Noelle shook her head as she moved through the quiet house, it was early in the morning and for the life of her she couldn't get comfortable or stay asleep. Her son was just too active, kicking and punching, preventing her from find the perfect position to drift back off into a much needed slumber. "Kid, you're already driving me up the wall…" She whispered as she walked into the kitchen, noting the light coming from the garage. "Jax… Why are you awake?"
"Why are you awake?" He rasped at her, a smile on his lips as he eyed her belly. "The kid giving you hell?"
"Pretty much, he doesn't want me getting any sleep at a normal time." She sat down on the metal stool and shrugged. "I'll sleep at naptime with Nelly, she's sleep inducing."
"You want me to tell the kid to relax and let you sleep?" He moved towards her, his large hands on her belly as he smiled down at her, feeling his son kick. "He's cramped in there, he's not going to be tiny like his sister, he's going to be a huge thing."
"I'm not looking forward to that babe." She shook her head and yawned. "I don't know, I'm just so uncomfortable that I need to see about those special pregnancy pillows or something. Or, you can be my pillow and I can try to get comfortable while cuddling up to you."
Jax nodded as he pulled his wife into a hug. "I can do that, I can be your pillow for the night."
"Yeah?" She wrapped her arms around him and yawned once more. "I can use a nice cuddle session with you. After you strip out of these clothes though, you're so not making our bed smell like motor oil and cigarettes…"
"It was two cigarettes… I haven't picked it back up fully." He buried his face in her neck and sighed. "Just been stressed over the Abel situation."
"Understandable." She nodded as she let him pull her towards the door. "The situation is all types of stressful."
He nodded as he moved through the house, his wife's hand in his larger one as he slowly walked up the stairs. "Let's talk about this after we get a couple of hours of sleep. I don't want to think about anything now besides making you comfortable once we're in bed."
She smiled as she laid in bed, doing her best to get comfortable as she watched Jax strip down to his white boxers and crawl into bed next to her. "Thanks for this baby…" She kissed his neck as she tangled her limbs around him, getting into the most comfortable position her belly would allow her to get into. "This is so much better already."
"Good, I'm glad." He kissed her temple and slowly rubbed her arm. "Get some sleep, I love you Noe."
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"Daaddy!" Janelle attached herself to her dad's legs and looked up at him. "Whatcha doing? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh!?"
Jax looked down and grabbed his daughter, holding her to him as he felt her wrap her arms around his neck and giggle. "I am making you and your brother some food to eat. We gotta stay quiet, inside voices. Your mom is still sleeping, she's gonna be sleep for a little bit longer. Alright?"
She nodded and pulled back to look her dad in the face. "Alright. Can you put more peanut butter on that for me daddy? I like more peanut butter than jelly!"
"Anything for you." He smiled as made the sandwich to her liking. "The princess gets her special sandwich. More peanut butter less jelly, it's perfect. Perfect just like you."
She giggled and patted her dad's cheeks. "I want some snuggles with you daddy. I need some cuddles and snuggles, can you braid my hair like you did that one time? I know you'll do better this time."
Jackson laughed and nodded. "Yes Nelly, I will snuggle and cuddle you after I braid all this hair you have. You look so much like your mom, it's crazy."
Janelle nodded. "I love you daddy." She kissed him and grinned. "I want some milk with my sandwich, please?"
"What? No juice?" He tugged on her hair and smiled. "Over the juice?"
"Nuh uh. Mommy says milk goes with sandwiches." She pulled on his goatee and laughed. "Daddy, are you gonna take Abel to see his mommy again? Are you gonna leave me?"
He shook his head. "Not gonna leave any time soon darlin'. It's gonna be us bonding, you wanna learn how to fix a truck? Fix a Harley?"
"Harley!" She shouted and nodded. "I want a truck when I'm older. A big truck daddy just like yours."
"Oh yeah? You gonna drive carefully if I buy you a truck?" He sat the tiny brunette on the counter and passed her a sandwich. "Eat that all of that baby."
Janelle nodded as she took a bite and smiled. "Hi Abel! Daddy made sandwiches!" She waved hers around. "He made you one, come sit with me!"
Abel nodded as he smiled at his sister. "Big boys sit at tables Monster not on the counter." He sat at the kitchen table and shrugged.
"Oh." She rolled her eyes. "I'm a little girl though!" She stuck her tongue out at him and flashed an infamous lopsided smirk. "Daddy is gonna buy me a big truck like his when I'm old enough to drive!"
"Inside voices babe." Jax shook his head as he kissed his daughter's head and smiled. "You guys both need to eat and we'll go from there. See if we can't sneak out and go to the park for a little bit."
"She's too loud." Abel covered his ears and shook his head. "Make her stop."
"Hey, don't be mean." Noelle's voice filtered into the kitchen. "She's loud because she's three and excited. You were loud like her when you were her age." She smiled at the little boy. "Your dad always told you to use your inside voice."
"Someone is awake and grumpy" Jax smirked at his wife. "They're both loud. It's a family trait. Tellers are loud."
"My dad was loud." The brunette shrugged. "Well, you know… Christopher was loud."
He looked at her and nodded slowly, it had been the first time in a long time that he had heard her even bring up her dad. "Yeah, he was loud." He slid a plate towards her. "I made PB&J, I heard it's one of your favorite snacks to eat since you're pregnant."
"Yeah, the baby loves PB&J, more peanut butter than jelly." She picked up the sandwich and took a bite of it. "This is perfect… Where's the milk though?"
He laughed, watching Noelle and Janelle eat their sandwiches, they looked and acted so much alike that he couldn't help but fall even more in love with the two brunettes. "Here's your milk. You two are basically the same person."
Janelle nodded. "That's my mommy that's why. I do everything like she does it." She sipped her milk and rubbed her mom's belly. "Huh mommy?"
"For sure my dear." Noelle nodded and smiled. "We should all go to the park. I think I can muster up enough energy for that. Plus, I need fresh air and a change of scenery for a few hours. I also like looking at all the little babies."
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"Noe is sitting in the sandbox playing with kids dad." Abel pointed to the pregnant brunette as she laughed and built castles with Janelle and a few other kids. "She's silly."
Jax chuckled and shrugged. "She is silly but that's why I love her. She always knows how to make everyone around her smile, even when they're super sad. Look, the kids love her and they're all having fun. Why don't you go join in?"
"I don't wanna play in the sand, I wanna play on the monkey bars, like when I was little." He shook his head. "But she can't because she's having a baby."
The man nodded and rubbed his face. "Pretty soon she'll be able to play on the monkey bars with you again. She just has to have the baby boy and then she'll be swinging like a monkey again in no time."
"She's having a boy?" Abel scrunched his face up. "I want to be the only son."
"Yeah. You're going to have a little brother." Jax smiled proudly. "I'm gonna have two amazing sons to carry on the Teller last name."
"I am gonna have a little brother to teach stuff to?" Abel shook his head and smiled. "I guess that's cool. He's gonna be less difficult than Monster right? Is he gonna have the same colored eyes? Hers are still creepy."
Jax laughed and shrugged. "Who knows? Maybe he'll have a blue eye and a green eye and be more difficult than Janelle." He patted his son's back and smiled. "Or he can have two blue eyes and be the best listener ever. We won't know until he gets here."
"Babe!" Noelle shouted. "Abel! Come help us build the kingdom! We need the King and the Prince!"
"Shall we help the Queen and the Princess?" Jax stood up and grabbed his son. "Let's see if we can't help them out buddy. It's our job as men to help the women we love." He walked towards the sandbox and sat down and pulled Abel onto his lap. "Look at this mess you've got here. We came at the right time Abel."
Abel nodded. "I think we can fix this mess. It'll be good huh dad?"
"Oh, did you hear that Nelly? The boys think we've made a mess of the kingdom." Noelle shook her head and smiled. "Help us build it back up though. Our peasants have deserted us." She pointed towards the group of kids that were now scaling the rockwall.
"Shame on the peasants." Janelle shook her head. "I'm sending them all to the dungeons with all my pet dragons."
"Oh, I have my very own Khaleesi?" The brunette smiled. "I wasn't aware that the Mother of Dragons was my daughter. Where's all your blonde hair my dear?"
"Daddy and Abel stole all the blonde hair." The three year old giggled and covered her mouth. "Will the new baby have dark hair like me and you?"
"We have to wait and see." Jax pulled his daughter closer to him. "We didn't steal all the blonde hair. You just didn't wanna look like us? You wanted to look like your gorgeous mommy."
"I got one of your eyes though." She nodded and smiled as she hugged Abel's neck. "Abel, Abel, Abel, what're you doing brother? You wanna go on the monkey bars? I can hang on them too!"
Abel nodded. "Yes. I wanna go on the monkey bars." He stood up and grabbed her hand and smiled. "Come on daddy, let's go to the bars."
"In sixteen years, that statement is gonna mean something entirely different." Jax kissed Noelle's forehead. "Looks like the kingdom has to wait for that rebuild. I'm going to help my little monkeys swing on the bars. I'll be back."
SOA
"I want to name him Nolan Ryan." Jax rubbed Noelle's belly as he rested his head on her chest and smiled. "Nolan was in the original pool when you were pregnant the first time."
Noelle nodded and smiled. "I love that name. Nolan Teller. We have to be stopped with all of these rhyming names though. Noelle Teller, Janelle Teller, Nolan Teller, then we have little Abel Teller. He's the only original name in the family."
He laughed and nodded. "I like the rhyming thing as corny as it seems. It bonds us together. The Teller clan, stronger together than we are apart." He poked at her belly and sighed. "I can't wait until you're here kid. I'm dying to see what you look like."
"He's gonna be the perfect mix of the two of us this time. I promise my genes won't take over entirely this time." She rubbed her belly and smirked. "Although I would love for the eyes to be blue and brown again. It would make for another standout trait for the Teller clan. Not just the gorgeous smile and smirk you three have going."
"Nolan, your mom is crazy. I don't know anything about a smirk or smile." He shrugged. "We're gonna confuse him. Noe and Nolan. What's his nickname?"
"Can't give him one yet." She shook her head. "We have to see him first. He could be a Pookie or a Fatty."
He scoffed. "No way in hell am I naming him Pookie or Fatty. Little Teller, Baby Teller, or just Nolan." He moved up the large bed and pulled the brunette into his arms. "I love you Noelle and I hope that we don't have anymore babies."
Noelle nodded. "I love you too. No more babies is right. You're so getting fixed. I'll make you the appointment."
"Um, you're joking right babe?" Jax looked down at his wife. "I don't have to get fixed for real right?" He shook his head. "I'll make you an appointment."
She shrugged. "I will find you the best doctor in the state to perform the delicate procedure babe. Don't worry, the family jewels will be in good hands." She pattes his chest and smirked. "Nolan is our last baby."
"I'm not sure that I wanna be fixed." He shook his head frantically. "Babe, babe… Please tell me that this is a joke. Noelle, Noe." Jax looked at her and sighed. "Fine, fine. Last baby and we'll revisit this being fixed thing."
