Benjamin Bones's Story

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Thankfully when Harley had gotten home the house was completely empty. There were dying flower from her father’s funeral that were still in the corner of the living room because she refused to let the guys throw them out. She pretended that she wasn’t upset and there had been a complete one-eighty change in Harley, simply because she wanted to make her dad proud even if he wasn’t around anymore. She knew that he’d be disappointed with her bitchy attitude and her constant fights with Jaxon. So she’d changed, despite the fact that her life was still just as fucked up and going on without Ben everyday was agonizing.

She made her way too her and Tommy’s bedroom, her wedding dress hanging up in the closet and every time she looked at it she had to talk herself out of running for it. She’d heard from Dean that Benny had got engaged and she had to admit it hurt, but there was absolutely nothing she could do about it. Her thoughts were getting the best of her and so she filled and needle and shot up to kill the pain. She held her hand out examining her engagement ring. It honestly didn’t feel real that she was getting married and the worst part about was her father wouldn’t be there, Jaxon was walking her down the aisle while Eli was giving her away and it just didn’t feel right without her dad.

She heard the front door open and the guys laughing. She made her way back out to the living room and wrapped her arms around Tommy’s neck, kissing him. She had been so needy lately, like being without Tommy for ten minutes was going to kill her, but in reality she just couldn’t take being alone for very long. She pulled away with a smirk looking over the four of them.

“How’d it go?” she smiled and Eli rolled his eyes and she just laughed. “That bad hu?” she said as Jaxon kissed her forehead walking paste her into the kitchen and Eli followed suit.

“You soon to be hubby here is quite the princess.” Jaxon tesed. “He doesn’t like a single suite.” Harley raised a brow. “Hey baby, where’s dinner?” Jaxon teased and she merely flipped him off.

“Prima donna huh baby?” she said glancing back to Tommy and he only grabbed her and kissed her hard and she smirked against her lips, before the two of them headed into the kitchen together. “Where’s Jade?” she asked and Elis sighed, before Jaxon rolled his eyes.

“Eric’s, she’s been there for two god damn days, she needs to come home.” He spat irritated talking a drink of his beer. “Why don’t you go pick her up Elijah.” Jaxon said sitting down just as Eli’s phone rang and he excused himself.

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Eli waited outside for a long time checking his phone every few minutes wanting her to call back, but she never did. Finally Marky came outside to find him and he was forced to go back inside for another agonizing hour of dress up. Finally they were finished and headed home. The ride home was fairly quiet until Jaxon got a phone call and started screaming into the phone while the rest of them heard only one side of the conversation.

When Jaxon hung up, he explained that the rat they’d managed to sneak into the Bloods, had spotted an undead, still breathing Benjamin Bones. Which complicated there situation. Tommy was beyond pissed and they all knew if Harley found out she’d be fucking irate. It was a touchy situation and they knew they had to kill Ben for sure this time they just weren’t sure how they were going to do it all thought there was a part of Eli that wanted to tell Harley.

Finally they’d got back to the house and they were greeted by Harley before Eli’s phone went off an it was Jaydon, he excused himself earning a look from Marky but choosing to ignore it as he stepped outside to grant him a little more privacy.

“Hey babe.” He breathed into the phone desperate to hear her voice. “Jaxon, wants me to come get you.” He sighed. “I really just need to see you.” He admitted. “Jae, I need you to come home.” He said running his fingers through his hair hating how much he needed her around just to feel whole. “You really should be here with Harley, you’re her maid of honor.” He breathed because even if she didn’t want to come home for him, he had a feeling that Harley needing her would get her to crack. “Who families here.” He finally said because it had been a while since they’d all been together.

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Eli hadn’t come back inside and Harley had watched him ride off on his motorcycle, which meant he was following orders like always and going to pick up Jae which she was excited about, because she hadn’t seen her sister in what felt like ages. Harley had made dinner for the guys as they talked about the wedding and there plans to kill off a few of the bloods. Harley smiled and nodded when she was meant to as she drank her beer watching the guys eat. On the outside, she seemed perfectly back to normal the girl she’d been before she’d gotten mixed up in Benji and her brother’s lies.

On the inside though, she was slowly dying. The thought that the man she loved and adored was marrying another girl who probably didn’t even love him or at least not like she could love him, was eating at her every second of everyday. Her happiness however didn’t matter and it never would all that mattered was her brothers and the rest of the Saints were satisfied with her choices.

“I think I’m going to go swim.” She breathed, before slipping out back and slipping out of her clothes, so she was only in her bra and panties, before diving into the water. She held her breath until she couldn’t any longer before she came back to the surface, and smoothed her hair back before pulling herself out of the pool and lighting a cigarette.

She made her way to the back of the property, before sinking down to the grass and lying flat as he eyes scanned over the sunset sky, She pressed the cigarette to her lips, taking a long drag. What she’d failed to tell her brothers or Tommy or any of the other Saints, was that Dean had warned her that the Bloods wanted to attack and they’d do it soon. No one would go untouched. Dean told her that Ben’s dad kept telling Benji Harley was safe, but the truth of it was, he planned to make Ben kill her himself. It was how he’d be initiated as leader. She’d only found out, because Dean had asked her to leave the country with him for her own protection.

She’d honestly thought about it. Then her father’s voice had popped into her head. “You’re a fighter Babydoll, don’t ever let anyone take that away from you.” he told her. “Delgado’s don’t run…no matter how shitty things get.” She felt tears rim her eyes and she didn’t bother to fight them as she took another drag off her cigarette.

She’d was going to leave with Dean and let him protect her, because to be completely honest. She could be content with him for the rest of her life, not happy, but content and comfortable. Only, she couldn’t leave her family behind to be slaughtered. Not that the Saints would go down without a fight, both gangs were equally as dangerous. However, the thought that Benji was going to have to kill her to prove himself scared the shit out of her, because a part of her knew he’d do it. He’d have to.

“Har?” Tommy’s voice pulled her from her thoughts and she sat up, her back facing him, because she didn’t want him to see her crying. She felt him sit down behind her, his lips moving softly along her shoulders. “I know you don’t love me.” He breathed against her skin, and she closed her eyes, letting out a sigh. If she could she would love him, because it would be easier. “But, I’m going to take care of you.” He whispered.

She turned to him then and pulled herself into his lap, wrapping her arms around his neck because she needed someone. “I know baby.” She breathed, kissing his neck. “I know.” She breathed against his skin.

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Eli honestly kept telling himself that he was done. That the last time would be the last, but he couldn’t fucking shake her and she was driving him crazy. When he fucked Veronica, he fucked her to shut her up and get her off his back. However, he felt like when Jade spent time with Eric, she liked it and she was playing both of them. He’d have killed his own brother a long time ago if it wouldn’t give him away. His brother was an arrogant prick who treated Jae like shit half the time. Granted, Eli wasn’t exactly a saint himself, but he hadn’t hit her [i]yet, but she was pissing him off so badly lately he knew it was only a matter of time before he snapped, he just hoped he could make it through Halrey’ wedding with her all over Eric.

"No they're not." she breathed and he sighed because he knew she was referring to their father and it was hard. The only way he managed to forgive himself was by simply not thinking about it and working hard to keep the Saints going. "Go ahead and come get me. Eric's starting to drive me crazy anyway." She said before hanging up and he rolled his eyes frustrated.

He felt like she was treating him like he was fucking disposable. Hanging up the phone before he had a chance to answer, that pissed him off. He climbed on to his bike before heading a few miles down the road to Eric’s house. Only he didn’t bother to go up to the door and get her. He knew if he went to the house, he’d beat the shit out of Eric. So instead he got off his bike leaning against it as he pulled out his phone and text her that he was there, before slipping it back into his pocket ignoring Veronica’s texts and missed calls.

As he waited his thoughts drifted to the news they’d gotten earlier that day about Ben still being alive and that was just another thing to add to his list of things that was pissing him off. He wasn’t going to let that fucking ass hole come back into Harley’s life, which only meant that him and Jaxon would have to kill him and by killing him they’d be officially staring the war between the Bloods and the Saints. He knew his sister well enough to know she’d fall for Benji and him and Jaxon would be fucked. The fact that he was alive might be enough to make her doubt her loyalty to her Saints. He sighed at the thought as he lit himself a cigar, because cigarette’s weren’t cutting it for him anymore.

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Harley and Tommy had actually had a real conversation, for the first time ever. She’d cried in front of him, which she’d never done and he’s told her how he really felt about the mess they’d made together. She wasn’t entirely sure how long they’d talked, but they’d discussed the past eight years they’d spent together. Everything from Benny stealing her away from him, to them getting back together after Ben’s death, to how abusive he’d become. Harley had to admit she felt like a complete fucking bitch, because he’d put up with so much of her shit when he could have walked away years ago and just left her.

She felt horrible, because he’d told her that he’d come to terms with the fact that she’d never be over Ben and she’d never love him, but he was marrying her anyways. It was such a fucked up situation Harley wasn’t entirely sure how to process it, she just knew it felt incredibly good to actually talk to him for once instead of scream at him or fuck him without a word. She wanted to tell him the Ben was still alive and what the Bloods were planning, she knew she should and it had almost slipped a million and one ties, but she just couldn’t bring herself to sell Benny out and it killed her, because she was choosing him over her family and her own life.

Finally they’d headed back inside and gone to the bedroom and they’d just laid there, he hadn’t expected her to put out and she was glad because she was honestly too emotionally exhausted. He’d fallen asleep, his head resting on her stomach and as tired as she was she couldn’t fall asleep. Aside from Marky and his girlfriend Stacy the house was empty. She wasn’t sure where Jaxon was and Eli and Jaydon hadn’t come back, so for the most part the house was utterly silent leaving her miserably alone with her confused thoughts.

Baby, lit herself a cigarette, pressing it to her lips and taking a long drag. She wondered if Ben had actually moved on or if he still thought about her. Over the past two months, Dean had fucked her impression of Ben up so much, she didn’t know what to think about anything he’d ever said to her and she hated Dean for that. On top of all the petty 7th grade boy drama she had going on, she missed her dad more than she was letting on. She’d been her father’s first daughter and he’d been her best friend, when he was healthy and alive, she’d told him everything and he’d always been there for her and now he wasn’t going to be there to walk her down the aisle and that almost broke her heart more than Ben ever could.

Her phone rang pulling her from her thoughts and she gently pushed Tommy off of her and sat up on the edge of her bed reaching for her phone. Her entire body tensed when she saw the number on the phone and she hesitated before reaching for the phone. She stared at the screen, telling herself over and over again she shouldn’t answer it. Over the past two months she’d been doing pretty good at trying not to love him and she knew the second she heard his voice she’d want to see him, because he was her favorite addiction.

“Why are you calling.” She finally answered, her voice a quite whisper as she glanced over her shoulder to make sure Tommy was still asleep before she slipped into the bathroom, pressing her cigarette against her lips as she lend against the counter. “We can’t talk, you know that.” She breathed, knowing she should hang up before he had a chance to reel her back in, but she waited.

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Eli was irritated with having to wait, until he glanced up and saw Eric’s lips on Jaydon and his entire body tensed. He forced himself to look away, had he had drugs in his system, he probably would have beaten the shit out of Eric. He didn’t though, he simply waited for Jaydon, pretending he hadn’t seen her and Eric. He wasn’t sure that Jaydon knew exactly how much she actually meant to him. The thought frustrated him, because he’d never been good with words, so he wasn’t sure how to tell her.

"Let's go." She sighed and Eli looked her over, trying his best just to bite his tongue until they were alone. "I mean, unless you'd rather stay here and the tree of us can chat." she raised her brow, smirk on her lips that made his skin crawl. He wasn’t entirely sure how she could both make him so crazy in love and piss him off all at the same time.

“Fuck you.” He breathed, before climbing back onto his bike and waiting for her to get on, before he pulled out on the road, but he didn’t go home like he was supposed to.

He just drove, dangerously fast, taking corners a little sharper then he should, until finally he cut the engine and they were in the middle of fucking nowhere. The beach was nowhere in sight, they’d driven far from town and off a dirt road. It was dark out aside from the light of the moon. He paced for a bit, trying to calm his growing temper, which he knew was more dangerous when he was sober, like he was. When he was sober, his temper got really out of hand, because the drugs weren’t fueling his rage, adrenaline and anger were.

“I don’t want you seeing that fucking ass hole any more Jade.” He finally spat, walking over to her and grabbing her roughly. “I’m sick of your fucked up games.” He said his face dangerously close to her and his eyes were dark, he released her shoving her away, nearly causing her to trip and fall, but he caught her arm quickly, saving her from falling. "Your fucking mine." he pulled her close grabbing her jaw roughly. "I don't know who else to get that through you head." he said darkly pressing his lips to hers possessively in a way that he knew made her fold every time to him.

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She waited impatiently, biting the inside of her lip as she waited for him to say something. At first all she heard was a sigh and again, she begged herself to hang up. Whatever he had to say wasn’t worth ruining what normalness she’d managed to get back over the past few months. At the same time though, she almost need to hear his voice, as if he was her drug and she needed a hit, so she didn’t hang up.

"I know, but don't hang up." he said as if he knew what she was debating and she sighed, taking a drag off her cigarette. "This is important. I wouldn't have called if it wasn't." She didn’t speak, just waited for him to explain. She knew whatever it was, he was stressed, she could hear it in his voice and that scared her. "Jax..." he started and her jaw clenched. "Jax sent a guy in to spy on us Bloods. Sarah was fucking him." she couldn’t stop her eyes from tearing up and falling down her cheeks because she knew what he was going to say. "Babydoll, your brothers know I'm alive. They're going to be after me again. I just thought you should know." He breathed.

She felt a stabbing pain in her chest, she’d tried to do the right thing and walk away from him. She’d always done what everyone else wanted her to do, yet it was still back firing on her. She didn’t know what to do or what to say, she was in over her head. She knew her brothers and Tommy way to well, there was no reasoning with them and if she told them that she’d known he was alive, they’d probably beat the shit out of her.

“And they should be.” She finally breathed into the phone. “Their Saints, you’re a Blood. We’re Romeo and Juliet Ben. There’s no other way to put it.” She said trying to hide the tears in her voice, but she knew he’d know. “We’re fucked. I don’t know what you want me to do? My brother’s want me to hate you and you want me to betray my brothers…it doesn’t matter what I want to any of you and I realize that.” She breathed and as much as she was trying to fight her voice was strained and weak. “But, your pulling me in so many different directions.” She swallowed hard. “I don’t want to loose you…but you have to understand I can’t betray my brothers, there blood.”

“Tell me what to do Babe. Because I don’t have a way out of this one, this time.” She said honestly, normally Harley was smart enough that she could get herself out of bad situations, which is partly why she was still alive and hadn’t died yet, but she had no idea what to do now.

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He hoped she wouldn’t fight because he had a long list of things that were pissing him off and if she pushed him any further he was liable to really hurt her. He kissed her hard causing her to moan against his lips, but somehow, he could just feel it in her body language she was going to fight him.

"I don't belong to you Eli." she finally breathed against his lips and those words alone were enough to push him over the edge and turn him in to the monster he’d become.

Eli could handle rejection, just about as well as a fish could handle being out of water. He also hated when things didn’t go exactly how he wanted, when people didn’t fold to him, it drove his rage and blinded him. She’d said something else but he was still stuck on the fact that she’d said what she’ said. His fists clenched tightly, his temper was beyond the point of controlling, but he was forcing himself to try.

"You got Veronica, why the fuck can't I have Eric?" she hissed bringing him back and his eyes were even darker now He raised a brow at her words and how childish she sounded.
He grabbed her wrist so roughly and held her so tight if she tried to pull away it’d break her wrist.

He pulled her close before slapping her across the face, so hard that it echoed where they were. However, he didn’t feel bad like he thought he would he simply smirked darkly, before forcing her to the ground, so she was on her back as she climbed over her. He pinned her arms above her head tightly. His whole demeanor had changed like he wasn’t even Eli and he defiantly wasn’t the brother she’d grown up with he’d completely snapped. He was ten times bigger than her and the thought of killing her crossed his mind, it’d be easy, he knew that. She could fight all she wanted, but all it would take was on fatal punch to knock her out cold.

“I. Said. You. Belong. To. Me.” He repeated in a dominating voice, that told her just how serious he was for the first time since they’d started fucking. “There’s a difference sweetheart.” He hissed centimeter’s from her face, grabbing her jaw roughly, digging his fingers into her face knowing it would leave bruises but he didn’t care. He forced her to look him in the eyes. “I don’t want Veronica, but I need a cover. You want Eric. You want to have your cake and eat it too.” He spat harshly. “I don’t play those games. You want Jaxon and Harley to treat you like an adult?” he spat like he had her pegged like he knew she was always trying to prove herself. “Stop acting like a kid.” He said harshly.

Elijah could be mean, he could break down the toughest guys when he snapped. That’s why most he time Jaxon didn’t like fighting with him. Elijah studied people, watched for their weaknesses and then used their weakness against them to scare them into submission. It was terrifying really, because if he really wanted to he could probably undermine the Jaxon, take over the Saints. Wesel his way into the Bloods, and complete destroy them all alone and walk away without a single scratch if he really wanted too.

“You wanted to start this Princess. You wanted us just as much as I did.” He said holding her eyes. “You’ll do what I want or I’ll make you.” He shrugged. He released her jaw, before standing up and yanking her like a rag doll to her feet, he pulled her close and slipped his hand under her dress and past her panties rubbing between her legs roughly.

“Tell me You don’t belong to me?” he taunted her, holding her tightly so she couldn’t get away.

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"Baby, that's not what this is about." he breathed and she sighed letting him talk. "I didn't call you to force you to make a choice, I called to tell you the truth because you deserve it. I don't want to lie to you anymore." she closed her eyes taking another drag from her cigarette before putting it out and flicking it away. "But if you really want my advice, all I can ask is what do you want? You have to do what will make you happy, regardless of who it hurts because, if they love you, they'll just be happy that you're happy."

She let it fall silent between them. The truth of it was he may be able to be happy for her no matter what she choose, but her brother’s wouldn’t. If she stood up to them and told them she was leaving Tommy for a Blood, not just any blood though, the soon to be leader. They’d knock her down a few pegs, Jaxon would probably lock her in the basement and keep her prisoner till they killed Ben. She was on dangerous ground fucking around with Dean, because not only did her heal with the Bloods, he’d betrayed the Saints.

“You got two days to make yourself disappear again.” she breathed into the phone. “They won’t touch you till after my wedding.” She said honestly, before forcing herself to hang up the phone. She knew staying on the phone with him any longer, she ask to see him, because she wanted to see him so badly it was killing her, but she couldn’t risk it.

She’d go to bed that night fighting to get Ben out of her head, however it didn’t really work and she hadn’t really slept much. In fact she hadn’t slept much at all the next to nights. Dean had called her about a million times and as much as she wanted to cave and spend one more night with him she knew she couldn’t. The next few days had been a blur of getting last minuet things for the wedding and the closer the wedding got the more and more she wanted to run, because she didn’t think she was strong enough to stand there, knowing that her dad wouldn’t be there to give her away. Harley had never been particularly good with change and getting married was a huge change.

Hell she never even wanted to be married. She be fine with dating someone for the rest of her life, because she was convinced that marriage only ruined a relationship. Tommy and her brother’s had left early to make sure everything at the venue was set up for the wedding. While her and Jaydon were left at the house with a few Saints to protect them in case the Bloods tried anything. In a few hours Harley would officially have to stop being reckless and free, she’d have to take care of Tommy and be there for him no matter what he did to her, like the perfect biker wife. She wasn’t good at commitment and all she could think about was how easy it would be to pick up the phone and call Dean and take him up on his offer to leave the country.

She sighed as she thought about it for the millionth time that day, before she grabbed the shoebox on top her bed and mad her way to Jade’s room knocking on the door, before slipping in to see her sister sitting on the bed looking just about as miserable, for having been on Jaxon’s house arrest, as she felt.

“I figured you’d be a little less miserable if you weren’t forced to where heels all night.” Harley smiled tossing the shoe box with a brand new pair of combat boots in them, next to her sister before sitting down on the other side of her. “I wouldn’t blame you if you want to go somewhere else, I can sneak you out.” She nudged her sister playful. It had felt like ages since she’d talked to her.

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Eli knew what he was doing was fucked up, but he didn’t care. He’d warned her more than once the kind of person he was. When she was [/i]just[/i] his sister things were different, because he wasn’t jealous when she spent time with Eric and he didn’t feel entitled to her. Now however that he could barely go a day without her touch, he’d turned into a fucking psycho.

"Fuck." She breathed causing him to smirk, because he knew that he was getting to her. "Eli stop it... Don't taunt me like that.” She whispered and he tensed releasing her and shoving her away.

She’d asked him to stop and he was sober, which meant her would listen if she asked him to stop. He’d still be pissed, but she was still his little sister and he knew when enough was enough and he could hear it in her voice that he was pushing her and not in a good way, that would make her fall all over him, he was pushing her in a way that would make her hate him. He grabbed her for arm roughly and shoved her in the direction of his bike.

“Were going home.” He spat waiting for her to climb onto his bike first so she could change her mind and try to run from him. When she was on, he finally climbed on and they took of back towards her house.

He dropped her off and when Jaxon asked him what was wrong, he didn’t answer, just took off towards his house. When he’d gotten home he’d spent the better part of the night getting shit faced and faced and fighting with Veronica, to the point where head end up having to drive Veronica to the hospital after he’d sobered up, because he’d nearly almost killed her. He’d thought he was done for sure, there was no way he was getting out of this one. However Veronica had lied to the police, which had surprised him completely.

The next two days he’d spent in the hospital taking care of Veronica, before he’d finally taken her home the night before Harley’s wedding. He felt like a complete ass hole, because not only had he hit Jaydon and she wasn’t answering his phone calls, Veronica had lied for him despite the fact he’d almost killed her, and now she was going to have to show up to Harley’s wedding looking like she’d been hit by a car. Not to mention the fact that Jaxon had volunteered that he follow Benjamin around, to help them figure out a plan to take him out. So when he hadn’t been with Ronnie in the hospital he’d been following Ben around, in Ronnie’s car. He hadn’t ridden his bike in what felt like years and it was starting to agitate him.

He’d promised Jaxon he’d come help finish setting up for the wedding and so he’d helped Veronica into the front seat of her SUV, before they headed towards the Country club they were having the wedding at. When they’d gotten there, he’d help Veronica inside and stepped outside to call Jae. The phone just rang and rang and rang.

“Fuck” he breathed slipping his phone back into his pocket before heading inside to help the others.

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"No. I'm going." she shrugged and Harley sighed. She hated that her sister had gotten less time with their dad then the rest of them. It wasn’t fair and Harley could try her best to be both Jae’s mom and dad, but it’d never in a million years be the same as having their father around. Jade’s phone went off and she quickly texted back, before turning her attention back to Harley. "Shouldn't you be getting ready?" She asked.

Harley ran her fingers through her hair. “Right.” She breathed standing up like she’d forgotten for a short time that it was her big day. She lend in kissing her sister’s forehead. “I love you, Jadi.” She said before slipping out of the room.

There was a knock at the door and Harley answered it to a few of her bridesmaids and she plastered a fake, excited smile on her face that they ate up. She spent the rest of the day getting ready, letting her best friend Jenna do her hair and make-up and the entire time she had to keep herself from completely breaking down. Finally when her hair and make-up was finished she managed to slip into the bathroom and away from everyone. She dialed Ben’s number, but decided not to call, she’d fuck everything up if she called him, instead she called Dean.

It had taken him a long time to answer and she’d almost given up before he finally answer. “This better be good Baby, I’m kind of in the middle of something.” He breathed, making it clear who he was with at the moment and she sighed.

“I’m sorry.” She whispered. “I just need to hear someone’s voice.” She tried to chock back the pain. “I don’t think I can do this Dean.” She said honestly looking over herself in the mirror. She looked stunning a perfect mix between her mother and her father. Yet as beautiful as she looked, it wasn’t her, it was the reflection of the girl everyone expected her to be.

“What do you wanna do Kitten?” he said sternly like he was impatient and needed to get back. “It’s too late to run.” His voice was almost bitter and it caught her off guard, like he was warning her something bad was going to happen, there was just something off about the tone of his voice. “I gotta go.” He finally said before hanging up and she let out a frustrated breath, before a knock at the door made her jump.

“Harley, come on! You’re going to be late.” She heard Jenna’s voice from the other side of the door.

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Elijah had spent the day moving thing and hanging decorations. He’d taken every chance he could to get Jaydon off his mind, still though it wasn’t working. He still thought about her. He was pissed at himself for hurting her. Sure he hadn’t been sorry at the time, because he was too pissed to see past his anger. Now though, he was sorry and he wanted a chance to tell her, be all she was doing was ignoring him which only continued to frustrate him.

Once they were finished, him, Jaxon, Tommy, A whole shit load of Saints made their way into the main room of the country club where the reception was taking place. Eli had to admit he hadn’t seen that many Saints in one place since he was a teenager. It crazy how many guys they had in just that one room, not to mention spread across the rest of the US. Most of them were decked out in their leather vests and chaps, The Saints symbol on the back of their vests. Guns secured in their holsters and tattoos covering their body. It was clear that Jaxon wasn’t taking any chances with the possibility of the Bloods fucking Harley’s wedding up.

“Dome is dead.” Jaxon said and Elijah sighed as he stood there and lit himself a cigarette. “He was fucking Sara Bones for information and got caught, Eli watched Ben Bones get rid of the body.” Jaxon sighed. “Before Dome died, he let us know that very soon, the Bloods plan on starting something and trying to finish us for good. They want Harley or Jay, because they know that’s our weakness.” He explained and Elijah sighed because it was the honest truth.

Sure they could kill Jaxon and Eli or any or the Saints old ladies. However that wouldn’t hit the Saints nearly as hard. Jaxon and Eli could be replaced with another leader. Jaydon and Harley on the other hand, had meant everything to their father, if something happened to either of them it would affect every single Saint and Elijah knew that was why Jax was so hard on the two of them.

“We want at least three or four of you on each of the girls at one time. Something happens to them tonight, I’m going to fucking kill you.” Elijah spat, completely serious. “This situation can’t be taken lightly.” He continued, blowing out a cloud of smoke. “We shoot and ask questions later.” He smirked.

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Jaxon had come back to the house to pick them all up and when they’d gotten outside there was a limo waiting and she rolled her eyes, because she honestly would have rather ridden on the back of a bike then in some fancy limo, because she was the type of girl who didn’t base her life on material things. However, she smiled and thank Jaxon, because she knew he was only trying to make up for her father not being there. They’d all filed into the back of the limo. Her, Jaxon, her five bridesmaids, Jaydon, and Eric. She was honestly starting to get nervous to walk down the aisle and she tried her best to come up with every excuse in the book for them to postpone the wedding, in the end however she just stayed quite.

When they’d gotten to the country club, they all headed inside. Jenna carried her wedding dress as they headed straight for the dressing room. With Jenna’s help she slipped into her wedding dress. She looked incredible, the way she should have looked on her and Ben’s wedding day and that was killing her more than anything. Jaxon and Eli came out and the girls excused themselves letting her have a minuet alone with her brothers.

“You look good Harley, just like mom.” Jaxon sighed, pulling her close and wrapping his arms around her and she couldn’t help but tear up. Everything was so fucked up and the only people she needed to be on her side and let her be happy for once, would never be on her side. He pulled away and looked her over, but she couldn’t look him in the eyes.

She thought about telling them that she knew Ben was alive, she thought maybe it’d make both of them feel like shit, that it would make them feel bad enough they’d call the wedding off. She knew though that’s not what her father would want and if it back fired then Elijah and Jaxon would just scream at her before she walked down the aisle and she didn’t want that either. In the end she’d just turned and hugged Eli and he kissed the top of her head. She had a bad feeling and she should have broken down then and there, while they were alone and told them everything Dean had told her, because she was lying to herself. She was honestly scared that The Bloods were going to take her and Ben would have to kill her.

“It’s time Babydoll.” Jaxon sighed and she nodded as she linked her arm with his and the three of them walked out of the room.

They all lined up outside the door, Elijah and Jaydon were partnered up in front of her and Jaxon. Elijah was the best man while Jaydon was the maid of honor. She couldn’t help but notice how tense the two of them looked linked arms side by side. In front of them were five more sets of Bridesmaids and Groomsmen. The doors opened up and in honor of her dad, they’d chose to play one of his favorite songs for her to walk down the aisle to. He’d always been a big Elvis fan and she could her him singing along, smoking his cigar when she closed her eyes. Finally her and Jax started down the aisle slowly and in all honesty if he hadn’t have been by her side her knees would have given out on her because there was a flooded of weakening emotions washing over her.

There was the simple fact that her dad had just died and he wasn’t the one standing at her side. Her brothers had the chance to tell her Ben was still alive, but they weren’t going to. Ben wasn’t the one she was marrying, she was marrying someone she’d never love. What was killing her the most, was the simple fact that the dress she was wear was the one Ben and her father had helped her pick out for her and Ben’s wedding. She song faded and the Preach asked who was giving Harley away and both Eli and Jaxon spoke up, before Jaxon took his place in one of the seats and Eli stood back in his place behind Tommy.

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After Jaxon and Elijah’s speech about making sure everything went smoothly. Jaxon had left to go get Jaydon and Harley and the rest of the bridal party. While he and tommy and the other groomsmen started getting ready. He rarely dressed up and it wasn’t exactly dressing up considering they were wearing a pair of nice slakes, a black button up shirt and their black leather Saints vests, but it was nicer then all of them normally dressed up and he felt out of place, but he knew it was only for one night. Tommy and the rest of his groomsmen talked while Eli made a few phone calls to see if everything was alright. He had a feeling the Bloods would try something it was too good of an opportunity for them not to.
All he knew that if the sent Ben, he was going to make sure the ass hole burned in hell along with Bobby and Dean. He hopped that Ben’s dad was stupid enough to send all three of them to their death. There was no way in hell any of those fucking bloods would put a finger on Jaydon or Harley, not if he could help it even if it meant dying as long as his sisters were safe, he didn’t give a shit.

Finally Jaxon showed up with the girls and his body tensed when he was Eric with Jaydon. He wanted to walkup to her and pull her aside and ask her where the fuck she’d been for the past few days. He knew he couldn’t though, not in front of everyone. He’d have to be careful, he’d get her alone at some point tonight to apologize to her and reel her back in, because he was terrified he was losing her. Before he got a chance to even wave in Jae’s direction all the girls disappeared into the dressing room, leaving him, Jaxon, and Eric alone. Every single ounce of him wanted to beat the complete shit out of his little brother.

Jaxon managed to distract him as Eric slipped into the room where everyone was getting seated for the wedding and him and Jaxon slipped into the room with Tommy and the other grooms men. Drugs were being passed around like an appetizer and a the room smelled heavily of weed. Elijah knew he should try and stay sober, but he needed to get Jade of his mind, so he did a few lines of coke and smoke a few blunts, before Jaxon told him it was time to go. They walked down the hall knocking of the dressing room with all the girls, before ducking inside. His eyes immediately landed on Jaydon and it took everything inside of him not to walk over to her and kiss her in front of everyone, he was craving her lips on his.

Eventually they excused there selves and as Jade headed out with the others walking past him, he felt that electric heat between him that was intensified by the drugs in his system. Finally he turned his attention to Harley as Jaxon told her she was beautiful and he could tell there was something wrong, she had fear and stress and misery written all over her face and he hated himself because he knew he was a part of that for lying to her and not telling her Ben was alive, but he knew it would only cause her more pain when they told her they had to kill him. Eventually she turned and hugged him and he held her tight kissing the top of her forehead trying his best to comfort her until Jaxon told her it was time to go.

Finally they managed to all get lined up outside the door and he linked arms with Jae, before leaning in, his lips grazing her cheek and he knew to everyone else it would seem like he was simply whispering a secret and it would appear to be nothing more.

“What are you gonna do Jae?” he whispered for only her to hear. “Hide from me forever?” he scoffed keeping his voice low. “Were fucking family. Your stuck with me.” He spat standing straight up as the doors opened. His jaw clenched when the song came on, because he knew how much his father loved Elvis and there were so many amazing memories attached to his father listening to Elvis when they were growing up.

Him and Jae walked down the aisle before they split off and it was obvious everyone was having a hard time, with the song, not in a bad way though. Finally Jaxon and Harley walked down the aisle before him and Jxon both gave her way and he took his spot behind Tommy again as the Pastor started talking.

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Harley stood across from Tommy and she couldn’t shake the bad feeling she had like a dark cloud hanging over her. She wasn’t even focused on what the preacher was say, she was focused on everything but what was going on right in front of her. Eli caught her eyes and he must have caught her anxious vibe, because he gave her a look that calmed her down a bit, like he was telling her it’d all be okay. She turned her attention back to Tommy just as he said “I Do” and she knew it’d be her turn next and so she tried her best to focus.

Out of the corner of her eye though, she saw Jaxon get up and follow one of the high up Saints from the room and that had her heart racing. No way in hell would Jaxon leave unless it was something dangerously important. She wanted to run after him and ask him what was wrong, she knew though she’d look crazy if she tried and she glanced behind her to her sister, before back to Tommy and she could only imagine what she looked like to everyone else watching them. She probably looked like she was seconds away from running back up the isle and being a runaway bride.

“Harley.” Tommy breathed and she flicked her eyes back to his. “You alright?” he asked and she nodded, finally the preacher began to go over traditional vows and she forced herself to pay attention.

“For richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part.” It was her turn to say the simple two words, but before she had the chance she heard gun shots and it set everyone on edge.

“Shit.” She breathed, she watched Elijah and the rest of the Groomsmen pull out their guns as well as half the guest as they headed in the direction of the guns. “Elijah, Tommy, don’t leave us here.” Harley yelled after them like she already knew and both the guys caught the warning in her voice like she already knew who it was and they turned pushing their way back through the crowed towards them.

Harley instinctively reached out and grabbed Jaydon then, to keep her close, until Tommy and Elijah could get back to their side. Harley wouldn’t have been worried, but she didn’t have a gun on her. She knew full well who it was it would be Dean and Bobby and if Ben was there she’d be pissed. She’d understand Dean and Bobby having to be there, but Ben didn’t have to be a part of ruining her wedding.

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Elijah had to be careful because everyone’s eyes were on the entire wedding party. He’d still managed to steal glances at Jaydon every once in a while and he couldn’t get over how beautiful she looked and he just wanted one damn minuet alone to tell her that. He wasn’t sure when he’d get that time with her and it was killing him. He just wanted to kiss her and apologize for their fight and have incredible make-up sex and spend the night with her. It was absolutely frustrating that they couldn’t be together in public, not just because of her age, but because they were supposed to be siblings.

He flicked his eyes back to Harley and Tommy and he could tell she was anxious and she looked about five seconds from running out of the building and disappearing and he honestly didn’t put it past her. Harley and Jade were ridiculously similar both of them completely hated the idea of commitment. He caught her eyes and held them, trying to let her know everything would be okay and she seemed to calm down a little. Finally his eyes went back to Jaydon for a moment, before he saw one of the Saints walk up and whisper something in Jaxon’s ear and he knit his brows as Jax got up and followed him out.

He knew something wasn’t right about that, but he turned his attention back to his sister when she was supposed to say “I do” only she didn’t because gun shoots interrupted and he pulled out his gun without hesitation. He watched as Saints drew their guns almost simultaneously as they headed in the direction of the sound. While the rest of the wedding goers filed out panicked and he rolled his eyes as him and Tommy took off towards the same door Jaxon had slipped out of moments before.

“Elijah, Tommy, don’t leave us here.” He’d barely heard Harley’s voice over the panic, but he realized that no one was staying with her or Jaydon and it was exactly what the Bloods wanted, they were creating an easy distraction.

He patted Tommy, gesturing for them to head back to the girls and it seemed to register with him exactly what was going on the same way it had registered with Eli and the two worked to push back through the panicked crowed towards the two girls when he saw Bobby and Benji headed for the two of them.

“Fuck.” He spat working that much harder to break free and get there before they could make the grab.

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She hadn’t realized how tightly she was holding on to her sister. All she knew was after everything Dean told her over the past two months, that she was letting them take her baby sister, she’d sooner offer her own life if it meant they didn’t take Jae, because there was no telling what they’d do to her. Sure, Ben had a good amount of say, but when he wasn’t around the Blood could do whatever they wanted to her. Someone ripped Jade from her steel grip, before she felt Benny’s electric touch on her skin.

"Hey Babydoll." He breathed tauntingly and it pissed her off. She glanced to see who had Jae and her jaw clenched and her entire body tensed. She’d never forgive Ben if something happened to Jae. "Take one more fucking step and we'll blow their heads off."

She watched the utter devastation and pain wash over both Tommy and Elijah’s faces as they stopped dead in their tracks. They were the only two Saints in the room, the rest of the room had cleared and all the others including Jaxon was preoccupied with the gun shots that were still being fired just outside the door. Harley couldn’t help but let tears slice down her cheeks like razor blades, because in that moment she realized just how much Tommy actually loved her, before she realized Elijah had the same expression only he was looking at Jaydon.

Ben started pulling her towards the back door and at first she couldn’t move because she was in complete and utter shock. There was a part of her that almost wished she’d have taken Dean’s warnings a little more seriously, she wished she’d have told her brothers or even Tommy, but she hadn’t because she’d been trying to protect Benji, when in the end he’d have to kill her whether he wanted to or not, because it was what his father wanted.

She heard her sister struggling to break free beside her and that’s what suddenly caused her to come out of her froze state of painful realization. It was no longer about her or the Saints and the Bloods, it was about her sister being safe. She fought back, until she managed to pull one arm out of Ben’s grip, she knew he honestly wouldn’t hurt her at least not if he had a choice. She turned to face him and there was no amount of love for him in that moment, she wanted him to know just how much she hated him. She glared at him as she shoved him away as hard as she could, managing to break free completely.

She knew she didn’t have time to wait around and so while Bobby was preoccupied trying to control Jade, she ripped her sister from his grip roughly. She held her sister tightly, pulling up her dress so they could run just as Elijah and Tommy rounded the corner making it clear they were coming after them. She felt someone arm wrap around her waist stopping her and she shoved Jade forward.

“Go Jadi!” She yelled at her sister, she watched Tommy reach out and grab Jade before handing her off to Eli and Harley knew he was going to try and negotiate with them.

“I warned you Kitten.” Dean breathed against her skin, the cold medal of the digging into the side of her headed.

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Eli was going ballistic, pushing people out of the way to try and get to Jade before Ben and Bobby did, but they weren’t fast enough. Bobby had grabbed Jade and only a second later Ben had grabbed Harley and they had guns to pointed to their heads and Elijah froze. His whole body tensed there wasn’t a damn thing he could do and every bit of him was kicking himself for not realizing what was going on sooner. He held Bobby’s eyes, glaring at them. Bobby was a fucking nut case and there was no telling what he’d do to Jade just to get a reaction out of him or even Harley, so he had an excuse to kill Jade.

"Take one more fucking step and we'll blow their heads off." Ben spat and Eli’s eyes flicked to Jade.

There was a whole flood of emotions in his eyes. He was terrified, that if Ben didn’t love Harley anymore, that pretty much solidified his sister’s dying. Still even if he did love her, gang business came before anything, Elijah had been in the world long enough to know that if they got away with the girl, he wouldn’t get them back alive and he wasn’t sure he could handle loosing someone to Bobby Garcia all over again, which only fueled his rage. Ben started dragging Harley towards the back door and Bobby followed.

Elijah had lost it and that was clear by the look in his eyes and the way he shook his head like he wasn’t willing to except what had just happened. “No. Not again.” He breathed. “Were going after them.” He ordered and Tommy just nodded.

They ran and as soon as they rounded corner, he saw Harley and Jade headed for them and Ben and Bobby close behind. He saw Dean coming from down the hall headed for Harley and before he had a chance to shoot at him, he already had Harley, he went to pull Jade to him only Tommy got to her first and passed her off to him, before stepping forward, like he was going to try and reason with them.

“You alright?” he breathed, though he kept his eyes on Tommy and his gun pointed at Dean’s head although he knew it’d be no use.

“Hand her over or I’ll kill you.” He heard a voice from behind him and the clicking of a gun and he didn’t have to turn around to know it was a blood.

”Let her go and I’ll stop fighting.” he glanced up when he heard Harley trying to reason with them. He knew though that her begging and pleading probably wouldn’t work, they were sent to get two Delgado sister, not one and they were a rival gang, no way in hell would they reason with a girl let alone a Saint.

Elijah wasn’t going to lose Jaydon and he knew Jaxon would tear him up about it later, but as far as he was concerned Harley was as good as gone. So with one quick motion, he spun around and fired a shot killing the Blood that was behind him, before he grabbed Jade and took off down the hallway that Dean had come through.

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She was relieved when Eli had taken off with her and she honestly wished that Tommy had taken off with them, she knew that Tommy was stupid enough to try and get her back, but that wasn’t enough he’d just end up dead and she’d blame herself for it. Harley hated when she lost control of things and at the moment she hadn’t just lost control, everything had turned into a complete fucking disaster and she had no one to blame but herself. She’d gotten involved with Ben again, she’d kept their attack a secret from her brothers, and she’d been the only one fucking Dean who’d expertly been getting information out of her for the past few months.

"Don't be an idiot Tommy. You'll only get her and yourself killed." Ben said stepping in front of her and Dean. She held Tommy’s eyes begging him not to do anything but he was making it very clear that he wasn’t backing down.

He took a step forward and Ben waited no time shooting Tommy who immediately fell to the floor cursing and groaning in pain. Harley’s hand flew up to her moth like she couldn’t believe Ben had just shot him, but before she knew if he was okay Dean threw Harley over his shoulder like she was a rag doll and she fought him every inch of the way, kicking him, punching his back, biting, and screaming. There was no way she was letting them take her without a fight.

When they finally got out to the van, Dean set her down and she took the split second that his grip was loose on her to make yet another run for it, only she knew she wouldn’t get far because of her stupid fucking dress. Had she been in jeans, they wouldn’t have been able to catch her. Some grabbed a fist full of her hair and pulled her back roughly, before they spun her around and she was facing Bobby and she tried to act like he didn’t scare the shit out of her. He slammed her into the side of the van making her groan miserably in both pain and frustration. He grabbed her hair roughly yanking her so she was forced to look at him.

“Stop fucking running, you dumb bitch.” He spat centimeters from her face and she hated that Benji was letting him do that to her, then again she also knew that if he intervened they’d give him shit for it. Harley didn’t care who Bobby was and she figured she was as good as dead anyways and so in response she spit in his face which only caused him to react by punching her in the stomach, if he hadn’t have been holding on to her, she’d have collapsed to the ground, she struggled to breath, before he tossed her to Ben like she was a piece of trash. “You better put you bitch in cheek Bones, because if she treats your daddy like that, he’ll put a bullet in her head.” Bobby spat, before walking around to the driver’s side of the van.

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He felt like shit leaving Harley, but he had a feeling Ben wasn’t going to let anything too bad happen to her. Then there was the part of him that could be completely wrong and Ben might kill her, but he didn’t want to believe that. He was more focused on the fact that he’d gotten Jade back for the moment and if he had her he could keep her safe, no questions asked as long as he had her and he was alive, no Blood would lay a hand on her.

Jae pulled away from him just as he was about to pull her into an empty room and out of the open hallways. "Are you fucking crazy?!" she screamed and he watched her, he knew touching her would only piss her off. "We can't just let them have her!" she breathed pulling out her gun, but there was no way in hell he was letting her go back there and get herself killed.

She took off back down the hall, gun in hand and he went after her grabbing her arm roughly and shoving her up against the wall roughly, hoping that it would knock some sense into her and make her realize that they couldn’t fight for Harley alone. Sure they’d be evenly Matched if it was him and Jaxon, him and Jaxon alone could probably take Ben, Dean, and Bobby, but him and Jaydon wouldn’t make it. Not because he didn’t think she could handle it, but because if they caught her, they’d be able to get him to fold and do whatever they wanted, he wouldn’t be able to handle it.

He pressed his lips to hers, he didn’t give a shit then if someone came around the corner and saw them, because it had been too long since he’d touched her or kissed and almost losing had made him realize just how in love with her he was. Her lips against his set his entire body on fire making him groan against her lips and kiss her harder, before pulling away, resting his forehead hers, before hearing a gun shot and he winced but he didn’t move away for her. He struggled to get his breathing under control as he held her eyes.

“Harley will be fine.” He breathed. “You know as well as I do, Ben won’t let anyone touch her.” He said trying to sound confident, but he honestly wasn’t sure if Ben still cared about her, three years was a long time to have to be able to get over someone. “Harley got you out of there if you go back, you’ll make what she did pointless.” He said trying to make it more about the fact that Harley wanted her to be safe and less about the fact that he couldn’t handle losing her. “And, I can’t lose you Jadi.” He whispered against her lips before kissing her again.

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