*I know some of you are probably thinking that this is moving kind of quickly, but it is moving a lot slower than my first draft :) I'm trying to make it so my characters don't act too hastily. Some people have mentioned that her relationship with Opie shouldn't happen because he's married (I know in all likelihood, Opie probably wouldn't have ever cheated on Donna), but like the rest of the club who have "old ladies", that's never stopped them from hopping into bed with someone else. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this next chapter and again, Thank You So Much for Reading!
When Summer got to her apartment building, Opie was sitting on the stoop waiting for her. "What now?" she asked him exasperatedly, "I've got a lot of shit on my mind Opie." He stood up and held his arms open and like usual she fell right into them. "Jax called me," Opie replied, "He said you stormed out pretty quickly and wanted me to come check up on you." Summer pulled away from him and glared up at him. "You're kidding me right?" she snapped, "Why can't you people just leave me alone? You know, I'm allowed to have a bad night every once in awhile. I don't have to followed every time I want to be alone."
She threw her hands up in the air before she unlocked the front door and held it open for Opie. "You coming in?" she grumbled. She mentally admitted to herself that she had probably overreacted, but that was how she dealt with things. "Do you want me to come in?" he asked quietly. "I wouldn't have invited you in," she replied. He walked in and pushed the button for the elevator. They stood there in silence and it was more awkward to her that having her family assume that she had a thing with Chibs. The door opened to her floor and they quietly walked to her apartment.
Once they were inside she sighed and locked the door. "I'm sorry Opie," she said, looking up at him cautiously, "I just have a lot on my mind right now. A couple things that I need to deal with and I don't know how to deal with them." "Can I help?" he asked, "Do you want to talk about it?" "Well, one of my issues is you," Summer replied, "But the only person that knows about you and me is Clay. But the other issue, you can't help me with. It would hurt you, confuse you and just straight up make you angry. So really, I have no one to talk to about my problems." "I'll just ignore your comment about how the second issue would make me angry then," Opie replied, looking at her with frustration. "You do that," she replied, "Because I don't want to get into this with you." Opie stared down at his hands for a moment and then looked back at her. "Could you talk to Donna, or maybe Tara about the other issue?" Opie questioned, "Maybe it would help to talk to one of them. As for our situation, it will work itself out." "If it will work itself out, then why are you here Opie?" she stammered, "You aren't giving me space or time to move on. You are confusing me more." "Because I'm trying to be the friend you need me to be," Opie replied, "But you're right...I'm not just confusing you, I'm also confusing myself."
Summer made the mistake of looking him right in the eyes and in that moment, she knew she was in trouble. Without another thought or word Opie had pulled her into his lap. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he pressed his lips against hers. Her heart was pounding, the confusion was growing, but the desire and need swept over her and it was all she could think about. He held her tight in his arms and he opened his mouth to allow her to explore it with her tongue. She moaned quietly as their tongues rubbed against each other. They stopped for a moment to take a breath and he looked at her with hope that it wouldn't end here. STOP, her mind screamed at her, This is only going to make things worse.
That was all it took. Summer pushed away from him and moved across the room to her favorite chair overlooking the main street. She looked over at Opie and he looked like someone had stolen his favorite toy when he was a kid. "Opie, I can't do this," Summer said quietly, "I love you and I want so badly to be with you right now, but I have to look out for my heart. I got myself into this mess and now I have to be responsible and get myself out of it. I know you probably don't understand it right now, but I really hope that you will see it from my perspective someday." He looked at her quickly and his face changed from sad to angry in a matter of seconds. "Whatever," he grumbled, "You do what you have to do." Without waiting for a response from Summer, Opie stood up and walked out of her apartment and slamming the door behind him.
Summer stared at the door in shock for a moment before the hot tears escaped from her eyes. She was hurt and frustrated and she was mad at Opie. She was doing what was right for her and somehow he had turned it around and made it look like this was her fault. Sure, she had something to do with them having an affair, it takes two, but he was the one trying to hold on to her and Donna and he was just being selfish.
Her phone rang and brought her out of her moment. She looked down and it was Jax. "What?" she snapped once she answered the phone and wiping the tears from her face. "What the hell Sum?" he exclaimed, "I have no idea what the hell is going on, but you need to talk to me. Fill me in." If she couldn't confide in her brother about things, then who could she trust. "I'm sorry," Summer replied feeling slightly childish, "I'm scared to talk to you. Especially about the things that are going on right now." "Summer please," Jax pleaded, "You have never been scared to tell me anything before." She sighed heavily and closed her eyes for a moment. "Fine, come on over," she said quietly, "But bring a bottle of Jack." With that she hung up the phone and threw it across the room on to the couch.
Twenty minutes later Summer heard her front door open and close but she didn't get up to greet him. "Summer," Jax called out, "Where are you?" "In here," she called out from her bedroom.
Jax walked into her bedroom with two glasses and a bottle of Jack. "Alright it's brother sister bonding time," Jax said as he pulled the lid off the bottle and poured two half glasses of Jack, "What the hell is going on with you?" "There is a lot I haven't told you Jax," Summer replied before taking a large sip from her glass, "And I kept them from you for good reason." "What's the reason?" Jax growled. "Because of this," she stated, pointing at him, "this is exactly how you get right before you explode into a fit of rage."
Jax took a deep breath and gave her his "start talking" look. She rolled her eyes and finished off her Jack. "Start with Chibs," Jax suggested, "Nothing can be as interesting as that." "You would be surprised," she mumbled as she poured herself another glass. He looked at her annoyingly, "Get on with it."
Summer took a deep breath and looked at her brother. "Chibs..." She said quietly, "Jax, I have no idea what is going on with that. He has been acting differently around me lately. About a month and a half ago we had a small moment. We got close, I had had a few and I almost kissed him. I don't know what came over me, but he stopped it. But, I think, we both wish now that it happened... I don't know Jax, this situation is all very confusing to me. But at least I already know how you and dad feel about the two of us." "Summer, I'm not opposed," Jax said quietly, "I actually think he would be good for you, but he is just so much older." "Well don't worry about it," Summer stated quietly, "I'm so far from wanting to be in a relationship right now." "Why? It's not like you have been involved with anyone seriously," Jax retorted. "Jax, I got involved in a pretty serious situation," Summer stated looking up at him, "I ended it a couple months ago, but neither one of us is handling it very well." "How long were you with him?" He asked, "And who was it?"
Summer couldn't even look Jax in the eye. She knew he wasn't going to take the news well and she was actually terrified at how he was going to react. She took another deep breath and then stood up beside her bed. Jax stared at her and she knew he could see right through her.
"I've been involved with Opie since I was 16," Summer said so quietly that Jax had to strain his head to hear her. She put her hand up just as he was about to speak to silence him. "We have been off and on for 9 years," Summer continued, "But he was in love with Donna and he claimed to love me, but I knew that in the end I'm the one that would ultimately end up broken-hearted." "9 years?" he questioned, looking up at her, "How did I miss that? Did anyone else know?" "We kept it very quiet," Summer replied, "Usually when I was out of town at school, he would ride out to see me, but before that we just snuck around and hoped to god that no one would figure us out. Clay walked in on us having a heated moment about 5 years ago. He smacked Opie upside the head and told me to end it before things got bad, but that was it on his part." "So what do you mean that you aren't handling it well?" Jax asked, "And I'm so sorry I sent him over here to check up on you. I had no idea..." "It's not your fault Jax," Summer replied, sitting down on the bed again, "I'm not handling it well because I truly am in love with him. I had a crush on Opie since I was like 12, as you already knew, but once I graduated from high school and after he had already been married for two years I realized that I had fallen in love with him. I tried everything to not be with him. I tried to distract myself with friends, trips, moving away and going to school. I even made myself believe that I was in love with Juice so that I would get myself away from Opie, but that didn't work either. Finally, two months ago, I put my foot down and told him that we had to call it quits. That there was just no future for us. He hit the roof and stormed out, but things got a little easier. But then tonight after the Chibs argument, you sent him over here and I almost fell into bed with him again. We were kissing on the couch, but I put a stop to it as soon as I was thinking realistically. I'm doing this for me because I know we won't ever have what him and Donna have and he glared at me and walked out. He promised he would try to go back to being my friend, but he's acting like this is all my fault."
Summer looked down at her hands when she felt the tears threaten to fall. She knew that she had dug herself a huge hole, but she didn't want Jax to see her cry about this. "Sometimes love clouds peoples' judgment," Jax said quietly, pulling Summer into his arms, "But you did do the right thing. I think things will be tough with Opie for a little while. You know how he gets, but he will come around and he will see that this was the best thing for both of you." Summer looked up at her brother with confusion in her eyes. "Why aren't you raging mad at me right now?" she questioned, "I didn't expect you to be so level headed about this." "I'm just full of surprises," Jax stated with a smile, "I can't judge you when I've made plenty of stupid ass mistakes myself. I'm here for you baby girl. If you ever need another moment like this just give me a call."
She smiled up at him before she wrapped her arms around her brother again. She was glad she had him on her side and she hoped that Opie would let things lie when it came to them. She needed him to let her go. She wanted to move on with her life and she only hoped that Opie would let her do that.