...Chapter 3...
...He Came Up With a Plan...

Jason was alone in his penthouse, drinking a bottle of Jack Daniels, feeling sorry for himself, because he has no leads on Haley, and Sam packed up her stuff and moved out, about an hour ago. So there he was drinking and staring out the window, watching the rain fall, but all he could think about was Haley. What she did and the fact that he was completely torn with making her pay for what she did to Michael. A part of him wanted to, but the other part was telling him not to.

He got a little startled when the door opened, he relaxed a little when he saw that is was just Spinelli and Maxie walking in. Spinelli looked over and saw Jason by the other side of the room. "Stone Cold, are you okay?"

"Yeah, Jason." Maxie raised her eyebrow. "Isn't it a little early in the day for you to be drinking?"

He just glared at her, taking another swig. "Sam, left me."

"What!" Maxie kind of yelled. "Why?"

"She found out that I've been sleeping with Haley." both Maxie and Spinelli's eyes widened with shock. "Johnny opened his big mouth... I didn't even know he knew." Jason chuckled to himself, taking another drink.

"Jason!" Maxie yelled, even louder. "Out of all the women in this town, you chose to mess around with a mob bosses daughter? Have you lost your damn mind!"

"It just happened."

"For how long?" she asked, crossing her arms over her chest. "How long has this been going on?"

Jason looked down. "Over a year."

"So, it didn't just happen... it's been happening." Maxie groaned, shaking her head. "Where's Haley? I need to have a chat with her."

"Don't know." Jason took another swig. "Spinelli can't find her anywhere."

Maxie darted her eyes to Spinelli. "You've been looking for her? She's the job, you've been talking about?"

"Yes." he nodded. "Stone Cold has his mind set on finding her."

"Why?"

"Because..." Spinelli started.

Jason held up his hand. "It doesn't matter... I just need to find her, so I can find out what's going on with her as to why she took off."

Maxie looked between Jason and Spinelli, she could feel like both of them were hiding something from her. She rolled her eyes and headed for the door. "Whatever guys, I'm tired of all the secrets." then she walked out and slammed the door.

"Whoa." Spinelli breathed out. "That was close." Jason just glared at him and shook his head, then looked back out the window, drinking some more Jack Daniels.


... Back in Charming...

I had my eyes closed during the whole bike ride, it kind of felt like I was on it with Jason, but reality hit me, when I'd sneak a peak and see the Reaper on Jax's vest, in front of me. I smiled, because I was away from home, and in a new place with, hopefully a new family, that would take me in and protect me from Jason and Sonny, and possibly Carly.

Minutes later, we came to a stop, and I heard Jax shut off his bike, and I slowly opened my eyes. He brought me to a lake, I looked at him, and raised my eyebrow. "Did you bring me here to drown me?"

He laughed. "No, I brought you here to talk." he got off and held out his hand. "It's better this way, if it's just me and you."

"Okay." I nodded, then grabbed his hand. He helped me off the bike and I sat down on a log, looking out at the water. "It's beautiful out here... is this where you bring all your dates?"

He sat down and raised his eyebrow. "This is a date?"

"You tell me." I smirked.

He smiled at me, a genuine smile, then looked at the ground. "What do you know about your father?"

I looked back out at the water and took a deep breath. "My older sister left me a note saying she knew who my father was. She said that his name is Alex 'Tig' Trager and he lives here in Charming. She also said that he'd protect me from the people that might want me dead right now."

"Why would someone want you dead?"

I looked into Jax's eyes and wondered if I should tell him the truth or not. Okay, I'll tell him a little bit. "I had witnessed something I wasn't supposed to and I ran away from there, which led me here."

"What did you witness?"

There was something about Jax that was telling me, he wasn't gonna let this go. I took another deep breath. "I saw a guy hit my sister over the head with an axe or something, killing her."

"Damn." he put his arm over my shoulder. "I'm sorry to hear that."

"The weird thing was... she knew it was going to happen to her, so she had everything set up for me, when I was to take off from there."

"What do you mean, set up?"

"She had some money stored away for me to start my new life, here." I smiled at Jax. "Along with that car at your shop."

He nodded, pulling me closer to him. "It's a nice car."

"Yeah, it is." I looked back out at the water. "So, is my father gonna help me?"

"I need to talk to him... this is big news, especially for him."

"Why is that?"

"Well, he's not the fatherly type. I mean, he does have two other daughters, but he never sees them, so I think he has no clue what to do about kids."

"What about you?" I asked. "Do you know anything about kids?"

He nodded. "I have a son."

"You do?"

"Yeah, his name is Abel."

I smiled. "That's cute... where is he?"

"At home with my mom." he paused. "Do you want any kids?"

"Eventually, but who knows." I shrugged.

He chuckled. "Okay, so here's the plan."

"What plan?"

"How you're going to meet Tig." I nodded, waiting for him to continue. "I'll bring you around the clubhouse and introduce you as my Old Lady."

"Wait... what's an Old Lady?"

He laughed. "It's a woman, who is either a wife or steady girlfriend of a member of the club. They belong to that member and that member only. It's a rule that everyone follows and must abide by or else."

"Oh... okay." I nodded. "You want to be my boyfriend?" he just laughed, shaking his head, then I grabbed his hand. "Jax, will you be my fake boyfriend."

He laughed some more. "Yes, I will."

I rolled my eyes, shaking my head. "I think... this will be fun, not just for you, but if those people catch me, they'll know that I've been taken."

"Yeah." Jax nodded. "Now, remember... like you said 'fake boyfriend' so, in front of everyone it has to look real."

"I got it." I nodded, then looked down. This guy, who I hardly know is going to pretend with me, if only it was real, then Jason would be off my back for good, well Jax don't know how I operate so I'm gonna milk it, and see what happens.

Jax stood to his feet and held out his hand. "Let's get you situated, like where you're gonna live... stuff like that."

I grabbed his hand and stood up, but purposely fell over, making him catch me in his arms. I just smiled as our faces were inches apart. "Oops, sorry... I'm a bit clumsy."

He laughed. "I bet you are." he helped me to my feet. "Come on." he got on his bike, then helped me on the back of it. "Are you sure, you're down with this plan?"

"Yeah." I nodded. "It's gonna work out great for both of us."

"Okay, just checking." he started his bike. "I mean, I don't want you to do what you don't want to do."

"It's cool, Jax... I promise." he just nodded, then we rode off, away from the lake, and back into town.