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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
Chapter 313 Facing Death
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Jax woke up slowly. No Scarlett in bed with him and this time he wasn't zip tied. When things turned more intimate together, they would definitely have to try out the zip ties. He would mind at all letting her tie him up.
Scarlett was doing an amazing job taking care of him. He saw that her body was stiffer and he knew that standing up and helping Tara with him and driving last night had caused that. She wouldn't admit that was the reason.
She'd been amazing Sunday night. He saw how upset she was that he was in pain. If she hadn't gone to get Tara, he didn't know what would have happened. Chibs was in over his head. If they had taken him to an ER when he'd first been hit, they could have claimed that it was a drive by. Once Chibs dug in, it made it more problematic to pass it off as something other than MC violence and a botched attempt to remove the bullets to avoid law enforcement attention.
Chibs told her how fierce she'd been when she threatened to break a bottle and jam the jagged end so far up his ass he'd be splitting glass. He laughed to himself remembering. She told him if there wasn't a bottle, she'd shoot him. She always carried a gun unless they were together. Chibs added that he believed her threat. Jax did too.
He didn't know who would have gone to Tara for help if Scarlett hadn't done it. Gemma hated Tara so much, she wouldn't have gone to her for help, but then, Gemma didn't realize how close he'd been to death.
Scarlett was so embarrassed when she had to check his bandages. He couldn't remember the last time he'd seen a girl blush. He liked that innocent quality that she had and the fact that hadn't been with many guys. Tara was the last girl that he'd been with that didn't sleep around.
When he was in love with Tara, it was more of a friend love. They turned to each other to get through their difficult teen years. It turned sexual because they were teens. It had never felt right to him. It wasn't the sex, it was more he didn't have that passion that he expected to feel. Maybe that's what happens sometimes when you take a friendship to the next level; you discover that it is just a strong friendship.
With Scarlett it was more passion. Being with her made him feel alive in a way he'd never felt before. He knew he was falling in love with her, but when he got shot and all he wanted was to see her one more time, he knew he was in love with her. It never even occurred to him that she wouldn't come.
The best part of the night was when she whispered that she loved him and told him not to die. He would never forget that moment. He didn't know that she was leaving to get Tara to help. He wasn't sure what he would have done. Smart Scarlett made the decision for him.
Getting shot turned out not to be so bad. He'd gotten Scarlett to tell him that she loved him and she'd even said it first. She fought to save his life and terrified most of his MC at the same time. SAMCRO and the rest of the Sons were going to make a ton of money from the Mayans peace deal. Jury was right. It was good to be Jax Teller.