disclaimer: I don't own or make money from any of this. I just enjoy playing in their world.

Question: I could end this very soon, or do people want more? I could do more Charming, and more festivals. Let me know. Also, I'm going to start posting a weird SOA crossover... hope yall give it a shot.

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Jax rushed Val from the building and realized that Miranda was keeping up with him.

"Come on, my car is actually right around this corner," she urged him. "I used to live here before I moved to Dallas. We'll take her to the ER so they can look her over."

Jax just nodded and followed her. Val was still sobbing in his arms. She was alive. Alive and relatively unharmed, physically. His grip tightened on her slightly but she didn't complain, just curled into him even closer. Jax dropped a kiss on her head.

They got to Miranda's Sentra, and Miranda unlocked the doors. "I'm getting in the back with her," he told her.

She nodded, "I figured."

"What do we tell them," Val asked in a tiny voice.

Jax's brain went blank, but Miranda's didn't. "You got done performing, and had to pee. When you came out of the restroom, some festival attendee clocked you in the face, grabbed you by the hair and began dragging you off into the dark away from people. Jax saw, and came running, causing the other man to run away."

Jax nodded. It was half truth, half lie. Easily believable.

The drive to the hospital didn't take long. Apparently, Miranda had been a racecar driver in a previous life, and had kept some of those skills. She drove up to the entrance of the ER, and he carefully got out, picking up Val as he went, and carried her inside.

Two nurses came running immediately. "What happened," one questioned.

"Do you need a wheelchair?" the other asked.

Jax told them, "No wheelchair. Her band had just performed, and I lost sight of her."

"I had to go to the bathroom," Val said, her voice still very small. "When I came out, this man hit me in the face. I couldn't believe nobody saw anything. Then he grabbed me by the hair and began to drag me into the dark. I don't know there were some buildings, maybe he was going to take me in one, but Jax…"

"I saw him dragging her, and I'll admit, I saw red, so it's probably better for him that he got away. But I chased after them and he ran. Some of our other friends were there,
so while they reported it to the festival authorities, our friend Miranda brought us here."

"I'm pregnant," Val said softly. "Please tell me my baby is okay."

While they spoke the two nurses worked together to get Val's temperature, blood pressure and pulse, and they also got her right in to a room.

One of the nurse's, a short Asian woman, gave Val a soothing smile. "Everything going to be fine. I know you had a horrible scare tonight, and there are some wounds we need to get cleaned up, but everything will be okay. Do you need anything from me? The doctor will be in shortly, but I could get you a drink while you wait."

"Could you get us some water please," Jax asked.

She left the room, was back with their water, and had left again within five minutes. Val lay down on the hospital bed, and moved onto her side, curling up in the fetal position. Jax kept running his hand down her hair, and she did find it comforting. Her mind was moving at a thousand miles per hour, but at the same time, it wasn't moving at all.

Everyone knew she was pregnant. She had wanted to tell Jax first, and hadn't had a chance. Val didn't know if she should feel bad about that. She did just find out the day before. That wasn't a lot of time that passed. And yes, he'd said he wanted her to be his Old Lady, but really they hadn't planned a future together, just those words. She did know those words were important. She also knew that those words probably wouldn't be said again. It was just like her to fuck everything up.

She had fucked up a future with Jax by getting pregnant. There were so many ways she had fucked up with Andrew. Val also knew her actions had possibly fucked things up for Sam. She just had to pray she hadn't screwed up her sister's life like that. Maybe it was time for them all to take a break. Of course they would finish the summer concerts, but maybe her sisters would be better off with her in Houston, while they stayed in Charming. Val hated that thought. When Aunt Viv had found them at the County Home, they had been together off and on since they were four. Each experiencing their own nightmares in the Foster system. When she found them, and took them all home they hadn't been apart since. Not even when Mouse went to college. Five points to a star, Viv had said. They were five points that made up her shining star that she had to have. Viv had given them everything she could. Music lessons, any instrument they wanted to learn how to play. The best computers for Mouse.

Val didn't feel bright and shining currently. She wondered if Gemma would still like her when the older woman found out she was pregnant. Well, it was her baby, so Jax and Gemma, they didn't have to like her. She wouldn't stay. Maybe she'd settle in another little town near Charming. That way she could see her sisters, but she wouldn't be in the way. She wouldn't be in people's faces. She was starting to wish he wouldn't run his hand along her hair. It made it seem like he cared, and it hurt. Tears started leaking from her eyes again.

"Val," Jax asked gently. "Is something hurting right now?"

She shrugged. "My head… my face doesn't hurt so much anymore. My leg hurts. My right side of my back hurts."

"Okay, well, we'll the doctor that when he or she comes…" He'd almost finished the sentence when the door opened and a middle-aged woman came into the room.

"Hi, you must be Val, I'm Dr Kesson." The woman kept a gentle tone, and pulled up the round, wheeled chair, taking a seat next to the bed. "Can you tell me what hurts?"

So, Val again listed her pains, and the doctor began looking her over. Dr. Kesson had a nurse come in and draw some blood, and she herself did some poking and prodding.

"Well, your poor face is a bit red and bruised, but I think that'll heal up in a day or two. Same with the hair. He managed to take a chunk out, but it's underneath the rest, so you can't even see it. I think that you maybe pulled a muscle in your back. We can't give you drugs for that since you're pregnant. One Tylenol every four to six hours is your pain meds limit."

"I don't take a lot of medication," she told the doctor.

"We are definitely going to need to stitch up your leg. So we'll do a local anesthetic on that, numb it up, and get it sewn up." As Dr. Kesson explained everything, the Asian nurse came back in and had a few small vials in her hand. She gave Val a reassuring smile. "You scared of needles, Val?"

Val was watching the doctor as she prepared to give her the shots to numb the area. "No, Ma'am. I like to watch it when my tattoo girl, Erin is working."

"I do like your musical notes," the doctor smiled brightly. "And I love this chain mail ensemble. I wish I could pull it off like you do."

"Thank you," Val said.

It didn't take long for her to put the ten stitches in Val's outer knee area.

"What about my baby?" she asked. Val thought she'd been very patient.

Jax wondered if she realized she kept saying MY baby, not OUR baby. Did she believe what that Andrew had said to her? Did she think he would be upset? He just wanted to know what was going through her head, but with everything that had happened, he didn't want to pressure her. Maybe if he did little things to show her. Jax reminded himself- patient, repeat, and show her how you feel. Jax reached out and took Val's hand in his own. He could feel her tension. "Is our baby okay?" he added.

Dr. Kesson smiled. "Everything came back looking wonderful. Your hormone levels are fantastic. You just take it easy on your back for a few days, and you'll be right back to perfect."

"Thank you," Val whispered.

"Now, Ann is going to wheel you out. Hospital policy. Take care of yourself and if you have any problems while you're in town, give me a call."

Once Miranda was driving back to the festival grounds, with Jax and Val in the backseat, they all let out a breath. Val still didn't feel like talking, so she leaned her head back, and closed her eyes. Jax tugged her until she was leaning against him. Val was very confused, but she wanted to be close to him, so she cuddled in as close as she could without it hurting. That seemed to please him, and he wrapped his arms around her.

Miranda ignored all the parking signs and pulled up right next to the Chaos Party tour bus. "We're here," she chirped.

It made Jax smile. Val had been right, he did like her Chaos Party friends. He had talked to Juice briefly and said that the guys didn't even question how they were going to
deal with Andrew. They had just helped. They had also helped in putting Ash somewhere where he would be found. Dude was an asshole, but he was also a Son.

"Babe," Max had stood up from where they were all sitting between the guys' bus, and DOD's bus. "I'm not sure…"

"It's fine," she told him. "Can't expect Val to walk over here, can they?"

Joe and Deke were snickering, Breck was rolling his eyes, and Ike was grinning. "Babe, please, you're just pissed that they wouldn't let you park here yesterday."

"Well, they're stupid," she said logically. Val's sisters were coming over and high fiving her. Then they were moving to Val, and hugging her.

"Let's go sit down, and then you can talk all you guys want, okay?" Jax suggested, and then swept Val up into his arms again, moving to a wide chair, and pulling her onto his lap in as comfortable as a position as she could get.

Maybe, she thought as she leaned into him, maybe he isn't as mad as I thought he'd be. Maybe I didn't fuck up as bad as I thought I did. She looked over to see Sam and
Happy sitting right up against each other. There didn't seem to be tension there either. She would just keep praying.

Jax noticed her eyes getting heavy, "You getting tired? Want to lay down?"

She nodded.

Jax informed everyone and they all made the rounds to hug or kiss her. When Ike got to her he leaned in and kissed her forehead. "Hey, tomorrow Stacy wanted to talk to you for a minute."

"What did I do wrong now?" she sighed.

"Nothing. Um, Stacy helped us find you tonight," Jax told her, and saw the shock reflected on her face.

Ike nodded. "I think she just wants to make sure you're okay, but she couldn't say it, ya know? Get some good rest, Val."

They were the only people on the bus, and Jax helped her change into her pajamas. "I'm sorry," he told her softly.

"Why are you sorry?" Val got a little scared.

"Because I saw those pictures and I got jealous. I know you wouldn't do anything, Valeria. I know you. I'm just a jealous, possessive fool. So I'm going to tell you I'm sorry every day until you know I mean it."

"You don't have to," she was shaking her head.

He ran his fingertips down her cheeks, over her velvety soft skin. "Don't you know what you mean to me, Valeria Winters. I didn't ask you to be my Old Lady on a whim. I
love you," he said kissing her cheeks.

Val burst into tears. "I didn't think you'd want me anymore."

"Why wouldn't I want you anymore?" he asked her baffled.

"Because I got pregnant," she sobbed.

"Well, sure we didn't plan on a baby, but God, Val, I love you. How could I not love our baby?" he asked, and just kept gently skimming her skin with his fingers. Then he laid
a hand on her lower belly. "This is both of us. Why wouldn't I want him or her?"

"Because Abel is still so little, and still in the hospital, and this just puts another baby on you." She tried to explain.

"Aren't you going to be there with me,' he asked.

She nodded.

"And don't you love Abel?"

Again she nodded.

"So aren't you going to be his mama?"

"You want me to be his mama?" she asked, tears still rolling down her cheeks.

"I hope you will be," Jax told her. "Then he'd have the best."

She gave a laugh through her tears. "I'm sorry."

"I don't want you to be sorry. I think I understand now why you didn't tell me yesterday, or today."

"I was going to tell you tomorrow. Sam and I talked about it. If it went bad, we didn't want that before our concert."

"Makes sense, and it isn't like it was weeks or months. I don't want you to ever worry again about me not wanting this baby. I want you, I want OUR baby, I want your sisters in our world, Sledge too. I love your band friends." Jax smiled at her, and was rewarded with a beautiful smile in return. "We will need to talk about some do's and don't's during the pregnancy, but that's just because you do crazy things." He said in a teasing manner.

Val laughed. "I know, I know, no twirling down ropes." Then she got serious. "For real though I'm not going to do anything that could hurt us. No firebreath, no rappelling, no new tricks."

Jax helped her slide into their little sleep cubby, and then took off everything but his boxers. He couldn't go commando with all the others in the bus too. He might love the other girls, but he didn't want to give them a show.

They were lying quietly for a few minutes when Val spoke again. "Jax?"

"Hmm?"

"I love you too."

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Happy and Sam had gone for a walk. She had changed out of her chain outfit, and then as they walked, he wrapped his arm around her waist, and curved his palm over her abdomen. "Sam?"

Happy was a man of few words, and Sam had learned his language. He wanted to know why she hadn't told him. "I've known for a week." She began. "I felt so stupid. I mean, we used protection, but I go and get knocked up anyway. We've been seeing each other a few weeks, and I kept thinking, I'm going back to Houston at the end of the summer," Happy's hand tightened a tiny bit. "We really haven't talked about what we're even doing…"

Happy stopped walking and pulled her to face him. "Didn't I tell you that you were mine?"

She nodded.

"Did you decide whether or not I'm yours?"

Her eyes widened. Sam remembered the conversation. "Yes. You are."

"Well, if you're mind, and I'm yours, why the hell are you talking about going back to Houston," he snapped.

"I…" but she didn't have words.

"You women are so damned used to not being wanted, that when it's staring you in the face you don't even recognize it." He pulled her closer, where their faces were only an
inch apart. "You ain't going anywhere Samantha. You, me, our baby, we're gonna be here, together."

"We are," she whispered, hope in her eyes.

"Never thought I'd have kids," he smiled. "You were a shock to my system from the minute you stepped off that bus. Beautiful, smart, and pure trouble. You were mine that
day. You just didn't know it yet."

Sam didn't wait to see if he said anything else. Instead she threw her arms around his neck and moved in for a steamy kiss.