Skyler's Chance

The Phone Call

Juice strips down to his boxers and climbs into bed, laying on his belly. Skyler sits down next to him, rubbing the washcloth on his neck and head as his color starts to return to normal. "I'm sah, sorry. I.." he slurs his words. She puts a hand on his back, "It's ok. You can't hold your liquor." She jokes. He gives her a small smile, "No I mean, I'm sorry I took you out on a date. I..." He gulps, she looks confused, "I wanted info on your dad, I...." He looks upset, she freezes, " I'm sorry, the club needed the info.." and he passes out before he could finish. She pulls her hand away, and stands up. Getting upset herself, she grabs the washcloth to put in his hamper, she notices his closet door open and a leather vest hanging on a hook on the door. She peeks over at him, he's sound asleep, and she spreads the vest material between her hands, reading the patch. Sons of Anarchy. She recognizes it from the guys who came into her dad's bar the other night, giving Jimmy a beat down. He came in looking for her on purpose.

Pissed off, she starts to really sober up, and walks out to the living room to gather her stuff together. Grabbing her phone off the coffee table, his phone starts to ring, the name Jax flashing on the screen. At first she ignored it, but it rang again as she puts her jacket on, so she answers it, "Hello?" A male voice replies, "Hello, who is this?" She gets annoyed, "None of your business. This isn't my phone." The man is getting pissed off, "Who is this and where is Juice?" She has a feeling it was one of his biker friends, so she knows they will probably come looking for him, she starts walking towards the door. "Don't worry about who this is, Juice got drunk, threw up, and passed out in bed. I'm leaving." The man's voice gets a little louder, "No, stay there, we are coming over and we want to talk to you." "Hell no, I know who you are and what you want. I have nothing to say so kiss my ass, I'm leaving." She doesn't hang up, just tosses the phone onto the sofa and leaves.

She doesn't want to make noise with her bike and she doesn't like the idea of riding with the alcohol in her system, so she walks it into the nearby side street. Knowing his friends would come to his apartment like the man said, she looks up the nearest hotel and finds that it's only 4 blocks away. Walking her bike down to the hotel, she rents a room for the night. Still pissed off, she showers to relax and climbs into the bed. Her mind racing, her anger building. She goes into her bag, looking for her medicine. She knows it's are not supposed to be mixed with liquor, but she won't be able to sleep tonight if she doesn't try. Maybe with the mix of both, she would actually get some sleep. Some nights, she's like a zombie, sleep evading her because of the ptsd from the things she's done and seen while in combat has messed with her head. Taking what she needs with some water, she splashed cool water on her face and climbs back into bed. Staring at the ceiling until she drifts off into sleep. What the hell happened tonight?

Jax, Chibs, and Happy pull up out front of Juice's apartment. Happy opens the unlocked door, then the 3 of them storm into the living room and head down the hall into the bedroom. Juice is still passed out in bed, and Jax sits down next to him, slapping the back of his head to wake him up. Juice startles, "Oh shit, where's Skyler?" Chibs kicks Juice's foot, "Aye Juicy, you tale us wah happen' to dah lassie." Happy noticed the smell coming from the bathroom and goes to investigate. Coming back to the bedroom, he shakes his head, " There's vodka and beer bottles in the living room and puke smell in the bathroom. My guess is he got too drunk and vomited, and she dipped out." Jax gets irritated, barking at Juice, " What the hell did you do? Did you tell her who you were?" Juice groans as he rolls over to his back, "No man. I guess I couldn't handle the pills and the liquor, plus we had Chinese so I puked. She left ?" Jax stands up, clenching his fists, "Yea dumbass, she's gone. She somehow found out who we were and she left. What pills did you take ?"

Juice sits up in bed, "Molly. I wanted to try it.." his head is spinning and his stomach is churning again. Chibs taps Jax's arm and points to the closet. "If she help' Juicy to bed, she saw dah cut." Jax sighs, " Dude, you had one job and you screwed it up. Now she won't trust you again. What the hell were you thinking, taking that shit and drinking on a day we needed you to have a clear head ?"  Juice is getting upset, " I'm sorry man, I'll fix it. I'll try to call her tomorrow or something." "Yea like she will want to talk to you," Jax barks, "Get dressed, you are coming to my house. At least Crash on my couch so we can keep an eye on you. I'll have Half sac take you in the van." Chibs calls Half Sac as Juice gets dressed in some sweats and walks into the living room with the guys. About 15 minutes later, Half sac calls to tell Jax he is downstairs. "Let's go, you can sleep this off and we can try to fix this tomorrow. Next time, you'll get an ass beating for being stupid." Jax warns Juice as the guys leave his apartment.