing her breasts. Her back arched, pushing herself closer to Happy.
"Hap," she breathed against his lips. "If we don't stop now, we're not gonna stop." It felt so right what was happening between.
"Then shut up, woman," he growled. His head dipped down to her left tit causing Lily to let out a deep moan.
A knock at the door halted everything. "What?" Happy and Lily yelled in unison, both a little out of breath.
"Are you guys hungry?" Rat asked nervously. "Gemma made food."
"No!" both of them yelled together.
Having the moment ruined, Happy rolled off of Lily. "Fuckin son of a bitch," Lily muttered under her breath. "I'm going to kill him." Kozik was right about her needing to get laid. She was going to kill Rat. She stood up, fixed her clothing, and started for the door.
"Leave him," Happy said, grabbing her arm and pulling her to his chest.
She wasn't sure what was going on with him. He was never one for this sentimental bullshit. Maybe the shit going on with the Horsemen was making him go soft. The only way she would find out what was really going on in his head would be to straight up ask him.
"What do you want, Hap?" she asked. Her voice barely above a whisper. "Do you want like the whole white picket fence and the two kids? Because you know I can't give that to you."
"Jesus, Lil," he said stepping away from her. "You know that's not me. Fuck, I don't even know what I want out of this." He looked her in the eye. "I just know that I couldn't stand the thought of not having you in my life."
A smirk spread across Lily's face. "Gone soft, Hap?"
"Fuck off," he muttered in frustration as he went towards the door.
"Oh, come here," she said rolling her eyes. She pulled him back to her. She went up on her toes and kissed him. His hands rested on the curves of her hips. She pulled away; her eyes searching his face. "We can figure out whatever this is as we go."
Her arms wrapped around Jax's torso as they rode into Oakland. Her bike had not been seen since she had been taken by the Horsemen; so she had been subjected to riding bitch now. Not like she could ride on her own anyways. She could barely stand.
It was starting to get dark. If she was an other person, she would have been terrified to go into this neighborhood. Now, she was just terrified that they were gonna be followed and their entire plan was gonna go to shit.
They rode into the underground parking garage. A couple of Galindo's men stood next to the service door. Jax parked his bike. He got off and gave a hand to help Lily off the bike.
"Thanks," she sighed. She took off her helmet and put it on the bike next to Jax's. She looked at Galindo's men and then back to Jax. "Please let me do most of the talking. I know there is bad blood between you guys."
"Come on, Leela," Jax said. "Don't treat me like I'm stupid."
"Just please be civil," she said through her teeth. She didn't let him say anything else. She just walked to the door and waited for Galindo's men to open the door.
When she walked in, she was expecting a service room for the building, not a office area. Galindo sat behind a desk. A small smile appearing on his face when he acknowledge Lily and Jax.
"Jackson, Lilith," he said, standing. He walked around the desk to greet them.
"Miguel," Lily said, holding out her hand for him to shake. His hand was firm and he looked her in the eye.
He moved his attention to Jax. "It's nice that we are finally able to meet one another."
"Yeah, it's great," Jax said with a hint of sarcasm.
Lily resists the urge to smack Jax. "Are we gonna talk about what we actually came here for, or do you guys just wanna whip your dicks out to see who's bigger?"
Miguel chuckled. "Glad to see that you're still about business." He walks back to the other side of the desk. "I'm all ears."
Jax stands back as Lily pulls out the map out of her backpack and lays it across Galindo's desk. "We have our work cut out for us." She explains their plan. They knew where all the Horsemen and Castillo cartel were holed up, and they knew that the Devil's Horsemen were gonna be meeting with Castillo cartel. If the Sons had the help of the Mayans and the Galindo cartel, they would be able to take out all of them at once and open up a whole bunch of opportunities for everyone involved.
After Lily explains their plan, Galindo stayed quiet. His arms were crossed as he looked over the map. "Tell me why I should help you?"
"You know, I don't a reason other than once the Horsemen take out the Sons, they are gonna push in on Mayan territory. Which means you're gonna lose your partnership and all of your buyers to the competition. You might as well take out the problem before it get's too big for you to handle."
He pursed his lips. Jax was getting frustrated. He just wanted a yes or no answer. "Look, we can handle it on our own," Jax said. He grabbed Lily's arm. "Come on, Leela. Let's get out of here."
"I would like to talk to Lilith alone," Miguel said.
"We don't need their help," Jax said to her. "Let's just get out here."
"If you want to keep your club whole, shut up and let me handle this," she ordered. "Just give me a few minutes with him."
Jax snapped his mouth shut and stormed out the door.
"Familia," Miguel chuckled.
"Tell me about it," she said rolling her eyes. "Hardest job I've ever done is one that involves family."
Miguel smiled. "I will help you. Although, I do have a few stipulations." She nodded for him to continue. "For every man that I lose during this war, you owe me one favor. Anything I need, you will do it for me without question."
Without hesitation, she nods. "I'll do it." She would do anything for family.
"Then it's done," Miguel said. "We'll be in contact."
Lily let out breath of relief. She holds out her hand for him to shake in agreement. He takes her hand, but then pulls her closer to kiss her cheek.
"Looking forward to our business together," he whispered in her ear.
She nods. She gathers her things and then goes out to meet up with Jax outside. He was leaning against his bike smoking a cigarette. He stood up when he saw her. "It's done. He'll help us."
A/N: Wham! What will happen next? Will Hap and Lily be able to figure out what's going on between them? Will Jax and the rest of the club find out about the deal Lily had to make in order to get Galindo's help? And will Lily ever tell the club what Clay has done?
In other news, I'm trying to update every other week. Is there a particular day that any of you would like it to be on? Also, I would like to be able to communicate with my readers more and maybe give some sneak peaks to what might happen next. I've been thinking of making a blog or something... I already have a tumblr, but with all the shit that's going on over there makes it unappealing. If you guys any suggestions for anything, please let me know. I'm super excited for what I have planned for this story, and I can't wait to let you guys see what happens next.