Life was finally normal again. I could now live without fear or worry. Mia was back and it was good. She had changed a bit but that was to be expected. Probably the most funniest thing though was Jax and her. She decided to stay broken up with him but it was like he didn't think they were. He came over whenever he wanted to and even brought her flowers once. It was truly adorable. Mia would just shake her head and remind him that they weren't together and he would just smile and say ok. One night I asked Tig about it and he said Jax was going to win her over again. I had told him it might not work but he said Jax said he'd done it once before so he'll do it again. I had just laughed.
Me and Tig well it was love. I had fallen in love with that man. I was just terrified to tell him. We had been together now for 4 months. Those months had been amazing despite all the chaos that came with it. He had admitted that he thought I was going to bail at one point because it was so bad. I didn't know what to say so I just told him I'm stronger than he thinks. He just agreed before kissing me.
I started working again. Of course it was a lot different without Mia. Not only that but after hearing what Jay had told her I had had an extremely cold shoulder towards her.
"Um Ezra" I looked up and saw Jay standing there. This had been the first time she had spoken to me since coming back.
Her face was bruised up and she had a split lip.
"What?" I asked. I didn't really care about what happened to her.
"Um here. That's for Mia" she said handing me a envelope.
"Ok" I said going to serve another person.
As I got home that night I found Mia asleep on the couch with Jax under her.
"Hey" I said walking in and putting down my backpack.
"What's up" he said smiling and turning back to the t.v.
"You know you guys aren't really acting like you're broken up" I said.
He just shrugged and smiled down at her.
"She's still my old lady I'm just waiting for her to realize it herself" he said.
I smiled and walked to my room.
. . .
I woke up the next morning to the amazing smell of bacon cooking.
Walking out I found Mia making pancakes as well.
"Hungry?" she asked.
"Uh hell yes" I said.
She laughed and put a plate of food down in front of me. We ate together in comfortable silence.
"I'm going to interview today at the hospital" she said.
"Are you excited?" I asked.
"Eh. I guess" she said pushing her pancake around her plate.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Nothing just not sure about working again." she said
I nodded and put a hand over hers.
"It's going to be ok bro" I said. "Oh Jay gave me something last night for you" I said grabbing . I handed her the envelope.
"Did you open it?" she asked turning it over.
"Nope." I said watching as she opened it.
"What the…" she said pulling out the folded paper.
"What is it?" I asked curious.
"Its um a check for five grand" she said.
"What!" I said grabbing it. And yup there was a check for five thousand dollars.
"Did she say what for?" I asked.
" 'for being a great worker thanks'. That's all it says." she said looking at the paper.
"How random" handing the check back.
"I don't understand. She was pissed when I went back. And now she's giving me money?"
"Maybe she feels bad" I said.
"Hmm maybe" she said putting the check back.
"What are you going to spend it on?" I asked.
"I don't know. I gotta get ready" she said getting up.
I sighed and started cleaning.
After she left I made a few breakfast burritos and took off towards the clubhouse.
"Hey Gemma" I said walking into the office.
"Hey baby" she said while looking through some file cabinets. She turned towards me and I was surprised to see she had a small black eye forming.
"What happened to your eye?" I asked
"Oh. Went and gave the that bitch who wouldn't give Mia her job back a piece of my mind." she said sitting down at her desk.
"Wait you did that to Jay?" I asked surprised.
"She had no reason to say that stuff to Mia and you know it. She deserved an ass kicking."
I laughed and shook my head.
"Guess that's why she gave Mia a check for five thousand dollars" I said grabbing my phone.
"She did? I didn't tell her to do that. But good." she said giving me a sly smile.
Interview went good. Got the job! -Mia
"Mia got the job at the hospital!" I said before texting back.
"That's great we're gonna have to have a party to celebrate" Gemma said already looking through her calendar.
That's awesome bro! Congrats! Gemma said we need to have a party to celebrate now. -Me
Of course she would.-Mia
"Tell her to come by the house tonight. It'll just be a small get together" Gemma said.
I nodded and texted Mia back. She agreed before telling me she'll met me at the clubhouse house.
"Ok she agreed. She's gonna head over here" I said putting away.
"Good we can work out food and everything" she said.
. . .
Later that night we had Mias bbq. Gemma said it was only going to be a few people but like any SAMCRO get together it's quickly grown. Someone broke the booze out at 8 so now most people were sufficiently drunk.
I wasn't drinking. I agreed to become Tig's DD so he could just let loose. Mia was sober as well. She couldn't drink because she was on some medication and it didn't mix well with alcohol. Jax who had been following her around all night was completely shit faced. It was clear it was starting to get on Mias nerves.
"I am five seconds away from punching Jax in his face." she said sitting down next to me.
I was outside watching the guys play basketball.
"What's he doing?" I asked.
"He's just gah he's so freaking clingy now! He's making me wanna rip my hair out." she said making me laugh.
"Well what can you expect? He's missed you. Told me one night" I said taking a drink of my water.
"When did he say that?" she asked.
"Hmm a little before you came back. He was wasted one night and stumbled over thinking you were still here. When I reminded him that you weren't he kinda uh broke. Said he forgot and he missed you a lot. It was pretty heartbreaking to be honest"
"I should have called you all" she mumbled looking down at the ground.
"Yeah. But it's in the past now bro. We're just happy you're back"
Mia smiled and leaned her head on my shoulder. We stayed like that for a little bit until we heard someone yell her name. Turning I laughed at Jax stumbling out of the house and tripping on nothing. I looked at Mia and saw her sigh and shake her head before getting up and going to him.
"Ezra! Baby!" Tig said falling into me.
"Oh god Tiggy get off" I said pushing him away.
"Your so pretty babe" he said leaning his head on my shoulder and putting a hand on my thigh.
"And your wasted" I said stopping his head as he tried to make it go higher.
"Ha I'm barely tipsy" he said taking another drink of whatever was in his hand.
"Yeah ok" . the next hour trying to fight him off and seriously considered smacking him when he suggested we have sex behind one of Gemma's trees.
Mia had long ago taken jax home and most of the other party goers were asleep.
"Ok babe it's time to go home" I said to Tig who got excited. I tried to help him to the car but he started getting handsy again and kept distracting me.
"Fucking stop!" I said moving his hand from my boob.
"Come on red ever done it in a car?" he said trying to kiss my neck.
Don't kill him don't kill him don't kill him I kept chanting in . the whole drive back to my place he tried convincing me to have sex in my car. By the time we got home I was about ready to choke him.
I threw him down on my bed and he sat up grabbing my belt loops my body closer before pushing his face into .
"I want it here" he said kissing my belly.
"Want what?" I asked.
"My crow. This is where I want you to get it" he said smiling up at me.
"Uh maybe we should talk about this when youre sober" I said pushing him down.
"I'm sober enough to know that I've been thinking about this for awhile. And that's where you're getting it." he said.
"Ok baby" I said before he passed out.
Note to self: drunk Tig is not fun while I'm sober.