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Charming Is Not so Charming

Chapter Eight: You Woke up Wearing What?

Juliet tried calling Juice several times but got no answer. She figured he was with the club taking care of the carnie who assaulted Tristan Oswald. Thanks to her mom, the club got the information from the teen about who did that to her.

After waiting until the wee hours of the morning, she gave up on Juice and called it a night.

She was sitting at the counter drinking some water and reading her dad's manuscript when she heard a bike pull up. She went to look out her kitchen window and seen it was Juice. She put the script into one of the cabinets as he knocked on her door. She went to the door and swung it open with a frown.

"Woah, hey." He said taking off his sunglasses.

"Hi." She said turning around and walking back to her kitchen.

He walked inside and closed the door.

"I know you're mad." He said walking to the kitchen.

"I'm not mad." She said shaking her head. "Club business."

"Not exactly." He said making a face. "So, you weren't with the guys last night."

"I don't remember anything except taking some pills of Tig's and waking up this morning in front of the police station wearing a sign and diaper."

"You woke up wearing what?" Juliet said in a fit of giggles.

He gave her a look which only made her laugh harder.

"I'm sorry." She said trying to compose herself. "Payback from something?"

"Probably for two things." He said sitting down on the bar stool. "I was supposed to do something but passed out and the second was sleeping with Juliet Teller."

"Aww." She said grabbing his face. "I don't think it was about me. Want to give me a ride to the garage?"

"Yeah." He said kissing her lips.

"Ok, I'm going to go change."

She went to her room and changed. Half an hour later, her and Juice pulled up at the garage and she seen Tara fixing to get into her mom's Caddy when Half Sack called for her. Tara walked back to the garage. Juice backed the bike up in his spot and Juliet got off and took the helmet off and handed it to Juice. She gave him a quick peck and walked over to her mom's car.

"What's wrong?"

"Tara brought her dad's cutlass in to get looked at and I'm giving her a ride home."

Juliet raised her eyebrow.

"I'm not going to do anything." Her mom said. "I promise."

"Yeah, ok." Juliet said. "I'll stick around here. Looks like we're pretty busy today."

"Make sure Lowell looks at her car."

"Ok." She said walking towards the garage.

She gave Tara a wave as she walked into the office. A few minutes later, Tig came into the office.

"Hey, Jules." He said with a smile as he sat down on the couch beside the desk. "We haven't had much time to talk since you came back."

"You've been too busy doping people and putting signs on their chest and putting them in diapers in front of the local P.D."

"Hey." He said defending himself. "That dumbass was the one that took the sleeping pills and I didn't have anything to do with that."

"That had your name written all of it." She told him displeased.

After staring at him for a minute, a smile crossed her face.

"It's all good, Tig. I still love you."

He smiled.

"I want you to take care of yourself while we're gone." He told her. "You carrying."

"Always." She told him with a smile. "Where is the club going?"

"We've got to go help Jury out in Nevada." He told her. "We should only be gone a few days."

She nodded.

"Ok, I've got shit to do." He said getting up. "I know not to worry about you and Gemma….unless you turn the guns on each other."

She giggled and he kissed the stop of her head.

"Love you, kid."

"Love you too Tiggy."

She finished up around the office as it closed and she made sure Lowell looked at Tara's car. She went to her mom's and they had a few drinks together and a joint. She decided to crash at her mom's for the night.

The next night, Juliet was sitting in the rocking chair in the NICU with Abel when her brother came in.

"Hey." She said as he kissed her cheek. "When did you get back in?"

"Now." He said looking at his son in the incubator. "I rode back with Happy and the Tacoma charter."

"How did it go?" She asked as he sighed. "That bad, huh?"

"We patched Jury and the Devils Tribe over."

"Now they're SOA?" She asked. "How did he take it?"

"Jury? Not good but it had to happen."

"Yeah, I guess." She said getting up. "I'll leave you alone with him."

She went over to the incubator.

"Love you, little guy." She told him as Jax smiled.

She headed home and she had just changed into her pjs, when the doorbell rang. She grabbed her gun and headed to the door and looked through the peephole and seen it was Tara. She put the gun on the side table by the door and opened it.

"Hey." Tara said walking in and holding up a bottle of wine. "Like old times."

"Yeah but lets not get locked up tonight." Juliet said closing the door. "I don't feel like spending the night in a cell."

They sat down on the couch after Juliet got two wineglasses. They talked and laughed about old times.

"I'm really glad you're home." Tara told her. "At least you can back me up when Gemma noses around in my business."

"You should know from 10 years ago just because we're friends doesn't mean that it helps when I stick up for you. When Gemma has something in her mind, it's set."

Juliet's clothes in the washer finished and signaling the cycle was over by a loud buzz. Tara jumped and sighed. Juliet had noticed Tara being a little jumpy and nervous for the last few days.

"Are you ok?" She asked her friend.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Juliet didn't believe her but she let it go…for now.