She knew it was coming, but she had no control to stop it all she could do is ride it out. All that she had been through in the last few months had stirred up a lot of memories and emotions. A shit storm was brewing and waiting for her in Charming when she got home and it's name was Gemma. She was going to have to face it head on.
"You're too quiet love. .What's going on in that head of yours?"
"Just thinking about the shit storm that's waiting for me."
He reached for her hand. "No running. I'm right here."
"I know, I think it's something I have to do alone."
"I'm not letting you face anything alone. I'm going to be right by your side." He kissed her hand.
She started to protest but stopped she knew it wouldn't do any good. He had made up his mind, the stubborn Scot, she leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes. She still had a slight headache.
"Lass, we're home." He gently shook her awake, he leaned over and kissed her. She jumped a little, her eyes popping open, her headache was gone. She opened the car door and got out. Fillip had grabbed her bags and was caring them into the house. She heard the roar of motorcycles and turned around. Great, let the storm start she thought. Three bikes came to a screeching halt in front of the house, she recognized the bikers before they got off the bikes. It was Opie, Tig, and Juice.
Opie was the first off his bike, he threw his helmet down and ran over to her. He grabbed her up in his arms pulling her to eye level.
"Never do that again. You scarred the living shit out of me!" He pulled her into a hug, kissing the top of her head.
"I'm sorry Ope." He held onto her for a few minutes. Chibs came out and leaned on the jeep. Tig and Juice came over, and talked to Chibs. Opie sat her on the ground.
Tig was next, he pulled her into his arms. "Baby, don't scare me like that." He pushed her towards Juice.
Juice put his arm around her shoulders and kissed her cheek. "We have church in a hour, then a party."
Gen closed her eyes, all she wanted to do is go to bed and sleep. The three bikers left for the club, leaving Chibs and Gen alone. She walked into the house, he wrapped his arms around her pulling her into an embrace.
"You can stay home, love. I know your tired."
"I'm fine. I'm expected to go."
He kissed her, pulling her into the bedroom. He pushed her on the bed and took her clothes off, he quickly undressed and made love to her.
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"She poked him with her finger in the ribs, you're going to be late."
He rolled over and kissed her. "Don't you mean, we're going to be late?"
"No, you have church in fifteen minutes. I still have time to get ready." She smiled at him.
He grabbed her as she tried to get out of bed. "You're not coming with me?"
She pulled out fresh clothes from her bags. "I'll be there later."
"Ride in with me...please."
"Give me five minutes to get ready."
She put on lacy pink and black panties and bra. "You're killing me Gen. Seeing you wearing those little scraps of lace, knowing that's under your cloths..."
She smiled and leaned over and kissed him. "That's the idea." She pulled on a pair of black jeans, and a tight purple t-shirt. She grabbed a pair of boots on.
"So let's go already." She smiled at him.
He handed her a helmet, he climbed on his bike, she put a hand on his shoulder and climbed on behind him, wrapping her arms around his waist. They rode off to the clubhouse.
XXX
They got there right on time, he went into the clubhouse. Gen walked over to TM's office, she could see Gemma was still there. Time to face the storm head on, no fear.
"Mom."
"Well, I'll be damned! Look who's here."
"I can leave, if I'm not welcomed."
"You're good at that, leaving."
She looked at her. "I only leave when I know I'm not wanted." She slammed out of the office, Gemma chased after her.
"What the hell does that mean?"
"Exactly what it sounded like. I was shipped out at fourteen to boarding school. After two years of feeling like an outsider, I quit coming home. Hell you didn't even care enough to come to my high school graduation." She started to walk away.
Gemma chased her and grabbed her arm. "Don't walk away from me damn it. We sent you away, because we wanted you away from here."
"Because I was so much trouble because I was a girl. Truth is, you hated me for not being the sick one. You always wished I was the one that died instead of Thomas!"
Gemma stepped back like she'd been slapped. "I never felt that way."
"Didn't you? You never looked at me the same, or treated me the same after. You pushed me away. I was hurting too, I was six years old and my twin died, my best friend." She was crying. She walked away, Gemma chased after her. "Leave me alone."
"Gen, baby...please."
"I'm done!"
She walked into the club house walked behind the bar, grabbed a bottle of whiskey and poured herself a glass and drank it back. She poured another one and threw it back, she had another one. It didn't take much before she didn't care anymore. The guys came out of church and the croweaters started hanging all over the men, one attached herself onto Chibs. Gen was pissed as hell, she didn't wait for him to push her off. She walked over, tapped her on the shoulder.
"Bitch, hands off!" She punched her in the face. She turned around and walked out the door.
"Shit!" Chibs went chasing after her. He found her laying on the picnic table crying.
"Lass, what's wrong with you?" He smelled the whiskey on her breathe.
"Nothing, what's matter with you?"
Jax and Opie came out of the clubhouse. "Shit, sis!"
"She's drunk!" Chibs told them.
"What set her off?" Opie asked.
"I don't know."
Jax looked up and saw Gemma sitting in her car crying. "I'm going to go find out." He walked over to the car and knocked on the the window. "What happened mom?"
She told him what had happened. Well shit! He was hoping to have this come out in a better way. Find a way to fix it, this was bad. "Mom, she's hurting too. We need to sit down and talk about this, when we are calm."
"I never knew she felt that way. She must hate me."
"She doesn't hate you. She has just kept everything in. Come on, stay." Gemma got out of the car and walked over to the picnic table where Gen sat.
Gen got up and hugged her mom. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have unloaded like that. It wasn't the right time or place..."
"We can talk about it later baby." She hugged her back.
The croweater that had draped herself over Chibs came out, and tried again. Gen's eye narrowed and she got off the table, Opie grabbed her. Chibs pushed her off of him.
"Didn't you learn your lesson the first time. I'm not interested, I'm taken." He pointed towards Gen. The girl saw her and stepped back, Gen was trying to get out of Opie's hold. The girl walked back into the club to find someone else, Opie let her go.
"Geez, sis! What the hell has gotten into you?"
"Nothing!"
Chibs pulled her into his arms. "You have nothing to worry about, you're the only women I want!"
She laid her head on Chibs shoulder. "I would kiss you, but there's two of you!" He laughed, and rubbed her back. He picked her up and carried her into the clubhouse, thru the main room, to one of the dorm rooms. He laid her on the bed.
"Lay here and rest. I'll check on you later." She fell asleep, even with the music playing loud.
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She woke up and all was quiet, she was disorientated for a few minutes. Once she got her wits she wandered out to the main room of the clubhouse, it was abandoned. She walked outside and no one was around, the garage was closed. She looked at her watch, it was two am. What the fuck is going on.
She went back to the room she was sleeping in, no note from Fillip. She walked back in the hall, the croweater she had punched out came out of a room and stopped and looked at her.
"Oh! We thought you went home." She walked past Gen smiling. Gen walked to the door and opened it, Chibs was in bed naked. She walked to the bar and got a pitcher of ice water and walked back to the room, and poured the water on him.
"Gen, what the hell?" He jumped out of the bed, she started hitting him.
"You bastard!" She started to walk out of the room, he grabbed her. She refused to cry.
"Love, what's wrong. Tell me."
She spun around and landed a perfect upper cross to his chin. "If I'm the only women you want, why did yo just fuck another women?"
She threw the pitcher at him and stormed out of the room. He chased after her, the croweater was standing in the main room smiling. Gen totally lost it and jumped on her beating the living shit out of her. Tig came out of a dorm room, usually he loved a good cat fight. He saw who it was.
"Son of a bitch!" He ran to break up the fight. Gen was really doing to town on the croweater.
The croweater pushed her off, and jumped up, she pulled a knife from her bag.
"Come on bitch you want to play?" She made a slashing movement towards Gen.
Chibs yelled her name as the knife came down across her stomach. Gen pushed her wrist up and away before she got cut, she slammed the girls wrist against the bar. She took her head and slammed it against her knee, knocking her out. Tig and Chibs pulled her off of the girl. She shrugged them off of her.
"Don't touch me!" She stormed out of the clubhouse. She sat down on the picnic tables to cool off. She closed her eyes as tears rolled down her face. Chibs came out to find her.
"Please Lass, Believe me I didn't sleep with her." She looked down at the ground, she refused to look at him, because if she did she would burst into tears. She had been holding them back. "Look at me, I wouldn't lie."
He entwined his hands in her hair, pulling her face up so he could see into her eye. "Genevieve, I love you with all my heart, you are the only women I want in my bed and by my side. I didn't and wouldn't take another women to bed."
Something about his pledge hit her, she knew he wasn't lying, she knew he was telling the truth. She wrapped her arms around his neck kissing him.
"I'm sorry Fillip. Please forgive me for doubting you."
"God, when I saw she had a knife..."
"Let's go home Fillip." He went in and got dressed, he had still been wrapped in the shit from the bed. She sat on the picnic table and waited for him. Tig had taken care of the croweater inside. On the ride home, Gen held onto Chibs tight, she thought to herself that they had made it though this shit storm. She wondered home many more were in their future and were they strong enough to get through them all.