Blended Chapter 5
"Damn! I'm glad we aren't playing with actual money." Tig huffed as he threw down his cards. Cortney won another hand. Cortney could not help laughing. She was kicking their asses.
"Told you she was good." Steven said.
"I quit. I'm not playing another hand." Jax said as he threw down his cards also. Cortney leaned over and grabbed all the chips.
"I wish this was money." She mused.
Jax grabbed her cup and poured more whiskey in it. Cortney shook her head.
"Oh God no. I can't drink anymore. I won't be able to drive home."
"Come on…just one more shot. I'll take one with you." Jax said pouring himself a healthy serving.
Just one more shot. Cortney took the shot and grimace from the taste….she really hated brown liquor. She thought she would have been use to the awful taste by now.
"You ok?" Jax asked.
Cortney nodded as she closed her eyes to keep her head from spinning. Cortney opened her eyes and tried to get up from the picnic table to only stumble back into her seat. Jax grabbed her hand.
"I think those shots finally hit me." Cortney shook her head to try to clear it.
"I think so." Jax smiled at her tenderly. "You can't drive now."
"Steven can drive me home."
"Or you can just stay here." Jax said.
Cortney looked at him. Spend the night? God no! She needed to get home like yesterday before she ended up in his bed. Buzzing like she was and the way he was looking at her was sending her libido into overdrive. She seriously needed to get away from Jax Teller.
"I'll drive her home." Steven said getting up from the table. Steven noticed the look of disappointment on Jax face. Did Jax like his mom?! Oh Snap!
Jax and Steven both helped Cortney up from the table. Cortney was so embarrassed. She thought she could hold her liquor a little better. Jax wrapped his arm around Cortney's waist and Cortney felt herself flush. God help her.
"Bye guys." She said as Jax and Steven walked her into the house.
"Bye!" the guys said in unison.
"You sure you guys don't want to crash here." Jax asked Steven.
Steven knew his mom would not want to spend the night.
"No. I better get her home." Steven said grabbing her purse off the coat hanger by the door. "We'll be by sometime tomorrow to pick up her car."
"Ok." Jax started to walk with them outside when Cortney told him they would be all right. He didn't need to escort her to the car.
"Ok." He said hiding his disappointment.
Cortney looked away from his intense gaze and concentrated on walking to the car without busting her ass. Before she got into the car, she looked back and Jax was still at the door. Cortney smiled to herself as she climbed into Steven's passenger seat. Steven leaned across Cortney to buckle her seat belt and she pushed his hand away.
"I can buckle my own seatbelt Steven!"
"Alright! Alright! Geesh." Steven waved to Jax before he got in the car.
"Drive safely." Jax called to him.
"I will."
Steven got in the car and looked over at his mom. Her eyes were closed as her head rested on the headrest. Her seatbelt was not on.
"Mom your seatbelt.
Cortney did not have the energy to put her seatbelt on like she thought.
"Can you put it on?" She asked sheepishly.
Steven chuckled as he grabbed the seatbelt and brought it over his mom and clicked it in the buckle.
"Don't drive fast." Cortney mumbled as Steven started the car.
"I won't mom."
The next day Cortney woke up with a headache but not too bad of a hangover as she thought she would have. She looked at her alarm clock and realized it was past noon. She slept that late?
"Steven!" she called. She needed to get up and go get her car. She didn't want it sitting out in front of Jax's place all day….that was tacky.
"Steven!" she yelled again. No answer. Cortney slowly got up and walked to Steven's room. He wasn't there. She called downstairs and he didn't answer. She slowly walked downstairs to get some water. Where was he? Before she opened the fridge, she saw a note from Steven saying he drove over to Jax and they are bringing her car back. Oh Shit! Cortney looked like shit. She ran back upstairs to jump in the shower.
Steven looked down at Jax gun that was sitting on a table by the door. Jax put on his cut, took the gun, and put it behind his back under his cut.
"Do you need your gun? We are just going to my house." Steven asked.
"I never leave the house without it."
"Can you teach me to shoot?" Steven asked.
"Sure. You ever held a gun before?" Jax asked as they walked outside.
"No. I play a lot of Call of Duty."
Jax smiled. "It's not quite the same thing. We can go out today when we drop off your mom's car."
"Sweet! Can Joseph come?"
"Sure."
"Can I drive your car back and you drive your mom's?" Jax asked hoping he could drive Steven' Camaro.
Steven tossed his keys to Jax. "Be careful. She's my baby."
"I'm going to push her to 120." Jax teased.
"Where's the keys to your Dyna?" Steven asked. "I want to see how fast I can go with it."
"I'm kidding. I will be gentle."
"You think your mom is up by now?" Jax asked hoping he could see her.
"She was dead to the world when I left."
Jax laughed…yeah he might have given her too much to drink last night.
Steven pressed the button to open the two-car garage. Jax and Steven both parked the cars and hopped out. Jax smiled as he notice a few Harley posters hanging in the garage.
"We're going to have to get you a Harley." Jax told Steven. Steven unlocked the door in the garage that led into the house.
"I'm saving up for one." He told Jax as they walked into the house.
"Mom!" Steven called. She had better not still be asleep. Steven ran up the stairs. Jax took the opportunity to look at the pictures that were hanging on the wall and on the fireplace mantel. He smiled as he recognized Steven as a child. He stopped and gazed at a small family photo on the mantel. He looked at Steven's dad closely. He could take him Jax thought with a sly smile.
"Hey Jax!"
Jax looked over and watched Cortney walk down the stairs toward him. He knew at that moment that he had to have her.
"Hi Cortney. How are you feeling?" he asked as he inhaled her intoxicating scent as she stood before him.
"I feel fine. Not as bad as I thought I was going to feel. I know now not to have you pouring my drinks." She smiled up at him. Mary Mother of God! Jax had to step back a little as she was too close to him and at this point he could not be responsible for his actions. Cortney frown a little as she noticed him stepping back from her a little. Did she smell?
"You have a beautiful home. Steven says you guys have a pool?"
"Yeah….It's out here." Cortney led him to the backyard, open the patio door and took him out to the pool.
"You should bring Abel and Thomas out here sometime."
"That would be nice. I'm going to take you up on that. I think they would love it."
"Jax you ready?" Steven asked walking out toward them standing by the pool. He was ready to learn how to shoot.
"Where are you guys going?"
"Were just going up to the garage and work on a bike." Steven lied. Jax looked at Steven….damn he was good.
"Ok. Don't stay out to late. You have school tomorrow."
"I know mom." Steven said kissing Cortney's cheek.
"Can I call you to set up a day me and the boys can come over?" Jax asked.
"Of course." She said trying to hide her delight.
Jax had to touch her before he left. So he took a chance and leaned in, put his hand on her small waist and planted a quick kiss on her forehead. It caught Cortney completely off guard. Seeing the look of alarm that flashed in her eyes Jax regretted what he did. The alarm quickly disappeared from her eyes and he caught a glimpse of desire before she quickly looked away. Cortney quickly composed herself, looked back up at Jax, and smiled.
"Let's go!" Steven was getting inpatient.
"I'm coming!" Jax called to him his eyes not leaving Cortney.
"You better go before he has a temper tantrum."
"I'll call you later." He told her walking out the door.
"Ok."
Cortney closed the door behind them and leaned back against the door, closed her eyes and let out a heavy sigh. What was she doing? She could not fall for this man…she just couldn't. Her cell phone broke her train of thought. Grabbing it off the counter she looked and saw it was her boyfriend Patrick. Cortney realized she had not thought about Patrick in the last 48 hours as Jax was constantly in her thoughts. She hit the decline button.
Jax pulled his bag full of guns out of his closet and brought it in the living room. He sat the bag on the coffee table and pulled out a couple of guns that would be perfect for Steven and Joseph. Steven whistled when he saw the Glock 17 Gen4 and Glock 19 Gen4 and Joseph eyes grew big with excitement.
"This will be good for you two for your first time." Jax checked each gun to make sure they were not loaded. He gave the boys a quick lesson in gun safety. The last thing he needed was them accidently shooting themselves or him.
Steven and Joseph followed behind Jax on his bike to the outskirts of town to a wooded area. Jax took the boys to an area where the Sons often had target practice and test out new gun stock. Jax loaded and unloaded both guns to show the boys how to load the gun and work the safety. He had both of them load and unload the gun several times to make sure they got the hang of it. Once he was sure they understood what they were doing, he had them start shooting at the dummies that were put up for target practice by Tig ages ago. Jax was shocked at how well they both did. They hit the target at least 75% of the time. Maybe Call of Duty did help a little. They were loading another round when Jax phone rang. It was Chibs. After a few seconds on the phone Jax snapped the phone shut. He was pissed off.
"I gotta go guys. Something came up. We have to wrap up. Can you guys make your way back home from here?"
"Yeah I got a GPS."
"Alright. Sorry about this but we can come back out another time. You guys did really well." Jax took the guns. He wasn't about to let them take the guns home.
"Thanks Jax" Joseph told him as they walked back to Steven's car and Jax bike. Jax gave both boys a quick hug, hopped on his bike and took off to garage. Something was going down with the Mayans.
The next few days they were extremely busy at the garage and Steven could tell something was going on with Jax and the guys. The Sons were all on edge. Overhearing a few conversations Steven had gathered that something was going on with another bike club called Mayans.
"Steven! You and Joseph can call it a day." Jax yelled in the garage on his way into the clubhouse.
"But we just got here." Steven said to no one in particular.
"Thank God! I have to study for calculus." Joseph said with a sigh of relief.
"Alright I'll catch you later Joe." Steven said. He wanted to see Jax real quick to see why he was letting them go so early.
Steven found Jax at the bar pouring himself a shot of whiskey.
"Steven I told you to go home." He said before swallowing his shot.
"I am. Is everything alright?" Steven asked sitting at the bar.
Jax looked at Steven and realized how much he looked like Cortney. He intended to call her but the shit that was going down with the Mayans he did not have time. The sound of tires screeching in the parking lot caught Jax attention.
Rat Boy looked out the window and saw a van and a couple of trucks in the parking lot. The door of the van flew open and Rat Boy saw automatics aimed at the clubhouse.
"Mayans!" Rat Boy yelled.
"STEVEN GET DOWN!" Jax shouted as bullets sprayed into the clubhouse. Before Steven could react Jax grabs his collar and threw him down on the floor from the bar stool.
"Stay down!" Jax shouted to him.
