Tig Trager's sister Jessie has been around the club as long as she can remember. She's always held her own with the men and croweaters alike until Happy walked into the clubhouse. Can she handle the killer, or can he handle her?
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Jessie watched as David slowly walked up to her car, thinking to herself that she was already late meeting up with Happy and that he was not going to like the fact that David Hale was part of the reason she was indeed late. She met David's genuine smile with a fake one of her own as he nodded to her.
"Hello, Jessie."
Jessie did a mental eye roll as she nodded back to him in greeting. "David. Did I do something wrong?"
David shook his head, looking down at the toes of his polished shoes. "No, no, of course not. I just wanted to check in with you, see how you were."
Jessie nodded, wondering why, if that was the case, he hadn't just stopped by TM. "I'm good, thanks."
David nodded. "I see the guys are back from Stockton. You and Happy doing ok?"
"Yeah, we're doing great."
David nodded again, this time looking up at Jessie and smirking. "You're doing ok with the baby mama situation?" He shook his head. "Jesus, Jessie, when are you going to figure it out? He's not the man for you."
Jessie just chuckled and shook her head. "If I haven't broken any laws, I think we're done here." She made sure he was paying attention before continuing. "David? We really need to be done with this. I would hate for this to get bloody, but I won't be able to control that if you refuse to let this go. I'm with Happy and I don't see that changing. I'm happy with him, no pun intended."
David stared at her for a moment before finally nodding and stepping back from her car door. "Ok, I can respect that, but... " He shrugged before grinning. "You know where to find me if you need me, Jessie. For anything."
Jessie slammed her front door and breathed a sigh of relief before walking through the house. "Hap?"
"Bedroom, little girl."
She walked into her bedroom to find Happy stretched out across her bed on his back with his hands beneath his head, staring at the ceiling. "Took you long enough."
Jessie winced as she pulled off her boots and unbuttoned her jeans before shimmying out of them. "Yeah, sorry. Got held up." She walked over to the closet and pulled out a pair of yoga pants before grabbing a t-shirt from her dresser. She figured if she was taking a road trip, she might as well be comfortable. "You done for the day?"
She turned to see Happy watching her every move as she laid the clothes on the chair and came to lay beside him on the bed. "Nah, I gotta take a ride to Lodi later with Jax and Chibs. What held you up?"
Jessie sighed as she thought about how much to tell him. About Kozik, certainly, but David... she wasn't sure she was ready for David's death to be on her head just yet. She grinned to herself as she sighed once again before rolling on top of a surprised Happy. She expected full disclosure from him and knew that he would expect the same from her, but that didn't mean she couldn't temper it just a little. She kissed him deeply as he wrapped his strong arms around her and rolled them both over. When he broke the kiss and looked down at her expectantly, she grinned and shook her head.
"You're like a dog with a bone, aren't you?"
He grinned and shrugged before leaning in to nuzzle her neck. "No, I just want to know what kept my woman from being here with me, that's all. When I left, you just needed to have a quick chat with Gemma."
Jessie nodded as she traced the tattoo peeking out of the collar of his t-shirt. "True, but then Kozik felt like being all covert with a secret meeting and then I got pulled over on the way here. Yeah, it's been an eventful day so far."
Happy shook his head and bit down gently on her neck. "Ok, you're gonna have to explain all of that, but I'm gonna tell you that if you getting pulled over has anything to do with Hale, I'm going after him."
Jessie rolled her eyes but proceeded to tell Happy everything that had happened already that day, leaving nothing out. By the time she was through with David's part of the story, Happy was sitting up on the side of the bed and reaching for his boots. Jessie bit her lip as she sat up behind him and threw her arms around his neck, kissing the back of his neck and head.
"Baby, come on. Nothing happened and I think I finally got through to him that nothing is ever going to happen between him and me. I'm with you now and he's just going to have to understand that."
Happy stood up breaking her hold on his neck and turned to glare down at her. She knew he wasn't angry at her but still couldn't help the little shiver she got from how violent he looked. "Yeah, babe, he's going to understand when I beat the shit out of him."
Jessie growled at him, making his brow go up in surprise. She grabbed his kutte that he had just shrugged back on and pulled him to where she was now standing up on the bed and looking down at him. "You're such a dumbass! Did it ever fucking occur to you that he wants you to beat the shit out of him? You're on parole, idiot! You lift one finger toward him and he's got you right where he wants you."
Happy blew out a breath and shook his head. "So what do you expect me to do? Just act like it didn't happen?"
She gave him a small grin and shook her head. "No, I don't, but I do expect you to listen for once. I just got you back. I'm not ready to send you off again, especially for something that was stupid in the first place."
He leaned in for a kiss before smirking at her. "You're pretty smart, aren't you?"
Jessie snorted as she suddenly fell backward on the bed, pulling him with her. "Yeah, I am. Can you guess what else I am?"
As her hands made quick work of his belt, he chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, I think I got it, babe."
