Thanks to those who reviewed the last chapter. It really means a lot that you've reviewed since I'm getting less and less reviews. Next chapter will take place a few months into the future. I'm going to try involve something happening with the club and bringing Lacey into it. If you have any suggestions to how that could happen please don't hesitate to tell me. I will take all suggestions into consideration. This is just another short chapter. Please read and review, it would really mean a lot.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: New Look.

Lacey looked in the mirror not liking what she saw. Jax was in Tacoma with the club sorting some shit that was going down with the charter there. They'd been 'together' for a little over a week. Nothing had been made official between them but their past feelings for each other were definitely there. She was missing him terribly.

She'd been having nightmares since he left four days ago. The nightmares consisted of her time with Jesse. She knew he couldn't hurt her anymore but it didn't stop the bad dreams. It didn't help with Kyle sticking around the club.

With Jax not around, Kyle was trying even harder to pursue her. It only resulted in him getting under her skin. He creeped her out even more, sometimes even scaring her. She never showed it with him. She'd made that mistake with Jesse.

Still looking in the mirror she decided she needed a change. She'd started new in Charming, she was looking for her own place, Gemma had given her a job in Teller-Morrow office and she sometimes worked behind the clubhouse bar. She thought she could go with a new look too.

She walked out of the bathroom and back into the office. "Hey Aunt Gem, we busy this afternoon?"

"It's pretty quiet. Why's that, baby?"

"I need to run into Lodi for a few things, is it okay if I leave early?" she asked.

"You can go now if you want. I'll call if I need you."

"I should be back before the guys get home." Lacey grinned and kissed her cheek before leaving.

Jax and the other arrived back at the clubhouse no more than twenty minutes ago. He'd been smiling the whole way back from Washington knowing Lacey would be here waiting for him. His smile had faltered when he pulled into the lot and she wasn't there. She'd been on his mind the whole time he was away. Gemma informed him she'd gone to Lodi for the afternoon needing to do a few things.

"Holy shit, check out the blonde." Tig's words cut through Jax's thoughts about Lacey and what she could be doing in Lodi.

He lifted his head and looked towards the door. He immediately saw the girl Tig was talking about. She was wearing tight hip hugging black jeans, a deep purple tank top that was cut low showing a little cleavage and a cropped leather jacket. Her hair was a golden blonde and cut to just above her shoulders. She wore little make up being a natural beauty.

He got up from his seat and walked over to her. He bit his bottom lip to stop him from smiling. "Can I help you?"

"I'm meant to be waiting here for some bad ass biker guy that belongs to some club that has to do with this clubhouse." she told him shrugging her shoulders.

He smiled not being able to hold it back. "What's his name? I might know him."

"I don't know but he's tall, longish blonde hair, has the most amazing blue eyes, a little bit of scruff on his face, wears baggy jeans. Last time I saw him he was wearing a horrible blue plaid flannel shirt." She rambled.

"That shirt is not horrible." he said pretending to be offended. The smile never left his face.

Lacey laughed. "No it's not. It's actually one of my favorites."

"That explains why you keep trying to steal it."

"I borrow it, not -" she was cut off by him placing his hands on her hips, kissing her. She smiled against his lips, kissing back until he pulled away.

"I missed that."

"I'm sure you got plenty of it while you were away."

"Not this time, Darling." He smiled placing a quick peck on her lips. "You're the only girl I'm kissing now."

"Sure I am."

"So what's with the change?" he asked her changing the subject from him to her new look.

She shrugged her shoulders again. "Thought I could do with a new look. Don't you like it?"

"It's different." He smiled tucking a strand of hair that had fallen in front of her face behind her ear. He didn't have a specific type of woman when it came to their hair color. He didn't mind the change. Lacey could have green hair with pink tiger stripes and she'd still be beautiful to him. "But I love it."

She smiled. "Do you want a drink?"

"I want you."

"You can have me later." She sighed. "I'm bar bitch until Johnny the dick-weed finishes fucking his fat lazy whore girlfriend."

Jax knew she didn't get along with bartender. He was a fat, twenty-something year old pervert who took it too extremes most of the time. Jax and Chibs always kept an eye on Lacey when he was around. Johnny went for any girl that walked up to the bar.

"Can't someone else do it?" he asked. "I really want to take you to my room right now."

"I would love to go to your room right now but I can't."

"We'll make it quick." he crouched down and picked her up throwing her over his shoulder. His name came out as a squeal, she giggled hitting his back with an open fist as her carried her back towards his room.