It was one of them days in the shop where Emily wished someone would shoot her, it was quite due to a pep rally that was happening today and whilst most owners were glad for the slow day Emily wasn't. She was someone who liked to be busy otherwise she ended up in trouble, i.e arrested or fighting. sometimes both. She sighs before flipping down onto the couch in the waiting area of the shop and looks over at the other person working today, Mina. Mina was the daughter of the owner and one of Emily's best friends as well as her accomplice in some of Emily's more fun stuff, the type of fun which landed her a night in Charming PD's company.
❛❛ So how bad did your sister chew you out this time ? … ❜❜ Mina asks coming over to where Em is sat and sits on the couch opposite, her lavender coloured eyes steadily watching her best friend
❛❛ Bad … ❜❜ Em sighs ❛❛ She spouted all this shit about how I need to be more responsible. No one will date me if I carry this shit on and some other stuff but I turned off half way through … ❜❜
❛❛ She's getting worse … ❜❜ Mina chuckles ❛❛ Seriously pulling the no one will date you line has got to be a low blow … ❜❜
Em nods remembering why her sister pulled that card, the last person Em dated and actually loved left her after she got arrested for assault, he didn't believe her when she said the guy started it. It left Emily heartbroken but she got over it. If someone couldn't handle her for who she was they weren't worth it, after all she wasn't going to change just so she could keep the person she loved. But her sister used it as a tool to get Emily to pay attention to her rants. She's kind of lost count of how many times she's used that line and to be honest Em was starting to lose patience and was wondering how long it would be before she planted her fist in her sisters face. That was a mental image she'd cooked up many times - all with different scenarios but the same glorious result. Her sister being knocked off her flashy pedestal and crash landing in reality.
❛❛ Hey Jax is here … ❜❜ Mina says standing up
Emily swings her legs around and sits up in time to see Jax park his bike followed by Opie and to Em's great displeasure the scary guy as well.
❛❛ Hey I'm off on a dinner run, you going to be okay … ❜❜ Mina asks as she grabs her coat
❛❛ Yeah go on … ❜❜ Em nods standing up, fingers idly working out the kinks of her shirt. ❛❛ Get me my usual yeah … ❜❜
Mina nods and heads to the door opening It before Jax can and greets him with a soft smile before heading out, Em was working to conceal her chuckle as she knew Mina had a thing for Jax, had for years but the blonde was ignorant too it.
❛❛ No three hour waiting this time … ❜❜ Jax smirks as he looks over at the brunette.
❛❛ Nah … ❜❜ Em says shaking her head. ❛❛ Pep rally has made it a quiet day … ❜❜
Jax nods and begins looking at the fonts he wants and Em greets Opie before getting all the info she needs for his appointment, every now and then her brown eyes flicking over to scary guy who was looking at some of the tattoos on the wall, his hands tucked into his pockets and his knife hanging off his belt. She knew the guys had knives as part of their biker uniform. She'd seen Jax and Opie's too many times to count, but for some reason the fact that he was carrying one set her on edge.
She looks back at Opie to see he's finished the form and smiles before booking a date in her diary, once it's done she looks over at Jax.
❛❛ Picked a style? … ❜❜
❛❛ Yeah … ❜❜ he nods and shows her which one, one of her specialities and she nods before leading him into the back room.
He takes off his Kutte and shirt before sitting on her table facing her as she gets stuff done, she grabs one of her stencilling pens, always liking to freehand fonts more than the other stencils and asks Jax how to spell his sons name. Once writing it she asks him to look and see what he thinks, as he does she notices the other two walk into the back room.
❛❛ Looks good … ❜❜ Scary guy says
❛❛ Yeah … ❜❜ Jax agrees "Let's go Em … ❜❜
❛❛ Lay back and try to keep fucking still. I swear you twitch worse than a pervert at a kiddie's park … ❜❜
Jax smirks and the other two laugh as Em starts up her tattoo machine and Jax lays back settling himself down for the inking. Em works in silence as the other three talk about random shit, laughing and joking and making fun of Jax every time Em tells him off for moving. As she finishes wiping off the excess and blood off the finished tattoo she can't help but smirk at her work, a sense of pride fills her every time she sees her work on someone else, her work which will last until that person dies.
❛❛ All done mate … ❜❜
Jax nods and Opie helps him sit up and Em watches as he looks in the mirror before turning to her with a big ass grin on his face, the smile making him look younger than she knew he was, her eyebrow quirked he walks over and pulls her into a hug mindful of his new tattoo.
❛❛ It's awesome Em, thank you … ❜❜
She nods and he begins getting dressed again and Em cleans up after herself before following them back out to the front, she can smell food and knows Mina's in the back office with her lunch.
❛❛ Here … ❜❜ Jax says handing her a wad of notes and she sighs as she sees once again he's paid her too much. S
❛❛ Jax … ❜❜ she starts
❛❛ Em you never win so don't start this up again … ❜❜
She nods and takes off the money for the tattoo and puts it in the till before pocketing the extra, something Jax and the others told her to do ages ago and has carried on doing every time she works on them. She argued every time, but she lost. They appreciated her work and wanted to let her know, it was the reason they paid over twice the actual price for the ink. To some it was as though she was bought like everyone else in the town - but that was the farthest thing from the truth.
❛❛ Do you do repairs … ❜❜ A husky voice speaks and Em snaps her head up and looks at the scary guy, eyes widening slightly before nodding.
❛❛ Yeah I do, depends on the damage though … ❜❜
❛❛ Can I have an appointment? … ❜❜ he orders and she bustles at his demand but instead placing a sweet smile on her face
She grabs one of the forms and hands it to him, making sure to keep her skin away from his. ❛❛ Fill this in and tell me when you want it and I'll book you in … ❜❜
❛❛ Next week" he says as he takes the form and pen from her hand, his fingers brushing hers making a chill run up and down her back.
❛❛ I'm free Wednesday, no appointments … ❜❜ she bites out around the lump in her throat
❛❛ Wednesday then … ❜❜ he smirks
She nods and waits as he fills out the form handing it to her, she wishes the three of them goodbye before heading to the back room.
❛❛ That bald dude is scary as shit … ❜❜ Mina says the minute Em is within her sight ❛❛ I so don't pity you tattooing him … ❜❜
❛❛ Hopefully he won't kill me afterwards … ❜❜ And a small part of her was hoping she was joking.
❛❛ He does give off that vibe huh … ❜❜ Mina says and Em nods before grabbing her chicken salad settling into one of the many scattered chairs, some of them older then she is, but it added to the vibe of the shop. Old and dependable.
The rest of the day passes without a hitch, the two of them finally getting busy after the pep rally finishes. Once the day is over and the shop is cleaned the two of them head their separate ways and once Emily is settled inside her car, a Chevrolet Camaro painted to look exactly like Bumblebee from the films Transformers, Emily wants nothing more than to go him and curl up in her pyjamas with a nice pint of Ben and Jerry's watching shitty films all night.
But as she pulls up to her house and sees her sister she knows that it might not happen. She climbs out of the car and looks over at her sister.
❛❛ There's a party at the clubhouse tonight … ❜❜ she starts and Emily cuts her off
❛❛ I'm not going Tar … ❜❜ she sighs ❛❛ I never do so don't ask again … ❜❜
❛❛ Emily … ❜❜
❛❛ Tara I don't mind tattooing them given i'm one of the few tattooists in town. But that is it okay … ❜❜ Em nods ❛❛ Just go … ❜❜
Tara sighs and climbs back into her car as Emily walks into the house and goes straight to her bedroom, stripping off her clothes as she goes. She opens her drawers and grabs one of her pyjamas sets. A vest and shorts set with an elephant on it as well as a pair of bed socks with an owl on. She walks into her kitchen and opens up her freezer grabbing a pint of Ben and Jerry's chocolate brownie ice cream and heads into her living room placing a crappy film on.
Five movies later Emily begins cleaning up ready to go to bed and just as shes about to turn the lights out a frantic knocking comes to the door. She walks over and unlocks it to see her sister and a very beaten woman standing on the doorstep. A frown settles on the younger Knowles' face as she looks between her sister and the other woman.
❛❛ Can I borrow the front room … ❜❜ Tara asks and Emily nods moving out the way of the woman
As she does she sees Chief Unser appear, raising an eyebrow she moves out of the way allowing him into the house as well before she shuts the door and heads to the front room. Confusion colouring her face but she works to keep it contained. Deciding in this moment asking questions was not her best choice.
❛❛ Em can you grab a robe for Gemma … ❜❜
Em nods, still silent and walks to her room grabbing her robe and heads back to the living room handing it to Gemma. Gemma thanks her softly before placing it on before settling down on the sofa.
❛❛ Did Jax see you leave? … ❜❜ Gemma asks Tara as she gets to work cleaning Gemma up
❛❛ I told him it was the hospital … ❜❜ Tara replies ❛❛ You need to tell me what happened so I can treat you … ❜❜
❛❛ Use your imagination … ❜❜ Gemma replies
Emily may be out of the loop as to what happened but as her and her sister share a look they know what Gemma had just implied, their imaginations filling in the blanks. And it's not hard to see that neither sister likes the outcome of their thoughts.
❛❛ Maybe we should let her rest a while … ❜❜ Unser says and Emily scoffs softly
❛❛ We need to get her to the hospital … ❜❜ Tara replies in full doctor mode ❛❛ I can't treat you in my sister's front room … ❜❜
Emily zones out not wanting to hear what's going on as this was so not how she planned to spend her night. She only returns to the conversation as it all goes quiet she looks at her sister who smiles softly and fills her in on what she missed whilst she was away with the fairies. Tara knowing better than most when Emily zones out.
❛❛ I won't tell anyone … ❜❜ Emily agrees "God I don't even know you … ❜❜
❛❛ No" Gemma agrees with an edge to her tone "But you know my son Jax so you better keep your mouth shut or god help me … ❜❜
❛❛ Hey" Tara cries ❛❛ That's my sister and when she says she won't say anything, she won't … ❜❜
❛❛ Okay … ❜❜ Gemma nods and Emily doesn't miss the look the older woman throws at her. Brown eyes rolled in retaliation because fuck her, she didn't know Emily and Emily didn't know her.
❛❛ Sorry to be rude but can I please go to bed I have work in the morning" … ❜❜
❛❛ Of course sis … ❜❜ Tara smiles standing up and walking over to her younger sister ❛❛ I'll lock up when I leave. Love you … ❜❜
❛❛ Love you too … ❜❜
After a half hug to her elder sister and goodnight to the others Emily heads into her room shutting off all the lights and climbs under the covers. Hoping and praying that sleep will come easily as she knows having them in the other room might have just caused a domino effect she'd rather not be a part of. Something in her gut told her that despite how much she'd been pushing the club away - it was about to dig it's way under her skin.