"I'm so addicted too... all the things you do... when your going down on me... in between the sheets... all the sounds you make... it's every breath you take... it's unlike anything when your loving me." Saving Abel- Addicted
Tara was jolted awake from her sleep as she took in her surroundings, she was in her childhood bedroom a place she had not been in over 8 years. Jax had his arm wrapped around her waist. Then she herd what had woken her up, someone was knocking on the door, more like pounding on it.
She looked over her shoulder Jax was still asleep, "Jax we need to get up someone's here." Jax stirred from his sleep, "What?" Tara turned in his arms, "We need to get up someone is here, probably Gemma." Jax released her as she got up grabbing her bathrobe heading for the front door as Jax made his way to the bathroom.
Tara opened the door finding Gemma standing there with a bag in one hand and a tray of three coffee cups. "Morning baby girl thought I would come and make you guys breakfast before you head into work." Tara let Gemma in and made her way to the kitchen that she and Jax had cleaned up last night taking a seat at the table as Gemma set the bag and tray down handing Tara a cup.
It's just black, I know you like sugar no cream, I figured there was some here."
Tara took the cup and headed for the cabinets for the sugar as Gemma took in the surroundings trying to get a gage on how last nights talk went. She looked around the living room and noticed the couch was empty no pillows or blankets, they must have slept in Tara's bedroom.
Tara was adding sugar to her coffee as Jax came in the kitchen, "Hey Ma, the guys here with you?" She shook her head as she took out the eggs, sausage and pancake mix. "No they will be here in about an hour, I wanted to make you guys breakfast before Tara had to go into work." She handed him the creamer she picked up at the store, he took it and the coffee from the cup holders placing the cream and sugar in taking a seat next to Tara.
He leaned in to her, "its like were in school again." He said with a laugh, she slapped him on the arm, "Be nice." Gemma turned her attention to Jax and Tara, "I herd that Jackson." He smiled as she took out the pan to start up the sausage. "I just was thinking about how you use to make us breakfast before school and how nice it was."
She shook her head as she poured the mix into a bowl to start the pancakes and get the eggs going while Jax and Tara sat drinking their coffee." "Did you get the list for each room done yet Tara?" Gemma asked as she turned the sausage in the pan. Tara shook her head standing and heading to her room.
She returned with a notebook and a pen and sat in her chair and started writing out what she needed done in each room of the house. Once she finished the kitchen, dinning room and living room she placed the pen down. "I'm going to jump in the shower before breakfast is ready." Jax looked up at her, "Need any help washing your back?"
Tara shook her head, "Not this time, maybe later." Jax had a sly look on his face as Tara made her way to the bathroom while Gemma finished up breakfast. "Did you guys talk?" Jax nodded, "Yeah I told her about Wendy and the baby."
Gemma sat down in Tara's chair, "And what did she say?" Jax glanced towards the hallway in the direction Tara had left, "She was mad that I had gotten married to Wendy, but happy about the baby." Gemma nodded her head, "Good, I told you she would understand if you told her the truth."
Jax had a smile on his lips as he took a drink of coffee, "We are going to talk some more tonight, but with the club, you should be there too." Gemma looked uncertain, "Do I need to be worried?"
Jax shook his head as he knew Tara would be back soon, "No, not yet anyway. Tara will fill everyone one in on it tonight." Gemma nodded still looking uncertain, she knew Tara had a problem with one of her relationships about a year ago and was certain this could be the problem.
"Well whatever it is you know the club is there for her." Jax nodded as he took a sip of his coffee as Gemma went back to the stove to start on more pancakes and work on the eggs and sausage as she thought about what to say next. once she was finished she returned to Tara's seat sitting down she took a sip of her coffee, "I'm so glad that she's back Jackson, I think her return will be a good thing for you, me and the club." Jax nodded but was still worried, "I know, I'm glad she is back, but what happens if we can't keep her safe?"
She was about to respond when Tara entered the kitchen as Gemma headed back to the stove, "Breakfast is ready, could you grab some plates Tara." She said as she shut off the burners while Tara grabbed the plates and forks from the drawer.
They sat at the kitchen table eating as Tara and Gemma went over the list for each room to be cleaned out. Jax listened too some of their conversation while he planned out the rest of his day while he was eating, soon they would be going after the guns at one of Alveraz's warehouses that Opie and him discovered.
While they were finishing up breakfast Clay and the guys arrived entering the house, "Smells good in here, did you leave us any?" Clay said taking the seat opposite of Gemma.
She nodded, "Yes, there is a pan in the oven with pancakes, eggs and sausage. I'm following Tara over to the rental to return her car then driving her to work. Get some breakfast then start cleaning up the rooms."
She handed them the list as Tara gathered her bag and keys as she made her way outside while Gemma followed. The guys divided up the list with two of them each taking a room as they got started.
Gemma pulled up to the front entrance of St. Thomas Hospital as Tara gathered her bag unbuckling her seat belt she turned to Gemma, "Thank you" Gemma smiled, "Have a good first day and don't let them give you any shit." Tara smiled at her, "Not possible."
She opened her door, "See you tonight Gemma." She said as she climbed out of the Cadillac. "Ok Baby Girl, Jax will by to pick you up, if he can't make it I will be here." Tara nodded shutting the door and made her way inside the Hospital.
She approached the service desk where there were two woman typing on the computers, one of them looked up as she approached the desk. "Welcome to St. Thomas Hospital, how can I help you?"
She looked at the woman at the desk with a smile, "I'm Dr. Tara Knowles pediatric surgeon today is my first day." The woman smiled up at her, "Dr. Knowles it's a pleasure to meet you, I will let Mrs. Murphy know you are here, if you want to take a seat until she arrives."
Tara smiled taking a seat in the waiting area she set her bag down waiting for the Chief Administrator. She looked around the Hospital as nurses and doctors made their way around with patients waiting for assistance. This is where she felt most at home, helping people.
Jax pulled out a set of boxes from the closet as Opie was cleaning out the dresser drawers; Jax opened the boxes inspecting the contents and placing what to keep in one pile and the items to throw out in another. "How did everything go last night?" Opie asked over his shoulder.
Jax smiled thinking back to the conversation, "Better than I could have expected." Opie smiled, "Yeah from the way you two were looking at each other I expected it went well."
Jax looked over at Opie, "What do you mean, the way we were looking at each other?"
Opie laughed shaking his head, "You know what I mean, like you want to rip each others clothes off regardless of who is in the room. Which was usually me." Jax laughed, that was true, "It went alright, and there are still some things we still need to discuss but we're headed in the right direction." Opie nodded, "That's good, I know how much you need each other."
Tara had been waiting for ten minutes when a woman with reddish brown hair in her mid 40's came out from a door to the right of the service desk. This must be Mrs. Murphy her boss Tara stood as the woman approached her.
"Dr. Knowles, I'm Margaret Murphy Chief Administrator for St. Thomas Hospital." She extended her hand as Tara did the same. "Mrs. Murphy it's a pleasure to meet you." Margaret smiled at her. "The pleasures all mine, we are very excited to have you in Charming at St. Thomas, your colleague Dr. Cook spoke very highly of you."
Tara smiled, Dr. Cook had a great relationship with her and she learned a lot during her residency at Chicago. "Thank you I'm glad to be here." Margaret turned back to the door she had come out from. "If you follow me we can get you all set up, you have some paper work too fill out and we need to get you your scrubs and lab coats."
Tara followed her through the door and down the hall as they passed several rooms that contained desk and office chairs, must be the big wigs office area she thought as they approached the last room on the right. Margaret opened the door and motioned for Tara to come in.
"You can take a seat" Margaret said as she went to the cabinet and took out some papers, "You will need to fill these out before we can begin." Tara took a seat grabbing a pen as she took the papers from Margaret.
Tara has spent an hour filling out paper work as she took her time filling out all the required fields, when she was done she handed Margaret back the papers who put them in a folder. "Ok now that's done we should head down to laundry and get your scrubs and lab coats."
Tara stood and followed Margaret out the door and down the hall in which they came. As they were waling down the hall she noticed that a few of the nurses they passed were commenting as they passed her, she smiled thinking about how word travels in this small town. They probably knew who she was and her connection to SAMCRO as well.
Once Tara had gotten her scrubs and lab coats they made their way to the equipment room where she got her thesis cope and other medical supplies she would need. Margaret showed Tara around on the first floor including the lab where they ran blood test for patients.
The guys had spent the last three hours cleaning out boxes, bags and clothes and were half way finished when Gemma started making lunch for them. Piney had made three trips to the recycle plant and had at least two more to go with all the newspapers laying around the garage and on top of the Cutlass that still looked good since Tara's dad was usually too drunk to drive it anyway.
Jax and Opie had finished the bed room and started on the bathroom when Gemma called that lunch was ready they made their way to the kitchen as Jax looked around the house taking in what was accomplished.
They sat around the kitchen eating and discussing the trip to Alverez's warehouse, what day and time they would be going to send a message and retrieve their guns from the Mayans. When they were finished Jax agreed that he would take the Cutlass to TM and have Dog start working on it when Piney was done at the recycling plant he would pick Jax up and head back to Tara's.
Margaret finished giving Tara a tour of the first floor when they stopped by the cafeteria for lunch. Taking a seat at a table Margaret wanted to get to know Tara on a personal level, she seemed like a sweet girl who was very bright.
"How did you like working in Chicago?" Margaret asked Tara before biting into the sandwich. "I really enjoyed my time in Chicago; it gave me the opportunity to experience almost every situation possible. I have dealt with gun shot wounds stabs from knives, drug overdoses, premature babies, and drug addicted babies." Margaret nodded knowing that a big city like Chicago would give Tara more experience than most doctors if not all doctors at St. Thomas.
She looked at Tara, "That's great; you will fit right in here at St. Thomas." She paused for moment thinking about how to tell Tara that she would be dealing with most of that in a small town like Charming. "Charming might seem like a small town but you would be surprised, we deal with most of those things here."
Margaret leaned closer to Tara and lowered her voice, "There is a motor cycle gang here in Charming they are in here at least a few times a week with an older gentlemen that was in here last week getting treatment for emphysema."
Tara smiled thinking Margaret definitely was an observant woman, "I know about SAMCRO, I use to live here when I was younger, they might look like big bad bikers but for the most part their harmless." Tara hoped that she bought the innocent bikers speech but decided put her at ease.
"When I was a little girl my mother was sick she had cancer, it's the reason I became a doctor. When she died my father couldn't handle it so he drank a lot. I pretty much had to raise myself. Gemma who is married to the President of the club came over to make sure I was being cared for properly, when she had seen that I wasn't she took me in and raised me like her own daughter. She has been a mother to me since I was nine."
Margaret looked at Tara wanting to give her a hug, she thought of the motor cycle gang, club as Tara referred to them or SAMCRO? She wondered what that stood for. "I'm sorry about your mother." Tara nodded, "It still hurts, but Gemma and the club were there for me when my father was dealing with the loss of my mother and she supported me when I wanted to become a doctor. When I wanted to come home because I was home sick, she was there to convince me I was making the right following my dreams by becoming a doctor."
Margaret nodded, "I'm glad you had someone to care for you like that." Tara nodded finishing her lunch, she was about to stand when Margaret spoke, "Can I ask you one thing before we finish the tour" Tara looked at her with a smile, "Sure, what is it?" Margaret leaned in close to Tara again, "What is SAMCRO?"
Tara leaned back and started to laugh, "It's just an abbreviation of the clubs name, and it stands for Sons of Anarchy Motor Cycle Club Redwood Original." Margaret smiled as she gathered her tray and headed for the trash can.
They finished up the tour on the second floor making their way to the maternity ward where Tara would be spending most of her time. "I will introduce you to Kelly and Heather they are the two RN's you will be working with in pediatrics."
Kelly had just finished her rounds in the nursery as she sat at the desk to finish up her paper work before Heather returned with their lunch. The hospital had been short staffed since two nurses and a doctor had left a few months ago moving to the bigger cities.
Heather and Kelly had been working together for eight months on the maternity floor and became good friends; this helped them operate quite well together. Usually one of them would run to the cafeteria while the other covered the patients they would switch through the week, today it was her turn to fill out the paper work and Heather went to get lunch.
Finishing up her paper work she put the folders in the file holder when Heather approached with their lunch. Heather set the salad and drinks on the desk taking a seat in the vacant chair.
"Every go all right?" Heather asked as she opened her salad, Kelly nodded, "Yep every things good, I finished the paper work as well." Heather nodded, "That's great, we should have an easy afternoon with just some check ups."
Kelly nodded taking a bite of her salad, "Oh, I almost forgot." Heather said before taking a drink of her juice. "I ran into Missy in the cafeteria, she seen the new doctor with Margaret."
Kelly put her salad on the desk, "what's she like?" Heather shook her head as she put her juice down, "Don't know she didn't get to meet her but she said that she looked like she was in her mid twenties long dark hair and is kind of hot looking." Heather said the last part with a laugh knowing Missy didn't mind getting down and dirty with a woman from time to time.
Kelly was somewhat surprised, most doctors at St. Thomas were older she must be just out of medical school. This made Kelly smile, maybe they would get a doctor they could hang out and joke around with. Unlike the other doctors here they were old enough to be Kelly and Heathers mother or grandmothers.
She knew that Heather was really hoping for a younger woman that was single so they could go out to the bars together. Unlike Kelly who had grown up in Charming and married her High school sweetheart Brad, Heather was single and wanted someone to go out with so she could meet some hot guys.
"Well I hope she likes to have fun at least maybe she knows a lot of hot guys." Heather said before taking another bite of her salad. Kelly laughed at her comment, "It's not that bad is it?" Heather nodded, "Yes, I haven't had a date in months. Around the time we lost the other nurses, I haven't had any time or the energy."
Kelly nodded, she knew the feeling most nights when she got home she was so tired she could barley stay awake, most night she was falling asleep on the couch while Brad watched TV. "If it gets any worse I'm going to take my car to that biker shop for an oil change on Friday and see if I can find anything I like."
Kelly shook her head, "you don't want to do that, trust me." Heather had no idea what the Sons of Anarchy were capable of but Kelly knew from eye witness. She went to school with two of them, they were a grade ahead of her but her locker was across the hall from one of them.
Jackson Teller was always there making out with his girlfriend Tara Knowles while Opie Winston was talking to Donna Carpenter in between classes. Sometimes Kelly would imagine it was her that Jackson was wrapped up in a passionate kiss with before she met Brad.
Kelly had witnessed Jackson Teller getting into fights with people that just looked at Tara the wrong way, Opie was more of the gentle giant type who just scared people by looking at them because he was so big. Jackson Teller was a man of action that usually ended with his fist in someone's face.
Heather looked at Kelly, "Why not, some of those guys are hot especially that blond with long hair. He was in here checking on that older guy with the denim vest." Kelly finished her bite of salad, "Trust me I went to school with that guy you think is hot and his friend you wouldn't be able to handle that kind of life."
Kelly paused for a moment, "Besides he has a girlfriend or a wife, hell he probably has both." She knew that Tara moved away for college since she didn't see her with Jackson about a year after she graduated. "Really, how do you know that?" Heather asked taking another bite.
"I went to school with Jackson and Opie, they both had girlfriends Jackson dated Tara Knowles she was really smart I think she left for college and Opie Winston dated Donna Carpenter. I see the two of them around town they have two kids."
Heather took a drink, "Oh well a girl can dream" She set her drink down as they both had finished lunch taking the empty containers and tossing them in the trash, the elevator dinged announcing someone had arrived. Heather tuned to see Margaret Murphy and another woman who looked to be in her mid twenties with long dark brown or black hair, she was pretty like Missy said.
Heather made her way back to the desk where Kelly was getting her chart ready for check ups. "Hey Margaret is here with the new doctor she is pretty like Missy said." Kelly looked to the end of the hall seeing Margaret and the new doctor.
"Oh my god! I know her." Heather looked at Kelly who had a shocked expression on her face. "You know the new doctor?" Kelly looked from where Margaret and Tara were talking to Missy over at Heather and smiled, "Yes, and so do you. I just told you about her."
Heather looked confused, "The only thing you told me about was that you went to school with that hot blonde biker and his friend." Kelly nodded, "Yes and their girlfriends, well that woman over there with Margaret is Jackson Tellers girlfriend, or she use to be that's Tara Knowles"
Heather looked from Kelly over to where Margaret and Tara were standing, so this was Jackson Teller's girlfriend. She was attractive with long dark brown almost black hair a slender build with full lips and a nice rack, hell she would even take a go with that between the sheets. They were making their way over to them; Heather looked at Kelly, "Is this going to be a good thing?"
Kelly smiled and gave her a nod, "Yes, just don't mention that you think Jackson is hot, she beat some girl's ass for making out with him by her locker." Heathers eyes almost shot out of her head. "What!" She said but it was too late for Kelly to respond the new doctor and their Chief Administrator had arrived.
Tara and Margaret were heading towards the service desk on the second floor when Missy one of the ER nurses came out of the room. Margaret wanted to introduce them but wanted to wait until they made it to the second floor where Tara would be doing most of her work. "Hello Nurse Kline, I want you to meet Dr. Tara Knowles, she is our new pediatrics surgeon."
Missy smiled at her, "Hello Dr. Knowles it nice too meet you." Tara returned her smile, Thank you, it's nice too me you as well Ms. Kline. Missy turned to Margaret, "Everything is ok for Ms. Adams surgery, and I was just reviewing the procedure with her." Margaret smiled, "Thank you Ms. Kline, we don't want to keep you." She nodded looking at Tara again almost checking her out before she turned to leave. Margaret and Tara continued to the service desk where two nurses were talking with curious expressions as if they were talking about her. Tara smiled, this should be fun.
As Tara and Margaret approached the desk Tara herd one of the woman almost shout "What!" when their eyes met hers and Margaret's. "Hello Mrs. Murphy." The blonde said rising from her chair.
"Hello Mrs. Spencer, Ms. Mitchell. This is Dr. Tara Knowles the new pediatrics surgeon from Chicago." Tara looked at the two RN's with a smile and extended her hand, "Nice to meet you." She said shaking Kelly's hand. Tara studied her closely; she had seen this girl before but couldn't place it. Releasing her hand she looked at Heather who had a kind smile as she took her hand while shaking Heathers hand she noticed she was also checking her out, she almost had to laugh, the guys would love these girls she thought especially Tig. God don't go there she thought, wouldn't want to scar the poor girl for life.
After their introductions they talked about procedures around the maternity ward and some of the patients when Margaret interrupted them, "Ladies, Dr. Knowles and I need to finish up the tour, when we are finished she can spend the rest of her time getting to know the inner workings of the maternity ward."
They nodded as Tara followed Margaret down the hall towards the operating rooms, once inside Margaret showed Tara the staging area, disinfectant sinks to scrub in and waiting area for family. Tara noticed they were pretty much the same just size and layout was different from Chicago.
When they finished the second floor they made they way back to the first floor towards Margaret's office they stopped a few doors from hers as she took a key and opened a door which was an office with a desk one chair on one side and a pair on the other side, she wondered who's office this was?
Margaret turned to Tara, "This will be your office, I'm not sure you will spend much time in it but its here when you need it." She handed Tara the key as she closed the door making her way back to Margaret's office where Tara gathered her bag and lab coats as Margaret handed her two name tags and a badge with her picture ID on it clipped to a lanyard.
"This is your time card as well as you're ID; you must wear these at all times." Tara took the badge and put it over her head like a necklace putting on one of the lab coats. Margaret took a seat at her desk, "Were done for the day, if you want to spend some time with your RN's and get everything situated in your office your more than welcome, and we will see you back here at 9am tomorrow. Don't worry about clocking in for today it's been taken care of."
Tara smiled, "Thank you Margaret, I need to put these in my locker and drop off a few things in my office then I want to spend time with Kelly and Heather. I want to get to know them and see how they work together, see how I can help" Margaret smiled, "I know you'll be great."
Tara left Margaret's office heading down the hall she stopped to drop off her other lab coat in her office and made her way to the girls locker room where she put her scrubs, once she had taken care of that she went to the elevators pressing the second floor. While in the elevator she was trying to remember where she had seen Kelly, it had to be somewhere here in Charming she thought as the doors opened.
Tara took in her surrounds as she made her way back to the service desk where Kelly was sitting at the desk typing something on the computer, she looked up as Tara approached, "Hi there, I thought I would spend the rest of my day getting to know how you run things up here." Kelly smiled as she finished up the paper work clicking print with the mouse making her way over to the copy machine.
"That would be great, I'm sure Margaret gave you the abbreviated version." Tara nodded, "Yea, but I know the RN's usually have a system that works for them, I would like to get to know how you run thigs since we will be spending endless hours, days and weeks together." Kelly laughed; Tara had a sense of humor.
Kelly motioned for Tara to take the seat next to her behind the desk as she put the papers in a folder setting them on the top counter of the desk. "It's been hectic around here the last few months, but now that you're here it should settle down, and I was told that three more RN's are starting next week."
Tara looked around, "How many RN's do you have up here?" "There are four of us up here, Jenny and Tracy work the second half the day and Heather and I work the first half. Usually from 6am-6pm" Tara smiled, "That was similar to what we did in Chicago." Kelly looked at Tara for a minute as Heather came out of a patient's room placing a folder in the holder.
"Hey how's it going, did you enjoy your day with the wicked witch?" Heather said taking a seat on the desk. Tara smiled, "It wasn't too bad, is she a problem?" Kelly shook her head, "No not that bad, but she is very anal when it comes to paper work. That's why Heather and I take turns with the paper work and the other checks in the patients for the doctors."
Tara nodded, "They don't have someone to do that for you?" Heather and Kelly shook their heads, "Welcome to St. Thomas." Kelly said as Heather laughed. "Did Margaret get you everything you need, pens, paper, note pads?" Tara shook her head.
"Come with us." Heather said as she hoped down from her seat on the desk as Kelly was also on her feet, Tara stood as they made they way to the elevator. Entering Heather pressed the first floor button. She turned to Tara, "They put all the good stuff in the first floor supply room.
The elevator doors opened and they made their way down the hall where Tara got her lab coats and scrubs, they took a left instead of a right as Kelly pulled a key from her pocket and unlocked the door.
They entered the room where they were shelves of office supplies; Kelly grabbed a few things handing them to Tara. "What will you need?" Tara looked around the room, "Pens, a notebook a clip board and a scrip pad." Kelly grabbed the supplies handing them to Tara grabbing some more printer paper and some ink.
They made their way back to the elevators as they stood waiting for them to arrive, Tara finally figured out where she had seen Kelly, it was in high school she was sure that Kelly had a locker near hers. The elevator arrived as they entered pressing the button for the second floor.
Tara looked at Kelly, "You went to Charming High School didn't you?" Kelly nodded her head; "Yes" She looked at Heather who nodded her head to encourage her to say it. Kelly looked at Tara who was wearing a smirk like she was just waiting for the question.
Kelly gathered her courage, "Your Tara Knowles, you dated Jackson Teller the biker." Tara gave a chuckle as she looked at Kelly, "Yes, that was me. You remember me?" Kelly nodded her head, "Yeah I knew from the moment I seen you with Margaret, but I didn't want to say anything in front of her. Incase you were trying to keep a low profile."
Tara laughed, "There is no such thing as low profile in Charming." Kelly and Heather were laughing as the doors opened they made their way back to the desk. They took their seats as Heather just had to know, "So how does the doctor end up with the biker?"
Tara looked at Kelly and Heather, "Well it's complicated and maybe one day I will tell you the story." She said with a smile, "Didn't you get into a fight with some girl at school for making out with Jackson?" Tara looked at Kelly not sure how to respond, "Yes, Jax and I had a bit of a problem when we were starting our relationship, I was just simply reminding her that he was mine."
They looked at Tara with a bit of shocked expression as they weren't sure how to proceed, Tara decided for them, "It's like I said things with Jax and I started out a bit problematic but after that our relationship was great once we figured things out."
Kelly was wondering what that meant, "Are you two still together?" Tara nodded, "Yes, but we took a break when I left to go to San Diego and later Loyola in Chicago since I would be gone for six years there was no point pretending a long term relationship was going to work. We had agreed to see other people and we both did that."
"That doesn't bother either of you?" Tara shook her head, "Jax belongs to me and I too him." They both nodded and got on with showing Tara the inner working of the second floor at St. Thomas.
The guys had finished up the last room on the list as they moved the items to the garage for Tara to decide what she wanted to keep and what she wanted tossed out. "Are you going to pick Tara up from the hospital Jax?"
Jax set the cabinet down that Opie carried with him to the garage, Jax nodded "Yeah I was planning on it." Gemma smiled "Ok are you going to stop at the club house after?" Jax looked at Gemma, "Yeah we have a few things to discuss with the club, and then I want to spend some time with her."
"Well I'm going to finish up here then head to the club house, you better get moving she get off in ten minutes." Jax smiled as headed out the garage to his bike passing the guys on the way.
"Hey where are you going?" Clay called to Jax, "To pick Tara up from work, then we are headed back to the club house. We need to discuss a few things." Clay nodded as Jax started up his bike and tore out of the drive.
Clay looked over at Gemma, "Do you know what that is about?" Gemma shook her head, "Jax just told me that Tara and him had something they wanted to discuss with us and they would do that when they got to the club house.
Jax pulled into the main lot of St. Thomas Hospital and shut off his bike heading towards the entrance. After walking through the entire first floor he decided to head to the second floor hoping to find her there.
Jax entered the elevator pressing the button for the second as the doors closed and the elevator began to rise. When the door opened he looked around the hospital spotting her sitting at the service desk talking to two other girls. He smiled making his way to her.
Tara had just met the two other RN's for the second part of the day when they were getting ready to gather up there things and head home, Heather looked to the elevators spotting the blonds biker, "Tara I think your ride is here."
Tara looked to the elevators spotting Jax as he made his way towards her, "That's Jax, I will see you tomorrow." She smiled gathering up her supplies and made her way around the desk as Jax was waiting for her.
She leaned up on her toes and kissed him, Jax smiled at her as he put his arm over her shoulders kissing her on the temple they made their way to the elevators. The girls watched their exchange, looking at each other Kelly spoke first, "Ok your right, he is hot!" Heather nodded in agreement.
As Jax and Tara stood in the elevators she looked up at him, "How did every thing go at the house?" Jax looked down at her, "Good we got all the rooms finished and put everything we weren't sure about in the garage for you to look at."
Tara smiled as the elevator doors opened as she made her way to her office where she placed her office supplies and her lab coat while Jax waited by the door. Once she was finished she locked the door and they made their way to the parking lot.
When they arrived at the bike Jax handed Tara a helmet as she put it on Jax got on the bike while Tara climbed on the back and wrapped her arms around his torso. Jax started the bike as it roared to life Tara smiled as she loved this part of the ride Jax put it in gear and they headed for the clubhouse.
Jax loved riding his bike, it was the one time he felt free from all the pressures that go with being the heir to the thrown. He loved the feel of the wind on his face, the vibration of the engine and the force of acceleration when he hit the throttle.
Today was different with Tara on the back of the bike, he felt alive as they rode through town getting glances from the local's that were walking the sidewalks from shop to shop. Jax wanted to continue their ride but he knew the rest of the club was waiting for them at TM.
Jax pulled the bike into TM and parked in his spot between Clay and Tig shutting off the bike they climbed off removing their helmets. Tara handed Jax her helmet as Jax placed his on the brake handle he looked to Tara. "Ready to do this?" Tara nodded as they made their way to the clubhouse.
Gemma made her way over to them when they entered the clubhouse wrapping Tara in her arms, "How was work?" Tara smiled, "It was good" Gemma smiled as she looked at Clay who nodded towards the table.
"Ok let's get started" Clay and the rest of the guys made their way inside the room as Gemma and Tara followed. The guys made room for the woman between Clay and Jax where two chairs had been set up.
Taking their seats Jax looked at Tara and then at Clay who spoke first, "Alright why don't you fill us in on what's going on." He said lighting up a cigar. Jax was holding Tara's hand as she gave it a little squeeze for encouragement he began.
"Last night Tara and I had a discussion about the last six years, we both made some bad decisions with our personal lives and that could have an effect on the club." Gemma looked at Clay she could tell he did not like where this was going.
Jax continued, "You all know about Wendy and the mistakes I made." They all nodded and a few even laughed. "Well it would seem I'm not the only one who makes bad decisions." He looked at Tara and smiled thinking back to their conversation last night, "Tara told me we don't make good decisions with the opposite sex when we are apart."
"Well no shit!" Clay said as the table erupted in laughter while Tara and Jax didn't quite share in the humor. Once they finished Clay motioned for them to continue. Jax looked to Tara and gave her a nod.
Tara took a deep breath and continued, "It was hard for me when I left Charming, I was so busy with school that I didn't really date while I was in San Diego. When I left for Chicago for medical school I was so busy with my studies I only went on a few dates."
She looked around the table trying to gather courage for the next part as Jax squeezed her hand lightly to encourage her. She continued on, "While I was finishing up medical school I started my internship at Chicago Presbyterian. During that time I met a guy who was visiting a friend who had been shot."
Tara glanced at Jax who nodded his head for her to continue, "He asked me if I would like to get coffee, I agreed since it was in the hospital cafeteria. We just talked about his friend and his recovery that day. Over the next few weeks we would talk when he was visiting his friend."
Tara continued on, "The last day his friend was in the hospital he asked me out to dinner which I accepted." She looked around the table to judge their reactions and found no discontent so she continued, "While on our date we discussed our lives and occupations. I didn't mention you guys." She said before they could ask, "Since he already knew I was a doctor we talked about his profession."
Tara paused for the courage to get out the next line, "He is a cop." The table was silent for a minute as Tara looked up at Clay who jut sat there a little stunned. Clay leaned forward and set his cigar in the tray. "I'm sorry baby girl, but my hearing must not be what it once was because I could have sworn you said he is a cop."
Tara nodded looking down at her hands in shame; she was embarrassed about the situation. "Yes he is a cop, but that's not the worst part." Clay let out a breath and ran his hands over his face trying to wash away what he just heard. "Alright let's hear the worst part."
Tara continued on, "When we first started dating everything was fine, but after a few weeks he started to change. He would show up at the hospital wanting to see me brining flowers as an excuse. He would be in my apartment when I wasn't there using the excuse he wanted to surprise me." He became possessive wanting to know where I was at all times, shit like that."
"When I tried to end the relationship he would argue with me trying to make me feel guilty about not spending any time with him or saying that it would get better he just had a bad week at work. When I finally ended the relationship he got angry and abusive."
"What the hell do you mean he got abusive, did he hit you?" Tara was still looking at the table just nodded as the table erupted in anger, "He's a dead man", "I will kill him for even touching you." "I will gut the bastard myself." Tig was the last one to say.
Tara gave him a smile thanking him for the statement, "When he wouldn't except that I didn't want to see him anymore I went to the police to get a restraining order, but was denied the first two times." The guys just shook their heads unable to believe the police wouldn't even do anything because it was one of their own, and justice for all my ass. Clay thought.
"I was able to obtain a restraining order from the third police station I went to, but I knew that wouldn't stop him so I got a gun an a permit just too be safe." The guys nodded at this statement, when you can't get help you take it upon yourself to get things done, they taught her well.
Tara continued, "About a week after that I found out I was pregnant, I know that I wasn't going to keep it, I didn't want anything that was going to bind me to that psycho. The problem is he found out, probably by using his badge. He came over to my house a few days after trying to make me feel guilty about it and trying to get me to come back to him. When I refused he hit me, when he turned around to get something I ran to the bathroom and climbed out the window, I ran to a friend's house where I stayed until I could come up with a plan to get away from him."
Tara paused for a moment looking at Jax, he smiled letting her know it was going to be alright, "I told the hospital my situation so they would know I didn't want to see him if he turned up looking for me. I talked to my adviser to see if I could transfer somewhere else when he asked if I had a preference I told him Charming California. So I stayed at my friends until the arrangements went through, once they did I jumped on a plane and here I am."
The guys just sat there stunned at what Tara had just told them looking at one another then to Tara and Jax. Before they could speak Tara had to let them know the worst part.
"He will come after me at some point by using his badge, he can trace my phone, get my records on his computer, where I went to school the house I live in."
Clay thought for a moment and came up with a quick plan, "Juice get Tara a phone." Juice got up and went to the cabinet pulling out a cell he placed it in front of her on the table and returned to his seat. "Use this from now on until this is over." Tara took the phone and placed it in her bag.
"I will go to the station and talk to Unser tomorrow so we can ahead of this." Clay said as he was forming a plan but before he could continue Tara interrupted him. "His name is Joshua Kohn." Tara looked around the table stopping at Clay she looked directly into his eyes. "He is an ATF agent." "Fuck!"
Clay looked at Gemma, "Those are your kids." He shook his head, what the hell were they going to do now?
"I never told him anything about the club or any of you guys, he seen my crow and I told him that I got it when I graduated high school because I love the bird."
"He never notice Jax's name but if he does some research he can find out we were arrested a few times and make the connection. Then he will look into the club use your past against you."
The guys were looking around the table not sure how to proceed, "Knowing how Joshua thinks he can use guns as the reason he is here, saying they arrested someone with a gun and it lead him here."
"Do you think that's what he will do?" Jax asked for the rest of them, Tara nodded, "He won't come after the club but I think he will use the guns for a reason to come after Jax when he finds out we are together."
"Let him come after me, I will kill that asshole for even touching you." Tara was happy to hear Jax statement but worried about what he will do to Kohn. "Jax you can't do that Kohn is crazy but he also is dangerous and an ATF agent."
They looked at Clay, "What do you want to do Pres." Bobby said I'm sure they all had an idea but they had to be smart about this. "I will talk to Unser give him the heads up about a visit form the ATF." He looked at Tara, "I know you wont like this baby girl, but you are not allowed to go anywhere without one of us."
Tara was about to object when Jax put his hand on her shoulder, "Clay is right Tara if Kohn is in town he will be watching you and waiting for his moment to strike." The guys nodded in agreement.
"When I'm not with Tara I think we should have Half Sack watch her." The guys were ok with that if Jax was. "Jax do you think this is really necessary?" Tara asked as she didn't want anyone else on Kohn list.
"Yes it is until we have this taken care of" Before Tara could respond Clay put a stop to it, "You just came back to us and we will not be loosing the Princess to some whack job ATF agent with some vendetta."
Tara knew when to give up and she did nodding her head in agreement, "Ok until this is settled I will agree to have Kip with me when Jax is unavailable."
"Ope could you go and get Half Sack we have a job for him." Clay said relighting his cigar.
When Opie returned with Half Sack he took his seat and Clay pointed to the chair behind Jax and Tara for him to sit.
"We have a job for you Sack and it's rather important." Half Sack glanced around the table wondering what he would be doing. Clay looked at Half Sack"There is an ATF agent that is obsessed with Tara we think he will be coming after her, until this is taken care of you will be looking after her when she isn't here or at home with Jax."
Half Sack sat there for a moment taking what Clay had just said in, this was big, not some bullshit job like cleaning up after a party or sweeping out the garage. He was worried and honored at the same time, Jax was entrusting him to protect the most important person too him. He would not let Jax down; he would gut that fucking ATF agent if he came near Tara.
Jax was looking at Half Sack waiting for him to workout what they had asked of him, after a moment he nodded, "Yeah, I can do that." Jax smiled as he nodded his head letting Half Sack know that he appreciated it.
"Juice I want to know everything you can get on Joshua Kohn ATF agent by tomorrow morning. That will give us an advantage." Juice was up and heading to his computer to do some work as the rest of them stood and left the room.
Jax wanted to get Tara home and spend some time with her away from the chaotic life that seemed to follow them no matter where they go. She was talking to Gemma who was making sure that Tara was going to be ok with everything going on.
"Everything is going to be ok the club will handle it, I'm glad you told Jax and the club. Your not alone in this fight Tara, but even so you need to be protected incase Josh comes after you." Tara nodded her head knowing Gemma was right. "I know, I have a berretta at the house I use to carry it when I was in Chicago."
Gemma smiled, they did teach her well, "That's good baby girl, I will be over tomorrow morning to take you to work, and your car should be ready after you get out."
Jax and Tara made their way over to his bike, strapping on their helmets they got on the bike as Jax pulled out of TM's lot and headed home.
Once they arrived home Tara checked the refrigerator and cabinets to see what Gemma had purchased from the store and decided on chicken and rice. She pulled out a pan and pot filled it with some water as Jax took a seat at the kitchen table.
Once they were finished eating Tara was cleaning up the plates as Jax took a beer out of the fridge and opened it. "Do you have Saturday off?" Tara nodded he head, "Yeah I'm off Saturday and Sunday then I'm going to be working a few nights from 11pm-10am."
Jax smiled, "Good cause I want to take you somewhere on Saturday just me and you" Tara smiled as she placed the pan in the drying rack, "That sounds good, are you going to tell me where we are going?"
Jax shook his head, "No, but I can tell you that you will like it." Tara smiled, "Alright I guess I will just be surprised then." She tossed the towel on the counter and went over to Jax as he wrapped his arms around her. "What do you want to do now?" Jax asked as he kissed the top of Tara's head.
She smiled up at him, "I was thinking about taking a shower." Jax released her as she stepped back and headed for the bathroom. Jax was just about to take a drink of his bear when Tara called over her shoulder, "Care to join me?" Jax smiled setting his bear down and heading for the bathroom almost in a run.
To Be continued.