~~~~~~~~~~~~OPIE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As a kid I loved family dinners, not only did I see a shit ton of boobs, but also I saw my best friends Jax and Grace. We would play and prank and do a bunch of guy stuff, until someone told us to go away, and when we were older we would use this time to drink, smoke, or get high. Now that I am older though it felt weird, since I can't prank people like I used to and one of my best friends is missing from this dinner. I sat there across from my kids, next to my father as I stuffed my face with okay tasting food, until Clay asked me, "Was she too chicken to come?"

"No she actually was really tired, probably from all the fun she was having." I snapped back

"Oh I figured she didn't want me to slit her throat." Gemma said playing with her dinner knife.

"Hey not in front of the kids." Luann piped up, "Now does this finally mean babygirl and you are..."

"Yea Luann, we did." I looked at my kids, tired of the comments and questioning and asked the kids, "Wanna go see Gracie?"

Their eyes lit up as they immediately jumped from their seats, running to the door. Most times I would have stopped them to thank the cook but I didn't care. Then Piney was next to me going, "I'll go see her too."

Driving home I watched the two kids slowly fall asleep in the back seat, Grace was right, I should spend more time with them. As I pulled in I noticed the front door was wide open, and I jumped out the same time Piney did and shouted, "Stay with them." I pulled my gun to my side and slowly walked into the house. She wasn't asleep on the couch and something told me she wasn't even in the house, or the assholes who broke in. I still did a sweep of the house and ran out front, phone in hand, and called Jax.

"What do you mean she is gone?" He shouted into the phone

"I mean I left her asleep on the couch, locked the door, came back to find the couch empty and the door busted open. She is nowhere to be found brother. We got to find her."

"Ok brother. I'll tell the guys."

Soon I heard a collection of engines driving down the street and killing itself outside my house. I wiped my tears and greeted them outside. Clay was the first to jump off the bike and say, "What do we know?"

"Nothing. We know nothing."

~~~~~~~~~Grace~~~~~~~~~~

"Welcome home." the man whispered to me before knocking and running.

As I tried to turn over I was flooded by light and the sound of Tara going, "Who the hell- Oh my God, Grace. GEMMA!"

Then hands just picking me up and placing me on the couch, Gemma sat next to me with her arm around my shoulder as I cried while Tara tried to find some fresh clothes. Gemma lifted my head up and whispered to me comforting words as she gently kissed my forehead. Tara came out with fresh clothes and helped me put them on, then looked at Gemma and said, "Why do I feel like..."

"If you say it, I swear I will lose it." I whimpered

"They tell ya to tell Clay to stop sellin guns to color?" Gemma asked as I shook my head yes.

"I'll need to sneak her in. Just to make sure she is ok." Tara said, "Take her to the back entrance, I'll figure out the rest."

"Should we call the guys?" I asked

"Not till we make sure you are ok." Gemma answered leading me to her SUV. As she loaded her in Clay pulled in the drive.

"Hey you seen Grace?" He asked

"Uh, no why? She missin or something?"

"Someone broke in Ope's while she was napping, Didn't know if she reached out to you or something, if she was just vanishing again."

"Nope, if she does I'll call you right away ok?"

"Yea. Gem, I really don't know what I would do," his voice cracked as though he was crying, "if anything happened to my sweet angel."

A few minutes passed before Gemma climbed in the driver seat and the bike pulled away. We drove the whole way in silence, did the exam in silence and drove back in silence. Minor tearing, some bruising on the legs and a bump on the head. Gemma took me back to the clubhouse and said, "Say that I found you, thrown by the side of the road, and that I dropped you off here to keep you safe, and that I went to find Clay and Ope. Got it?"

"Yea." I whispered "Thanks Gem."

"No problem baby girl. Now get out."

I wandered back to the dorm rooms, already guessing Opie was asleep, and Jax was at home. So I slipped into Jax's and burrowed myself under his covers and silently cried myself to sleep. I was awaken by Opie saying to someone, "Yea she's in Jax's room, sleeping, must not have heard her sneak in.— Yea I got her for now.- Send him over in the morning, Thanks Gemma."

He then sat next to me, the weight of the bed leaning towards the left, and he brushed the hair behind my ear, causing me to jerk away."Did I wake you?" He asked

"Yea, it's ok though."

"You okay?"

Was I suppose to be okay, I just got gang banged because of the club. I was sore, miserable, and terrified of the touch of the very man who loved me. "yea, I'm fine."

"What happened?"

"Don't know. Woke up in Gemma's car, said it looked like I got knocked out."

"Well you want to go to Saint Thomas, make sure you're ok?"

"No, I'm good, just want some sleep."

"Want a teddy bear to cuddle with?"

"No I'm ok love, go back to bed, I'll be ok" I turned and smiled at him.

"Oh ok." He said surprised before saying, "I love you." and kissed the bruise on my head. When he left I cried again, not for myself but because I was terrified of human touch.

"I don't like this." Opie said to me as I drank tea on the couch.

"I don't like how Shaggy and Scooby Doo are always the bait either."

"Not that, I mean how for the past month you have been sleeping on the couch. I miss you, but the closer I try to get, the farther you run away. I don't know what to do, I thought we..."

"Are you leaving me?" I asked

"I'm sorry I just..."

"I'll call Gemma." I got up to get the phone. I had told Rossen what happened, that I was kidnapped and raped, he gave me a month or two off. I tried working after but I couldn't, I was too jumpy, too scared. An hour later I had my shit packed and had it all in the SUV in two seconds flat.

I climbed in the car and told Gemma, "This is ruining me Gem. I lost my love, can't work, and... shit Gem, how did you do it?"

"I was strong, viewed me being weak as a form of me letting the club get hurt. Thats what they want to use you for, make the club weak."

"Yea." I then watched the clouds float by, when I got out I slept in my own bed, and for another month I was completely silent until, "Tara sit, you are in the family meet as much as these three." She told them everything about her rape, a story she told me one day, to try and help me through mine. She then placed a hand over mine and said, "It's time to be weak a little baby."

And then I told the whole story, which ended in me crying.

Tara got up and hugged me and Gemma, and Jax just left. I then announced I was going to bed. The next day the whole club would know about it. While Clay told them I sat at the bar while Lyla occupied a table, reading the news, as I sipped my beer I tried to start small talk, "So what's up?"

"Nothing really working on a new movie."

"Oh cool. What type?"

"What type do you think?"

"Ok, sorry I asked." Conversation over I guess.

Just then Opie stormed out of the church. He looked hurt but also a bit pissed, shooting Lyla a look, he whispered something in her ear and she ran off to what I guessed was Opie's room. He then marched up to the bar, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Ope I told no one of this, just Tara and Gemma knew, I only had minor injuries but just was really anxious after. It's not your fault."

"No but I..."

"Opie stop it's not on you." I interrupted

"I could have helped, I could have found them, set Tig loose on them. I could have not dumped you when you needed me."

"Opie it's fine. Wanna get dinner later this weekend, while Mary watches the kids?"

"Will we talk about this more then?"

"Yes sir."

With that he was off to his room, when Clay came out 15 minutes later he said, "Where's Ope?"

"In his dorm I think, I'll get him."

I jumped over and made my way to his room, so used to not knocking I opened the door, the sight I saw broke me. Lyla and Opie were fucking on the blanket I got him, on our anniversary. Lyla glanced up as she moaned, made eye contact with me and then flipped me off. I shut the door, and backed away, turning to run out, not before screaming to Clay, "He's shagging the porn whore so if you want him, be prepared for moaning and grunts!"

I sat there in the lot smoking about my fifth or sixth cigarette in the past 4 hours, Juice had also brought me out a thing of Whiskey to drink straight from the bottle. It was a nice sunny day so luckily I could tan my pale body and try to forget the fact that the love of my life, was fucking a porn star.

She then came out with him and I loudly claimed, "Hey Ope, better get tested!"

"Why so he can make sure you didn't get one from your beating and pass it on to him?" she asked.

"You... you told...the PORN STAR!" tears rolling down my face

"Lyla stop." Opie said

"Why, she makes fun of me for my career. Karma's a bitch, that explains it."

"At least I wasn't just a cheap fuck!"

"At least I didn't LEAVE!"

"I'm done Lyla!" Opie yelled, "I want her, not you."

"Wait, what?" we both asked confused

"Gracie, I will always choose Gracie."

Now with that Lyla was gone. I stood there staring at the mighty giant, dumbfounded at his words.As she peeled out of the drive with her bird held high Opie said, "if you'll have me."

"Might take some time but I mean, I can't stop loving you even if for the past month you've been shagging the porn star."

"How did you know?" he looked shocked that I even figured it out

"A woman never tells." I said wrapping my arms around his neck, I just wanted Opie, forever, and the thing is he knows it, and felt the same way.