Chapter 3
Once Sadie was done with Happy's tattoos, she cleaned them up and wrapped them like a seasoned pro. "I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you already know how to take care of these," She says smirking.
Uncharacteristically, Happy smiles at her and says, "Yeah little girl, I think I got it covered," causing Sadie to laugh.
"Alright come up front and I'll ring you up," Sadie states while heading toward the front of the shop.
"Hey Sadie, forget about it. He's covered," Dex interrupts. He and Hap seem to be having some silent conversation before nodding at each other. Sadie rolls her eyes thinking, Men.
"Alright, because that wasn't creepy and ominous or anything," Sadie replies sarcastically.
Looking down at the girl next to him, annoyed that she didn't seem phased in anyway. "Don't worry your pretty little head about anything," Jax said while condescendingly patting her head. He feels Sadie tense up next to him, not ready for the shit storm coming his way.
"I'm sorry; did you just pat me on the head?" Without giving Jax the chance to respond, Sadie let him have it. "You arrogant son of a bitch! What? just because I didn't react to you the way you think I should have, you need to patronize me?"
Realizing his mistake, Jax tries to take control of the situation while still maintaining his image. "Woah, calm down little darlin'. Didn't meant to make you flip out"
"Little Darlin? Are you serious?" Sadie looks at Jax incredulously. "Look here Mama's boy, I'm no one's 'little darlin' especially not yours. So go use your sleazy charm and ego on some dumb girl who will swoon because you looked her way and quit wasting my time."
Once again, all the men in the room are not quite sure what to do in this unfamiliar situation. While Jax and Sadie seem to be staring each other down, she switches gears almost immediately. "Hey Dex, I'm gonna head out, I've got to get to work early tonight."
Dex's eyes shifted from the pissed off Son to his feisty apprentice, "Uh yeah sure thing. See you tomorrow."
Turning to Happy, Sadie breaks out into a huge smile, "thank you for giving me the opportunity to tattoo you, it's rare around here."
"Anytime, you did good," Happy gruffly responded while shoving a fifty in her hand.
"Oh no you're covered." Sadie said sweetly. Jax was floored by the fact that this girl who just ripped into him was being so nice to his brother.
"Nah this is for you, for your trouble." Hap replies looking at Jax
"Thanks, I really appreciate it, and don't worry I'm used to his kind of trouble at my other job. I work at Viney's". Sadie reassures him.
Tired of being ignored Jax says, "Never heard of it."
"It's a club, just on the outskirts of town, been open a couple of years now." Sadie responds sounding bored.
Matching her tone, Jax replies, "Oh cool."
Rolling her eyes at his childish behavior, Sadie turns to everyone else and waves goodbye before leave the shop, not sparing Jax a second glance.
Jax's gaze followed Sadie out of the store and when he finally turned back he was greeted with knowing looks. "What?" he asked annoyed at being the butt of the joke.
"Nothing man, nothing at all." Happy smirked and Dex snickered.
"Whatever man, you done? We gotta head out," Jax asks moving the attention away from him.
"Yeah let's go," Happy replied "…Mama's boy, he added under his breath causing Dex and his client to laugh along with him.
Glaring at Happy, Jax stalks out causing everyone to laugh a little louder.
One Week Later
Days had passed since Jax met Sadie and much to his annoyance her idea of who he was bothered him. Happy had been more than willing to fill in the other Sons about what happened at the tattoo shop, so Jax also spent the week dealing with the comments of his brothers. That's why he found himself riding over to Viney's, for a little redemption. That was the original goal, until he walked through the door, and saw Sadie up on stage singing and dancing in glitter underwear. What the hell is this place?
Jax was floored by her dancing and her voice. Gone was the mouthy little girl from the tattoo shop and before him was a sexy, talented woman. Well I'll be damned. Jax thought when he saw her seductively dancing with one of the other girls on stage. Distracted by Sadie's voice and movement, he almost didn't notice her looking at him surprised. Happy that he was able to throw her, Jax sat at a table right in front just to piss her off.
Seriously? Who does this jerk think he is? Sitting in the front row for an hour just starring every time I was on stage. That stupid smirk, he probably thinks he's getting to me; well I'll show him. Once Sadie was done for the evening, she stalked into the audience to demand answers from the Prince of Charming. "Can I help you?" she asked annoyed.
Twisting her question to his benefit Jax responds, "So how does this work? Do I go straight to you for a private dance or is there some manager I speak to?"
"This is a burlesque show asshole, not a strip club," Sadie answers pissed off.
"Oh well you learn something new every day don't ya." Jax replies sarcastically. Damn I could have come up with something better than that, but seriously as annoying as she is, she's standing front of me in fishnets and underwear.
Feeling Jax's stare, Sadie immediately regretted not changing before coming out to confront him. In hopes of shifting the focus to him she quickly asks, "What the hell are you even doing here, glutton for punishment?"
"Nah just checking out the show, little darlin'" playfully making a point to use the pet name that pissed her off the most.
"Did I not properly express how being called that pisses me off," Sadie asked playing along.
"I apologize, must be a slow learner," Jax smirks up at her.
"You said it, not me, darlin'" She smirks right back at him.
Sadie and Jax found themselves caught in a playful stare down both smirking at each other. Wanting to break the tension of the moment, Sadie decides to speak up. "So what did you think of the show? Must have been confusing seeing girls dance on stage without taking clothes off or wearing clear heals."
Jax laughs again at her more than accurate description of the women around him. "Yeah it was pretty good, you got a voice on you." Sadie can't help blushing at the compliment, but before she could thank him, Jax added, "and damn you look hot in the underwear."
Sadie rolls her eyes, "Ahh and the pig returns.
"Sorry, couldn't let you start thinking I was a gentleman or anything lame like that." Jax responds laughing.
"Oh yeah, we couldn't have that now could we." She agrees while they smile at each other.
