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I hit a really big wall and couldn't find a way to continue to my stories. I've decided to continue on with this one as I've been thinking of where I want this story to go.

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"So has he messaged you?" Magi asked taking a spoonful of what looked like boxed mash potatoes mixed with dried green flakes of what Nora thought had to be oregano or basil.

Deciding to move onto the next unappetizing piece of food she nodded her head "Yeah, we try to talk every night but you know how that goes. Either studying or whatever he's doing gets in the way."

Moving the tray along, Magi continued to pick random items of food as she thought the words over "So…You like him then?" she hummed, like it had been her one question she wanted to know from the get-go.

"He's cool…" Nora began to say when they finally reached the cashier. She had decided on an apple, what looked to be a tuna fish sandwich and a bottle of water. It wasn't anything big but it was better than what Magi had packed onto her tray. Once they had paid and both were now finding a seat they'd decided on a table in the corner by the large ceiling to floor windows that cascaded the sun rays to overpower the artificial lighting from inside.

"So that's it? He's cool?" she asked plopping into the seat across from Nora as she began to pick at the large heap of food.

Deciding that instead of jumping her response, she would take her time by taking the plastic wrap off her sandwich and opening her water all the while Magi sat across from her with an impatient look displayed across her face "Nora seriously? He's cool and you're just going to leave it at that?"

Picking the crust off her sandwich Nora sighed before looking up to see Magi with wide eyes as she expectantly waited for her response "Yes, Magi. I like him, okay? He's a cool guy and I enjoy talking with him but I really don't see myself with him. He's in another world that I'm not used to." She lied about the last part. She knew full well coming from her own MC lifestyle.

Rolling her eyes, Magi flipped her hair blonde dramatically "It's because of his group, isn't it?" She lowered her voice slightly when a group of girls had walked by.

"You could say that." Nora admitted, popping the piece of crust into her mouth she chewed methodically as she watched her friends expression change from a smirk to a shade of off white "Are you okay?" she asked suddenly on high alert Magi was not alright "Magi?" she took a hold of her arm as Nora willed her attention.

"I…" Magi grumbled, standing up she ran towards the woman's bathroom leaving Nora alone at the table with the other students staring at her with shock and soft whispers.

"Great…" she mumbled to herself, pushing the tray away suddenly not feeling all that hungry she stood to walk towards the bathroom that Magi had sprinted towards.

"I bet you she's preg…" a harsh voiced whispered followed by the group cackling.

Ignoring the whispers she continued on towards the bathroom until she was inside and now standing towards the stall that she hoped was Magi's "You okay?"

There was a brief moment of silence before a soft sobbed voice replied back "I'm fine. I just think I'm getting the flu or something. That's all."

She wanted to ask her friend if there were a possibility of her actually being pregnant and instead of pushing that on her now she'd wait until the right moment.

"Do you want me to wait for you or are you okay on your own?" she asked, knowing that with anyone else that would sound rude like Nora didn't want anything to do with her but it was Magi and she knew exactly what Nora had meant.

"I'm okay, seriously. I'll just wash my face and then head back to the dorm to get some rest. Could you tell my teachers I won't be able to make it?"

"Of course" she nodded even though Magi couldn't see her "If you need anything like soup, or ginger ale let me know and I'll pick it up for you after classes."

"Will do, thanks."

"Welcome." Smiling she felt confident enough that Magi would be alright she left the bathroom towards the outside where she would take in the mid-day sun. Shading her eyes she walked towards the bench and sat down. Pulling out her phone Magi had sent a message saying "Ginger ale would be great. Thanks." Smiling again she quickly sent her reply "You bet, get some rest and I'll stop by after class."

The next message had been from Brad that simply said "Magi's pregnant?!" Rolling her eyes she needed to clear the rumours before Opie found out and knowing the small town he would know by the end of the day.

"No, she's got the flu. You seriously going to listen to other people and not ask your friends?" she could feel the anger spew from her fingers and it was wrong of her to take it out on Brad but what was she supposed to do when her own friend didn't come to her or even Magi.

The chime of her phone went off almost immediately with Brad's text "Jesus, how about we reel in the attitude Nora. It was just a question."

Her cheeks blushed red and her chest heaved in anger as she read the message over and over again. 'Who does he think he is that he can talk to me like that?' she thought to herself as she began typing furiously "How about you stop assuming things and not listen to the bitches you usually hang out with?" Looking down at the message the anger faded when she'd read her own words, Brad was one of her best friends and it would be wrong for her to even send something like that to him. The fact that he texted to clarify should have meant something and instead she'd gone right into defensive mode like she was ready for a fight.

Erasing the message she rewrote what she wanted to say "Sorry, Brad. She's fine and if something like that was too happen you know we'd be the first to know."

"k" was his only response.

Rolling her eyes for what seemed like the fiftieth time of the day she wanted to throw her phone then track down Brad to give him a piece of her mind. Thinking that it wasn't that bad of an idea she began to pocket her phone before the sound of 'Thunderstruck' blared loudly.

"Not now Dad" she groaned at the bold words DAD displayed on the phone. Sighing she pushed her anger aside as she answered "Hey Daddy, what's up?"

"The fuck…Daddy? When do you call me Daddy?" his gruff voice said in a loud boom.

Shaking her head she hadn't called him Daddy since she was five, and why she felt the need now was beyond her "It's just been one of those days, Dad. What's up?"

"What do you mean 'one of those days?' Did someone or something happen to you? Do I need to get someone to come get you? I will." His voice went from anger, to worry to anger. It was a back and forth of his emotions.

"Dad, jesus. Nothing happened to me and it was my friend. She got sick at school and now there's this story about her being pregnant."

Before she could continue he broke through her words "What kind of friend are you hanging out with if that's the rumour that starts? What the hell is happening over there? Are you…doing things with boys?" his final words seemed forced and cool and not anger even though she knew that he was in his office as he squeezed at the stress ball she had given him for Christmas the year she was about to leave for college.

Running a hand through her hair she shook her head in disbelief "Dad, god no. I'm not doing things with boys, okay? Magi had gotten sick when we were eating lunch. She has chalked it up to the flu. Seriously nothing is happening over here that requires your attention."

There was a moment of silence like he was hiding something that she hadn't known. Like her words of 'nothing happening' was actually something major.

"Dad…" she was getting annoyed by the silence.

"Are you coming up next week?" he asked firmly which made Nora's chest fall into her stomach. He knew something about her, something that he wanted to talk to her in person.

'Juice..." she thought to herself. Closing her eyes she mouthed out 'shit'. He knew she was seeing him. Of course he'd known she could never do something without him knowing.

"Ye-yeah." She fought the small whisper "Of course. We talked about this a few days ago." She tried to play it off with a soft laugh.

Letting out a sigh, he chuckled softly "Right, I just wanted to make sure and baby girl?"

Feeling her body on edge by the way he said 'baby girl' she replied with a sweet "Yes Dad?"

"Don't go foolin' around with any boys while you're there. You have one job and that's to get your degree then come home. We clear?" the hint of his southern accent came through for the briefest moment until he cleared his throat to bring back his gruff over the top masculine voice.

"Don't worry about me, Dad. I'll be fine and will stay out of trouble."

"Good, because I don't want to get a phone call saying you're pregnant or some shit like that."

"And you won't. I promise."

"Alright baby girl. I'll let you get back to whatever it was you were doing before I called." The hint of humour entered his voice as if the anger that once was there vanished. Obviously her Mom had entered the room at the peak of his anger.

"Bye Dad, tell Mom I say 'Hi'" she smiled when she heard her Mother's voice "Can't wait to see you!"

"She says 'Hi' back. Bye baby girl."


Juice


"So you got your stuff ready to go?" Tig asked, his arms crossed against his chest while bracing against the door frame as he watched Juice look down at his duffle bag.

"Yeah, just let me call Nora and then I'll be out" looking up he watched Tig give a sly as he pushed himself away from the door then walked away.

Grinning to himself he flipped Tig off as he walked away then reached for his phone that was sitting on the nightstand. With her being busy with exams he knew not to push seeing each other as much but that hadn't stopped him from texting and calling her every chance he got. Even if that meant two times a day at least he made the effort.

'Hey, going to be out of town for a while. If you need me just call.'

Putting the phone back down he continued to pack his things that sat on the bed. Once he'd packed everything and still no message from Nora he made his way towards the group of men that were leaning against their bikes as they waited for the stragglers.

"Finally" Tig exclaimed as he clapped his hands towards Juice while he walked towards his bike "She's a fast one, hey?" he ended with a wink.

Flipping his finger towards Tig for the second time caused him to bark out a laugh "I decided on texting her."

"You and I are clearly on different pages." He commented idly as he put on his sunglasses.

"I guess we are." Juice smiled as he pushed his duffle bag into his storage compartment then sat on his bike.

"So, what do you think will happen while we were there?" Tig asked clearly over their pervious conversation.

"Not really sure. I'm sure we'll have a couple of meetings, and then we'll party. I mean lets be real, that's how it usually goes down."

Tilting his sunglasses down, Tig gave an incredulous look "Yeah with our own but this is with a different group. Remember what happened the last time we entered another MC's territory? It did not end up with a party; it ended up with a few of our own getting seriously hurt."

"Yeah, but we did our homework on these guys we know that they deal with their own and don't go into other areas. They're all about making sure their town is safe. A lot like us, you know?" he remarked thoughtfully.

"Ah huh…You understand that even us have our shady sides, so why not the Northern Devil's?"

When Juice was about to comment on Tig's very valid point Jax had stepped out with Opie as he motioned that they were ready to go. Both Tig and Juice nodded as they waited for the two to get on their bikes and ride off first as the rest followed behind leaving their little town to the dust.

Juice had made a mental note that when he got into town he'd message Nora just to let her know he'd made it safe. He'd known many guys in the club that when they were away there woman would be pushed to the side for a weekend of well-deserved fun with other croweaters.


Nora


"He's going away?" Nora mumbled to herself as she looked at her phone. Sure they hadn't seen each other for a week but that hadn't stopped her from wanting to skip the studying to go see him. Sighing she placed her phone onto her bed as she continued to study. If she had to guess he'd already be on the road by the time she'd text him so instead of distracting him she'd text him before she went to bed.

An hour into studying she'd been so focused that she'd almost missed the small knocks on the door. Pushing herself off the bed she stretched then walked towards the door and opened it.

To her surprise stood an unorganized Brad "Woah" was the only thing that came out of her mouth as he pushed passed her to sit on the book covered bed. Cupping his face he let out a groan as he groaned out "I can't take this anymore. Mom called me to ask about how exams were going and that after exams I have to go home to see Dad and her."

"Sure, come in. I'm not studying." She mumbled to herself as she closed the door and then walked towards the bed to sit next to Brad "That's not that bad, I have to go see my family."

Looking up he shook his head "You don't understand. Visiting my family means there is a Tudor there so that I can continue to study. It's like a never ending cycle of studying."

Wanting to save her friend from what would be a hellish vacation she was tempted to say that he could come with her but that would mean she would have to explain why her father was wearing a kutte with Northern Devil's on the back and President on the chest. "Why don't you just stay around the campus then?" she asked hoping that would spark an idea for him.

"Right, let me just stay around the campus on a week of vacation. I won't look like a loser." He groaned even more as he cupped his face once more.

"Okay…so…Why not just go stay with a friend?" she asked thinking of what else he could do.

Sitting up straight he looked at her with a smile on his face "Are you asking me to come with you to visit your family?"

"Ugh…" she began to falter slightly as he looked at her pleadingly "I don't know Brad. My family is different…" she let the word different linger on her tongue.

"Can you please just ask and see if it's cool. I really need to just get away from school and being with my family I would never escape it."

"What about Magi though? Did you see if you could stay with her and her parents?" she asked not wanting to sound like she didn't want him around.

"No…I came to you first." He tried to hide his slight anger and annoyance.

Picking up on his emotions she placed a hand on his thigh as she smiled "I'll see what I can do, okay? But don't just settle on me and make sure to check your options."

Nodding, he blew out a breath "Okay, thanks Nora. I'm sorry for putting you on the spot." Standing up he looked down at her "I'll see what others have to say."

"That would be great, and I'll let you know what my parents say, okay?" she replied with a smile.

"Thanks." Turning around he left her alone once more with another piece thing on her plate. How was she going to explain to her parents that her friend asked to stay with them?