as majestic butterfly suggested, here's a glimpse into the daily life of Juice and Ellie.

Ellie sat on the sofa, flipping through the pregnancy book Dasha had forced on her before leaving the hospital after a two day stay. Her face occasionally scrunching up as she looked at the pictures of the entire birthing process. Wondering what woman volunteered to let a camera man get up close and personal with her body. "This is gross… This is what's going to happen to me Juice." She held up the book and tapped the picture before shaking her head.

Juice looked up from his own book on pregnancy and grimaced. "That's so fucking gross but interesting at the same time." He flashed her a goofy smile before shrugging his broad shoulders. "Do you want to trade books? This is less graphic, it won't scare you. It's just everything you should expect during the first year."

"No, no. I need to know what expect during labor. I asked Malia about it and she said it wasn't too bad and Dasha had a c-section which is something I don't want to think about having to go through. It seems worse than natural birth." She shook her head and rested the book on her chest as she rubbed her belly and sighed. "I'm hoping that there won't be too many difficulties during the labor process."

He nodded. "He's my son, he won't give you too much trouble until he's actually here." He smiled at her. "You want anything?"

She looked at him and shook her head. "You know I am capable of getting up and grabbing my own food and drinks. The doctors want me to stay stress free and not do anything intense. I can lift a glass of water but I can't lift a fridge."

"I'll wait on you while I'm around the house." He smiled. "At least let me do that shit… It's the least I can do right now El."

"Alright, alright. I'll let you wait on me hand and foot." Ellie smiled and rolled her eyes. "Can you get me some fruit or something? I really want some mangoes."

Juice nodded eagerly and moved off the sofa and straight into the kitchen. His brown eyes locking in on the mangoes before grabbing them and easily slicing them up. "You need anything else while I'm in here?"

"A bottle of water and some whipped cream!" Ellie shouted. "Thank you!"

"Here you go." He passed her a bowl and fork before handing her the bottle of water and can of whipped cream. "Anything else?"

"No, I'm good." She smiled at him as he lifted her feet before sitting down and placing them on his lap. "He's moving around right now… Kicking up a storm."

Juice smiled before shyly rubbing her belly, feeling the baby kick. "That's still so damn crazy. I can't believe we're having a son together."

Ellie grinned and nodded. She wasn't even sure if they were actually together. All she knew was that she was pregnant with his child and he was doing everything he could to make sure she and the baby had everything they could ever need to be comfortable and happy. "Me either… I was wondering something Juice…"

"What is it?" He looked at her carefully, trying to figure out what she could be thinking about.

"What are we? Are we together? Just living together to raise the baby or what?" She looked at him briefly before focusing her eyes on the bowl of mangoes she was holding.

He shrugged. "I don't know honestly. I was hoping we could be together. Not just co-parent." He smiled at her as she lifted her face to look at him. "I mean, that's only if you wanna be together Ellie."

"Yeah, I wanna be together." She grinned.

He nodded and leaned forward, pressing a kiss to her lips. "Then we're back together."

"Yay." The blonde smiled widely. "I'm glad."

"Good because I'm glad too." Juice pulled her closer to him and hugged her. "We gotta figure out a name for him soon…"

Ellie nodded and looked back at her boyfriend and shrugged. "I have no clue about names… All the ones I think of are lame."

He chuckled and shook his head. "Hard to compete with a Gunnar and Shei, huh?"

"Gunnar and Shei have cute names but I want something that'll maybe blend our names or something. Julian Elijah? Something like that." She smiled and shrugged.

Juice smirked. "I love that name actually."

"Yeah?" Ellie nodded. "Then it'll go to the top of the list… I wanna take a nap though now."

He nodded. "Just fall right to sleep… I got time and no where I need to be besides here with you and the baby."

SOA

"Juice." Ellie waddled into their bedroom and sat on the bed, watching him as he looked up from his laptop and smiled at her. "I'm bored…"

He shrugged. "Shouldn't you be doing homework or something for your class?"

She shrugged. "I told you, I dropped the class because it was stressing me out too much. I hate math already then trying to understand it was killing me."

He shook his head and sighed. "I thought you were having Dasha help you with the math… You should have told me before you dropped. I would have sat down with you and helped you figure out all of the math problems."

The blonde frowned as she twisted her up and let it flutter back down. "I just rather hold off on the class until a different time. No amount of help is going to make me less stressed about passing math."

"Alright. I don't know what we're gonna do to entertain you… You wanna work out some stress and play video games?" Juice shut his laptop and sat it on his nightstand. "Or, we can go to the toy store get you some puzzles. That's supposed to be relaxing."

She let out a groan and eyed him carefully. "You were just on one of those stupid pregnancy blogs, weren't you?" She smiled and shook her head. "Let's go see about this puzzle theory. I loved those Lisa Frank puzzles when I was younger. All the colors."

He nodded slowly as he moved off the bed. "Alright, shove your feet into some shoes and let's go get you some puzzles." He smiled as he slipped a clean black shirt over his head.

"Oh yeah… Puzzles." Ellie shook her head. "Did I age fifty years in the past week?"

Juice laughed and shook his head. "No but it's alright to sit and take it easy… No need to be doing shit that's stressful for you."

SOA

"Look at that! That stroller is so cute babe." Ellie pulled Juice towards the baby section, ignoring the fact that they were in the store solely for puzzles and anything else that would keep her calm and stress free. "It's the most perfect color combo ever…"

Juice shook his head and eyed the stroller before looking at the price tag and groaning. "That stroller is too expensive… I'm not a rich man El."

The blonde nodded before shrugging. "Wishful thinking." She sighed and looked at him. "Let's go grab the puzzles. I'm still supposed to pick up the presents from the shower that Dasha had thrown that we skipped. She said I got a stroller, so we don't need that one. I just love looking at all this baby stuff." She paused at a display of onesies. "Aww! Look at these cute ass onesies. I want this one." She held up one covered in turtles. "Getting it."

He chuckled and nodded. "Get a couple more… I know how much you love turtles."

"Really?" Ellie picked up a few more of onesies and smiled. "He'll look so damn adorable in these things. Look! Juice! It's a hat with ears! A panda onesie! Oh, I need them." She grabbed both items and smiled. "Alright, now we can go grab the puzzles."

Juice smiled and wrapped an arm around her shoulders and guided her away from the baby aisle. Knowing that most of what they needed was sitting in Dasha and Happy's guestroom. "You gonna get easy puzzles? The ones with like ten pieces."

She laughed and shook her head as they walked down the aisle the puzzles were located. "Those are for like kindergarten kids… I think I can at least do a hundred piece puzzle." She looked at the selection and nodded. "That one with the Harley… That's the one we're getting. When it's finished we can use the puzzle glue to keep it together and like hang it up in the baby's room." She picked up the box and smiled. "It's even a Dyna."

"No way!" He grabbed the puzzle and looked at it before smiling. "That's the one that Happy drives. He'd love this puzzle, wouldn't put it together though… Grab any others that you want, if you don't do 'em we can always give them to Xavier or something."

Ellie smiled and picked out a few more puzzles before looking at Juice. "You sure we shouldn't save the money for something better?"

He shook his head. "Get them… I can afford puzzles, I cannot afford to drop almost a grand on a stroller…" He looked at the Harley puzzle before back at the gorgeous blonde. "Relax, we're not gonna go broke or anything. So don't worry about it. The bills will always be paid, you and the kid will always have a roof over your heads."

She nodded and rubbed her belly. "I think he's ready to eat… I'm thinking we need to grab some oreos before we leave here."

"Dasha and Hap invited us over for dinner. I was thinking we can go there and then take the gifts home with us. You can unwrap them and see what everyone spoiled you and the kid with." Juice cradled the items she had picked out in his arms and smiled. "I'll still get you the Oreos though, double stuf right?"

"That sounds good." Ellie smiled. "Yes, double stuf with peanut butter and caramel."

SOA

"I still can't get over the fact that you're drove an actual car and not riding your bike." Ellie looked at Juice as they walked up the path to the front door of Dasha and Happy's house. "I hope they made Italian."

He shrugged. "I drove a car before I rode a bike." He pressed the doorbell and smiled as Happy pulled the door open quickly, glaring at them. "Hey Hap."

Happy stepped aside and let the couple in before smacking Juice's back roughly. "Dinner is ready, she's got it set up on the patio." He pointed towards the back doors. "Juice help me with some shit in the kitchen, yeah?"

Juice nodded watching Ellie slip out of the house into the backyard before following Happy into the kitchen, trying to figure out what he possibly needed help with. "What's up man?"

Happy leaned against the counter before dragging a hand down his face and letting out a breath. "This is the obligatory lecture. You fuck over Ellie, you hurt her feelings, you make her cry, you neglect the kid and I'll fuck you up. Brother or not… That girl means everything to Dasha and if you hurt Ellie, you hurt Dasha and I'm not going to let that shit slide at all. Unlike Dasha, Ellie's dad doesn't really give a fuck or even check in on her. So, I'm taking over that shit. I'm looking out for Ellie. You got it?"

He eyed Happy and nodded slowly. "Yeah, I got it. I won't hurt Ellie. I care for her and our son. I'm focused on being the best man I can be for the both of them."

"Good." Happy nodded before reaching out and clapping Juice on the shoulder. "Let's have dinner than we can load those gifts up for you guys."

Juice walked out of the house, dropping into the chair next to Ellie and lacing his fingers through hers. "This food looks good."

"Thank you." Dasha smiled. "Slaved in the kitchen to make this dinner." She shrugged.

"It's soo good. Like Juice taste the pasta, it's freaking amazing." Ellie gushed as she pointed to the dish of pasta. "Man, I need to learn this recipe or something Dasha."

"I'll give it to you before you leave." She took a sip of her water and smiled. "So, are you two doing ok with the bed rest thing? That was tough for me. I hated it and Happy was always on my ass about actually resting."

Happy shook his head. "Dasha is hard headed as fuck… I don't even know what to do with her still. When she had the kid and was on bed rest she was still trying to do shit… That whole nesting thing is what's gonna get you kid. You're gonna wanna clean and cook. It's a weird fucking thing to witness. Dasha went from messy to super clean because of it."

"It was a real trip." Dasha laughed. "I hated nesting but like it always felt good when I was doing it."

Ellie laughed. "Man, that explains why I keep wanting to clean the kitchen… I thought Juice's OCD tendencies were starting to transfer over to me."

Juice rolled his eyes. "I'm good with her cleaning… It's precise as fuck. Makes me proud."

"That's my cue." Happy stood up from the table at the sound of Gunnar's cries coming over the baby monitor. "I'll be back when he's taken care of." He snatched up his plate and moved back into the house, leaving the trio alone."

"Thanks for having us over for dinner Dasha." The blonde looked at the blue haired woman and smiled. "We appreciate it."

"It's good, I'm just trying to keep tabs on you. I know how difficult you're going to have it. Bed rest isn't easy, although it may seem like it's going to be. It's going to make you cherish even going to the doctor's office. You have to basically give up most shit just to make sure the child is safe and healthy. It's worth it when you give birth though." Dasha shrugged. "You guys can take home any leftovers if you wanna."

Ellie nodded. "I'm so ready for him to be here. I have like two more months… Weekly appointments too but I'm excited."

"I'm gonna be around for every single one of 'em too." Juice smiled proudly. "Not letting her go through the last two months alone… Especially when it's risky."

Dasha nodded slowly and smirked. "Well, I'm glad you're stepping up to the plate and handling what you need to handle." She stood up slowly and smiled. "I'm going to pack up these leftovers. You guys can stay out here or sit inside and relax, open presents here or take 'em home if you're finished eating that is."

"We'll hangout here for a little while." Juice watched Dasha walk into the house before looking at Ellie. "When are you gonna get blue hair?"

"Never. Only Dasha can pull that shit off." Ellie shook her head. "It's so weird. Dasha and Happy have been around for me more than my own dad has… It's such a fucking trip."

He sighed as he thought back to the moment he fessed up to Opie about sleeping with Ellie and knocking her up. Opie had been pissed, handed Juice a mean ass kicking in the ring but after that, they had fallen back into the same routine. They were brothers, family and not even this situation seemed to faze Opie. "It's a damn shame… He should at least check in on you. Your brother check on you at least?"

She shrugged. "Yeah, when he wants something. He's turning into our dad, barely around and when he's around he's still distant as ever. It sucks, I hate it but whatever. I can't change those two. All I can do is hope our son turns out better. I think he will, he's got you for a dad. That's a step in the right direction."

Juice smiled, resting his head on her shoulder. "We'll raise him right. We won't have to worry about a thing. Sure as hell don't want him following in my footsteps of being a Son. He's gonna be way more than me." He kissed her cheek and stared at her. "We'll be the parents that we never had."

Ellie grinned, moving her head slightly. "Yes. We'll encourage him to leave and explore the world before making any permanent decisions. We're going to do right by this child. We're going to get him the hell out of Charming…" She nodded, letting the last part of her declaration burn into her memory. She was going to get her son out of Charming, even if Juice stayed in the club. It didn't mean she had to live in Charming with him. Nope, she was going to do what she could to get the hell out of Charming, for her son and for her.

I promise, next chapter will have some lovely drama. :)