Motorcycle clubs have always been a boys club. It makes sense: the violence, the hierarchy, the fact that they haven't exactly met the women's movement. Now, there's a new club in Northern Cali, looking to make a name for itself. It's already allied...
Tiki hung up from her call and strode into the Valkyrie clubhouse, nodding at Tony as she sat to her friend's right at the long conference table. Everyone was assembled for the vote on whether to join up with SAMCRO and they had just been waiting on her. Tony leaned over to speak quietly to her SAA.
"Everything ok?"
Tiki nodded, looking pensive. "Yeah, I got a location, but Marcus can't spare any of his men to help. I'm gonna have to do this on my own, which complicates things." She shook her head. "We really need to invest in a van."
Tony nodded before shrugging. "Why not call the Sons? If you're going to go crawling around in their backyard, they need a heads up anyway. Why not see if they can help?"
Tiki reluctantly nodded. "Ok. After the meeting, call Chibs and get me a number for Tig."
Tony smirked at that. "What? Not Happy?"
Tiki glared at her friend. "No. Not Happy."
Tony just grinned as she let the gavel hit the table. Tiki knew that this meeting was important, but she still felt that this was going to be a bad move. She sat quietly through Tony and Alvie's explanation of the pros of the deal until finally, Tony turned to her with a sigh.
"Tiki has some concerns she'd like to share before we vote."
Tony nodded to her and Tiki cleared her throat before speaking. "You've all heard the benefits to this deal, but I think there are a few problems with it as well, and in order for you to vote, you need to hear everything." She took a deep breath before continuing. "We'd have to move closer to Charming, making us farther from our home of Oakland if something should happen here."
Tony nodded. "Yes, that's true, but honestly, if there was an emergency situation here, we wouldn't be able to land on it quickly even being right here in town. We have found a place, a farm on the outskirts of Charming that Alvie and I think will work well for us. We're still looking for a secure location for Tiki to use for her wet work, but I'm sure we'll find one in time."
Tiki stared down at the table before looking at all of her sisters gathered around the room. There were thirteen of them in all and she felt close to every one of them. "SAMCRO is a legacy club... The First Nine and all. They have set ways that they handle things but our ways are pretty loose and dependent on the circumstances. They don't view women as equals." Alvie started to speak but Tiki held up her hand. "I'm not saying that they're bad guys, I'm just saying that they don't view us as equals. Although I would like to think that this will change once we are around them more and they see our abilities for what they are and what we can bring to the table, I don't hold out much hope that will be the case."
Tony nodded. "Ok. All in favor of the move to Charming and the alliance with the Sons?" Tiki shook her head as every hand but hers was raised in agreement. "All opposed?" Tiki held up her hand with a smirk as Tony nodded. "Ladies, we just joined the Sons Of Anarchy."
Tony had barely lifted the gavel to call the meeting to an end when Tiki was jumping up to stride out of the meeting room. She lit a cigarette as she walked outside into the afternoon sunshine. She sighed as she let her mind stray to Happy Lowman. She knew that Tony and Alvie had been meeting up with Chibs and Juice off and on, but she had firmly closed herself off from SAMCRO and one Son in particular. Now, though, with the vote, she knew she'd no longer be able to do that. She wasn't an idiot. She'd felt the attraction to him clawing at her since the first moment she saw him, and she was pretty sure he had felt the same, but she just had no fucking clue what to do about it.
She saw Tony walk out of the clubhouse and come her way, stopping to lean on the building beside her friend. She handed Tiki a piece of paper and grinned. "There are two numbers, Tig's and Happy's. You pick which one you call, but you know who I'd prefer."
Tiki stood staring down at the paper in her hand as Tony strolled back inside to celebrate with their sisters.
Tig felt his phone vibrate in his pocket as he sat around the picnic table with Happy, Chibs, Jax, and Opie. They had just returned from a run and were thinking about just calling it a night. He frowned when he saw the unknown number as he flipped his phone open and answered.
"Yeah."
"Tig?"
He grinned as he heard a familiar voice on the other end. "Hey, doll, long time no hear. What's up?"
He noticed that he had everyone's attention now as Tiki answered. "I'm in Charming and need some help with a situation. Any way you can meet me at the diner in town?"
He nodded to himself. "Yeah, T, I'll be right there."
He hung up and looked around the table as he stood up. "Tiki's in Charming and has a situation. I'm gonna go meet up with her, see what's up."
He grinned as Happy stood up with him and started for the bikes. "Let's go."
Tig shook his head as the others snickered. "She didn't request you, Hap."
Happy shrugged as he smirked at his brother. "Don't care."
Tig just chuckled as Chibs spoke up from the table. "He's got it bad, yeah?"
Jax shrugged and grinned. "No worse than you or Juice."
Chibs just shrugged as Clay came walking out of the clubhouse. He pointed at the two men heading for their motorcycles. "Where are they going?"
Jax spoke up. "Tiki has a situation here in town. They're going to find out what it is."
Clay nodded then grinned around his cigar. "Cool. Speaking of, Alvie and Tony are headed this way. We'll wait until the three amigos get back then call church."
