Chapter 2
Lyla and I get in the car and follow the guys out of the lot and head towards Charming. "So, you have to tell me how it happened?" Lyla asked. "Well, there was this guy at the bar last night that was hitting on me and not getting the hint and Juice kind of came to my rescue. We started drinking and having fun and it was supposed to just be him coming back to my hotel but apparently we got married along the way." I say. "That's kind of sweet." she says and I start laughing. "I told him that I would give him an annulment but he doesn't want it." I tell her. "He's a good guy. One of the sweet ones. He'll be good to you." she says. "I hope so." I say. "So, where are you from?" Lyla asked. "From Georgia actually." She looks at me shocked. "I was living with a guy and he decided to cheat on me with my best friend. We were together for four years and living together. I decided I was done and I wasn't going to be hurt anymore so I packed what I could and decided that I was heading to the west coast. I guess that I thought that if I could get as far away from there as possible that I could start over." I say. "Well, welcome to starting over." she says patting me on the shoulder. "What do you do for work?" she asked. "I actually make clothes and sell them online. What do you do?" I asked. "I'm a porn star." she says and I look at her and she says "Honestly." I think about it for a second and say "Nice. You like it?" She says "I only do girl on girl since getting with Opie but yeah. I want to eventually start producing but you gotta start somewhere right?" she asked. "Yep. Hope you get there." I tell her.
A couple of hours into the car ride, my phone rings. Using my bluetooth to answer, "Hello?" I hear the voice on the other end "Hey Gabby." I tense up a little and Lyla notices. "What do you want Missy?" I asked. "I wanted to see how you were doing. See if we could meet somewhere to talk?" she asked. "You go behind my back with my boyfriend and expect me to want to talk to you? Even if I wanted to meet with you, I'm not in town anymore." I say. "Where are you? Are you okay?" she asked sounding actually concerned. "Not like it's your business but I am on my way to California. But I am doing really well actually. I really need to thank you for being such a shitty friend." I say. "What?" she asked. "You hooked up with my boyfriend so I packed my shit and left. Met an amazingly hot guy and ended up getting married. He's a great guy. Definitely an upgrade from what I left you with but hey, I gotta go. I'm almost to my new home." I tell her and hang up. "That was the friend?" Lyla asked. "Yeah. Been my best friend since we were little. But I will say that Juice is definitely an upgrade from the guy I left." I say. "Really? How?" she asked. "Well, Jason, my ex, he was preppy and not affectionate at all. He was always telling me how I wasn't good enough. I wasn't pretty enough, wasn't skinny enough. I finally just gave up. He put me on a diet once and I ended up in the hospital because I wasn't taking in enough calories and he told me that I wasn't even smart enough to diet right. I had been saving up money for a while to leave him." I say. "Shit. Well, I will tell you, I have known Juice for a long time and he is one of the sweetest people. He will be good to you. But you need to know how things work. You are not just his wife, but his Old Lady. That means when you get home, you will get a tattoo like this one. It shows other charters that you belong to him. You will be respected because you are an Old Lady. There are girls that hand around the club that are called Croweaters. They will sleep with any SON in the hopes of getting their crow. You being new, they will push the boundaries, especially because they all love Juice. Don't let them. You make sure you put them in their place. Show them that you won't put up with shit and they will back off and leave him alone. There's also a run rule. It states that whatever happens on a run stays on a run. That means that they can sleep with other women on runs. But every couple is different. Like, me and Ope, I told him that if I wasn't sleeping with other men that I didn't want him with other women and he doesn't sleep with anyone else. You need to make sure that you establish how you want things to be. Another thing. The only way this will work is if they tell you everything or tell you nothing. With Juice you want to know everything that way he can have an outlet." she tells me. "Okay. That's good to know. Anything else?" I ask. "Yeah, you will meet Jax's mom Gemma. She's the matriarch. Her last two husbands were presidents of the club. She gets a lot of respect. She will push you with you being a newcomer so your best bet is to stand your ground but don't disrespect her and you will be fine." she tells me.
I see the Welcome to Charming sign and start to fidget. Lyla takes my hand and says "It's going to be okay." We pull onto the lot of Teller Morrow Automotive and I park the car. Getting out, Juice walks over to me and pulls me to him. He kisses me softly and takes my hand before leading me towards the clubhouse. I see girls that are barely dressed, glaring at me and I assume these are the croweaters that Lyla was talking about. We walk inside and up to the bar and the guy behind the bar hands Juice a beer and he asks "What can I get you?" I smile and say "Water please." Juice smiles and kisses me again. A well dressed woman walks over and starts hugging the guys. She gets to Juice and then eyes me suspiciously. "Who's this?" she asked him. "Gemma, this is Gabby. My wife." he says proudly. "Wife? Well, Gabby, come with me and let's talk." I look at Juice and he nods his head and I walk outside with her. We walk to the office of the shop and she closes both doors. "What's your game here?" she asked. "No game. I met him at a bar, we hit it off and were drinking and next thing I know we woke up in my hotel room married. I offered him an annulment and he didn't want it. But before you say anything, I willingly gave him my personal info and he did a full background check and I have been okay'd by Jax before we even left." I tell her. "Gemma, he's a sweet guy. Everything so far with him just seems so natural. I don't know how to describe it but I feel a connection with him." I tell her. "So, you aren't after the patch?" she asked. "No. When I met him, he didn't have his kutte on so I didn't know he was in an MC until we were headed to the clubhouse the next morning." I tell her. "Well, good. I saw Lyla get out of your car, did she fill you in on how things work?" she asked. "She did. She told me about the croweaters, the crow and that I need to make sure that they stay in their place and out of mine." I tell her. "Good. Let's get back in here to the guys." she says and we walk into the clubhouse laughing.
We walk up to Juice and Gemma tells him, "I don't agree with how you got married but I think you have a good one here. But you have to let me have a family dinner to celebrate." I look at Juice and he nods. I turn to Gemma and say "That would be great. Thank you." She smiles and kisses both our cheeks and moves on to talk to the other guys, leaving me and my husband alone. "You ready to head home?" he asked. "Yeah." I say
I follow him to a small ranch style house with a fenced in backyard and a two car garage. He opens the garage doors and we both drive in. Walking into the house, he says "We will get the things in here and unpacked in a few. I want to show you around." He shows me around and as he pulls me into the bedroom to show me the bedroom and the bathroom, I stop him. "Thank you for this Juice." I say. He pulls me to him and kisses me deeply and says "This is as much for me as it is for you." We get my things from my car and he orders dinner while I start to unpack. We are finally home.