A/N Important – To follow with the new guidelines, I was thinking about cutting any 'M' rated scenes from the story, however I really didn't want to cut them completely so I was thinking about posting them on adultfanfiction . net as one shots, with a link on my profile when the time comes. Please let me know your thoughts on this.
Sophie woke up, stretching before heading to use the bathroom. She peeked outside her window to see the early morning sun beaming down on her, Sophie could barely contain her grin as she studied the clear blue sky. She changed to her yoga clothes and danced down the stairs, flicking the kettle on as she grabbed her spare yoga mat from by the front door and headed outside to the small grassed area surrounded by flowers, she'd done the space specifically as a relaxing area, where she could just come and relax.
She breathed in the smell of lavender as she stretched her muscles out, feeling the tension melt away from the muscles as they were manipulated and twisted. She sat in a meditating pose as she breathed in deeply, relaxing her body and getting well needed oxygen to her muscles. She opened her eyes and giggled as she watched the birds play by the bird feeder she'd made from an empty water bottle. She stood up and rolled her mat, skipping back into the house to make herself a glass of green tea.
As she sat there, she looked at the clock, today was Saturday and Penny had arranged for Sophie to have a day off, only telling her the night before. Sophie was glad she had a break from work but had no idea what to do with herself. A sudden overwhelming feeling on loneliness swept over her. Sophie sighed deeply; she was fed up of been lonely. She looked around her home, deciding she wants a companion. She'd thought about getting a pet before but had dismissed the idea for the hours she worked, but the salon was doing well, she could always hire another hand on and spend more time exploring her social life. She might even take some lessons at the local college or school. She giggled to herself looking at her beautiful kitchen, she might take cooking classes!
Suddenly feeling brighter about her upcoming day she quickly got dressed into light denim shorts and a white tank top she slipped on white material wedges. She grabbed her phone, house keys and purse and skipped out the door. Sophie stopped dead halfway down the road, she didn't even know where to start looking for a pet! She bit her lip, thinking where to go. She quickly dialled Tranquillity number, patching through to Penny nearly straight away.
"Tranquillity Beauty Salon, Penny speaking, how may I help you?"
"Hey Penny, can you put an advertisement up for a new worker? I'll deal with the interviews."
"Sure thing hun, anything else?"
"You know where I can get a dog?" Sophie asked biting her lip.
"Charming animal shelter is on the outskirts, it's about a 10 minute walk down main street" Penny answered, her heart breaking for the young girl, Penny knew Sophie was lonely, she'd tried several times to encourage the young girl to go out and socialise, make some friends her own age, but Sophie's main focus was her shop.
"Thanks Penny! I'll see you Monday!"
Sophie grabbed her stuff and headed out the door, she walked through town quickly, rather eager to adopt a dog. She hoped there was one there that she just fell in love with. She walked down Main Street, relaxing at the sound of the birds chirping. It was rather quiet out, which wasn't surprising considering most people would already be in town. She ignored them in her excitement as she saw the turning to the shelter.
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"Hey there, I'm Jim, How may we help you today?" The friendly, elderly man greeted her from where he was unloading boxes of what looked like supplies.
"I'm just looking, I'm hoping to adopt a dog" Sophie told him excitedly.
"Well what are you waiting there for?" The man chuckled, amused by her excitement. "Go have a look!"
Sophie wasted no time, skipping through the gaps between the spacious kennels, she always made sure there kennels were donated to. The shelter never put any animal down if there was a way around it, all animals were treated really well and were walked daily. Sophie checked each dog, her heart swelling at each one she looked at.
She spent over 45minutes, checking out all the dogs. She stopped dead in front of one of the cages. Inside was small pit-bull terrier puppy that looked about 8months old. The puppy was black with a white nose and blue eyes, but what really caught her eye was the fact that a small white kitten was cuddling against him with her front paw wrapped in bandages.
Sophie knelt down by the kennel, cooing at the adorable animals. She heard footsteps approaching and looked up to see the elderly man coming to crouch by her.
"They were found wondering down the highway, no chip and really skinny – nature had been harsh on them unfortunately, the kitty had a broken paw so the puppy was carrying her. We didn't have the heart to separate them. They're really friendly, the kittens a girl and the puppy's a boy" He explained, smiling at her.
"They're adorable" Sophie muttered, watching as the puppy crept over to the bars carefully while the kitten watched. "Hey baby boy" She cooed, letting his sniff her scent. His tail waggled behind him as he yipped, dipping his head so she could scratch behind his ears.
"How much to adopt them? Both of them?" Sophie asked, looking at the man.
"Just a donation towards the shelter, we will need make sure your house is fit for them both before you can take them home. But we'll put a sign on the kennel to make sure nobody else tries adopting them" He explained, "Would you like to go in the kennel to them?" He asked, Sophie nodded her head, grinning widely. He stood and opened the kennel door and Sophie crept in, trying not to startle the animals. She crouched down, softly speaking to the animals. She allowed them to sniff her hand to get her scent; her face broke out into a massive grin when the puppy started wagging his tail and jumping around her playfully. She spent half an hour playing with them both before she left the cage.
"I take it you would like them two?" Jim asked, putting an 'adopted' sign on the cage at Sophie's nod. He took Sophie into the office to fill out the paper work. "We'll have someone out to check your house as soon as we can" He told her, grabbing a pen.
"I just need your name for the paperwork"
"Sophie Maize" Jim looked at her suddenly, "My apologise Miss Maize, I didn't recognise you"
"No need worry, and please call me Sophie" Sophie smiled; she was use to this kind of behaviour.
"There are a lot of donations made in your name, you know? Helped us through some real tough times" Jim explained, waving over a stern looking woman. "Shelly will you go VET Miss Maize's home? She wants adopt the young pit-bull and kitten" Jim asked the lady before looking back to Sophie.
"Least we can do in return is speed up the adoption process" Jim smiled.
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Three week later Sophie sat at home on the floor working on her laptop, giggling as the pit-bull she had affectionately called Pepper ran around the house excitedly with a squeaky toy in his mouth. Salt, the kitten lay contently in her lap, purring softy at the attention she was getting.
Sophie was going through the applications for the job, only three people seemed qualified for what she wanted and she was using her laptop, which was laying in front of her, to email Penny about setting up job interviews for the job. Both animals stilled at the knock on the door, before Pepper started barking loudly, bouncing all around the doorway. Salt yowled from her place on Sophie's lap.
Sophie giggled at the noises, standing up with Salt securely in her arms and walked to the door, dancing round Pepper to get to the door.
"Just a minute!" She called, "Pepper sit." The dog quietened immediately, sitting at his owner's feet. She had paid to have Pepper trained slightly, the trainer had come to her house to train them and Pepper had picked up the lessons quickly.
Sophie opened the door and was met with the sight of several sons on her doorstep. Sophie tilted her head to the side curiously, looking at Jax who was the one who knocked on the door.
"Can I help you?" She asked sweetly, tilting her head to the side, unknowingly mimicking Pepper who had tilted his head at the strangers.
"Gemma's throwing a celebration dinner tonight, Lumpy's brought his gym in full, paperwork went through this morning" Jax told her, smiling at her.
"That's brilliant" Sophie grinned happily, clapping her hands giggling, Salt huffed from her place in her owners hands, meowing in protest as she was placed on the floor. Sophie caught a glance at the bottom of her pyjama bottoms and blushed.
"Maybe I should go get changed" She giggled.
"Might help darling, there's not really a dressed code but I think Ma would get a bit upset if you turned up in your pyjama's" Jax laughed.
"You can come in if you want, just make sure you don't track mud into my house!" She warned, shooing Salt and Pepper back as moved before running off upstairs. Salt and Pepper studied the men for a moment before running after Sophie.
Jax shook him head smiling at her excitement before wiping his boots on the mat outside and walking in, quickly followed by Tig, Opie, Chibs and Happy. Gemma had sent them to fetch the young girl for a celebration dinner; they thought she deserved the recognition in helping to buy Lumpy's gym.
Happy shut the door behind him, looking up at the second story where he could see Sophie fluttering around upstairs. He walked over to the chair by the fire and dropped down onto the soft cushioning, Tig following, dropping down onto the sofa. Their attention briefly on the paperwork piled neatly by a laptop.
"She seems rather excited for dinner, doesn't she?" Chibs asked, hearing the soft footfalls of Sophie as she ran about upstairs. Opie nodded his head in agreement, they young girl had looked thrilled to be going somewhere.
"Not surprised, she doesn't get out much" Tig answered, kneeling on the floor to inspect the open fire. After their first visit it was all he raved about.
"What'd you mean?" Jax asked, looking up to the bedroom area briefly.
"She's got no friends, no family the only thing she's got is her work" Tig answered casually. Happy sat silently, the house felt very homely and warm, he watched Sophie, studied her movement and mannerisms. She seemed so innocent, so submissive and Happy found her stuck on his head.
"Must be lonely" Opie muttered, all five Son's looked up after hearing footsteps skip down the stairs. Sophie had Salt and Pepper in her arms as she placed them in the kitchen. She grabbed a few ball shaped objects and hiding them around the house in several places. She was wearing a jeans and a beige off the shoulder loose jumper which had a leopard print heart on it with the words 'so there was a girl…'.
"What're you doing?" Opie asked.
"They're treat balls, I put cat and dog treats in them and hide them, it stops them from shredding my house while I'm out" Sophie explained. Plopping down on the floor in front of the chair Happy sat in to check the email had sent. She shut the laptop lid and laid it on the coffee table, before looking up at Jax,
"I'm ready" She grinned.
"Lets go" Jax ordered, all of them filing out the house, watching as she locked her door and skipped down the steps.
"You're riding with Happy" Jax told her, starting his bike.
Happy handed her the helmet and watched her fasten the clip securely, holding the bike steady while she climbed on. He couldn't deny himself the smirk of appreciation as she pushed her body against his back. There were two thing's he knew for sure, one was that girl was something special and the second was that he had to have her.