"It is stupid." Sunshine groaned as she pulled on Happy's shirt before glancing over at him as he sprawled out across her bed. "It's a stupid cartoon. Ren and Stimpy can't even compete with Pinky and the Brain."
Happy scoffed as he eyed the brunette carefully before shaking his head. "I'm not arguing with you over that shit." He reached forward and squeezed her thigh. "Take the fucking shirt back off. I'm not done with your ass."
She shook her head as she pulled the shirt off before laying her weight on top of the man. "Hey, you know I have to eventually go to work? Right? You can't keep me here with you all day. Even though I'd rather be with you than having to go and talk some more about what happened. It's like a never-ending thing. I have to give another statement and Gemma has some lawyer and they're like but did you actually see her do it? No, but I saw and heard enough to know she had motive and intent to kill Tara. Eli pulled through so he's a witness, Juice is getting an attempted murder charge and Gemma is too but who knows? Tara is out of the woods and that's all good but whatever. Jax is a mess and he keeps calling me and I keep ignoring him because I don't want any confrontation."
"Why didn't you tell me that he put his hands on you?" He looked at her carefully. "I need to know shit like that from you."
"Because it was stupid and I knew that he wasn't going to do anything but try to scare me." She sighed as she traced his lips slowly. "Listen, I know we have this weird dynamic and we'll have to keep secrets possibly… Well, I don't want to keep any secrets from you. It wouldn't feel right. I want to tell you everything."
The man sat up, taking the brunette with him before he nodded his head. "I'll tell you everything too. I love my club, it's my fucking life and it's what I've known for most of it. It's become my family. I gotta keep my loyalty. I'm sure when Jax finds out about you and me, he'll lose his fucking mind."
She rubbed his face gently and nodded. "I'm sure my dad is rolling over in his grave. Another Son." She chuckled before kissing him softly before pulling back to look at him carefully. "I don't know what to do about Jax. Do, I listen to him bitch? I know he's gonna be still out for revenge because I had him arrested during that whole ordeal but the charges eventually got dropped and he's not in trouble."
He shrugged slightly, pulling the brunette onto his lap before pulling her into a hug as he laid back against the pillows. "I think you gotta take this shit a minute at a time. Hear him out, I mean what else can he do? Just do it in a public place. Maybe your job so if anything happens, he'll just get arrested."
"You know that you're perfect, right?" She murmured against his neck. "So fucking perfect Happy."
"No one is perfect." He rubbed her bare back softly. Enjoying the contrast of his rougher hands on her soft and silky skin. "But I'm glad you think so highly of me. If you want me to be there when you talk to Jax, I will be there."
"I'll figure it out." She yawned as she felt his hands squeeze her hips softly. "I can get used to this touching and softer side of you. I'm gonna miss you when I'm at work."
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"You've been ignoring me Sunshine," Jax whispered harshly as he followed behind the brunette. Easily keeping their distance close. "Why are you ignoring me? I just want to talk to you Sunshine. About what happened…"
She glanced back and shook her head slowly. "I don't wanna talk about it. I don't even wanna talk to my job about what happened. They made me go back and recount everything that I seen and that I heard. Do you know how damaging that is huh? Of course not because you kill people without even a second thought, huh?"
He shook his head, reaching forward and grabbing her arm and pulling her to him. "I just want to talk. Alright. Thank you. You could've let her die but you didn't. You didn't take it as an opportunity to exact some revenge plan."
She shoved him backward and glared at him. "I don't hate Tara! I hate some of the shit she says and does, but I don't fucking hate her! I have never hated her Jackson! I don't give a fuck how much someone annoys me, I took an oath to protect and serve and I wasn't going to let anyone fucking die on my watch. I'm not out for revenge and I don't know how many different ways I can fucking say that shit. It's fucking irritating for you to think that I'm somehow still obsessing over high school bullshit. You and I dated, it didn't work and now we're here. You're married with kids and I'm seeing someone. Get over yourself, you're not special enough and your dick wasn't amazing enough for me to still be in love with you after all of this time apart."
Jax sighed as he looked at the brunette and nodded slowly. "I see that now. Okay, it was easier to rationalize you're shit with you wanting to get even for me picking Tara when it was all said and done. I fucking get that you're not out for revenge but at the time you blew back into town like a fucking tornado, it was easier to sit and tell Tara that you were only after her because you finally were getting the chance to be vengeful."
"Pretty sure that me and Wendy got revenge when we did what we did." Sunny trailed her fingers through her hair before she started off into the distance. "I'm so happy to hear that instead of you being honest with your wife who was an accessory to a murder of a federal employee, that you said hey, Sunshine is immature and this is all her being upset because I broke her heart in high school. Whoa, the world is all about Jackson Teller? Lord! Let it be known that Jackson motherfucking Teller is the most self-absorbed asshole to ever walk this planet. Here I was thinking that Gemma was the shittiest person in the family but nope, you're taking the fucking cake, Jax."
"Okay, I fucked up!" He turned the brunette's face to look at him. "Tara is my wife and I have to do everything that I can to protect her. Even if it's feeding her bullshit lies about you. I knew who you were and what your reputation fucking was as soon as I saw you walk out of that jail. I knew it would have Tara panicked and I told her that her only bet was cutting a deal with Tyne and getting you out of the picture altogether… I couldn't even protect Tara from my own mother."
"That's because when it comes to your mom she can do no fucking wrong but yet, here we are. I warned Tara about Gemma but nope. Can't listen to me." She shook her head before turning away from Jax. "I have to go. I'm going to be late."
"Don't you even wanna know how Tara is doing?" He watched her turn around. "She's alive but she has a long way to go with recovery. She remembers what happens, she remembers you being there. You should see her."
Sunshine shook her head again. "I'm glad she made it through but I'm not going to go see her Jackson. I'm focused on me right now and getting myself through this fucking bullshit. I have trials to sit through. I have to put Juice behind bars for life, I have to help put Gemma behind bars even though they want the death penalty for both of them. I think that'd be too good for Gemma. I feel bad for Juice."
"Don't feel bad for him." Jax looked at her. "Juice is grown, he knows what he did. He tried to kill a cop."
"He tried to help your mom get away with murder." She sighed. "He's got this stupid ass blind loyalty and I don't know why but I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually. Eli pulled through. He feels guilty for what Juice did and it's fucked up. I'm not doing this." She felt herself become completely flustered and closed her eyes. "I've got shit to do. I can't keep going back and forth with you anymore Jackson. I'm so sorry."
SOA
"I don't know why I'm here and why I'm doing this exactly but fuck if I don't feel bad about you possibly spending the rest of your life in prison." Sunshine looked up and shook her head slightly. "I'm sure if we had met in different circumstances, we would've become the best of friends."
Juice offered Sunny a warm smile and nodded before he leaned forward. "I'm sure we would've been the best of friends too. You seem cool. Way too good and way too different to be caught up with Jax or anyone else in the club." He leaned back and closed his eyes. "I know what I did and I know what my consequences are."
"I can cut you a deal." She set the folder on the table and opened it up before placing a pen in front of Juice. "I just need you to write any crime you know the club committed within the last five years or so. It'll get you out of here, into witsec and you'll have a chance at a new life. Don't you want to save yourself?"
"No matter how far I run and if I change my name and start over. I'll always be looking over my shoulder." He looked at her briefly. "Jax will make sure that I die. No matter where I go and who I become."
"Juice, listen to me, listen to me right now." She leaned forward taking his face in her hands. "I don't want to see you die and I don't want to see you stuck in this place. Eli is fighting so hard for you to be set free. He's saying that I got it wrong, that you panicked and you accidentally shot him. It's a fucking mess but everyone wants you out, wants you free, wants you so far from this life. Why don't you want that for yourself? Why don't you want a better life? Who knows? You can have kids and a family!"
"I betrayed Jax and the club, I don't deserve it." He stared at her, tears threatening to fall from his eyes. "I deserve what he is planning for me."
Sunny looked at him carefully. "Tig killed Opie's wife, Opie tried to kill the club President, Chibs fed information to an ATF agent, Jax had you kill an innocent." She leaned back. "I've got all this information and no one to confirm it." She glanced at the pen. "Confirm one of them and you're good Juice. I'll make sure you disappear and can never be found. I'll make sure that I can't even find you. Just please, give yourself a break and realize that you don't deserve to be killed by a mad King. You deserve a wife, a kid or three and a happy ending. Don't die for the sins of someone else."
"I'll die for my own sins." He picked up the pen and looked at Sunshine. "I cannot do anything right to get back on his good side. We used to be the best of friends once upon a time." He dropped his gaze to the paper. "Just one."