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UPDATED 8/17/20

Chapter 2

ELIZA POV

The next morning when I woke up, I rolled over and found that Opie was gone. I sat up in my bed and found a note on my bedside table. I picked it up and looked at it. It was from Opie.

'E-

Sorry I had to leave so early but I had to open the garage this morning. I made a pot of coffee before I left. Jax said that if you still wanted to go with him to Nevada to be at the Clubhouse by 10. See you later.

Love you,

O'

I climbed out of bed and went to take a shower. When I was done, I went back to my room. I walked over to my closet to decide on what to wear. With going out to Indian Hills with Jax, meant taking the bike...so that meant no dresses or skirts. I decided on jeans and a black SAMCRO tank top that I have had for years. I put on my black knee-high riding boots and threw on my leather jacket, zipping it up to just below by boobs. I walked into the kitchen and poured myself a cup of coffee. I looked at the clock and saw that it was 9:15. I decided to head to the clubhouse and mess with the guys.

When I pulled into the parking lot at the garage, I parked next to my mom's car. Opie greeted me at my car. He gave me a hug before taking a step back from me. "Jax is in the clubhouse. He said to come find him when you got here." Opie said.

"Thanks." I said leaning up and kissing his cheek. I walked across the parking lot towards the clubhouse. I took a deep breath before opening the clubhouse door and walking in. I still had my sunglasses on, so the guys couldn't tell that it was me. As soon as the clubhouse door shut behind me all eyes were on me. "What's a girl gotta do for a little attention around here." I said lifting my sunglasses from my eyes.

"No friggin way!" I heard Tig yell. He came running towards me, picking me up in a hug and swinging me around. "It's so good to see you princess."

"It's good to see you too, Tiggy. You can put me down now." I said when he sat me back down. The rest of the guys slowly came up and greeted me.

"When did ya get in, princess?" Chibs asked me.

"Yesterday, Chibby. I'm staying with Jax and Ope." I told him. I looked around the room for my brother, but I didn't seem him. "Speaking of...has anyone seen my brother?"

I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist. "He's on the roof. Just saw him up there." Opie said from behind me.

I leaned my head back to look at him. "Thanks babe." I said. I walked down the hall to find the ladder to the roof. When I climbed up, I found Jax sitting there as if he was staring out into space. I walked over and sat beside him. "Penny for your thoughts?" I asked.

He snapped out of his thoughts and turned to me. He wrapped an arm around my shoulders. "Ope mentioned you wanting to go with me to see Uncle Jury?"

"Yeah. It's been a while since I've seen him. Plus, I've been missing Dad a lot lately." I told Jax, thinking about my dad.

"Yeah me to. I don't think that Mom goes out to Tommy's grave anymore." Jax said frowning when he said this. "Listen, if you really want to go with me to Indian Hills, fine. But I need to ask you for a favor." Jax said.

"Okay. What is it?"

"Uncle Jury has a Mayan problem and Clay has it in his head that the only way to solve it is to patch them over."

"Uncle Jury isn't gonna go for that."

"I know. But that's where you come in. Jury has always had a soft spot for you, especially since dad died. I actually think that you going with me could be beneficial. I'm gonna need your help convincing him that this is the only way to save his club." Jax told me.

I thought about it for a second. "Okay, I'll do it. But remember that someday when I ask you for a favor, I'm gonna ask and I expect you to do it with no questions asked."

"Deal. Let's go find Bobby and head out."

We made our way back inside. I found Opie waiting for us at the bottom of the ladder. "Hey, can we talk before ya'll head out?" He asked me.

"Yeah sure." I said. He took my hand in his and led me back to his dorm room. We walked in and he shut the door behind us. He stepped closer to me and wrapped his arms around my waist. I wrapped my arms around his neck. "Everything okay?" I asked him.

He kissed the top of my head. "Yeah. I just wished that I was going with you." He said.

"I know, babe but I'll go and then when I come back, I'm all yours. But think about it this way...there's gonna be times when your handling Club business where I'm not gonna be able to go with you." I mention. There was a look of hurt on his face. "I'm sorry but it's true."

"I know and your right. There are gonna be times where I am gonna have to handle Club business and I'm not gonna be able to take you with me. I just..." He started to say.

"I know babe. I know." I said putting my hand on the side of his face. "It's going to be fine, okay?"

He nodded "Yeah your right." He said. "Come on. I'll walk you out."

Opie put his arm around my shoulders, and I put my arm around his waist. When we walked back into the bar room everyone was staring at us. Then there was one face that I found. "How long has this been going on?" The voice said. I recognized it as Opie's Dad Piney.

We walked over to him. I looked at Opie. I nodded, then I looked back at Piney. "It's been building for years...but we only made it official last night, Pops." Opie told his dad.

Piney pulled me into a hug. "It's good to have you home sweetheart." Piney said.

"It's good to be back." I said. He hugged me tighter. "I missed you too, Pops." When Piney finally let go of me, Opie walked me out to Jax's bike. He kissed me one last time before I put my helmet on. "See you soon." I said before climbing on behind Jax.

"See you soon. Be safe and do what Jax says." Opie said.

"Promise."