4.

They were laughing at something Ope said and he heard them over the noise. He looked over and damn near dropped his drink. God she was beautiful he thought to himself. He liked hearing her laugh. It was almost contagious. He felt a tug on his arm and turned to Ima and kissed her.

"Hey darling."

"Hey, so I was thinking, why don't we go in your room?"
"I have to stay out here for awhile. Being the vice president I have to do my duties of socializing."

"Okay." she said pouting a little.

It kind of pissed him off how Ima was beginning to get too attached. She tried to act as if she owned him. He knew he was going to have to do something about that soon. But for tonight he needed her to be the buffer between him and the sexy woman sitting with his best friend. He moved to walk towards them.

"Hey darling, Ope, Donna." Jax said with a smile pulling Ima closer to him.

"Hey Jax." Donna said.

"So long time no see baby." he said to Tara.

"Well the name is Tara." she said.

Jax was a little surprised at how she responded but blew it off. "Tara." he replied.

"What's up buddy?" Ope asked.

"Not much. Just have to work the floor for a little while so I can have fun later." he said again pulling Ima tighter to him.

Ope smirked, he knew what Jax was trying to do. He also knew Jax didn't stand a chance.

"Well you better get with it then." Tara replied.

Jax turned to her and winked "later darling."

"You wish." she said under her breath. Not realizing Ima heard it and so did Ope.

Ima followed Jax around for the next hour and realized that he kept going to a position where he could keep his eyes on that bitch he had been talking to earlier. She realized that Tara was the name he called out that day. He was interested in this pussy and she needed to put her in her place about who Jax belonged to. She slowly made her way over to where the three were talking and laughing.

"So did you think the white outfit was going to hide the fact that you are a slut when you can see your nipples plainly through the top?" Ima asked.

"Excuse me? I know you did not just say that to me."

"Yeah I did. Look you need to know that Jax is mine so you keep your trashy little hands away from him. He's got more then enough already."

Before Ope could do or say anything Tara hit Ima and laid her out onto the floor.

"You want to call me a whore? You of all people. The whole room knows you are nothing but a whore. Do not ever come up to me again and think you can disrespect me like that. Do you understand?" Tara yelled out.

The room got completely silent and Jax ran over to Ima. "What the fuck happened?" he asked looking up to Tara.

"Ima started it Jax. She walked up calling Tara a whore and that she needed to keep her hands off of her man, namely you." Ope said.

"Why would she do that? I've only ever spoke to Tara twice."

"Maybe she got jealous when she realized that Tara was a real old lady. Knew she could never be that." Gemma walked up behind her son and said.

"Well I guess I need to go clean her up." Jax said lifting her up and carrying her away but not before looking back at Tara and with his eyes showing a look of pride in them.

"You okay Tara?" Donna asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. My hand hurts a little but I'll be okay."

"Nice move Tara. It was a beautiful sight." Gemma said before hugging her and walking back to Clay.

"I hope you know that with Gemma backing you no one else has a chance. Especially not Jax." Ope said smiling.

"I'm counting on all the help I can get. I don't know what it is about him, I mean he is an asshole, a son of a bitch but there is something drawing me to him."

"Yeah, I get that. It's what I felt for Donna the first time I seen her."

"So how about that talk?" Tara asked.

He turned to Donna and asked if it was okay to leave her there for a few minutes.

"Go ahead, I'll be fine." she said.

"So have you asked her yet?" Tara said once they sat down at the picnic table.

"What?" Ope said trying to not give it away yet.

"To be your old lady. Gemma said it should be happening soon."
"How do you feel about that?"

"You asking Donna? I think it's great. She loves you and I can see how much you love her. But never forget what I said about hurting her."

"I will definitely listen to that after seeing you punch the lights out of Ima."

They both chuckled.

"So Jax?" Ope said

"Look I know it can't be love but he is all I want. "

"How do you know it's not love?"

"I have only talked to the man twice."
"So, the first time I seen Donna she didn't even have to say a word and I knew that I loved her and would always take care of her."

"You are a romantic." Tara said smiling.

"Yeah, well it's true. But just so you know I would love to see you with my brother. He needs you Tara. He may not know it yet, but he does. With Gemma coaching you it will be fine."

"You think so? Am I just getting my hopes up for nothing?"

"I know so. Just hang in there. I know for a fact he thinks of you often."

"That's the second time I've heard that. How do you know?"

"Let's just say I've been privy to some things he doesn't want to get out."

Tara looked at him and hugged him.

"Thanks Ope. Now I think you need to get in there and ask your woman in there to be your old lady."

"Do you think she will say yes?"

"Of course."

"What about the tattoo of my crow on her?"
"She always did want to get a tattoo just never knew what to get. Now she will know." Tara said smiling.

Ope breathed a sigh of relief and together they walked into the club house.