Disclaimer: This is a wonderful work of fiction, I do not own SOA or anything related to it, I do however own Taru and her pretty, pretty ponies.

SnowAngel2009: Thanks doll, thinks are still a bit tough but slowly getting better, working on my own novel right now too still in the planning stages though.

Jessica-Angelbaby-Bautista: More is here now, enjoy!

K. Holtzman: Don't feel bad, you still took the time to review, it means a lot when I log on to my emails and see reviews waiting for me. With Kerrianne I kind of figured that Chibs wouldn't be able to spend all day with her so she'd end up spending a lot of time with Taru and that would throw her in the deep end so she'd have to try and build a bridge with the woman that will, ideally, become her step mother at some point and if something were to happen to Fiona she'd end up having to move to Charming to live with them. On the topic of Fiona, she struck me as a very alpha female in S3 and with Taru being another alpha Fiona can't stand that she stepped in to fill the void she left so naturally there will be a rivalry between them that may never get resolved. I miss Tiggy to but he will be in the story at some point, not too far away actually. I can tell you this now, the next story, the one centered around S4, will be devastating for Taru.

MuckyShroom: Thanks darling, more will be up soon, the next one might take a little longer since I'm stuck on it but I'll try get it up before Christmas.

Dr. Feelgood – Motley Crue

Rat-tailed Jimmy is a second hand hood
He deals out in Hollywood
Got a '65 Chevy, primered flames
Traded for some powdered goods
Jigsaw Jimmy He's runnin' a gang
But I hear he's doin' o.k.
Got a cozy little job, sells the Mexican mob
Packages of candycaine

Goodbye Dinner

=Taru's P.O.V=

I slipped from my pickup and started towards the small almost hidden pathway beside Gemma and Clay's home, the small pathway led around the side of the house to the kitchen door; it was mostly hidden by the hedging and creeping vines along the fence.

I pushed open the door to find several sweetbutts milling about smoking and talking with each other.

"Hey baby," Gemma greeted me with a warm smile and took the tray of ingredients from me. "Bring everything?"

I nodded grinning softly before turning to my grandfather. "Pappa go sit down we've got this"

He looked between Gemma and I before nodding. "Alright, I won't disagree with the head ladies" He chuckled softly steering Kerrianne towards the living room.

Gemma paused cupping my face gently giving me a look of concern. "Are you alright?" She placed the back of her hand against my forehead. "You look a little peaky"

"Fine," I smiled lightly. "Just got a thousand and one other things on my mind"

She frowned lightly obviously not believing the lie I'd spun her but gave a nod and turned away looking towards the sweetbutts. "Let's get started, the boys should be here by half six"

"How many are we cooking for?"

Gemma did a quick tally on her fingers. "Fifteen," She looked towards me. "Will there be enough meat?"

"Oh yeah, plenty," I grinned softly. "There's like half a Rudolf for tonight's dinner," I turned quickly grabbing a covered dish off the counter. "And this needs going in the fridge for at least another hour so it should be ready by the time we've finished," I nodded towards one of the sweetbutts as she took it from me and placed it in the fridge. "And word to the wise you might want to steer Tara off the reindeer because it will probably make her vomit something awful"

"Alright," Gemma gave a nod. "What else do we have?"

"Smoked beef and fixings, gravy, all the usual" I leant against the counter feeling a bit dizzy and did my best to mask it before we set into getting everything ready.

"So what happened that you haven't told Chibs about yet?" Gemma queried siding up next to me as I mixed the gravy.

I glanced up at her and sighed softly. "Nothing, honestly, I'm fine"

"Uh huh," She shook her head lightly. "He's going to notice as soon as he walks in, you're pale, like you've been throwing up all afternoon"

I gave her a broken grin. "Spent most of the afternoon in the ER actually," I shrugged off my hoodie and showed her the bandage around my forearm. "The Charger's hood slammed shut, couldn't get my arm out in time," I shook my head lightly and chuckled softly as I threw my hoodie over the back of one of the chairs. "I think Kerrianne went paler than me when that happened"

"She was with you?"

I nodded. "She jumped at the chance to help me with the Charger"

Gemma gave a soft hmm. "Bet Fiona's going to have a field day with that"

"Yeah she wasn't entirely impressed when she rang and Filip wasn't home"

"Oh I bet she wasn't," She laughed softly dishing out the roast potatoes into a dish. "Chibs'll get an earful next time she rings"

I gave a soft 'hmm' and handed the gravy off to one of the sweetbutts.

Everyone in the kitchen looked over as the boys traipsed through; the food still cooking leaving delicious scent's to waft through the kitchen and dining room.

"Hey love," I leant back as arms wrapped around my waist, Filip's chin coming to rest on my shoulder. I could feel him frown as he unhooked one arm and skimmed it over the bandage around my arm. "What happened?"

"Accident with the Charger," I finished pouring the steaming gravy into the boat and turned towards him. "It's nothing big, just a couple of stitches"

"Stitches?"

I nodded. "Hood slammed shut on me, I was kneeling down and had my arm hooked over the fender, stupid move on my behalf, didn't tighten the bolts enough"

"Jesus love, ya just got out of hospital"

I chuckled softly pressing a kiss to his cheek. "Don't worry so much, I'm a big girl and can take care of myself," I nodded towards the living room. "Now go sit, Kerrianne's in there with everyone else"

He gave a nod and stepped back allowing me to finish up in the kitchen.

I placed the gravy on the table and exhaled slowly running my eyes over the table checking everything over before giving Gemma a nod. "It's all done as far as I can tell"

"Good," She stepped into the living room calling everyone to the table before taking a seat, everyone else sitting down around the table. "So before we all start, this was all done as a goodbye dinner for Esa," Gemma motioned towards him. "He's leaving back for Finland tomorrow," She grinned looking towards me. "And Taru's going to explain what's on the table because I sure as hell can't pronounce their names"

I grinned chuckling softly and straightened up. "Right... well there's palviliha, which is smoked beef," I motioned towards one dish. "And the other meat dish is poronkäristys," I cleared my throat giving an impish grin. "In a nutshell it's sautéed reindeer, there's also roasted potatoes, gravy, peas, carrots, all the usual and for afterwards there's a special treat," I looked around the group. "Which I'm hoping to all hell there will be enough of," I shifted in my seat motioning to the food. "So by all means tuck in and enjoy"

I grinned softly at my grandfather as he leant closer. "Thank you, you didn't have to do this though"

I shrugged lightly. "I was beginning to miss home"

He gave a soft smile and nodded. "And I miss having you at home"

"I'll come back soon I promise"

"I know you will Myrsky, you will always come home"

I grinned softly bumping my shoulder with his lightly and started to dish out food onto my plate.

Updating everything today, enjoy I'm off to go and write some more towards my Stolen Tune story because I've been sorely neglecting it recently, trying to get a few chapters ahead of what I'm posting on each of my stories.