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Charming Is Not so Charming

Chapter Seventeen: Not so Welcoming Phone Call

Juice was wide awake as he watched a sleeping Juliet. He had tired her out from a few rounds an hour before. The room was half lit thanks to the full moon outside. They had been seeing each other for a little over 2 and a half months now and he didn't know exactly where they stood. Sure, he told her he wanted to see where their relationship would go but either of them had talked about it since.

He was snapped out of his thoughts when he felt her jump in her sleep and mumbled. He automatically wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to his chest. She sighed and buried her face into him. He loved how she felt in his arms, he loved her smile, he loved her 'take no prisoners' attitude (even towards Gemma, which no one did), she loved how her hand fit perfectly into his, he loved the way she tasted, and he loved how she knew what she was doing in the sheets but most of all he just loved her. His heart skipped a beat and he tensed up. Did he just admit that he loved her? No, he didn't fall in love. He didn't have time for all of that shit. He was too busy with the club; the club was his first priority, he was a Son after all.

He knew that she of all people would know that. Hell, she grew up in this life. She watched many members of the club put their families on the back burner for the club. She knew the rules; she knew what old ladies went through. She knew that the Sons weren't always faithful. Did she really want to go through that?

He sighed and leaned down and kissed her hair. He didn't have time to think about all of that now but he knew that the "what exactly are we" conversation would come up soon. He closed his eyes and was finally able to go to sleep.

Juliet woke up to the sound of a cell phone ringing. She sighed and opened her eyes when she felt Juice remove his arms from her and turn to get his cell phone from the nightstand.

"Yeah, ok. I'll be there in 30." He said flipping the phone closed.

"Jax?" Juliet asked as he removed the sheet from his boxer clad waist.

"Yeah, I've got to get to the clubhouse. We've got some, uh, business to handle." He said getting up. "Can I use your shower real quick before I leave? Jax wouldn't appreciate me coming in smelling of sex, especially when it was with his baby sister."

She let a giggle escape her lips. She knew that Juice was still a little nervous around Jax because Jax has yet to talk to him about Juliet.

"You don't have to ask, Juice." She told him looking up at him from her spot in the bed. "You practically live here. Come to think of it, you probably should start paying half the rent."

He gave her a look and then the corner of his mouth curled up and the corners of his eyes wrinkled.

"Oh yeah?" He asked flashing his amazing smile. "Maybe I should start paying half of the utilities and food bill too."

"Exactly." Juliet said turning her face into the pillow to hide her smile. His smile was contagious and addicting.

"I'll do that, Jules." He said leaning down and kissing her neck. "Send me the bill."

She rolled her eyes as he went towards the bathroom, and let his boxer briefs drop to the floor before he walked in and closed the door, giving her a perfect view of his toned butt.

"Ass!" She yelled not liking the teasing.

"Literally!" He replied from the other side of the door before turning on the water.

She sat up and winced. Her body was definitely sore from the positions that Juice had her in the night before. She came back to Charming to meet her nephew, not to get involved with a member of the club, well not so quickly anyway. She heard another phone ring and knew this time it was hers. She reached over to the nightstand on her side and looked at the screen. It was a blocked number and she didn't bother answering. She was just about to put it back on the table, when it rang again. Sighing, she flipped it open and put it up to her ear.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Lettie. It's nice to hear your voice again."

Juliet's face paled as she heard that nickname. Only one person called her that, it was her husband. She hated when he called her that, she was Juliet or Jules, but he didn't care…he didn't care when she told him she hated the nickname, he used it anyway. Come to think of it, he never listened to anything she said.

"How did you get this number?" She asked getting out of bed and walking down the hallway.

The last thing she wanted was Juice to hear this call, if only just her end of the call.

"You of all people should know that I have friends in high places, Lettie."

She grimaced as she heard that stupid nickname again.

"What do you want?" She asked looking towards her room as she whispered.

"I want my wife to come home."

"That's not happening, Carter."

"Do you think that I don't know you're in Charming? Do you want me to come there and drag you back to Honolulu? I'm not scared of those biker criminals, baby, especially the Puerto Rican one you have in your bed every night." He told her his voice rising a little higher.

She snapped her phone call and she could feel her heart beating so hard, that she thought it was going to come out of her chest. She thought when she left Honolulu quickly that it would be last time she would ever see or hear from Carter Malone again, especially how she had left him. She jumped when an arm wrapped around her slender waist.

"Hey, are you ok? I didn't mean to scare you."

She turned to look at Juice and he kissed her jaw line. He pulled away to get a better look at her when he seen her paled face.

"What's going on?"

"Nothing." She said playing it off best she could as she turned to look at him. "I just didn't hear you get out of the shower or come down the hallway."

"I've got to go before Jax and Clay tear me a new one." He told her as he pecked her lips quickly and headed to the front door. "You coming over to the garage?"

She was starting to panic. She suddenly didn't want to be in the house alone.

"Wait." She told him. "I'm going to pack a bag really quick and you can just follow me to the clubhouse. I'll just take a shower in your dorm room there."

He gave her a confused look but decided that he didn't want to question her. She didn't give him time to respond as she hurried down the hall. She grabbed her overnight bag from the closet and stuffed some clothes, shoes, toothbrush, hairbrush, curling iron, and her makeup bag in it and quickly zipped it up. She slipped on a pair of sweats and one of Juice's SAMCRO shirts and pulled her hair up into a messy bun. She picked up her bag and purse and headed back to the living room and he was still standing by the door with his hand on the doorknob.

"Ok, I'm ready."

"I like this look on you." He said looking down at her small frame. "Sweatpants… sexy."

"Don't be an asshole." She told him after she hit him in the arm.

"I'm serious." He said taking her bag from her and opening the door.

She rolled her eyes and stepped outside. She did a quick scan of the neighborhood as he locked the dead bolt then followed her to her car. He opened the backdoor and sat her bag in the seat before closing the door.

"I'll follow you there."

She nodded but didn't look up to meet his eyes.

"Hey." He said cupping her face, concern now written on hers. "Are you sure you're ok?"

"Yeah." She said nodding.

He just nodded, and stared at her for a minute. She looked into his eyes and smiled at him. His face relaxed and he returned her smile. He once again leaned down and placed a sweet kiss on her lips.

"We better go or you'll be on both Clay and Jax's shit lists."

He nodded and opened her door. She got in and he closed it before walking a few feet to his bike. He grabbed his helmet from the handle bars and slipped it on along with his dark KD biker shades. He got onto his bike, and removed the kickstand with his foot and started up his bike. He let her back out of the driveway and he followed her to the clubhouse. She pulled up at the garage and into her spot. The garage wasn't open yet but Clay, Jax, Chibs, Tig, and Half Sack were there. Juice backed his bike into his spot and turned off the engine. Juliet got out of her car and grabbed her bag. She headed over to the clubhouse.

They guys gave her a confused look as she made her way to the clubhouse.

"Not a word." She warned her brother.

He held up his hands in surrender and shook his head. She just made it to the door and heard the guys cracking jokes on her appearance.

"Some things will never change." She said as she walked into the clubhouse.