So this is chapter '21' in this story. That PSA was just a throwaway. I just had the inspiration to write a chapter and update it. I hope you guys enjoy it a lot.

Noelle poked at her stomach, smiling at the baby bump that was getting bigger by the weeks, making her look less fat and more pregnant. She dropped the hem of Jax's SAMCRO shirt, rolling her eyes as it still hung loosely on her. "Babe! Are you awake?" She looked back at her bed and saw that Jax was still snoring soundly. "You have to be to work in a hour." She poked at his sides, laughing when he grabbed her wrist. "You're such a fake!"

"I just wanna sleep a little longer." Jax pulled the brunette into his side and smiled. "Work kicked my ass yesterday… I knew being a mechanic was work but I didn't think it was that much work. It's a good paycheck though."

"I know, the bank account is looking really nice right now." She kissed his neck and smiled. "Good news, I got a cute baby bump. It's perfect and I can't wait to see what's on board in a couple of months. I'm crossing my fingers for a little Jax."

He nodded as he buried his face in her hair, inhaling the scent for a moment. "I'm proud of my honest earning. It's all I've ever wanted." He mumbled softly. "I guess I need to get up and go to work. I can't believe you got Abel to school without a cup of coffee to wake you up."

"All part of being of mom… Speaking of which, my mom and Happy are still fast asleep. Even though Nelly went and jumped on them. I had to check to make sure they were still alive and kicking." She laughed as she watched her husband slowly move out of bed and towards the closet. "I'm still getting used to Abel calling me Noe again. It makes me sad but I sorta understand why."

Jax looked at her and furrowed his brow. "It'll pass babe… If not then we'll have to set some shit up with Wendy, so they can talk or whatever. It's not what I want for him but I'm not gonna torture him by keeping him away from her." He moved towards her and pressed a soft kiss to her lips and smiled as he rubbed his hand over her belly. "You're getting rounder there babe."

"Yeah I know. I don't mind him and Wendy having a relationship, as long as she doesn't start letting Gemma be her puppet master." Noelle smiled. "Yeah, I am. I'm excited, it means my shirts will show an actually baby bump and not make me look squishy and fat."

"We'll just see how shit plays out." He kissed her again and smirked. "You never looked squishy or fat babe… You look pregnant."

The brunette nodded and shrugged. "I love you, now get to work babe before I drag you back into this comfortable ass bed and make you cuddle me forever and ever."

"That's what I want!" He chuckled as he pulled his work pants on. "I love you too babe. Give Nelly a hug for me when she wakes up again. I'll see you around six."

Noelle nodded. "I made you lunch, it's on the counter and I put a beer in one of those thermos things. It'll be ice cold for at least five hours after you take it out the fridge. Or you can put it back in the fridge if you have one at work."

Jax smiled. "Yeah, we have a fridge at work babe… We're not stuck in the middle ages." He pressed a kiss to her forehead. "I'll see you at dinnertime."

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"Nelly, Nelly, Nelly!" Noelle looked at her daughter and laughed. "What are you doing? You know you're not supposed to be in my makeup. Look at your face, you've got lipstick on your eyelids and eyeshadow on your lips. My little backwards baby." She shook her head. "Let's get you all cleaned up my pretty pretty princess."

"I love my makeup mommy." Janelle smiled up at her mom. "Take a picture so you can show daddy!"

"You really want a picture?" The brunette pulled out her camera and started taking pictures. "Oh yeah, these are going up on the wall babygirl." She passed the camera to the little girl. "Look at you, you look absolutely stunning."

Janelle nodded. "I look good." The three year old smiled and passed the camera back. "I wanna show Happy those later!"

"Show me what kid?" Happy lifted the little girl up. "What have you got going on right now? You look like your mom!"

"I'm trying to clean it up a little." Noelle smiled at Happy. "Had to stop for a photo session though. I had to give her what she wanted."

"You gonna let your mom clean your face up?" He looked down at the tiny brunette who was too busy tracing the letters on his patches to even answer him. "I guess that's a no."

"I'll just grab a wipe and wipe her face down." She shrugged. "You got her for a little bit while I grab them?"

Happy smiled. "Yes, I got her for a little bit. Take your time, take a nap if you want. I can watch her."

"I don't need a nap." Noe shook her head. "I don't have to pick up Abel today, he's going to his little friend's house. They're gonna drop him back off here tomorrow afternoon. It's his first sleepover at a friend's. I'm excited for him."

"Abel is stupid." Janelle chimed in, poking Happy's forehead. "He says he gots a different mommy!"

Happy exchanged looks between the brunette and slowly nodded his head. "I guess that means all you gotta do is share your mommy with the new baby. No more sharing her with Abel."

"She picks up on everything." Noelle shrugged. "It's insane… Ever the observant little thing."

He nodded again and set Janelle on her feet. "Go find your grandma, I think she's outside on the phone. Tell that woman you need all her attention and don't want her doing business. Got it Nelly?"

Janelle nodded. "Yes! No business for Gran Gran!"

"Yeah, go set her ass straight. This is vacation not business." Happy watched the three year old run off before looking at Noelle. "Spill it… I can see the wheels turning and the emotions building up. I know you well enough now."

"Well, I'm upset about the whole Abel thing. I'm also pregnant so my emotions may be a bit over exaggerated but I don't want to set up a potential custody setup with Wendy. That means a trip up to Charming, that means Gemma, that means the club. That means absolute drama and bullshit that I don't need or want. What if he slips up?" She ran her fingers through her hair and sighed. "I don't want to lose him."

"Gotta get your mind out of the negative thinking." He pulled her into a tight hug. "Unless Wendy has made some drastic changes, there's no way a custody agreement will happen… You need to focus on what's certain and not the what ifs."

"That's logical but to my pregnant emotions, it's illogical and something I should worry about." She sighed. "I just wanna keep my family together… That's all."

Happy looked at her and slowly nodded his head. "Yeah I know. It'll stay together if you can keep your head on straight. Pregnancy or not, you gotta stop, take a breath and think shit through before just acting on emotion."

"I'm trying to keep my head." Noelle nodded as she wiped at her face. "I'm trying to keep my shit together. I honestly didn't think the whole Abel thing would affect me as much… It just was a shock to go from mommy to Noe overnight."

"It's alright. You got a kid on the way that'll call you mommy… All you can do is still love Abel and treat him as if he's your own." Happy smiled. "It won't be too hard."

"Yeah, I love the kid to death." She smiled. "Just like he's my own."

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Jax walked into the house, instantly being attacked by his three year old. "Hello you to you too darlin'." He lifted her up and peppered her face with kisses, smiling as she started to laugh and squirm in his arms. "You have a good day?"

Janelle nodded. "Yes! I got to do some makeup on my face, just like mommy's! Then Happy and Grams took me to dance. The lady there fell over 'cause she was ascared of Happy!"

"Oh yeah? She just saw him and fell over?" He laughed and shook his head. "The word is afraid not ascared."

"She was afraid! She went 'aaahhh!' and fell over." She giggled and kissed his nose. "I laughed at her but Grams said it wasn't funny."

He nodded. "I'm sad that I wasn't there to see it. That must have been a sight." He cradled her and smirked. "Where's your mom? Did you tire her out?"

"She's in the nursery!" Janelle grabbed a hold of one her dad's hands and stared at it for a moment before smiling. "Your hand is so huge daddy!"

"I know! It's this size so if you're bad I can spank you." Jax walked up the stairs, and went straight for the nursery. "Hey babe." He sidled up to her and kissed her neck. "What're you staring at?"

Noelle smiled at the pair. "I'm trying to see if inspiration strikes. I want a clean and perfect layout in here but I think I'm overthinking it. I'm just trying to keep busy." She sighed as she played with Janelle's curly hair. "You have a good day?"

He nodded. "I did have a good day. Got to work on a Harley, so you know it was a good day." He smiled. "We'll go furniture shopping for this room soon… Just gotta see what's cooking up in there. Nell, tell your baby brother or sister that they need to hurry up so we can meet them."

"Hurry up baby! Get outta there!" Janelle rubbed her mom's stomach and giggled. "It hit me!"

"The baby kicked your hand!" Noelle laughed. "He or she loves you already! You're gonna be a good big sister huh? Teach the baby how to jump on the trampoline when they're old enough… You're gonna have so much fun."

"I'm gonna teach him how to swim!" The brunette nodded and smiled. "The baby just told me he's a boy!"

"Is that right? You're a baby whisperer?" Jax lifted his daughter back up and hugged her tightly. "Well, Noe, you heard the princess! We're having a prince. We can go baby shopping now."

"I'm going baby shopping too! I wanna help buy stuff for him." Janelle rested her head on his shoulder and yawned. "It's going to be so fun."

"Well, look at that. She's falling asleep." Noelle smiled. "I hope she really is right about the baby being a boy. I really need a boy. I wanna see what he'll look like."

"Yeah." Jax nodded and smile. "I'm sure we're gonna be having another daughter… It'll be our luck."

"It'll be like me and Melo… Double trouble." She smiled and nodded. "I'm holding out for a boy."

He shrugged, moving out of the nursery, Janelle still in his arms. "Come on Noe, I'm putting you guys down for a nap. You can sleep an hour or so, waiting for the pizza. You can stay up all night and sleep in all day. I don't have work tomorrow."

"I'm gonna take you up on pizza and a nap because I totally blanked on dinner." She crawled into bed, tossing back the covers as Jax laid Janelle down next to her. "I love you Jax… So much." She smiled and yawned as he replaced the blanket. "I want a small pizza with pepperoni, sausage and salami… With garlic dipping sauce."

"I love you too." Jax kissed her forehead and smiled. "I know you're usual order babe. I'll wake you both up when it's here."

SOA

"Daddy!" Janelle jumped off the trampoline and into her dad's waiting arms. "Did you see how high I jumped!?"

Jax nodded and smiled. "Yes, I saw how high you jumped! It was pretty awesome." He let her crawl back into the the enclosed trampoline before following after her. "You gonna teach me how to jump?"

"Yes!" The tiny brunette nodded, grabbing ahold of her dad's hands as she started jumping. "You just gotta use your feet! Copy me!"

"Am I even doing this right?" He laughed as he watched his daughter jump all over the place. "I think you're jumping around like a little monkey!"

"You hungry yet?" Noelle looked up at her husband and daughter. "She's been jumping for a few hours… Right after breakfast and she came out here and started jumping. She's going to be passed out in the next hour or so."

"I don't see how she does it." Jax crawled out of the trampoline and laid on the grass, trying to catch his breath. "It's tiring. I feel like I jumped an hour and I've only been here for ten minutes."

She shook her head. "You're just getting old babe." She looked back to Janelle and sighed. "Nelly come on, you can come back out and jump after you eat something… Stop jumping and come inside for a few moments babe."

"Alright." Janelle sighed and stopped jumping. "Only a few moments mom." She climbed down the trampoline ladder and went straight for her dad. "Come on daddy! Let's go eat some burritos." She grabbed his hands and tried tugging him off the ground. "You're heavy!"

Jax laughed as he started moving off the ground. "Look at you! You're strong, you helped me off the grass." He picked her up and tickled her sides. "We're gonna eat, then we can come back outside and have some fun. Happy and Blair will be back soon, to say bye because they have to go back home."

"Oh no!" She shook her head. "No tickles daddy! No! No! No!" She giggled and shook her head as they walked back into the house. "Noooo! Mommy help me! Help me!"

Noelle laughed and pulled Janelle away from Jax. "I helped you babygirl! I helped you. I saved you from the tickles! Love me forever!"

"I love you mommy!" Janelle kissed her mom and smiled. "Forever! No more tickles from daddy!"

"Just wait, she won't be around forever." Jax smirked at the two brunettes as they moved into the kitchen, pausing as they looked at Blair and Happy who both stopped talking as they noticed each other. "That's never a good sign…"

"They were probably gossiping like high school girls." Noelle smiled at her mom and Happy as she set Janelle down at the breakfast nook. "What's wrong mom?"

Blair cleared her throat and looked at Noelle before looking at Jax. "I need to tell you something… It's about Wendy..." She sighed, watching as Jax tensed up and Noelle looked at him. "It's very serious." She nodded, watching the couple move closer together, their fingers intertwining. She shook her head, trying to find the right words as she watched their life begin to crumble before her.

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