Leather & Lace: A Sons of Anarchy Fanfic

Chapter 62

The diner was pretty busy when Jax pulled into the lot. When he walked in, he saw Tara sitting at the table the two of them had shared numerous times in the past. He knew she had sat there purposely. Wanting to get this over with, he walked towards the table and sat down on the bench seat across from her.

"What's so important that you couldn't tell me over the phone?" Asked Jax.

"Good morning to you too" said Tara.

"Spit it out." Said Jax.

"I got the DNA results" said Tara.

"And?" Said Jax.

"Jax, I hope you know that I only want the best for you" said Tara.

"Tara, spit it out. Is she mine or not?" Asked Jax.

"No, she isn't" said Tara.

Jax released a breath he didn't know he had been holding. He knew it was wrong to feel relief that a child wasn't his but he just couldn't stop himself from feeling it.

"Then who's is she?" Asked Jax.

"Let me start from the beginning. Do you remember that fight we had just before my senior prom?" Asked Tara.

"Yea, you wanted me to wear a tux and I refused" said Jax.

"Well, as you know, I ended up going. I didn't have a date so I went alone. As the night went on, I grew madder and madder at you for not wanting to wear a tux. I wanted to hurt you like you hurt me. Now that I'm older, I know that was childish of me. Well, I ran into Opie that night. He and Donna had an argument as well. He was drunk and he came onto me. I knew that sleeping with Opie would be a good way to hurt you." Said Tara.

"Stop right there. Are you telling me you slept with my best friend?" Said Jax.

"Yes, I did. And then I felt so bad about it that I came back to your house" said Tara.

"I remember. You begged me to forgive you from acting like you did over the damn tux" said Jax.

"I think we both know that my guilt was driving me to beg for your forgiveness. You and I ended up making up and of course we slept together. I don't have to tell you thr details because well, you were there." Said Tara.

"So you're saying Ava is Opie's kid? You came back swearing to get me back knowing there was a possibility that the kid wasn't even mine. You wait 11 years to tell me that you slept with my best friend, my brother from another mother, and had his baby. You're telling me that you are going to pin this on a man who isn't here to defend himself?" Said Jax.

"Unfortunately yes. I never wanted to you know I slept with Opie. I don't even know if he remembered since he as so drunk that night." Said Tara.

"Again, the man is dead and your pinning a kid on him" said Jax.

"Jax he was the only other person I slept with. I knew I was pregnant when I left town. I didn't want to tell you and I didn't want to tell Opie because I knew he would want to tell you if he remembered." Said Tara.

"You damn right he would have. The fact that he didn't say anything tells me that he didn't remember. The sex must not have been that great" said Jax. He knew he was being a dick but she deserved it. She had slept with his best fucking friend and she had hid it from him. His best friend had his it from him. He wished Opie was still alive so that he could ask him about it.

"I don't seem to remember to complaining about the sex" said Tara.

"Yea well I was a teenager. Any sex was good sex" said Jax.

"You're an asshole" said Tara.

"You already knew that. You asked me here. You tell me all this, and then you expect me to be fucking nice about it? You almost cost me my fiancé with your spill about Ava being mine. The woman ended up in the god damn hospital over the stress you caused her. I know I'm to blame for some of that to but if you hadn't have showed up and dropped that damn bomb, I would t have left witn you in order to protect her" said Jax.

"I know I'm no angel. I admit I did wrong. I was woman enough to tell you face to face that Ava isn't yours. But I won't apologize for telling you how I feel about you. Jax, I love you and I have always loved you" said Tara.

"You can take that love and shove it up your ass. The feeling isn't mutual." Said Jax.

And with that, he walked out of the diner. When he reached his bike, he lit a cigarette and tore out of the lot. He was hurting. He didn't want Tara but to know that she slept with his best friend hurt him worse than he thought possible. He loved Opie. He would have died for Opie. He couldn't believe that his best friend would have slept with the girl he loved.

Jax drove around on his bike for what seemed like forever with no destination in mind. Before he knew it, he was pulling into Donna's driveway. He knew that Donna didn't want him or the guys around after his last visit but he needed to know if she knew. He needed to know if Opie had remembered.

Climbing off his bike, he walked to the front door of Donna's house and knocked.

"What are you doing here?" Asked Donna.

"I need to ask you something. Do you have a minute?" Asked Jax.

"I told you not to come around here anymore" said Tinsley.

"I know. But I just got some info that only you will hopefully know the answer to. Please Donna" said Jax.

"Kids, I'll be right outside" said Donna as she pulled the door closed. She stood on the door step with her arms crossed in front of her.

"What it is?" Asked Donna.

"Did you know Tara was pregnant when she left?" Asked Jax.

"Yes. She told me that she didn't want you to know. Said she was going to have an abortion. She left that day to get the abortion but never came back. She stopped answering my calls and well you know the rest." Said Donna.

"Did you know she cheated on me?" Asked Jax.

"Yes. She told me" said Donna.

"Do you know with who?" Asked Jax.

Donna seemed torn. She didn't want to be the one to tel Jax but the look on her face was enough to tell him what he needed to know.

"He swore he doesn't remember Jax. He said there was no point in telling you if he wasn't 100% sure that he had heaven slept with her." Said Donna.

"I need you to tell me who slept with her. I need to hear his name" said Jax.

"Jax..." started Donna.

"Donna, I'm not fucking kidding. I need to hear his name from someone other than Tara. I need to know that my beat friend slept with my girlfriend 11 years ago." Said Jax.

"Opie did sleep with Tara. But like I said, he didn't want to tell you because she didn't remember." Said Donna.

"Well, you know she never got an abortion right?" Said Jax.

"Yes. I've known for quite sometime that she didn't have one. I ran into her about 8 years ago in Sacramento. She had a baby with her. The sweet child looked just like Opie. I knew right then that he had indeed slept with her and that he had fathered a child. I never told him that I saw her though. She was only here for a few days of her aunts funeral. I never told anyone that I saw her." Said Donna.

"Thanks for telling me the truth" said Jax as he walked back to his bike.

"Jax, please don't hold this against Ope. He loved you like a brother." Said Donna,

"Brothers don't sleep with each others girlfriends" spat Jax as he climbed on his bike and headed back to his house.