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Oh demon alcohol,
Sad memories I cannot recall,
Who thought I would say,
Damn it all and blow it all,
Oh demon alcohol,
Memories I cannot recall,
Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol.
Sad memories I cannot recall,
Who thought I would fall a slave to demon alcohol.
Alcohol - The Kinks
So, in last night's outfit and smudged eyeliner, Layla run through the hospital and up to Tara's office. She was so upset that she didn't even see her mother's truck in the parking lot. This wasn't one of her little fuck ups, this time it was something big. She didn't even know how she got pregnant in the first place. She was on birth control and half the time Dom used a condom just in case. She was 18 for christ's sake! And Layla would be lying if she said that abortion hadn't crossed her mind on the way over. Hell, she might have already killed it with a bottle of jack and a blunt last night. She burst in to Tara's office just as her mother was coming out.
"Woah, what are you doing here so early?" Eve asked
"Mom!" Layla silently cursed her timing "I was just stopping in to see if Tara had any of that good anti-bacterial ointment for my kit."
Tara came up to the Teller women. "Yeah, I do. I'll see you soon Evie."
"Alright. Something's up." Eve said as walked back into Tara's office and sat down "Layla Kip, I know you were out last night, so there is no way that you would be up before noon unless something happened."
"Layla, you should tell her." Tara offered
"Mom, please don't freak. I don't even know how it happened."
"STD or pregnant?" Eve asked
"Pregnant." Layla said as she started crying
"Kip, I saw you drink half a bottle of whiskey last night and I can still smell the pot on you. If you knew before this morning, I swear to god I will not be responsible for my actions." Eve said as she leaned forward in her seat
"She didn't. I called her right as soon as I got in." Tara said
"I actually finshed that bottle, hence why I'm here. Tara's gona check out everything." She said as Tara walked over to the door and opened it.
"The quicker we get these tests done, the better."
"Mom, will you go with me?" Layla asked
"Yes, baby." Eve said as she hugged her and then took her hand as they headed to an exam room.
Dom woke up in his old dorm alone. He knows that Layla was there with him, so he was slightly confused as to where she was. He got dressed and headed out to the mainroom to see if maybe she was making coffee or breakfast, but only found Tig and Chibs getting ready to work in the garage.
"Your wifey took off bout an hour ago." Tig informed him "Looked upset. You not satisfy last night?"
"You do realize that your talking bout your granddaughter right?" Dom asked with a laugh
"We're a very disfunctional family." Tig laughed
"You got that right, bruder." Chibs added
"I'll call her in a bit. Need a hand in the shop?"
"Yeah, Evie demanded we try to work on her Trans Am today." Tig said "So we could use all the help we could get."
"Alright. Hey, have you seen Abel?" Dom asked thinking that maybe he went with Layla
"He went ta da diner with da nomads." Chibs replied "They're recrutin'"
"Man. Okay, I'll be out once I take a shower." Dom said and went back to the dorm
"Layla, when was your last period?" Tara asked
"3 months ago. I'm on that 4 periods a year birth control. I was supose to get it next week." Layla said as she messed with the IV that Tara hooked her up to so she could rehydrate
"I told you that shit was a bad idea. Tara, you just do an ultrasound to check everything?"
"I'll be able to check the heart and grow, but I'll have to wait to do other tests." Tara explained as she moved the moniter and machine over.
"It'll be a little cold baby." Eve said as Tara squirted some gel onto her stomach and started to move the wand around
The heart beat came over the speakers loud and fast right away.
"Heart beat is suppose to be that fast right now. You're almost 3 months along."
"Damn. Um Tara, I've been drinking pretty much daily for the last few months." Layla said as she turned her head away, being ashamed
"Well, everything seems alright. It's size is smaller, which could be a sign of FAS." Tara said
"What?" Layla asked
"Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. It isn't what you think. The baby won't have a nasty deformity or severe mental handicaps. It can create heart issues, stunted growth and slower learning abilities though." Tara explained
"Heart problems?" Eve started "What is a heart problem is also genetic?"
"It could increase the probability of it." Tara said "But right now, the baby is okay. So, I'll print you some pictures and I can tell the sex if you want to know."
"Yeah, I do." Layla said with a slight smile
"It's a little boy." Tara smiled and removed the IV from Layla's hand
"A boy!" Eve laughed "Oh, baby I'm so happy for you!"
"Really?"
"Hey, atleast you're married. Better than me." Eve laughed "Come on let's go tell Dominic. I'll meet you in the parking lot."
"Alright. Thank you Tara." Layla said as she left the exam room
"So, realistically?" Eve asked once Layla was out of eatshot
"Your daughter is an alcoholic. Her labs came back the other day with alcohol in her system. Her child is going to have a tough life if the extent is what I think it is."
"An alcoholic? Are you insane? Why didn't you tell me when I was here earlier?"
"Eve, She drinks every single day. She said so herself. The next week is going to be really hard for her since withdrawel is going to start. And I didn't tell you because I knew she was on her way."
"Do we send her to rehab or what?"
"No, she'll stop now. She knows what will happen if she doesn't." Tara sighed and took a pause "I don't think the baby's heart is as strong as it should be."
"CHD?"
"I think so. Could confirm something for you and Jax." Tara hinted
"That she's really his." Eve laughed "She looks a bit to much like Gemma, don't you think?"
"It's a little scary." Tara laughed "I'll have look at her scan for anything."
"Call me if anything show up on those tests." Eve said as she left the office
Layla texted her mom and let her know that she didn't wait for her in the parking lot and had already headed to the clubhouse to find Dominic. She pulled into her parking space and could see him working in the garage with Chibs and Tig. Her dad was on the phone on the opposite side of the lot, no doubt on the phone with her mother. Layla grabbed a change of clothes from her car and headed to the garage.
"Hey, babe." Dom said as Layla walked up "Where ya been?"
"Come to the dorm with me?"
"Yeah, is something wrong?" He asked and followed her to the clubhouse
When they got to the dorm, Layla changed her clothes and then paced the room while Dom sat on the bed watching.
"You can't freak out bout this, okay?" Layla asked
"Alright."
"I'm pregnant and I may have really fucked our kid up already." She said in a jumbled mess
"Woah, Lay. What?" he said as he stood up and placed his hands on her shoulders to stop her pacing
"I'm pregnant."
"Yeah, I got that part."
"And because I'm a big drunk mess all the time, I could have hurt him."
"Him? It's a boy?" Dom asked with a big smile
"Yes, but did you hear me? The baby could have some syndrome because of me!"
"What did Tara say? Cause I know that where you had to of went."
"That he was alright as of right now."
"Alright, then we have nothing to worry about." Dom said "It's okay."
"Can we just go home?" She asked
"Yeah, babe. Let's go."
Abel had spent the majority of the morning with Whiskey and the 2 nomads. They painted a pretty great picture of being a nomad. His dad wouldn't be his prez and he would actually get to do jobs. He would get to see the country and just be on his bike. People would freak if he jumped charters though. Kip and his mother would really be mad and Gemma and Tig. Hell, pretty much everyone would.
"So, you want me to talk to Oz for you?" Whiskey asked Abel. Oz was the Nomad president. He took over when Quinn stepped down after his 3rd heart attack 5 years ago.
"Think I should talk to my dad or atleast Chibs or Hap first?"
"Up to you, bro. Oz could just call him when you transfer. Surprise him." X said "That what I did to Jury."
"Jury was also in the process of handing off the gavel and was older than dirt." Whiskey added "And he wasn't your pop."
"How'd you tell my dad when you jumped?"
"Man, I had just fucked up big time. I fell asleep and the niners stole one of our shipments and that shit with your granddad and Ope had happened like a month before. So, I just handed him my transfer letter and he signed it. No big deal." Whiskey explained
" Talk it out with the scotsman or Happy first." Kee offered
"Yeah, I'll do that." Abel said as his phone went off "It's my mom."
"We gota head out anyways." Whiskey said "Call me if you need to talk, kid."
"Alright, thanks."
Layla was sitting on the couch watching tv while Dom was in the kitchen apparently on the phone with Kim. She realized that this weekend was Dom's weekend with Izzy.
"Yeah, I can't take Iz this weekend." Layla heard Dom say
"Something came up. No, not the club. Layla's sick."
Sick. Well, she's guessed she was in a way.
"Kim, please. I don't need anymore issues right now."
Issues? Yeah, she was a knocked up lush, who was about to go though withdrawal. She knew how bad it was, it happened right before she started drinking on a regular. Ha, that's why she drank everyday.
"I'll take her for the fourth like u asked last week."
Atleast he didn't tell the ghetto bitch about what was really going on.
"Thanks, I'll call her on Saturday. Yeah, bye." Dom hung the phone up and came back to the living room.
"Everything okay?" she asked
"Yeah, Kim was just being irrating like usual." he laughed
"Yeah." she laughed as well. Layla wasn't stupid. She knew that Dom was mad at her. What man wouldn't be if his wife had almost killed their baby. Layla then realized that she was just like Wendy. Their baby could be born like Abel and who knew if he would have the same luck and survive.
"Hey, you're not alone. I'm here and I always will be." Dom told Layla
"Yeah."