CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Website where all photos of all outfits mentioned is on my profile.

AN: Not going to bother with another details shopping expedition, needless to say lots of clothes and shoes were brought.

Jax shakes his head and looks at the time "It's almost 7pm. You've been shopping for hours. Are you done yet?"

Donna laughs "Nowhere near it."

Opie walks over and picks up his wife, slinging her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes "You're done for today. We've gotta be in San Bernadino at 9, and we have to take this shit back to the hotel first."

We trudge back out to my car where it's parked on the street a few shops down and Al shoves the collection of bags we've just ended up with into the backseat which is already buried under piles of bags in different sizes and colours.

I climb into the driver's seat and follow the three bikes through traffic. Jax had refused to leave his bike unattended in the car park even though it is under security camera monitoring.

We park the vehicles in their spots after waving at the valet and driving straight past. The bags are left in the back seat and we all go straight to our rooms so we can get changed. Jax is changed and out the door while I'm still brushing my hair "I'll be back in 30. You better be ready."

I laugh and wave as he leaves the room, the second the door is closed I shuffle through the pile of clothes I brought and slide out the outfit I'd planned for the night. The black jeans aren't much different than the normal ones I wear, but the difference being they're so tight it takes a bit of jumping and wriggling to get into them, the belt I'd brought at the same store the helmets came from is amazing the line of bullets wrapped in black that hugs my hips is a shock of silver against the black pants. The black leather corset has a zip right up the front and barely covers the tops of my breasts. My necklace hangs just an inch above that, the silver chain holding a panel with the words 'I wanna do bad things with you' engraved on it and below it is a bright red heart. I'm just tugging the laces on my knee high black stiletto boots when I hear the door open.

"S you here?"

"Through here D." I call back tying the laces quickly and snapping the buckles closed.

"Fuck." Donna says as she steps through the door and takes a look at the outfit I'm wearing. "Jax is gonna go ballistic."

I grin and finish my make-up. Another layer of eye liner and a bright red lipstick the same colour as the stone on my necklace and I'm done. "Hope not. Took me long enough to get into this."

Donna shakes her head "Well, they're on their way. I said I'd come make sure you were ready."

I nod as the door opens again and wave Donna out "I'll be out in a second."

I run a brush through my hair again and turn just as Jax enters the room. He takes one look at me and his eyes widen before narrowing as he crosses the room.

"You look like a teenager's wet dream." He runs a finger along my collar bone, detouring slightly to rub my bruised neck "You have to get changed."

"Why?"

"Cause I'm not gonna be able to keep my hands off you." He says, tugging me close and running his hands over the leather around my back.

I lean back and smile at him "Good. Everyone there needs to know that I'm off the market. And so are you." I lean over and kiss him on the neck, smiling brighter when a lipstick mark is left behind.

I grab my hoodie from the bed and thread my arms through it. "Better?"

Jax shakes his head "No, cause I know that I'll be taking that off later." He smiles at the end of his sentence and leans down to kiss me. "Just stay in view."

I nod "I'll stay in arm's reach. But we better go before Opie starts thinking we're not leaving."

Jax picks up the helmets from the bed where I'd left them earlier and stands just inside the doorway smirking at me. "What?"

"I was enjoying the view." He says "But it's just vanished."

I giggle and walk past him "Well enjoy the rear view and follow me before we end up with a couple of bored Sons raiding our mini bar."

Juice looks up guiltily from where he was by the fridge as he hears what I said, but the look on his face is so funny all I can do is laugh. "It's okay Juice. Al has a talent for emptying mini bars too."

Al pokes her tongue out at me "Twice! I did it twice."

I shake my head "In one weekend!"

She shrugs and doesn't say anything. Donna's look is curious and as we leave the room and head to the elevator I give a very short version of a long story. "Al, Cam and I went to Montreal for a weekend once, at that stage Cam was seeing someone and he came with us so we all got our own rooms. The first night Al managed to empty her entire mini bar. The second night she ended up in my room and emptied mine as well."

Donna laughs "Remind me to keep you away from my liquor cabinet then."

"And the junk food cupboard!" I reply laughing at Al's offended look but it melts into a sheepish grin.

"Guess that's why we're so well suited huh babe?" Juice says, slinging his arm around her neck in a loose headlock and pulling her sideways so he can press a kiss to her temple.

Her entire face lights up with the slight contact but I'm not sure anyone would notice the change if they didn't know her as well as I do. The sheepishness from her smile fades into happiness and her eyes sparkle. I'm momentarily struck by the thought that if anything bad happens between her and Juice then the shit really could hit the fan and I could lose one of my best friends.

Jax feels the slight tension that comes into my arm and looks at me "You a'ight babe?"

I nod "Sure. Just random thought."

He's nodding as the lift stops at the car park level and we all get out. We head straight to the corner where the bikes are and there's a couple of minutes of sorting ourselves before helmets are on and we're all settled onto the bikes before the engines are started and we pull away. We stop momentarily to speak to the new valet and double check he's been given the unique instructions and at his nod the guys relax and a twist of the throttles has us leaving the driveway.