Whispers of What We Were

Chapter 22

"Love me Jax."

"For the rest of my life."

Tara smiled, remembering the night she had spent with Jax yesterday.

She closed her eyes and remembered the way he trailed his lips down her throat.

Being with Jax again was like riding a bike; a very delicious bike. They fit so perfectly together; like they were made for each other.

She was brought out of her thoughts by Jax coming back into their hotel room, "Hey baby. I got Half Sack driving out luggage back to Charming so we can take the bike."

"Gotta love those prospects." Tara said, giving Jax a kiss on the lips.

"I remember Juice getting a lot worse than that."

"We were pretty hard on him weren't we?"

"Made him a better son."

"Washing the Cutlass made Juice a better outlaw biker?" Both Jax and Tara laughed.

"So... You ready to re-start our lives?"

"Hell yes." She kissed him. "I can't wait." She kissed him again. "Now take me home."

"With pleasure."

SOASOASOASOA

Jax had every intention of stopping just outside of Charming for a romantic lunch but as they slowed into the park, Jax's cell phone went off.

"Yeah."

"Brother, we got a problem."

"Where?"

"We're at the clubhouse, but we gotta roll out quick. Mayans crashed our Niner delivery."

"Shit. Alright Ope. We'll be there in twenty minutes."

"We?"

"Yeah, I'm with Tara." Jax looked to her and smiled apologetically.

"Really?"

"Yeah... We will be there soon." Jax hung up the phone."

"Something wrong?" Tara asked, although already knowing the answer.

"I don't really know yet... But I got to get back... I'm so sorry baby."

Tara placed her hand on his cheek and gave Jax a kiss. "No more sorries."

SOASOASOASOA

"So... I see you and my son have finally figured your shit out." Gemma asked with her usually bitchy tone. She motioned to the wedding ring that re-adorned Tara's left hand.

"Yeah. We did."

"Well good... You better glue that thing to your god damned finger."

"Don't worry Gemma. It's never coming off again. I love Jax." Gemma smiled slightly. "And I love you too Gemma."

Gemma turned away from Tara, refusing to believe her words.

Tara placed her hand on Gemma's shoulder. "It's true. You're like a mother to me. You took me in when I had no where to go... When my dad hurt me. You saved me Gemma."

Gemma turned to face Tara; tears in her eyes. "You know you hurt me too when you left."

"I know... And I am sorry I kept you from your grandkids."

"Not just them... I missed you too."

Tara smiled. "Come on... Our guys should be back soon." Tara said, motioning for Gemma to follow her out of the clubhouse.

SOASOASOASOA

"Tara, we're going to need your help." Jax said while getting out of the black van, helping an injured Opie out.

"Jesus Ope. What the hell happened?" Tara came rushing over to a limping Opie. She couldn't help but look to Jax first, making sure he had no injuries.

"Took a knife in the thigh." Jax explained. Once they moved under some light, Tara could see the large switchblade still stuck in Opie's leg.

"This time I remembered not to pull it out." Opie laughed.

"Yeah well, I think there is still blood on the ceiling from that one." Tara said. "Donna is going to kick your ass Ope."

"Yeah, tell me about it."

They got Opie inside and Tara got started working on the injury.

"I hear you and Jax are back together." Opie said once he was alone with Tara.

Tara smiled at her long time friend. "Yeah, we are."

"That's great." Opie said, wincing as Tara pulled out the knife. "We really missed you around here."

"Thanks Ope. You always were one of my best patients."

"Well... Honestly, you are a lot better at this than Chibbs."

Tara laughed as she continued to clean out Opie's wound.

"He gonna live Doc?"

Tara looked up and smiled at Jax. "He'll be good as new. I mean, Donna might kill him but his leg is fine."

All three friends laughed. Jax leaned down and whispered in Tara's ear. "Happy first day home."

"You got that right." Tara muttered.

END CHAPTER