I own nothing but the idea.

So this is entirely 100% A/U I've screwed with the families and ages but I explain it all within the story. It's a period piece set in 1927 and I've included a glossary for all the slang terms used so you don't get confused.

Glossary:

The Berrries – Great, fantastic

Get in a lather - Get worked up, get angry

Goof - A flapper's sweetheart

Bank'sClosed - no kissing or making out

Cash - a kiss

Daddy - a youngwoman's boyfriend or lover, especially if he's rich

Dame - a female

Dumb Dora - a stupid female

Fire extinguisher - a chaperone

Goofy - in love

Flat Tire - A dull witted, insipid, disappointing date

Take for a Ride - To drive off with someone in order to bump them of

Soak – Beat up

Big six - a strong man; from auto advertising, for the new and powerful; six cylinder engines

Chassis - the female body

Moll - A gangster's girl

Munitions - Face powder and rouge

Bump Off - To murder,To kill

Handcuff - an engagement ring

Ch. 1 Queen Street Club

(LUCAS)

"You wanted to see us boss?" I ask Jay entering his office with Drew, otherwise known as Tommy Gun Torres, and Gavin "Spinner" Mason. I'm known as Lucas "Big Six" and our boss is Jay "The Hood" Hogart. Head of the Hogart crime family since his father bought it in a firefight about five years ago.

"Yeah get down to Tristan's and keep an eye on my sister and the girls," Jay tells us.

"You got it boss," Drew nods.

The sister he was referring to is Clare; she's nine years younger than Jay and just turned 18 a couple of months ago. The other girls are Bianca, who happens to be twin sister to Owen the Enforcer, the main muscle in this family besides me. Bianca's 21, it's her and Owen's younger brother Tristan who owns the Queen Street Club where Clare and the other girls work. Besides Clare and Bianca, Jenna and Maya also worked at the club, Maya was 17 and Jenna 19, both were the younger sisters of Peter "Blonde Boy" Stone, another member of the Hogart mafia family. All three girls were Clare's closest girl friends, really her only girl friends aside from Jay's wife Paige and Johnny's girl Emma. Spin drove us to the club, everyone in the family had a reserved spot since the Hogart family owned the club but it was in Tristan's name and run by him. Clare and the other girls wouldn't be able to work there if Jay didn't own it, on paper or not, Jay keeps a close eye on his family, by blood or otherwise. The girls are waitresses and cigarette girls but they sing too, just a few songs a night because Jay didn't want them doing any more than that but the girls love to sing.

The club looked like your average jazz club, nothing suspicious about it, nothing to draw the attention of the bulls. White walls, neon lights, black and white tile on the floor, a bar against the back wall opposite the stage, booths and tables surrounding the sunken dance floor, a piano and jazz band playing on stage; just your average jazz club. We walk in and nod to Tristan behind the bar, he's tall and slightly husky, wearing his apron, pressed shirt with sleeve garters and a striped vest. He smiles back and we sit at a table directly facing the stage where the girls are currently singing.

"Think Jay's seen those outfits?" Drew asks looking at Clare and the girls on stage.

"He ain't left the house much since Paige got knocked up. She's too worried about him getting hurt before the kid is born so I don't think he has," I remark.

"Yeah he'd kill Clare if he saw her like that," Spinner remarks.

The girls were all wearing fringed bodices, fishnets that came to their thighs with tight skirts that ended just above the stocking, it was not their usual flapper dresses these were new. No wonder the club was so busy tonight; the mostly male crowd seemed to have come entirely for the girls. It wasn't just the dresses, as the girls sang they shimmied their hips and blew kisses to the crowd. When their song ends the girls take a bow and come off stage, Jenna and Maya pick up their cigarette trays while Clare and Bianca resume their waitressing duties.

"Cigars, cigarettes," Jenna and Maya call into the club and several guys hold up some money.

"Hey Doll," hollers a guy at a table not far from ours, "I need a refill."

"What'll it be boys?" Clare asks going over to the table. We've never seen these guys before so we watch them closely.

"Whiskey and leave the bottle Baby," one of them says.

Clare starts to walk back to the bar to get a bottle of whiskey and one of the guys smacks her on the ass! The three of us get up and go to the table, Clare ignores the slap but that kind of trick don't play while we're around. Drew holds the guy in his seat by his shoulders, Spin keeps the other two in place while I grab the guys hand slamming it on the table as hard as I can and taking out my jackknife, a present I got from Jay, I dangle the knife above the guys hand.

"That is not just any dame, that's Jason Hogart's sister, as in Jay "The Hood" Hogart. You better watch your damn hands and mouth around her and all the dame's that work here. They're all under our protection. One more slip up like that and I'll let the knife slip," I inform him in a menacing voice.

At the mention of Jay's name all the guys look scared and they sit up straight to behave themselves.

"Thanks Lucas," Clare smiles cashing my cheek as she sets down their whiskey bottle.

I put my knife away, Drew lets go of the guys shoulders and puts an arm around Clare's waist to bring her to our table.

"You're brother seen your new outfits?" Drew asks her as we walk to our table and sit down.

"No we just got them today, ordered them myself," she smiles proudly. "What'll it be?" She asks us ready to take our order.

"Between the sheets all around," Spin says ordering our favorite drink.

"I shoulda guessed," she shrugs and walks off.

Clare brings us our drinks and gets back to work; we talk business while watching her and the other girls for a while. Then two other broads come in, they look like Moll's in their fur coats and jewelry, they also come straight to our table.

"Hey want to buy us a drink?" One of them asks sitting in my lap, she has a straight reddish brown bob and brown eyes.

"Yeah we were looking for some Daddy's to buy us drinks," says the other, she has a light brown wavy bob and she's leaning on Spinner.

"Get out of here you floozie's," Maya says pulling the one away from Spinner.

"Hey Tris kick these two gold-diggers out, we don't let your kind in our establishment," Clare says pulling the one out of my lap and placing herself in my lap instead.

"I thought we were supposed to protect you?" Drew laughs.

"Then you shouldn't have been flirting with Katie and Darcy, those Dumb Dora's go around with Moose's boys," Clare responds.

She's referring to Bruce the Moose, he and his brother Rick run the Murray crime family and our biggest rivals. Tris comes over and escorts Katie and Darcy out of the club.

"Hey gals we're on again," Jenna calls.

"You boys sticking around?" Maya questions.

"Until you dames are off and Adam's here to take you home," I tell them.

"I still don't know why my brother insists on having us guarded at his club," Clare shakes her head getting off my lap.

"In case someone else tries to lay hands on you like tonight," Drew answers.

The girls go back on stage and begin singing; we watch them and go back to discussing business until it's almost time for the girls to get off.

(CLARE)

"See you tomorrow night Tris," I smile setting down my pad for taking orders. He smiles and takes the cigarette trays from Maya and Jenna.

"Adam's waiting out back, we'll see you girls at home," Spin tells me.

We wave to the guys and head to our dressing rooms, I change out of my new dress for the club, if Jay ever saw them he'd flip. Putting on my long silk robe before I change so I can get off my club makeup before I go home, I sit at my vanity table not hearing the door open. I'm about to wipe off my munitions when I see Eli's green eyes in the mirror. Eli and I went around for a while, he's my brother's best hit man but when Jay found out he had Lucas and Owen soak Eli good, He also forced us to split and told Eli to keep far away from me, not that Eli listened.

"Eli what are you doing here?!" I exclaim hopping up and closing the door. "If Jay knew were here he'd have the boys soak you again, or bump you off."

"I know but I can't stay away, I'm goofy for you Clare," Eli says producing flowers from behind his back and handing them to me.

"You're goofy alright but you ain't gonna be my goof, my brother forbid it," I remind him setting the flowers on the table.

"Then we'll run away," Eli says.

"Eli you know I can't do that, Jay barely lets me out of his sight and I'm always guarded. You'll just have to find some other dame fella," I reply.

"I don't want any other dame, I want you. No one's here how about some cash?" Eli requests puckering his lips.

"Sorry fella banks closed," I respond just as my dressing room door opens again.

"I know everyone calls you "The Mortician" but if you don't cool it with Clare Jay's going to send you to a mortician," Bianca tell Eli as she comes in the room.

Eli gives me a smirk before leaving the room, Bianca's already dressed and ready to go, her curly bob under her hat, her circle coat on.

"Just have to get dressed," I tell Bianca.

"Better take off the munitions too, Jay doesn't like you so painted up," Bianca reminds me.

"Thanks, I was about to when Eli came by," I tell her.

"I'll have Adam wait outside your door in case The Mortician comes back," Bianca tells me.

She closes the door and I take off my makeup, then I get dressed again. Much as Jay gripes about my clothes he never tells me I can't buy the flapper dresses or the latest from Paris. I leave the flowers in my dressing room because Jay will want to know who they're from if I come home with flowers. When I open my dressing room door Adam is waiting there, Adam is Drew's younger brother and my best friend, the only one I really confide everything in. He drives us girls around because he's one of the few people that Jay trusts so implicitly with our safety. He's been going round with Becky for over a year now, he keeps telling me he's gonna put a handcuff on her but keeps turning yellow when it comes to asking Becky's brother Luke for permission. I'm sure Luke would give his blessing, and Jay too seeing as Jay told Adam he could take Becky out. Jay means well, he's a good big brother and head of the family, but calling him overprotective would be an understatement. Most us girls aren't allowed to date and the few dates we have been on Jay sent 3 or 4 of the boys as fire extinguishers. It was different with Adam and Becky though, maybe because he always liked Adam and could see how he was goofy for the doll.

"Hiya Adam," I grin kissing his cheek.

"Saw Eli leaving," he tells me and I bite my lip.

"You won't tell Jay will you?" I question.

"No I like Eli even if Jay doesn't want you with him," Adam says and I smile.

Adam puts a hand on my back and we walk out to our car, our family owns several cars but Jay usually has Adam drive us in the cherry red LaSalle, Jay brought it brand new a couple of months other girls are waiting in the car already I know Bianca won't say nothing about Eli to Jay or nobody else. Adam lets us out at the front door, Owen's guarding the door and I see Johnny and Luke upstairs with their guns, Jay doesn't take any chances, especially because all the girls and most of the rest of the family lives here with us. Bianca kisses her brothers cheek and Jenna blows a kiss to Luke, Peter just recently gave his blessing for the two but he always sends Dallas or Owen as fire extinguishers when Luke takes Jenna out.

"Dinner's in the dining room," Wesley tells us. Wes is a fledgling in the family, Jay treats him like a butler but he's a sweet kid.

"I'm gonna say hi to my brother," I announce as the other girls head for the dining room.

"I wouldn't do that Clare he's holding a meeting with Sean and Johnny. He made it very clear that no one was to disturb him," Wes tells me in a nervous voice, probably thinking he'll get in trouble if I go in.

Sean is the family's underboss which means he's second in command and Johnny is Jay's consigliere, a fancy word for advisor. Jay only meets with just the two of them if something is very secret and most anyone else would get yelled at and reprimanded if they went in but two people won't, that's me and Jay's wife Paige. We're allowed anywhere in the house, it's outside of the house where there's a lot of restrictions.

"I ain't nobody Wes, anyway Jay likes to know when we're home," I tell him handing him my purse and coat to deal with.

"Evening Miss Clare," Fitz says when I get to the door of my brothers office, Fitz often guards Jay's office because he's good at it.

"Hi Fitz," I smile as he opens the door for me because Fitz knows better than to tell me no.

"Hi sis, how was the club tonight?" Jay asks when I walk in, of course all talk over their business has stopped now and they're all looking at me.

He already knows how the club was tonight because I know Lucas and the boys gave him a full report as soon as they got in, but they ain't gonna talk business with me around. I hop onto Jay's desk, perching myself on the edge and leaning back to kiss his cheek before speaking.

"Packed as always, we had a good night," I respond.

"Yeah I heard, some trouble too with a guy getting a little handsy and some broads from Moose's gang coming in?" It's a statement not a question because like I said he already heard all about from our guards for the evening.

"Lucas and the boys took care of the guys. Maya and I handled those Dumb Dora floozies," I respond.

"You eat yet?" Jay asks.

"No came in to tell you I was home and safe," I reply.

"Go get some food," Jay tells me.

I kiss his cheek again, smile at Sean and walk out of the room leaving them to their business. I smile at Fitz as I leave the office and go down to the dining room to eat with the girls. Emma comes down to join us and we talk a little while eating, the other girls go up to their rooms after dinner but I go to Paige and Jay's master bedroom on the top floor. There are only two rooms on the top floor theirs and mine, I'll go to my room in a second but I want to see my sister in law first. She's 8 months pregnant and the doctor put her on bed rest. She's been reading magazines and listening to the radio all day for the last two weeks and I'm sure she's about to go stir crazy. Emma and Becky are here with her most of the day and keeps her company, so do the rest of us girls when we're not working at the club.

"Hiya Paige, how you feelin'?" I ask sitting on the end of the bed so I can hug her.

"Like I can't wait to get this kid out, your brother brought me new flowers today and a new stack of magazines. How was the club?" She questions.

"Full house tonight and the girl's new dresses came, Jay would get in a lather if he ever saw them but they're the berries," I tell her and she smiles.

I kick off my shoes and lay on the bed with Paige telling her all about my night except the part about Eli, Paige won't tell Jay about the sexy new dresses but she will tell him that Eli came to see me. It's not like I never dated before, Jay let me go out with a couple fellas before, ones like Wes though that were to petrified of my brother and the rest of the family they would hardly look at me. Those fellas had all been flat tires and I wanted someone exciting. Not that Eli did the proper thing and go to Jay to begin with, he asked me to dinner and wouldn't take no for an answer. He was staying at the house then and he'd sneak in my room for cash in the middle of the night. Until one night when Fitz caught him, Jay was in such a lather I thought he might take Eli for a ride. Lucky for Eli he's the best hit man this side of the falls so Jay spared his life but Lucas and Owen soaked him so bad he was in the hospital for a week. He was told to stay far away from me from now on and even though he got kicked out of the house my room is now guarded at night just to be safe.

"Well I should let you get some shut eye; you want me to send Jay in?" I ask Paige after she yawns.

"No he'll be up soon," Paige tells me yawning again.

I say goodnight and leave her room, walking the hallway of plush carpet and patterned wallpaper, our family portraits line the wall and ornate furniture. My room is at the end of the hall, it has big double doors which open in. Straight across from the entry is a balcony overlooking the backyard and our pool. My circle bed is next to the double glass doors that lead to the balcony. I have satin sheets and plush pillows because Jay lets me have anything. I have a large vanity across from my bed, a plush reading chair against the wall that looks out to the balcony and back yard. Across from that wall is my large closet and personal washroom. I put on my silk nightie, bed jacket and house slippers but I'm not tired yet and feel like something sweet so I leave my room and start heading for the kitchen. Just about everyone that isn't on night duty is headed to bed but when I get down to the third floor Sean is about to go into his room and stops me.

"Clare you can't go walking the house like that!" Sean exclaims.

"Why not? I just want some milk and cookies," I complain.

"I'll get you milk and cookies you get in bed before your brother sees you," Sean commands.

"Thanks Sean," I smile and he grins.

I head back upstairs to my room and see Jay on my bed waiting for me, to say goodnight probably but he's giving me an admonishing look. He doesn't say anything about me walking around the house in my night clothes at least. He says goodnight and goes out to his room to be with Paige. Sean comes in a few minutes later with my midnight snack and says goodnight. I haven't told anyone yet but I'm goofy for Sean.

(SEAN)

I wake up and yawn, opening my curtains, my room is on the 3rd floor, just below Clare's room. It's just about seven so breakfast will be soon; I go into the kitchen getting a cup of joe then return to my room to get dressed when I hear someone jump in the pool. I go out to my small balcony and look out to the pool to see Clare swimming, her swimsuit clinging to her chassis.

"What are you doing?" Jay's voice from my doorway startles me only because I've been staring at his sister for the last few minutes.

"Just keeping an eye on Clare while she swims," I tell him turning around.

"I sent Owen out to do that, anyway got a call from the states this morning, they need more bootleg. You and some of the boys are going to make a run tonight, come on let's go eat," Jay says putting a hand on my shoulder. I think he knows I'm sweet on his sister but I ain't done nothing about it yet.

"I'll be down as soon as I'm dressed," I tell him and he nods.

I dress quickly and go down to the dining room, Jay's already there with most of the boys. Miles keeps looking at Peter nervously, Miles is our money man, he makes all our dirty money clean again.

"Say Peter," Miles says after a few minutes and we all look at him.

"You know I'm goofy for Maya and I'd like to take her out tonight, with your permission of course," Miles says.

"Yeah Maya told me she was goofy for you too, you can take her out but with two fire extinguishers with you," Peter tells him.

"You better go Peter most of the boys will be making a run tonight. Sean go tell Clare they have to cut the performance at the club short tonight," Jay says.

"She's going to hate that boss," I tell him.

"Yeah but with all you on the run tonight I don't want them at the club without guards and I know what's best," Jay says.

I leave the table and go out to the back; Owen is sitting in a chair watching Clare swim. I nod to Owen and Clare gets out of the pool when she sees me, I grab her towel and hand it to her.

"Jay says your shift at the club is getting cut short tonight, we're making a run to get bootleg to the states," I tell her and she gets a scowl on her face.

"We can work at the club without someone there," she argues.

"Jay says you can't, you should get dressed and come eat," I tell her. "I'll take her upstairs Owen you can go eat."

Owen smiles at me and goes inside; I follow Clare up to her room and wait for her to come out. She simply puts on a blue dress that barely goes past her knees and has very small sleeves. We start to head for the stairs when we hear Paige scream and run to her room!

"It's time, the baby's coming," Paige says while trying to breathe.

"I'll call for an ambulance, go get my brother," Clare commands.

I run out and down to the kitchen, "Jay it's time! You're about to be a dad!"

This was going to be a very long one shot but I was so busy this week I'm splitting it into two so update will be Thursday May 15th. Part two will start with the birth of Jay and Paige's baby and also include a date for Sean and Clare, some more from Moose's family and maybe a couple dates for a couple of the other girls.