Heather woke up with a smile on her face. She sat up and hit the alarm, heading to the shower. She always got up about an hour before the kids so she could be ready and make breakfast for them each morning, it was what she always did for Lizzy and so she kept it up for all of them. She turned on the shower, getting the water to the right temperature. Shrugging out of the Reaper shirt she stole from Jax when she got here, she climbed into the shower.

She thought back to last night, telling everything to him, that she loved him, made her smile again. Her smile grew as she remembered how his voice sounded when he told her, how he asked her to be with her. He was certainly not the Jax she remembered, he was better. She knew she loved him, but now...she loved him more. He was great with Lizzy, Harry, and Ellie. Opie picking him as Godfather was by far the right choice, even though she knew her brother well enough to know Jax would have been in that role anyway.

Heather finished up and wrapped her baby blue towel around her, getting out. She grabbed another towel for her hair and wrapped it, heading for the closet to pick out her clothes for work. She decided on a black pencil skirt with a violet short sleeve button up and matching pumps. She laid everything on the bed and went to her dresser to pull out her bra and panties for the day. She decided to go comfortable today since she didn't exactly know what the biker had in mind for later and grabbed just a basic pair of boy shorts and a bra set for the day at work. She slid on the undies and snapped the bra before losing the towel and heading to the bathroom to dry her hair.

She left it curly today, opting to not straighten it and pulled it into a high pony tail for work. She knew she'd probably change it for the date with Jax later, but that depended on if he wanted to take her on his bike. Getting hair done and then riding was a waste of time if you asked her, but she grew up with bikes and her hair was a mess every time she rode with someone. She took out her make up and went for a smokey eye with a bit of violet for her eyes, adding just a hint of eyeliner on the top lid and some mascara...adding just a bit of gloss on her lips.

After she was satisfied, Heather walked into her room and slid her shirt on, buttoning all the buttons except the top one, she never liked the top buttons. After she pulled on her skirt, she grabbed her shoes and moved toward the kids' rooms to wake up her preteens for school. Knocking on doors and turning on lights as she yelled "Time to get up...", Heather made her way to the kitchen to make pancakes for the day with blueberries on top. It was Lizzy's favorite for breakfast today; she normally alternated between the kids.

"Mornin' Momma..." Lizzy stated, walking into the kitchen in a pair of skinny jeans with a reaper tank top that Gemma got her and her black toms.

"Mornin' baby...Here's your plate. Can I ask you something?" Heather stated, putting a plate in front of her daughter.

Lizzy just nodded, taking a bite of the pancake and taking a drink of milk.

"Jax called last night and asked if I wanted to go on a date with him tonight. Are you alright with that baby girl?" Heather asked, sitting next to her daughter.

Lizzy sat and thought about the question. She knew her mom was happy here, but happier when Jax was around. She knew how her father felt for her mom, he had told her yesterday. She smiled and swallowed the bit, looking at her mom. "Yes, do you think Gemma would let me just stay the night with her? I was gonna ask her anyway."

Heather smiled at her daughter, "Of course. Gemma loves you, baby. So does Jax."

Ellie and Harry came into the kitchen and Heather moved to get their plates before sitting down herself. Ellie was dressed in a pair of bootcut jeans with her converse and a SAMCRO t-shirt that Heather guessed was Opie's due to how huge it was on her. Harry was a typical boy, a batman shirt with holy jeans, and black converse. Heather smiled as dishes were put away and a honk sounded outside, letting them know that the bus was here. Heather hugged and kissed all three kids and watched them get on the bus. As the bus went down the road and around the corner, Heather turned and put her pumps on. She grabbed her things and then walked out to head for work.


Jax pulled into the shop and parked his bike in his usual spot, noticing Gemma was already there. He smiled and walked toward the office to talk to Gemma. As he opened the door, his mother looked up from a stack of papers. "Mornin' baby."

He smiled and put a cigarette to his mouth, lighting it. Taking a drag, he replied, "Mornin' ma."

Knowing her son like she did, Gemma pulled her glasses off and stood up. "What's with you this morning? Heather keep you up, again?"

He just smiled and closed the door. "I asked her out mom. Can you watch the kids tonight?"

Gemma hugged her son, "Of course, 'bout time you asked her Jax. Y'all have been dancing around each other since you found her here."

There was a knock on the door and Jax turned to answer it. "Yeah."

Juice stood there fidgeting. "School called, Lizzy is in the principal's office. They couldn't get a hold of Heather and called here."

Jax looked at Gemma, "Go baby." she stated. He nodded and thanked Juice, heading to his bike.

Arriving at the school, Jax left his helmet on the handle bars, walking into the school. When he got into the office, he saw his daughter sitting in a chair sporting a black eye. "Oh shit." he whispered, sitting down next to her, pulling her to him. She stared crying as the principal asked for them to join her in her office. Jax took Lizzy's hand and led her into the room, sitting down and pulling her into his lap.

"Mr. Teller..."

"Come on, you've known me since I was five. Just tell me what happened." Jax stated, looking at the elderly woman behind the desk.

"Alright...one of the kids this morning was picking on Ellie about her parents when Lizzy tried to help. I don't know what was said or why, but Lizzy punched the poor boy who hit her back. I already talked to Matthew's parents; Jax this needs to stop. She hit some kid yesterday and now today. She reminds me of Heather. You and Opie were no better when it came to protecting your parents."

Jax pulled his daughter's face up to make sure what the principal said was true. Lizzy took a deep breath and said, "He was talking about Uncle Opie and Lyla and how she was a good for nothing slut who did nothing but take good men from their babies. Like it was Lyla's fault that Aunt Donna's gone or even Uncle Opie. When I tried to help, his friend started saying more stuff about momma being no better than Lyla and should be in the grown up movies his daddy watches so that my daddy knew what kind of girl she really was."

Jax took a deep breath. This was affecting his daughter way more that it should have. Heather brought them here to keep them safe. He knew the people in this town hated the club and the women associated with it, but these were children. He looked up at the principal. "Mrs. Harper, this needs to stop. Heather works for the cops in this fucking town and if parents are gonna keep talking like this, I'm not going to punish my daughter for sticking up for her mother. They have been through hell. I'll take her to the shop today, but I'm not taking her out everyday for protecting her mom and me."

The principal agreed and Jax led his girl outside and to his bike. He handed her his helmet and helped her get behind him on the bike. Lizzy wrapped her arms around him a little tight and he touched her hands, helping her relax just a bit. This was her first time to ride and she was nervous. They pulled up to the shop and Gemma walked out to meet them with Heather in tow. Jax shook his head and led Lizzy into the office, the women following him. Heather shut the door and looked at her daughter.

"What in the fuck happened, Elizabeth?"

Lizzy knew her mother wasn't mad, at her anyway.

"I got in a fight."

Gemma and Heather looked at Jax, who explained what Lizzy told him in the principal's office. Gemma just chuckled, "She is definitely your kid. Both of you got in so many damn fights protecting this club and your momma's."

"Lizzy, you have to try not to hit. I know it's hard believe me. The older women are no better as most of them are just mad because Jax didn't give them the time of day when we were younger, and don't get me started on the half-naked skanks that stay around here." Heather sat next to her daughter and made her look at her so she could expect the eye. "It's gonna take a while to heel baby."

"It's ok momma. They shouldn't talk about my family and Ellie was crying. I just made the boy cry harder. I will try though, I promise."

Heather smiled at her daughter and pulled her in a hug. "Is she alright here? Trammel said I had to go back. I will probably work through lunch so I can get off on time."

Jax just nodded and Heather kissed her daughter on the head. "Have someone look at that, baby. The boys here are used to black eyes."

Lizzy nodded and Gemma took her to the clubhouse to get her eye cleaned.

Jax walked Heather back to her car and held the door for her. "See ya later?"

Heather just smiled at him, "I guess, but I have a hot date tonight, so you can't stay too long."

"Oh a hot date, anyone I know?" Jax asked, playing her game.

"Well, he's this hot blonde biker that's president of my favorite bike club so I don't know."

Jax just laughed and leaned in for a kiss. "I'll see you at 7."

"Alright, you talk to your mom?"

He nodded. "Yeah, she said about time and of course she'll watch the kids."

She nodded and kissed him again before getting into the car and heading back to the station.


"Lizzy alright?"

Heather smiled at one of the cops as she walked in. "Yeah, stupid things at school. Kids being mean, you know."

"I'm glad she's alright."

"Thank you."

Heath sat her purse in her desk and locked the drawer. She opened the file she was working on and got back to work. She went through file after file, hoping she'd get off at a decent hours. Gemma texted her about just taking Lizzy and Abel to her house and that Ellie and Harry wanted to sleep over at Lyla's with Piper. Heather called Lyla to make sure that was fine and Lyla said of course. Lyla also told her that Ellie told her what happened at school and asked if she could take the girls out tomorrow for a girl day for sticking up for her and Ope. Heather said that was fine and then closed her phone to get back to the last file she was working on for the weekend.

"Heather Winston."

Heather looked up and into the eyes of Amy Carroll, the girl who hated everything about her family.

"Hello Amy." She stated, going back to work on the file.

She looked back up when she noticed Amy not moving from her desk. "Can I help you?"

"Yes, you can tell your bastard of a daughter to stop hitting my boy."

Heather stood up and leaned over her desk at the fake blonde. "From the way I heard it, your fucking kid smarted off about my family and Lizzy took care of him. He gave her a black eye, Amy. If I were you, I'd be careful what you say to me."

"Everyone knows you left because Teller got you knocked up and didn't want you, Winston. I'm just making sure my son knows not to be friends with trash."

Heather looked at the woman and punched her in the nose, feeling the break as blood went everywhere. The blonde looked at her and screamed, pressing charges immediately. Even though everyone heard what went on, they had no choice but to take Heather to the back, letting her take her phone so she could call Jax to come get her. Heather spit in the woman's face and went quietly, already punching in Jax's number.

She sat in the cell patiently waiting for Jax to come get her. Knowing who it was that was causing Lizzy to act out, Heather was no longer surprised. Amy Carroll was in love with Ope once upon a time and her brother didn't give her the time of day. Because of this, Carroll made Heather's life a living hell and now that she was back with Jax's daughter no less, Heather knew it was going to get worse.

"Hey, darlin'."

She smiled at the man on the other side of the bars. "Hey, some date huh?"

Jax smiled and leaned his hand on the bar. "I'll say...I got her to drop the charges."

"How?"

He smiled. "She cheated on her husband with Chibs, Tig, and Bobby. I told her they would all be willing to let him know how rough she liked being fucked if she didn't drop them."

Heather felt her mouth drop as Jax told his story, not believing that Amy turned into a closet croweater.

The cop came in and opened the cell so that Heather could leave. She followed the biker out of the station and got into her car, following him to her house. When they pulled up, she got out and walked over to him. "We riding?"

He just nodded and she told him to come in and wait so she could change.

Heather closed the door to her room and went to her closet as she stepped out of her shoes and pulled the zipper down on her skirt, letting it fall to the floor. She pulled out a pair of skinny jeans and shimmied into them after putting on a pink lace thong. She pulled out a green tunic and slipped it on over her pink bra that matched the thong. She than pulled out her black belt and wrapped it around her waist, buckling it over the tunic before grabbing her black stiletto boots that went up to her knees. She walked into her bathroom to grab her silver hoops and her silver locket that Opie had given to her as a graduation present, inside was a picture of him and Piney...her two favorite men. She took her hair down, brushed it a bit, and than pulled it back up into the pony tail. She walked back to her bed and sat so she could slip on the boots before walking out to meet the man waiting on her.

Jax stood up as she walked out and looked at her. "Wow..."

She blushed as he walked up to her, kissing her lips. "You look beautiful, baby."

"Thank you."

He took her hand and led her out to his bike. He took the extra helmet out of the saddle bag and handed it to her and than grabbed his to buckle. She took the helmet and carefully put it on her head, buckling it around her chin. She slid on behind him and wrapped her arms around him, laying her head on his back as he pulled out of the drive.

Jax could feel all of her against him and was wondering if the bike was a good choice. They both wanted to ease back into the relationship, wanting to not rush into the bed, but with her wrapped around him and him sitting between his thighs, Jax was hoping he'd last all night without trying to rip her clothes off. Seeing her come out of her room was enough to get his dick to twitch at the sight of her and now his jeans were becoming uncomfortable with her around him. They rode out of Charming, Jax taking her to the last place they were...the place where Lizzy was conceived. Chibs and Tig help sit everything up so that food would be there when they got there since he had to bail her out of jail. He didn't blame her though, he would have hit the bitch too.

Heather kept her head down and her closed as they rode, not caring where they were headed. His face when she walked into her living room took her breath away. His eyes held the love in them that she didn't want to believe was there twelve years ago, only this time it was stronger. Feeling Jax between her legs and the vibration of the bike, Heather was trying to keep her wits about her. They agreed to take it slow, not jump into sex, and now...she kinda wanted to. She felt the bike slow down and raised her head to see where they were, recognizing it immediately.

"Jax..." she whispered as the bike stopped. She slid off and stood, taking the helmet off.

Jax took his own helmet off and looked at Heather, "You remember?"

She nodded, "Of course, I do. Lizzy was made here, Jax. It was also when I knew I was in love with you."

He pulled her to him and cupped her cheek. He watched as she closed her eyes and leaned into his hand. He leaned in and kissed her with what was supposed to be a short kiss, but heated up in seconds. Heather pulled her tongue out, licking Jax's lip asking for permission, which he granted. He pulled her to him and put one hand behind her neck deepening the kiss while his other went around her waist and pulled her to him. When air was needed, Jax pulled back and leaned his forehead against hers.

"I fell in love with you here also, Heather." He barely whispered it, but she heard him and could feel the tears in her eyes. Jax leaned back and kissed her again, "Come on, the guys brought the food up so I could get you out of Jail."

They laughed as he led her to the blanket and the food. They spent the night laughing and snacking, drinking the wine that was set out for them. After awhile, Heather packed everything back up and than sat back down next to Jax. He pulled her to him and kissed her, slowly moving until they were laying down on the blanket and he was half laying on her and half on the blanket. They made out like High School kids until they couldn't breath and Jax rolled over onto his back, pulling Heather into his side. They laid like that and talked, stargazing.


Jax blinked as the sun hit his face, causing him to open his eyes and realizing that they had fallen asleep out here. He looked down to see Heather laying on his chest and sleeping peacefully. He laid his head back down and smiled, knowing he could get used to waking up with her. She felt her stir as she the sun finally got to her. Heather blinked and froze, taking a minute to figure out where she was before looking up at Jax, smiling. "Morning."

He smiled and kissed the hop of her head. "Mornin', darlin'."

She sat up and smiled at him, taking in his surrounding. "You remember the last time we were here? We fell asleep then too."

He laughed and sat up, kissing her. "And I felt so damn content waking up with you then, but now...I feel complete waking up with you, Heather."

"Me too." She leaned in and kissed him again. He put his hand around her neck and deepened the kiss, his tongue going into her mouth.

She pulled back and put her forehead on his, "We should go get the kids. Lyla is taking Lizzy and Ellie for a girls day since Lizzy took up for her yesterday."

"That's sweet, Lizzy will like that I'm sure."

Heather smiled. "Yeah, she's never really gotten to have family, Jax. She adores everyone here. She called you daddy the other night when she was talking to El, I don't think I was suppose to hear her though."

Jax smiled and kissed her again. "I'm glad. I wanna be her dad."

Heather smiled and then they got up to pack everything back up before heading back into town and to Gemma's, both thinking that this was one of the best nights they had in a really long time.