So sorry for the delay!- only Emery and April are mine.

Chapter 5- Not So Lucky

She woke with a massive pounding in her head, lying still afraid to move in case the pain would be worse. That's when she realised that she was trapped as something heavy hung across her stomach holding her down to the bed, she turned her head slightly to find Jax's face inches from her own, trying her best to ignore the pounding in her head, she gently crawled from under his hold lying his arm back flat across the bed as she stood. She went to her drawers and pulled out a navy blue samcro hoodie, it was about three sizes too big for her, falling past her pyjama shorts to just above her knee and had originally belonged to Opie, pulling on her white slipper boots and pulling her hair into a messy bun at the top of her head she walked out into the bar area in search of coffee. Walking into the room she had to try so hard not to laugh, Bobby lay on the pool table trousers round his ankles, thankfully with his boxers up and a naked croweater lay sleeping by him, when she got closer she realised he had a bright neon pink g-string practically stuck to his face, she stifled a laugh, trying not to wake bobby and not make her head pound any more than it already did, looking around at the rest of the club members they lay in a similar state and she couldn't help but wish she'd brought her phone out of her room with her, she was just thankful her father always took his shenanigans to his club bedroom whenever Emery was around. The door opening claimed her attention as the matriarch of Samcro strutted into the club, she smiled at Emery, 'how you feeling baby girl?, you look like shit'

'that bad eh' Emery replied looking down at herself 'I'm so embarrassed I'm pretty sure I was sick last night' she smudged up her face in disgust,

Gemma let out a small chuckle 'oh honey it happens to the best of us, besides least you had a good night' she walked over to give her a hug 'you seen Jax? He didn't come back to the house last night so I guessed he stayed here'

'yeah he's still asleep he slept in my room last night, think he must have put me to bed' She shrugged as she walked over to start making coffee, Gemma just raised an eyebrow 'oh he did, did he' she continued 'and he just happened to fall asleep there too'

'well I didn't want her to choke on her own vomit' both women turned to face a sleepy looking Jax who walked over to his mum kissing her on the cheek good morning 'I was just looking out for her' he looked towards Emery who gave him a thankful smile, he knew she never liked to look vulnerable, she couldn't help but be grateful for him covering for her. Emery handed Gemma and Jax a coffee as they sat at the bar, grabbing one for herself and another she turned to the pair, 'well guess its wake up time' she sighed before making her way over to happy who was curled up on the opposite end of the bar, she'd learnt very quickly that the only way you wake Happy up is if you have coffee as an offering otherwise it could cost you your life, finally reaching him she softly stroked his bald head which was covered by a snake tattoo, 'hey Happy, Hap, it's time to get up' she called to him, his eyes darted open and he sat up abruptly, rubbing his eyes then relaxing seeing it was just Emery, 'Morning' she chimed handing him the coffee, receiving a slight smile and a nod in thanks. 'how you feeling?' he asked but she noticed him staring at her knees where there was dried blood 'I'm fine Hap honestly, just took tumble' she smiled embarrassed.

Once everyone was up and the Clubhouse had been cleaned most men went back to their respective homes, Emery had had a long hot bath soaking her cut knee's changing into some black leggings and a baggy beige knitted jumper which hung off one shoulder and came to just above the knee, she left her face bare and blow dried her hair leaving it to naturally fall into soft curls. Once ready she walked into the living room of the bar, where Opie and Jax were sat on the sofa watching The expendables 2 with popcorn, Opie slouched in the corner whilst Jax slouched in the corner at the opposite end, Emery sat in between them seeing as it was the only space left, and leaned back on Opie putting her legs up on Jax, they stayed this way with Opie twirling some strands of her hair and Jax with one arm draped across her stomach, occasionally moving to grab some popcorn, which she held in her lap and his other arm draped across her knees, until the film finished and her dad's head came through the doorway.

'Hey, angel don't forget your back to school tomorrow, you need to pack up your stuff, so we can head back home and you can get whatever washing you need to do done before going back' Emery groaned hiding her head in Opie's shoulder, he just patted her on her head mockingly. Emery and her dad stayed at their house in the week but since it had been the school holidays, Jax, Opie and herself, had practically moved into the clubhouse since the boys were helping out at the Teller Morrow garage and Emery had been helping out Gemma in the office taking booking's and handing keys back. But now school was starting back up she had to get back into a routine of doing school work and early mornings something of which she wasn't entirely thrilled about embracing. This year would be Jax, Opie, Donna and Tara's last year at school whereas she had two more years to go.

Soon after she'd packed up her make-up and some bits of clothes she wanted to take back home, she was sitting on the back of her dads bike with her new helmet Jax had given her and her rucksack, on her way home. Getting back to the house she quickly set about doing some of both her own and her dad's washing before preparing her stuff for school and making dinner.

Emery had just about finished getting ready when she heard the sound of a Harley pulling up outside the house so she slipped on her brown heeled ankle boots to match her white and yellow dress which came just above the knee, pulling her jacket on as she grabbed her bag making her way outside to where Jax was waiting leaning against his bike, 'Morning Red' he called cheerfully standing to straddling his bike, 'morning' she replied as she placed her helmet on being careful not to ruin her hair which she'd put into a low side pony to restrain her hair to one side of her shoulders.

Slipping onto the bike behind Jax wrapping her arms around his waist, although the feeling was familiar Jax couldn't help but feel his heart rate speed up at her closeness to him, shaking his head he gunned the bike as both went on their way to school. They pulled up next to Opie's bike, where he and Donna stood making out, both looked up smiling in greeting as Jax backed the bike into the space. Em was saying good morning to Donna and Opie as she heard a high pitch squeal that made her jump and the other's cover their ears, she turned towards the sound to find her best friend April, bounding towards them, her blonde hair flailing in the wind, she braced herself for the assault that she was about to receive when noticing that her friend had no intention of slowing down the closer she got to the group, within seconds she was in the blonde girls arms being lifted up, she giggled as her friend continued to squeeze whilst Emery desperately tried to get a grip on the back of her dress to prevent showing her ass to everyone around. Once placed on the floor she took a step back looking her friend up and down 'damn girl you tan well' she raised her eyebrow 'I was really hoping you'd come back burnt for the amount of time you'd spent over there' her friend lightly smacked her on the arm 'cheeky bitch!, I missed you though like loads!' she began frantically routing through her bag 'oh here, Happy Birthday!' she squealed holding out a small present to her.

She took it saying thanks once she opened it she beamed, 'it's beautiful, thanks Ape' she held out her wrist to her friend who help her attached the new charm to her bracelet Jax and Opie had bought her for her 15th birthday, so far she only had two charms on it the first had been the one Jax and Opie had already put on the bracelet before giving it to her It was the reaper and she loved it, it was by far her favourite charm, her second had been given to her by her father, it was a monkey which looked like it was hanging from the bracelet by one arm, he'd told her that since she no longer carried the teddy around with her, she should still have Tiberius with her without looking childish. After April had finished attaching the charm to her bracelet she brought her delicate wrist up to her face to study it more, It was a four-leaf clover with the number 16 etched onto it. The girls had met when they were 10 Tig had taken her to the park with Jax and Opie and she had found a four leaf clover, however April had spotted it at the same time, the girls had argued over the clover, until Jax came over and scared the little girl into giving Emery the clover, she'd felt really bad and had ran back to the little blonde girl and gave her the clover. They soon became fast friends, she was pulled from her memories, as April asked her 'do you like it?, it's how we met remember?' Emery pulled her into a tight hug 'how could I ever forget Ape I love it!'

Jax watched the interaction between the two girls, The blonde was tall with long tanned legs fairly busty definitely bigger than Emerys's, the girls looked to be the complete opposites to each other, where Emery had dark red hair, blazing grey eyes and was quite short, April stood a good head taller with pale blonde hair and dark eyes. He couldn't help but compare them, ever since Emery had confided in him that she sometimes wished she was more like April, loud and beautiful. This had been the first time he realised Em obviously didn't she herself quite the way others did, that she didn't notice the looks people gave her, how some girl's looked at her in envy and how boys ogled her. In fact he'd learned quite early on that she didn't really see herself as beautiful at all, though she'd never let on to anyone about her insecurities, Jax and Donna were the only people who knew of Emery's slight envy of her best friend.

After saying goodbye to the rest of the group once they saw Tara approaching, the girls walked towards their first lesson 'so I'm taking it that Jax and Tara are still a thing?' April asked

'yeah, and she's still moody as ever and would quite literally sell her soul in exchange for my death' Emery replied smiling whilst April let out a low whistle

'I don't think I've ever met anyone who literally never smiles, maybe it's just something she reserves for Jax' she shrugged 'so, spill the goss girl what have I missed, apart from Jax and Opie becoming prospects of course' they had finally reached their lesson taking their seats on the second row 'I mean are there any fit new prospects hanging round the club? I need details girl!' Emery just shook her head there's one he's nice, hot too, about a year older than us, 'there's a couple more joining Friday they'll no doubt be a party knowing samcro, fancy coming over to the clubhouse we can check them out?'

'hell yeah! I'm definitely there I'll get my brother to drop me off about 5? It'll be nice to see everyone' Emery nodded 'sure sounds good we'll stop at the clubhouse'.

English had dragged on as did the rest of the day, the two girls were sat eating lunch when a seat was taken beside her and a familiar arm draped across her shoulder, as a hand reached for her sandwich, even though she knew who it was she turned to face Jax who took a bite out of her sandwich before handing it back 'Jax!, Jesus don't you have your own lunch?' she just winked at her, 'but your sandwiches taste so much nicer' he whined, 'Don't let Gemma hear you say that' Opie said whilst him and Donna joined the group, Emery noticed his knuckles were red and swollen,

'Seriously Ope! You're fighting already, we've only just got back to school' Opie just shrugged 'Some lad thought he could put his hand on my cut so I showed him what happens if people go grabbing at stuff that isn't there's' Emery couldn't help but smile as she shook her head, in all honesty she wouldn't have expected anything different from either him or Jax. Once she'd finished eating she and April headed to the bathroom to touch up their make-up, halfway through re-applying her lipstick Rita Alverez walked into the bathroom followed by a couple of her goon friends, Rita and her brother Rodrigo were the children of the Mayan's President Marcus. 'well well look who it is girls' she cooed in her accent, 'it's the princess of charming in all her glory' Emery rolled her eyes as she finished her lipstick,

'look I'm really not in the mood Rita, go take your crap elsewhere' she bit back, not violent by nature, she did however know how to take care of herself to some extent, Happy and the other sons had taught her to fight, April on the other hand backed away so she was just ever so slightly behind Emery.

'You're sick of my crap? We've had enough of samcro messing with our shit thinking they can control us, I've been asked to deliver a message' she replied eyes darkening dangerously as she stared at Emery. Realising that this was inevitably gonna result in a fight she dropped her bag to the floor,

'wow I didn't realise you'd become your daddy's little bitch' she snapped back, April backed up further as Rita stepped forward

'you think your untouchable, let's see how well you do when Teller and Winston aren't here to protect you princess' she screamed as she lunged forwards knocking Emery to the ground she felt a heavy thud against her face as Rita's fist collided with her cheekbone, pushing the pain from the punches connecting with her face and the dull ache of her shoulders from hitting the ground to the back of her mind, she thought back to what she'd been taught she brought her hands up to cover her face from the assault, seeing an opening she brought her knee up hard into Rita's stomach, grabbing hold of her arms she flipped them over so she was straddling the girl then began relentlessly punching her in the face, until Rita grabbed at her hair pulling it with full force, letting out a grunt Emery managed to pull herself away from the girl who quickly stood to her feet, shaking out her hair Emery threw daggers to the rival clubs daughter, 'what's a matter too delicate to fight princess?' Rita taunted with a bloody mouth. Seeing red Emery threw a swift kick to the girls knee making her buckle before grabbing her hair tight at the back of her head and smacking her head against the bathroom sink, cringing a little when she heard the crack of flesh hitting porcelain, she let the girl fall to the floor in a bloody heap as she ran her fingers through her hair undoing it, she hadn't noticed Rita's friends had bailed the minute Emery had gotten the upper hand, 'not so much, and by the way, message delivered' she spat to the injured girl on the floor before grabbing her bag and throwing the strap over her shoulder, 'come on Ape were gonna be late for Science' turning around she came face to face with a startled looking Jax and Opie.

A huge grin spread across Jax's face while Opie smirked raising an eyebrow 'Seriously Em! We've only just got back to school and your already fighting' He mocked in her voice, she just threw him daggers and the finger, once they'd left the bathroom leaving the bloody girl sat on the floor, Jax put his hands on either side of her face wiping away some blood from her busted lip, 'are you okay? What did you mean message delivered?' he asked as she winced when he ran his finger over the cut on her cheekbone, moving on to look at her bruised knuckles 'Yeah, I'll be fine Jax, but hey let me tell dad when I get home, I don't want him worrying besides I need to talk to the club' she sighed he just nodded, 'sure I'll tell Clay to ask everyone to meet us at the clubhouse after school, I'll meet you by my bike' she nodded, he kissed her gently on the head before leaving waving goodbye to April as he joined a smiling Opie walking to their next lesson. Emery gave out a big sigh, 'well that's not how I pictured the first day back at school going, sorry Ape' April just looked at her chuckling, 'You're kidding right? That was fucking awesome your badass, I've never actually seen you fight before' on entering the class the teacher raised his eyebrow at Emery as she went to take her seat, 'you two haven't seen Rita by any chance have you?' he asked as April and Emery got their books out,

'Nope' both replied simultaneously. The tanned girl walked into the class 15 minutes later, her face down she'd cleaned the blood from her face but the cuts were clear to see as were the bruises starting to form. No-one ever mentioned anything to any of the Samcro kids or the Mayans about their fights or anything else that happened between them as people were too afraid to report anything, the only time action would be taken was if a fight took place publicly and even then those involved would only receive detention it was something the club had agreed on, since they couldn't make it look like they had gotten away from it. One of the teachers had tried to get Marcus to move his kids to a different school since they lived in Oakland but the school there wasn't as easy to manipulate and they wouldn't accept any of the Mayan clubs children.

Emery was the last one to step out of the classroom she'd said goodbye to April and had stayed to talk to the teacher about an essay that was due, stepping through the doorway she was greeted by a badly beaten Rita and her brother Rodrigo towering above her, she moved as the teacher squeezed between the gap between Emery and the doorway, walking swiftly down the hallway throwing her a sympathetic look as he went, She turned to face the Alverez children. 'what do you want Rodrigo?' she sighed at him,

'well, you see chica my sister here's got a pretty busted up face and if I had to guess I'd say you were the cause' he pointed towards her, she felt fine fighting a girl, she didn't however see her outcome being great if it came to a fight between Rodrigo and herself, but she would never show it, he would never know she was intimidated instead she held her head up high, 'seems her message didn't turn out quite as well as she wanted it to' she shrugged at him seeing the flicker of rage behind his eyes, 'now if you'll excuse me I have somewhere to be' she pushed past him until he grabbed her bag at her shoulder, spinning her around as he caught both of her arms behind her, restraining her as Rita stepped towards her, great, just fucking great, not only had she had to fight earlier now she was gonna be held whilst a well and truly pissed off Rita beat the shit out of her, she tensed bracing herself for the attack but couldn't help doubling over as Rita brought home a heavy punch to her stomach, she began frantically thrashing around trying to get out of the older siblings grasp, though it was pointless he was stronger than her. He lowered his head to the back of Emery's, she could feel his breath on the back of her neck making her skin crawl, 'don't fight it chica the more of a fight you put up the worse it'll be' without thinking she brought her head forward before cracking it back into Rodrigo's face causing him to drop her arms as he clutched his face, groaning in pain, quickly picking up her bag she began to run for the nearest exit her heeled boots clicking in her wake , she could hear them both chasing after her, she ran as fast as she could finally bursting through the door which led to the parking lot.

Sat talking with Opie his attention was drawn to a door bursting open and a flustered Emery staggering out of it hair wild and eyes wide with.. fear? Was she scared? Instantly on edge he raised from his bike and began making his way towards her as she spotted him her face changed relief flashing across it and inside he couldn't help but smile at the fact that he could make her go from being terrified to feeling safe just by being with her, she bolted towards him crashing into him just before Rodrigo and Rita appeared from the doors, Opie was instantly by his side as he held Emery, Rodrigo had a busted nose and Rita looked pretty fucked up too now her bruises from earlier had settled in. He felt Emery take a deep breath as she stepped beside him standing in the middle of him and Opie, that's ma girl he thought, he knew she would rather get the shit beaten out of her acting like she didn't give a shit than look weak after all she was Samcro.

'Problem?' Jax asked jaw clenched as his icy blue eyes blazed with anger

'I just need a word with the chica is all, I owe her a head butt' Rodrigo called back

He couldn't help but feel proud, Red had some serious balls 'that's not gonna happen' he called back just as Opie stepped forwards 'if it's a fight your after brown, step on up' Opie smiled menacingly at him, Rodrigo went to step forward but was stopped by Rita's hand on his bicep as she shook her head 'maybe next time then' Opie shouted to him sarcastically as the Spanish siblings walked away.

The minute they'd rode off on Rodrigo's bike, Opie pulled Emery into a hug stroking her hair, 'you okay Red bird? What happened?' she let out a shaky laugh,

'oh you know just your average day at school' she smiled up at him 'I'm okay Ope honest, come on we've gotta get to the club' she pulled away as Jax handed her, her helmet and she settled herself on the back of His bike wrapping her arms tightly around his waist, feeling safe for the first time that afternoon.