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…Chapter Five…

Gloria had woken up the next morning to the smell of coffee brewing. She got out of bed, put on her robe, and walked out of her room into the kitchen, but stopped in her tracks. "Ava? What are you doing up?"

"I made some coffee."

"Have you slept at all?"

"No… actually, I just got home."

Gloria grabbed a cup and poured some coffee, then sat down at the table next to Ava. "You were with Jackson, huh?"

"How?" Ava raised her eyebrow. "How do you even know that?"

Gloria took a sip. "Gemma stopped by, looking for Jax. He wasn't at home or the clubhouse, and he wasn't answering his phone. For some silly reason, she thought he was here."

"Did you tell her anything?"

"I didn't have to, she opened the door to your room."

"Oh, no… she saw that I wasn't there, didn't she?"

"No, no." Gloria shook her head. "Be grateful that Tiny was in there laying with Lily, because Gemma thought that it was you."

"Whoa." Ava let out a breath of relief. "I'm going to buy Tiny a huge present… and then what happened?"

"Well, Gemma seemed satisfied, thinking she saw you asleep, so she left."

"Wow." Ava chuckled. "If Gemma would have found Jax and I here, that would have been awkward."

"No kidding." Gloria slightly shook her head. "Have you told him about your current situation? Or about Lily?"

"I wanted to, but I just couldn't. I'm afraid of what he might say or do. He might even cut me out of his life forever." Ava sighed. "Thanks for the save though."

"No problem." Gloria took a sip. "This is good coffee."

...

Gemma saw Jax pulling into T - M, so she put on her sunglasses and walked out of the office. "Hey, Baby."

"Hey." he replied, taking his helmet off.

"Heard you didn't come home last night."

"Yeah, I went out for a ride." he got off his bike. "Why?"

"Just making sure you weren't with her."

"Her, who?"

"That little bitch, Ava."

Jax frowned. "She's not a bitch, but I didn't even know that she was in town." he lied. "This is news to me. When'd she get here?"

"A few days ago." Gemma shrugged. "Ava says she's here to visit Elias, but we all know that ain't true."

"What do you mean?"

"She's clearly here for you, Jackson, to manipulate you, to do her dirty work."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"Ava has a restraining order on her ex and he's been ignoring it, and that's why she moved herself, her daughter, and friend to Sedona. The ex is after all of them." Gemma paused. "And now that she's here, she's going to ruin everything." Jax just shook his head, putting his helmet back on. "Where are you going?" he didn't respond, he just got on his bike and started it up. "Where are you going, Jackson?" she demanded.

"I got things to do." and with that, he rode off.

"Shit." Gemma shook her head.

"What's wrong?" Clay asked, walking up to her.

"I made the mistake telling him that Ava's in town."

Clay raised his eyebrow. "She is?"

"Yeah, but something in my gut is telling me that he already knew."

...

"Tiny." Ava said, in a sing - song voice, walking into her bedroom. "You are a…" she looked around. "Where's Lily?"

Tiny sat up. "She's in the shower… now, what were you saying? I'm a what?"

Ava sat down next to her on the bed. "You, my best friend in the whole wide world, are a life savor."

"Okay." Tiny laughed. "I'll take it, but why?"

"While I was with Jax last night, I guess Gemma came over to check and see if he was here. Obviously he wasn't, but she looked in here, and thought I was sleeping… when it was actually you."

"Oh, wow, well." Tiny laughed. "You're welcome."

Ava shook her head, then laid down on the bed with her feet touching the ground. "Had she known what was really going on… Gemma would have single handedly started world war three."

"So, what did you and Jax do?" Tiny noticed the smirk on Ava's face, then she smacked her leg. "Bitch, you said that you weren't going to sleep with him."

"I know, but it just… happened."

"No, something like that, just does not happen. Have you slept at all?"

"No." Ava shook her head. "I haven't had any sleep."

"Well, maybe you should, because you look like shit… just saying."

Ava smacked Tiny's leg. "Gee, thanks."

"Well, since I'm your best friend ever, I'll take Lily out for breakfast, maybe hit up the park, or do a little shopping."

"Oh." Ava closed her eyes. "That would be great and you are the best."

"I know, right?" Tiny laughed, getting off the bed. "I need to get ready to go, you just take a long nap."

"Oh, I will." Ava kicked off her shoes and scooted towards the middle of the bed, then grabbed a pillow. "You and Lily have fun."

"Oh, we will, Mama." Tiny laughed as she walked out of the room.

...

Jax pulled up to Gloria's house and noticed that the Tahoe was gone, but he got off his bike, and knocked anyway. "Hi." he said, as the door opened.

"Hello, Jackson." Gloria said, with a smile. "What brings you here?"

"I need to talk to Ava, is she here?"

"Yeah, she's in her old room, go right on in."

"Thanks." Jax nodded, walking in, then he went into her room. He shut and locked the door, and smiled, seeing Ava sleeping so peacefully. "Ava, wake up." he whispered, sitting down next to her. "Ava, Ava, Ava… wake up." he grazed his fingers on her cheek.

"What?" she mumbled.

Jax just chuckled, leaning in closer. "Ava."

"What?" she opened her eyes, and got startled. "Jax? What are you doing here?"

"I need to talk to you."

"Right this second?" she groaned, then rubbed her eyes. "Okay, what is it?"

"Why didn't you tell me that your ex is after you?"

"Who told you that?"

"My mom."

Ava's eyes widened a little, as she sat up. "What else did she say?"

"Only that he's been ignoring his restraining order and that's why you moved your daughter and your friend to Sedona." Jax heavily sighed. "How come you didn't tell me that you're in trouble?"

"What? So Gemma could throw it in my face, she thinking that she was right?"

"Is she right?"

"No, Jax. I'm here visiting Elias and I'm only going to say this one more time… I had no intentions of coming back to Charming, but if it wasn't for Gloria bugging the shit out of me, then I would not even be here."

"Okay, I believe you, but you still should have told me about your ex, and who cares what Gemma thinks." Jax grabbed her hand. "Tell me what's going on." then for the next fifteen minutes, Ava told Jax everything about Mason and why he was after her. When she was done, Jax had a serious look on his face. "That's it, now you're really staying in Charming, so you can be safe."

"Then that would only prove Gemma right."

"Ava." Jax raised his voice a little. "I want you to stop listening to my crazy mom and listen to me." she just nodded. "All three of you will be safe in Charming. I'll have Juice hook you and your friend up with a pre-pay phone, so you can call me when you need me, plus I'll bring this up with the club."

"Jax, you don't have to do that."

"Well, I'm not gonna sit back and let you get hurt by that guy, not if I can help it."

Ava sighed in defeat. "There's no changing your mind, is there?"

"Nope." Jax chuckled, then gave Ava a kiss on her lips. "I'll keep you safe… he's not going to hurt you again, okay?"

"Okay." she nodded, then Jax reached over to grab her phone, and pressed some buttons. "What are you doing?"

"Until you get a pre-pay, I'm putting in a few numbers, just in case."

"That's fine, but who's exactly?"

"Mine, Juice, Hap, Kozik, Miles, and Chibs."

"Kozik?" Ava raised her eyebrow. "Isn't he from the Tacoma Charter?"

"Yeah, he was, but while we were locked up, he was patched into SAMCRO."

"Oh, so how does Tig feel about that?"

"He's dealing with it."

"Good." she nodded. "Who's Miles?"

"One of the Prospects that recently got patched in."

"Oh."

Jax gave Ava another kiss. "You get some sleep and I'll stop by later. Maybe you can introduce me to your daughter."

"Uh, yeah, maybe."

Jax winked as he got up from the bed. "Later, Ava."

"Bye, Jax." she did a little wave, then after he walked out, she slammed her head on the pillow, and closed her eyes. "This is so not what I had in mind." she muttered.

After thirty minutes, Ava gave up on trying to fall back to sleep, no matter what she did. Instead of trying some more, she literally rolled out of the bed, and went out to the living room.