CHAPTER 25
The next morning Jax awoke to his son's smiling face looking down at him. He sat up and found that Abel had perched himself on the foot of the bed. "Daddy!" Abel cheered. Jax chuckled and rubbed his eyes. "Mornin' little man!" He looked over to where Tara was still sleeping. Deciding not wake her, he got out of bed and swung Abel up into his arms. "Want some breakfast?" Abel nodded enthusiastically.
Once downstairs Abel wiggled out of Jax's arms and into the kitchen where a few of his beloved uncles had gathered. By the time Jax reached the kitchen, Abel was sitting comfortably in Bobby's arms. "Mornin" His brother's grumbled their morning greetings (not having had their morning coffee yet). Bobby sat Abel down and the toddler made himself some cereal. "Does mommy want some?" Abel asked Jax, indicating his coco puffs with chocolate milk. '"I don't think so little man." Jax called over his shoulder as he gratefully accepted a cup of coffee from Chibs. "She's pretty tired." He tried to keep the mischievous smile from his face. He'd be gone for a few days so naturally he and his old lady had spent the night saying goodbye. He tired to keep himself from looking at the couch in the living area where Juice and Half Sack were sitting. (Surprised it was still standing) From behind him he heard a snort of laughter. He turned to see Tig choking on his morning brew. Happy was having such a hard time controlling himself that he had to step out for a moment, while Juice and Half Sack (hearing the commotion) just looked confused. "Am I missing something?' Asked Kozik (who'd only just arrived a few hours ago from Tacoma) Chubs managed to stifle his laughter long enough to reply. "Lets just say Jackie-boy and the Doc need to learn some boundaries." I swear, nearly woke up the whole house!" Bobby grumbled. Happy had managed to compose himself and re-joined the group. "I came in late last night from Tacoma, Good show" he nodded at Jax who didn't seem embarrassed in the least. "Wait-what?' Juice asked. "Lets just say you should have disinfected that couch." Opie chuckled, Juice looked down and where was sitting an expression of pure horror spread across his face. He and Half-Sack jumped up and everyone broke out laughing again as they raced off to wash their hands just as Clay came into view. " The hell's wrong with them?" No body said anything so he continued pouring himself some coffee.. : So Alvarez just called" he said taking a sip. "Apparently they've got some beef with the Niners, we may need to got help them settle. 30 minutes Jax, Tig, Chibs, Opie, Bobby, out front."
Jax opened the door and slipped quietly into the room. Tara was still asleep, he set the coffee he'd brought her on the nightstand and got dressed, she should sleep, he'd leave her a note and call her later. He bent down and kissed her, her eyes fluttered open, He pulled back and stroked her hair. "Didn't want to wake you." He smiled down at her and handed her the coffee. Black two sugars just the way she liked it. She took a sip and kissed him. "Aren't you sweet. He grinned as she set it back down and kissed her back. 'Not as sweet as you were last night." Tara laughed and swatted at him playfully. "Do you have to go?" she pouted, sitting up. He smiled. "Sorry darlin, duty calls." Tara pulled him closer and (knowing it must the hormones) whispered throatily, "What if I said you could have it whenever and wherever you wanted it." Jax swallowed back his prowess and grinned. "As tempting as that is and as irresistible as you are, I'm not sure that's so good for a the baby." Tara smiled he was such a good father, so loving and responsible. But now he had to go. So she pulled him close and kissed him passionately, "I love you so much" she whispered against his mouth. He kissed her back."I love you too, Stay safe please." She nodded and held him close, I'm not leaving the compound I promise. He nodded, told her he loved her and promised to call later. He kissed her on the head and then he was gone,
The men were readying their rides when Clay joined them yawning. "Christ Brother, you look beat, you sure you should ride today?" asked Chibbs. Clay nodded, "coffee hasn't kicked in, I was up the whole goddamm night. Someone was having a romp with croweater till 4AM." Everyone tried to hold their laughter and avoid eye contact. Clay cast a suspicious look around at them. "Never mind, I don't wanna know" he grumbled to himself.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Hey, I know you guys probably hate me right now, like really hate me. And I'm very sorry about going MIA like that. I ran into a problem with the way I'd planned out the ending so I had to make sure I could still fix it and then had to think of a different ending, fortunately the new one is much better and hopefully I can return to posting regularly. Speaking of different endings, you may have noticed that i went back and fixed the ending on CHAPTER 23. It's not much but you may want to check it out for the story's sake. Lastly, Thank you to everyone who had remained patient and understanding. I love you all and if your not to mad at me, would love to hear what you think of the new chapter, sorry I was in a fluffy mood when I wrote it.
Thanks & Happy Reading!