The Secret

8

"You gonna be good for uncle chibby?" You asked amber as she ate her breakfast.

"Yes" she grinned "love you momma"

"I love you too monkey" you smiled kissing her head. "Thanks for looking after her"

"It's not a problem, you working on the shop today?" Chibs asked

It had been a week since the party and since work started on the shop.

"Yeah the tradesmen finished last night, I'm bloody excited I've got so many ideas" you laughed grabbing your leather jacket "Tell you that shop is gonna look badass"

"It's gonna be better than you tattooing us in the middle of the clubhouse like you used to" he laughed kissing the top of your head. "We will pop by at lunch and bring some food"

"See you later" you grinned grabbing your keys and helmet.

You had just walked into the shop and was grinning like a kid on Christmas morning. Leaning against the door your eyes scanned the room, no furniture had been moved in yet as it was waiting for your touch on the shop, the walls was half tiled with a mix of coloured subway tiles and a crisp white walls above giving you the perfect bank Canvas. Setting the box of paint down you pulled you hoodie off leaving you just in your joggers and sports bra.

Plugging your phone into the the speakers, you hit play and music started blasting through the shop as you started drawing on the walls.

It was now lunch and Jax couldn't help himself as he stopped by the shop with a bag of food from maccies in hand. He was in two minds whether to walk in or to walk away. Taking a deep breath he pushed the door open.

He couldn't help but smile as you painted the massive reaper on the back wall, paint on your skin as well as the wall, hair scrapped back into a messy bun and the waist band of your Calvin kleins showing. Due to the music being so loud you didn't hear him walk in until the music stopped.

Looking over your shoulder you saw Jax stood there leaning against the wall smiling softly.

"Thought I'd stop by and see how you was getting on" he nodded. "I brought food as well thought you'd be hungry"

"Thanks" you smiled climbing off the step, standing next to him to take in your work "so what do you think"

"It's fucking amazing Harleigh" he grinned.

"It's nearly done and then I can start work on the sign for the front" you nodded grabbing your smokes and standing out the front of the shop.

Jax placed the bag of food down and followed you outside.

"Things are quite at TM so thought I'd come and give you a hand if that's okay with you" he asked sparking a smoke up.

"I suppose you can stick around but I will be putting you to work though" you laughed leaning back against the wall.

You both smoked in silence not know what to say to each other as neither of you wanted to say the wrong things. It sucked you was a sucker for the little things like him bringing lunch and offering to help that made your heart flutter a smidge.

"You got a spare hair band" Jax asked running his hand through his hair.

"Yeah" you nodded taking the one off your wrist watching as he pulled it back into a bun.

"I'm so tempted to shave it all off to be honest" he said getting back to painting the letters on the sigh.

"No" you shouted a bit too harshly making him look up at you with a raised eyebrow. "I mean the long hair suits you that's all"

"You think it's hot just admit it" he chuckled getting on his feet.

"Didn't say that did I" you said trying to play it cool.

"But you was thinking it" he smirked walking closer to you making you step back until your back was against the tiles.

You couldn't stop yourself as your eyes wandered down Jax's bare body, at some point he lost his shirt but you wasn't complaining.

"No, no I wasn't" you stuttered.

"What's up baby am I making your nervous" he mumbled placing his arms either side of your face pinning you between him and the wall.

"Jax" you said placing a hand on his chest "what are you doing?"

"I'm doing nothing Leigh" he whispered moving closer so his body was only millimetres away from yours. "Just want to talk and this way you can't run"

"But-"

"Shhhh just hear me out okay" he said placing a finger over your lips. "I've got something's I need to say."

"I never thought you would come home and then to find out you think coming home was a mistake, that hurt Leigh. But I understand, I broke your heart, but I want us to be together again, for us to be a family, I want you more than ever and I'm gonna do everything I can to make you mine once more and once I do I'm not letting you go. You know full well you was meant to be my old lady, Amber told me that you haven't been seeing anyone and I know you still love me because you still have my initials tattooed under your right boob, I saw it the night we kinda had sex." He whispered against your lips, as his fingers slipped under the band of your sports bra tracing the tattoo of his initials "you never covered it"

There was very little space left between the both of your right now and it was taking every inch of self control not to wrap your arms around his neck and kiss him.

"What do we have going on here" Opie's voice echoed through the empty store.

Squeezing your eyes closed, you sighed ducking under Jax's arms.

"Nothing" you shrugged pulling your smokes out "just talking"

"Looked like more than just talking sis" ope smirked causing you to flip him off.

Meanwhile Jax just stood leaning against the wall smirking at you, turning your head so you was now glaring at him he winked.

You knew full well that this conversation hadn't finished and you was kinda looking forward to picking it back up.