Chapter 5.

It was the first night of GED school, and Alexa couldn't have been any more nervous. She had begged Tig to come along with her, but unfortunately he had a prior engagement. Also, he was almost positive that he couldn't physically be in the room with her, so he had forced Alexa to get over her fear and go on her own. Now, Alexa sat in her tiny desk, waiting for the teacher to begin class. It had been a long time since writing notes, and wasn't even good back then. Alexa had written her name and date on the top right corner of her loose paper. The teacher walked in, the man looked liked he was in his 60s, hair long gone, and had numerous stains on his cardigan sweater.

"What a dork..." She whispered to herself.

The teacher first introduced himself, and had everyone go around and introduce themselves. Alexa dreaded her turn, and when it finally came, she took a deep breathe and stood up. "My name is Alexa. I'm 24 years old. I'm here because I didn't care about school and I fucked up." Alexa quickly covered her mouth and looked around the room frantically. "I'm sorry.." She finally said.

Alexa sat back in her tiny desk and stared at her notebook. This was going to be a long night. After class was over, she waited for Tig out in the schools parking lot. As she waited, she decided to call Phil. Alexa had called him during one of the many 15 minutes break that were given throughout the class.

"I'm finally done.." She said, exhausted.

"How'd it go? What did you learn?" Phil was laying in his bunk bend, staying away from the party going on in their tiny confined space.

"We worked on Math today. I was surprised I remembered formulas. It was crazy.." Phil laughed and replied.

"Well, the band just finished their set in Arizona, were heading to Texas right after the party." Alexa faintly began to hear a loud, rumbling sound and quickly realized that it was Tig.

"Hey, gotta go. Tig is here. I'll text you when I can." Alexa quickly closed her flip phone and placed it in her pocket. The rumbling grew louder as Tig neared the schools parking lot. Alexa waved at him, walking closer to the road. Tig parked his bike a few feet from Alexa and handed her a helmet.

"Hey baby. How was class?"

"Oh you know, embarrassed myself right away, and now I'm the class freak." Tig laughed and helped her get on the motorcycle. Alexa leaned over and planted a kiss on his cheek. Tig turned around and planted a kiss on her lips. She wrapped her arms around his waist, and dug her face into his back, inhaling his scent. When they got to the house, Alexa quickly went towards the fridge and made herself a sandwich. Grabbing a beer, she gathered her worksheets and began working on her homework.

"What time do you work tomorrow?" Tig asked her, opening a beer, throwing the bottle cap on to the table and sat down next to Alexa.

"I work from 10-4PM" Alexa grabbed her calculator, and punched in numbers.

"What about you?" "I have some club business to do, so I won't be working.." Tig said.

"Alright then. Just be careful.." She looked at Tig, it was hard to read his face. What she would do to read minds.

"Everything okay?" She asked and hoped she'd get an answer from him. He glanced at her for a second, then quickly looked at his beer.

"It's nothing baby... Just club stuff." He got up, kissed Alexa, and walked into the bedroom. The flip phone vibrated on the table, Alexa finished writing down the solution and picked up the phone. It was Phil. "What's up?" Alexa smiled.

"Doing homework.." Was what she typed into the text message box.

"Hey lass, get your nose outta that book and help me with this oil change!" Chibs yelled at Alexa. She didn't even notice that someone had parked a car in her working spot.

"Oh shit. Sorry Chibs.." Alexa jumped off the working bench and rushed to the vehicle. Alexa lifted the car as Chibs gathered the tools for the oil change.

"So how's school?" He asked, trying to make small talk with the girl.

"I just want to be done." She said picking up a wrench. "I should've stayed in high school, would've been fucking easier."

Chibs didn't know what to say and proceeded to work on the car.

"Are you and Tig going to Gemma's dinner tonight?" Jax asked Alexa.

"Of course, Tig is really looking forward to it." Alexa tried her best not to sound sarcastic.

"Don't worry. My mom will grow on ya." Jax laughed.

"Can't wait for that to happen.." Alexa said sarcastically, wiping her sweat from her forehead. Alexa went back to the working bench as the dirty oil drained from the car.

Tig and Clay were in the chapel, discussing the fate of Opie Wilson. Tig and the president had both concluded that the man had ratted out the club, and placed bugs in his truck and phone. The man had betrayed the club, and he had to die. Clay ordered Tig to do the deed that night at the party. He shook his head in agreement and then realized that he would have Alexa with him. How would he get the deed done if she'd be clinging and asking him questions? Clay sighed, rubbing his temple.

"Just do whatever you have to do, just don't let her know or find out what we are doing, make it gangster."

The president hugged his fellow brother and left the chapel. Tig was ready for the task, it was what he lived for.

Tig waited for Alexa to finish getting ready on their couch. The plan was ready to go, all he needed was to distract Alexa and wait for Opie to go home.

"How do I look?" Alexa asked, twirling around for Tig's amusement. She had on a blue summer dress, her hair was curled and her makeup consisted of mascara and winged eyeliner. Tig wanted to forget all about the party and have her right then and there.

"Gotta be honest baby. I got a fucking hard on.."He said grabbing his crotch. Alexa giggled at his reaction and went to grab her purse.

"Ready?"

"Can't I just fuck you first?" He stood up, kissed her cheek and twirled his finger in her dark brown hair.

"I worked hard on this look... At least give me sometime to enjoy it.."

"Fine...but I'm going to devour you tonight.." He grabbed his cut and they both walked out the door.

The welcome party for Abel was eventful. Everyone was happy that the baby boy had survived and was finally home with his family. Alexa sat on Tig's lap and joined in on certain conversations. A vibration could be felt in her dress pocket. Alexa quickly got up, and whispered into Tig's ear that she was going to the bathroom. When Alexa claimed the bathroom, she quickly dialed Phil and waited for an answer. When he answered, they began talking about random stuff, even mentioned that they'd be in California in two weeks. Gemma had passed by the bathroom, hearing an annoying voice coming from the room. It was Alexa, and she was on the phone. Gemma drew closer to the door and pressed her ear against the door.

"Hey Gemma, Abel's crying. Where do you have the bottles?" Gemma jumped from the door, she smoothed down her shirt and moved away from the door.

"Oh, right over here.." Gemma walked with Wendy towards the kitchen.

Opie and family had said their goodbyes. It was Tig's cue. Shortly after they left the house, he followed them out, got on his motorcycle and drove to where the black SUV was parked. Alexa said her goodbyes to Phil and went back out to the party. She looked around for Tig, but had no luck.

"Where'd be go?" She sat on the chair that previously occupied the couple. Alexa tried calling his phone, but there was no answer. Frustrated, she crossed her arms and proceeded to text Phil. Gemma eyed her from far, and wondered why that phone was glued to her hand. It was certainly not Tig, that old fart wouldn't know what texting was.

When Tig realized who he had shot. It felt like the world stopped spinning. He had made a huge mistake, and didn't know how he was going to fix it. It couldn't be fixed. His eyes widened as he realized that he had taken a mother away from his children. Tig quickly disposed of the truck and went to retrieve his bike. Moments later, he was back on the scene. Opie was holding Donna in his arms, sobbing at the corpse. Clay looked at him, Tig glanced at him for a second but quickly looked back down.

When Alexa heard the news, she couldn't believe it. How could someone do that? Take an innocent life? Afraid of being alone, she dialed Tig again, but no answer. Alexa had had enough and decided to walk home. Chibs looked at the scene in front of him. He couldn't wait to get his hands on the animal that did this. When he saw Tig, he had remembered that Alexa was still at Jax's house. Chibs walked towards Tig.

"Hey brother..Alexa is still at Jax's.."

"Oh...right...I'll go get her and take her home..I'll be back." He walked off and climbed onto his bike.

Alexa was already asleep when she heard Tig come in. He stormed into the kitchen, and banged his head on the cabinets. Alexa jumped at the loud thuds. She ran towards Tig and tried to stop him. Tig pushed her away and continued to smack his head. Alexa got up and wrapped his arms around him. It was the best she could do, she was not running away. He had been there for her, and she was going to do the same. Tig's body went limp and he fell to the floor. Alexa went down with him, and let the man cry into her shoulder. Without saying a word, she rocked him, patted his back and hummed a soothing tone.

"I'm sorry.." He said. Alexa shushed him and continued to hum.

"I love you.." He said quietly.

"I love you too.." She replied, wiping the tears from his eyes. Tig tilted Alexa's head back and began to kiss her neck. She groaned as he bit softly.

"Let's go to bed baby...let me take care of you.." Tig ignored her suggestion and continued to kiss on her neck while removing her pajama top, exposing her breasts. He was going to have her then and there. He was going to fuck his pain away.

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