CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINE

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Donna bounces through the door and sits down on the desk chair "How are we this morning?"

"I'm doing good. How are you?"

Donna smiles "I don't want to say I'm good, cause it doesn't feel like it covers it. I'm happy for you cause Cam's back but I'm sad that it's only for a couple of days."

I shake my head "Don't be sad. It's good that she's here. I'm going to enjoy her being here; tonight I want to see if I can get her to challenge Chibs to a game of pool."

Donna frowns "Is she good?"

I nod as the door cracks open and Al slides through it "Is who good?" She says as she hoists herself onto the desk.

"D just asked if Cam is any good at pool."

Al laughs and looks over at her "Cam is an exceptional pool shark. She tends to lull people in with smiles and flicking her hair and then takes them to the cleaners."

Donna grins as I nod and ask "Did she make it back to the hotel last night?"

Al nods "We put her in a cab about 2am with orders to ring when she woke up."

"Okay, well until we hear from her we'll stick around here. I need you both to come to Jax's with me to check if we've got everything for Abel coming home."

Al frowns "Why do you need me?"

"Cause you're the outrageous side of things, you'll think of the shit that no one else would ever think of."

Al laughs as she gets to her feet again "Okay, well let me know when you're ready to go. I've gotta make sure Juice is up. He's going to Bluebird today."

Donna glances over as Al closes the door "Why do they need all the guys up there today of all days. Didn't they get everything assembled during the week?"

I shrug "I don't know, Jax just said that he had to be there all day today."

Donna climbs onto the bed beside me, arranging Jax's pillow behind her "I told Opie I want to know everything. You know what he said?"

I shake my head and she smiles "He said 'You already know everything, I don't know what else you want me to tell you.' I'm surprised, I was sure that there was so much he wasn't telling me."

I lean into Donna's side and rest my head on her shoulder for a second "I think that the reason you thought he was still keeping things from you is because it did take you a while before you wanted to go the whole 'full disclosure' route with him. I still have the e-mails you blew my inbox up with when you were debating it with yourself if you want me to remind you."

Donna shakes her head "No. I remember. Did you keep all our e-mails?"

I nod "It was my newsletters from home. Granted there was a lot I could have done without knowing. Wendy being the biggest thing."

Donna rests her cheek on the top of my head "You needed to know though."

"I know, didn't make hearing it any better."

Al comes back through the door with a grin on her face "If Jax and Opie could see you now."

I poke my tongue out at her and pat the bed on my other side grinning when she practically jumps onto the mattress. "The only person missing is Cam." I mutter quietly.

Al perks up "She's on her way; she rang while I was pulling Juice out of bed."

I splutter at her "I didn't need to know you just came from pulling Juice!"

Al smacks me on the arm "Not that like, perve!" I giggle a little as she blushes faintly "Besides, I wore him out last night so it was only my duty to make sure he was up today."

I shake my head furiously and mock gagging at her before she jumps off the bed and flicks the blankets off me leaving me sitting in nothing but Jax's t-shirt. "Bitch!" I snap trying to pull the blankets back over my legs but Donna's joined in and the pair of them gang up on me pulling the blankets away and dropping them on the floor.

"If you're showering, go do it now." Al says pointing towards the bathroom. I sigh and climb off the bed picking up my discarded jeans from yesterday.

"Fine, I'll go get dressed, you two can strip the linen off the bed for that!" I step through the bathroom door and push it closed behind me.

I spend just over 15 minutes in the bathroom, the very short shower I have enough to wash the line layer of sweat and dust off me, but washing a leg I discover a bruise on one knee and frown at it. "Guess Ima did get me."

Stepping back out of the bathroom I smile brightly at my three friends who are sitting patiently at the end of my bed, the dirty linen in a pile by the door and fresh covers on the bed. "Thanks chickies." Sitting down on the desk chair I pull my boots on and make quick work of tying them.

Cam points at Donna "She made me help. What'd they do?"

I laugh "They forced me out of my nice warm blanket cocoon. Did they fill you in on today's agenda?"

Cam nods "Yeah, something about baby stuff. I do wanna see your house though, I bet it looks different."

I smile "It does, but it still needs paint, carpet, a kitchen."

Cam's eyes widen "You haven't gotten your kitchen sorted yet?"

I slide my arm around her shoulders as we leave the room, pausing to lock it behind us "I forgot about it. All the appliances are in cause they're all stuff that sits on the floor, but I don't have any cabinets yet."

"So when do you think it'll be done?"

Shrugging slightly "Up to 8 weeks I think. Oh, Al. Did Jax talk to Juice about the house?"

Al nods from in front of me "He did."

I stare at her as we cross the clubroom and out the door. "And?" I finally say when we reach the back of Jax's truck.

Al giggles "Oh, you wanted to know what happened?"

I narrow my eyes at her and lean against the tail door "I wouldn't have asked otherwise."

"Juice isn't worried about the house in a hurry, if Ope and D want to stay there while theirs is being built its fine with him. He did express a concern that you're still paying for a hotel room though."

I shrug "Cam's using it, and it's handy given that Juice has been living here and I know you value your peace and quiet when you're drawing."

"Yeah I do, but you've been paying for it for over a month."

I unlock the car and open the door "It's not a big deal. Hotel rooms in Charming are fairly cheap on a week by week basis."

Al climbs into the backseat behind Donna "I know that, but he feels bad, don't be surprised if he tries to give you money at some stage."

"If he does I will accept it."

Al looks gobsmacked "Why?"

"Cause it would be disrespectful for me to refuse him paying me back for something I've done for his Old Lady. Not to mention he'd catch shit from the rest of the guys if they knew." I tell her as the car doors close.

Donna nods "Cavemen mentality. Most Old Ladies don't work; they depend on their men to provide them with everything they need. Redwood seems to be the exception. Gemma works here and god help Clay if he tried to stop her working. Sarah's just brought two buildings and there's no way in hell she'd not work. Me, I'm the exception, I don't work."

I turn in my seat just before pulling out of the driveway "Donna Winston! You have the most important job of them all."

"What?" She says with a confused look on her face.

"Raising your kids, and producing more." I giggle as she slaps me on the back of the shoulder.