…Chapter 3…

Jax and the guys pulled up to T - M and lined their bikes with the rest of them. "Hey, Nicky." Jax said, taking off his helmet. "We're here, you can let go now."

"I know, can you just wait a second?"

"Why? What's wrong?"

"I feel a little light headed, that's all."

"Do you want me to carry you inside?"

"No, I want Kozik." she thought to herself, but shook her head. "No, I'll be fine." she took a few deep breaths, and let go of Jax, then she carefully got off his bike. "See, I'm okay."

"Okay." he nodded. "The rest of the guys should be in the clubhouse, but Mom is in the office."

"Thanks." she smiled, then walked over to the office, where she saw Gemma looking through a stack of papers. "Hey, Mama."

Gemma snapped her head up and smiled, as Nicole gave her a hug. "Welcome home, Baby Girl."

"Thanks."

Gemma let her go, then Nicole sat in the chair. "So how long you staying?"

"A week, maybe."

"Bullshit." Gemma scoffed. "I know someone or something will keep you here at home where you belong."

"I doubt it."

"Okay." Gemma smirked. "Don't believe me." Nicole just shook her head, then Gemma took a deep breath. "I'm sorry about Trevor, he was a good man."

"I know… thanks."

"Well, go ahead and hang out in the clubhouse, while I finish here, then we'll go do what we have to do."

Nicole stood up. "Okay, see you in a bit." Nicole walked out of the office and over to the clubhouse.

"Hey!" Tig yelled. "Nicky's home!" he gave her a hug. "Long time no see."

"Like wise."

"How've you been, Girly?" he asked, letting go.

"I've been pretty good." she nodded, then all of a sudden her phone went off with a text message. She dug it out of her pocket and read that it was from Kozik. "Tiggy, better keep his fucking hands off you." Nicole shook her head, deleting it.

"What? Who's texting you?" Tig asked. "Your boyfriend?"

"No… I don't have a boyfriend."

"Well, good." Tig nodded. "Because you know the guy, whoever he may be, would have to get approval from the club."

"Yeah, sure." she rolled her eyes, then suddenly felt a pair of arms hugging her. "Hey, Piney! How are you doing?"

"Oh, you know… same shit, different day."

"Yep." Nicole laughed, letting go.

For the next ten to fifteen minutes, Nicole gave hugs all around and talking with the guys. As she was about to sit at the bar, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a crow-eater pushing up on Kozik. For a second, her heart sank, but she tried pushing her out of her mind, as the guy with the 'Prospect' cut, walked in.

Jax took a sip of his beer. "Hey, Nicky, this is our new Prospect, Half Sack."

"Hey, Half Sack." Nicole waved, as he sat down next to her. "I've heard of you, but why the name?"

"Yeah." Tig laughed. "Tell her."

"All right." Half Sack groaned. "My nut got blown off while I was in Iraq, fighting for the war."

"Oh, my God… seriously?"

"Yeah." Half Sack nodded.

"You wanna see it?"

"No, not really, Tig." Nicole shook her head.

"Come on, Nicky… you gotta see it." Nicole glanced over at Kozik, who slightly shook his head, with a frown on his face, but seeing the crow-eater, now in his lap, she looked back at Tig, and nodded. "Whip it out." Tig smacked Half Sack on his arm. "Whip it out."

As Half Sack was about to pull down his jeans, Happy walked in, and frowned. "What the fuck are you doing?"

"Sack's showing Nicky his one nut."

Happy glared at Tig, then his glare went to Half Sack. "You drop them pants, I'll rip the other one off."

Half Sack swallowed the lump in his throat and sat back down. "Sorry 'bout that."

"Yeah." Happy nodded. "You better be."

Tig scoffed. "You're no fun… maybe we should change your name to Grumpy, instead of Happy."

"Sure." Happy nodded. "Then you can be my bitch, Dopey."

Nicole and Jax laughed out loud as Gemma walked into the clubhouse. "Okay, come on, Nicky."

"Alright." she nodded, getting off the bar stool. "See you guys later." then her and Gemma walked out, got into Gemma's Cadillac, and left the T - M parking lot.

It took over two hours to get Trevor's funeral planned, which was set in two days, then Gemma took Nicole out to lunch at the diner. "Okay, Baby Girl, tell me what's going on?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Well, for one… you're playing with your food."

"Okay, it's." she paused to think of something to say. "Just this whole thing with Uncle Trevor, because I have no clue what happened to him." Nicole didn't want to tell her what was really going on, so the subject about her uncle would have to do. "Who the hell killed him?"

"I can't answer that."

"Why not?"

"Well, because I don't even know, but I can tell you one thing for sure… SAMCRO had nothing to do with it."

"Oh, I know." Nicole nodded. "I know they wouldn't."

"But as soon as I find out, I'll tell you."

"Thanks, Gemma."

"You're welcome, Baby." there was a few minutes of silence before Gemma spoke. "Oh, did you hear? Jax's ex-wife is almost due."

"Yeah, he sent me a text about her a few weeks ago."

"I'm just glad he divorced that crank whore."

"Damn." Nicole shook her head. "I hope she's not doing that shit while she's pregnant."

"I wouldn't be surprised." Gemma rolled her eyes. "Dumb bitch doesn't deserve my Jackson… and guess who's back in town?"

"Who?"

"Tara."

"Knowles?" Gemma nodded. "Why'd she come back? I thought she couldn't handle it here."

"Well, I'm guessing she came back to get close to Jax again, but she's working over at St. Thomas."

"Oh, goodie." Nicole said, sarcastically.

"Yeah." Gemma chuckled. "So how are things in Portland?"

"Pretty good." Nicole nodded. "Just going to school for now."

"For what?"

"Being a dentist."

"Oh, that's good." Gemma nodded. "So, you ready to go?"

"Yeah." Nicole took another sip of her Pepsi. "Let's go." then Gemma paid the check, they got into her car, and Gemma drove off.