VP & The Princess

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

***Tig's POV***

I pull up to the clubhouse and as soon as I walk in the door, Clay sees me and asks "How is she?" I run my hands down my face and say "I don't know." Clay looks around the room and says "Church!" We all pile into the chapel and take our seats. "Now, what the hell happened?" Clay asks. "I got home last night and she was passed out on the couch. Empty bottle of Jack on the floor and another half empty bottle on the coffee table. She got into my pill stash." I tell them. "Fuck." Opie says. "Yeah. My kid sister tried to fucking kill herself man." I say as my eyes tear up. Chibs puts his hand on my shoulder and squeezes. "Why would she do that?" Juice asks. "Told Gemma that fucking boyfriend of hers called shit off saying he needed someone he could show off and he couldn't do that with her." I tell them and see that they are all getting pissed. "I can't lose her man." I tell them. "That why she ain't been coming around?" Piney asks. "Yeah." I say. "Anything you need brother." Clay says. "Her too." Jax adds.

After church, I head back to the hospital to be with my sister. Walking into her room, I see her staring off into space. Gemma sees me walk in and pats my shoulder on her way out the door. "Hey kid." I say. "Can you stop doing that?" she asked me softly. "What?" I asked confused. "Calling me kid. I'm not a fucking kid Tig." she says. "Yeah. How are you feeling?" I asked. "I'm fine." she says but doesn't look at me. I don't know what else to do. "You gotta give me something here, Gracie. I don't know what I'm doing here." I tell her. "You don't have to do anything. Just everyone leave me alone." she pleads. "Okay." I say before leaving the room. Gemma and Jax are standing in the hall. "How's she doing man?" Jax asks. "Still won't talk to me. Just wants everyone to leave her alone." I tell them. Gemma pats my shoulder and Jax rubs his hand down his face. "Shit. Can I try?" Jax asks. "Yeah. Sure." I tell him.

***Jax's POV***

I walk into Gracie's room and see her sitting there staring at her hands. I can see the tear stains on her cheek and it breaks my heart. "Hey kid." he says. "I wish everyone would stop calling me that." she says. "Okay. Sorry." I say. Walking over to the bed, I sit down on the side of the bed and put my hand on her leg and she removes it. "Don't Jax. This don't have anything to do with you so please just save it. I don't want to see anyone. I don't want to talk to anyone. Just leave me alone, please." she says as fresh tears run down her face. "I'm not leaving you alone. You remember what you told me when Tara left?" I ask her. "Yeah." she says. "That you would always be here. I still need you. You're my best friend, Grace. I need you here." I tell her. "You have Wendy now. You don't need me. Just please leave me alone." she says. "No. I tried to get you to walk away from me when Tara left and you refused to so I'm not leaving you." I tell her. She looks at me and then back at her hands. "Why did you do it?" I asked her. "You don't get it do you?" she asked. "What?" I asked hoping that this would get her talking. "You have it so easy. Girls flock to you. Everyone loves you. You're the Prince of fucking Charming and everyone fucking loves you. Me? No one does. I can't get anyone to even look at me as more than Tig's poor kid sister. So, just go. You have your entire fucking kingdom at your fucking feet. Just go." she tells me and it shocks the shit out of me. I never knew this was what was going on in her head. "You know, you don't get it. It's not that fucking easy. People only want to be around me for the fucking patch. What you don't see is you are more than his sister. You're our fucking Princess. When you hurt, we hurt. Tell me what you need from me to make this better." I plead. She looks me in the eyes and says "Nothing." before laying back down in the bed and turning her back to me.

***Gracie's POV***

I turned my back on him. Princess my ass. Fucking croweaters are higher on their radar than I am. I feel more tears falling down my face. Wiping them away as the nurse comes in. "Can I get you something?" she asked. "More water please." I say without looking up at her. The doctor comes in as the nurse is checking my vitals. "How are you feeling?" she asked. "I'm okay." I tell her. I still don't look her in the eyes no matter how often she speaks to me. "Well, we would like you to speak to one of our therapists. We can't force you but we would highly recommend it." she tells me. "I would rather not. When can I get out of here?" I asked. "Tomorrow morning, we will release you as long as you get some rest. No working for at least another week." she tells me and I nod. As she leaves, Gemma comes in.

"Hey baby girl." she says. "Hey Gemma." I say back. "What did the doctor say?" she asked. "I get to go home in the morning but I have to rest for at least a week." she tells me. "That's good." she says before Tig walks in. "Doc says you get to go home tomorrow." he says. "Yeah." I say simply. "I need to talk to you Gracelynn." he tells me. Shit. Full first name. "What?" I asked. "Some shit's gone south and we are keeping all the girls with a sitter. Someone has to be with you at all times." he says. "Fine. Who gets stuck with me?" I asked. "Because I have to be there to help Clay, Juice is staying with you." he tells me. "Fine." I say.

The next morning, I get released. Walking into my house, Juice is right behind me and Gemma. "I put some dinners in the fridge. All you have to do is heat them up." she tells me. "Thanks Gemma." I say. She leaves with Chibs behind her and I am sitting on the couch with Juice on the other end. "You hungry?" he asked. "I'm good." I tell him. "Wanna talk?" he asked. Juice is like a brother to me. "Juice, I just can't deal with shit anymore. No one sees me as anything other than Tig's kid sister." I tell him. "That's not true. You realized how important you are to all of us?" he asked. "I'm not." I tell him. "Yeah you are. When Tig told us what happened, we were all devastated. You're our Princess." he says. "That's what Jax said. But, Juice, that's not me." I tell him. "That why you did it?" he asked. "No. Not entirely. Chris broke up with me. He was always telling me that I would be pretty if I lost some weight or if I ate, he'd ask me if I really needed it. Shit like that. You know, we were seeing each other for two months and he never once introduced me to his friends?" I asked. "That ain't right. You deserve better." he tells me. "Do I? Really? No. I don't." I say before storming to my bedroom.

Laying on the bed, I hear a soft knock at the door. I don't answer, hoping they will just leave me alone. I hear the door open and feel the bed dip down. "Hey." I hear Jax's voice softly say. He pulls my shoulder so that I turn to face him. "You okay?" he asked. I sit up on the bed and sit against the headboard. "I don't know, honestly. I just don't want to be here anymore, Jax." I tell him. "We need you here." he tells me and I roll my eyes. "No you don't." I tell him. He looks at me and I can see the worry in his eyes. Taking his hand, I look him in the eyes and say "I don't want anyone around me. Not you. Not Tig. No fucking one." I say seriously before pushing his hand back towards him. "Now get out." I say angrily. He shakes his head before walking out the door.