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Gemma sat in the office sorting through invoices and collecting paperwork for the vehicles that were coming in, she cast her eyes over the names and stopped when she saw Tara Knowles was dropping her car off for a service. She made a mental note to send Jax off on an errand when that madam was due in, her son didn't need her causing him any more conflict within the Club, she and Clay had only just reigned Jax back in the Sons.
Upon hearing the office door Gemma put the papers down and greeted her husband with a kiss, "Morning sweetie,"
"Hey beautiful, what's on the books for today?" Clay perched on the desk and glanced up at Gemma when he found Taras pink slip in the pile.
"What? Teller-Morrow is a garage and obviously the good doctor needs her car fixing. Stranger things have happened, right?" Gemma's sarcasm didn't go unnoticed as Clay smiled at his old lady, he loved her sass.
"Don't forget you got Lenny starting here today, she's just gonna be around as an extra pair of hands," Gemma set about making some coffee as Clay scratched at his chin, the whole Lenny thing had he stumped, not that he didn't love the kid but Clarence Morrow didn't take too kindly to people deceiving him, especially not in his town. "You find anything else about why she came back?"
Clay could tell it was loaded question, years of being with someone made you wise to their habits, " Nah, she's not giving it up easy. I don't know Gemma, she's not a a bad kid but it just don't smell right,"
Gemma began to explain to Clay how she had walked in on the tail end of the phone conversation the other day and how heated it seemed. They agreed Lenny was definitely hiding something and that they needed to find out if she was going to be staying with the Club just in case it brought any back lash on them. It was at that point Jax barged into the room with a cigarette dangling from lips.
"Mornin Ma, what's up Clay," Jax kissed his mother as she took the cigarette from his mouth for herself. They discussed the days work and Clay asked if Jax had seen Lenny, maybe the boy had been able to work his charm .
"Nah, after she humiliated Tig she made a break for Bobby's house, why?" Jax lied with ease.
"Girls got her first day here today and I wanna talk to her about these shows we've booked, come on let's get started," Clay blew Gemma a kiss as he and Jax made their way to the forecourt where the Sons had all pulled up on their motorcycles and were busy talking mostly about the party the day before.
Clay smacked Tig on his back, "you fully recovered now old man?" All the Sons laughed as Tig held his hands up in defeat.
"Okay, so Tig got beat. It happens," Tig shrugged his shoulders, "so we gonna do some work or what boys?"
Jax and Opie split off to work on a custom motorcycle they had started leaving the others to share out the customer orders between them selves.
As Jax worked on building the engine Opie asked if he had company after the party whilst shifting through the tools and passing what was needed.
"Nah, bro," Jax lied keeping his promise to Lenny.
"Boy you must be pissed after putting in all the effort with Lenny," Opie laughed as Jax rolled his eyes, " I mean you started putting the effort in how many years ago. You think we've maybe found a woman who doesn't get all weak at the knees for Jax Teller?" Opie mocked his friend.
"Come on man, she's Bobby's niece," Jax didn't really want to think too much about Lenny right now, " let's talk about something else,"
Opie noted how quickly Jax shut down when questioned about Lenny , the guy had it bad for her and he was the only one not willing to face it, so Opie opted for a low blow, " so how long is Tara in town for?"
Jax threw the spanner down, " Jesus, Op. What the fuck is this man? Clay set you a personal piss Jax off mission?!" Jax had barely spoken to Tara since she moved back to town, after her last return to Charming when she had brought a psycho FBI agent ex along for the ride resulting in a potential murder charge and a head fuck of a relationship between himself and Tara only for her to pack her bags leaving him and Abel in the dead of the night with only a pathetic sorry note for an explanation. "Cause it's working,"
"Sorry bro, but you gotta admit it's a bit of a coincide Tara turning up and then us stumbling across Lenny the way we did. Some may even call it bad luck," Opie mused, all the guys had been talking about it. Tara coming back posed a threat as she made it no secret she wanted Jax out of SAMCRO, they'd all thought maybe she'd gotten deep enough under his skin last time, thought they'd lost their brother. And Clay had set Opie straight that it couldn't happen again, Jax could not fall under Taras spell again, for the sake of the club.
The silence between the pair was broken when Lenny strolled into the garage, Jax couldn't help but let his eyes roam over her taking in her toned legs in her denim cut offs or the way her plaid shirt was unbuttoned at the top just giving a glimpse of the swell of her breasts. She'd pulled her hair up off of her face for work and Jax liked it. He nodded his morning, they hadn't spoken since their night together.
"Hey guys," she leant against the work top and shoved her hands in her pockets, " Tig can't find the keys for the red Chrysler, he thinks you had them, Op. Any ideas?"
Opie wiped the oil from his hands onto a cloth before throwing it down, " you got stuck with Tig? How's he taking that?" He laughed knowing Tig wouldn't have appreciated Clays attempt of humour by making him work with Lenny.
"He took it like a champ, I'm letting him get away with the leering today. You know, compensation and all. So you got them keys?" Lenny looked at Jax who had barely looked at her since she walked in, she pushed down the feeling in her stomach and sighed. Let him judge she reasoned, he had more blood on his hands than her and he was acted like he was the local saint when really he was being the village ass.
"Yeah, do me a favour. You help Jax for 10 mins while I go hand them over. Thanks, Lenny," Opie was gone before either could protest.
"Son of a Bitch," Lenny muttered after Opie as she approached the bike Jax was working on. She let her hands glide over the handle bar, "You actually need my help?"
Jax stood up from kneeling at the front wheel and wiped his hands clean, "Nah, just Op fucking with us, guy thinks he's funny," Jax went to sort the tools on the side for a distraction, " I came by Bobby's the other night, like I said,"
"Oh, I was probably up the hospital," Lenny saw how quickly Jax's head looked up at her, he didn't even need to ask what he wanted she could tell, " The guys recovering from a gun shot wound, Jax. So no I didn't tell him yet. But you got my word, I will,"
"You need to do it fast, Lenny. Clay is gonna be pissed you've taken this long,"
Lenny scoffed, " Like I give a shit what Clay thinks. My business is exactly that Jax, MY business. Not Clay Morrows. I came to Charming to get help from Bobby, not Clay," she folded her arms like a child as she glared at Jax.
Jax shook his head, he forgot how people outside the MC didnt get how the brother hood worked, "You need to wake up darling, you bring a problem to any Son and it becomes all our problem, we look after our own and like it or not princess that covers you too," He was pointing at her chest as he stood a mere few inches from her. Both looking at the other, refusing to back down.
Lenny figured Jax was right, deep down she had known the whole of SAMCRO would eventually find out why she was in Charming. She looked at Jax and felt her throat drying , God why did he have to have this effect on her like he switched on a button and suddenly she was a pathetic little girl.
"This where we start round two?" She whispered as Jax smiled before placing a chaste kiss on her lips. The sound of footsteps made them break apart quickly like a fire had sprung between them.
"Hey Lenny, our 2 O'clocks arrived," Tig had a huge grin on his face as he winked at her "sup Jax?"
"Gimme me two minutes," Lenny smiled after Tig.
"Do I even wanna know?" Jax asked as he stroked Lenny's with his rough thumb, welcoming the soft skin there.
Lenny practically skipped away, a devious grin that matched Tigs flashed Jax's way, "best you don't, I don't think you'd approve of mine and Tigs shenanigans, Teller,"
"So, what damage you thinking, Lenny?" Tig sat the hood of Tara's car as Lenny walked round.
"If it were up to me, I'd drain the bitches brake fluid but I think Clay may have ass for that," Lenny sat next to Tig and looked out as she saw Tara walking into the office.
Lenny had convinced Tig a little pay back was in order for the doctors attitude at the hospital, not that Tig needed much convincing, although he had talked Lenny down from draining the brake fluid. Now they just goofing around on thier lunch break, Lenny was mostly laughing at Tigs ridiculous stories. It wasn't long before Tara stormed out of the officer towards the car with Gemma in tow, both woman looked pissed .
"Are you being fucking serious? I've been in that office for a 20 minutes and you haven't even looked at my car? What is up with that Sawyer?!" Tara stopped a few feet from Lenny and placed her manicured hand on her hips, Lenny forced the air from her lungs as she pushed herself from the car, midly aware of the crowd of workers that stopped around them to watch on. Tig and Gemma looked at one another before glancing between Lenny and Tara, they both had their bets on Lenny but knew Tara wouldn't go down without a fight.
" Nothings up, just taking a break Tara. Not that it got shit to do with you, sweetheart," Lenny looked Tara up and down, the good doctor had obviously dolled her self up for her trip to Teller-Morrow.
"I need my car like an hour again, so just do whatever you gotta do. I haven't got time for you people to be wasting. Some of us have jobs with schedules, jobs that actually prevent casualties rather than create them," Tara huffed and raised her eyebrows as she waited for Lenny to move and look at the car.
Those who had gathered to watch the exchange, including Chibs, Clay and Opie, watched on as Lenny appeared to have backed down as grabbed the wrench and signalled for Tig to move off the hood with a nod , he obliged but his face showed he didn't understand. It took a mere few seconds before Lenny's intentions became clear, she hurled the wrench through the windshield shattering the glass rendering the vehicle unsuitable to drive. She turned to face Tara as the onlookers sniggered and gasped.
"Oops," Lenny shrugged stifling a laugh at the outrage on Tara's face.
Tara's chest rose and fell as she tried to contain her anger, she didn't have to stand for this, "You're gonna pay for that," she threatened as she closed the space between her Lenny.
Lenny just grinned at how mad Tara was, the good doctor was way out of her depth, "yeah?" She taunted " I doubt that, Doc,"
Tara brought her hand up to Lenny's face and slapped her hard feeling her eyes widened as she realised what she'd done, Lenny rubbed her jaw and shoved Tara hard enough to fall to the floor getting one or two punches in whilst Tara pulled at her hair before a pair of arms wrapped around Lenny's waist pulling her up off of Tara.
Tig held Lenny back even as she pushed at the hands restraining her, Lenny hadn't even seen Jax arrive at the scene but she felt her stomach knot seeing him help Tara up and tend to her injuries. She couldn't help but think he should have been checking on her, not Tara. The jealousy inside caused her to cry out " you should probably go see a doctor," most of the guys laughed as they returned to work, Clay gave the orders for some of the guys to clean up Tara's windshield and replace it.
"What the fuck was that?" Clay asked as he led her away from the car.
"Clay, she was pushing my buttons you heard her," Lenny defended herself, "her car wasn't even due to be released until 5 and then she starts talking shit about "you people" and how we "cause casualties" and I just lost it,"
"Yeah, well you're gonna owe the garage for that windshield it's gonna be coming out of your gig money. Next time you wanna make a point, try not doing it at work. I'm trying to run a business here, you got that," Clay waited for her nod before he stomped off back to work, Tig followed but only after laughing about how he should have just let Lenny drain the brakes.
Chibs checked her face over, "I think you're going to really test my medical capabilities whilst you're in town, Lenny," he joked as he said she was fine.
Gemma asked Opie to call Jax and find out where he was, leaving her alone with Lenny, they sat in silence for a while as Lenny thought maybe Gemma was gonna pick up on the scolding where Clay had left it but to her surprise Gemma congratulated her. "You did the right thing Lenny, you don't let people ever talk down to you. No matter who they are,"
"Clay and Jax didn't seem to think so," Lenny listened as Gemma explained how Clay was just looking out for business, when workers start smashing up customers cars it hurts business.
"But Jax is just blinded by that little bitches victim card, kid needs a distraction to show him she doesn't really love him. Just loves how he tends to her every beck and call. so you gotta make sure you don't pull another stunt like this one," Gemma left Lenny thinking , clearly people had picked up on the chemistry between them and after the night they shared and the moment they had in the garage earlier he was interested . The fact he was keeping her secret told her that and more. The hurt she felt when she saw Jax rushing to help Tara and not her told her she was into him, it hadn't been just sex like she had convinced her self . Knowing what she knew about how she felt Lenny decided it was time to go see Bobby.