A/N: New Chapter up! YAY Two in a row guys! Another kind of fluffy chapter. It's going to be a long story. I also want people's advice. I want to tell Gemma the history between Tara and Kyle. Who do you think should deliver the news? Jax or Tara. Let me know!

"Nothing. Nothing is wrong. Just for one second, everything feels so right."

Jax held Tara in his arms for a few minutes before he pulled back slightly. Jax couldn't believe how things were playing out. A week ago he hadn't even known Tara would ever come back. Now here she was, in his arms, and all he could think about was how much he wanted to kiss her. He had an emotional war raging within him. Part of him thought it was too soon. The other, more dominant part, thought that he didn't give a fuck and wanted to do it. The latter battle won over as he leaned down and pressed his lips to hers.

Tara hesitated for a fraction of a second and then responded to him. It wasn't rushed or excited. It held a promise. A promise of more. A promise of working towards greatness.

Tara and Jax separated and Tara laid her head on Jax's chest. When Jax began to speak, Tara listened intently and reveled in the vibrations it made on her cheek.

"We should go back to the party, huh?" Jax asked.

Tara took a deep breath. "Yeah, I guess we should."

As they were walking back towards the living room, Tig intercepted them.

"Hey Jax, I'm going to talk to Tara for a bit. Do you mind?" Tig asked.

Jax looked at Tara for confirmation and Tara just shrugged at him.

Once Jax walked away, Tig smiled at Tara.

"So, you're not a stripper?" He asked.

Tara gave him a little shove and told him to shut up. Tig just smiled and led Tara into the dining room. Tara stopped at the entry way and looked at the table that was sitting there. Tara knew she hadn't purchased one yet, and she wasn't sure who had given one to her.

"Who gave me this?" Tara asked Tig.

"Gemma. She said she finally bought a new one. She figured since you didn't have one, you could use hers. I honestly think she used it as an excuse to buy a new one, but that's just my opinion." Tig clarified.

Once Tig finished talking, Tara began to laugh. She knew why Gemma needed a new table, and she thought it was ironic that Gemma gave her the table when Tara herself was the one that damaged it.

Jax heard Tara's laugh from the living room and went to the dining room to see what he was missing. Again, his jealousy was kicking in. Jax didn't even need to ask Tara what was so funny. He saw the dining room table and immediately started laughing. Tig, who was still standing there, looked at Jax and Tara and shook his head.

"And everyone says I'm the weird one." Tig muttered as he walked away.

Tara walked up to Jax and let Jax wrap one arm around her. She leaned into him so she could talk without anyone else hearing.

"Hey, do you think now that it's my table, I can tell Gemma what happened to it?" she asked Jax.

Jax looked at Tara like she had grown a second head.

"Give it a couple days. She might take it back from you." Jax replied.

Tara looked over the kitchen where Gemma was getting something out of the oven. Gemma turned towards Tara and winked when she made eye contact. Tara turned to Jax.

"You know what. I don't think she would."

-AHW-

Tara was introduced to the rest of the SAMCRO family. There were a lot of faces that Tara recognized from the past. But there were also a lot of new faces joined in. Tara knew about the "crow eaters" and was surprised that there weren't more slutty looking women running around.

Tara was talking to Bobby and Happy when she noticed the lack of women. She turned to Bobby.

"Okay, so this is going to be a really weird question. But aren't there usually more "crow eaters" around these type of parties?'

Bobby let out a small chuckle.

"Yeah, there usually are. But tell me. How comfortable are you around those crow eaters?"

Tara thought back to the days of yearning for Jax. Knowing that there was a real possibility that he was out with one of them, when all she wanted to do was be with him. Tara must have had a disgusted look on her face because Bobby laughed again.

"See, that reaction right there is why there aren't more here. Donna and Chibs wouldn't go into specifics but demanded that there not be crow eaters here. Gem wasn't too happy about that. Crow eaters are pretty horrible people, but they do help well around the kitchen." Bobby explained.

Tara's heart melted a little at hearing that Donna had stuck up for her. She knew there was a small part of Donna that was still pissed about her leaving, but letting Tara have a drama free party showed that Donna and Tara could work through their differences. Tara excused herself from the duo, and went to seek out Donna.

Tara found Donna in the kitchen helping Gemma finish getting all the food ready to serve. Donna had just set a casserole down on the counter when Tara enveloped her in a hug.

"I love you, Donna. You're the best friend a woman could ask for." Tara said, voice thick with emotion.

Donna hugged back, not quite knowing what was happening, but knowing that Tara needed this moment. And quite honestly, so did Donna.

Gemma walked up behind the two and patted them on the back.

"Alright my little love birds, time to break it up. Who wants to let the guests know its time to eat?" Gemma asked.

Donna looked at Tara and smiled, knowing Tara wanted to do it.

Tara walked into the middle of the living room. She put her thumb and pointer finger in her mouth and whistled as loud as she could. Everyones attention was immediately diverted to Tara. She gave a big smile and uttered one word.

"FOOD!"

-AHW-

"Hey Donna, before we eat, can you help me put a bandage on my head? I wanted to wait until everyone left, but it's been open all day and I need to cover it." Tara explained.

Donna nodded her head and followed Tara back to the bathroom. Tara and Donna made small talk about the party and Abel before Donna asked Tara what she was doing tomorrow.

"Well, I have one full free day tomorrow and then I start work Wednesday."

"So what are you going to do with your free day?" Donna asked her.

"Shopping." Tara laughed. She explained Donna about not paying for any of her furniture.

"So basically I'm going to take some of that money that was intended to go toward furniture and put it towards getting more clothes and nice shoes for work. I didn't really bring a lot of clothes with me either."

Donna didn't want to make Tara go into too much detail about her impromptu return home, so she changed the subject to a safer one.

"What's your schedule look like at work?"

"I will be working 6am to 6pm 4 days a week. I will also be on call one weekend a month."

"That sounds kind of exhausting" Donna said.

"Nah, I don't think it'll be too bad. I'll work mostly Monday through Thursday. So when I'm not on the on call rotation, I'll have a three day weekend." Tara explained.

"I'm excited to get back to work, but I don't want Jax to have too much time to change his mind." Tara said quietly.

Tara looked up as she heard Donna laughing.

"More time with Jax and his mind only means he will fall harder for you, not pull away." Donna said.

There was a lag in conversation, so Tara decided to tell Donna about her conversation with Gemma. Donna had already cleaned her wound and was getting the bandage ready to put on when Tara began talking, surprising her by what she said.

"so when you and the guys left me in here earlier, Gemma came in."

Donna stopped what she was doing and whipped her head around quickly to see Tara's facial expression. Noticing Tara was smiling, Donna continued to apply the bandage.

"Okay, so how did that go?" Donna asked.

"It was really surprising. She was not at all against Jax and I. She literally told me to fuck what others thought." Tara finished with a laugh.

Donna began to laugh. "See, I wasnt sure where Gemma would fall on all of this. She was pretty bitchy about you when you left, but almost avoided talking about you after about a month."

"Will, it seems i have nothing to worry about. Hey I was going to ask you. Do you want to go shopping with me tomorrow?" Tara asked.

Donna finished applying the bandage to Tara's head and came and sat next to her.

"I would love to but tomorrow is my volunteer day. but we can go again sometime soon" Donna told her.

"Yeah, it might be nice to go and do something alone. things are going great here but I haven't really had any time by myself all week."

-AHW-

When they got back to the party, everyone was eating. Donna and Tara made their way over to Jax and Opie. Jax handed Tara an already made plate of food. Tara smiled and thanked him. Tara looked around and noticed that quite a few people were gone already.

"Hey, I hope I didnt make people feel unwelcome." Tara said to the group.

"What do you mean?" Opie askex her.

"Well theres a lot less people here now than there was 15 minutes ago." Tara pointed out.

"Nah, everyone and went out and took a smoke break. Most of the Sons are out, thats why its kind of empty."

At the mention of smoking Tara realized she'd been so busy the last few days that she hadnt had one at all. But now, thats all she could think about.

"Oooh, I think I'll join them." Tara said getting up.

Of the four, Donna was the only non smoker. That didnt stop her from going out with everyone. When they got outside, they were immediately joined by Chibs, Kozik, and Tig.

"You're a little crazy, you know that right?" Tig asked, as he lit Tara's cigarette.

"Oh, and I suppose you have so much room to talk. If you're the standard than I'm as fucking sane as they come."

Tig put his hand over his heart in mock hurt. Then he quickly looked at Jax.

"I think I'm a little in love with her. Don't fuck this up. I'll steal her so fast." You winked at Tara then went over with Clay and Bobby. Tara looked at Jax who had an equally stunned look on his face.

"Jesus is there anyone in the club that doesn't want my girl?" Jax asked.

Chibs raised his hand. "Not me brotha. She's already like a daughter to me, that's too fucking weird. I'm not Tig."

Tara mashed out her cigarette.

"Okay, that's my que to leave" And she walked back inside.

-AHW-

Once she got back inside, Tara began to mingle with the guests. She made sure they all had enough refreshments and food. Many people reminded her that this was her party and she didnt need to wait on them. Tara didnt mind though, she liked feeling useful.

People started leaving around one a.m. Tara knew some of them shouldnt be out on the road, but she also knew theyd drive home if they wanted to. She made sure Donna and Opie knew they could stay here if they needed to.

It wasn't until everyone but Jax, Donna, Opie, Chibs, andKozik were left did she realize she had one bed and two couches. That left two people on the floor with no blankets or pillows.

"So I guess I didn't think this through very well. I don't have all the accommodations for 6 people." Tara explained.

Chibs smiled and walked into the hallway towards the spare bedroom. He was gone for two minutes at most and came back carrying three blankets still bundled from being newly purchased. He set them down and disappeared again. He came back with two pillows and an air mattress.

"Easy. Donna and Opie get the air mattress and Kozik and I each get a couch."

Opie and Chibs started setting up the air mattress while Donna opened the blankets and pillows.

"You PLANNED this?" Tara asked Chibs.

"Hey! Two Chistmases remember?"

A/N: Sorry for the shorter chapter, I have so much I'm covering in the next one so it'll be long. A nice fluff piece cause there's going to be a little angst coming up!