Youth

Lenny pulled up outside her uncle's house and noticed his bike was parked by the garage, obviously the partying had caught up with her Uncle Bobby and he was taking some down time.

"Uncle Bobby?" She called out through the house, she knew he was here as she could smell the tobacco in the air. Walking through the house Lenny found him sat in the garden, a cigarette in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other, he looked tired.

"You okay Uncle Bobby?" Lenny noticed the cordless phone at his feet.

"Your mother's been on the phone," was all he said before swigging from the amber filled bottle.

Lenny nervously walked around her Uncle to sit next to him on the bench, she knew her Mother would never have called Bobby unless it was serious. She let her head fall to her hands that were resting on her knees before looking out at the garden."She okay?"

Bobby turned his head to face his niece, she had never really known what had happened between him and her mother, Lenny had only known his sister didn't approve of his carer choice. "She reckons you're in Charming," he inhaled on his cigarette before handing it to Lenny, " thinks I'm helping you lay low from something cause she's had people asking after you. Bad people,"

"What'd you tell her?" Lenny throat dried as she forced her self to swallow.

"I told her I haven't seen you since that summer she took you away," Bobby saw the sigh of relief Lenny let out. "Gina isn't stupid, Lenny. She knows you're here and I'm damn sure she'd do anything to get you home. Maybe even tell people asking questions where they can find you,"

"Did she say who was looking for me?" Lenny leant back against the cold wood of the bench as Bobby explained her friend Jenn had asked for her a number she could be reached on and some guys from a club she had sung at. When Bobby told her the name of the club Lenny shared with him that was the club she had sung at the night of Nate's murder.

Lenny cradled her head in hands as she thought, "maybe I should go back," it was barely a whisper.

"No," it was a simple command from her Uncle as he pulled Lenny into a protective bear hug, he kissed her forehead then rested his head atop of hers, " You're safer here than anywhere, Lenny. Even your mother will know that,"

"I'm just tired of looking over my shoulder, ya know,"

Bobby chuckled, "You better get used to that sneaking around with guys like Jax Teller, darling. You need a neck like a damn owl,"

Lenny blushed as her Uncle confirmed he'd had his suspicions about them, "I'm just glad it wasn't Tig!" He joked as he pulled Lenny to her feet and into the warmth of the house as he whispered he'd always protect her.

Bobby has made him self useful and offered to prepare dinner for himself and Lenny, it was to be his specialty of pasta and meatballs, whilst she read on the sofa. Moving around the kitchen Bobby couldn't help but let his thoughts wonder to his little sister, her phone call had brought back some emotive memories he thought he had buried years ago.

Bobby had introduced Gina Munson to his good friend Ray Sawyer back in his Nomad days after leaving Nevada shortly after their fathers death, the Munson siblings found there was no love lost with their fathers connections in Reno and Bobby found himself called to Arizona on club business taking his sister with him. Ray Sawyer was a good man, he had a strong moral compass and was a loyal, trustworthy club member since his prospect days and Bobby had always liked the guy even when he had left Gina in Rays care, only to return to Arizona to find his kid sister knocked up and with a ring on her finger, but Bobby couldn't lie he was glad it was to Ray Sawyer. He remembered how Gina had grown tired of club life and the strains it put on family life, like most old ladies who married into the club, he could remember her phone calls begging her big brother to convince Ray that she and little Lenny needed him more than the club and when he'd refused that had been the beginning of the end for the brother and sister. The family ties had been completely severed beyond repair when Ray had been killed whilst on club business, leaving Gina without a husband and Lenny without a father, the Arizona charter had offered Gina all the help she would need but she'd vehemently declined screaming about how the club had killed her husband and ultimately laid the blame at Bobby's door for introducing her to Ray.

Sighing with the burden of years of guilt Bobby carried a cup of tea into Lenny, who had fallen asleep on the sofa apparently the news from home had taken it out of her, setting the cup down on the coffee table in front of the sofa Bobby perched on it watching his niece. He brushed her hair out of her eyes as he looked down on her, eyes full of adoration, he caught the picture of him, Ray and Lenny on the side table and picked it up brushing some of the dust away that had settled on the frame. It was remarkable to him how the niece he saw as his own daughter was so much like the father whom she lost so young, not just in looks, in the short time Lenny had been back in Charming she had shown the same fearless courage Ray had amazed him with years before. Only a Sawyer would find themselves running blindly from all they had after killing a man to protect a friend and only Ray Sawyers daughter would roll into town throwing threats around to the likes of Tara like it was going out of fashion. Lenny was certainly making it a challenge for Bobby to uphold his promise to his fellow brother to protect her no matter what, he had already failed Ray by letting Gina stray so far from the protection Arizona had offered but he was not prepared to let Lenny slip from the clutch of the club.

The soft rap on the front door had Bobby placing the photograph down on the side and checking his gun was in the holster he wore before he made his way to let who ever was calling in.

"Hey Bobby, you okay?" Jax stood inside as Bobby shut the door.

He led Jax into the kitchen explaining how Lenny was sleeping before grabbing two glasses and pouring some of the golden amber liquid out from the bottle he had been nursing on the back porch.

"Whats wrong brother?" Bobby handed his friend the glass, he see Jax was tired.

"Nothing much, just club drama,"

"We needed at the clubhouse?" Bobby looked over his glasses.

"Nah man, just another night of booze and pussy there. I'm just tired of it right now, you know?" Jax downed the glass showing Bobby it wasn't the booze that had him bored.

"You think we need some new crows?" Bobby suggested, now was a good time as any to find out how much Jax was investing in his niece. Vice President or not Bobby Munson wasn't about to stand by and watch his Lenny become a crow eater.

"May be, I'm sure as hell tired of the shit storms these ones like to kick up. Tonight you got Eden trying to convince Gemma that Lenny is gonna bring the club down!" Pouring a refill Jax laughed.

Bobby cut straight to the chase, "Jax, it's none of my business what you and Lenny get up to, you're both adults, but off the record I just need to be straight with you. That girl has had enough shit for a while, so don't go adding to it and don't go thinking she's gonna be your newest recruit to add your list of crow eaters,"

The sudden tension in the kitchen was tangible. Jax and Bobby had always had a good strong bond, Bobby almost took on a fatherly role in the absence of Jax's own father but he never commanded him like Clay would, Bobby liked to guide and advise but that last exchange was a definite command.

Jax was taken aback by the sheer bluntness of the exchange, Bobby clearly saw something in Jax's relationship with his adult niece that he disliked. "Dont be shy Bobby, just say what you think man,"

"I'm just being honest Jax, your track record with woman don't exactly fill me with confidence and as Lenny's Uncle I just gotta make sure she's treated with the respect she deserves,"

Jax exhaled taking a few minutes to digest what Bobby was saying, sure his rap sheet was peppered with black marks but whose wasn't, right? Tara had been his high school sweetheart before shit turned sour, then there was the whirlwind relationship with Wendy that had left him a divorcee father but he wouldn't change that for the world and any other girls in between had been a distraction, nothing more but he and his brothers had all been guilty of indulging in their own distractions now and again. It was practically club rules.

" Bobby, I get that you're doing the whole responsible adult speech here but you're right, Lenny and I aren't kids anymore, so if you don't mind I'd like to keep whatever it is we got going just between her and me. You know you can trust me, right?" Jax was relieved Bobby seemed to agree, "and as for the girl being a crow, I think she'd beat down any one that dared show her that little respect. So I think you're safe on that front,"

Bobby scratched at his beard, he knew Jax was right being able to trust him, they had been through so much as Club brothers and come out the other side but still allowing Jax permission to continue this fling with Lenny concerned him. No brother in SAMCRO had a harmonious home life, not even Clay and Gemma.

"Okay, Jax. I'll back off," Bobby grabbed his cut of the side he'd left it on earlier, "just don't make me regret this kid," Bobby hugged Jax tight, he knew this was the right thing to do.

Lenny groaned as she stretched out on the sofa, she hadn't realised just how tired she was until the sleep had taken, rubbing at her eyes she forced herself to sit up. The sharp in take of breath startled the man sat on the table watching over her, Jax laughed as she caught her breath.

"What the hell were you doing?" Lenny demanded as she grabbed at her hair trying to tame it.

Jax held his hands up in defence, "hey, I was just sat watching a beautiful girl sleep, no crime there,"

Lenny rolled her eyes pulling her legs up under her leaving room for Jax next to her on the sofa where he settled. He explained Bobby was at the clubhouse for the party and how he had grown tired of the party.

"So, you thought you'd come try and start your own party?" Lenny raised her eyebrows in that challenging way that drove Jax insane and she knew it.

Jax couldn't help the grin that came to his face, dragging both hands through his hair he leant back into the sofa before throwing his arm across the back making sure his made contact with her arm as he felt the shiver that ran down her spine.

"You're about as subtle as a brick to the back, Teller?" Lenny didn't even have time to squeal as Jax quickly pushed her down on the sofa, hovering above her for a mere second before claiming her lips in a possessive kiss. It wasn't the most romantic of gestures but Lenny could feel a dangerous amount of raw chemistry between the pair as her hands found themselves entangled in Jax's hair, desperate to maintain the close contact.

After a few moments of the pair battling for dominance they finally pulled apart only to catch their breaths, " do you wanna move this upstairs?" Jax tucked a lock of hair behind her ear.

"I want you to finish what you've started and be fast," Lenny grabbed Jax's shirt and pulled him back down to her.