Coming Home

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Coming down from the roof, he heads out to his bike and I head out to the picnic table. He kisses me one more time and says "I love you." Smiling I say "I love you." before he heads off the lot. My brother comes and takes a seat next to me. "You and him syncing up?" he asks. "I don't know." I tell him. "What's up?" he asks suddenly concerned. "He's seeing Tara. We both know how that went down last time. He said he wants to be with me and that he loves me and I told him that if he told her he wanted to be with me and ended things with her that I would be with him but I'm not holding my breath." I tell him. "You never know." he says and I just shrug.

It's been a couple of days since Jax and I had our talk on the roof and I've seen him in and out but not for more than a couple of minutes at a time. Sitting at the bar, it's Friday night and the party's just getting started. I am sitting with my dad when Jax walks in with Tara on his arm. Looking at him and her, she glares at me and he won't even look at me. I look back at my drink and my dad asks "You okay Princess?" I look at him and smile and say "Yeah daddy. I'm good." I tell him and decide I'm not going to stress about it anymore. He's apparently made his decision.

A little later, my dad leaves to head to the cabin and I walk over and see Juice and Chibs sitting on one of the couches. I sit between them and Juice puts his arm around the back of the couch behind me. The more I talk to him and we laugh, the more I lean into him and my hand is on his knee. It's innocent enough but I see Jax getting pissed off. "Can we talk?" He asks as he walks up. "Yeah." I say. We head to the roof and he asks "What the fuck is that shit? You and Juice?" I look at him and ask "Does it matter?" He smirks and says "You still got my mark on you. That ink behind your ear? That says you're mine." he says. I laugh. "I have your mark, not your crow. I'm not yours. If I want to hook up with someone, you can't do shit about it. Plus, you're with Tara. So that mark of mine behind your ear? If it don't mean shit to you? This one don't mean shit to me." I tell him and go to leave. He grabs me and kisses me roughly. Pulling away he says "Those playing jacks behind your ear mean the same things as a fucking crow. My mark my pussy." he says. "Then that treble note behind your ear? That means my mark my dick. But you see, Tara is the one you're here with and that means you she's the one you're with. Not me. I'm free to see anyone I want." I tell him before walking to the ladder and leaving him on the roof.

Walking back into the main room, I go back over and take my seat between Chibs and Juice. "You okay Princess?" Juice asks. I look at him and smile. "Yeah Juicy. I'm good." I tell him and he goes back to his conversation. A little later, I look at Juice and say "I'm gonna get some air." He nods before I stand and head outside. Heading to the boxing ring, my brother follows me over. "You okay Bitty?" he asks. "Yeah. Just got a lot on my mind." I tell him. "You seemed pretty cozy with Juice." he tells me smirking. "I did. He's a nice guy. Cute too. What do you think of him?" I ask. "He's good. Loyal." he tells me. Looking at me a minute he asks "What's wrong?" Laughing because my brother knows me so well. "Jax took me to the roof. He's here with Tara and starts pulling that bullshit that since I have his mark behind my ear, that it's his mark his pussy so I told him that since he has mine that it's my mark my dick and since it don't mean shit to him that it don't mean shit to me." I tell him and he starts laughing. "But..." he says, sensing more. "But, this time, I mean it. He chose her before and chose her again so I'm moving on. I like talking to Juice and I'm comfortable with him and seems like I won't have to deal with the bull shit drama that I do with Jax." I tell him. "You're right. You gotta do what you need to do." he tells me and I decide he's right. "You're right. Let's head inside. I need to see Happy." I tell him.

Walking into the clubhouse, I see Happy sitting at the bar with Tig. "Hey Hap. You have your kit with you?" he asks. "Yeah. What do you need?" he asks as Juice walks up and puts his arm around my waist. "I need a cover up." I tell him and he smirks knowing I only have the one tattoo. Heading to his dorm, I follow with Opie and Juice behind us. Sitting down, Juice asks "What are you getting covered up?" I move my hair and show him the playing jacks behind my ear. "I got this when I was eighteen and Jax got a treble note behind his. I need to have it covered." I tell him. "Why?" He asks confused. I kiss his cheek and say "Because someone else has my interest now." and you see him smile. An hour later, I have a princess crown covering the tattoo that was originally there.

Walking back out to the main room, I see Jax standing there and I am at the bar talking to Happy and Juice with Juice's hand still on my hip. Jax sees the bandage behind my ear and walks over. "What the fuck is that?" he asks pointing to my new ink. "New ink." I tell him. "You fucking covered it?" He asks and I nod my head. He gets pissed and gets in my face and says "That was my mark." he says. Before I could say anything Juice gets between us and says "And you're with Tara so she can be with whoever she wants." Juice says and Jax asks "You fucking her now?" Juice smirks and says "Nope. But I promise if she does become my girl? I'll treat her better than you ever could. She's the fucking Princess and won't be treated as less. Now, why don't you go back to your girl and let me spend some time with mine." Jax looks at him shocked and so does Opie. When Jax walks away, Juice turns to me and I ask "Your girl?" He smirks and says "Oh yeah." before crashing his lips with mine, catching me off guard but I still kiss back and everything around us disappears.