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Charming Is Not so Charming

Chapter Four: Flirting with Juice

Juliet walked into St. Thomas and headed towards the NICU. She bumped into Tara.

"Hey." Juliet said.

"Hey." Tara said. "Abel's stomach surgery went well but it's putting a strain on his system. They need to do the heart surgery now."

"Ok, that's good, right?" Juliet asked her.

"It's the best option."

Juliet nodded and put her purse on her shoulder.

"How have you been?" She asked. "Heard that you left Charming a few years ago."

"Yeah, seems like we both couldn't stay away from Charming."

"Um." Tara said looking down at her folder.

"I came back because of Abel." She told her old friend. "What's your excuse?"

"I guess I missed Charming."

"Did you miss Charming or my brother?" Juliet asked with a smile.

"That was a long time, Juliet." Tara said.

"Yeah, but you know what they say, "Old habits die-hard"." She told Tara with a smile. "I'm going to go check on my ex sister-in-law. Thanks doc for everything."

She headed over to Wendy's room and walked inside.

"You must be Juliet." She said from her bed. "Jax has told me a lot about you."

"Yeah and he's told me about you too."

Before Wendy could respond, the door open and the two women turned their attention to the door. It was Gemma.

"Looks like the kid might actually be around to see his first birthday." Gemma said with a frown.

"Thank God." Wendy said with a sigh.

"Yes, thank you God." Gemma said putting her purse down and walked over to the hospital bed. "We should say a little prayer. Come on, Juliet…join us."

Juliet went to the side of the bed and she took Wendy's hand and Gemma took the other.

"Dear God, thank for saving this boy from his murderous junkie mom…"

Juliet looked up at her mom with a raised eyebrow.

"Who care more about a $40 rush than she did her own flesh and blood."

"Don't you dare." Wendy said getting alittle emotional and snatching her hands from the Teller women.

"Don't I dare?" Gemma asked. "You pathetic whore. Guess the D.A. was impressed with your Bible studies. I hear they're not going to press charges."

"When I check out of here, I'm going to rehab."

"Let's just throw money at those 12-step freaks." Juliet spoke up.

Wendy turned her attention to her. Now she was trapped inside a room with two Gemmas and was starting to panic.

"How long is it gonna last this time? 6 months?" Gemma asked walking away from the bed with the Bible in her hand.

She had her backed turned to Wedny and Juliet.

"It's gonna be different this time. I have my baby to live for."

"That's where you're wrong." Gemma said turned back around and going back to the bedside. "You have no baby. You lost that privilege."

Gemma suddenly grabbed Wendy by the throat. Wendy looked towards Juliet for assistant but to no avail.

"You so much as cast a shadow on that kid…try to turn some legal screw and get custody, I will finish job. He will never call you, 'Mommy'."

She let go of her neck and Wendy coughed.

"I suggest you turn to Jesus." Gemma told her ex daughter-in-law as she set the Bible back on the table.

"Nice meeting you, Wendy." Juliet said walking to the door with her mom. "We should do this again sometime."

Gemma and Juliet walked out and headed for the parking lot.

"So, what did you put in the Bible, Gemma?" Juliet asked. "A syringe?'

Gemma just looked at her daughter and Juliet nodded.

"She's a weak one." Juliet commented. "She'll use it."

"That's what I'm planning one."

"I'm going to stick around here and go see Abel."

"I'm heading back home." Juliet said opening her car door. "See you later."

The next morning, thanks to Clay's credit card, she went and picked out furniture for her new house. Clay said she could get whatever she needed but no deliver charges. That task was up to Juice and the prospect. So she made them spent their morning shopping for furniture and they drove the truck to her house.

"Where do you want the couch, Jules?" Juice asked as he and Half Sack brought in the couch.

"Right there." She said pointing to where she wanted it.

They set the couch down and Juice's cell rang. He took the call and hung up a few moments later.

"Sack, we gotta go to TM." He told the prospect.

"I could use help putting my bed frame together later." She told Juice.

"Yeah, sure." He said.

She gave him a seductive smile and he cleared his throat.

"Just call later and I'll set it up for you."

"Oh I will."

He walked out the front door quickly and she giggled knowing she made the Puerto Rican very nervous.

Her mom came through the door an hour later with bags.

"What's that?" Juliet asked.

"It's dishes and stuff for the kitchen." Her mom said walking to the kitchen and putting the bags on the counter. "You can't cook or eat without them."

"I have all of that back in Hawaii…it's just so expensive having everything shipped back that I just decided to leave it."

"Juice and the new kid got the job done quick, didn't they?" Gemma observed."

"Not quite. Clay called and they had to head to TM." Juliet said. "So my bedroom suite isn't set up yet. Juice said he'd help me out later."

"Juice, huh?" Gemma asked sitting down at the small kitchen table and pulling out a joint.

Gemma lit it, took two hits and passed it to her daughter.

"What can I say?" Juliet asked with a shrug taking a hit of the joint and passing it back. "I have a thing for Puerto Ricans with Mohawks and tribal tattoos."

Gemma laughed.

"Does Clay and Jax know about your Puerto Rican fetish?"

"Should it matter?" Juliet asked getting up and putting on a pot of coffee. "He's a member, right? Besides I should be able to see whoever I want."

"That's my girl."

Later that night, Juliet went to her mom's for dinner and everyone was there but Opie and Donna. It made Juliet a little sad. She knew Opie was having a hard time with choosing between his wife and kids and the club. She knew the reason Opie wasn't at the family dinner was because of Donna.

Everyone was laughing and talking passing around plates of food. She was sitting across from Jax beside Bobby and her brother smiled at her from across the table. He was happy his little sister was home.

After having a few beers and a good meal, everyone was getting ready to go home and call it a night. She seen Juice heading for his bike.

"Hey, uh…Juice?"