I sighed as I looked at all the boxes. My room was empty. Not going to lie but it was a bit hard leaving this crappy apartment. I mean it was mine and Mias first home together. Still we both knew it was time to leave.
"Ready babe?" Tig asked from the doorway. I smiled and nodded walking over to him. He put his arm over my shoulders and walked with me as we left. After turning in my key I hopped on the back of Tig's bike and we rode off to the new apartment.
As we pulled up I smiled at the sight of Chibs and Juice parking the van. We were originally going to pay movers but the moment we brought it up to Gemma she shut it down and said that the guys would be there early Saturday morning to help. And at 8am they had all showed up. It was noon now. It was actually kinda sad that it took only 4 hours to pack up our apartment.
As Tig parked I got off and walked to the front door. Opening it I smiled. Together we all worked to bring in the furniture. It was quite entertaining seeing the guys try to decorate. Eventually they gave up when we told them the different color blacks we had.
I walked upstairs and laughed at seeing Tig try and put together my dresser. It had been in the box since it arrived from IKEA.
"How's it going?" I asked from the doorway.
"This shit makes no sense" Tig said looking at all of the pieces.
"Why don't you try reading the directions?" I said handing him them. He just pushed it away saying he didn't need them. I rolled my eyes but left him to do it his way. I walked into Mia's room and found her setting up her bathroom.
""You hungry?" I asked. She looked up at me and smiled.
"Yeah. Was Thinking we could head down to Joe's and get one of those 3ft sandwiches so we can feed all the hungry men" she said.
"Sounds good to me" I said following her down stairs to where Chibs was putting together the table.
"You going somewhere?" Gemma asked from the kitchen.
"Were gonna go to Joe's and get some food for everyone" I said grabbing my purse.
"Smart" she said grabbing her purse. "I'll come with you"
The drive to Joe's was short. We took Gemma's car because both of ours was filled with boxes. We placed our order and went over to the grocery store and bought 4 bags of chips and a couple of two liters of soda. After paying the 3 of us walked back to Joe's. We ended up passing a woman who was giving away puppies.
"They're so cute!" I said bending down and petting one.
"What kind are they?" Mia asked.
"Pitbull" she said smiling as one of them tried jumping out of the box.
"I want one!" I said picking up the one that tried to jump out.
"Ezra no. We just moved in" Mia said from behind me.
"Come on" I said getting up and pushing the puppy at her. "Look she likes you!" I said as the little blue and white puppy started kissing Mia. Mia rolled her eyes and gave her back to me.
"Fine" she said.
"Yay!" I said and turned towards the women. "We're gonna take her" I said smiling. She nodded and said to have fun before we walked away.
"What should we name her?" I asked as we walked back 's.
"Phantom" Mia said petting her.
"Why that name?" I asked.
"It looks like she's wearing the mask from phantom of the opera" Mia said.
"Huh it does" Gemma said reaching over and petting her. I smiled and agreed.
. . .
We pulled back up to the condo and I started laughing at the sight of the guys trying to get our sofa out of the van. Chibs was trying to direct them and was clearly getting frustrated.
"Bloody hell man I said left!" he yelled.
"Hey! Enough. Come inside we got food" Gemma said causing the guys to quickly put the sofa down and run inside.
. . .
"I'll see you later!" Mia said as she left the apartment.
"Bye!" I called while playing with Phantom. She had gotten so big.
A month. It's crazy that it's been a month since we got her. Mia she had been on the fence about getting her had quickly fell in love.
It was 5 pm when Tig came over. Not even bothering knocking he just walked in. I was making dinner for the both of us since Mia was staying with Jax.
As we sat down to start eating the door flew open. I jumped up and Tig pulled his gun out only to put it back when a very pissed off Mia came through the door.
"Bro are you ok?" . She looked at me then looked at Tig who took a step back.
"You knew didn't you!?" she yelled.
"Mia.. take it easy" Tig said backing up more.
"Take it easy!" she yelled throwing her purse at him. "I can't take it easy!"
"What the hell is going on!?" .
"Fucking Jax Teller!" she yelled before tears started flowing. I ran forward and hugged her.
"Mia…" Tig said
"Shut up!" she yelled at him "Get the hell out!"
I looked over at Tig and saw him shake his head before grabbing his cutt and leaving.
"Ok bro sit down and tell me what happened" I said leading her to the couch. She sat down and put her head in her hands. After a few minutes she looked at me and my heart broke at the sadness in her face.
"Jax.. he.. his ex Wendy.. she's pregnant" she said through hiccups.
"Are you serious?" I asked.
"He told me tonight" she said. "Then the bastard told me he had known since before we got together!"
I didn't know what to say so I grabbed her her as she continued to cry.
"Ezra I'm 21. I don't want to be a mom. I don't want to deal with baby mama drama. I don't want to share him with her." she said before she started crying again.
"Tig knew?" I asked.
"Apparently all the guys did" she said. I nodded and felt anger course through me. That night I slept in Mias bed not wanting her to be alone. I understood where she was coming from. Her and Jax had been together for 2 months and from what she learned was that Wendy was almost 5 months along. We called off work the next day because she didn't feel like leaving the house. I understood. Jax had been calling all day. He even resorted to calling my phone. After the 6th call we both turned off our phones.
I was making Mia oatmeal when she finally got out of bed. She sat at the table and to be honest she looked like shit. Her face was red from crying and her hair wasn't brushed. I knew she was thinking about breaking up with Jax but the thought itself made her just cry more. As I gave her the oatmeal a knock came from our front door. I looked over at her and saw a hard look pass over.
"I got it" I said. I opened the door to reveal Tig.
I walked out and shut the door before turning towards him.
"You knew?" I asked.
He took a step back and I saw a conflicted look cross his face.
"Yes." he said.
"And you didn't think to say anything!?" I asked anger starting to creep into my voice.
"I couldn't Ezra." he said reaching for me. I smacked his hand away making a hurt look appear on his face.
"My best friend is in there hurting! You know how much hurt you could have saved her!"
"Jax told me not to tell. I couldn't betray him."
"He should have told her before making her fall for him!"
"She's way over reacting" he said making me widen my eyes.
"She's not!" I yelled making him step back. "She has every reason to be pissed!"
"Why are you pissed at me then!?" he yelled back. "This is between them!"
"Because you kept it from her!" I yelled "She had every right to decide if she wanted to be with Jax"
"So your pissed at me because Jax kept something from her?" he asked.
"No. I'm pissed at you because you knew. And by withholding that information you hurt my best friend."
Tig rubbed his face and turned around.
"You know what I'll come back when you stop acting like a bitch" he said walking off but not before I grabbed one of Phantoms toys and threw it at his head.
I walked back inside and saw that Mia had left the table. She must have heard us arguing. I walked upstairs and saw she was laying in bed again. I sat down next to her and rolled over putting my arms around her.
. . .
Two weeks. It's been two weeks since we last saw Jax or Tig. They both had given up calling and we told the front desk not to let them in the condo complex. We both had gone back to work and had even resorted to stay there during the workweek to lessen the chance of seeing them.
I missed Tig. I missed him so much it hurt. But I couldn't help but think that if he could keep something like that what else would he be willing to keep from me?
"I'm going to go see Jax" Mia said when we came home after our work week was over.
"Are you sure about that?" I asked.
"Yeah. I've been thinking a lot about it. I need to see him" she said. I nodded and knew it was time I saw Tig.
"Are you going to see Tig?" she asked while putting down her backpack.
"I think so." I said smiling as Phantom came running up to us. Our neighbors Jacob and Carlos had been taking care of her over the week.
Later that night I called Tig and he wasted no time in coming over. Mia had left an hour ago. She hadn't called which meant things were going well. I finished feeding Phantom I walked to the door when I heard the knock. I opened it and almost started crying. Tig had lost a lot of weight. He smelled of alcohol and weed.
"Are you drunk?" I asked.
"No" he said. I looked in his eyes and saw that he was telling the truth. After letting him in we both stood quite.
"I'm sorry" Tig mumbled looking at the ground.
"So am I" I said. I walked towards the couch and after sitting down I turned towards him.
"I shouldn't have flipped so hard on you" I said. "I just get too protective of Mia. She's family and the thought of someone hurting her just makes me wanna kill someone"
Tig nodded and reached a and placed it on my leg. I grabbed his hand and felt the rough skin.
"I shouldn't have called you a bitch. I knew it was wrong to keep that from you. I couldn't betray Jax. You understand that right?" he asked looking up at me with desperate eyes.
"I understand. But Tig… I need to know everything" I said. "I can't be someone you pick and choose what to tell me. If so it won't work"
He nodded and put his arm around me.
"Jax always said for a old lady to make it she either has to know everything or nothing at all anything else it'll just fall apart" he said rubbing my arm. "I guess you're one who needs to know everything"
I pulled back and felt a smile on my face.
"What?" he asked
"I'm your old lady?" feeling a ridiculous giggle slip. Tig rolled his eyes before kissing me.
"Yes. My old lady" he said kissing me again. We started making out but it wasn't long till I couldn't stand the smell of him.
"Take your clothes off." I said making him raise a eyebrow.
"Not like that!" I said laughing. "You reek"
"Hurtful" he said but took his shirt and pants off. I went to the washer and after starting it turned back and blushed at the sight of Tig standing only in his boxers in the middle of my living room.
"Wanna take this to your room?" he asked walking over to me.
I laughed a nervous laugh as he came closer. He gave me a seductive look before grabbing me and throwing me over his shoulder. I let out a squeal as he ran upstairs. He threw me on my bed and landed on top of me before kissing me hard. I kissed him back and when he reached down and grabbed my chest I knew this was going to go further.
His hand was traveling down my side when we heard a series of gun shots ring out. We broke apart and he threw me on the floor covering my body with his own. The glass to my balcony broke and I screamed as more shots rang out. Then we heard Phantom barking and the front door break.
"Shit I don't have my gun" Tig said.
"Mia. Mia has one in her bedside table" I said. He nodded and got up running towards her room. I got up to and stopped as a man came into my room. He was wearing a mask. He jumped forward and I screamed and grabbed my bedside lamp hitting him across the face making him yell in Spanish. He was going towards me again when a shot rang out and he fell to the floor blood pooling the wound on his head. Tig came in and grabbed me. We both ran downstairs and saw that there was two men. One jumped at Tig and he and the man started fighting. The other came at me but yelled in pain as Phantom latched onto his leg. I looked around and grabbed a horse statue that Mia had gotten because she said it was pretty and hit the man across the face. It ended up knocking him out. As he fell I ran forward and grabbed phantom. Turning back I saw that Tig had beaten he man unconscious. He turned towards me and after grabbing my car keys we both ran out.
. . .
I walked through the door of the clubhouse and was instantly wrapped in a big hug by Mia. After pulling back I saw she had a cut on her left eye that was starting to swell and darken.
"What happened?" I asked putting Phantom down.
"Fucking Mayan decked me" she said.
"You and jax we attacked?" looking over at Jax who had a deadly and crazed look in his eyes.
"Were fine" She said
I nodded and hugged her again. Tig told the story of what happened and then went and got dressed sense he was still in his underwear. Mia looked over at me and raised her eyebrows.
"Not now" I said to which she nodded.
We all sat in the clubhouse and as Clay walked in he looked pissed. Gemma walked in after and we all understood why. She had a black eye and a split lip. Both Mia and I jumped up and went towards her.
"I'm fine ladies" she said gently touching Mias eye and giving me a kiss on the forehead. We nodded and went and sat down with Gemma.
"Alright listen up!" Clay called. "Normally old ladies aren't here for club meetings but seeing as all of them have been targeted I see no problem in allowing them to listen in. Anyone got a problem with that?" when no one spoke up he continued. "Tonight the Mayans attacked us. They had the intention of kidnapping our old ladies. I don't know about you but that pisses me the fuck off. We need to deal with this and fast because the next Mayan to come to Charming will have a bullet between his eyes before he can say Hola."
"Do we know why they are being targeted?" Juice asked.
"From what we gather it's because during a drug run they tried to do through Charming. When we went to confront Alvarez about it he got pissed. A gunfight broke out and one of his men's old ladies got hit. My guess he wants revenge and figured he could snatch one of ours." Clay said.
"How would he even know about Mia and Ezra? Where they live?" Jax asked "They haven't been here that long"
"Probably from a party we had"Clay said looking over at us. "You two ok?" he asked.
"Were ok" Mia said reaching over and grabbing my hand.
"You should probably stay here tonight. Who knows if they'll come back" Clay said.
"Lockdown?" Gemma asked.
"Nah. Donna wasn't attacked so they are probably going for just you three" he said. Gemma nodded and got up. We both got up and followed her with Phantom behind us.
"You can stay here Mia." Gemma said opening the door to Jax's dorm.
"Ezra Tig's is right here" she said opening the door to the room right across the hall. I walked in and sat down on the bed. After Gemma left and Mia said she was going to shower I walked over to Tig's dresser. I opened it and found a big shirt that said SONS on it it white print. After pulling off my own clothes I put the shirt on and crawled under the blanket with Phantom by the foot of the bed. An hour or so later Tig came in and after changing crawled in next to me and put his arms around me. It didn't take me to fall asleep after.