Jenna wakes and looks over to see Jax watching the smurfs on the hospital tv."Hey beautiful, you diggin' the smurfs this morning'?"Jax grins over at her. "Beautiful? Demoral makes you weird. The smurfs are classic and you know it. Don't hate."

"I can't help it if you are pretty Jackson." She smirks at him."Woman!" He walks over and bends to kiss her. "Pretty boy." she teased against his lips."Oh you're gonna pay for that when you're healed." he teased a smile lighting his features."The fun way?" She plays innocent.

"Is there any other." He sits on the beds edge. "How'd you pop those stitiches anyway.""Wendy was here. She wants to see Abel and I threw her fake sympathy flowers at her head, it was so completely worth it. Tara says I should be getting out today as long as I'm careful.""That's good. Wendy isn't getting anywhere near him." Jax shakes his head."You sure about that baby? She's clean has job and is his mother. To a judge all I am is the chick who raised him and we both know it. She's going to be nasty just because she can." Jenna points out.

"Just because she does doesn't mean she gets her way baby."

"You're mom came by." Jenna says a little nervousness edging the statement.

"And?"

"Her head didn't exactly explode when I said we were leaving but I could tell she was angry." Jenna shrugged.

"I'll handle them both and come back for you okay?"

"Alright then, when you see Wendy be sure to rub it in that you married me kay?" he laughed and leaned into kiss her again. "Why?""Because she stole you from me and I wanna be mean." She kissed him. "Bye Baby."Jax smiled "bye Darlin'"

-/-/-/-

Jax returns from seeing Wendy to find Gemma standing in Jenna's empty hospital room."Uh mom… where's Jenna?"Tara came in. "Opie picked her up a half hour ago. I need you to sign this its just some insurance paper work. She handed a clipboard and he scribbed down his name before looking back up at Gemma.

"Mom did you hassle Jenna about us leaving?" Jax asks eyebrows raising.

"No not exactly. I just think that-" Jax cuts off the coming tirade.

"Honestly? I don't give a shit what anyone thinks not even you. This is what we're doing for the safety of our family and I'd appreciate if you'd except it." Gemma nodded.

"Now I'm going to track down the Winston Wonder twins." Jax turned to leave.

"Check Piney's grave…" Gemma said as Jax looked at her oddly.

She shrugged. "Its just a hunch."

-/-/-/-

"So…we're doing this? Really doing this?" Jenna asked.

"Seems that way." Opie replies numbly.

"God I don't want to tell him I really don't but-"

"Tell who what?" Jax asked as he walked up. Jenna jumped.

"I didn't hear you ride up." She looks up at him.

"I drove the SUV to pick you up I parked down the block. You need to tell me what? I assume its me since you clamed up." Jenna leaned back on Donna's head stone and looked to Opie who nodded.

"Clay killed my Dad Jackson."

"And he tried to off Jenny." Opie added.

Jax's jaw dropped. "What- I don't- why would he? You're my wife."

"Did you know?" Opie asked lowly.

"Of course not Ope! You honestly think I'd let someone hurt Jennasis?" Jax shouts beyond offended.

"I'm not sure what to think anymore. I'm going to kill him."

"Opie lets figure this out. At the table." Jax tries to mediate the problem

"Fuck the table Jax! Where was the fucking table when it came to my wife? My old man didn't get to be heard! Neither does Clay." Opie stood and kissed Jenna's forehead. He got on his bike and left.

"Where's he's not?" Jax said.

"Oh he is." Jenna nods yes.

-/-/-/-

They are flying down the road behind Opie. Jax pulls out his phone. Jenna snatches it away pitching it into the back. "What the fuck Jenna?"

"He doesn't get a goddamn courtesy call." she bites out coldly.

-/-/-/-

By the time Jenna gets unloaded and in her chair and rolled into the club Jax has a gun leveled at Opie. "Opie don't make me shoot you. Please man." Opie hesitates. Jenna doesn't she pulls out her gun and fires two shots into Clay's chest.

Opie and Jax turn and stare. "I said you'd die by my hand. I meant it!"

Clay gasps out and Opie tries to fire again but Jax hits him first. Shooting him in the arm and knocking him to the ground.

"Why'd you fucking shoot my brother!" Jenna shrieks before zoning out.

"To make it look like an attack. Baby I need you to ditch the gun." Jax runs over and takes it from her. "Go back to the SUV." he grabs her face gently.

"Can you hear me Jenna?" she nods robotically. "Ok go."

-/-/-/-

She sits in the car for what seem like hours but its really mere minutes. Opie and Jax pile in.

She shot him. Huh? Some part of her always thought she'd never do it. She can hear Jax and Opie conversing about leverage, the cartel and letters but she can't add anything.

"I feel funny." She tells no one.

"You're in shock Jen. Its okay…" Jen… that's Opie talking to her then.

"I don't feel anything…"

"Should I cry? Or…" Opie pulls her head on to his shoulder as he mutters about promises.

They pull up to urgent care to drop Opie off. He gets out and then grabs Jenna's face in his hands. "If this comes back at you I did it. Is that clear?" Ah here comes the tears she thinks.

She shakes her head no. "You can't-"

"I am Jenny. Now say it so I know you heard me."

"I understand harry and will do as you say. I promise."

-/-/-/-

She hears Jax showering the next morning and goes and sits outside the shower waiting for Jax. Normally she'd make a game of letting her eyes roam his naked form. Connect the dots via freckles or counting the shades of gray in his tattoo but for now, she's just too tired.

Jax gets out wrapping a towel around his waist.

"How'd you sleep?" he asks.

"How do you sleep after you possibly murder someone?" she replies acidly.

"Point taken." Jax refuses to rise to her bait.

"I need to understand Jenna, why did you do that? I need those letters."

She looked up at him head cocked to the side. "I did it because I had too. Because Opie didn't really have it in him. I did it because Clay deserved it. He deserves to die. For Donna and my Dad and…"

"And baby?"

"Call your mother I'll go get the letters. Just one thing Jax?" She goes to leave but turns back at the last second.

"Yeah?"

"Do you still see me? Love me?"

"You're still the same Jenna. Though I might take you more seriously when you threaten me with bodily harm." he chuckled trying to joke.

She scowled. "Nothing has changed. Nothing will make me love you less."

He took her chin between his forefinger and thumb and tilted her face up toward his.

"I love you Jenna. I always have and always will." he kissed her softly. Jenna inhaled and kissed him back deeper. She nipped his bottom lip and he smirked.

"Later." he said.

"Promises…you're full of them." Jenna teased as watched him dress for the day.

"Wear your Kevlar today please." Jax's brow scrunched.

Jenna's shoulders lifted in a half shrug. "Just intuition."

Jax nods. "Alright."

-/-/-/-

Jax comes in as she's packing. "Just getting a head start." she murmurs.

"Good." Jax steps forward and kisses the top of her head. He lingers inhaling shampoo.

"I'm fine Jackson." She says easily.

"Meeting Romeo, watch for my mom and have Phil pack the big shit for you. I'll be back."

She tilts her head back to look at him. "Okay."

-/-/-/-

She's sorting the kids clean laundry when Gemma comes in.

"Hey baby,"

"Mom."

"Another trip?"

"Yeah cause the last was all sparkles and sunshine." Jenna replied sarcastically.

"Its time to stop playing Jenna. Clay was shot last night."

"I know I shot him. You seen Arie's cookie monster jammies?"

Gemma picks the blue feetie from the bottom of the pile. Jenna meticulously folds them and sits them into a suit case. She rolls out of the room. She comes back and plunks the letters in Gemma's hands.

"You might want to remove the ones that expose you for the traitorous heartless bitch you are before you let your child read them." Jenna said icily.

Gemma's eyes flash. "Loyal to fault aren't you."

"You had a man killed to maintain your empire. I'm not going to break the love of my life especially when I know Jax is just a means to end to you."

"That's not fair baby, you don't understand."

"The day I understand your reasons and become you is the day I'll walk away." She says stonily giving Gemma back her patented bitch stare.

"One last thing. You can tell him but I get to be there so you won't spew bullshit at my husband, I have something to do if you want you can play with the kids."

-/-/-/-

Jenna pulls up to Tara's cutlass and waits for her to come out of the hospital. She smokes a cigarette as she waits. She knows she's taking a chance asking something this big of Tara but she's banking on Tara's love for Jax and their weird ass friendship outweighing their rocky past. Tara comes out hands full of files looking tired.

"Hey Doc," She calls and Tara looks up.

"You know where ever you guys land I can send the kids medical records right?" she walks toward the car using her left hand as a visor against the sun.

Jenna smirked. "Its not that, get in."

Tara got into the passenger side of Jenna's truck.

Tara glances at Jenna from the corner of her eye.

"What am I missing Jen?"

Jenna laughed. "Oh so much."

"Then tell me."

"You love Jackson right?"

"Jen…" she said warilly.

"Do you love him or not?" Jenna asks impatiently.

"You know I do! So cut the crap and tell me what's going on."

"If Clay survives after I shot him, I'm going to need a clean untraceable way for Jax to kill him…"

"Whoa what? Clay killed my dad for those letters you read. Then tried the same with me. I saw my chance and I shot him but I didn't think and now we have to tell Jax. Once Jax knows he's honor bound to kill Clay. If you can't help I understand."

"I'll help. He needs not to get caught I -"

"I know why you're helping Tara thank you."

-/-/-/-

Jenna returns to the house to see Gemma's car pulled in beside Jax's bike.

"If she started without me I'm gonna come unglued on her." Jenna said to herself. "Great talking to myself fucking fantastic." she muttered grabbing the bag Tara had given her.

She gets out of the car and rolls inside too see Jax and Gemma sitting at the kitchen table. The letters laying like a time bomb between them.

"Hey baby." Jenna directed at Jax. "Everything Okay?"

"Hey my Jenna, I've been better."

"Waiting on you sweetheart." Gemma says.

She rolls across the room. "Where are my children?"

"Outside…" Jax replies and pulls out a kitchen chair beside him for Jenna to pull up. She sits her purse down. "Don't worry I gave Zona benadryl for the allergies before I sent her out."

Jenna smiles sadly. They are about to shatter his world but he remembers his little girl's ragweed allergy. "Thanks baby." She sits beside Jax and nods for Gemma to begin.

"Your father stopped going to Ireland once Thomas got sick. He wrote these letters to Maureen and intended for you to read them but Jenny found them first."

"And this has to do with my wife shooting Clay and Piney's death how?"

"I went to Dad about them and what they contained. He put me off until he needed them to leverage us out of the drug business."

"What could possibly hold that much sway? And why the hell didn't you tell me Jennasis?" Anger simmers in his gaze.

"Gemma's going to tell you but honestly baby, I didn't want to hurt you if I could avoid it I would… hell I fucking tried." Jenna chews her bottom lip. Gemma slides a cup of coffee across the table to her.

"Something to do with your hands." Gemma says quietly and Jenna takes a sip.

Gemma takes a breath. "Your father wanted the club to earn honest and go legit. He wanted out of guns and was going to meet Kellan to set it up. Clay disagreed with him. He never made it too that meeting."

"And who did you agree with?" Jax said coolly.

"Thomas' death changed John. Made him into something I didn't understand. I trusted Clay's judgment though I didn't know what would entail." Jenna sipped her coffee to ease her nerves. Jax sits stoically beside her. Tears glaze his eyes but don't fall as he puts two and two together.

" The first time He sent him into a Mayan ambush alone. John survived. The second time Clay knew it would have to be a mechanical malfunction."

"The panhead…" Jax murmured.

"Lowell senior is the only one your father trusted with his bike. I don't know what he had on Lowell I just know…the way John died."

"Lowell died a week later…" Jax said.

"Dead men tell no tales baby." Jenna added.

"I found the cover note Maureen wrote in Abel's things and knew Baby had them. I freaked out and told Clay."

"And I freaked out and told my Daddy." Jenna added.

"Piney read the letters and confronted Clay and when he did Clay killed him when he couldn't find the letters. I imagine Piney's last words where something along the lines of leave my child alone." Gemma took a breath.

"He didn't, he puta hit out on Jennasis I found him removing cash from the safe. I confronted him after the failed attempt and he beat me. I tried to warn Baby, with the note and stall him. None of it worked."

"Clay has to be stopped son. He killed your father and then gunned down his best friend. He had your wife shot like a dog as she was throwing herself bodily over her child. You kill him avenge things before he's on his feet and striking back."

Gemma taps her nails on the table. "You don't believe me? Read it in your fathers hand then decide." Gemma gets up and leaves.

Jenna goes to roll away but stops and hugs Jax from behind. She keeps her arms looped around his shoulders and kisses the top of his head. She longs to say, "I'm sorry." or "I love you." but it doesn't seem enough. She inhales and smells shampoo and the underlying hint of motor oil meets car grease that clings to every man loves. It calms her nerves but still she longs to cry.

Jax raises her hand and kisses her palm. She knows with that gesture her thoughts are communicated anyway. She rolls outside leaving him to read.

-/-/-/-

She pushes Abel on the swing and watches with a sad smile as Arizona finally decides to toddle over to her.

"Where?" Gemma says as she sits on the ground facing Abel who's on an upswing.

"Where what?" Jenna asks. She picks up Arie. "Well lookie there, thanks for finally showin' me. Sweet girl!" She directs at Arie. She pushes Abel again.

"The letters, where'd you hide them?"

Jenna grinned. "Inside the piano. Obvious seemed best."

"Of course. You were raised by a man who kept his savings in a folgers can." Gemma laughed.

Gemma's phone chimed. She read the text. "Clay survived the surgery. Nice try baby."

They sit in silence until Jax comes out.

He sits on the ground at Jenna's feet. " I have to kill him."

"I know. Here's how you do it." Jenna pulls out the bag Tara had given her.

"This contains a syringe filled with heprin, it's a blood thinner. Tara says inject it in his iv he'll bleed out into his lungs and drown. No one will suspect anything. It'll look his chest tube came loose in his sleep."

"Why's you involve Tara?" Jax sighs tiredly

Jenna looked up a sharpness in her gaze that makes Jax hackles rise.

"This needs to be safe and untraceable I don't want Gemma lording it over you forever so you're her puppet. I knew Tara would get it. Believe it or not Jackson, she's my friend. You kill him and you make it right then we'll leave and try things differently than we were raised." Jax pulls her to him and kisses her hard on the mouth and leaves wordlessly.

"What's your angle baby?"

"No angle Gemma. He's my husband and its my life regardless of what happens next you're being dethroned where Jackson's concerned." She smiled ferally.

"That's what growing up a crow has taught me. Take what's yours before its gone. Not you, not Mama, not Dad or Opie taught me that. Life taught me that. Pulling my broken ass together taught me that and no matter how smart you think you are, or how tough. I'm ten times tougher and endlessly determined. You will not win. You will not keep him. I'm his wife, his world and his queen. Remember it."

-/-/-/-

He kisses her bare shoulder and goes and starts his shower. She starts breakfast and has it waiting on him at the table. She sits reading a book as Taylor Swift sings about innocence on the top 40 station.

"Who you are is not what you did." Jenna sings along. Jax isn't sure they were ever innocents. This life its strips it away like turpentine. He reaches over and nudges her book up to read the title.

"Sisterhood Everlasting?" Jax smirks and sits down. "The books about the jeans?"

"Shut up. I'm reading along with Paige."

He digs into his scrambled eggs. "You're good at your job baby." he comments.

"Huh?" she looks up.

"You're a good Aunt Jenna, you aren't betraying her by leaving. We'll be back."

"Thank you."

Abel runs in. "Morning Mommy. Hi daddy!"

"Morning baby."

"Air-wee is awake."

"You wake her up?" Jax asks smiling. He bites into a slice of bacon. "Nope." Abel replies.

Jax gets to his feet. "Well lets go get her."

He comes back with Arizona cuddling into the leather of his cut. He smiles down at her. There's an ache in Jenna's heart. She was once Arizona so very deeply and completely in love with her father that she didn't even ever realize the choices he made would make her life.

She is who she is because of Piney Winston and SAMCRO good, bad, or indifferent. She's Jennasis Winston-Teller. As excited as she is for this new life with Jackson she doesn't know how to be anything else.

"Earth to Jenna?" Jax calls out she snaps back to reality. "What?"

"I said do we need baby water I'll go get some before I leave."

"Nah we're good."

She watches as he finishes breakfast and feeds the kids. He does a rendition of "Where is Thumbkin?" that just cracks Arie up.

"Why is this funny?" he asks laughing a little himself. He looks over at Jenna.

"Uh uh, get out of that head space Jenna."

"I'm not in any head space." she defends nibbling on toast.

"Yes you are. You're making the face…the Jenna's thinking bad shit and brooding face." She sits down the bread, she chews and swallows.

"I have a bad feeling Jax, sue me." he stands and walks over to squat down in front of her. "I've got you okay and I'm going to fix this and it'll be fine." he takes her face in hands and kisses her softly. More gently than he usually does.

He's so close the breath warming the words "I love you." fan her face.

"I know. I love you too."

"Then trust me. Please?"

"I always do."

"I've gotta go Darlin'." he kisses her again and then kisses the kids. He's to the door when she finally speaks. "Jackson, be careful just because I trust you doesn't mean the feeling goes away." She warns

"I know. I will be. Bye my Jenna."

"Bye Jaxy."

-/-/-/-

She's sitting in the center of the bed watching Sex And the City reruns. She can feel him standing in the door way.

"I'm not sure who I'd do Aidan and Smith are hot in diff-" she caught a glance at his face his expression cut off her joking.

"Jackson what?" he walks over and sits on the bed facing her.

"Jax you're scaring me! What happened?"

"I need you to listen and let me finish before you speak alright?"

She nods. "I need you keep what I'm about to tell you between us. No telling anyone, not even Ope."

"Jax I- What?"

"Okay baby?" He presses.

"Okay."

"The CIA is backing this cartel-Irish hook up. Galan doesn't trust me as far as he can throw me, I have to leave Clay alive for the deal to go through or the whole club goes down with RICO. We have to stay and I'm taking the gavel it's the only way I can ensure your safety."

"So we don't leave, fine I can do that." her chin wobbles and tears fill her eyes.

"And my dad, he just dies for nothing." She begins to sob, tears tracking down her quickly flushing face. He pulls her into his arms.

She tries to shove him away. She slaps at his chest. He just holds on tighter.

"No, no, no," She shakes her head. "This doesn't get to be okay. Do you hear me? This doesn't get swept under the rug like everything else in this fucking club Jackson!" She sobs harder shoulders shaking with their force.

"This isn't fair." She wails.

And with that Jax's heart breaks slowly into a million pieces so that he feels every stab of her grief.

"I have to bide my time Jenna. I don't have any choice right now. He will pay that I promise you."

"So what? He gets a vote and gets to sit at the fucking table and my dad… hell Jax your dad… how the fuck is Opie going to sit at your left with Clay at the table. He's killed or has tried to kill nearly every goddamn thing Harry loves Jackson!" She rails at him.

"He gets a vote but has no power. He gets to sit in a chair with his useless hands and rot. For someone like Clay? That's a worse punishment than any death I could dream up. At least for now. As for Ope, I have to trust that he'll come around. There's to0 much history and to0 much of who we are in the club for him to walk away. Babe, this is our club. You don't wear a cut but its no less yours. You, me, and Ope? Its our legacy. Its time I stop fighting it."

"You're mom isn't going to just pass the torch." She says quietly all the fight having gone out of her.

"You don't need her permission Jenna." They sit in silence for a bit. Jax feels Jenna slowly pulling herself together. Eventually she sits up and wipes her eyes.

"When's church?"

"Eight. Ope's gonna call you." Jax says knowingly.

She nods. "I got it."

-/-/-/-

Jax goes for a ride and Jenna ends up sitting on the charred foundation of the church. Her phone rings and Opie and Donna's smiling faces flash on her phone screen.

"Jackson was right." She says by way of greeting.

"He's crazy is what he fucking is Jenna."

"Ope, he's doing the best he can." She tries in vain to defend him.

"That's bullshit Jen. You've just got your I love Jax blinders on and can't see shit."

"I see perfectly clear thank you. You need to trust him Ope. He's not trying to fuck you over." He's trying to piss her off and she's trying mightily to remain calm

"Whatever's wrong, he told you didn't he?"

"Yes, but I can't tell you."

"I'm your brother."

"And he's my husband."

"Already towing the old lady party line…" Okay enough is enough he thinks.

"Fuck you Harry. He told me something in confidence and I will not break it if for no other reason than your safety. So could you stop with the rock and a hard place shit. It won't change anything."

"Clay's never going to pay for single thing he did Jen." Jenna looks at the bones of her haven.

"Maybe, maybe not. The only way you get a say? Sitting at that table with Jackson as VP. Be at church Ope, it's the only way we'll ever change anything. I love you Harry I gotta go. I want to be there the first time Jax takes the gavel."

"Love you too Jenny. Really I do. I never wanted you to be an old lady much less the damn Queen but I ain't mad at you alright…"

I know bye Ope."

-/-/-/-

Jenna rushes into the club to see if Opie made it to chapel. She opens the door just as the gavels fallen.

"I didn't know you guys had started I just-"

"Its alright baby, come here please." Jenna rolls over.

"In case I didn't say it earlier me and you? We're fine Jax."

He kisses her. "I knew but thanks for clarifying Darlin'."

"Give Ope some time Jax. He just- he needs time wait him out. For me?"

They turn when they hear the door creak and are some what disappointed to see Gemma. Jenna moves so she's sitting beside Jax, her hand in his she tries to convey a united unbreakable front.

There's something in Gemma's gaze that Jenna can't quite place. Somewhere between pride in Jenna picking up her mantle and the disappointment of feeling obsolete. She meets her gaze and doesn't flinch. "I am what you and Mother molded me into." she thinks.

She's fine strong even until she sees Piney's empty seat at the table. Tears sting her eyes and she sniffs them back.

"Love," Chibs says.

"Daddy's seat its empty." she shrugs. "It just hit me he's really gone." she sniffs back more tears.

No one says a word. After all what an they say? Jax kisses the back of the hand he's holding.

"Come on baby, I'll fix you a drink." Gemma says. Jax nods and she follows.

"Just a coke."

-/-/-/-

It's Paige's fifteenth birthday party and Jenna's first time hosting as the club queen. She's not as organized as Gemma and knows the woman's itching to take over.

Opie comes in with Jax behind him. "Baby girl's gift where do I put it? Wait! Hold up!'

Jenna laughed. "What Ope?" Opie peered out of the kitchen.

"Is Paige flirting with Ace Pollman?"

Jax stuck his head around the corner. "They are totally eye fucking."

"Dude!" Opie whined.

Jenna looked over next. "Jaxy's right bub, that's at least a I want to kiss your face off stare."

"You two are assholes." Opie retorted. "Set the gifts down on the card table." Jenna said nonplussed Opie set a tiny box on the table.

"Jax?" Jenna asked.

"I've got our gift set up already." he replied.

"Thanks, Gem you can help if you want."

"Alright lets do ake and ice cream then gifts."

-/-/-/-

She saved Opie's present for last meticulously unwrapping the delicate paper. She opened the ring box. Inside sits a sapphire ring. "Dad I-"

"You always liked it and I thought you were old enough to have it." Opie says a little shyly. He loves his kids but public displays are rare.

Juice leaned over. "I don't get it?"

"Donna's promise ring. Ope saved up like a year and a half for it." Jenna replied.

She stood and hugged him. Tears brim in her eyes. "Thanks Daddy,"

"Hey Paigers, no crying ok." he kisses the top of her head. She put the ring on.

"One more gift paigey poo." Jenna called out. "Outside everyone."

"What you mean the bath and body works isn't it?"

"Bitchlet please, I'm buying you soap for your birthday? My favorite niece, really?"

"I'm your only niece."

-/-/-/-

When they step outside to see the 1946 red Indian motorcycle and Paige's jaw drops Jenna knows she's chosen right.

"Her reaction is better than when we told Ope we were boning." Jax teases.

"And no ones punched me yet." he adds.

"Aunt Jenny I-" She gapes at the bike.

"Its yours baby, she runs a little crappy and she needs work but its yours. Your dad's going to teach you to ride and you have to keep your grades up no C's, you'll need a part time job for gas and upkeep. No riding in the rain ever and I swear on all that is holy Paige Marianne I catch you without a helmet and I'm taking it back." She squeals and hugs Jenna.

"Go! Ope's sitting on a girly bike to give you a lesson that never happens."

"Donna would murder you with a hatchet but your Dad he's damn proud somewhere." Ann says hugging Jenna from behind.

"You gave her a goddamned collectors item." Tig grouses.

"Give that shit up Tiggy, you weren't ever gonna get it." Gemma replies.

"Ok baby, this is your brake. Never pull just the front one. You'll end up face first on the pavement."

"Gas, brake, shift got it daddy, I have ridden before."

"Yes with me at the handlebars. Not alone."

"I'm not scared." She put on the helmet Jax had given her.

"I am sweetheart." Jenna laughed. "Its gonna be okay Bubba."

"Ready Paigers?" Paige nods. "Take pictures Jenny." he kicks up the stand and off they go.

-/-/-/-

The party having cleared out Jenna sits on the couch relaxing. Jax steps over a sleeping Arizona to plop down next to her.

"You did good Darlin' Donna would be glad and even though Mom won't say it she's real proud of the way you treat the sweet butts. And that fight you broke up? Its not the way we usually do things but-"

"Juice and Deacon were not fighting at a kids party. That's just the way I do things and if-"

"Jenna I was proud of you Darlin'." Jax takes a fork full of icing from his piece of cake and smears it along Jenna's clavicle before licking it off.

"Jax you weirdo! You're gonna make me all sticky."

"That's the plan." He grinned at her she rolled her eyes as leaned in to kiss her

She kisses him back toying with the hair along his nape. "Oh my god Jackson, I can't even believe I'm going to say this but you might need a hair cut."

Jax turns from putting down his cake. He chuckled. "You just died a little inside didn't you?"

"Yes, I'm very pained. You know what I was thinking about watching Ace and Paige?"

"What?" He licks off his thumb and turns toward her.

"What are the chances that this becomes her life? And do I want that for her? Hell I know I don't want Arie to be an Old Lady. It's fine for me because I choose you and I do it over again the same every day but-"

"But its hard." Jax finishes for her. She nods and blinks back tears. "Don't get me wrong I love you and have no regrets. I mean I'm pretty sure our dads thought that we were destined for each other anyway. I want to do this right. Make a fucking change that means something. You know?"

Jax nods. "Just before Dad died I had a conversation with him about you. I told him I knew that you liked me and that Tara hated you. I knew it was because she knew I cared about you. There were these really odd moments where you went from being Jenny my friend Ope's kid sister to this girl thing, I'd never seen before that was pretty and smart and you just fucking saw me and it scared the shit out of me."

She smiled. "I scared you?"

He nods. "Yeah when you got hot? I thought I was going to hell for sure." He grins

"Anyway he told me that the Tara's of the world were everywhere and no matter how much I loved her she'd always try to change me. You though, he said the Jenny's of the world were rare because not many people see you and just accept it. He said you'd be my wife one day because of that." He smiled sadly.

"She has Piney's loyalty and her own mind. Never lose that Jackson. So, our paths were already laid out yeah but we can change where we go. The club's gonna be legit before Zona is old enough to date I promise. This club its ours to change but I need you with me at my side." he kissed her

"Where else would I be." she said.

Their journey has been long and complicated and so fucking hard she'd almost given up but she's glad she didn't.

"I love you so much Jackson."

"Right back at you Darlin'."

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AN: That's it for this season folks. I only own Jenna, Arizona, Deacon, and Ace. I hope you enjoyed the story this season. If you guys want another season please review and tell me. Next season is tentatively titled Fake Empire.

As always I'll write something for hiatus so send me prompts or questions!

Thanks Again,

Meg