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Things are good for the Tellers, hopefully the new year will bring them more good luck and good news for SAMCRO.

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Chapter 10- Happy New Year

Abel looked at Jax excitedly, waiting for the nod to put their plan in motion. He left his mom's arms to reach under the tree and grab the last present. He wanted over and handed it to his mom. "What's this?" Mia asked looking at Jax for an explanation.

Jax put his hands up in surrender. "Don't look at me, it's from the kids" he replied.

"I hope you like it mama" Abel said.

Mia grabbed him and pulled him into her arms so he was sitting in her lap with his sister. "Help me open it buddy" she said, as she started to open the gift.

She opened it to reveal a black velvet box. Abel was watching his mom intently, so she smiled as she opened the box. Once she saw the inside of the box, she started crying.

"Don't cry mama" Abel wiped her tears.

She smiled and wiped her tears, "thank you baby, I love it" she kissed her kids and pulled them into a hug.

Letting the kids go to enjoy their gifts, she passed the gift to her sister, to show everyone before walking into Jax's open arms.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and greeted him with a kiss. Jax pressed her closer and deepened the kiss, gaining entrance in her mouth, biting her bottom lip, before she pulled away, "thank you Mr. Teller, that was beautiful" she said.

He smiled, "you're welcome Dr. Teller, Merry Christmas" he kissed her.

"Merry Christmas" she replied with a kiss.

Since Christmas was at Gemma's, Mia agreed to host New Year's Eve for everyone. Mia had spent most of the day trying to contain the chaos of her house before the guys arrived. She knew they wouldn't care about the decorations or the ensemble, but she liked everything to be festive.

Sparkling grape juice for the kids, wine and champagne for the adults, and with their finest party hats/noise makers, the evening would be spent enjoying each other's company while they countdown the moments to the new year.

She spent all day cooking and making sure everything was ready for the new year. She literally cleaned everything in her house. It was so clean that you could eat off the floor. Jax didn't understand why Mia was going through all the trouble. The guys wouldn't notice anyway. She even had Abel going around the house cleaning and putting all his toys in the playroom, Katie crawling behind him, amusing herself.

Once everything was all ready to go, she set up the kid's toys in the playroom, making sure they were occupied. Katie was sitting in the middle of the floor with Able, playing with some foam blocks and racing bikes with her brother, babbling to him about something only she could understand. She kept all the toys in a basket in their room to keep her occupied while she was cleaning.

They definitely had enough stuff for just two little babies. It made Mia smile thinking about having more babies. She and Jax both agreed they wanted a big family. She just wanted to wait until Katie was a bit older.

Turning around, Mia placed her hands on her hips at her kids, watching as Katie stood, her hands holding onto the coffee table for a moment for some stability. "Mama, sissy's standing" Able announced excitedly.

"JAX!" she screeched. "Jax get down here! Quick! JAX!" she yelled.

He heard her cries and freaked out, he practically ran down the stairs as if the place was on fire. His trampling feet could be heard throughout the house. "What?" he exclaimed, catching his breath as he screeched to a halt in the family room. "What is it?" he asked.

Mia smiled with mischief in her eyes, biting her lip as she pointed to their daughter, still standing at the coffee table with Abel behind her. She wasn't even using it very much, her hands waving at her brother and clapping when she saw Jax. "Dada! Dada, mama mama" she squealed.

"Jesus, she's standing. She's standing. Isn't it too early for her to be standing?" he got over the shock and turned to ask his wife. He had no idea about baby stages.

Jax dropped to his knees and held his arms out to his daughter smiling. "Come on princess, can you walk to daddy?" he asked, practically begging her to walk to him.

Mia just sat back on her legs and smiled. She found the whole thing amusing. Here was this big bad ass biker on his hands and knees begging his little baby to walk towards him.

Katie laughed, shaking her head no as she grabbed her brothers arm for stability.

"Please?" Jax begged, "pretty please?" he added for extra affect.

Katie continued to ignore her dad as she babbled to her brother, playing with the toys on the table.

Mia still just laughed as her husband let out a defeated sigh, "look at you… a bad ass begging with a baby. It's cute" she teased.

Rolling his eyes, Jax stood up and grabbed a hold of Mia's arm, yanking her towards him as she squealed and laughed. "Cute huh?" he retorted with a smirk.

She tapped his nose with a smile, "maybe, just a little bit" she teased. She knew she was playing with fire. She could see it in his eyes.

"Keep that sassy attitude of yours up, see how far it gets you" he teased, squeezing her too him.

Mia smiled and rested her head in the crook of his neck, whispering near his ear, "trust me, I'm aware of just how far my sass will get me, Mr. Teller" she teased.

He pulled her close, their noses touching when the sound of the doorbell rang through the house, their attention pulled from each other. They heard the door open and heard the guys before they saw them. Gemma was the first one to notice the progress of her granddaughter, letting out a squeal, calling Katie's name as she came into view, running into the living room. Jenny wasn't far behind, calling out to Katie, begging her to walk towards them.

"OMG! Look Clay, she's standing. My goodness, that's our girl. Look at her, wow, I can't believe she's standing" Gemma squealed.

Jenny knelt on the floor, holding her arms out, "look my little princess, standing on her own. Come on princess, can you walk to your favorite aunty?" she begged.

Clay laughed at the scene, "of course she's standing. She's only been attempting to pull herself up for weeks now. It's high time she accomplished the task" he stated moving around all the crazy females in his life to stand in front of Katie, a few inches away.

The guys were all settled around the living room, making themselves comfortable. They watched the scene with a laugh. Each one trying to get Katie to move towards them. Katie in the meantime, just stood at the table with her brother, looking at the crazy people around her.

She knew it was time to make a decision. She had to decide who to walk to first. All these people were there for her and she loved it. Unlike her mother, Katie loved being the center of attention. She looked at all the guys on their hands and knees, begging her to walk to them with a chuckle. She just started laughing.

"Come on princess, can you walk to grandma?" Gemma joined in on the craziness.

"Nah, she's going to come to her favorite biker" Clay replied, holding his hands out to his little princess.

Katie grabbed a toy in each hand and looked on with determination. She was ready to do this and start walking. She kept her hold on the table as she walked along the edge of it. She got to the edge of the table and looked at everyone waiting for her.

She gave a determined nod and started her descent towards her grandfather. She looked over her shoulder at her brother, to see him following her closely and continued on her way. She walked the little way to Clay and settled in his arms.

Everyone stood amused. They couldn't believe that out of everyone to walk to, she chose Clay to walk to. Jax was the most pissed off out of anyone. He couldn't believe she didn't pick him to walk to. Out of everyone, she picked Clay.

Mia just thought it was amusing. She was just happy her baby was walking, she didn't want to worry about who she chose to walk to. "Would you please be happy that your daughter started walking and stop looking like someone just stole your bike?" she teased.

"Come on Mia, out of anyone, she walks to him. I mean come on, I am her dad. We are with her all the time. She could have walked to Abel if not us" he protested.

"I don't know, why did she say dada first? I'm the one who carried her by myself for nine months. It was my body that changed when I had her and was pregnant with her. She loves her grandfather. She loves them both. Gemma and Clay, Gemma especially was really there for me when I was pregnant. I mean come on, how many times did they watch the kids and stay with me when I needed someone to watch the kids? Can you at least pretend to be happy? We are starting a new start today" she warned him to be nice.

"Fine, but I am seriously going to sit her down and have a talk with her about family priorities. Dad's always come before grandfathers" he stated.

Mia couldn't help but laugh. She finished putting on her make-up and grabbed her heels. She fixed her dress and turned to her husband with a smile, her hands on her hips, "so, how do I look?" she asked.

He smiled when he looked up seeing Mia all dressed up. He walked over, wrapping his arms around her waist, pulling her into his chest. Looking her over, "damn baby, you look hot" he teased.

She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck, "why thank you? Do you think I look nice enough to change the subject and bring up the mood a little?" she asked.

He laughed and started pulling her closer, "yeah okay, I get it. I'll get into the holiday season. Come on, let's go join everyone else, before the guys tear up our house" he teased.

The guys were gathered around the living room, watching the game, eating Mia's food and overall just enjoying each other's company. It was a fun time with everyone.

"How are things with you and Mia now?" Opie asked Jax as he took a chug of his beer from his spot on the couch. He was watching the girls in the kitchen, milling around, getting the food ready.

"Things are finally good man. We are finally starting to act like a real couple. Finally acting like a real family. I mean, I think today was the first day since I've been home that my son hasn't looked at me like he was surprised that I was there" Jax vented.

Opie smiled, "that's good. Maybe things are looking up for the better. Things are working with you guys, we are good, the club is good. What more can we ask for?" he replied.

That was the theme of the night. Abel was going around asking everyone what their new year's wish was. Mia sat down with the kids earlier and explained to them what the holidays each meant and what it meant to make a new year's wish.

He made his wish already, refusing to tell anyone, for fear that it wouldn't come in true; so, he was going around asking everyone what their new year's wish was.

"So Jax, you know that now Katie started walking, she is going to be going to school and then soon after she's going to be going on dates and stuff. You know, that right?" Bobby teased Jax was he watched Katie wabbling around the living room, trying to run away from her brother.

Mia couldn't help but burst out laughing at the look on Jax's face. He looked pained. Mia came over and slapped Bobby across the shoulder, "don't give him a heart attack just yet Bobby, he still has a long way before she starts dating. Even then, she still has Abel to get through" Mia defended.

"No, she's not dating ever. I better be six feet under before she even thinks about bringing a boy around here" Jax commented.

Abel, who caught wind of the conversation stopped by his daddy all concerned. "Daddy, is Katie going with a boy? I don't want her to daddy" he protested.

Jax smiled and picked up his son and put him on his lap, wrapping him up in a hug, "don't worry buddy. Your Uncle Bobby was just trying to be funny. Your sister isn't going anywhere with anyone" Jax reassured his son.

Abel nodded, "I don't want Katie to go with the boy's daddy. I want her to stay with us. I don't want her to go with those boys" he stated.

Jax smiled at the protectiveness of his son. He knew he was not going to have any worries when it came to his daughter dating. Whoever she decided to date, would have to get past his son and his entire club. It was definitely not going to be easy for her.

Jax grabbed his daughter on her next go around the table and pulled her into his lap, next to her brother. "You're not going to go on dates with guys, are you? No, you are going to stay with daddy and Abel, forever right?" he stated.

Katie nodded and lunged forward to hug her brother and her dad. "Dada, Abie" she squealed.

The guys just laughed. The little girl had no idea what they were talking about, but picked her dad and her brother anyway. Mia knew she was a little daddy's girl. Has been since she was born. Has had Jax wrapped around her finger.

Closer to the new year, Mia and the girls got all the noise makers and the party hats. It was really cute how excited the kids were to ring in the new year.

Mia and the kids sat with Jax, all the families cuddled together with noise makers ready to ring in the new year. They all sat patiently waiting the ball to drop, indicating the new year.

"Alright, here we go…10…" Mia started.

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"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" they all shouted in the house. There were claps, noise makers going on, all around cheer and happiness.

Jax pulled Mia into his arms for a kiss, before kissing each other their kids before moving on to wish everyone else a happy new year.

"Hey sissy, Happy new year. May this new year bring you nothing but joy and happiness with Jax and the whole family" Jenny kissed her sister's cheek.

"Thanks JJ, I wish the same for you and Ope, and many, many more" she replied.

Mia couldn't help but smile as she looked around her living room. Everyone she loved was under one roof. Her couldn't be happier or more excited to see what the new year would bring.

Jax ended up pulling Mia into his arms. He saw her staring at everyone from his spot in the living room. He caught sight of Jenny who noticed the same thing. Their gazes met, and Jenny nudged her head towards her sister. Jax nodded and knew what he needed to do.

Once he had her in his arms, he noticed that she was crying. Jax reached up and wiped her tears. "Hey, hey, what's going on?" he asked.

Mia laughed and wiped her tears, "nothing, I'm fine. I promise" she reassured him.

Jax gave her a pointed look, "we've never lied to each other. You stood by me for all the shit I put you through over the years. Do you really think I am going to leave you now, no matter what it is" he said?

She laughed and shook her head, "I promise it's nothing. I am just really happy. What more can I ask for this new year? I have you home, two healthy kids and a family that loves me. I have everything I could ever ask for. What more do I need? It all just hit me" she laughed as more tears came down.

Jax smiled and wrapped his arms around her. "Babe, that is nothing to cry about. That is something to be happy about. Don't cry" he wiped her tears.

She smiled and laughed. She pulled away from him and nodded, "I know, I will. Now come on, let's go join everyone else" she pulled him back into the living room.

Jenny came over and gave her a side hug, "are you okay sissy?" she asked. Mia nodded, "all good, I promise. Just getting sentimental in my old age" she teased.

"Well let's keep this a happy new year" Jenny replied.