(Julie's POV)
Some good had come out of our little trip to the hospital. Abel was going on and on in the car on the way home about getting all the guys to sign his cast. I took both boys to the house. Brayden needed a nap. I was worn out and I needed Abel to relax a little bit before we got his cast signed.
"Mommy, where did daddy go?" Abel asked.
"Back to work honey." I said.
"Why?"
"Because he has bikes and cars to work on."
"Oh, ok."
I lay down on the couch to relax for a few minutes. Brayden was in his crib already. Now we just had to figure out how to tell everyone down at the club that we were expecting again. I wasn't sure how long Jax could contain the secret.
When Brayden got up, I loaded the boys up and headed down to Teller-Morrow. I was looking for my husband. He wasn't in the garage but Gemma was in the office.
"Hey honey, what's up?" she asked.
"Where's Jax?" I asked.
"He's in Church."
"What's going on now?"
She shrugged. She knew but she wasn't going to tell me with the kids right here. I sighed. They came out of the clubhouse and Jax spotted me. He looked worried. I shifted my son. Abel ran over to him. Jax picked him up and kept heading my direction.
"What's going on babe?" I asked.
"We are packing up and laying low in the clubhouse for a few days," he said.
"Why?"
"We got word that something is about to go down and they are coming after us hard."
"Who is?"
"Mayan's."
"Is it?"
He cut me off with a nod. I took a deep breath. He pulled me to him with one arm while he held Abel with the other. We headed home to pack up to stay in Jax's room at the clubhouse for a while. I wasn't sure how long we would be there so I made sure the boys had enough stuff and that we would have enough. Jax looked at me as he came out of the bedroom with a bag in his hand. I already knew what was in there. He looked at me.
"You know you may have to use this," he said.
I nodded. We had been to the SAMCRO gun range before. I had learned how to shoot a gun from my husband. I had tried to stay away from them until my rape. Jax wasn't like Clay had been when Zobel's guys had raped Gemma. He didn't shut down; he had pulled me closer and taught me how to make them pay for it. I looked at my son coming out of his room with a toy in his hand. He had his little back pack on his back.
"Ready?" Jax asked him.
He nodded. We loaded back up and headed to the clubhouse. Everyone was already there and we had extra members hanging around to keep everyone safe. The gates were locked and Teller-Morrow was shut down. There was no getting into the clubhouse without someone knowing what was going on.
"Come here." Gemma told me.
I followed her over to the bar.
"Have a drink with me," she said.
"I can't." I told her.
She looked at me. I didn't say anything more. I walked back over to Jax. She walked over to us both. He had Abel by the hand and Brayden in his arms.
"Another one?" Gemma asked.
Jax nodded. She grinned.
"Can we have a girl this time?" she joked.
"Who are you telling?" I laughed.
"What is going on over here?" Clay asked.
"We are getting another grandbaby," Gemma told him.
"Really?"
Jax nodded. Clay slapped him on the back and smiled.
"Congratulations, son." He said.
"Thanks." Jax grinned.
Tig got everyone's attention for Clay. He gave us all the talk about what needed to be done and that we were all safe at the clubhouse, no one was to go anywhere without an escort and that if we needed anything to talk to Gemma or me about it. If they got sick they were to talk to Bobby's old lady who was a doctor at the neighborhood clinic. She had just been laid off because of government budget cuts closing the clinic down. Now she was always patching up members of SAMCRO. Abel looked up at Jax.
"Daddy, I'm scared." He said.
"Nothing to be scared of here, son," Jax told him. "Daddy, Grandpa, and all the guys are going to keep you all safe."
Abel nodded. I was prepared for this to be a long wait before we could go back home. Jax kissed the side of my head.
"I love you." He said.
"Love you too," I replied.
He had taken everything down to his room. Everyone else had taken their stuff to different rooms within the clubhouse. Opie and Donna were next door to us with Ellie and Kenny. I was glad that it was them next to us and not someone else. I had brought a travel bed for Brayden and Abel would be sleeping with us. It was weird to be in the clubhouse and it was crawling with families. I was used to is only being Abel and Brayden around there.
