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enjoy another update. I promise I'm getting better at this again. also thanks to those who gave me well wishes. thank you for that.
Jax pressed on Noelle's stomach, smiling as the baby kicked at his hands. It was finally time to find out the sex and they were both set on it being a little boy she was carrying and not another princess. "He's aggravated with me babe."
Noelle smirked. "Because you're pressing on his already cramped space… He's going to give you hell for it later when he's here." She looked from him to Janelle who was currently upside down in the chair across from them, her shorts in full display as her dress covered her face. "Janelle, you need to sit correctly. No one needs to see your shorts baby."
"Leave her alone." He shook his head. "It's what she has short on for. So she can be a monkey in a dress." He smiled as Janelle flipped off the chair and sat on the floor a moment before flashing him a smiled and walking towards him. "Hey darlin'."
"Daddy! Did you see me? I flipped!" She giggled as she crawled onto his lap and faced him, her tiny hands on his face. "The baby has to see the doctor? For what?"
Jax smiled and nodded. "I saw you flip. The baby has to see the doctor so we can see what it is. A boy or a girl. What do you want? A sister or a brother?"
"A brother!" Janelle smiled and nodded. "So I can boss him around like Abel does to me!"
"Everyone is onboard with a boy, so watch we get a daughter." Noelle stood up at the sound of her last name being called. "Come on babes, it's time to find out what we're adding to the family. I'm so excited." She grabbed Jax's hand and allowed him to walk her towards the nurse.
"Hi Noelle!" The nurse smiled. "I know you have to be excited for today."
She nodded and smiled. "Yes! You have no idea Chrissy. I'm so excited to find out what I'm having. We want a boy, even little Janelle wants a brother." She moved into the exam room and onto the bench and relaxed back against it.
"Just sit tight, I'll be back in a few minutes to get it going for you." Chrissy smiled before leaving the room.
"She's nice." Jax smiled as he watched Noelle roll her shirt over her belly. "I'm excited for this. I wanna know what the baby is." He picked up Janelle and buried his face in her curly hair. "I was so excited when I found out you were gonna be a girl. I wanted a princess first. I smiled for a week straight, my cheeks were hurting."
"It's true." Noelle nodded and smiled. "He was excited. I thought he was going to explode from the excitement. He even helped pick your name out."
"Hey, hey." Chrissy moved back into the exam room. "I got the go ahead from Dr. Moore to go ahead and gender the baby. She'll be in here when she finishes up with her current patient." She washed her hands before pulling on a pair of gloves. "The gel is going to be warm, not the cold stuff you're used to." She squirted a generous amount on Noelle's belly and smiled.
"Ew!" Janelle reached out and touched the gel. "Mommy, that's so gross!"
Noelle laughed and nodded. "I know baby! It has to be there though, so she can see the baby easier…" She looked at the screen, grinning as the sound of the baby's heartbeat filled the small room. "Oh, wow. I'm bursting at the seams right now."
"Let's see, this is the face, you can see the nose and lips right there." Chrissy smiled. "Nose looks like dad's nose, lips like mom's. Look at the teeny hands and feet. Baby is in the perfect position. It looks like you're having a little boy." She nodded as the door opened up and the doctor came in. "Dr. Moore, baby looks like a healthy baby boy."
Dr. Moore smiled. "Let me just wash my hands and glove up then I'll confirm. Hi Noe, Nelly, Jax." She grinned at the family as she moved towards the sink and washed her hands before pulling on a pair of gloves before taking over for Chrissy. "Let's see here, oh yeah, little guy is definitely showing off the goods right now." She laughed and shook her head. "See, right there. It's a boy for sure."
"Yes!" Janelle clapped her hands. "That's my brother! I'm gonna boss him around!"
"Is that so?" Dr. Moore smiled. "I boss around my baby brother too."
"Yeah!" The tiny brunette nodded her head and smiled. "I'm naming him too. His name is gonna be Jeremiah."
"That's a good name babe." Noelle smiled at her daughter as she watched Jax rub the gel off of her belly. "Right Jax?"
Jax nodded. "It is. We'll consider it darlin'." He smiled at his daughter and picked her up. "I was going to name him Candy Cane but Jeremiah is better!"
"You're so silly daddy." Janelle giggled. "I love you. Gimme kisses." She made a kissy face.
He kissed her and smiled. "So demanding." He shook his head and kissed her forehead. "When's the next appointment?"
"The next appointment will be in a month." Chrissy smiled. "It's just a routine checkup, for mommy and baby."
"Awesome." Jax nodded and smiled. "You hear that Nelly, we can see your brother again."
Noelle sat up and nodded. "Thank you guys so much. I'm excited. We'll see you in a month."
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"Babe! Look how cute this is." Noelle held up a onesie and smiled. "We gotta get it for the baby! Yeah?"
Jax grabbed the onesie and tossed it into the cart and smiled. "I'm all for it. I think we're going insane, we've been in here for over an hour. Look at her, she's passed the fuck out." He pointed to Janelle who was fast asleep in the bottom of the cart.
"I know but I can't help it. I'm so excited and we're supposed to be killing time until Abel gets finished with practice." She rested her head against Jax's arm and smiled. "You know I am even happier that we picked neutral colors for the nursery. It could have been a disaster if we hadn't."
"It's good." He hugged her and placed a kiss to her neck. "I love you Noe."
"I love you too Jax. I'm thrilled to be having your son." She pushed his hair behind his ears and smiled as she ran her fingers through it and put it in a bun. "Mmm, I love your hair in a bun babe. It's sexy in the wierdest way."
He rolled his eyes as he gave her ass a playful smack. "I want to cut it all off again. I think it'll be good for me. A good change up. So, cherish it while you can because in a few days it's going to be all gone again. Not a buzz cut though, just short."
"I'm fine with it." Noelle smiled. "I'm gonna miss playing with your luxurious golden tresses but I get it, you wanna look distinguished and handsome as hell." She slipped her hands under his shirt and smirked as she poked his nipples. "Hey, don't act shy about it right now."
"That lady is staring at us and you're over here trying to play with my nipples babe." Jax shook his head and pulled his wife's hands from his shirt. "Leave my nipples alone for now. They're not cold, they don't need attention. Yours on the other hand, you gotta get a better bra Noe." He poked at her breasts and smirked. "You're just a walking thermometer."
She laughed and shook her head. "Shut up. I hate you right now babe." She covered her chest with her arms. "I thought I was wearing a good bra! I swear. Give me your flannel babe."
He laughed and passed it to her and shook his head as he tried his best to regain his composure. "I swear, you're a mess when you're pregnant but at least you're my mess baby." He kissed her as she adjusted it so it was covering her breasts. "You look cute and pregnant right now babe!"
"Do I? Lumberjack chic is all the rage?" She struck a pose and laughed as they earned stares from the other patrons. "Take a picture it'll last longer…" She mumbled before being pulled into a hug by Jax who couldn't contain himself as he rested a hand on the cart, making sure it didn't go anywhere.
"You're going to get us kicked out of here." Jax shook his head, looking down into the cart to make sure Janelle was still asleep. "Man, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard."
"Babe, I'm gonna pee my pants from laughing." Noelle shook her head, taking deep breaths in an effort to calm herself down. "I gotta go to the bathroom, right now."
He laughed, pushing the cart behind her towards the bathroom. "I would laugh at your ass for the next ten years if you pissed your pants right now babe."
She turned her head and glared at him. "It's your son's fault. He's chilling on my bladder. I can't even help it." She laughed as she moved faster towards the bathroom. "I gotta pee so damn bad." She shook her head and walked into the bathroom, leaving Jax and Janelle outside.
Jax picked his daughter of the cart and cradled her against him, slowly rubbing her back and small circles as he avoided the weird gazes other customers were giving him. "I guess they've never seen a dad with his daughter before." He mumbled to himself as he shook his head, looking towards the bathroom as he watched his wife walk out. "You make it before you had an accident?"
"Yeah." She smiled at him. "I'm a big girl, I avoided peeing my pants in a store." She laughed and shook her head. "She was waking up?"
"No. I just wanted to hold my princess." He shrugged as he watched her grab the cart. "Everyone was looking at me weird too. I feel like they think I kidnapped her or something." Jax rolled his eyes and chuckled. "She'd be the last kid that I kidnapped."
"Be nice. You'd kidnap her then return her when you realize that she's a handful." Noelle smiled. "Let's go, he should be finishing up practice by the time we get there."
SOA
"We gotta talk." Jax squeezed his wife's knee as he sat down on the lounge chair next to her. "It's about Abel."
"What about him?" She looked at him briefly before turning her attention back on Janelle who was in the sandbox. "What's happening with him now?"
He shrugged. "Just wanted to touch basis. He's been talking to him mom a lot since we got back. He wants to see her more. So I wanted to talk to you about that whole aspect and see where your head's on that. You two haven't really been spending time together the way you did when he thought of you as his mom."
"It's not like I haven't been trying to spend time with him. He's just not having it." The brunette shrugged her shoulders as she rubbed her belly and continued to stare at her daughter. "There's nothing I can do to make him want me around him like he used to. I don't know what I did but I'd change shit if I could."
"I know you've been trying and all that. I love you for it." Jax turned in his seat and did the same to the brunette. "Look at me Noelle… I know it's hurting you that he's sort of treating you like a stepmom now and less like you gave birth to him. I can see it in your eyes."
"I really don't wanna talk about this while I'm hormonal and pregnant. I don't need a reminder of it either. I'm not his mom, I can never replace her but it was nice that he loved me like that you know?" She shrugged once more and wiped at her eyes. "What did you wanna tell me though? You gonna try to take him up there once a month or something to let him see his mom?"
He nodded. "Yeah, I was thinking something like that. Maybe not me, see if we can't send him with some type of friend of the family. I hate Wendy so damn much but I can't really deny him the chance of seeing his mom. Especially now that he's asking for her all the time."
Noelle nodded. "Yeah, that's fine. I don't know, see if you can talk to my mom about this. She could probably suggest something helpful. She's worked with family courts before." She trailed her fingers through her hair, her mind elsewhere as she continued to process what her husband was telling her.
Jax grabbed her hands and sighed. "Babe, please talk to me. This isn't the time to clam up and keep stuff inside. Just let me know what's going on in that pretty head of yours."
"What?" She sighed. "It's fine. Like I want him to have a relationship with his mom. I'm no one to stand between that Jax. I just don't wanna talk about it because I don't feel like crying alright? I just want to focus on Janelle and the unborn child. I know I sound like a bitch right now but you can make decisions for Abel. I trust your judgement. He doesn't want me around, so I'm not dealing with the bullshit."
He nodded, pulling her onto his lap as he wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry Noe… I didn't know it was messing with you this much." He kissed her before wiping away the stray tears that were falling. "I didn't mean to upset you babe."
"I'm gonna be fine." She nodded, flashing her best smile. "I just love him like he's my own but now he hardly acknowledges me. The last time we held hands was when we went to lunch and the kids were playing and having fun. It was in the moment and it hasn't happened again. It just fucking sucks and hurts so bad. I'm never going to stop loving him or treating him like he's mine. Just for the record."
Jax kissed her and smiled as he rubbed her belly. "I love you for continuing to treat him like he's your own. It's an amazing thing to witness. I think he'll come around though, maybe work it out. He's just gotta deal with everything on his own. He's a kid, he's just being as logical as he can be at that age."
"That's my kid, even if he wants nothing to do with me right now. I'll still be here for him." Noelle sighed. "My hormones are killing me right now… I have pregnancy brain. I love you too Jax." She kissed his neck and smiled, trying her best not to become too super sensitive to the conversation. It was one she knew they'd have again in the future, so right now, she was going to let Jax handle Abel and the whole Wendy situation. She had her daughter and unborn child to focus on right now.