Okay guys, it's time for Dinner at Gemma's. How do you think it's going to go? Please enjoy and comments are always welcome!

As we stepped up to the door, I felt Jax's arm wrap around my waist.

Jesus Christ.

How the fuck was he doing this? These past few days alone have been hell for the both of them, and they just got together. Now, she knows about what they really do. She won't give him an answer. Is she staying? Is she going? He wants her to stay in the worst way. He didn't think he want something so much in his life before. Yeah, it's been awful for them, but they made each other happy. He's got thick skin; he can handle the comments and stares. It's her he's worried about. Worried that she'll break and flee Charming the minute someone will say something at that fucking dinner table.

Jax just opened the door and walked in, with me right by his side.

Gemma was the first to greet us.

"Hey, sweetheart," She leaned in and gave her son a kiss on the cheek.

"Hey mom."

She pulled away from Jax and gave me a hug, Jax not letting his arm drop from my waist.

"You okay?", she whispered in my ear.

"Mhm."

She was the first to separate our hug.

"Jax, the guys are in the living room. I just need Julia to help me with a few things in the kitchen."

" You gonna be okay?," He looked down at me.

"Yeah, I'm good. Go ahead. Go talk to the guys."

He gave me a kiss and headed toward the living room.

"Okay, what do you need me to do?"

"Everything's almost finished. I just needed an excuse to talk to you."

A small smile crossed my face.

"Oh."

"Is everything okay? Looks like you have something on your mind."

"Not really. An agent came to see me today. June Stahl. Have you heard of her?"

"God, who hasn't heard of that bitch? What did she want?"

"She told me about the gun trafficking, Gemma. She wants me to turn on Jax and the club."

"What did you tell her?"

"I told her I would never do that, even if I knew what was going on."

"That shit's crazy, isn't it?"

"What?"

"What you're willing to do for someone you care about."

"I didn't know I would be going against everything I believe in. "

All the guys were comfortable on the couch when Jax entered the room.

"What's up, Jackie boy? Your better half with you?", Chibs asked with a smile.

"Don't you mean his darker half?", Tig said under his breath, making all the guys chuckle except Chibs.

Jax clenched his fists.

"You say one more comment like that about her, I will beat the shit out of you. I don't care that we are at my mom's house."

"Hey, easy. This means a lot to your mom," Clay added.

"Yeah, well Julia means a lot to me, so lay off."

He left the room and went back to the kitchen.

" Damn, that must be pretty good pussy if he's already whipped after a couple of days," Bobby stated, trying to keep his voice to a whisper.

"Well Bobby, you know what they say, once you go black, you never go back," Clay responded, getting a loud laugh from everyone in the room.

Gemma came into the room.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing baby," Clay replied.

"Uh huh. Come on, dinner's ready. And let me just say something to you all. Be nice to her. She's a good person."

"Scout's honor, Gem," Clay said, raising his hand.

She rolled her eyes and she went to the living room, where the other men followed behind her.

I helped Gemma put out the rest of the food, and Jax sat down next to me.

"This is great, Gem," Tig said, taking his first bite of his food.

"I'm glad."

The dinner started off pretty quiet. Jax looked over at his girlfriend. She wasn't eating.

"You okay, babe?", he asked touching my hand.

I went to respond when I heard Tig making hurl noises.

" Oh sorry, sorry. Just hearing you call that colored gash babe kinda makes me sick."

Gemma dropped her fork on her plate loud enough to echo.

That was it for Jax. He got up fast enough before anyone could react and yanked Tig out of his chair. He slammed him against the closet wall and threw his first punch.

The other guys got up along with me and Gemma getting up shortly after. It took a minute to separate Tig and Jax.

"I warned you, asshole."

"I know you did."

"Jax, it's not worth it."

"Yeah, believe it or not the bitch is right. She ain't worth fighting over," Tig agreed, spitting out blood on the floor.

"Tig! ," I heard Gemma yell.

Jax tried to pull away from Bobby and Chib's grip.

I moved closer to both Jax and Tig.

"It's okay."

"Julia, are you fucking kidding me? This isnt okay," Jax said, shocking me he was using my actual name, instead of my nickname.

"No it is. I get it. They don't like me. "

"That's putting it lightly," Tig replied.

I was ready to walk out that door once again. But something stopped me.

"You know what, I'm tired of walking away and crying about this bullshit. Believe me, I know what me and him have is not normal. I'm getting shit from my dad, notes on my car, comments from all of you."

"Why didn't you tell me about the notes?", Jax asked, interrupted me.

" I didn't tell anyone. Cuz, you had enough on your plate as is with your club."

"Seriously, what the hell is normal in this town? For example, I had an ATF agent come and see me today. She wanted to know if I would give up Jax and the club. I told her I wouldn't even if I knew what any of you did. At first I didn't know why I said it. Then it hit me. I know how much you guys and the club means to him. Why would I want to hurt what he cares about most? So if you have a problem with me, go ahead. Say anything to me, do anything. It's not going to change how I feel about him. I'm here to stay."

Jax raised his eyebrows in surprise and smiled at me. Bobby and Chibs let go of Jax.

"You are?"

"Yeah. I am. You wanna know my answer? I'm staying, baby. I'm in this for the long run. No matter what anyone says or does."

The room was quiet, and Gemma had an ear to ear smile.

Jax closed the distance between me and him and just kissed me with force.

"My god, she's going to make one hell of an old lady," Gemma replied, breaking the silence, and making me smile against Jax's lips.