The Mechanic

Part 29

With no surprise what-so-ever, I was stuck working garage with a tone of a car needing to be fixed which luckily enough I had the help from the other mechanics while the office was being taken care of by Gemma with the help of Chucky.

Things between Tara and I was still pretty much tense but it has managed to calm down to the point where we can both be civil enough not to have another argument. With that being said, Tara had informed me of her volunteering at the prison in the infirmary area, which Tara had said was doing it to help the club to try and get Otto to reverse his statement that was made against the club which triggered a RICCO case to be thrown at the club.

Stuck under the hood of a car with the cool air flying threw the garage, the sound of chatter could be heard coming from the clubhouse which I figured the guys had just finished church. Happy had told me last night that Jax wanted to get involved with Damon Pope which gave the club mixed emotions but the majority of the table trusted Jax enough to let the vote pass. The sound of chatter soon stopped when the guys rode out of the lot to deal with club business.

Endless amounts of cars later, the sound of motorbikes and a car pulling up had caught my attention which left me to removed myself from in front of the car and towards the direction where the sound had just come from. I noticed that all the guys were whole before spotting Nero getting out of his car causing Gemma to walk over which lead to her giving him a hug and thanking him for something before Nero informed her that he had to get back to work so he couldn't stay for long.

I figured that thing that Gemma thanked Nero for had something to do with last nights events. Gemma thought it was a good idea to get wasted at some bar before heading to a hotel with some random man that she met at the bar. Somehow the guy she slept with, ended up stealing the money from her wallet, plus her car keys which by the looks of it, the club had managed to get Gemma's things back.

"Hey Nero -- I was just wondering if you would be able to drop me at Saint Thomas on your way to work, if that's alright with you?" I asked softly, placing myself in front of him.

"Come on kiddo, let's go." Nero smiled

Both Nero and I had hugged Jax goodbye before we headed out of the lot which during the exchange of hugs, Jax had also thanked Nero for his help today which Nero had assured him that it was no problem.

"What do you need to go to Saint Thomas for? Is everything okay?" Nero asked with a concerned tone in his voice.

"Everything is fine. The hospital holds AA meetings there which I regularly go to." I confessed, once we had drove out of the lot

"Drugs or alcohol? If you don't mind me asking." Nero asked again but this time with a slight interest.

"Alcohol. I had a nasty habit once which I live to regret for everyday." I confessed.

"Mine was drugs, I've been clean for a little over 5 years. I wanted to make things right for my son" Nero confessed also

"Well I would say here to better times but it's clear that you said that a long time ago" I smirked causing Nero to scoff.

"So moving on to less depressing things, you and Tig, huh? I take it you two are together." Nero chuckled

"Oh god no -- Tig is my best friend. Nothing more, nothing less. Happy, the bald tatted one is my boyfriend but I must say, you are the first person to assume that Tig and I are together." I chuckled back

"You know, normally I am really good with the whole putting the pieces together and knowing all the information but it was clear I have gotten the cards wrong, this time around" Nero explained

"El burro sabe mas que tu. (Donkeys know more than you)" I smirked

"Damn, you really had to do me like that didn't you." Nero chuckled

"Mhmm"

"Seriously how do you know Spanish? Cos I know that none of the club knows anything other than English" Nero smiled

"Alvarez, the president of the Mayans taught me when I was little and now thanks to him, I am fluent in Spanish" I smiled back

"I know Alvarez, both me and him are actually really good friends. We met in Stockon when we did time together. You must be like family to Alvarez if you've known him since you were a kid" Nero commented

"Yeah he is like family. I trust him more than anything which makes it hard when things when the Sons wouldn't be on good terms with the Mayans." I confessed

"I understand, tough position to be in." Nero stated leaving me to hum in return

"I'm also fluent in Russian, I picked that up in prison." I confessed again

"You are one interesting women, I can tell you that." Nero smiled

It didn't take long before the conversation with Nero was cut short when we arrived at Saint Thomas. Thanking Nero for the ride, I had briefly gave him a hug before heading inside the hospital as he drove off to work.

The second I entered Saint Thomas and walked into my meeting, it didn't take long before it was over causing everyone to leave the room. I followed the crowd out of the hospital before bumping into Tara on the way out which she had offered to give me a lift to the clubhouse as she was heading that way herself.

Arriving back at the clubhouse with Tara and the boys along with Phil, I noticed the guys was hovered around the picnic tables when we started to get out of the car. Briefly looking at them, I knew that they must of have been back a while after dealing with a particular problem but my attention was soon turned away from them when Phil started to chase Abel over to the playground next to the clubhouse causing me to laugh at the exchange.

Before I left the clubhouse earlier, Jax had informed me that him, Bobby, Tig and Chibs had found an address for the prison guard that was responsible for killing Opie inside and the four of them were going to deal with the problem which I had no issue with them doing so.

Both Tara and I walked towards the guys when I took Thomas, who was placed in a baby carrier, away from Tara before walking ahead and sitting it on top of the picnic table when Tara had joined Jax. The duo started talking about their trip to the cabin while Chibs, Tig and I started to obsessed over Thomas.

Since Tara couldn't get the nanny to look after the boys, Jax had suggested that Gemma look after them while they head up to the cabin which Tara was hesitant on agreed but she decided to let Gemma look after them for the night. Before heading up to the cabin, Jax had something to deal with before he could head up their himself so Tara informed the male that she would meet him up there before him once Gemma had picked up the boys which Jax was fine with.

Getting up from the picnic tables, both Tig and I started to head over to the playground that was built for the kids before Jax informed Tig to watch keep an eye out until he can make it to the cabin which Tig agreed to.

Gemma's POV

After spending a couple of hours checking up on Unser, I had received a phone call from Tara asking if I could look after Abel and Thomas for the night while her and Jax head up to the cabin. It had came to a shock when Tara had requested that on the phone but that didn't stop me from agreeing to look after my grandchildren.

It didn't take me long after recieving the phone call to arrive at the clubhouse, only to be greeted by both the boys and Phil. The male was kind enough to help me place both of the boys inside the back of my SUV before I headed home with them.

During the ride home, the effects of the joint I had earlier with Unser was really getting into motion which I figured that I was still okay to drive as I had driven stoned before but it was clear that I was wrong when my eyes started to become sleepy causing me to drive all over the place before a truck driver started to beep at me, due to being in the lane which startled me causing everything next to happen so fast.

Gripping onto the steering wheel with a panic, I tried to miss hitting the front of the truck which resulted in me driving off the road into the front of a tree before passing out against the steering wheel as Thomas cried in the back while Abel just laid there.