Raven got through a full day of taking her aggressions out on her work. It felt so good to get the grease under her finger nails, to smell the oil being drained and to have her hand so far into an engine she could barely see them. When lunch time rolled around she clocked out and worked through her break. She pulled her beater into the bays and got to work jimmy rigging her car to get it go a few more miles. She didn't feel much like eating. Her stomach was still in knots from her encounter with the vp this morning.

Before she knew it she was working on TM's last car for the day. Everyone else had gone home. She finished up and tried to close the shop quickly. She just wanted to get home and eat. She was starving and exhausted. As raven was closing the bay door Jax walked up to her and leaned against the outside wall. "Hey darlin how was your first day back?" "It was good jax. It felt great to get back under the hood. I was just closing up." she said through a tired smile. He smiled back and paused for a moment. "Raven look, we need to make sure youre protected. You're a valuable asset to samcro. These guys don't trust any mechanic off the streets with their bikes. Gonna have to send a patch home with you. Just until we can get shit settled with that phsyco ex of yours ."

She paused flabbergasted. Her mind was racing trying to process it all. 'what kind of ass backwards shit is this? If I was looking for protection they weren't gonna give it to me but because im not there giving me a security detail? Oh god!! who are they sending home with me? I don't have enough food in my house to feed a guy opes size!!'. As she freaked out internally she tried to play it off. "jax you don't have to do that. Im a big girl and can protect myself. He caught me slippin is all. Ive been keeping my gun on me when I'm not here." She let out a her tone conveying frustration. She knew if they sent a patch with her she would have a spectator to her healing process and she just wanted to be left alone. Jax smiled and shrugged "well if you'd rather stay at the clubhouse…." And trailed off, a shit eating grin all over his face. He knew she'd never go for it. The dorms disgusted her. Jax could see her physically shiver at the thought of having to sleep in the "cess pool" as she had previously called it. He wasn't giving her much of a choice. "so whos babysitting then?" raven said in an annoyed tone. "Juice" he said Cheshire grin spread across his face. Juice was an important member of SAMCRO. Prospects babysit. "why" raven said bewildered. "Because he asked" jax said as he shrugged himself up off the wall and walked towards the clubhouse.

Maybe it was because he was the one that found her in such a pathetic state, raven thought. Maybe he feels responsible? This day just kept getting weirder and weirder. first she got grilled, now all of a sudden she's part of the family and is going home with her own personal body guard. "What the fuck is happening!" she whispered to herself as she continued to pull the chain that closed the heavy Doors to the shop. She clocked out and grabbed her stuff. When she walked out to her car juice was waiting for her on his bike. "All I have is frozen casaroles that gemma made." raven said as she opened her car and shoved her stuff in the back. Juice smiled and nodded. Raven got in her car and she made her way back to the place her and juice had been weeks before when he stumbled upon her unconscious.

She drove for about 10 minutes to a small 2 bedroom house just inside city limits and pulled into her driveway, leaving juice room to park his bike. Maybe if she treated him well during his time with her that piece of shit couldn't bribe him with cash when the time came. She's had bodyguards compromise her location for a few hundred thousand dollars. Davids reach was as endless as his cash flow. Eyes everywhere. That's what happens when you get into relationships with piece of shit drug dealers. Raven was sure he was already watching her. But she was ready and strapped. It didn't hurt she had an outlaw with his guns at her disposal. He knew by now she was protected. she'd have to keep her guard up.

Raven got her coveralls and purse out of her car and walked up to her door step. She unlocked the door and looked at juice and ushered him in. Her house was modest and very minimalist. Small love seat, plain coffee table, and a small flat screen she had on an ikea stand. No pictures anywhere in sight. No kitchen table.

"sorry. The house is kinda empty. Doesn't make sense to buy a bunch of shit cause.. Ya know" raven said trailed off. "Were gonna find him ray." Juice looked at her with fire behind his eyes. "but when we do… youre really ohkay with him being gone for good?" he asked. Raven turned on him, her aggression from the last couple of weeks all reaching a boiling point. She was in his face screaming before juice could say anything else. "Do you really think I enjoy having my bones broken juice?!?! Strangled nearly to death?? Looking over my shoulder every second of everyday?!" She screamed. Raven sat there for a moment. Glaring at juice. Rage racking her chest. 'its not his fault.' She thought to herself. Over and over. Trying not to blame juice for what happened.

When she composed herself finally she told him what happened before he found her all those weeks ago."He showed me some pictures. said hes got evidence of me being a biker whore. I guess working your bike and the caddy means were fucking. I don't know how he got pictures of that but….. He did". "what the fuck" juice stuttered. "When he had me tied up by my neck he showed me. I tried to tell him it wasn't like that but then he called me a liar and choked me til I passed out" She looked at him with hateful angry tears in her eyes.

Juice felt like shit. He'd had a hard on for raven for a while but he didn't think it was that obvious. It scared juice to think David had eyes on the shop and nobody noticed. "What the hell is this guy capable of" he thought to himself. For now it was his job to watch raven like a hawk .She didn't seem the type to be doted on or hovered over and he didn't want to piss her off again. Half because she terrified him a little. The other half was because he knew that's not what raven needed right now.

after a long silence Raven rubbed her hand over her face and sighed. "Jesus christ juice im sorry…. The last couple of weeks ive been so paranoid. Its starting to get to me. Id shoot the bastard myself if you let me! The hate I have for him is unfathomable. So please forgive my rage when it comes to that….. I havent had to talk about the abuse for a while and you know im not one for getting all touchy feely. But if the sons want the info ill give it. I just…. Its not gonna be pretty having to bring this shit back to the surface" she said. And they both went silent again for a while.

Frozen lasagna ok? I think ive got some canned veggies somewhere." Raven asked "yea" was all he said back.

When dinner was done she set their plates on her coffee table and they ate in silence until raven started to speak. "So uhh…. Did you bring me anything…. To You know.. help with the pain him" she said eyebrows raised and a knowing smile on her face. Juice smirked and looked back at her. "c'mon ray You know i dont show up empty handed" he smiled and got up from the table to pull 2 joints out of his back pack.

He knew she was still in pain. He wanted her to be comfortable. She didn't smoke often but when she did it was with juice. They've snuck off and burned one the few times raven had been sent off to repo cars with juice.

Juice knew he could get her to relax if he tried. He wanted to take care of her. Not just for the club. She needed to get some decent sleep. She looked like she hadn't slept in weeks. She had a sad beauty about her and it broke juice if he thought about it for too long.

Raven Cleared their plates from the table and wrapped the rest of the lasagna up and put it in the fridge. After she was done she decided to take a shower. She knew he was a tech wizard so working the remote wouldn't be a problem. "theres beer in the fridge. help yourself to whatever you want. im gonna hop in the shower."

Raven watched as all the makeup ran down her body to reveal her healing bruises where the edges were now fading into dull yellows and browns. She shuddered and thought about how scared she was. Juice was definitely going to tell jax what she just screamed at him. She was Absolutely a liability but if what jax said was true, she was "family" and an "asset" to samcro she knew theyd take the risk. She washed her hair and body then got out and got dressed in a white wife beater and booty shorts. she could see the bruises on her ribs through the white shirt and it looked gruesome. But her necked and face looked worse.

When she walked back into the living room juice looked up. Shock written all over his face. He attempted to hide it unsuccessfully. He wasn't expecting the bruise on her neck. "it looks a lot better then it did a few weeks ago." She said. "shit! Im sorry raven. I just….. expected you to be healed up by now. You still look hot." juice said before he could catch it coming out of his mouth. Raven blushed and quickly changed the subject. "That for me?" she said pointing to the joint on her coffee table. she sat down next to juice on her love seat. "yup! Got a lil something extra in them too. I figured with your ribs all fucked up, a little bit of some wax from my private reserve wouldn't set me back too much." He said as he handed raven the joint And laughed sarcastically. "Thanks" She sparked it and drew a huge puff off the joint and almost instantly she felt her body get heavy.

They smoked in silence. When there was nothing left of either joint she headed to the hall closet and pulled out an air mattress with a pump. There was no way juice was sleeping comfortably on her love seat. She thanked him for his help and went to bed. For the first time in a month and a half she slept through the night without waking up in a cold sweat from her night terrors of David.