A/N: Trigger warning for sexual assault, so if that bothers you I'd skip the seventh (or eighth) paragraph. And just a little PSA JT is played permanently by Imogen Poots. She just has the face I'm looking for when it comes to JT's emotions. So please review!
Gemma went back to the house the next morning, gently waking JT from her sleep.
"Gem? Where's Jax?" JT asked groggily
"Church. I'm going to bring you to the station" She answered
JT nodded and pushed herself into a sitting position on the bed, then stood up, stretching out before changing her clothes and dragging her bag into the living room, where Gemma was waiting.
"You gonna bring that?" she questioned
JT shook her head "No, it's going to stay in the trunk. Should I bring the car to the lot first?"
"No. We need to talk. I'll have the prospect tow it"
"Talk about what?"
Gemma didn't answer her question, just began to walk outside. Confused, JT hoisted her bag over her shoulder and followed her. After tossing the bag in her trunk, she joined Gemma in her caddy and the two pulled away from the house.
It was silent at first, so JT tried to break the silence
"Abel gets out today right?" she asked
Gemma nodded but didn't say anything. A thick tension filled the air, making JT panic to the point of snapping
"Jesus Christ Gemma! What's going on?" she yelled
Gemma pulled the car over and looked at JT "You should've been told this a long time ago. I told him to tell you, but he still hasn't and I'm done waiting"
"Tell me what? You told who to tell me?" she questioned
"The truth Jude. I'm going to tell you the truth"
"What truth?"
Gemma sighed "Jax is your father, Jude"
JT's breath hitched "What? No"
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner"
"Why? Why didn't anyone tell me!"
"Jax thought you were better off with that other family than you were with us. Safer."
"Better off? Yeah, clearly I'm a lot better off! On the goddamn streets again!"
"Hey! You are not going to be on the street. Jax and I have been talking to Unser and our lawyer, and we're going to get custody of you"
Tears filled JT's eyes and she turned her head to look out of the window, biting her thumb
"Go," she told Gemma
"What?" she replied
"Go. Drive. I don't give a shit about anything, I'm not going to juvie for this bullshit" JT answered
Gemma put the car back in gear and drove off toward the station. She watched her granddaughter walk in, seeing Unser escort her away from the door.
"In this house, we have rules. Now, I know some of you aren't used to having them, but you will follow them. If you do not, you will earn yourself a trip to juvenile hall." The man running the house dryly explained to the new arrivals "Breakfast is at 6:30, miss it and you will not eat. Lunch is at noon and dinner is at 6. Same applies for every meal. Unless you have a job or other commitment, you are expected to return to this house immediately after school, and yes I require proof of this. Lights out at 9. There are no cell phones or electronic devices allowed, so pass them up ladies" he finished, reaching his hand out for the devices. The others passed up their phones, JT handing him a dummy phone she scored from Juice the previous day. He stared at her a few moments longer than necessary before finishing the rules and house tour. Everyone in the house received a chore, JT landing bathroom cleaning duty for mouthing off to the guy in charge.
Thankfully, JT was able to escape the house to go down to the garage and she was hoping to see Jax, craving a confrontation with him.
Jax walked into the hospital room to see Gemma sitting on the rocking chair watching Abel in his incubator. He walked around to the other side of his son, facing his mother and staring at her while she made a face at him.
"I'm sorry" he finally told her "I didn't mean to go off on you last night"
"I'm sorry too" she replied "It was a crazy day"
Jax nodded and Gemma sighed, getting up and moving closer to him
"Strange time, Jax. So much shit is changing. I just worry...about you, about him, about JT"
"About Tara" Jax finished, causing Gemma to look straight up at him. "What happened between me and Tara...It's ancient history, mom."
"She hurt this family. Tried to pull you away"
"I didn't leave did I?"
"But she did. Broke your heart"
Jax sighed "I guess"
"You guess?" Gemma snapped "She crushed you, Jax!"
"I was 19. It was first love bullshit. I grew up, I got over it. It's time you got over it too"
"Somebody hurts your baby, you never get over it"
Jax smiled at her, looking down at his son "You take care of JT this morning?"
Gemma moved away from the incubator "Yeah, something like that"
"What do you mean? You dropped her off didn't you?"
She nodded "Yeah. I also told her the truth"
Jax's face dropped "What did you tell her?"
Gemma didn't answer or look at her son
"Mom! What did you tell JT?" he shouted
Gemma turned back to him sharply, "I told her the truth about who she is Jackson! The truth you weren't telling her!"
He slammed his hand on the wall "Dammit mom! Why?"
"Because she had a right to know! And I got tired of waiting for you to decide to tell her"
Jax opened his mouth to reply but was cut off by his cell phone ringing
"What?" he answered
"Jax, you should get to the garage. JT is here and she's pissed as hell looking for you" Juice told him
"I'm on my way, just try and calm her down"
Juice agreed and hung up. Jax turning back to his mother with a glare
"That was Juice. JT is looking for me at the garage, pissed as hell" he told her
"Dr. Namid's still in surgery, so he won't be out of there for a while" she replied
"I know. I came early to talk to you. We need a favor"
Jax came back to the clubhouse, covered in blood from helping out a truck accident on his way back. Momentarily forgetting her anger, JT followed everyone into the clubhouse, hearing them talk about meth found in the truck
"Darby runs a meth lab out of a diesel yard in Pope. It's usually where the mill drivers score their stuff" JT told them
Jax looked at her from washing his hands "How the hell do you know that?"
"I had a few run-ins with Darby and his boys. Dumbass rednecks think they can race their trucks against some actual racing cars, high as hell. It's easy money" she answered with a shrug
"This is definitely Darby's shit" stated Juice "This rocks been stepped on so many times it's barely a narcotic"
"See, Darby's making his move into Charming dealing at that lumber mill," says Tig "Clay, we gotta send this Nazi asshole a clear message now"
"All right!" Jax cuts in "Why don't we just go talk to the driver? Ask him where he bought the meth"
The other club members stared at him
"Go" Clay finally conceded
Jax ripped his shirt away from Tig and started leaving with Ope
"How's McKeevy's cash piling up?" asked Chibs
"Luann came up with fifty, we need twenty more" Clay replied "Got six hours to find it"
They began to disperse, leaving Chibs, Juice, JT, and Half-Sac at the bar
"If you ever want to own a top rocker, Prospect, then you better bring twenty grand to the table, sharpish. You got me?" Chibs told Half-Sac, tapping his cheek. Juice tapped the side of his head, getting off of the bar stool
"Guys, hold up" JT called "Prospect get lost"
Half-Sac stared at her, not believing she just gave him an order
"You heard her. Beat it" Chibs snapped
Reluctantly, he walked away, leaving the three of them alone.
"What's going on, kid?" questioned the Scotsman
"You guys need cash for the club right?" she replied
"That's not something-" Juice began
"I can front you ten grand. Maybe fifteen" she stated, cutting him off
"How do you have money like that?"
"No legal way, that's for damn sure"
"And you're willing to just front us that much cash?"
"Sort of. I want answers, you two give them to me and the money's yours"
"What answers?"
"Gemma told me about Jax this morning. Did you guys know too?"
The two men looked at each other
"We all did" Chibs answered
"How long?" she questioned
"He had me look into all of you when you moved in. I found everything out and told him the next day...everyone else found out later on" Juice told her
"What do you mean you found out everything?"
"I mean, Jax and I know all of it. Everything that happened to you"
JT paused, wiping the tears forming in her eyes "Was he ever going to tell me himself?"
"He wanted to. But, this life...it can be dangerous at times. He thought that if he didn't tell you and you stayed with that family...that you'd be spared and have a good life" Chibs answered
"Some good life!" she snapped "Walking on eggshells all the time because every step I take is scrutinized and one wrong move can land me in a place that no one wants to be. Always on edge because you never know when you're going to be moved or if the next people are going to be good to you or not. What kind of good life is that?"
Neither men had an answer for her, so she scoffed and moved away from the bar
"I'll have the money in a few hours" she stated, leaving to go gather the cash
A few hours and a couple annoying phone calls later, JT was coming back with the money, when she saw Half-Sac running toward an ambulance and Juice standing near the tow truck
"Oh no, he's not!" Juice exclaimed, Half-Sac getting into the ambulance and driving away "Yes he is"
"What the hell is he doing?" she asked
"I have no idea and I really don't want to know" he answered, "You good?"
She nodded "Yeah. You going back to the garage?"
"Yup"
"Good"
She walked around the tow truck and got in the passenger side, Juice joining her shortly after, the pair of them heading off to Teller-Morrow.
"So you stole an ambulance?" Tig questioned as soon as Juice and JT walked into the garage
"I had nothing to do with this" Juice stated
"Where's Clay?" JT asked
"Right here" Clay replied, leaning in the doorway
She walked over to him and handed over the bag "Fifteen grand"
"What the hell?"
"For the club. You can pay me back when you can"
He looked at her and nodded his thanks
"Look, I gotta get back to the group home. Have Gemma call me when Abel gets out, I'll bust out" she told them, backing up and leaving the garage.
Jax arrived not too long after she left with the rest of the money, plus a little extra, learning that some of it was fronted by JT in exchange for some answers from Juice and Chibs. Later on, he sent her a text to meet him at the hospital when Gemma showed up to tell him that Abel was being taken out.
After receiving a message from both Jax and Gemma, JT slowly crept out of her bedroom and snuck down the hallway, freezing when she heard the heavy footsteps of the caretaker, Harvey.
"What the hell are you doing?" he slurred
He was clearly drunk and from past experiences, JT knew that it could go one of two ways. Either she tricks him and he falls for it or he becomes violent. Good or Bad. No in-between
"Bathroom" she answered
He stumbled closer to her, the smell of alcohol reeking off of him "You have an attitude, you know that?"
"I didn't-"
He grabbed her face "Foul mouth for a pretty girl"
JT was frozen in fear, unable to speak or move. He still had a hold on her face and he felt his other hand move to her inner thigh, slowly creeping upward
"You'd be smart if you just kept quiet" he whispered
"Stop" she cried out "Stop it!" finally she pushed at him, making him stagger back a few feet. Taking the opportunity now that his hands were off of her, she bolted out of the house and kept running until the house was nowhere in sight.
Eventually, she made it to the hospital, still shaking and crying from what had occurred at the group home. She made her way up to Abel's room, seeing Jax bouncing and cradling him on the rocking chair from the window. Tara and Gemma were both in the room but didn't see her either. She snapped a few pictures on her phone, then ducked behind a hall when the two women turned to leave the room. She peered into the room once more before leaving, opening her phone to call an old friend.
"Yo, Esai. You still need me for that job?" she questioned, walking out the back entrance to the hospital.
"You bet. Let me know where you are, I'll pick you up."
Esai picked her up, handing her a too-large black hoodie and a ski mask, along with his extra Glock. They pulled onto the street, parking in front of the house
"Put the mask on" Esai ordered "All you need to do is find those ATF files. Got it?"
"Yeah" JT replied
"Ay, you gonna back out now? Because it's now or never"
"I'm in. Just feel like shit about it"
"Since when?"
"Since I got some hard truths. But, I figured I need more people on my side"
He nodded, looked at the house "Let's go"
His friend pulled out the gun and Esai put up his hood. The exited the car, JT waiting by the bushes. The two men burst in, firing shots
"Let's go!" one of them called
JT ran in and began searching the house, stepping over the bodies. She found a manilla folder with the ATF seal on it, holding it out to Esai
"Got it," she told him "Let's go"
Esai hesitated, looking at the bodies
"What's the matter man?" shouted his friend
"I'm not sure this is the right dude" he replied, "Goddamn it's gotta be!"
"We gotta split dog, let's go!"
One by one they all ran out of the house and back to the car, speeding back toward the Mayan's clubhouse.
"Shit kid. You need us to drop you off?" he asked her
She shook her head "I'll figure it out in the morning. I just need a place to crash"
"I'll put you up for the night. Just crash in my room"
She thanked him, walked back into his bedroom and sat on the bed, finally letting the panic wash over her. She sobbed, her breath coming out in short gasps, not stopping until the sun was peaking over the horizon.
A/N: Gemma. Handling shit herself since the beginning. Let me know what you guys think or if you have any questions!