Disclaimer: I unfortunately don't own the sons of anarchy but like many I wish I did. I do however own the character Danni! And the other characters that you don't recognise.

Chapter 12

Life had been going pretty good for the past two weeks. Everything seemed to go back to normal. Juice and Danni were practically joined at the hip and Clay was right; that shit did start again. They were sickeningly happy and in love and they had no problems flaunting it. They didn't mean to shove it in people's faces but they weren't holding back for their sake either.

But of course order and balance can only last so long when you're a part of this family so naturally something came along to tip the scale…or rather someone.

Danni was sitting at a table in the club house near the entrance while the family was scattered around. She was on Juice's laptop while he played pool with Half-Sack looking over and smiling at her every so often and it made her grin. As she typed away on the laptop the entrance to the club opened and she couldn't fucking believe her eyes. There stood Wendy in all her fucked up glory.

The place seemed to go silent as Wendy scanned the room but when she looked at Danni and saw that she was about ready to pounce at her she figured she'd best try and get her on her side before she moved over to Gemma or Jax. See, Danni and Wendy used to be best friends until two things happened. 1; Wendy stole five thousand from Danni for drugs and 2; Wendy took Danni to her drug dealer without Danni's knowledge of where they were going and almost had Danni put away for five years when they were caught but it ended up being reduced to six months when they found that she really had no knowledge of what was going to happen the night. Wendy had ran before they got caught and got off with fuck all so understandably Danni hated Wendy even more than the others. To top it all off Danni and Jax had a huge fall out to when Jax got together with Wendy after all she had done to Danni and in the end Danni was right. Jax had felt like the biggest asshole in the world and had grovelled for months before Danni even spoke to him again. Jax stepped forward to tell Wendy to leave and get the fuck away from his baby sister but Gemma and Tara grabbed his arm knowing that if Wendy wanted to try sucking up to Danni…well, good fucking luck.

Wendy sat down next to Danni as the movement in the room picked up ever so slightly; mostly they were moving closer to each other probably to commentary on what they were witnessing. Danni began typing away at the laptop again ignoring Wendy's very existence until the other woman sighed and spoke.

"Danni…" she started.

"You have no right to say my name let alone sit in my presence Wendy. Why are you here?" she asked her not looking up from the laptop.

"I'm here for my son and husband" she stated trying to sound confident. Now that got Danni to lift her head.

"You have a son? Wow, when did that happen…and I had no idea you tied the knot. Who's the unlucky guy?" Danni asked with fake interest tilting her head to the side.

"You know I'm talking about Abel and Jax" Wendy said.

"You couldn't possibly be. Tara is Abel's mom and Jax's wife so you must be mistaken" Danni stated.

"No, I'm…"

Danni shut the lid to the laptop as gently as she could in her pissed off mood. She didn't want to break her baby's laptop because of this bitch. "Look Wendy, if you're trying to get me to help you it ain't working ok? You are the one who decided to do drugs while you were pregnant. You are the one who decided to risk a baby boy's life for an addiction. You are the one who gave up all parental rights so that you could leave him behind because you couldn't beat your addiction for him. So looking at the facts, I can't bring myself to feel for you…I can't even pity you. So I will ask you again; why are you here?" Danni snapped at her.

Wendy sighed again "Danni, I just wanted you to help me get back into his life. I don't want to break Jax and Tara up if they're happy but I want to be in my son's life" she said but it was bullshit and even from across the room they could tell that.

Danni narrowed her eyes at Wendy's attempt at manipulating her "Translation; I want you to help me get Jax to let me in Abel's life so that I can in turn use said baby boy to get Jax back, in effect breaking a marriage and a family. My answer; go to hell" she replied.

Wendy slammed her hands against the desk and stood at her full height which was shorter than Danni as she stood up after her without even a flinch "I'll go to court and fight for him if I have to!" Wendy yelled but they all knew she only wanted Abel to get Jax not for any other reason.

Danni chuckled "And just who the fuck do you think is gonna allow an ex junkie who almost killed her baby and then gave up all parental rights, take a kid from a safe and loving home?" she asked with raised eyebrows.

"They can't not give me rights! I'm his birth mother!" she yelled.

"That don't mean jack squat honey. You almost killed him; you left him without a second glance and have been gone for over three years. They won't give a fuck if you gave birth to him or if you shit him out. Abel is safe and happy and loved and that's all that they care about" Danni informed her happily.

Wendy smirked "But he's not safe is he? Everything that goes on around here a little boy can't possibly be safe and healthy. I mean wasn't it just the other month that you were almost raped?" Wendy questioned. Danni knew that a few people knew of what happened and she wasn't surprised that Wendy had dug deep enough to find out or that she'd use it against her.

The family tensed but Danni shrugged with a cockily smirk "I'm drop dead gorgeous, there are guys who are bound to try and get with me even after I tell them no. But that's about me and the fact that I'm amazing…that's got nothing to do with Abel so you can shove that little trick up your ass because it's useless." Her family chuckled and shook their heads. It was amazing how much Juice had managed to change her outlook on the whole situation in just two weeks.

Wendy's jaw just about dropped and Jax finally stepped forward "He's not your son anymore Wendy. You gave up that right a long time ago so you got no reason to be here" he said.

Now Wendy just looked pissed off, "That's not true! I have a son here and a husband…"

"Ex husband" was chorused around the room.

"And I'll be damned if I let that bitch replace me…" she motioned at Tara and that was all Danni needed.

"Alright, you're leaving now" Danni said and began to motion and coax her to the door.

"No! I'm not done yet!" she yelled and apparently forgot who the fuck she was beside because she raised her hand to Danni who looked pissed. Danni grabbed the hand coming at her, wrapped her hand around Wendy's throat and pushed her until she was pinned against the wall.

"Watch who you're speaking to bitch. I don't know how or why you managed to worm your way into Jax's life before and I honestly don't care anymore because I got a beautiful nephew out of the whole fucked up situation. But that's over, it's done and you're gonna leave it in the past if you know what's best for you. Jax and Tara are happily married, Tara adopted Abel and they had another beautiful boy who is called Conner. If you try to break up that family, trust me when I tell you that it will not end well for you. That's both a threat and a promise…got it?" she asked Wendy who nodded while scratching at the hand on her throat "Good" Danni simply said before she let her go.

"I used to be your best friend Danni, how can you…?" Wendy tried again but Gemma stepped up and slapped the bitch round the face.

"Don't you dare" Gemma hissed dangerously "You used her like your using Abel to try and get Jax back. She took the fall for you, 6 months she got and you know how vicious women can be. None of us know the extent of what happened to her in there because she only let us visit once that first month and she was already covered in bruises…of course the other woman was always worse off. But after that one visit she didn't let us see her for 6 months so we don't know how bad it got…she didn't come home until one month after she was released because she was trying to sort herself out and not let us see her at her worst. After all that and what you did to my son and grandson you have got no right to even think about being here. You're a crack whore who cares about nothing other than herself" Gemma spat at her.

Wendy looked back and forth between Gemma and Danni but Danni wasn't even looking at her anymore it was like she had been sucked into memories while her mother spoke "I'm not into drugs anymore…I'm clean…" she started but Tara was looking at her closely and she could see the signs and she sighed. Tara quickly pulled up Wendy's sleeves and the track marks were clearly visible.

"These look less than a couple of days old" Tara pointed out.

"You're leaving now" Danni repeated when she came back to earth and she took Wendy by the arm and pulled her to the door.

When they were outside Wendy turned to Danni "Please Danni, I love Jax and I could love Abel too if I…"

"No! Just stop Wendy! This is your own fault! You brought this on yourself and even if I wanted to help which I don't, Jax would never leave Tara or his family!" Danni exploded.

Wendy made the mistake of smirking at her and said "He did before" and Danni knew she was right because he had chose Wendy over his own sister but she knew it'd never happen again.

"Yeah I guess he did, but most people learn from their mistakes and Jax is one of those people. He did it once but he would never do it again. And you bringing up the fact that you tore me and my brother apart is not helping you" Danni said defending her brother knowing that if the situation came up again it would be a hell of a lot different.

"Danni please! We could be a family! I was your best friend!"

"Yeah you were, but you're not anymore are you Wendy? You don't know the meaning of family! You got me sentenced for 6 months…that could have been 5 years. The third month I was in there some bitch stabbed me in the neck with a god damn plastic knife…fucking hell that hurt. I told them not to call my family because I still had three more months to go and I knew, knew that they would do something that would get them all behind bars. See that's what families do Wendy, we protect each other. You almost killed your kid and you almost got me killed by letting me take the fall for you. I got stabbed for Tara and Conner; I almost got raped for my mother. I protected my family when I was locked up even if it was from me or themselves! You gotta get that through your head because you are not ready for a family Wendy, you're not even close. When you are ready you'll find a guy who isn't Jax and you'll have a family that doesn't involve any of us. But until then I stand by my promise/threat and you better stay away from my family" Danni finished giving Wendy her best glare before walking towards one of the cars that should have been getting worked on if the guys weren't slacking off and hopped up onto the hood willing the memories that she had buried to go away.

"Baby?" she lifted her head and saw her man walking into the small space from the door leading it to the club house.

"Hi" she said quietly as he spread her knees apart and stepped between then resting his hands on her hips.

"You ok?" he asked quietly.

"Yeah, she just brought back some very well buried memories is all" Danni sighed.

Juice ran his hand through her hair pulling it back off of her neck before he leaned down to kiss the small scar that she had there "I always wondered how you got that scar" he murmured.

"Hmm" she hummed "I remember, you asked but when I dodged it you didn't push me" she said fondly as he rested his head against hers.

"Why didn't you tell us?" he asked her curiously.

"Well, I'm assuming you all heard my little speech back there. I didn't want you getting yourselves into more trouble than necessary and I dealt with it myself anyway. I wanted to protect you all because I still had a bit of time left and I knew you'd worry" she explained softly.

Juice sighed and cupped her face in his hands "Anything else you wanna get off your chest while we're here since I know now?" he asked her gently.

Danni looked at him and then she sighed "Well, being a recognised member of SAMCRO wasn't always so great in there. Don't get me wrong I took care of myself and gave as good as I got but…I was on my own in there and I sometimes had to go up against groups at a time. I was in the hospital wing there at least twice a month after fights. I didn't come back until one month after I was released because the day before I was to get let out a group of five beat the shit outta me. I was a mess and didn't want you to see me like that so when I eventually did come back the wounds looked months old. It was five against one that night and while I can take care of myself…I ain't that good" she said with a tiny shrug.

"Jesus baby, I didn't know it would be that bad for you" he said frowning his eyes big and upset looking.

"It's cause I'm awesome" she said smiling and he chuckled a little.

"Of course it is babe" he grinned at her and she smiled back laughing a little until he tightened his grip in her hair and tilted her head back swooping down to kiss her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pushed herself against him as his hands slipped under her top to grip her bare waist. His tongue entered her mouth and tangled with hers as his large warm hand rested on top of her tat and she gripped the back of his neck as she shivered. Juice grabbed both of her thighs and pulled them tight around his waist so that she was barely even on the car anymore and was more hanging off of him as his tongue delved deeper into her mouth.

"Come on guys! Seriously? Juice get your tongue out of my sister's throat and back into your own mouth. God damn it…" Jax muttered the last part to himself as Danni pulled back glaring at her brother as Juice stepped back sheepishly. Juice quickly kissed Danni on the lips once more before retreating back into the club house leaving the siblings on their own.

Jax hopped up onto the car next to Danni and they sat in silence for a few minutes before Jax spoke.

"Thanks Danni" he said quietly.

Danni shrugged "It's fine, we were bound to get into it anyway and I'll be damned if I stand there and let Wendy talk about Tara like that or let her try to ruin the family you worked so hard to keep Jax" she said sincerely.

He smiled at her "I didn't just mean for today. I meant for everything. Right from when we were kids and Tommy died, Tara leaving for the first time, all my trouble with the club, for forgiving me after my shit with Wendy, all the way to almost dying for my old lady and my kid…just thanks" he said.

"I'd do it again for any one of you in a heartbeat" she responded.

He grinned "I know" then his smile fell a little "I really am sorry about the whole Wendy thing Danni. I know we've been through this but…fucking hell I was a dick" he said.

"Yup, you were" she agreed and he scoffed with a smile at her for agreeing with him.

She sighed "Look Jax, I can't say that I wasn't hurt when you got with Wendy after everything she did to me and I can't say that sometimes when I think about it I still hurt a little. But I know you don't regret the decision because it got you Abel and I would never want you to regret him. Wendy…she put me through more than I let on and I don't know if I had told you the full story if maybe you would have chosen differently I just assumed that her stealing from me and causing me to do time would have been enough. But you've came to your senses, you've grovelled and literally got down on your hands and knees and begged me to forgive you; which by the I will hold over your head forever. We fought, I was pissed, you grovelled, we made up; the end" she said smiling at her brother as he chuckled.

"Alright, ok. But still thanks and I'm sorry" he repeated and they both sat in silence for a while both thinking of the fight they had.

"Are you fucking with me?" Danni asked almost frozen from shock.

"No Danni, I'm being serious. She's change alright? She's not the same as she was when you first got put away and…" Jax started as the family hung around them warily but not at all happy with Jax at the moment.

"Bullshit! Jax what the fuck! Seriously? Why in the hell did you even talk to her in the first place after all that went down?" Danni asked getting pissed at what her big brother had done.

"She was drunk outta her face Danni, what was I meant to do? Leave her?"

"Yes!"

"Come on Danni! That's not fair!" Jax said.

"Not fair? Not fucking fair? She fucked me over twice Jax; not once, twice! She fucking stole from me and then got me sent away! Let me ask you something big brother" Jax cringed at the way condescending way she said his title to her "If this was the other way around, if someone got you sent away would we be standing here having a conversation about it or would you have yelled and walked out by now?" she asked and they all knew Jax would have walked out on his baby sister had the situation been reversed.

"Danni…" Jax tried but he knew the answer to that too.

"And if by some miracle you weren't a dick about it would you ever forgive me if I went through with being with said person anyway?" she questioned and he couldn't honestly say that he would have forgiven her so he just sighed.

"I want to marry her Danni" he said and everyone froze.

"What?" Gemma asked hoping to god she had heard wrong. She looked between her children and knew that there was only so much even Danni could take and that the siblings were about to be torn apart. She wished her son would see fucking reason because he was in the wrong here and about to lose his sister over some junkie whore.

Danni looked at Jax and scoffed before licking her lips and shaking her head "Why am I surprised?" she asked herself. "You know what Jax, everything through our lives I've been your rock. When Tommy died, when Tara left, all this shit with the club…I had planned on being your rock forever because I knew you'd need it but fuck this. I can't be your rock through this which is bound to be a fucking train wreck. Wendy can be your rock Jax because I'm done. After everything she did and you're choosing her over me! What she did, what she caused! You have no idea what I went through!"

"You said it wasn't that bad Danni" Jax again tried but Danni glared at him.

"You're not an idiot Jax. You know damn straight that I haven't told you everything about what happened to me. You've seen some of my scars…they don't just magically appear Jax. You know that some bad shit must have gone down even if I don't say it and your choosing her anyway so don't try and play innocent or oblivious because it doesn't suit you!" she said and she started to walk away noticing Wendy standing near the door watching the whole thing with a smirk.

"Danni! Come on!" Jax yelled.

"No Jax! I never, never thought I'd see the day where you'd chose some crow eater over me…your own sister. But I guess I was wrong, just like I was wrong about Wendy. Hey maybe you are destined to be together, you both let me down and screwed me over" she said so angry and hurt and betrayed by her brother.

"Danni! Come on, please! Danielle!" Jax kept shouting her.

Danni kept walking just feeling so fucking betrayed and hurt and then she saw Wendy with that sickening smirk and her anger bubbled to the surface.

"I guess he made his choice" Wendy said smugly.

"Wendy don't!" Jax tried to stop but Danni was far from being tamed right now.

"Yeah, I guess he did" she replied trying to hide the hurt and betrayal. As she passed Wendy she swung her elbow towards her and cracked her right in the nose enjoying the crunching sound as it broke, and then she left the clubhouse not looking back for fear of bursting into tears.

"I was a jackass. I should have picked you straight off the bat. I shouldn't have spoken to her in the first place, all the other crow eaters were drunk she just so happened to bang into me. I should have chosen you the second the choice came up and I should have went after you when you walked out. I'm sorry" Jax whispered wrapping an arm around her shoulders.

"It's ok now Jax. I'm alright" Danni replied quietly as she hugged him around the waist tightly.

"Alright come on. Chick flick moment over" Danni said jumping up from the car as Jax laughed and then followed suit. She grabbed his arm and they walked through the door leading to the clubhouse together.

"Everything ok?" Gemma asked her kids worried as she remembered the rift they had before thanks to Wendy.

"Yeah we're fine. Just talked about Jax being an ass and begging me to forgive him on his hands and knees" Danni said getting laughs and a glare from Jax.

"I remember that…it was beautiful" Tig teased and Jax just shook his head and sat down still glaring at Danni who just smiled happily at him. She plopped down on Juice's lap and he wrapped his arms around her and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"So, in the hospital at least twice a month?" Clay asked his daughter with his eyebrows raised and Danni groaned.

"Ya'll just love to ease drop don't cha?" she questioned back.

"We're just worried is all" Chibs defended.

Danni sighed "I know but you don't need to be ok? It was a long time ago and I'm over it…the actual events not the being pissed at Wendy part" she said and her mom laughed.

"You're sure?" Opie asked her as he wrapped an arm around Donna's shoulders.

"Yeah, I'm sure but thanks" she smiled and Chibs cleared his throat.

"Can I see?" he asked and she rolled her eyes pulling her hair to the side so that he could see the scar on her neck.

"It's kind of jaggy looking" he commented quietly.

"Well yeah, it was a plastic knife" she said and he cringed.

"Right" he sighed and shook his head.

"So, we're having another family dinner tomorrow" Gemma started and then she pointed a finger at Danni and Juice "You better be there. Just because you're together again doesn't mean you're allowed to persuade him not to go Danni" she chastised and Danni put on a mock look of shock and hurt.

"It was his idea mother! I offered to leave and he said and I quote "Fuck the dinner" so it's not my fault" she said and Gemma shook her head at her as Juice tried not to laugh.

"He could not make you miss my dinner but you could sure as hell make him miss it" Gemma said logically.

"Yeah that's true. It's cause I'm irresistible" she shrugged and then laughed not being able to keep a straight face.

Juice kept his face buried in her neck and muttered "Now that part is true" before he kissed her neck and she smiled.

"Auntie Danni!" Abel yelled as he ran into the room with a sheepish looking Kenny and Ellie following him.

"What's up baby boy?" she asked his as he stood in front of her.

"What is sex?" he asked and they all froze. Opie and Donna looked at their kids with narrowed eyes as they avoided eye contact and then all eyes went to Danni who was trying her damn hardest not to laugh.

"Um…well, you see it's when a man and a woman…or hell, a woman and a woman or a man and a man, it just depends what you're into…but anyway they…" Danni stared way too honestly and Tara's eyes widened before Jax yelled.

"Danni!" and she looked at him he was shaking his head with his mouth open in disbelief.

"What? I'm not gonna lie to the kid" she said and he continued to shake his head so she sighed and looked at Abel "Sorry dude, I'm not allowed to tell you. You should ask your mommy and daddy" she said and he frowned.

"Why can't you tell me?" he asked with his head tilted to the side.

"Because I would be brutally honest" she said and pushed him gently towards Jax and Tara. The guys were in hysterics by now; even Jax and Tara were trying not to laugh.

"You were really gonna tell him weren't you?" Tara asked and Danni shrugged.

"I don't wanna lie to him" she reasoned.

"Can it be any man and woman?" Abel interrupted.

"Well, they should be in love" Jax said hesitantly and Danni scoffed receiving a glare from her brother.

"Are you ok auntie Danni?" Abel asked her.

"Yeah baby, I'm just amazed that this is coming from your father" she said grinning as both Jax and Tara glared at her and she felt Juice shaking with laughter as he kissed her neck.

"You know what…we'll have this conversation when you're older" Tara said trying desperately to avoid the conversation.

"How old were you when you did this sex thing?" Abel asked his parents and they both looked at him with their mouths open and Danni burst out laughing.

"Aw baby, you are just too funny" Danni gasped as Abel smiled not really sure why she was laughing.

"We were both 16 because that's the legal age" Jax said and Danni laughed even harder struggling to breath. What a load of bull!

"How old were you auntie Danni?"

Danni tried to calm her breathing and went to answer before she stopped herself and glanced at her dad "I was 17" she said and then avoided her dad's eyes as he looked at her. That was what she always told him but it wasn't necessarily the truth.

"Jesus…" she heard her dad say "You weren't 17 were you?" he asked and everyone looked at her. No one knew the truth except for Juice who she told when they got together when she was 18 and he was 20 so he tightened his grip around her waist as she opened her mouth.

"Not exactly" she said and the guys all leaned forward in their seats.

"Uh oh" Gemma, Tara, Donna and Cherry all echoed.

"How old were you?" Jax asked looking afraid of the answer.

"Um…uh…" she looked up as though she was thinking but she was just stalling. Finally she sighed and said "I was 15" and the guys all stared at her opened mouth in shock.

"But…but the first boyfriend you had you were 17" Bobby finally spluttered.

"Again, not exactly true" she said and they all sat back simultaneously.

"I can do it when I'm 15 then?" Abel asked.

"No" Jax and Tara said at the same time and Abel just shrugged and sat down. As Kenny and Ellie tried to leave the room Opie and Donna stopped them with a look and they to sat down.

"Anyway, dinner tomorrow…you all better show up" Gemma said aiming the last part at Juice and Danni.

"Aye aye captain" Danni saluted her mother before she stood up pulling Juice with her.

"See you tomorrow" she said and they all waved, her dad sat still in shock that his baby girl wasn't as innocent as he thought.

"I think you broke him" Juice whispered into her ear as he walked behind her with his hands on her hips.

Danni giggled "Nah, mom with recharge him" she said and Juice threw his head back with a full belly laugh.

"I love you" he chuckled kissing her neck before hopping onto his bike and Danni climbed on after him.

"I love you too baby" she replied into his neck before he pulled out of TM garage.