CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND ONE

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Jax throws the towel on the rope and steps towards me with an unreadable look on his face and for a split second I wonder if he's about to rip strips off me and tell me he'd asked her to be there, the one caveat I'd placed on her presence near him was if he asked.

He stops so our toes are barely touching and lifts a hand, wiping a spot on my cheek before pulling the towel from my hands and tossing it onto the concrete, he blinks and as his eyes open I realise he's keeping his emotions locked up for some reason. He runs his hands down my arms and then back up, sliding one hand to the back of my neck he pulls me forwards and crushes his lips to mine, his tongue darting into my mouth when I suck in a startled breath.

There's silence around us when Jax's lips part from mine, the group that had been gathered has dispersed to different corners of the lot. It takes several seconds before I open my eyes and look up at him curiously "You alright baby?"

Jax nods and kisses me again his hand moving to rest in the middle of my back "Yep. You feeling better?"

I nod and wrap my arms around his waist "Want to get a drink and tell me what that was about?"

Jax frowns as I jerk my head towards the ring and shakes his head "I don't have a choice do I?"

I pull out of his arms and pick up his shirt and kutte and hand them to him "Nope."

Jax sighs and moves to the picnic table where Opie and Juice are currently sitting with Al and Donna, a few bottles of beer in front of them and my forgotten drink. Sliding his t-shirt and kutte back on he tosses his hoodie onto the table and straddles the bench beside me pulling me till I'm leaning against his chest. "How much have B1 and B2 already told you?"

I laugh at the names he's given my two best female friends and shrug "Just that some comparisons were made between me and a dead crack-whore."

Jax takes a swig of his beer and shrugs one shoulder "Then you know all you need to know. He compared you to Wendy and I educated him about how wrong he is."

Donna laughs "And then you came out and reinforced that by beating the shit out of Ima and a most spectacular fashion."

I can't help the little giggle that bubbles out "She did get a warning; it was her choice not to listen."

Al wiggles closer to Juice and smiles at us all "You know S, you always told me you had no problems with violence, I just never saw it till now. I'm kinda glad they took your gun off you."

She giggles at the expression that crosses my face and I poke my tongue out at her "Love you too Al. Shall I tell Juice all about your recent obsession with a certain series of really bad movies?"

Al blushes faintly and ducks her head "No. He already knows."

Juice runs his hand over her hair and rests his hand on her hip "It's okay Ali I love you even if you like crap movies."

My eyes widen to an almost cartoon expression when she nods against his chest and peeks up at me through her eyelashes before stroking her hand over the shaved side of his head "I know, I love you too."

I bounce in my seat excitedly and it takes Jax setting his hands on my shoulders before I stop moving "Calm down Sarah before you bounce off the seat."

Ignoring him for a second I fix my eyes on Al's face "So when does Hap get put to work."

Al grimaces slightly at the thought of someone else inking her, her artwork was all done by one person, who had apprenticed with her. "I don't know. It's a little hard."

I reach over and grab her hand "I know Al, but Juice would have told you it's a club tradition."

Al nods and tugs my fingers lightly "He did, and I get that."

"But it's hard for you to let anyone else near you with a tattoo machine. Al, you've done every single piece of my ink and every one of my 23 piercings. How hard do you think it was letting Hap near me with needles and ink, but it's something that's as important to this club as the patch is." Al nods and picks up her drink.

"23?" Juice is looking confused.

I nod picking up my own drink and taking the first mouthful "Yep, 23."

I can see Juice's mouth moving as he counts the piercings that he can see "I only see 18."

I raise an eyebrow and almost snort when he realises that means that I have 5 piercings that aren't visible. Al laughs so hard she has to rest her head on the table when Jax shakes his head "Ain't no way on earth that you're seeing any more."

Donna falls into the same hilarity that seems to have grabbed Al when I lift the bottom of my shirt and show the twin piercings in my bellybutton. "He can see those, but after that nope. You're right, the rest are for your viewing only."

Juice's eyes widen as he leans down to Al's ear "You did ALL her piercings?"

Al nods and leans into his embrace finally getting her giggles under control enough to speak "I did."

Jax growls low in his throat and the glare that he aims Al makes me laugh till he scoops me off the seat, swinging his leg over so he's facing the table and setting me on his knee. "Don't remind me."

I laugh as I lean against Jax's chest "Why baby, did you want to be the one that pierced me?"

Jax groans into my hair as he barely moves his head in an affirmative. I giggle a little as Al lifts her head "I don't think so. If S had been in Charming she never would have been able to get the ones that aren't for public viewing."

Juice holds up his hands and stands up "I do not want to be present for this conversation, I like my nuts exactly where they are and if I hear about pierced parts I'm sure it'll be my brain missing as well as my balls. I'm going to get drinks."

Jax drains his bottle and hands it to Juice "Get some right round Juicy."

Opie gets to his feet "Sorry bro, you can deal with that all on your lonesome."

Donna shakes her head, her shoulders still twitching with giggles "Oh hell no, I'm staying for this."

Juice and Opie head inside and Jax looks over at Al "Why wouldn't she have gotten them when living here?"

Al raises an eyebrow "Well, for a start we know you can't leave her alone for more than a few hours. The nipple piercings took 2 weeks to heal. The clit piercing took 4. That was no stimulation for that whole period of time."

"Aw fuck." Jax groans "I guess I have to admit defeat then, she sure as fuck wouldn't have gotten them if I had to keep my hands to myself for that long."

Donna and I both burst out laughing as Al nods once "Told you so."