Love & Hate

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

The next morning, I walk into the office, coffee in hand to see Gemma sitting there with a knowing smirk. Fuck. "I take it you heard?" I asked. "Yep. I think this is a good thing." she says. "I hope so. I made it clear that I wasn't sleeping with either until I figured this out and that if I saw the first issue between them because of this I was gone. I would pack up and leave town." I told her. "Well, let's hope they don't fuck it up. So, who are you seeing tonight?" she asked. "Kozik. I don't know what he has planned though." I say. "Well, here they come now." she says. "Morning boys." I say. "Morning Rocky." Koz says. "Morning babe." Hap says and they both come over and kiss me on the cheek before heading to the garage. "Okay, that wasn't weird as hell." I say laughing. Gemma just starts laughing along with me.

Lunch rolls around, "Jax is here with lunch. Why don't you head over and have lunch with your boys." he says smirking. "I hate you Gemma. Just hate you." I say laughing but head over to get my lunch. Sitting down at the picnic table, I have Koz on one side and Happy on the other. Tig is sitting across from me smiling like he knows something. "What is it Tig?" I asked. "I know something." he says and starts laughing. "Okay. Look. This shit is hard enough for me so I am doing this the only way I can. I don't need your shit too Tigger." I say. He looks at me and says "So, you are actually seeing both these assholes?" he asked. "Yes. For the time being I am. And you won't give me any shit or I'll have both of them take you to the ring." I say smirking as both Happy and Kozik start laughing at the surprised look on Tig's face. This might actually be fun. I think to myself. After eating, I kiss Happy on top of the head and say "See you later killa." Kissing Koz on the cheek I say "See you after work, Surfer Boy." before walking away with both smacking me on the ass. Fucking hell. That shit hurt.

I walk back into the office and she asked what we were laughing about. I told her "Tig giving me shit and I told him if he didn't stop I would have both of them take him to the ring. But then they smacked me on the ass and that shit hurt." I tell her and she busts out laughing. "It's not funny Gemma." I say and start laughing a little and say "Fuck I guess it is."

After closing up the office, Koz comes over with an extra helmet and tells me to follow him. Getting on his bike, we pull out of the lot and ride for a while. After a little while, we pull up to this clearing near the lake. Getting off the bike, he intertwines his fingers with mine and walks me to this flat boulder and helps me up on it and then sits next to me. Taking my hand again, he speaks. "I know this isn't easy for you but Hap and I both are really glad you are doing this." I look at him and say "It's not and you both will have to be patient with me. I won't let myself get hurt again." I tell him. He puts his arm around me and pulls me close and kisses the top of my head. We won't hurt you." he says. We sit and watch the water for a little bit and he asked, "Tell me a little more about you?" I sigh and say, "You remember how I told you that my family went their separate ways?" he nodded so I continued. "It was more, them pushing me my own way. My ex's parents weren't the only ones that blamed me for his death. My mom and dad were gone and all I had left were my brothers but he was their best friend and they said it was my fault he was killed that if I weren't being such a bitch we wouldn't have been fighting." I said. "What were you fighting about?" he asked. "I told him I was pregnant and he told me to get rid of it that he didn't want kids." I answered. "Fuck. You know I wouldn't do that right? Neither would Hap." he says. "You know, I'm here on this date with you and I figured you would try to deter me from Happy. But you have not said one bad thing about him. Why?" I asked. "Because I don't want you to choose me because of something bad being said. I want you to make your choice with nothing but honesty. Hap's the same way. We both agreed after talking to you that we would make sure that you say both of us in a good light and not try to bad mouth each other." he says. Laughing I say, "You guys aren't gonna make this easy are you?" I asked. "Nope." he says before pulling me even closer. And I let him. "Tell me more about you." I say. "Well, before I prospected in Tacoma, I was a Marine. That's where I met Tig. We were in the same unit and when we came back, my parents were gone and I don't talk to my brother and he didn't have anyone so we both kind of took care of each other. Then we came across the Sons and prospected. That's how I met Happy. He was prospecting the same time we were." he says. "Nice. Well, let me thank you for your service." I say before turning to straddle him and I kiss him softly. He deepens the kiss and when he pulls away he says "You really don't know what you are doing to me do you?" Getting off his lap I say, "I'm sorry. I know I said I wasn't having sex but..." he cuts me off. "Making out is enough for me until you are ready." he says. He puts his arm around me again and we sat there and just talked and kissed until time to head back. It was a great night.