Never Again Ch. 10
Kozik stared at his sleeping wife, seeing her lay there in their bed it was the most calming thing in his life. Over the last 6 months, other than basic club business; he spent all his time with her. Not wanting to wake her up, he carefully dislodged himself from her grasp. Moving towards the closet, he quickly got dressed for his day, hopefully it was just going to be filled with fixing cars.
As he left the bedroom, he slipped on his kutte, and headed towards his bike, he made his way towards the garage, it didn't take too long, it was one of the million things that he loved about Charming, while it wasn't this super small town, it wasn't overly large, it didn't take long to get anywhere.
Looking over at Happy who was starting to work on the Jeep that Gemma gave him. "Hey Hap, everything good?"
Staring at his brother, marriage looked good on him, hell he could see that it made him a better SON. Audrey gave him something to come home to, something to protect, and something to love after a fucking hard day doing outlaw shit. Putting down the wrench, he looked over at his friend, "Do you ever feel like a pussy for caring so deeply about Audrey?"
Kozik was taken back, not that he had issues with answering the question, but it wasn't something that he would have expected him to wonder about. "No. Not really. When I'm doing outlaw shit, I'm hard and I do what I need to, but when I'm here and I'm with her, I can still be outlaw, but I can also be Herman." Hoping that would explain something towards him. Looking over at the Tacoma Killa, "What's with the line of questions?" wondering what was going through his head.
Lighting a cig, he figured that if there was anyone he could actually talk to, it would be his brother. "Watching how you are with her, how Ope is with Lyla, even our President, he's madly in love with Gemma, has been for almost 24 years, probably even before they got together, and I'm just sitting around, getting used up pussy, nothing amazing, but nothing I can trust. No one that would understand who I am."
Nodding his understanding, "You want something, but you don't want to become a love-struck idiot like Tig does, or end up with a viper like Bobby did, or how Jax got distracted and had his heart ripped out. Is that about right?"
Blowing out the smoke, Happy was starting to feel like a bitch, but he knew that Kozik wouldn't talk about this one, maybe Audrey, but he knew that she wouldn't do anything to make him feel awkward about his newfound feelings, or interest in feelings. "Yeah, something like that. How did you know that she wasn't some cum dump, or some manipulative bitch?"
Not really wanting to laugh, but he found this funny, Happy was complicated man, but he knew that if he was thinking about such things, it must mean a lot to him, "A gut feeling, but also, I talked to her. Did I want to dip my dick in her the moment I saw her, oh hell yes, but one she told me point blank that I needed to take her on a couple dates before she would let me into her pants. That right there told me she wasn't like the whores on the lot that would drop on their knees if I told them to, she was a real woman, that demanded more of me. That's how I knew." Just talking about it, made him smile.
Looking over at his brother, "How would someone like me find anyone? We all do shit for the club, but I'm built a little different. And to be a relatively healthy couple, some truths need to be shared." That was his fear, he was a killer, more so than any of the others, and he enjoyed that part if he was being honest with himself, but he was wired differently, a normal healthy woman would run from him.
Kozik put his hand on his shoulder, "I can't answer that bro. I can however say that there is someone that is out there, she'd be your rock, and understand you. I believe that."
Happy nodded, "Well, when I find a bitch that I want more than a fuck, I guess I'll introduce her to Audrey, make sure that she's worth something." Grabbing the wrench, he made his way back to the car that he was working on, looking back at his brother, "Thanks for the chat."
Kozik just nodded and grabbed the paperwork on the next vehicle in rotation and carefully took off his kutte and got to work. It was good to get his hands dirty, hopefully he would have a simple day, and the only thing that he had would worry about would be fixing a car, and meeting Gemma and Audrey at the charity event that was going on for the schools to help them get brand new books.
Gemma looked over at the Lyla and Audrey as they finished setting up the booths for the charity run, "You do realize that your men are going to shit themselves, right?" Not that she didn't find the whole situation amusing, she enjoyed being able to keep it under wraps, and having some of the hottest women in Charming participate, the money that was raised was enough to buy all the schools in the area's new books.
Audrey shrugged her shoulders, "Good thing I'm ridiculously fast." She could see that Lyla was trying hard not to laugh, "What, your sasquatch isn't going to be too thrilled about it either."
Lyla snorted, "No, he's not, but come on, before I retired, I was wearing nothing, at least now I have cute panties on." She couldn't help but think about the night she told Opie that she wasn't going to work in front of the camera anymore, and that Luanne was going into to producing, she wanted Lyla to take over as her main director. At first, she was scared, she didn't want to lose the income that she was making, but with the money Luanne promised her, she was actually making more.
Gemma nodded, "I'm sure that your husband is thrilled that no one gets to ogle your goodies anymore."
Giving a few instructions to the ladies that are participating, she wanted this to be a fun event with a little sex appeal, this wasn't the time for them to act like whores. Her eyes finding the croweaters that wanted to participate, "If any of you treat this like a suck and fuck, I will cut your tits off. Are we clear?" Grinning seeing the fear in their eyes.
Lyla took this opportunity to get the outfits ready, making sure that everyone that was running for SAMCRO had very similar panties and bras, however, since they were the only old ladies that were participating in the Fundie Run; she wanted them to look sexy, but different, she designed them to be all black, and to have SAMCRO on the ass in blue glitter; and on the bra, the boobs had the little crow. Figured if they were going to annoy the hell out of their husbands by doing this, figured that they could do it looking and representing their club.
Audrey took the time to stretch her legs, even though it was only a mile run, plus it didn't hurt that it made her ass look great. Looking at her watch, she was getting a little excited, she had a little surprise for Jax, she couldn't help but think about the night he came over with Abel.
FLASHBACK
Seeing Abel play outside in her garden made Audrey realized how much she was going to look forward to starting her family with Herman, mentally calculating that when they are getting closer to the 1 year anniversary she would talk to him about taking out her implant, and hopefully start their family.
She could feel Jax stare at her, looking at him, "What are you staring at?" she asked, leaning back, she could see that he was a little nervous.
That was one thing he adore about Audrey; she was able to read a person and see what they were thinking. Turning his eyes towards his son who was running through the flower garden and playing near the little pond that she had. "I want what you have with Kozik." Seeing her eyes get wide, it was almost comical, "I obviously have horrible taste in women, so I was hoping maybe you would be on the lookout for someone that I might connect with." Damn, he felt like a pussy.
Audrey couldn't believe what she was hearing, but she understood, seeing the loving relationship between his mother and Clay, Opie and Donna, and now how he loves Lyla, and finally seeing Herman with her. Placing her hand on his shoulder, "I'm honored that you thought I can help you." Taking a deep she smiled at him, "I don't know anyone off the top of my head, but I promise, I meet a lot of people, I'll see what I can do." Turning her head at the sound of the garage door opening, she smiled, "Guess the husband is home."
Jax watched how she got up and met him at the sliding glass door, seeing how they held each other. He was ready for that, while he was still going to enjoy himself as he waited, but one thing was for sure, he wasn't going to settle, and he wasn't going to rush it. He wanted it to be pure and natural.
END FLASHBACK
Shaking her head, Audrey looked towards the blonde with pink highlights make her way towards her, "Well, look who finally showed up to Mayberry!" she yelled out. Her eyes seeing her friend walk towards her.
Violet couldn't help but take in her friend, she looked fantastic, married life looked good on her. "Please this isn't Mayberry. It's a lot bigger than that." Wrapping her arms around her shoulders. It has been close to a year since they've seen each other.
"It is a great little place." Holding her in a hug, "I'm so glad you've come out. I want to introduce you to my family." Holding her hand and leading towards Gemma, this was the first test, if Gemma didn't like her, no matter what she was trying to setup it would immediately be crushed.
Violet followed her towards a very tall and intimidating women. Her dark eyes, and matching hair, if she didn't know that she was Audrey's surrogate mother, she would have been taken back. Looking at her eyes, this woman knew everything that happened in her town, and wasn't going to tolerate anyone coming into her family life and turning shit upside down.
Gemma watched as this blonde made her way towards them, looking at the interactions she was a friend of her daughter, so for now she'd give her a chance. "Hey baby, who's this?"
Audrey was pleasantly surprised that Gemma didn't bite her head off, but she wasn't going to question such a good thing, "Gemma, this is my college roommate, Violet Sanders, Vi, this lovely woman is my ma, Gemma Teller-Morrow."
Extending her hand to the woman, "Pleasure to meet you ma'am."
Giving her an overall look, her cute little accent, blonde with pink highlights, and damn those cornflower blue eyes, she was going to be catnip to the boys. She needed to quickly assess if she was like Audrey, a good girl, or like the other pretty girls that stopped by the club house, a whore. Taking her hand, "You seem sweet. We'll talk after this run; Audrey will bring you to my house for dinner." Giving Audrey a look, indicating that she was willing to talk to her. "I'm heading towards the finish line, see you ladies there."
Nodding at the woman, "Yes ma'am, I will be there." Looking over at Audrey, hoping that she made a decent enough impression not to get her face ripped off. With that she watched as the woman walked away, "That was intense."
Audrey couldn't help but laugh; "Gemma is intense, but if you break through that shell, she's loyal as hell. Just few bits of advice, 1. Don't mess with Abel, that's her grandson, 2. You hurt her son Jax, she'll make you suffer, and 3. Don't ever betray family."
Violet couldn't help but laugh, "Got it," looking at another skinny blonde heading her way with a handful of panties and bras. "Let's get ready, and I'll deal with Mrs. Morrow after. Hopefully I won't get my ass whopped by the Queen of Charming." Taking the outfit that was provided to her, Violet quickly dressed into them, looking over at the others, "I match you, but not them, why?" she asked.
Lyla smiled at her, "You're a friend, and I wanted to treat you as such." Turning around, Lyla got the ladies ready, it was time to make their run.
Kozik watched as his wife came around the corner, a part of him wanted to strangle her for running in her damn underwear, but another part of him, was impressed that she was willing to participate for the charity event for the schools. It always amazed him how she threw herself into things for the community, when she wasn't working at home, she was volunteering at the high school teaching the kids coding, or helping Luann with her online business, she was definitely a jack of all trades. His eyes couldn't help but watch her, she was perfection. Seeing her hold the hands of Lyla, and another blonde, he wondered who she was, she was pretty, but didn't hold a candle to his wife. Sparing a glance over at Opie, he could see that he wasn't even partially annoyed about what Lyla was doing, that made sense though, she made a career in front of the camera.
Moving his eyes on to Jax, he could see that he was transfixed on the blonde with the highlights, looking at his face, he looked stunned.
Jax couldn't take his eyes of the woman that was running next to Audrey and Lyla. She was built similarly to Audrey, curvy, wide hips, and from what he could see a great ass. His dick was hard; he wanted to bury himself so deep into her body that she wouldn't remember her name. Licking his lips, he was going to claim her, at least for one night.
Crossing the finish line, Audrey, Lyla, and Vi, leaned over, laughing, and clapping it was over.
Looking over at the guys, Audrey could see that Kozik was watching her, taking Violet's hand and walked her to her husband, smiling as he leaned down to kiss her. "Kozik, this is my sister from another mister, Violet, Vi, this is my husband Herman Kozik, goes by our last name."
Extending her hand, "Figured it would be a biker that would tame my girl."
Taking her hand, he couldn't help but smile, she was feisty, just like his girl, it made sense that they became friends. "It took a minute to convince her." Looking over at the Queen, he could see that she was making this way towards them, wondering if she was about to scare off the newcomer.
Violet found a blonde staring at her, his eyes were intense blue, extending her hand to him, "Violet, you are?" Reading the vest on his chest, VP, so that meant whatever the SONs were, he was important, but no matter who he was in the club, he was still a man.
Jax gave her his best smile, taking her hand, "Jax Teller." He attempted to put his arm around her but was surprised when she stepped back. "Don't be shy darling."
Rolling her eyes, hot yes, use to women giving it up within minutes yes, "Not shy," looking over at Audrey who was smirking at her, "Don't like being manhandled by people I just met." Taking another step back, she put herself next to her friend. Her eyes finding Gemma watching her, seeing a form of approval. Looking down at herself she was ready to put real clothes on.
Gemma smiled, not too many women would shoot Jax down like that, especially after that award winning smile. She could see that her son was frustrated, good, he needed to learn that he was sexy, but a real woman wasn't going to just throw her pussy at him. Pulling the girls into a hug, "You girls did great," leaning down, "here's your clothes, get dressed, I expect you at the house in an hour to help with dinner."
Audrey grabbed the bags, and the three of the girls headed off to change. As they turned the corner, she caught Jax staring after Vi. Snorting, if he thought she was just going to jump on his dick because he was hot, he was in for a rude awakening.
Jax watched as the blonde walked with Lyla and Audrey, not even giving him a second glance. That's never happened before. Rubbing his goatee, he needed to figure out how to catch her attention. At least he would have an opportunity at dinner to talk to her again.
Sitting around the table, Audrey was next her husband, and Violet, which was something that she expected, but what was new was Happy was on the other side of her, and Jax was across from her, and he was trying to be sly about it, but he kept looking up at her.
Gemma could see that her son was interested in the newcomer and was getting frustrated that while she was talking to him, she was engaging with everyone at the table. It pleased her to see that, she wasn't going to drop her panties because he was Jackson Teller SON, if he didn't meet whatever criteria that she had about guys, she wasn't even going to bother. Wanting to find out more about her, "So, Vi, how did you and Audrey meet?"
Wiping her face, she looked over at the Queen, "We were assigned the same dorm our freshmen year, and that was it, we became thick as thieves. Roomed together all through our 4 years, and even undergrad, we rented a house together with the third girl of our group."
Gemma nodded, "There's another one of you?" Curious about Audrey's life in North Carolina.
Audrey and Vi shared a look, but it was Vi that answered since Gemma was talking to her, "Yes, Cami, she's in Alaska right now, she's volunteering as a teacher up there. I just came back from there." Turning her eyes towards Audrey, "She says congrats, and she'll be down before the start of the new school year."
Jax looked at her, "You went to Alaska? For what, are you a teacher?" Hoping that she would engage with him a bit more.
Vi's looked at the him, he was sexy, but after his dick move at the Fundie Run, she wasn't exactly impressed with him, but she wasn't stupid, he was a dangerous guy, they all were, "Yes. I teach elementary, the village didn't have a lot of children most of them are teenagers, so I went up with Cami so she could focus on the older students, and I took care of the smaller ones."
Audrey watched his face, he was interested in her, but he would have to show her that he wasn't a dick and soon, or she'd put him on her do not touch list. "Are you going back?" she asked.
Shaking her head, "Nah, while it was a great experience, I barely survive the winter, girl, and honestly eating bear and moose for a year, I missed cow." Shivering at the memory of the food that she ate while there.
"You know, Charming Elementary is looking for a teacher." Gemma said.
Vi looked up, a little shocked that she would even mention it, but she did want to live somewhere warm, and it would be nice to get the band back together, well somewhat. "Thank you, Mrs. Morrow, I will consider that option."
Audrey wanted to bounce up and down with excitement, but she kept that to a minimum, she looked over at Herman, he had a smirk on his face, his eyes bored into hers, he knew. Kissing his lips, she just smiled and enjoyed the rest of the evening.
Violet laid down in Audrey's spare room, putting in headphones, just by the look her husband was giving her, she was certain that she was going to be loud, not that she was a prude, but she didn't want to hear her friend scream out. Before she started to doze off, she started to do a little research about the school, and the town. Reading about an hour, she had an idea of what the SONs were, not that it was a problem, and she knew that Audrey wasn't some dumb bitch to not understand the world she was in, but seeing her friend happy, perhaps while dangerous, they weren't bad people, just lived by a different set of rules. Closing her laptop, she mentally did a check list of the pros and cons of moving here, but honestly, she knew that she was, it was just the right size town to feel small, but big enough not to feel trapped.
Jax put Abel to bed, his mind thinking back on the blonde that was sitting at the table, it was obvious she wasn't a whore, his mother didn't seem to hate her, Audrey adored her, she was kind to Lyla, even after she was told what she did as income, and more importantly, she didn't care about him in the slightest, she talked to him like he was just a regular guy, not the son of the President of a motorcycle club, if anything she didn't treat anyone at the table weird, or give them too much praise because of what they were. It made him feel weird, like he'd actually have to go get to know her if he wanted to get to know her.
