This chapter sort of sets Bri and Jax going in the right direction to possibly hug it out, while another potential threat surfaces in the form of a familiar face. So enjoy.
"We can't afford to bail them all out." Tara said as she paced the living room. "They're just sitting in there and no one will tell us shit."
"This is shitty." Gemma said as she lit up another cigarette not even caring that she was surrounded by pregnant women. Given they knew nothing about Lil Hap being on board just yet.
"I need to get Juice out." Natalie was still curled up on the sofa crying. She looked a mess and although I cared for her dearly I made no move to comfort the blonde.
"We need them all out baby." Gemma blew the smoke out away from us. "I'll call in favors."
"Why am I even in this?" I finally asked from my spot of the ground against the far wall.
"Because Happy is locked up with the club, he's your old man." Tara said as she gave me a look of annoyance.
"Yeah I know, but I have a lawyer and the funds on hand to bail Happy out. I'm just waiting to hear how much it'll be." I stood up and wiped the front of my jeans off.
"He won't leave without the others." Gemma smirked.
"Then so be it. I have the cash to get him out if he wants me to and enough money for Kozik as well." I crossed my arms. "I have enough to get them all out."
"Then let's go." Natalie sat up from the sofa. "Let's bring them home."
"Listen to the blonde." Gemma rested a hand on her skinny hip and I wondered just how she pushed two kids out with being so skinny.
"I don't know." I shrugged. "How will they pay it all back? I don't want them skipping out on me either."
"How would Hap and Koz pay you back?" Tara asked.
"They wouldn't have to. I protect my own and they're mine." I shot back. "Old man and best friend have priority."
"We can work something out." Gemma said. "We need those men out."
"They've been there three days. We get visitation later today." Tara added. "We should go and see what Jax wants us to do."
"Alright." I shrugged. "I'll put up the money if they want out but it's coming with a lot of conditions. I will need the cash back."
"You're loaded, you don't need it back." Natalie said.
"It's not about the money it's about the principle of the matter." I looked at her. "I need Hap out just as much as you and T need Juice and Jax out."
"You don't even have a family with him honey." Gemma laughed.
"I'm pregnant, so I'm about eight months away from having a family with him. So are we going to get them out or not?" I stomped my foot.
"Pregnant?" Tara asked. "You are having a baby with a known killer?"
"Yes. Just like you are and she is." I sneered. "They're all killers Tara. Jax isn't innocent, he's got blood on his hands too."
"OK, can we just go and get them out?" Natalie asked, earning her a nasty glare from Tara.
"You're old man tattoos his kills on himself." Tara smirked and crossed his arms.
"Are you aware of how many he has to add due to your husband ordering hits?" Her face fell. "Didn't think so. Don't pass judgment and don't anger me because if push comes to shove I will only bail out my man."
"Save the bitching for later, let's go." Gemma nudged Tara and they went outside.
"I have to change." I went back into my room and quickly changed into something more comfortable and ran to catch up with the women.
"You look like you're going to play basketball not to jail." Gemma scoffed. "Get in the damn car and let's go."
I climbed into the backseat with Natalie and we linked hands as we prepared to go see our men. "Pregnant?" She whispered.
"Yeah." I shrugged. "I wanted to tell you differently but I had to say what I did."
"I get it." She smiled and squeezed my hand. "Let's talk about it later. I feel a triple baby shower needs to happen."
"Oh lord." I rolled my eyes. "That'd be terrible. You two share one, I'm too far behind." I laughed.
"You'll come to it?" She looked at me with soft eyes.
"Duh. Bitch you're my friend. My best friend." I smiled.
SOASOASOA
Juice POV
Sitting in a jail cell with Happy was the most excruciating thing in the world. He didn't talk and when I tried to talk to him he just made noises in response. So when the guards let us out for visiting hours I was the first one in the visiting room. I may not be getting a visit from Natalie but I was happy to be away from the Killer.
"Teller, Ortiz, Lowman, and Kozik." The guard boomed from the door way. "You men have visitors."
We all exchanged weird looks and watched the door as Tara stepped through, followed by Gemma, and Natalie. I smiled and watched as my beautiful pregnant girlfriend came waddling over to me. I gave her a quick hug and she smiled.
We then all turned our attention back to the doors as Bri stepped through, looking once again like a teenager than a woman nearing her thirties.
"Babe." Natalie smiled. "I miss you."
"I miss you too. This is shitty." I gestured to my surroundings. "How are you?"
"I'm good, lonely." She shrugged and leaned on the table. "Bri is trying to bail you all out."
I perked up. "Yeah?"
"Yes. We all came here together." I smiled at her.
"Gemma managed a car ride here without hitting Bri?" I shook my head. "That's a fucking shocker."
"I know. Tara and Bri got into it. Get this Tara had the nerve to judge Bri on being with Happy." She chuckled. "Bri is pregnant with his kid."
I choked on my own spit and started coughing and everyone looked my way. "What?" I rubbed my throat. "That's insane."
"I know! I'm excited maybe her kid will be our kid's best friend." She smiled at me.
"Or they'll date." I frowned.
"Yeah." She frowned too. "No. No dating. Just friends."
I smiled at her and let my mind wander to the distant future of what it'd be like with a teenage daughter who was boy crazy. It wasn't a pretty picture.
SOASOASOA
Bri POV
"What are you doing here and how did you get them to let both of us visit you at the same time?" Kozik asked me.
"I have some pull around here." I shrugged. "I want to know if you two want to be bailed out."
I sat back with my hands tucked under my butt and waited for them to answer me.
"Bri, you know I wanna get the fuck out of here, but I can't leave the rest of them." Happy rasped. "All of us or none of us."
I let out a sigh of frustration and placed my hands on the table. "I figured. I offered to put up all the money to get you guys out."
"What?!" Kozik shouted drawing unnecessary attention our way.
"I'll get you out. I just need to know if I get you all out I won't be fucked over." I whispered.
"The club won't fuck you over." Happy grabbed my hands. "It's a promise."
"You positive on that?" I smiled at him and then looked around. "I don't know Hap."
"Look at me." He said. "I won't let them fuck you over. If they do I'm done with them."
"Me too." Kozik said. "We got you if they go against you Brianna Banana."
"Alright. I have something for you two." I pulled two ring boxes out of my pocket. "Wear them or keep them on you at all times. You guys have enemies in here but if you wear the skulls you're safe."
"How'd you get these in here?" Kozik examined his ring as he slipped it on.
"I have pull." I smiled weakly. "No one will touch you with these one. Its only until we get notice of bail and all that shit."
"Bri." Hap said as he slipped his on. "What do you know that we don't?"
"You guys were set up." I whispered. "Marks."
"You have to tell Jax." Happy said. "You go tell him. We have to scramble for protection."
"I don't wanna tell him." I whined. "Tara was mean to me today. All judging me and shit. Like I needed to be judged. And I had tell her the news."
"What news?" Kozik asked looking between the two of us.
"She's pregnant." Happy looked at him with a satisfied smirk.
"Uncle Koz." He smiled. "I'm gonna be an uncle."
"Yup. Weird Uncle Herman." I smiled at him. "Seriously guys, watch your backs and keep the skulls on."
"Still need you to tell Jax." Happy squeezed my hand and nodded in his direction. "What about the idiot?"
I shrugged. "I only had two rings. Don't think about giving him yours either because if you do and get hurt, you'll find your bike smashed into pieces when you get home."
"This is my club Brianna." He growled. "I'll protect my brother, so your fuckin' threat is idle."
"Suit yourself Happy. I'll give him my ring." I smiled.
"Thanks." He nodded slowly and I got up and walked over to where Juice and Natalie set.
"Hey." Juice said.
"Here." I slipped him my ring. "You'll need it. Marks wants you all dead."
"What?" He he shook his head in disbelief. "How do you know that?"
"Ears to the street." I shrugged. "Keep it on you, don't gotta wear it just gotta flash it."
"Thanks." Natalie smiled at me.
"Welcome. I owed him one." I smiled back.
"Jax." I sat down next to him with my back towards Tara and Gemma. "Marks wants you guys dead, he set you all up and had the cops sent to the clubhouse that night." I whispered into his ear and he nodded before looking at me.
"How do you know?" He asked.
"I have friends Jax." I gestured around. "You are the only ones in here, there aren't any guards are there?"
"You bought the room?" He smirked.
"Yeah I did." I nodded. "Hap, Koz, and Juice have rings. The rings mark them as safe and under the protection of the Family. They won't be touched in any way."
"You didn't think to bring one for Jax?" Tara said bitterly.
"Actually he has a ring." I turned to face her. "Just gotta get the guard to get it for him."
"Then do it." Gemma said.
"I have no more money on me." I faked a frown. "Sorry."
"Can you get the guard to do it as a favor?" Jax asked me, his hand falling to my thigh. "Please."
"Yeah, I can." I said. "I don't know why but I'll help you. Since we're supposed to be united and shit."
"Thank you." He smiled. "I can go with you if you want me to."
"Sure." I stood up and started to walk towards the door and he followed behind me. I mumbled to myself in Russian as we waited for the guard to open the door.
"Miss Hohrykova." He said. "What can I do for you?"
"I need you to get Jackson Teller's skull ring out of belongings in the office." I smiled. "I will owe you one if you can get it before yard time. Someone has a hit on him and if he has the ring my people on the inside will protect him. I can't have him being killed, he's valuable to the Family alive and well."
"I can do it." The guard smiled. "Anything for our Family." He wiggled his finger, his skull shimmered in the light.
"Thank you. I will make sure you're compensated by Aleksandr." I gave him a brief hug.
"You bought off the guards too?" Jax touched my arm. "What are you and what are you up to?"
"I'm a woman on a mission and the only thing I'm doing is ensuring the man I'm in love with stays alive and he's loyal to you Jax. So don't fuck him over. You guys are his brothers above all." I bit my lip. "I'm helping because I love him and he loves the club and when it comes down to club shit he's picking you guys. So I have to fucking try my best to work with you."
"I appreciate the heads up I really do. I'm going to honest here. You fucking scare me. That's not easy to do." He ran his hands over his face. "I just can't predict your next move. I've never had to try so hard to stay above water with an enemy."
"That's the thing Jackson. I'm not your enemy. I'm a friend. If I was your enemy I would have killed you already." I put my hands on his face. "Look at me Jackson, realize I'm not out to get you, stop being soo paranoid. Not every goodwill gesture will go south unless you do something on impulse. Like having Juice hack into my computer systems to dig up shit that you created in your mind. If you want to know something just ask me."
"Why did you show up to our meet with so many people?" He rested his hands on mine so we couldn't break eye contact.
"I was going to start a war. I won't lie about that." I smiled. "Then seeing Koz and Happy there, it fucked me up in the worst way possible. If I start a war, they'd be in it too. There's no real way to keep them completely safe. You guys are their family. They are loyal to their family. I can't take that away from those two men. I love them too much for that."
"We're having a heart to heart in jail." He gave a strained laugh. "You're pretty when you're soft and not threatening to destroy my club."
"Pretty Boy, I am not affected by your charm." I laughed. "Just take this opportunity to realize I'm not out to get you or the club. I don't want a war. I want peace. I'm trying to go back to being a doctor and less of mob boss."
"You're not even a real doctor." He shook his head with a smirk.
"I'm an artist." I smiled. "If you get a broken nose I can fix it. If Tara wants bigger tits, I got her on that."
"Why were we even at odds anyways?" He asked as the guard came back and slipped him the ring.
"You chose Gemma over me." I winced. "It sounds stupid now that I think about it in this setting."
"It really does." He slid his ring on. "I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry." I smiled. "I just knew I was upset, felt like you all spit in my face after I helped you. Doesn't help that half the club doesn't even like me. I just like being liked is all."
"I get that." He hugged me. "Let's get out there before they assume we're doing shit we shouldn't be doing."
"Oh but we are." I winked. "All of this shit, we shouldn't be doing."
SOASOASOA
Juice POV
I was sitting on the table in the yard with the guys when things finally popped of as we expected them to do. What we hadn't expected was a group of guys to form a barrier between us and the guys who obviously were aligned with Marks.
I looked at Jax and he smirked. I turned around and Happy had some guy in a headlock, choking him with every ounce of strength until we heard a sickening snap.
"That was satisfying." He smirked as he kicked the lifeless body away from him.
"You're insane!" I yelled at him as I felt sick to my stomach. "Bri will be upset by that."
"Not if you don't tell her." He smiled.
Kozik was nowhere to he seen in the tangle of bodies, but we heard him screaming. We pushed through and he was on the ground wrestling with a guy twice his size.
"I got this." Happy pushed me away and attacked the guy on top of Kozik. The guy grabbed his side and fell off of Kozik, allowing him to scramble to his feet.
"This shit is nuts." Bobby said as he hiked up his pants.
"I'm satisfied by this whole situation." Tig smirked.
"Dead bodies for you to fuck Tiggy." I smirked in the direction of the inmates Happy had left on the ground.
We all dropped to the ground as the guards finally ran in to tame the fight. Tear gas soon took over and I felt my eyes burn in a way I could do without feeling ever again.
"Don't rub them." Happy pulled my hands away from my face. "Makes it worse."
"Thanks." I said.
"Whatever." He gruffed as he was pulled off the ground by a guard.
I felt myself being yanked up and did my best to help the guard out. He took me into the infirmary. The other guys from what I could see were there. Our eyes were being flushed out one by one. I felt relieved when I felt the fluid run over my face, the burning sensation dulling to a bearable itch.
"You guys must be loved." The guard said in a thick Russian accent as he walked between us. "My niece has made sure to make your last few days in here tolerable."
"Niece?" I asked the guard.
"Katarzyna, she's my niece." He stopped and looked at us. "Now she's my superior. I look after you for her. She said 'if any of them get hurt I will make sure to pull your innards out while you stay alive'. I have to take her seriously because she's the boss." He laughed as if her threat was something funny.
I swallowed hard and looked at the guys, Tig, Happy and Kozik were smirking while Jax and Bobby exchanged scared looks. This was going to be an interesting stint in jail. I sat back and let out a sigh. When I got out of here, I was going to find out just how deep Bri was in the game. She seemed to have power that made the Irish look weak. I felt that no matter how well we behaved with her it was only a matter of time until she knocked SAMCRO out.
Let's see, I have to thank you for the reviews. Special thanks for the feedback and love:
Dennib68
OutlawQueennn
MsKrissy
Shantigal
Ashlynnb14
Ashley0921
Reapergirl2014
Majestic Butterfly
And the other wonderful reviewers. I can't thank you enough for taking the time out to review this work.