It had been an insane 24 hours for Andy.
Rushing out of Toronto, getting engaged, the party and now Gemma arrived bright and early to take her to get a dress the day after their engagement. For her wedding the following day.
Considering the hungover state Jax was in that morning, Andy thought it would be best to take Abel with them. Leaving Jax to get some sleep and recover.
Andy wanted something simple, Gemma was keeping the wedding plans a surprise but she knew that they weren't going to be married in a church so she didn't need anything elaborate.
Going to the small bridal shop in town, she picked out a few strapless simple straight dresses. None of them really feeling like the one.
Andy went through the racks some more pausing when she found a tight, straight white strapless lace gown with a little train and a black embellished belt with crystals. It took her breath away, she pulled it out instantly and ran over to Gemma.
Gemma knew from Andy's reaction she had found her dress.
"That was easier than I thought it was going to be." Andy smiled as they made their way out of the shop, Andy holding Abel's carrier and Gemma holding onto the dress.
"Well when you look like you, everything fits and looks gorgeous on you. I knew you'd find the perfect dress. You need shoes?" Gemma asked as they walked down the street towards their cars.
Andy laughed at the question and shook her head no.
"If I came home with one more pair of shoes, they would probably be no wedding. He wasn't thrilled about my suitcase of boots." Andy laughed.
"These are your wedding shoes, you need special shoes." Gemma told her, wanting her to have anything she wanted on her wedding day and Jax be damned.
"I'm good Gemma, seriously. I brought shoes I had never worn before and with that dress nobody is going to see my feet anyways." She pointed out as they reached Andy's brand new car.
Hearing someone call her name, both Gemma and Andy turned, seeing Hale cross the street. Gemma and Andy sharing a knowing glance, while Andy strapped the carrier into the base and locked the door so Hale wasn't near Abel, Gemma put the dress in the back and locked the trunk quikly.
"You're back in town?" Hale said walking up to them with a coffee to go cup in his hands.
"Yes, I'm back." Andy smiled.
"New car, Gemma?" Hale asked disapproving at the brand new expensive SUV that their blood and criminal money kept buying them while he couldn't afford anything like that.
"Nah, this is actually Drea's. My son bought it for her. " Gemma was all too happy to point out as Andy bit her lip trying not to laugh at Hale's reaction.
"Oh wow.." He said not knowing what to say. Hale was lost now, she was back and driving in a car Jax bought her.
"Are you here to stay?" He asked.
"Yes, I'm moving back for good." Andy told him while peeking in the car to see Abel playing with his little rattle.
"That's great, I can't wait to work with you. I took the liberty of getting your PD records file and when..."
"Wait what?" Andy said confused as to what Hale had just said. He had gotten her employee records file? Andy looked at him in shock and her brain quickly going a mile a minute.
"Your records file, Unser had said you were a cop and might come on board if you decided to come back. So I called up your PD and let them know that Charming's PD wanted your file." He told her while Andy's eyes got wide and she whipped her head to look at Gemma.
The pieces her quickly adding up for Andy as to why Blackstone showed up at her apartment.
Charming PD requesting information on Andy was a huge red flag to the department, especially after Guns and Gangs were following Jax and Opie, especially after Marlo brought them in with her listed as her partner of record.
Then they get a call from the SONs known town requesting information on her, one of the cops involved in bringing in Jax and Opie saying she was in that same town.
Andy was getting more and more mad, the more the pieces came together for her.
"What did you tell them?" She threw out angrily. Hale taken back at her tone and look of displeasure on her face, he thought she'd be thrilled at getting a job as a cop here considering her associations with the SONS she should be grateful they'd give her one at all.
"I said that you were in town and we wanted your file to possibly bring you on board. I put in a request and then got a call back..."
"From who, who called you back?"
"A Jacob Blackstone." Hale said still not understanding her anger.
Andy was beyond pissed now, she didn't know what to do but she knew that the person responsible was standing in front of her. Before she knew it she had raised her hand and punched Hale in the face.
"Drea!" Gemma called holding her back from trying to hit Hale again.
"Get in the car!" Gemma forced her.
"What the hell? She just assaulted an officer." Hale yelled at Gemma getting up off the ground.
"You want everyone to know you got punched down by a 100lb fellow officer girl?" Gemma questioned him. While Hale said nothing back in return.
"That's what I thought, have a good day deputy." Gemma told him before jumping in Andy's drivers side and pulling the car out of it's parking spot.
"Ok, may be that wasn't the best reaction." Andy said finally calming down and realizing her hand was throbbing.
"Yah think? Pretty sure a cast isn't going to go nicely with that dress you just bought." Gemma told her looking down at Andy's hand and deciding to head straight for the ER.
Gemma called Jax telling him to wake his hungover ass up and get to the ER immediately while she held onto Abel's carrier and Andy was seeing the ER doctor.
Jax rushed down, Tig and Opie with him wanting to know what the hell was going on, assuming that it was a health issue with Abel.
"What happened?" Jax asked Gemma rushing in with Tig and Opie behind him seeing Abel content in his baby carrier and Drea nowhere in site.
"Where's Drea?" He rushed out worried.
"She's getting her hand x-rayed." Gemma told him flatly.
"Her hand? I thought you were going dress shopping, how did she hurt her hand?"
"Punching out Hale." Gemma stated as Jax's eyes got wide and Tig laughed.
"She punched Hale? Why?" Opie asked while Tig just laughed and asked "did she lay him out?"
"Flat." Gemma stated with pride.
"Go back to her punching the deputy, why?" Jax asked wanting to know what the hell happened thinking he had to call their lawyer because she'd be arrested for assault soon.
Just as Gemma was going to get to speak, Andy came out. Her hand wrapped in a bandage and with some ice on top of it. Jax rushed over to her, lightly looking at her hand.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. It's just sore and a little bruised. No broken bones and no sprains, I won't be wearing a cast on my wedding day. Yay!" She said happily at Gemma. "I got drugs too!" Andy said a little too loudly showing them her prescription bottle.
"What happened?" Jax asked, taking the pill bottle from her and sticking it in his pocket because she looked like she had enough of the pills already.
"I punched Hale." Andy said shyly with a smile shrugging her shoulders.
"Good job" Tig told her with pride.
"Thanks Tig!" She said back happily and loud as Gemma laughed, while she picked up Abel's carrier ready to leave.
"We got that part." Opie said as Jax still stared at her.
"I don't think we should do this here." Andy whispered loudly looking around to the ER waiting room, people staring at the group of SONS in the room. They were known through the entire town. They were celebrities in their own way.
Jax looked around, put his arm around her shoulders and tucked her into his chest. Guiding her slightly high self out of the ER and towards her Escalade. Opening up the passenger side and putting her in and buckling her.
"Follow us to TM!" He told Gemma sternly as she got in the drivers seat after buckling Abel in.
Jax, Tig and Opie hopped on their bikes and pulled out of the parking lot, Gemma following them behind as Andy started feeling drowsy and rested her head against the window to sleep.
They reached TM, Jax instantly coming over to open the door to let Andy out. She groggily hopped out and with Jax's help walked over to the picnic benches out front, Gemma bringing over a sleeping Abel.
Juice, Halfsack and Clay all came out seeing Andy resting her head down on the table.
"What happened?" Clay asked.
"She punched Hale." Tig said with glee. As they all looked at her impressed.
"Is he going to arrest her?" Juice asked.
"I don't think so, I asked him if he wanted everyone to know he got laid on his ass by a 100lb girl and he let us go." Gemma told them.
"She laid him out? Sweet!" Juice said laughing while Tig nodded along with him.
"What the hell happened and don't tell me again she punched Hale." Jax asked again loudly.
Andy picked up her head in a quick snap at the sound of Jax's booming voice.
"He is the reason Blackstone showed up at my apartment." Andy told them, resting her head on her hands. She said as they all looked at her.
"He looked into my personnel files, Unser told him I might be sticking around. Hale was trying to get them so I could work on the Charming PD. He called, told them who he was and where he was from, they wanted to make me an offer on their PD and that sent up red flags because it was Blackstone who gave him a call back. He doesn't do personnel records, so he got alerted somehow because of me and a Charming connection." Andy informed them before resting her head down again, wondering why she was more sleepy than feeling her hand hurt.
"Then what?" Clay asked.
"Then I punched him." She said as Jax closed his eyes at hearing that again, as tried to shake some anger he had for Hale out.
"We don't know what Hale told Blackstone then?" Clay asked. "No, we didn't get to that part in the conversation." Gemma added.
"I'm going to call Unser." Clay said going into the office.
"At least we know Guns&Gangs isn't after you guys, they have nothing on you. He's just after me." Andy said pointing to herself.
"Yeah, that's just so much better." Opie said sarcastically rolling his eyes at her being high on pills random comments. Thinking what kind of idiot doctor would give her narcotics for a not sprained and not broken hand.
"I'm going to get her home, while you all deal with this." Gemma said to Jax looking at a tired Andy. Jax nodded tensely.
Gemma could see the steam coming from him.
"Don't do anything stupid, you 2 are getting married tomorrow and we're not moving this wedding to have it in the jail. She punched him already, let it go." Gemma told Jax sternly, knowing Jax wanted to go after Hale himself for putting Andy in this she could be charged with giving classified information.
They had to get married as scheduled before Hale reported back that Drea was in Charming, unless he had already done so. They had to be married so they couldn't question her about him and anything they may have talked about. He had to make sure she had immunity from being in trouble with the law.
"We'll watch him Gemma." Opie told her reassuringly. Seeing Jax pacing around angrily with his thoughts.
"Hale resisted throwing her in jail, he's not going to resist throwing you in there and if he finds out about this wedding? He'll keep you in there on purpose." Gemma told Jax seriously. Jax knowing she was right as much as he wanted to go after Hale, he couldn't but he didn't have to like it.
"I get it." He barked out loudly raising both his arms in frustration.
"Good." Gemma said picking up Abel and going to put him in the car first.
"Hey, lets go home and you're going to get some sleep." Jax said softly, stopping his angered pacing to kneel down to Andy and helping her get to her feet.
"Ok." Was all she said before resting her head on his chest as they walked slowly together to the car. He put her in and gave her a kiss. Locking the door and nodding to Gemma.
Keeping the drugs in his pocket, she didn't need anymore he decided.
While Gemma took Andy home to sleep the guys gathered together for church to see what they should do, Clay was still talking to Unser.
"At least we know what we're dealing with now." Bobby said to the group.
"You knew they'd drag Drea in for questioning, this just cements that." Opie said as he looked at Jax who was sitting in his seat not saying a word.
"Alright, Unser said Hale's not in the best of moods right now. He's got quite the shiner." Clay chuckled while walking in. "He did confirm that Hale called the Toronto PD at some point late last week before she left for Toronto, wanting Drea's files to get her a job here. Guess Hale wanted to be her partner." Clay said while Jax flexed his jaw and his hands.
"He told them standard information to get her files then this Blackstone called back a few days later wanting to follow up. Obviously something Hale said triggered with the Feds or ATF. He called asking how long Officer McNally had been in Charming, her address in Charming, standard questions. "
"And Hale gave the answers?" Bobby asked
"According to Unser, Hale told him she had been in town a couple weeks and was staying with her uncle in town. He said nothing about the SONS and gave no names or addresses. He thought it would make the town look bad and they'd deny her transfer papers." Clay said rolling his eyes.
"Her uncle? Hale actually believed she's living with Piney?" Tig laughed.
"Wishful thinking." Chibs muttered seeing Jax still seething.
"So the new Feds ATF guy and this Blackstone want Andy." Opie pointed out the obvious.
"They want Andy." Clay stated looking over at Jax.
"For what? She's not going to turn on us." Juice said.
"They don't know that. They will show up soon either wanting information from her or to question her about how much she's given us. We don't know what they know. By now Blackstone could have connected Piney as being Drea's uncle, which connects the fact that when her partner hauled in me and Op, she didn't let anyone know that Opie was her cousin. Also because of her non-disclosure about that family connection, they gave her classified information about us while she pretended she'd never seen us before." Jax said finally deciding to speak.
All of them realizing just how much trouble Andy could be in.