Nick "Nicky" Rhodes's Story

Jason felt a pair of hands cover his eyes as he was hanging out with Merc and Nicky, he heard Lolly's voice right away and grinned "hey Merc, I think it's your mom?" he said, Nicky laughed as Lolly punched him in the ribs. He turned to look at her and took a second glance, she wasn't the same skinny kid she was when she had left. "You know you still punch like a girl right?" he said with a grin and laughed as Lolly flipped him off. "Where the fuck did you go anyway? We figured some guy had hit on you and your dad had finally snapped and taken you to some convent to become a Nun" Nicky said teasing, "don't Nun's gotta be virgins first?" Merc said with a grin, then quickly dodged Lolly's fist flying at him. "You know she can kick your ass right?" Jason said laughing at Merc. As they joked around Jason couldn't help but notice that Lolly had filled out a bit more than before, but they were like brother and sister, it was weird to think of her like that.

"So how was the Europe trip anyway?" Jason asked, having been on similar trips many times before, however unlike Lolly he always had his mom around to keep him entertained while his dad was doing work stuff. As they talked a bit more Lolly noticed something else had changed with Jason, as the four of them talked she caught a glimpse of his arm, under his forearm she saw the letters "KFFK" tattooed onto his arm. It was a tattoo members of the club got, but Jason, even though he was 16, was still way too young to be involved in the club, the club had a rule that members had to be 18 with no exceptions, but it's not something Jason's dad would have just let him get for no reason either.

As they talked they saw Ria walking up towards the group, "hey Jason's wife is coming now" Merc said with a laugh, "uh oh, it's the girlfriend" Nicky said teasing Jason as Ria came towards the group.

"You know for as long as I can remember you do this...torture yourself, blame yourself when it's not your fault. I want to be with you, you want to be with me...but can't...because of that fairy tale Karma shit" Jason said pulling his jeans and shirt on. "You know by comparison, this hurts a hell of a lot more than some fucking shotgun" he said, his emotions were getting to that spot where he wasn't sure what was coming next. "Sorry....I can't keep talking about this....I'll see you later, call me if you change your mind" Jason said walking out the door. He couldn't think straight, he wanted Lolly, she wanted him...but they weren't together, Jason hopped onto his bike and took off, not sure where he was going, but he just had to go somewhere.

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Jason ended up in the one place he seemed to go to when he needed to get away, the clubhouse garage. He'd been working on his bike for awhile when Nicky walked into the garage. "Hey, how's it going?" Nicky asked walking in. Jason didn't reply, there was only one person he'd have any interest in talking too...but he was pretty sure he wouldn't like the conversation. "I heard about getting the patch, that's a pretty sweet deal...although I guess you were always going to be the first one out of all of us" Nicky said. Jason stopped and looked at Nicky, "unless you want another wrench upside the head fuck off and leave me alone" Jason snapped. "Hey take it easy bro...I'm just coming to see what's up?" Nicky said. Jason was seeing red, he couldn't get angry at Lolly, it just didn't work that way...but because of everything at the barn, he and Lolly couldn't be together, at least that's how his mind read it. The unfortunate thing for Nicky is that Jason's mind was desperately searching for a target to focus his anger on and Nicky was in danger of becoming the lucky target. "Bro huh? Cause you couldn't fucking pull the trigger now everything is fucked up" Jason snapped. "What the hell are you talking about?" Nicky said confused. "Cause you didn't have the balls to finish the deal with Lolly, she's all fucking conflicted about what happened with me and her" Jason said angrily. "Sorry, I didn't know I had to leave EVERY girl alone, see you were pretty tight with Ria and all" Nicky snapped back, "Maybe if you could have kept it in your pants instead of cheating on your girlfriend like some fucking loser of an asshole..." and that's all Jason needed.

Deacon and Jimmy had been sharing a beer in the lounge when they heard banging and crashing coming from the garage. They ran into the garage and saw Jason and Nicky at each others throat. "Well...ya think if we let em keep going they'll beat the stupidity out of each other?" Jimmy quipped, "they'd have to kill each other for that brother" Deke said as the two men rushed over to the boys. Deacon grabbed Jason and pulled him away as Jimmy grabbed Nicky and yanked him back. "Cool it dumbass!" Jimmy snapped at Nicky, Jason tried lunging past his dad who slapped him upside the head "calm the fuck down!" Deke snapped at Jason. Finally both boys were just glaring at each other, Jimmy grinned "besides if we let you keep fighting like two fags what would people think?" Jimmy said laughing. "Fuck it...I got other places to be" Nicky said walking out the door, he started realizing the pain in his jaw, and realized he had been cut in a few places as well. Jimmy walked out as Deacon looked at Jason, "I don't know what this shit was all about...but you best sort it out before you kill somebody" and with that he walked out of the garage.

Jason just sat there by himself thinking....he then kicked a spare gas tank across the garage, this thing with Lolly was affecting him more than he'd ever thought it would.

Ria had no way of knowing how much her comment hurt Jason be re-opening the wound he was actively trying to get rid of. He was more in control of himself though this time around. "Sorry...." Jason said his voice trailing, it was the only word he could get out. Jason got up and walked over to a seat a little ways away. This flight wasn't going to be fast enough...he couldn't be with Lolly, he obviously wasn't wanted around Ria, him and Nicky weren't quite there yet....he just wanted to get to Ireland, hang out with Uncle Louie and the boys, and drink beer...and lots of it. His eyes kept trailing over to Ria, dammit Ria was a great girl, good looking, and they got along great...going for Lolly was just him getting greedy and it ruined everything. He just shook his head, dammit he needed to be in Dublin right now.

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Nicky walked into the garage as Lolly was yelling for a wrench...she was alone in a garage and yelling for somebody to hand her a tool? Nicky picked up a wrench, Lolly rolled out from under the car and snapped at him. "Ya got something on your face" Nicky said with a grin as Lolly mentioned what had happened. "Yeah I talked with Jason...it didn't end that well either" Nicky said. "You want a beer or something?" Nicky asked with a grin

"No offense but...if I hear anymore about that Karma shit..." Jason's voice trailed off. He was quiet then looked up at Ria...at least she was still talking to him. "It's more than just that...I mean this is nothing...it's like, girls, dating, friendship shit...and I fucked this up, I mean REALLY fucked it all up....hell I got fucking shot..." then it hit him, "fucking hell I'm not even going to get through the damn detector probably" he shook his head. "My dad's counting on me to take over, to become Vice President one day and then take over the whole club one day....how the fuck can I do that? I can't even date a girl I really liked without fucking it up. Like shit look at this...me and you are here at an airport running to Ireland, I nearly kicked my best friend's head in, Lolly is all fucked up...I nearly got killed.....and this is just over dating and sex" Jason said, the stress getting to him more, "how the fuck am I supposed to run anything, how can anyone ever fucking trust me not to get them killed when I can't even protect myself from getting killed in the house of somebody I grew up with my entire life." He then looked at Ria and kinda snapped out of his rant, "I dunno where that all came from" he said quietly..."Maybe I should just leave LA for good" he said looking down at the floor.

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Nicky and Lolly sat drinking but it didn't take long for Lolly to start feeling the effects. Nicky smirked a little when Lolly talked about how she should have just fucked him instead. He saw that if he really wanted, Lolly was probably prime picking right now, he could probably say anything and get into her pants. "Listen...let's get you to the loft so you can sleep this off before your old man catches you and kills you" Nicky said chuckling, helping Lolly into the garage and into the loft. There was a bed and blanket, Nicky laid her down and covered her. "I'm down in the garage if you need anything" Nicky said to her.

After a long wait, the doctor came out, her face was grim. Beau looked up. "There was a hospital that had B- but it'll take a day or so to arrive." She said and it was then Deacon spoke up saying something about his blood type being B-. The doctor looked hopeful. Beau looked up almost as if he was gonna say no. Deacon shoot him a look saying something about sitting down and shutting up. He wasn't doing it for him he was doing it for the kid.

Deacon went with the doctor- Dr. Douglas and then it was more waiting.

Finally after what seemed like forever, Dr. Douglas returned. "The transfusion was a success." She said and Beau sighed and started for the room. Dr. Douglas raised her hands. "She's still in a coma." She said and Beau looked confused. "How?"
"We-we never really sure when a person comes out of it. It could take days...weeks...years even. It's up to her." She said grimly. Beau sighed. "When can I see my daughter?" He asked, trying to keep the frustration from his voice. "Soon." Dr. Douglas assured him.

Days had gone by and Lolly still hadn't woken up. After a while, Everyone was able to come visit her. Ria walked in as Beau sat beside Lolly in a chair beside her bed. Ria looked at Lolly's face. It was strange to see Lolly so still. Lolly could never sit still, she hated it. She moved more in her sleep. As Ria drew closer, she noticed how pretty Lolly was. It was an odd thought but she looked so peaceful, where ever she was, Ria hoped it was as peaceful as she looked. She looked at Beau. "I'd been talking to Dr. Douglas." She said softly. "She said that, it sometimes, it helps to talk..." She said. Ria had been learning all she could from the doctor about coma care. She wanted desperately to wake Lolly up. "She told me." Beau said softly, Ria noticed, Beau's hand on Lolly's. Her heart broke for him. Ria took a seat on the other side of Lolly, looking at her. She hated that she'd had to be hooked up to all of those tubes and monitors. Thankfully, She'd been breathing on her own and her heart was at it's normal pace. Now she just had the IV hooked to her arm. She smiled some. Lolly would tease her now. Ria hated needles, she'd pick on her about it when they were younger. "You know. She'd pick on me right now." She said and Beau looked up. "I hate needles. Lolly, who fears nothing, would pick on me any chance she got." Ria said with a light laugh. Beau gave a small grin. "Like the one time, we were watching Nightmare of Elm Street: Dream Warriors. I screamed when Freddy had the needles for fingers. She laughed at me so hard." Ria said and laughed at the memory. "I remember. I came home about that time." He said recalling hearing Ria scream. If it weren't for Lolly's boisterous laugh, he'da thought something was wrong. He'd give anything to hear that laugh about now.
"I'll be taking her home soon." he said and Ria looked up then nodded. Lolly would need a nurse and Ria was more than willing to do it. She wasn't certified but there was a midwifery program at her school in Ireland that was acing. She figured she could apply those skills to helping Lolly. She was going to back to LA.
It was funny, It was Lolly that made her want to leave and it was Lolly that made her want to come back.

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A Month had gone by and Lolly hadn't changed. Beau had her brought back to LA. Deacon had made it his main focus to find whoever this rat was -As did Jason but that was a given-

Everyone had came to see Lolly. Talk to her, bringing her gifts and what not while Ria gave them instructions on it. Ria kept at Lolly's side, she was her nurse of sorts. She would call Dr. Douglas every so often for guidance.

Ria sat with Lolly, having just finished checking her vitals and what not when she noticed some. Everyone had come to visit Lolly, Nickie, Beau -of course-, Nicky, Merc, her friends from her gymnastics team, Hell even Jimmy and Deacon. They were talk to her though Jimmy didn't talk long. They weren't particularly close, neither was her and Deacon but it seemed that after the transfusion. Deacon seemed to have a bit of a bond with Lolly. Even if she weren't conscious to feel it. The strange thing was, everyone but Jason had come to visit. Which Ria thought was odd. Lolly and Jason where like Batman and Robin. Well more like Bonnie and Clyde, they were inseparable -literally- in some cases as she found out last summer. So why hadn't he come to see her?

One day. Ria approached him about it. "You know. She'd been ticked if you didn't come to see her?" Ria said to him. He said something about being busy and that he hadn't found the time as he was looking for the rat. Had that been Lolly she would have seen right through that lie and bitch slapped the mess out of him. Ria nodded. "Okay." She said and was about to go back to Lolly's house. She'd been practically staying there since Lolly's been out He went on about not wanting to see Lolly like that, venting a bit. Ria nodded."I get it but maybe it'll help."