A/N: I have no rights to SOA

A/N2: I live in Nashville and if you haven't heard, we had major flooding at the beginning of the month and life here is just starting to be less chaotic. Sorry for taking so long!

Chapter 25

Season 2, Episode 9: Fa Guan

Jax got up early and kissed Tara's forehead.

"You're up early," Tara whispered.

"I have to go talk to Otto."

"I'm sorry about LuAnn."

Jax nodded. "Go back to sleep for a little while, Neeta is here already."

Tara smiled and turned over in bed to go back to sleep.

Jax & Tara

"Thanks, Carl," Tara said to the radiology technician. "You always handle the children well and get good shots."

Carl smiled and then glanced behind Tara.

"Excuse me, Doctor?"

Tara turned, still holding the films she had just looked over with Carl. "Chief." Tara turned back around and smiled at Carl before walking down the hall with Unser.

"Have you seen Jax?"

"He is upstairs visiting Chibs in ICU."

"I really need to see him," Unser said.

"I'll go get him for you," Tara smiled patting the chief's arm.

She checked through the window to see if Jax was in the room. They were discussing club business so she decided to wait a minute.

She opened the door after a minute.

"Hey Doc," Chibs greeted.

"Hey," Jax smiled.

"Just checking up," Tara explained to Chibs. "Chief Unser is looking for you," she said to Jax.

"Kay," Jax said looking back at Chibs. "We'll handle it, you just get better."

Chibs nodded and Jax patted his knee as he got up from the bed.

Jax stopped in front of Tara. "You ok?"

Tara nodded, even though her morning had been atrocious. Margaret had assigned her to grunt work for the week. "Yeah."

He kissed the side of her mouth before he left the room.

Tara looked at Chibs. "I talked to Dr. Gallagher, we're taking you off the critical list. You should be able to go home in about a week or so."

"Oh, that's good news," Chibs said quietly. "I appreciate you looking after me Tara. You're a good girl."

"You're welcome," Tara responded. "You do know your insurance is lapsed."

"Well, I do. It seems I've aged into the unaffordable bracket."

Tara looked down, knowing that she had bad news. "You are going to have to finish your recuperation at Stockton Memorial."

"Come on Doc, give me a few more days," Chibs said.

"There's nothing I can do, its out of my hands...hospital policy."

"Then I'll do the rest of my mending at home."

"Stockton has a good cranial expert."

"I don't give a shit about my head," Chibs started to get worked up. "Do you think I'm going to be laying on my god damn back somewhere unprotected?"

Tara shook her head. She had to find out what everyone was so afraid of at Stockton Memorial.

Jax & Tara

Dr. Demet and Dr. Moll were helping Tara with a case and they walked down the hall discussing treatment options. Tara saw Gemma get off the elevator and told them she would meet them in the lounge.

She walked up to Gemma and stood there, unsure of what was about to happen.

"I wanted to say I am sorry," Gemma said finally. "I shouldn't have interfered with things around here."

Tara nodded. She really needed guidance. She looked around. "I told Chibs I was transferring him to Stockton Memorial and he freaked out, panicked, said he would be unprotected."

"Someone just blew him up, he's a little twitchy," Gemma said with her smart ass voice. "But you do what you gotta do and we'll figure out a way to keep him safe."

This was what she didn't understand. "Safe from What? Jesus, Gemma, when does this settle, when does this stop?"

Gemma shook her head. "I don't know baby."

Tara looked down. She had to protect Chibs. He was like family and he protected Jax without a second thought. She had to do the same. She took Gemma's arm and led her to a corner and began to coach her on how to keep Chibs at St. Thomas.

Jax & Tara

Two hours later, Tara was paged to Chibs' room. Two nurses were checking his vitals and Chibs was moaning and writhing on the bed.

"What happened?" Tara asked.

"Severe head pain, can't see out his right eye," one of the nurses replied. "Dr. Gallagher ordered an MRI."

Was this real, or was this fake?

She went over to him and lifted his right eye lid. Chibs stopped moaning and opened his other eye. "Thanks Doc," he whispered before continuing to moan.

Tara turned and went to the head nurse. "He should be put back on critical."

"Dr. Gallagher already did."

Tara looked back at Chibs and then turned to leave. Margaret Murphy was going to be all over this. She just wanted to go home, snuggle with Abel and have a couple of beers.

She walked into the lounge and found Lena and Rachel.

"I have an idea," Tara proclaimed.

They both turned to her and raised their eyebrows.

"I have to go relieve Neeta of her duties, but how about a girls night at my place?"

Rachel smiled. "That sounds like a plan!"

"Alright, meet me at Jax's in half an hour," Tara said turning to change into her street clothes.

When the girls got there, the pizza boy was just leaving and Tara answered the door holding Abel.

"Oh, a little reaper cap!" Lena exclaimed reaching to touch Abel's knit cap.

"Yes, you are looking at the third generation of the Sons of Anarchy royalty, ladies," Tara said leading them to the living room where she had pizza, beer, chips and various sweet snacks lined up on the coffee table.

The girls all sat down in the living room and started attacking the food.

"Where is Jax tonight?"

"Doing his step daddy's bidding," Tara replied before taking a swig of beer.

Jax & Tara

The next morning Tara woke up with a slight headache and neck ache, mostly from sleeping on the living room floor. Lena was flopped over in the chair and Rachel was hanging off the couch. She gently woke them both. "I hate to say it, but we could have successful crow eater careers if the medical field flops," Tara smiled.

"Ugh, I have to go home and shower before my shift," Lena said standing up.

"Me too," Rachel said stretching. "Thanks Tara."

"Anytime ladies," Tara said watching them walk toward the door. When she heard their car pull out of the driveway, she went to take a shower before Abel woke.

She stood under the water and let her muscles. She put her arms on the wall and leaned against the wall while the water streamed over her back. She stood back and soaped up the washrag and began to wash the smell of stale beer and pizza off.

As she washed, she felt someone watching her and she turned to see Jax stripping in the hallway. She smiled coyly at him as he got into the shower.

"Good morning," Tara cooed as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.

"Good morning to you too," Jax said kissing down her neck.

She rubbed his back with the washrag and then brought it around to his chest. She worked the washrag over his strong chest and shoulders, then his sculpted abs.

Jax kissed her again, harder this time and Tara could feel his arousal against her. She leaned up against the wall and Jax kneaded her breasts, flicking her nipples. Tara ground against him and wrapped her arms around his neck and Jax moved his hands to her hips and lifted her. She wrapped her legs around his waist and moaned as Jax lowered her onto him.

Jax growled playfully as they began to move together. Tara leaned her head back and pressed her breasts against Jax's chest.

Tara felt the orgasm building and let the friction against Jax take her to the next level. She gasped as she reached orgasm and felt Jax come with her. Jax stayed pressed into her and nuzzled her neck.

Tara ran her hands through Jax's hair and kissed his forehead.

As he pulled away and lowered her to the ground, Jax kissed her forehead. "Why does the house look like a frat house?"

Tara smiled and winked as they heard Abel start to cry.

Tara got out of the shower to take care of Abel and Jax went to take a quick nap. He slept for a couple of hours and Tara spent the morning feeding and playing with Abel. The phone range and she hurried to answer it before it woke Jax.

"Hello?"

"Tara, its David Hale."

"David, what can I do for you this morning?"

"I just tried Jax on his cell, but he didn't answer."

"He is still asleep, can I help you?"

"Well, we need him over at CaraCara."

"Why?" Tara waited for a response and didn't get one. "David, I'm not waking him up for some diva drama."

"CaraCara burned down over night."

"Jesus Christ, ok, I will send him over," Tara said hanging up the phone. Apparently the phone had woken Jax who walked into the kitchen as she was hanging up. "That was Hale," Tara explained, holding Abel on one hip and the house phone in her other hand. "He just tried you on the cell."

Tara hated this. She hated CaraCara but it was the answer on how to get the club legit.

"What?" Jax asked.

Tara gulped and put the phone down. "CaraCara burned down last night."

Jax turned and kicked a chair over. "God Damn It!" Jax hollered with such conviction it scared Abel who started to whimper.

Tara held him close and rubbed his back.

"Jax, please."

Jax shook his head and left the kitchen. Tara heard something break in the bedroom and Abel started screaming. Jax walked out the door a minute later and Tara went to the nursery to calm the baby down.