CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

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Jax comes up to me almost 2 hours after the cake is finished, resting his hand on my shoulder he drops to a crouch beside me "We've gotta go for about an hour. You okay babe?"

I nod, picking up my glass and draining it for the countless time "Yeah I'm fine." My hand's resting on Doj's head where he's dropped it onto a napkin on my lap, the constant running around he's been doing sniffing people and attempting to beg for food has worn him out and I can see he'll be asleep before long.

Jax disappears with Clay, Piney, Opie, Bobby and the Irish. Turning my attention back to Donna I shrug "Have you packed for Sturgis?"

Donna nods as she leans over and refills my glass from the wine sitting in the middle of the table, emptying my second bottle "Yeah, I forgot how hard it is packing for an extended trip with such a small amount of space."

"Tell me about it. 13 days and I've got a single saddle bag to pack everything I need." I groan.

Donna giggles "You're trying to pack shampoo and all that stuff aren't you?" At my nod she shakes her head "Shampoo, body wash, soap, razors that sort of shit can be brought while we're up there. Save the space S."

Slapping my forehead I laugh "I didn't think about that that saves me like half the bag." Doj looks up at me irritably until I set my hand back on his head and resume scratching softly between his eyes.

Donna shakes her head at the dog laughing "He's a clown. Anyway, you can take a backpack as well. And knowing Hap you might be able to convince him to take some of your stuff."

I shake my head "I wouldn't do that, and you know why. Jax is my Old Man, it's his responsibility to make sure I have everything I need and supply what I don't have."

Looking over at Cam I frown "I really do wish you could come though."

She shakes her head "I know and I told you I can't. I've got too much to do with this whole movie. It did make me realise something though."

"What?" Al leans forwards, propping her elbows on the table.

"I have realised that I hate organising other people. After this I'm done with it." Cam says, picking up her glass and draining the last of her tequila. "I'm happy to work with people but I can't do this shit again."

"Why?" I ask "You've been a bit quiet all day chicky." Cherry and Lyla both leave the table at the gestures of Miles and Kip, heading towards the end of the field where all the bikes had been moved to. Its funny watching them both gesture towards their dresses and high heeled feet before spinning and heading towards the trailer where all our 'day clothes' had been left.

Cam sighs after a few minutes of quiet "You all know I had to put together a staff of 9 other people, well between them all I've managed to find four people I can still stand now. Thankfully it's the same people who're going to be living with me. But after that's done I don't know what I'm going to do."

I smile at her brightly "You could always move here and start doing beauty treatments from home. You'd have word of mouth spreading amongst everyone from SAMCRO pretty fast and all it would take would be one good word from Gemma to Lu and she'd have all the stuff for Caracara being done through you. Actually..." I trail off looking around the room and spotting Luann at the bar. Gesturing her to join us it takes a minute for her to pick her way through the crowd and drop into Lyla's abandoned seat.

"What can I help you with today?" Lu asks with a huge smile.

Glancing at Cam I cock my head to the side "I was talking with Cammy who's about to start a contract with Paramount but she doesn't want to keep going. Who does your hair and makeup for the movies?"

Lu looks over at Cam and taps her bottom lip thoughtfully "Normally I do, but it cuts out a whole lot of editing and shooting time." Looking back at me she lifts an eyebrow "You're thinking I should hire her fulltime to do that for me aren't you?"

I nod enthusiastically "Yes you should. For a few reasons."

Luann chuckles "Give me five good ones and I'll think about it."

Poking my tongue out at her I lean back in my seat holding up 5 fingers, deliberately using the hand not on Doj's head, he's gone to sleep finally, his body leaning heavily against the side of my chair. "She's one of my best friends, you won't get a better reference then the fact she did the hair and makeup on 6 people today in 2 hours." I fold down one finger.

"She trained in one of the best schools in New York and you surely will not find anyone as well trained as her in Charming." Folding a second finger down "She's about to start a contract for a movie with Paramount which will bring her name into the forefront in lots of circles of hair and beauty." A third finger gets folded down.

Wiggling the other two fingers in the air I pause in thought till Cam leans over, pressing another one down "She wants to stay in Charming and this will give her the opportunity to do so and remain employed."

The smile on my face stretches almost from ear to ear when I fold the last one down locking eyes with Luanne "And the last reason is cause I know you won't find anyone as good as her, who wants to be in town, who doesn't mind doing make up on naked people. As long as you never ask her to get in front of the camera. Hap will not take that well."

Luann swallows a larger than expected mouthful of whiskey and coughs lightly "What does Hap have to do with any of it."

I grin at her and then at Cam "Cause Hap's her Old Man."

Cam shakes her head furiously "No he's not."

Poking my tongue out again I add "yet." To the end of her sentence, turning to smile at Lu "At least think about it, it's 6 months before she'll be here permanently anyway."

Luann nods, getting to her feet again and hugging me "I'll think about it, I promise. And congratulations, again."

Squeezing her hands lightly she kisses my cheek then disappears back into the crowd.

Jax reappears almost 45 minutes after he left, dropping into a crouch by my side, his hand running over the back of Doj's neck and pulling the ribbon off his collar "You ready to go?"

Nodding at him I get up slowly, lifting the bottom of my dress I cock my head to the side "How are we travelling?"

Jax grins and points to the end of the field where my Nitro is parked, a huge white bow on the roof mirroring the purple one which was on the bonnet earlier and what appears to be about 200 cans trailing behind it. Shaking my head I turn around and spot Opie chuckling beside his wife "Ope I love you, you know that right?"

Opie nods and I smile "And I know you love me so you can go and remove that shit from the back of my car please. The bow is fine, but those cans will get annoying really fast."

Opie keeps laughing as he goes and unhooks the string wrapped around the tow ball. "Told ya she wouldn't go for it." He mutters as he passes the gathered Redwood Sons.