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Chapter Thirty
When we arrived back in LA I dropped Dana off at her apartment and Juice stood with her as Happy and I went to my apartment. I was getting out of my car as he climbed off his bike and walked over to me and grabbed my bag. We walked up to the apartment and went inside but the look on Happy's face wasn't good I knew he didn't like it.
"You have been staying in this fucking dump for seven months?" he snapped at me.
"It was the only place I could find on my budget." I said to him as I went in the kitchen and pulled out a bottle of water. "Maintaining the house and this apartment was a lot."
"I was paying the fucking bills at the house; Juice was shredding the checks ya sent him." Happy said as he came in the kitchen behind me. "Don't you fucking check the bank?"
"They work me like a fucking dog here and on my days off I spend most of my time at the beach so no I haven't bother checking it." I snapped back at him. "Happy it's been a long ride and I really don't feel like fighting with you about this can we just let it go?"
"A'ight." he said walking over to me and held on to my hips. "I just hate knowing you stood in this place alone."
"It sucked in the beginning but I got use to it." I said as I kissed under his jaw. "It has never felt like home but I didn't want it to because it was just a place for now."
"Yeah home is in Charming." He said as he lifted me and placed me on the edge of the counter. "Rosen better be quick because we are not staying here long."
His mouth was on mine before I could answer him and our tongues battle for control. Just as the kiss was getting hotter there was a knock at the door. "Fuck." I said breathlessly as I pulled away from Happy's mouth and he growled. "Who is it?" I screamed at the door as Happy trailed kisses down my throat.
"It's Michael, I noticed your car outside and came over to see how your trip was." I heard my neighbor say from the other side of the door and Happy's kisses came to a stop. "Jessica are you ok in there you sound like you are out of breath?"
"Who the fuck is that?" Happy snapped at me as he pulled away. "I thought you said you weren't with no other fucking dude."
"Happy I'm not." I said as I reached for him and he backed away some more. "He is just the neighbor next door."
Just as Happy opened his mouth to say something there was another knock. "Jessica are you alright?"
"Go answer the fucking door before he plays hero and breaks the fucker down and I have to shoot his ass." He snapped at me. "Do you got any beer?" I nodded my head as I slid off the counter and walked to the door.
"Hey Michael." I said opening the door. "I'm kind of in the middle of something can we talk later?"
"Sweetie I just wanted to find out how your trip was." He said as he pushed pass me into the apartment. "So is Dana here or did she go home?" he asked with a smile on his face.
"She ain't here." Happy said in a menacing voice as he leaned against the kitchen doorway and his cut fell open with his gun becoming visible from the way he was leaning. "Didn't Jess tell ya she was busy?"
Michael quickly turned towards Happy and his eyes just about shot out of their sockets and then turned back to me. "Are you in some kind of trouble here?"
"No I'm not in any trouble, Michael this is my boyfriend Happy." I said to him as I looked over at Happy and he was glaring at Michael. "My trip back home was good but we just got here, we're tired and want to rest."
"I've never seen a boyfriend around here before are you sure everything is alright?" Michael asked.
"Michael everything is fine." I said sounding agitated now.
"Ok but if you need anything I will be home all night." He said to me as he looked at Happy and walked to the door. "I mean it."
Happy pushed himself off the doorway and walked up behind me. "She doesn't need shit from ya so stay the fuck away from my old lady." He said as his hand possessively went around my waist from behind. "That's the only warning you're gonna get."
"I don't want any trouble, I'll be leaving now." Michael said as he left and closed the door behind himself.
"I don't like how that fucking asshole was looking at ya." Happy said from behind me as he still held me to him. "How long has he been trying to get in your pants with his fake concern bullshit?"
"I never paid any attention to him." I said as I turned myself around to face him. "Happy I told you I have not been with anyone but you, not even a simple date."
"I'm gonna call Bishop and see where him and Timber are located at right now." he said smirking at me as he walked away pulling his phone out. "I think LA needs a little presence from the Sons of Anarchy."
"Happy it's not like that." I said to him shaking my head but he just smirked as he held the phone to his ear. "I can't believe you're that jealous."
"Just protecting what's mine!"
As he was on the phone with Bishop he found out that they were at Samtaz and was going to make their way north tonight but he convinced them to come to LA instead. I knew it was going to be a long few weeks and I was now hoping Rosen or Margret came through much quicker. We spent the rest of the night lounging around. Juice was staying at Dana's place, Happy and I went to the room and went to sleep. Sometime during the night Happy must have gotten out of bed for a while because the next morning as I walked to the kitchen to make coffee I found Bishop and Timber sleeping in the small living room.
The next week wasn't too bad, the nomads keep Happy busy while I worked and they managed to freak my neighbor out even more so now Michael didn't even look my way. Juice had to go back to Charming today so Timber was going to go back with him and Bishop was going to stay here with Happy. When I got off work Happy asked me to go for a ride with them so I changed out of my work scrubs, I put on a pair of skinny jeans with a black cowl neck halter top and my Black studded booties. We rode around LA for about an hour until we came to a stop at tattoo parlor that just happen to be the same one I had my ink done at.
"What are we doing here?" I asked them as we climbed off the bikes.
"I want to see if they got time to do some ink for me." Happy said as his hand went to my waist and he guide me to the shop and Bishop opened the door for us to all go in.
"Hey beautiful, I was wondering when we going to see you again." Damon said as we walked in.
"Is this where ya came for your ink?" Happy asked me and I could hear the jealousy in his voice.
I couldn't help but smile and Bishop smirked at us. "Yes, Damon's wife Suzy did it for me." I said to him and he smirked at me. "Baby I ain't stupid enough to have my work done by any other man but you."
"Hey girl, you here for some more ink?" Suzy said as she came up behind Damon and hug him. "Wait a minute is this that old man you were telling me about?" she said with a smile on her face when she noticed Happy's arm around my waist.
"Yeah it is." I said smiling at her. "Do you have any openings he wants to get some ink done?"
"Yeah come on back I can take you guys now my next one doesn't come in for about two hours?" she said as she led us to one of the chairs. "What were you looking to get done?" she asked looking at Happy.
Happy took off his cut and handed it to me as he removed his shirt. "I just need ya to put another one of these on me that's it." he said pointing at the smiley face tats.
My eyes went wide because he always got them done within a few days of taking someone out and the only thing that was coming to mind was the night of the party. I was taken out of my thoughts when Suzy spoke to him.
"That shouldn't take long at all." She said as he sat down. "Do they represent something because that's an awful lot of smiley faces."
"We don't need to talk about that, how much is this going to cost?" he asked changing the subject on her.
"I'm not even going to bother charging for it because it will only take ten minutes or less." She said and he just smirked at her.
When she was done Suzy and Damon talk with us for a little before we left and made our way back to the apartment. After saying goodnight to Bishop, Happy and I went to bed and as we laid there I couldn't help but ask him about it.
"Happy who was that one for?" I asked as I laid my head on his chest and traced the other smiley faces staying away from the new one but I also saw three other new ones I didn't know about on him besides the one he just add. "Happy this would make your fourth new one since I last counted."
"Jess I don't want ya worrying about that." He said as he slid his hand under my chin and lifted my head to look up at him. "Let's get some sleep." He said as he leaned his head up and kissed me softly.
It has been three weeks in LA and I was getting tired of being here, Happy and Bishop had to go back to Charming a week ago for club business. After being use to having Happy around I hated being alone again and he wasn't happy about me being alone either. Last time we heard from Rosen he said it should only be a week but that was a week ago and I haven't heard from him since. I had to pull a double today at the hospital and it was finally coming to an end when the HR guy Ken came to talk with me.
"Dr. Ortiz we got word from St. Thomas that they were in need of having you back there." He said as he leaned against the desk I was sitting at. "We are trying to fight it to keep you here, you're a good doctor and we don't want to lose you but now we got word from an Ally Lowen stating we shouldn't fight the transfer." Ken said to me as he rubbed his hands together. "They refused to give us a reason on why we shouldn't fight it, so far as I know of it's not going to go through but if anything changes I will let you know."
I felt defeated when he said that but I couldn't let him know that I was the one pushing this. "I need to finish my rounds so I could get going soon but thanks for letting me know this." I said to him as I shook his hand and quickly walked out so I wouldn't cry in front of him.
When my day was over I went straight to the apartment and called Happy and told him what Ken had told me. I was upset but Happy was pissed off because he couldn't get back here until the end of the week and all this shit was driving him crazy. It has now been three days since I was told Cedar Sinai was fighting my release and the only thing that has kept me going was that in two days Happy would be back.
I had about an hour left on my shift and was coming out of a patient's room when one of the nurse's came up to me. "Dr. Ortiz there are some men here and they refuse to leave. We really need you to come and take care of this because one of them is scaring the nurses and Ken is upset."
"Why didn't you call security? Why me?" I asked as I walked with her to where these men were.
"We did call security and Ken is there too but they won't listen to them so security told me to come get you because they are asking for you."
Just as we came around the corner the sight before me shocked the shit out of me. "Doll face I missed ya so much." Tig said as he came charging at me and lifted me into a hug and spun us around. "Just go with it Lowen said to give them a reason to transfer ya." He whispered in my ear as he placed me on my feet. "I told ya I know her." he said smirking at Ken.
"Dr. Ortiz you know these men?" Ken asked as he pointed at Tig, Chibs, Opie, Happy, Kozik and Juice who were all standing there in their cuts.
"Yeah these guys are my brothers and the Tall bald one is my boyfriend. They must be up for a visit." I said as I smirked at Happy because I knew he hated being called a boyfriend. "Can you give me a moment I just want to see what they need?" I said as Tig and I walked to Happy and watched as most of the nurses jaws dropped to the ground.
"Hey Jess is Dana around?" Juice asked as we got to them. "I want to talk with her really quick."
"I'll go find her in a minute but I want to know what's going on here?"
"Rosen said Cedar Sinai is fighting the transfer so Jax figured maybe they need a reason to not to want ya here anymore so he sent all of us on a paid vacation to LA?" Kozik said as he was smiling at one of the nurses.
"Jess I can't be staying up here as long as I have been so we need to rush this shit and we are running out options here." Happy said as he pulled me to him and kissed me roughly. "How much more time do ya got on the clock?" he asked as he pulled out of the kiss that left me breathless.
"I have about an hour before I get off." I said softly and he smirked.
"Guys it looks like we're here for an hour so get comfy." Opie said as he sat on one of the chairs along the wall. "Jess we'll be here waiting."
I shook my head at them and walked back to Ken. "I need to go finish my work." I said as I started to walk away.
"Dr. Ortiz why are they still here?" he asked sounding upset. "I thought you had only one brother."
"Well yeah he is the one with the Mohawk but they all are brothers in different ways and they aren't going anywhere until I get off." I said smiling at him and walked away not giving him time to respond.
I found Dana and told her where she could find Juice because he wanted to talk with her. A half hour later Ken came quickly walking up to me as I came out of one of the rooms. "Dr. Ortiz I got another doctor here to take over for you, we need you to get these men out of here. Do you know how long they are going to be around for?"
"I think they said something about being here for a couple of weeks." I said not knowing the real answer myself. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow." I said walking away from him.
I went and located the guys so we could get out of here, I told them about what I told Ken and they were good with it. Juice, Happy, Kozik, Tig, Opie and Chibs came back to my place with me. I was happy that he was back and I wasn't going to be alone tonight. The seven of us sat in my small living room talking. They were doing most of the talking I just sat there watching them quietly.
"Jess do ya think your friend Dana would let a few of the brothers stay at her place?" Opie asked me as he sat on one of the chairs. "There ain't enough room for all of us here."
"I'll talk with her." Juice said as he stretched out on the floor. "She's gonna stop by here when she gets out. I'll ask her when she gets here."
"Does Juicy got himself an old lady in the making?" Tig teased him as he kicked Juice's leg.
"I like her but I gotta see if she can take our life style." He said as he looked at me and I just shrugged my shoulders at him.
"How far does she live from here?" Kozik asked us.
"She lives a couple of buildings down from here." I answered him as I got up. "I'm gonna go change guys."
They all nodded at me, I went down the hall and walked into my bedroom and was pulling out some shorts and a t-shirt when Happy walked in. "Jess what's wrong with ya?" he asked as he leaned against the dresser. "I know your mind is somewhere else because you're too quiet out there."
"Happy what if this doesn't work? I don't want to be here without you anymore." I said to him as I sat down on the bed. "I can't just quit it would mess with my residency."
He pushed himself off the dresser and walked over to me and pulled me up to my feet. "It's gonna work I ain't gonna leave here without ya. If it doesn't work I'll go nomad again."
"Jax will be pissed if you do that, I don't want to cause any trouble for the club." I said to him as I looked down at the floor. "This is my fault, if I would just stop and think before I do things I wouldn't be in this problem and we would be at home right now."
"We will be home soon." He said lifting my chin so he could look in my eyes. "We'll make this shit work a'ight."
The guys wreaked havoc on LA for four days, they came up to hospital every day to have lunch with me and when it was almost time for me to get out they would hang around the halls waiting. Ken was losing his mind when the Sons were around. Cedar Sinai had finally decided that it was time to let the transfer go through and I was finally going home today. The guys helped me pack the car for my trip back home. I drove back to Charming with three of them in front of me and three behind me. Dana was upset because she wanted to come with us but she had to finish her program out with them before she could leave. I told Dana I would talk with Tara and see if she could get her in at St. Thomas so I had about four weeks to see what I could do.
When we got to Charming Happy continued to follow me but the rest of the Sons broke off and made their way to TM. I pulled up to the house and saw Gemma's SUV parked out front so I pulled my car into the garage and Happy left his bike out in the drive way. "Hap why is Gemma's car here?"
"She said she wanted to stock the house the right way." He said shaking his head at me as we walked to the door. "Apparently we need more then beer here."
We walked in the house and Gemma was coming out of the kitchen. "Hap can you go out to my truck I still have some bags in there." She said as she handed him her keys.
"A'ight." He said as he took the keys and walked out.
She stood there looking at me for about a minute before she started talking. "Baby girl now that I got you alone we need to talk." She said to me as she placed her hands on hips. "You fucking leave this town again Killer won't have to worry about you because I will hunt your ass down and shoot you myself. You got that?"
"I made a mistake Gemma I know that now."
"A god damn mistake is that what you call this." She snapped at me. "I would be the first to know what you were going through Jessica and if you needed someone I was here. You did to Happy what Jax's father JT did to me." She said as she soften her tone at me. "He left me here to deal on my own after losing Tommy and you left Happy here and it just about killed him."
"I'm sorry Gemma." That was the only thing I could say, I had forgot about her losing Tommy and of all people she would have been the one person I could have gone to.
"Sweetheart I don't have any daughters or even a damn granddaughter so you girls are the closest I'm gonna get so remember I am always here for you." She said as she pulled me into a hug just as Happy walked back in. "I'm having dinner tonight I want the two of you there."
"Gemma I'm rea…" was I got out because she cut me off.
"Don't give me no bullshit about being fucking tired have your asses at my house at seven, that gives you plenty of time to fucking relax." She said as she took her keys from Happy and she was walking out the door. "I'm sure you can put the last of the groceries away."
"Yes Gemma see you tonight." I said as I shut the door and Happy looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "I know it does not take you five minutes to grab three bags from the car." I snapped at him.
"Nope." He said smirking at me as he walked away to the kitchen and I followed behind him.
"You took long on purpose didn't you?"
"I had a feeling she wanted to talk with ya." He said leaning against the counter crossing his arms over his chest.
"How much of it did you listen to?" I said walking over to stand in front of him.
"All of it." he said looking at me. "Jess the shit she said was right."
"I don't know what to say Happy, I wish I knew how to face my problems without running but it was all I knew how to do. It was easier for me." I said as I leaned back against the table. "I wanted to stay but I thought it would be easier for you if I left.
"You're gonna learn how to keep your ass here because I'm gonna let ya know if your ass tries running on me again." He said in a menacing voice as he pushed off the counter and moved closer to me. "I don't care who your brother is and what anyone says to me I will fuck your ass up. I said I would never hit ya again and you said you would never leave me again. You left so if you try that shit again I will do more than just back hand your ass!"
"Happy you can't be seriously saying this to me." I said as I placed my hands on his chest.
"I'm not gonna sit here and let your ass walk out of my life anymore." He said as he brought his hands up to hold my face. "Whether you can handle it or not, this is your fucking life and you're gonna learn to face all the fucking shit that comes with it."
"Hap when I lost the baby I was in a bad place and I shouldn't have taken it out on you or anyone else."
"You weren't the only one that lost a kid here. That was my baby too." He said to me and I could see the hurt in his eyes. "I will never forget what we lost but Jess we have to put this behind us and move on." He said as a tear slipped down my cheek and he wiped it away. I nodded my head to him afraid to say anything because I didn't want to cry. He pulled me forward and we kissed softly.
Dinner at Gemma's turned out to be one of the most exciting ones because Lyla went into labor right in the middle of dinner and in SOA style we had all gone to the hospital with her and Opie. She had a baby girl that she named Chloe Piers Winston. I thought it was sweet because Piers was part of Piney's name and she did it in honor of him. The baby was a beautiful little thing after going in to see her I stood in the hall watching them through the window, seeing the smile on their faces as they stared at the new baby in her arms brought tears to my eyes. Happy must have seen this as he walked up to me and pulled me into a hug, I couldn't help but cry a little as he held me.
"When it's meant to be our turn it will happen." He whispered in my ear as he held me tight to him.
"I know, I love you Happy Lowman." I said to him as I laid my head on his chest.
"I love you too." He said as he lifted my chin to look at him. "Marry me!"
My eyes went wide when those words left his mouth, I knew we both loved each other but I never expected to ever get married. I didn't think he was the type to get married. "Happy are you serious?"
"Yes I'm serious, I want you as my wife not just my old lady." He said as he pulled a diamond ring out of the pocket of his cut. "Jessica marry me?"
"Yes Happy I'll marry you." I said as he placed the ring on my finger and a new wave of tears came down my face this time I was happy not sad. Now I knew no matter what came our way I was in this for the rest of my life with the man that had a tight hold on my heart.
AN: This is the end of Returning to Family. I do plan on writing more on Jess and Hap in time but right now I have another story that has been eating away at me and I want to try it out and see where it goes. I know I left so much open on this story but that will help me when I decide to write the sequel. Thank you so much for giving this story a chance and I'm glad so many of you liked. Thanks from the bottom of my heart for all the reviews; they kept me motivated on writing this. Fanfiction readers are the best.