"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.

Lolly watched Jason's back as he left. Overwhelmed, She threw herself on her bed and cried more then she ever did in her life.

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Ria finished packing finally. She couldn't deal with them now. Her grandmother wanted her to visit her for a while and now she had a reason to go. She sighed heavily. Now she knew why she felt a little guilty when she told Lolly she and Jason was dating. Lolly wanted him. She could have said so instead of just fucking him. "Ugh!" She huffed and threw down her luggage.
Most people thought Ria was nice and sweet...and compared to Lolly. She was but to any other girl, she was down right mean. She wasn't as sassy but she had a temper on her.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, she arched an eyebrow and opened the door.
"What the fuck do you want?" She said as she saw Lolly on her porch. Lolly looked sick. Her eyes were bloodshot and puffy. Her face was unnatural pale. Ria felt a twinge of pity until she remembered what happened. "Look, Ria. I can't even begin-" She stopped when she saw Ria's bag. "You're leaving?"
"Yea. I'm going to see my grandmother in Ireland until school. What. Do. You. Want?"
Lolly took a breath. "Everything that happened. I wanted to apologize. I mean, I wanna make this right." She said and Ria rolled her eyes. "You wanna clear your fucked up conscience. You fucked my boyfriend, Lola!" She shouted. "The one I lost it too but you knew it." She said. "You know, I went over it in my head a million times. You wanted Jason. You did and You took him." She said and Lolly didn't say anything. "He was gonna let it go. You couldn't. You saw the opportunity to kiss him and you knew he wouldn't back down. Not from you." She said and turned to her again. "You always needed to the center of attention and now you are. I seriously hope it sucked to have explain how you fucked my boyfriend with a gun to your face." She said and Lolly closed her eyes. Ria just scoffed and went back to arranging her bags. "Look, Ria. It was wrong. I know that but I'm not here for me. I don't expect you to forgive me but Jason. He-"
"Fuck him. Oh wait, you already did!" Ria shouted. "You want me to forgive him? He fucked me ad you the same night. I heard thought the rumors were fake, but he really is a community guy!" Ria probably would have a kept that to herself if she weren't so pissed but it was too late as Lolly cocked back and punched her hard in the face, she held back enough not to completely level her. Ria fell backward into her bags but recovered quickly and rushed her out the door and they tumbled down her porch steps. Lolly's wrist twisted some but she hardly felt it. She grunted as Ria punched her in the face. Lolly having grown up around nothing but guys, was used hits much harder then Ria's so she took it without so much as a blink. She grabbed her hair, forced her down and climbed on top of her. "Everything was my doing. Mine. If you wanna blame anyone blame me. Don't you dare put this on him!" She hollered at her. Ria fought underneath Lolly's grip but to no avail. "I do blame you!" Ria barked. "I blame you more then him!" She screamed and threw her head forward and hit her in the nose. Lolly fell backwards and Ria got to her feet. "You got him to chase you! You got him to kiss you! You got him to fuck you and you got him shot!" She barked. "I will never forgive you." She said and went back inside as Lolly held her bleeding nose. Lolly got up and made her way home. She didn't know how much Ria's opinion mattered to her and now she hated her. She hoped that if Ria could forgive her. Then she could maybe forgive herself but now...She'll never forgive herself.

Jason had been in the garage for awhile on his own, he was somewhat calmed down now. He headed out to grab a drink when he heard Ria's voice on the other side of the door, she was talking with Red. Jason didn't really need anymore drama so he just figured he'd wait till they were gone. He heard Ria tell Red that she was going to Ireland till school, and the fight she had with Lolly over everything with Jason. He heard Ria start mentioning some of the things she told Lolly and some of the names she called Lolly, as Jason's anger was rising up again, it was true that nobody except maybe Beau was more protective of Lolly than Jason, and hearing Ria say these things was about to send him over the edge again. Red kept trying to calm Ria down, but she continued with the verbal bashing of Lolly...and that was it.

Jason literally kicked the door open making both Red and Ria jump. "Get the fuck out of here right now!" Jason snapped, Ria may have been furious herself but she'd also never seen Jason look the way he did right then either. "We were just talking Jason..." Red said trying to calm the situation, "last time I checked she didn't have a fucking patch and she's no Mama either...so get the fuck out" Jason snapped again.

That's when a prospect popped his head in, seeing Jason yelling at Ria and Red he decided he needed to step in. "Hey listen, just cause your dad is the Pres doesn't mean you own this place" the Prospect said. He was in his late thirties, he was stocky and solid with rather large arms and the typical biker beard. "Hey listen, this is just a private conversation okay" Red said, as she seemed to be the only one in the room who saw the warning signs flaring up, she saw Jason as being just like Deacon and they had the same tell-tale tells that they were nearing the danger zone, and Jason was clearly on his way there. "Listen this guy gets fast tracked in cause he banged some slut..." he never got to finish the sentence. The prospect outweighed Jason by a lot, and definitely was bigger than the teen...but Jason was a Walker and that made up for any disadvantage. Jason punched the prospect in the jaw staggering him backwards. The Prospect regained his feet and charged Jason, tackling him to the floor, but no sooner had they hit the floor, Jason had flipped over and managed to get ontop of the the prospect, and immediately started raining down shots to the prospect's face, first with his fists then switching to his elbows.

Jason was finally pulled back, he looked back and saw Beau being the one who pulled him back. The prospect was bleeding pretty badly as he slowly got to his feet. "Thanks Beau....this fucking kid's got a bit too big for his brtiches" the prospect said, not realizing Beau had been there a bit longer than just the fight. "What did you call my daughter?" Beau asked in an icy cold tone, Jason just grinned "fuck man if he was willing to shoot me....you're fucking dead" Jason said laughing. Beau just stared at the prospect, "running would be a smart move right now asshole" Jason said, the prospect realizing his major mistake took Jason's advice and disappeared. Beau just gave Jason a slap on the back as he walked into the garage.

Jason then saw Ria still standing there, "So you think I'm just some mindless dumbass is that it?" he said turning towards Ria, his eyes still burning. "That's what everyone thinks right? I can't think for myself is that it, some girl smiles at me or kisses me and I just do whatever she asks....WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I AM!!" Jason practically screamed...it was enough to even start scaring Red, let alone Ria. "NOBODY FUCKING MAKES ME DO ANYTHING", things were red-lining for Jason at that point, "I wasn't baited, I wasn't seduced, lured or any of that bullshit! I knew exactly what the fuck I was doing...Lolly didn't make me do anything I didn't want" he glared at Ria, "and thanks...for awhile I was actually feeling bad about hurting you like that...but all this, what you said about Lolly and the gun in her face....and oh yeah, the fact that your anger towards Lolly was more important to you than sticking around the hospital to see if I actually lived or died...well thanks, I don't feel nearly as bad....cause I promise you this...right now if you were a guy....you wouldn't be walking out of here!" Jason punched the wall beside him, making a hole, he then stormed out into the parking lot. Jason was like an exposed nerve and pretty much any contact he made with people was just aggravating him further.

As Jason stormed out Red quickly grabbed her phone, there was only one person left who could pull Jason back from the edge he was on right now. She found Nickie's number and sent her an urgent text.

Lolly made her way home. She checked to see if her nose was broken and thankfully it wasn't but her face was brusied up pretty nice. She iced her face and decided she just wanted to sleep. She climbed into bed and dispite her nose still bleeding, she could still smell Jason all over her sheets. She sobbed into her pillow. She wanted to talk to Jason but she knew it would only end in more yelling from him and more crying for her. Now, all she wanted was to have Jason back on her side. She wanted her best friend back. Both of them. Ria would never forgive her. She wanted to be angry still for her calling Jason a Community guy. It was something they called guys who fucked just about anybody. They were like a community pools. 'Open to the public.' It was funny then but now. It pissed her off yet she could only get but so mad. Ria wouldn't have said that if things hadn't gone down the way they did. With that, Lolly ended up crying herself to sleep.

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Beau watched as some stupid Prospect called his daughter q slut in front of Jason. Jason was already on egde, He saw that so Beau didn't even bother stopping him until Jason got hit. Beau decided it was his turn so He grabbed the kid up. It was like pulling back a pitbull, Dangerous and only a few men had the balls to do it. Jason looked up at him and saw that it was in fact Beau that did it and seemed to be able to calm him some. Beau glared as the prospect spoke and Jason instigated. Beau was a big man, easily 7ft and though he looked big, it was all muscle. He was not a man to be triffled with as that prospect would find out later. Beau would deal with him later but for now. He had to keep Jason from killing someone. He gave the kid a pat on the back and decided that he'd go check on Lolly. When he got home, he went up to her room and peeked in. She was sleeping but she kept heaving every so often, the way she did when she cried. He didn't know what happened between her an Jason but it wasn't good. That girl never cried this hard. Only one person has done that and unfortunately it was him.

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Ria was actually terrified as Jason screamed at her. She wasn't Lolly, who wasn't afriad to yell back at Jason. She jumped hard when he punched the wall and took off. She clapped a hand over her mouth, trembling. She decided enough was enough. "I-I gotta go. My flight leaves tonight."She said to Red as Red frantically dailed on her phone. Ria almost ran home, she was so scared. She didn't know how Lolly did it. How she could handle that.

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Nickie was over at the garage almost immediately. "What the hell is wrong with you, Screaming at Ria like that?"

Jason was on his bike as his mom pulled up. She jumped out of the Cadillac, asking him why he was screaming at Ria. He looked at his mom.....anyone else on the planet and he would have snapped at them, but he lost his temper on his mom once...he wasn't sure he'd live to survive a second incident.

"What the hell is wrong with you Jason?" Nickie asked. She could read her son like a book...Jason and Deacon both reacted with anger to cover any other type of emotion....only Nickie could decipher which emotion that anger was masking, she knew right away...Jason was hurting, which was the most dangerous state, as the Walker males didn't talk well to hurt like that, it made them feel vulnerable and neither Jason nor his dad took kindly to that feeling. Jason still didn't say anything, Nickie knew she'd get nothing out of him standing in the KOA parking lot, "get in" she said pointing to the car, Jason paused for a few moments then got into the car.

Nickie started driving, not saying anything for awhile, "you better have a damn good reason for screaming at Ria like you did Jason" Nickie said in a stern motherly voice. "I had to say something...she was slamming Lolly. Talking about her like she was some sort of slut, saying how she was glad Lolly had to go through what she did in the hospital with telling the whole waiting room and stuff...it's all bullshit...I mean Ria kept talking about how she blamed Lolly, it was her fault, she lured me into it...nobody made me do a damn thing" Jason said spilling out to his mom finally. "So you and Lolly are together now?" Nickie asked, that's when she saw just how bad things were for Jason. They were on an empty highway, just Jason and Nickie, and that's maybe the only place Nickie would have witnessed it....she looked over and saw her son's eyes starting to tear up as he stared out the window, trying everything to hold back the emotions. His mom had always been the one person who could disarm him almost instantly. "Jay...it's just us" Nickie said softly, and she soon saw one tear roll down his cheek "We're not together....Lolly figures Karma is going to kill me or something....so she wants to be with me, and I want to be with her....but it won't ever happen" Jason said, his voice on the verge of breaking, "so much for fucking showing people your emotions...it just fucking blows up in your face" he said.

Nickie shook her head, this was perfect! Her son finally opened himself up to somebody and got shutdown..."good lord this kid won't ever open up to anyone again" Nickie thought to herself. "Jason, I mean...no, I don't buy that Karma stuff either, but Lolly does. And if she believes it, with you getting shot and everything...she's going to think that because she cheated on Ria's boyfriend, she'll believe that you two getting together means something bad has to happen, as punishment" Nickie said, trying to explain Lolly's point of view. "I know all that, it just doesn't click with me....she wants to be with me, and I want it...that should be enough" Jason said shaking his head. Nickie smiled, "it's terrifying how much like your father you are, you know that" she said with a grin. "Listen...there were a million reasons why me and your dad should never have been together....but that didn't stop us, if it's meant to be you just got to let it run it's course" Nickie said.

They drove a bit more in silence when Nickie spoke up again, "Listen...I know you were sticking up for Lolly...and I may have had some words for Ria hearing her say those things. But you have to realize Jason...know matter what you feel about Lolly, what you did to Ria was wrong, you hurt her, and you need to make that right. You're not the only one who does things they regret when they're hurting and angry" Nickie said. Then Jason recognized the area, "where are we going?" Jason asked, Nickie grinned, "you scared that poor girl half to death...you're going to make amends before she flies out of here" Nickie said as she pulled up to Ria's house.

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Jason stayed on the porch as Nickie walked up to the door, she rang the doorbell and was glad Ria was still there. "Listen honey...before you fly your pretty little head out of here...things need to be sorted out" she motioned for Jason and saw the look on Ria's face, "it's okay...I'll smack the taste out of his mouth if he tries screaming at you again" she said shooting Jason a warning look.

"Listen...sorry for all that back there. I get protective over Lolly and just kinda lost it hearing you say those things....but I guess you're not exactly in the best place right now either" Jason said shuffling his feet a bit, apologizing wasn't one of the things he did well. "I shouldn't have hurt you like that...with Lolly....it was a jerk move, and I'm...." he saw Nickie shoot him a glare, "...I'm.....sorry...for hurting you like that. You don't have to forgive me....you wouldn't be the first one to hate me, and I just want you to know that I wasn't trying to play you or use you...everything I told you was true. And that line about the hospital....I dunno, even with everything that happened with Lolly....it just hurt when you never showed up at all, I mean I kinda got it, it was weird...I'd hear nurses walking down the hall and try sitting up thinking it might have been you. Like I said...you can hate me if you want...but I wouldn't mind having you as a friend again" Jason said . He said his piece then sat there waiting to see what Ria's response was/

Ria had been icing her face from the fight with Lolly as she heard another knock at the door. She was not ready for another fight. She put down the ice and went to the door. She couldn't believe that it was Nickie and Jason at her door. She didn't dare curse in front of Nickie but she wanted to. She had a few choice words for Jason but she wasn't sure if she could say them after the way he snapped out. She was still actually scared but Nickie said she'd deal with him if he tried something like that.

She listened to him apologize and sighed. " The things I said. probably not the proper choice of words but..." She shook her head. "It hurt. Way too much. She was my best friend. I never thought in a million years she could do something like that. You either. I mean I knew you two were close so maybe I should have seen it coming..." She sighed."I guess a part of my anger was because Lolly's ...well Lolly. We do the exact same things, yet She's better then me at everything, She'd a dead eye, She's stronger, tougher, She's not afraid of anything, and She's gorgeous, she could have any guy she wanted but I had you so...I thought I finally had something she didn't, something she couldn't beat me in but then..." She felt tears brim her eyes. She didn't even realize that until now. " I don't know if I'll ever be okay with what happened I mean...you were my fi..."She stopped as her eyes fell on Nickie. "I should have came to see you but I guess...I don't know...I didn't want to feel sympathy for you. I guess if I saw you, laid up in the hospital, I would have." She said and looked at him. "I honestly don't hate you but I don't know how I feel right now and I'm still too hurt to think about it." She said and looked over at Nickie then back to him. "I really gotta get going if I'm gonna make my flight..."

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Lolly woke up with a start. Her head swam and her face hurt. She had to give Ria credit. She hit pretty hard. Lolly took a shaking breath and decided sleep was not happening now. She got dressed in a plain tank top and some beat up old work jeans and decided she needed to keep her busy, so she'd fix up that old Bug she'd been working on for ever. Her dad had told her she could keep it if she could fix it even though she was legally old enough to drive yet. Although once when they were about 12, She and Jason went joyriding. She ended up crashing into a utility pole. Something none of the adults ever found out about. Lolly sighed. She really wished things went back to the way things were before all this shit. She pulled her hair into a ponytail and made her way downstairs. She found her father asleep on the couch. She was hard on him, she knew that. She needed to her forgive herself but she also needed to forgive him as well. Jason was fine as she found out already. She needed to let that go. She found a blanket and gently lay it over him, she kissed him atop his head and headed out.

She made her way to the garage. Most people weren't allowed there but who was dumb enough to tell Lolly what she couldn't do? aside from the fact that if Beau didn't kick their ass, She certainly would. She noticed the clubhouse was relatively empty save for a few Mama's cleaning up. She made her way through the clubhouse and it was then she heard the Mama's whispering among themselves. Talking about how she could show her face after getting the heir apparent shot. Lolly went from Melancholy to Rage in a matter of seconds. She turned and sailed over the bar, and commenced to tearing into the Mama. Destiny, if Lolly bothered to care. She sent her fist into the woman's face twice before grabbing her by the throat. "You got something to say, you stupid bottle blonde bitch?! Huh?!" She screamed as the woman tried to block but was no match for the 15 year old's flying fist. As she sent a numerous amount of blows to the woman's face as she screamed. "Say it again, You stupid cunt! Say it again!" the woman, who was easily 20 maybe 30 years old, whimpered as her face was nearly bashed in. Lolly suddenly felt a pair of arms wrap around her and snatch her off the woman. Lolly thrashed violently that she was almost out of their grip. "I'll kill her, I'll fucking kill her!" She screamed and Jimmy laughed and told the woman to get lost or seriously get dead. Lolly was breathing heavy and she was almost snarling as Jimmy practically dragged her toward the garage, the heels of her shoes dragging across the floor as Destiny managed to get up and run off but before Lolly lunged at her one more time, slipping at out of Jimmy's grip. Luckly for Destiny, Jimmy managed to baseball slid across the floor and scooped Lolly up and through her over his shoulder. Lolly heard Jimmy mutter something about Lollypop taking on a whole new meaning. "Lemme go! She's dead!"
Lolly had no idea that Jason, not too long ago was doing the same thing. Those two were almost identical in their actions. Lolly was just as violent as Jason, she just didn't look it.

Everything was crazy, Jason was snapping on everyone and it was mainly because he couldn't be with Lolly. He knew he had to get his mind off of Lolly, but there was no way in hell that was happening if he was going to keep seeing her everyday. He and Nicky were good, but they needed some cooling off time too. That all led to this, as Jason walked through the doors of LAX, Ria had given him an idea, Ireland seemed like the perfect place to take off too. Drinking, bikes...maybe if he was lucky he'd be able to spend some time patching things up with Ria....and if he wasn't that lucky....there was till drinking and bikes. He saw Ria sitting alone on a seat in the waiting lounge and sat down beside her, wearing his KOA cut and a bag with him.

"Hey, you can tell me no, but do you want some company?" Jason asked as Ria's head snapped around surprised to hear his voice. Ria asked him what the hell he was doing there. "Listen...I get it if you don't want to be around me...I'm not trying to stalk you or anything like that. It's just...you gave me an idea....I'm on a hair trigger around here, snapping at you, snapping at Nicky, dealing with Lolly and stuff...none of that is going to change with me constantly hanging around here. My Uncle Louie is offering me to come down and hang out in Ireland with one of the KOA charters....so figured maybe if I got outta all the drama I could chill out a bit more." Ria questioned him about his Uncle Louie, Jason just laughed "not a real uncle...but him and my dad knew each other in the military or something...I've just always grown up calling him Uncle Louie" Jason said grinning. "I mean it...say the word and I'll leave you all alone....but, I wouldn't mind getting a chance to make up at least a little bit for everything I've done...but whatever...say the word and I'm a stranger" Jason said giving her a slight grin.

Ria huffed. The last thing she wanted was to know she and Jason were in the same continent let alone the same country. She wanted to get away. She didn't wanna deal with any of this madness anymore. "You never do anything you don't wanna do so..." She looked away. "whatever." She said, staring off. Thinking about it now, she knew Jason never did anything he didn't want to do. As messed up as it was, she felt better when she thought Lolly weaseled her way in but knowing he wanted her too. It just hurt.
"Why aren't you with Lolly now anyway?" She asked him. She knew she was being catty and it was probably a bad idea but being friends with Lolly for so long, filters weren't really a thing.

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Lolly managed to calm down enough to get working on the car. She climbed underneath and got to work. She was a helluva mechanic, probably better then the guys that were actually paid to work there. After a nice while, Lolly couldn't find the wrench she was looking for. "Hey, Can somebody hand me the wrench?" She called but no one answered. She huffed. "are you all fucking deaf?" She slid from underneath the car only to find Nicky looking at her with the wrench in his hand. She held out her hand. "Could you?" She asked with an arched eyebrow. God, she was not in the mood. She could see that he'd been put through the ringer. She huffed and rested her arms on her knees. "So Jimmy thought some how you could talk to me because I went apeshit and nearly killed a Mamma?" She said and he shrugged "Look, I'm not really in the mood so could you hand me the fucking wrench before I knock you upside the head with it?" She said, and she knew she was being harsh. She wanted to be angry with Jason. He couldn't see her point and now he just up and left. She hadn't seen or heard from him in a long time which only happened when he was pissed off with her in a way violence couldn't solve. She'd hurt him and now she knew that. Nicky made a comment about her face. "I fought with Ria." She said and Nicky looked worried. "She's fine. I only hit her once." She said and Nicky mentioned talking to Jason. "I haven't seen him or talk to him in a while and judging by the fresh hole in the wall. I'm pretty sure he wants to be mad at me and can't so I figured he's taking his anger out of everybody and anything else and totally avoiding me." She said and Nicky was impressed by how much she knew Jason though he couldn't be surprised. "I'm not in the best of places myself right now so, if you don't mind, I'd like to get back to working on my car." She said and it was then she realized why she was there. She was hoping to run into Jason. God she just wanted her best friend back...She looked up at Nicky, expecting him to say something.

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

Ria looked over at Jason. Damn. He was going through hell, Then it hit her. Lolly told him no. She could see why. Lolly was a big believer in Karma. "She pulled the whole Karma bit, didn't she?" She asked and Jason looked over at her. "Yea. Her dad is a big believer in that too. He'd told her when he lost her Mom, he felt that was his punishment from all the stuff that he'd done in the War. She never told him that but she's been terrified of Karma ever since. So you getting shot...Probably scared her more then even she realised." she said and then frowned. "You didn't know that?" She asked him. She knew how stubborn they both could be and now she realized they both were hurting. And now she felt like a bitch.

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Lolly looked up at him. "A fucking men." She said and looked around at the empty garage. "Fucking pussies bailed without letting me know." She said with a harsh laugh. She got a kick out of scaring the shit out of grown men. She and Nicky headed to the bar and while they weren't legal after the stunt Lolly pulled. No Mama would tell her anything. Lolly was on her fourth drink when she started seeing double. "Everything is so fucked." she said dropping her head on the bar with a loud thud, causing Nicky to flinch some. "They would have been so much more simplier if I just fucked you instead." She said, her words slurred horribly. "But no-o, I was too much of a wimp."

"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.

Ria watched Jason as he vented. She could understand his point though he was wrong. She was not about to tell him that. Lest he snap out again. She sighed heavily just at the plane to Ireland was boarding. "C'mon." She said and grabbed her bags. She didn't want to be in LA either, at least she wouldn't be alone.

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Lolly was in a complete daze as Nicky helped her into the loft. He laid her down and covered her up. She was hardly in the proper state of mind but she still didn't want to be alone. "Wait, Don't leave." She said, grabbing his arm. "I don't wanna be alone." She said. It was then she noticed the resemblance between him and Jason. She never saw it before...probably because she was sober. But now, She could see it and not ony that, She really wanted Jason right now and she had the slighest idea where he was so Nicky for all intent and purposes was the next best thing.

Jason was glad when Ria asked him to sit with her, it started making things hurt a bit less. The first two or three hours were pretty quiet. Ria had nodded off to sleep and her head ended up on Jason's shoulder, it was good to feel her beside him again. A little while later when she woke up he smiled at her, "I didn't know if you would have thought that was awkward...but you looked to peaceful to wake up" Jason said with a grin. They were quiet a bit longer when Jason looked at Ria, "you know there's something from that night at the barn I never told you" Jason said quietly, Ria looked at him and looked like she was about to stop him, he just put his finger on her lips "trust me...it's not about Lolly" he said with a grin..."it's about you" he said smiling as Ria looked confused. "You know, I can see how that night sucked....I mean I could see how you always tried measuring up to Lolly and all....and then to have that....but if it makes you feel any better, you got something on her", he could tell he had Ria's interest now. "I put on a big act and all, but....honestly...me and you, that was my first time too" Jason said, almost blushing. Similar to Lolly everyone always thought Jason had lost his virginity a long time before, it didn't hurt that some of the girls he dated would brag about sleeping with him. "I mean people talked a lot and stuff...but really, that was my first time too....I dunno, I just thought you might want to know that" he said quietly, feeling really awkward having had admitted that.

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Nicky just smiled, he lay down beside her and wrapped his arms around her. There was no way he was going to try and take advantage of Lolly like this, for one he really did care about her a lot, and two...if her dad was willing to shoot Jason, Nicky wouldn't even cause him a second thought. "Just get some rest" Nicky said as he held Lolly

Ria looked at Jason in complete disbelief. She was his first? After all that. He'd never done it before her? She looked at his face and seeing him almost blush caused heat to raise to her cheek as well. He wasn't lying. She just sat back, completely floored. Now she felt horrible about the things she said about him. He'd never even done it yet she called him a community guy. Wait til Lolly hear- Right, she couldn't tell Lolly. They weren't friends anymore. She sighed and after a long and uncomfortable silence she looked at him. She knew a part of it was having that to hold over Lolly's head but also that he decided to not only lose it to her but he admit to it made everything seem to go away. Maybe they could move pass this. Ria placed her hand atop his and lay her head on his shoulder. She didn't know what to say so she didn't say anything. She may never forgive Lolly but Jason...she was already half way there.

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Lolly felt comfortable in Nicky's arms as she slowly closed her eyes. She was so tired and drunk that she didn't dream. She just slept silently.
A few hours later, Lolly woke up, still in Nicky's arms. She assessed the situation quickly. Her clothes were still on and as was his but she could hardly remember what happened though she could safely assume nothing happened. She found she was glad Nicky was still there. Ria was probably safely in Ireland by now and Jason, lord knows where he was now but Nicky was here. Right now, she regretted turning him down that night. He should have been her first. Not Jason. Their relationship should have stayed the way it was and she and Nicky should have been together. Now, she wasn't sure she was ready for sex but she did like the idea of the two of them. She'd chosen the wrong guy before, she didn't want to do it again. Not only that, she knew she was so bloody drunk, he could have taken advantage of that and he didn't. She was grateful for that. She looked up and kissed his cheek softly then rested her head on his chest again.

Jason grinned as he felt Ria put her head on his shoulder. That seemed to act as an ice breaker, as they slowly began getting back closer to what their relationship had been before. Jason would whisper rude jokes to her about the people around them, and she would just giggle and laugh. By the time they got to the 9th, and final hour of the flight Jason was smiling as Ria seemed more relaxed, constantly resting and snuggling against him like she had done before. He was dying to kiss her again, but figured he had gotten this far, he didn't want to risk ruining everything he had gotten back. At one point an older lady kinda gave them a dirty look, Jason didn't know whether it was because they were kinda all over each other, or if it was his cut or what, he leaned over to Ria "ya think I can get her arrested if I tell the stewardess I saw her with a suspicious looking device" Jason whispered with a laugh, he wasn't about to do it, but he loved seeing Ria's reactions to his suggestions.

Ria had pretty much forgave Jason and it didn't help that he was making her laugh. It seemed the further they got away from the States, the better she felt. Suddenly, They noticed an old lady giving them looks. She laughed at Jason's suggestion and decided, she pretty much was over it and she wanted her boyfriend back so she grinned cheekily. "How about we give her something to glare at." She said and pressed her lips against his. It was then she realized the last person they both kissed...was Lolly. If she and Lolly were on better terms, they would have gotten a good laugh out of that.

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Lolly had fallen back to sleep on Nicky's chest and they seemed to wake up at the same time. He made some crack about a fictional wild night. "Shut up, stupid." She said with a pound to his chest. She was feeling a bit better now and with Nicky's bantering made it easier. It was familiar territory. She was glad for that. "So, Which are you using, The door or the two-story drop out the window to leave because if my dad sees me leave the loft with you, We're both dead." She said with a laugh.

Jason grinned as Ria leaned in for a kiss. He took her head in his hands and kept kissing her, they took a break in between kisses and Jason looked at her "thanks....for uh....giving me a second chance" Jason said with a grin. As in response to that Ria just leaned in and kissed him deeper. After a few minutes of making out, and they were sure to have pissed off the old lady, they both took a break. Then Jason leaned over and whispered into Ria's ear "you know we could join the mile high club" Jason said grinning, he loved the fact that he could make Ria blush, "hmmm, now to find out if I can make you make even louder noises than last time" he said grinning as he saw Ria blush even more.

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"Wow you really rocked this place, that was a crazy night" Nicky said laughing as Lolly told him to shut up and punched him. Lolly asked him how he was leaving, "Well it's easier to take the door then the two story drop....so uh I'll take the door...good luck with the two story drop" Nicky said laughing as Lolly punched him again.

Ria blushed and swatted him for his comment. She thought it was gonna suck going to Ireland but now that she and Jason was back together. It was gonna be so much better. She kissed him one more time and then rested her head on his shoulder, slipping her fingers between his. She was glad he was stubborn. Otherwise, he would have completely avoided her. Finally they were in the airport in Dublin. She looked over at him and smiled. "So, Now what." She said, feeling as though a weight had been lifted from her shoulders.

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They both ended up walking down together, Lolly no longer cared about what the others thought.
Later on that day, Lolly was training at the gymnasium with a group of girls from her team. They gave Nicky a funny look as he came in but she told them he was her ride aside from the fact she couldn't careless what they thought. Nicky had complained a bit about picking her up yet he was here anyway. Usually that was Jason's job however she saw not hind nor hair since their fight in her bedroom. She dressed in her leotard and was stretching. She was in a full split with her head at her knee as Nicky walked in. "Hey, Lolly, Coach will kill you if she sees a guy here." Said one of her team mates. Heather, she was a tiny brunette who looked no older then 12 but was actually 16. "I know. He's my ride besides we won't be here long." She said with a wink, and Heather just watched as Lolly looked over at him with a grin. "Hey, Make yourself useful." She said and waved him over. He looked at her skeptically. "I need you to help me stretch." She said and laid on her back. His eyes were wide. She managed to keep a straight face as she held up her leg. "Grab my foot and push all the way down." She said with a smile. It looked as if it took him a moment to realize what she wanted him to do. Or rather where she wanted him to be. When the realization crossed his face. She laughed hard at his reaction. She could have sworn she saw him blush. She had a dirty sense of humor as he would come to find out. "And here I thought you wanted to be between my legs." She whispered and stood up and laughed at his reply or suggestion rather.

Jason grinned as he saw Uncle Louie walking up to him and giving him a big hug, "Jason laddy, welcome ta Dublin my boy" Louie said with a heavy Irish accent. Louie was about the same height as Deacon, and looked to be roughly the same age, with long hair that had turned mostly gray but still had streaks of dark hair. Louie was wearing a full leather jacket with the KOA patch on the back, the "Knights of Armageddon" rocker on top, and the bottom "IRELAND" rocker. "Hey Uncle Louie, good to be here" Jason said, he hadn't seen Louie for awhile. "This Ria, her dad has been with Brentwood Original for as long as I can remember" Jason said introducing Ria. "Really..well KOA, family is family, welcome here lass" he said giving her a grin. Two guys wearing prospect jackets came up behind Louie, "now give these lads your bags, I got you a bike waiting outside" he said with a grin, "I got a Fatboy sitting outside with yer name on it lad, that is if it ain't to big for ya now" Louie said teasing Jason, he just grinned, "yeah that'll be fine" he said. He looked at Ria, "wanna go for a ride?" he said with a grin.

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Nicky had gone to pick up Lolly, he was shocked when she asked him to help her stretch. He blushed a little at her comment, it's not the Nicky was easily embarrassed he just didn't expect to hear it from Lolly. However as she stood he figured he'd give it back to her, "or maybe I just wanted to get a piece of this instead" he said "accidentally" grabbing her ass as he helped her up giving her a grin

A few weeks went passed and Lolly and Nicky grew closer and even began going out a few times. She held a bit of a resentment for Jason having left without telling her and hadn't come back even though schools been in for a little over a week.
She got dressed for school that morning in a simple summer top and jean shorts with gladiator sandles. She smiled when she heard Nicky pull up on his bike. She grabbed her backpack and made her way downstairs. "I'm going, Daddy!" She said as Beau looked up from the work on the coffee table. "Yea. Okay." He said not really listening. Lolly huffed and looked at him. "Oh, I'm gonna go jump off the roof too." She said and he just nodded. "Okay be careful." He said still reading. Lolly huffed and gave up. She was in a bit of a mood now but it changed when she saw Nicky. "Hey." She said and hopped on his bike. She wrapped her arms around his waist with a grin.

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Ria and Jason both decided to stay in Ireland and Ria was enrolled in an all girl's school much to Jason's dismay although when she walked out of her grandmother's house in her school uniform. He didn't mind so much. She blushed at his comment as she approached him and gave him a kiss.

Jason was sat outside Ria's grandmother's house on his bike...well it wasn'y HIS bike, but it was good enough. The few weeks in Ireland had been great, Louie and the rest of the guys from the charter had made Jason feel like he was right at home, and hanging out with Ria with no parents around left neither one complaining. They had both decided to stay in Ireland rather than return to Los Angeles and all the drama, Ria enrolled in an all girl's school which meant Jason could only see her after or before school, and her grandmother was pretty strict about boys being in the house too late. Jason didn't enroll in any school, he figured he was in school anyway, working with Louie on stuff during the day. Granted Louie didn't want to be the guy to get the KOA President's son killed, so much to Jason's chagrin he was given pretty routine assignments, but it still beat school and all the drama.

Jason had been waiting outside Ria's grandmother's house when Ria came out, it was her first day at school and she came out wearing her school uniform. "So I guess I know who the naughty school girl is now huh?" he said with a grin, as he made her blush. She got onto the bike as he started it up "better behave or I might have to keep you after school and teach you a lesson" he said with a grin as Ria turned almost as red as her hair, he gave her a kiss and then they were off..

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Nicky had been a bit pissed that Jason didn't come back, he missed his best friend and things just weren't the same without him around. However, Lolly helped take his mind off a lot of that, but still he knew Jason was out in Ireland doing club stuff and he was still stuck in Los Angeles going to school, doing homework, and not really being allowed to do any club stuff yet. But at least he had Lolly around, and he decided to focus on her in school rather than his classes.

Lolly sat in her Civics class not really paying much attention to what the teacher was saying as she doodled in her notebook. Lolly was actually a really good student contrary to popular belief. She got good grades and what not but her mind was on Jason and Ria. She wondered if they'd patched things up. Dispite how anger she was at Jason for leaving, she really hoped they did. "Alright, Class, Does anyone know what a Niche Market is." Said the teacher. Lolly looked up but didn't bother answering the question. A few hands went up and the teacher pointed to a kid Lolly didn't recognize. "Mathias. Yes."
"Um. It's when a business targets a specific group to advertise to." said the boy. Lolly noticed the boy was handsome. He looked a little older then most of the kids in her class but she figure he was an upperclassman. His eyes fell on hers and he gave her a half grin. She rolled her eyes and went back to her notebook. "We're going to give a little example. I'd like everyone to stand up and head to the back of the class." The teacher said and the class stood up. Lolly was on the far end of the room. "When a business targets a specific group, they usually start with basics. Like MTV targets Youth. So their commericals advertise to youths. But it can be narrowed down. Mathias. Come here please." the teacher said and Mathias did what he was asked. "Alright Have you all ever played the party game where, a person shouts out say... if you were wearing something on your head, step forward until one person is left standing?" She said, there was some scattered comments, Yays and Nays. Lolly shrugged. "Well That is basically what Niche Marketing is only less random. It appeals to a specific market. Mathias. I would like for you shoot out random generalizations." "Alright. Um. If you are female, step forward." He looked at the teacher as all the girls stepped forward. "Um, If you are of African Descent, step forward." Lolly stepped forward with about a half the girls with a similar look of curiousity and 'where the fuck is this going'. His eyes went over the group and lingered on Lolly.
"If you are of Latin Descent. Step forward." He said, Lolly with a few girls stepped forward. His eyes fell on Lolly. "If your favorite color is green step forward." About 3 girls stepped forward including Lolly. They were almost to him now. "If your favorite movie is a Streetcar named Desire, Step forward." He said and the students finally realised he was after Lolly as only she stepped forward. The teacher called and said they got the point but Mathias kept it going. "If your middle name is Nayer. Step forward." He said and Lolly stepped forward. They were face to face now. The teacher just shook her head. "That class is called Narrowcasting."

Mathias definietly made an impression on Lolly as nobody knew her middle name save for about 4 people. Two were in Ireland.Not only that, He said it perfectly. Not Nay-der but Nah-yay.

She was at her locker when Nicky snuck up. He actually startled her which usually never worked but had he been Jason, he would have seen the far off look in her face that was a clear indication that her mind was elsewhere. She frowned at him and smacked him in the back of the head. "You are such a dork." She said and he started on something she didn't hear as Mathias walked by. She looked over at Nicky. "Hey, What's my middle name?" She asked him, He looked at her like she was crazy and had some smart ass remark. "Okay, My favorite color then?"

Nicky came up behind Lolly trying to surprise her, she smacked him in the head. "Yeah well you didn't think I was such a dork last night" he said grinning. Suddenly she as him what her middle name was, he looked confused "well I thought it was sexy" he said with a grin, then she asked her favorite color "What...I dunno....blue?", he saw Lolly roll her eyes at him. "Hey want to go for a ride before the next class Nicky asked her, she just shook her head at him and commented on how stupid he was and walked off. Nicky looked at her confused, he didn't let it show but he was also a little hurt, she hadn't really insulted him since they had kinda started dating.

Lolly rolled her eyes. Blue? What the fuck? She thought as he asked her if she wanted to go for a ride. She shook her head. Not only did he know nothing about her. He couldn't see that her mind was elsewhere. Jason would have known that and the right answers the questions. "Ugh, You are such a fuckin idiot sometimes." She said, closed her locker and walked off.
She caught up with Mathias. "Yo!" She said and he turned around. Before he got a word out she started talking. "How'd you know all that stuff huh?" She asked him, her jaw set. "Oh. Well. Actually..." He looked at her sheepishly. "I sorta looked it up." He said and Lolly scoffed. "Bulshit. I don't do social networks so that shit ain't online. You got five seconds before I kick your ass." She said and Mathias for the briefest moment looked nervous. "I used the school news paper. When you were in Jr. High. You did a paper on the movie that won an award. You said it was your favorite. I sorta assumed it still was. As for your favorite color, Well, You're eyeshadow is green, the gems in your earrings and necklace is emerald and you're phone and ipod is green." He said and Lolly was impressed that he figured that out by observation. It actually calmed her down some. The last thing she wanted was a stalker. "My middle name?" He looked at her sheepishly again,rubbing the back of his neck. He gave her a slant grin and laughed some. "Well. I told the school secretary that I had a crush on a girl and I wanted to impress her. She thought it was sweet so..." He said and chuckled sheepishly. "Did I impress you?" He asked her. Lolly scrutinized him quickly. He looked like he came from money but the way he dressed, He could have any girl he wanted as he was that handsome and the fact that he'd bothered to find all that out definitely won some points. "Maybe." She said. He relaxed then and held out his hand to her. She shook it as he introduce himself. "Mathias Daniels. I didn't mean to seem like a stalker I just...Well... anything worth doing is worth overdoing." He said and Lolly couldn't help be flattered at that. "I hope I wasn't too forward." He said, looking nervous again. She shook her head. "You weren't." She said and he ws far from it as the guys she knew went straight for her ass as a way to break the ice. The bell rang and he adjusted his bookbag on his shoulder "Well. Um. I gotta get to class. See you later, lunch maybe?" He asked her and she shrugged. "Maybe." She said and turned back to get to her next class.

At lunch, She sat down at the table as Nicky came over with his lunch. "You're gonna eat that toxic mess?" She asked him as she opened the lunch she made herself. She packed two as she knew he was too lazy to make him a lunch and Jimmy wasn't really the pack a lunch dad. "Here." She said and handed him the second thick sandwich she made.

Nicky sat down and took the sandwich, "Thanks" he said. "I know he's not your biggest fan but you should thank me for not being like Jay" Nicky said as Lolly looked at him confused, "if Jay was here, with the feelings he had...and saw pretty boy flirting with you....ya think that rich kid would be able to walk right now?" Nicky said with a chuckle, he'd nearly kicked his best friend's head in because of Lolly...some rich kid wouldn't stand a chance. "So who was he anyway, guy looks way too old to still be in high school" Nicky said eating the lunch Lolly had given him.