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Chapter 12- New Beginnings.

Violently running her hand through her hair in a failed attempt to get the knots out she glanced around again nervously, she had a killer headache and she knew she at least had a split lip as she felt her lip tightening as the blood dried, unconsciously licking the wound on her lip she continued to drive the black Range Rover, she glanced over to the passenger seat where Rodrigo sat, one arm hanging limp whilst he used his good hand to apply pressure to his bleeding leg, he was using Emery's jacket though it wasn't really working that well since the outside was leather, she glanced in the rear view mirror to be sure they weren't being followed.

'we need to pull over so I can stitch your leg and look at your shoulder' she spoke to him as she began pulling in to a dark turning

'no, we need to get to the school like you said to the others' he grunted at her,

'you'll bleed out before we even get there Rodrigo, do you think they'd have a first aid kit?' she asked as she jumped out the car,

'boot?' he barked at her, she could tell he was worried about his sister throughout the drive he was constantly asking Emery if she was sure she got away but all she could tell him was that she was with Jax she didn't really see them leave but she knew Jax would have got them out, she'd have felt it if he was in trouble.

'Rita's gonna be okay, Jax'll keep her safe' she muttered back to him

'you better hope so for your own sake Trager' she rolled her eyes at him as she walked round to the boot of the car, how ungrateful did he wanna be if it wasn't for her he'd still be lying on the floor bleeding out. Slamming the boot shut she made her way round the passenger side of the car, ignoring Rodrigo's protest's she looped his good arm round her neck and helped him stagger out of the car letting him lean on her for support, she helped him to sit on a log not far from the car. He growled at her as she poked and prodded his arm and leg assessing the damage,

'thankfully your shoulders only dislocated, but the bullet in your calf's in pretty deep I'm gonna have to dig it out before I can stitch it, but its gonna hurt and you need to stay quiet, some of the Niner's might still be around' she walked over to the car and grabbed the bottle of vodka that had previously been rolling around the foot well in the back seat behind the passenger chair.

Rodrigo watched the grey eyed girl as she got some vodka and her jacket out of the car and came to stand in front of him,

'What're they for chica?' he asked nodding towards the items in her hand,

'this' she said holding up the vodka 'is for you to drink and I'll use it to wash your wounds, they isn't any antiseptic liquid in the first aid kit' she held up her jacket 'and this is to keep you quiet whilst I dig for the bullet' he couldn't help but gulp slightly 'we'll do your arm first' she grabbed a hold of his arm which was in absolute agony, the she placed a firm had on his shoulder, he heard her take a deep breath before she slammed his shoulder forward as she pulled his arm back, he let out a low grunt of pain, hearing his shoulder pop back into place, noticing that the pain had pretty much stopped and was now feeling quite numb. As the girl stepped away to assess, he rolled his shoulder back feeling a slight twinge of pain but nothing compared to how it had felt. He then watched her as she handed him her jacket and he looked at it with a puzzled look,

'put it in your mouth' feeling slightly dubious he did as she asked, putting it in his mouth he could taste the metallic twang from his own blood that still coated parts of the leather material. He let out a muffled cry of pain as she poured the alcohol over his wound, he didn't fail notice how she cringed at his cries as she began digging for the bullet with her thumb and first finger. Even though he had hurt her she still felt bad for hurting him, it felt strange to him since he didn't feel any guilt at all for any of the times he'd hit her or caused her any pain, he continued watching her as she began stitching up the bullet wound on his calf she looked deep in thought stitching him almost mechanically.

As she sat stitching Rodrigo's leg she thought back to the past hour and a bit, about how everything had gotten so crazy and dangerous in the blink of an eye.

She felt her heart sink to the bottom of her stomach at Opie's words, what the hell were the Niner's doing here and better yet how did they even know that the two presidents were meeting?. Hearing more gunshots she cringed into Opie's side,

'what do I do?' she shouted to him,

'stay here okay, make sure the others know to come down' she was nodding at him reaching for her phone in her back pocket, 'promise me Em, promise me you'll stay here till me or one of the others come back for you' he pleaded with her, as his eyes met hers she could see the fear they held, he wasn't scared about the gunfight which was ensuing, he was scared of losing her or her getting hurt, hoping to give him some comfort that she'd be okay she squeezed one of his hands and nodded to him, he nodded back before running off. Pulling out her phone she noticed the three way call had cut off so she began calling Ryan she gave a sigh of relief when he answered

'were already on our way princess, where are you?' he asked anxiety clear in his voice,

'i-in the clearing, Opie told me to wait behind a crate…it's okay I've got my knife and a gun' she stammered back, she ended the phone call after he promised he'd find her and get her out. She let out a slight scream as a bullet flew into the crate by her head, peeking over the top he could see that the Niner's were getting closer, the others had made it down and she could see many of the members of both the Mayans and Samcro grappling with the Niner's, looking around she saw Rita trying to fight off quite a large black lad, but she seemed to be losing the fight as the Niner began strangling her, without giving it much thought she'd started running towards the pair, running faster than she thought she was capable of, she ducked behind crates as she made her way towards the Spanish girl. It seemed as though time had stood still, she was pretty sure she heard her name be called a few times as she made her way through the clearing avoiding the onslaught of bullets, finally getting within a distance of Rita and her attacker she saw that Rita's tanned face was red and that spit was forming at the young girls mouth, knowing Rita wouldn't last much longer before lapsing into unconsciousness Emery reached into her boot and let her knife fly, hitting its mark in the Niners shoulder causing him to drop the Spanish girl as she slumped to the floor bringing her hands to her neck and breathing deeply.

Not wanting the attacker to get his bearing back Emery ran forwards, tackling the Niner to the ground, both landing on their sides, she tried to push away from him but he managed to get on top of her and punch her in the face once before she put her arms up to block his onslaught, she looked around the Niner who was raining down punches to see Rita still trying to get her breath back watching the fight with wide eyes, realising that she wouldn't be getting any help from Rita right now, she tried looking for an advantage, the Niner ducked his head as he punched her in the stomach causing her to double over closer to him, spotting the knife still in his shoulder she grabbed it ripping it out of his shoulder as he let out a gurgled cry of pain, she tried to stab him with the knife again but was unsuccessful as he knocked it out of her hand. She grabbed his wrist the next time he tried to punch her, dragging him forwards so that his face collided with her elbow hard,she ignored the shooting pain that shot through her arm at the contact as he shook his head, she brought her legs up as high as she could and wrapped them around his upper body, getting a better grip on his arm she straightened out her legs taking the Niner's upper body with them and twisted so that she had the Niner in an arm bar, pulling his arm back until she heard it snap, the attacker crying out from the pain of his now broken arm, she scrambled away from him towards Rita, she grabbed hold of the girls face trying to get her to look her in the eye, great she's in shock, perfect time, Rita just perfect.

She turned to face the Niner who was now trying to stand, fuck, she had no weapon, her eyes flashed to the knife which was on the floor out of her reach, following her eyesight the Niner smiled at her flashing his silver teeth, seriously? She thought you have a stab wound in the shoulder of the arm I just broke and you're...grinning? The hell! She wasn't gonna win he was way bigger than her, fuck! She could run but Rita was in no shape to be running anywhere, as the gang member pulled out his gun, Emery felt the weight of her own in her waistband, she reached to grab it but he was quicker he tutted at her as he trained the gun level with her head, she closed her eyes waiting for the hit,

'I wouldn't do that if I was you' Jax's voiced drawled, and never in her life had she ever been so happy to hear his voice, the Niner dropped the gun as Jax pistol whipped him knocking him into unconsciousness. Before the Niner's body could even hit the floor Jax was in front of her, his hands tracing her face for cuts and bruises, she bit her bottom lip as Jax ran his finger along the now drying cut that marked it. She looked up to meet his eyes, the way he was looking at her was so intense that she couldn't help but look away choosing instead to look at Rita. Obviously not satisfied that she wasn't looking at him, Jax's hand moved to her cheek, turning her head to face him

'I'm okay Jax' she said softly to him, he just nodded at her

'Rodrigo!' Emery was pretty sure that she could hear Marcus shouting for Rodrigo, hearing her father scream her brother's name, Rita stood up and began walking out into the clearing, before she could make it out into the open Emery grabbed her arm and yanked her back to where they were sheltered,

'are you crazy, you'll get shot just walking out there!' she whisper shouted at the girl who was clearly still in shock,

'I need to find mi hermano Emery' although she was taken a little of guard of the fact that Rita had actually used her name, she hadn't called her puta, or Trager she'd actually said her name, Christ this was becoming a strange night, she gave a sigh before she told the girl to stay crouched where she was as Emery crawled over to Jax.

'can you see him?' she whispered as she poked her head over the top of the crate with Jax, Jax just nodded to someone lying on the floor who was stirring ever so slightly

'okay, I'm gonna go to him, you get Rita out of here she's in shock, tell the others that we'll all meet up at the school' she went to move but Jax grabbed hold of her,

'I'll go get him, you loop back and meet with the others' he told her

'Jax he's obviously hurt, I can help him' she squeezed his hand

'no way, I'm not letting you out there on your own, besides how you gonna get him to the school?' he still hadn't let go of her hand

'there' she pointed to a range rover 'I'll hotwire it if the keys aren't in it' she shrugged at him he couldn't help but smile a little he remembered when he'd electrocuted himself once when they were hotwiring cars together to joyride,

Why couldn't he just let her do this one thing she could do it she knew it, but he wasn't gonna back down, he turned from her and walked over to pick up her knife, handing it to her he just nodded his head and said 'just in case you need it, be careful and we'll meet you at the school' she nodded to him as he kissed her head before helping Rita up and walking her back to the others.

Flat out running towards Rodrigo, she skidded to her knees at his side, she quickly began checking him over, his most obvious wound was the gunshot to his calf, his arm look limp and could be either broken or dislocated but she didn't really want to patch him up here, although the fight was dying down she knew the car belong to the Niner's so they'd be coming back this way and if they found Rodrigo and her they were up shit creek without a paddle, lifting Rodrigo under his arms she dragged him round to the car, panting and groaning under his weight, once they got there he kind of came round

'Emery?' he asked a little hazy, what was it with him and his sister using her name all of a sudden?

'hmm hmm' she practically gunted as she opened the car door and had to stop herself from literally jumping for joy when she saw the keys in the ignition, she brought Rodrigo's good arm round her shoulders and helped him into the passenger seat with a heave, by god when she got home the first thing she was doing was having a long hot shower, she was covered in sweat and blood and mud and god knows what else, she was in the middle of scrunching her nose up at her appearance when she heard Rodrigo speak,

'wait, wait do you even have a license?' he asked looked genuinely quite scared and she couldn't help but laugh a little

'nope, but I can drive, trust me' she winked at him as she put the car into drive and sped off in the direction of the school.

'yo, chica!' a hand waved in front of her face 'hey, Emery' snapping out of her memory she looked up to Rodrigo

'what?' she snapped a little embarrassed

'I said why are you helping me?' he's started messing with his t-shirt

She gave a loud sigh standing up from stitching him 'just because I don't particularly like you doesn't mean I want you to die' she said honestly,

'wow, and I've been a real assole to you' he let out a little laugh,

'don't go all soft on me Rodrigo' she gave him a little smile, 'come on we need to get to the others' she reached for his arm and this time he accepted her help more easily letting out a small 'thanks' which she didn't think she was supposed to hear

Pulling into the school parking lot she saw the all the Harleys and finally felt calm, she saw Rita standing with her father and the rest of the Mayan's

'see, told you Jax would take care of her' she said to Rodrigo who just shrugged at her, getting out of the car, Ryan was the first to reach her as she began walking to her family as Rita ran to help her brother out of the car,

'are you alright?' Ryan asked as he checked her over, pulling her into a tight hug as she nodded to him, he kissed her on the cheek as they separated and she was pulled into a hug by Chibs

'by god lass you had us worried' he whispered to her,

'its okay Chibby I'm fine, really' she was practically passed round the member's finally reaching Happy as he gave her a smile which he reserved only for her and ruffled her hair,

'I thank you for what you've done for my children' Alverez spoke to her 'Me and Clay have come to an agreement, your father will get protection for the rest of his sentence' he held his hand out for her to shake,

'thank you' she breathed she couldn't help but give him a smile as she shook his hand firmly, after Clay and Marcus had shook hands and they had set fire to the car since it had Rodrigo's blood in it, both mc's went on their separate ways home, Emery took a deep breath as her matted hair whipped around her face on the back of Ryan's Harley, she rested her head on his back inhaling his familiar scent, finally her dad would be fine, she'd go and see him next visiting day, it seemed like it had been forever since she'd last seen him.

As everyone trudged into the clubhouse, Gemma was instantly at Clay's side sucking his face as the others just let out a low chuckle and made their way over to the bar, Juice and Ryan started handing out beers, Ryan handing one to her

'here you go Princess' he winked at her as she took the beer taking a big swig from the bottle, once Clay had finished filling Gemma in on what had happened Gemma was in front of her, fussing about her face and her arms, which had some cuts on them but nothing too damaging,

'don't you ever put yourself in danger like that again' she scolded Emery, causing everyone to quiet down and watch the exchange,

'what do you mean Gem?' she asked confused,

'Clay told me he saw you run to help Alverez's kids, don't ever do that again, none of us could bear to lose you kid' she'd moved her hands to either side of Emery's face

'I'm sorry' Emery whispered 'and I'm sorry I didn't stay put when I promised Ope' she looked to him,

'it's okay Red Bird, should've made you pinky swear' he winked at her.

Fresh out the shower, Emery put on some pyjama shorts and a baggy t-shirt, her hair hung damp down her back in curls, her bare feet pattered down the hallway as she made her way to Ryan's room, she'd decided to stay at the clubhouse since she didn't like the thought of being alone at home. She lightly knocked on his door hoping he'd still be awake. Pushing the door open gently, she saw Ryan spread out width ways across his bed with nothing put sweat pants on, he was watching some film on the small tv that sat on his drawers in the corner of his room, He gave her a smile as she walked over to his bed and lay length ways with her head on his toned stomach,

'you were amazing tonight, I see what the other mean by you can fight' he spoke softly to her, grinning as he ran his hands through her damp curls, she turned her face to the side so she could face him,

'so you saw that eh,' she blushed slightly 'to be completely honest, I've never been so scared in all my life' she practically whispered back

'you know, the fact you saved both of Marcus's kids definitely helped make him agree to the terms of them not selling in Charming and that, he even said the Mayans will deal with anybody who does start making deals' he started to fill her in on what she'd missed, as he moved his hand to rest on her stomach

'you know what I don't get is how the Niners knew we'd be there' she contemplated, as she began playing with his hand,

'Mayans said they have an idea who it is, it's one of their guys but they want us to help sniff the rat out' he interlocked their hands together,

She sat up and leaning over him, slowly she brought her lips down onto his, her soft lips began moving with his hard chapped ones, feeling that spark that went through her the very first time they'd kissed she brought her hands up to his neck and he began to sit up, dragging her into his lap, this kiss wasn't like the first kiss they'd shared, it started out slow but soon became heated as his tongue brushed along her bottom lip, she opened her mouth slightly giving him access, she didn't fight him as his tongue invaded her mouth, instead her own tongue seemed to just meet his of its own accord, she was way out of her depth here, she'd never kissed anyone properly and definitely not like this, one hand moved to tangle in his hair, as the other ran down his chest causing him to shiver a little making her smile into the kiss, breaking away from the kiss for breath, she looked up causing their eyes to locked. Instantly she went red, and blushed even more so when he chuckled a little at her.

'what was that?' he asked her as she smiled at him, her dimples on full show,

'well I've decided that I'm happy to give this a go' she gestured between the two of them as she spoke 'I mean I don't really know what this is, but I'm happy to find out' she started babbling as her nervousness set in, noticing he didn't reply straight away she started her babbling again as she panicked, 'I mean, that is, erm, if you, you know wanna find out what this is' her eyebrows furrowed together, 'I mean If you don't that's cool, I mean, I uh I understand sin-' she was cut off from her rant as his lips found hers again in a light peck

'Me too' he smiled at her,

Emery practically skipped back to her room, finally things seemed to actually be looking up for her, she'd got her dads protection and things seemed to finally be going somewhere with Ryan, walking into her room she turned on her light and jumped a little when she saw Jax sat on the edge of the bottom of her bed, her heart sunk when she saw that tears streaked his face, and his eyes were red and swollen, he held a large bottle of Jack Daniels which once was full and was now empty gripped tightly in his hand, instantly she was in front of him, crouching down between his legs, taking the empty bottle from him and placing it on the floor beside her,

'what's happened Jackson?' she asked him gently, his blue eyes, looked down to meet hers and she saw the hurt in them, he looked so lost,

'she's gone Emery, she said she isn't coming back' he spoke as another tear ran down his face, she reached up to wipe it before it could pass his cheek,

'Tara?' she asked though she was pretty sure she knew, he just nodded at her, she stood and wrapped on arm around his shoulder as she brought his head to her chest as she hugged him, her other arm wrapped around him to rest her hand on the back of his head, they stayed like this for some time as Jax cried silently into her chest. Once he seemed to have stopped, she pulled away, to look at him,

'what am I gonna do?' he asked her, eyes red

'you're gonna have tonight to get drunk and drown it out, then tomorrow your gonna wake up and you're gonna get on with your life' she said softly to him

'what if I can't? it hurts Em' he practically whispered

'You have the biggest family around you Jax, and I'll always be here, no matter what' she moved his hair out of his eyes, as he smiled up at her.

'come on lets go to bed' he just nodded at her, she helped him get his hoody and t-shirt off, she couldn't help but look at his muscular body as she began undressing him grateful for the fact that he was too drunk to notice her blush as she helped him to get his jeans off, once she'd removed his trainers and socks, and placed his belt with his knife on top of her drawers, she quickly plaited her hair to the side, then climb into bed as Jax got in the other side, he snuggled in closer to her resting his head on her chest, listening to her heartbeat as it picked up slightly whilst she stroked his bare back,

'promise me one thing?' he spoke to her, his voice thick from crying

'anything' she responded

'promise you'll never leave me Emery, I couldn't handle it if you left me' he said softly as he nuzzled his head slightly into her chest, and placed his hand on her stomach, she moved her hand to stroke his hair

'never' she whispered as she kissed his head

'love you Em' he half mumbled as he drifted off to sleep.

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