A/N: Updated 8/21/20

Chapter 7

OPIE POV

Eliza has been going out of her mind worrying about Wendy and the baby since Wendy was admitted to the hospital. I think that she's more worried about Jax and the baby more than anything. She's made several trips to the hospital, taking Jax clothes and food. He's barely left the hospital and when he does it's only for club business. I love the guy, he's my best friend but I'm concerned about him. I've never seen him like this. Eliza was stuck at the garage late today, trying to get caught up on some paperwork so I agreed to take Jax some food. It was a quiet day for club business, so I hadn't seen him all day. When I stepped off the elevator, I was surprised to see him talking to a familiar face. One Tara Knowles. The one girl that nearly destroyed him. I think that if Eliza hadn't been around he would have been a lot worse. I waited until she walked away before I approached him. When I approached Jax, he had just sat back down in his chair. "Hey buddy." I said, sitting in the chair next to him.

He looked up at me and I handed him the food that I had picked up for him. "Thanks man. I'm starved." Jax said.

"Not a problem, man." I said. Jax started taking the food out of the bag. "Was that who I think it was?" I asked him. He looked over at me.

He nods. "Yeah. She just moved back. Her dad's sick. She's Wendy's doctor." Jax said.

Eliza POV

I was tied up at the garage trying to get some things finished up and Opie had gone to take some things to Jax at the hospital. I was finishing up some filing when I heard a car door. I never looked up from the file cabinet. I heard a knock on the office door. "Sorry, we're closed."

"Hi Izzy." A familiar voice said.

I immediately stopped what I was doing. I knew that voice. The only person that ever called me Izzy was Kozik. I turned around. "What are you doing here?" I asked him, never moving from my spot next to the file cabinet.

"I'm in town to see Clay." He said.

"And what does that have to do with you standing here in front of me right now." I said to him. Kozik and I had a weird relationship. We had hooked up a few times when I was in high school before he transferred to the Tacoma charter. When I left for college, we tried to be something more but it didn't work out. I found him one night with a crow-eater.

"I missed you. I wanted to see you." He said with a half-smile.

"I'm with Opie now." I said walking to my chair behind the desk.

"I know. Jax called me. You never told me that he knew about us."

I looked down at the floor before looking back up at him. "I don't have any secrets from Jax. He's my brother."

He nods. "I know. I should go. Clay's waiting." He said turning to leave the office. "I'll see you around Izzy." and then he was gone.

As soon as he left, I shut the office door and locked it. I went back over to the desk and sat down. I grabbed my cell and called Jax. I was hoping that Ope had already left so that I could talk to Jax about this. "Hello?" He said.

"Hey its me."

"You okay?" He asked.

"Not really. Has Ope left yet?"

"Yeah, few minutes ago." He said. I let out a loud sigh. "E, what's wrong?"

"Okay so you know about me and Koz right?"

"Yeah what about it?"

"He showed up at the garage tonight. Said that he's in town to meet with Clay. I told him about me and Ope. Said you called him and told him."

"Yeah, didn't wanna see Clay or Ope beat his ass for being with you.

"Thanks. You think I should tell Ope about me and Koz?"

"Honestly, I do. Hey, I gotta go Wendy's waking up." He said and hung up.

Later that night, Opie and I were lying in bed. I had my head laying on his chest. "Babe, you okay?" He asked me. He could always sense when something was bothering me.

I sat up and looked at him. "I need to tell you something...but I need for you to keep an open mind." I said.

"Okay. What is it?" He said.

"Okay so we cleared the air about our feelings for each other...however there's one thing that I didn't tell you." He nodded. "While I was gone, I casually saw someone from another charter." He sat up when I said this.

"Who is it?" He asked.

"Keep in mind that it never turned serious and he knows to keep his mouth shut because he knows that you and I are serious."

"Who is it, Eliza?"

"Baby, the reason that I am choosing this particular moment to tell you this is because he is in town to meet with Clay."

"I'm going to ask once more and if you don't answer I'm going to go down to the clubhouse and every person from another charter that is here...I'm going to throw into the ring until I get my answers."

"Kozik." I whispered.

"WHO?" He yelled.

"Kozik." I finally said. Opie jumped out of bed and immediately started getting dressed. I climbed out of bed myself. "Ope, where are you going?"

"To the clubhouse." He said and darted out the door.

I called Jax as I got in my car to follow Opie. I told him that I was honest with him and that now he was headed to the clubhouse. Jax said that he'd meet me there. As I drove down the familiar streets of Charming towards the Clubhouse, I couldn't help but wonder if Opie and I could get past this. Even though it had never gotten serious I had slept with one of his brothers. I was hoping that maybe Jax could talk some sense into him. When I pulled into the parking lot at the clubhouse, I saw all the guys' bikes. I hopped out of my car and ran inside the clubhouse. As soon as I stepped in the clubhouse, all eyes were on me. I spotted Clay and he waved me to him. "Chapel...now." He said to me. I nodded and walked into the big meeting room that was referred to as Chapel.

Once I was in the Chapel, I took a seat at the table. Clay came in and shut the door behind him. He took his usual seat at the head of the table. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" Clay yelled at me.