May 13, 2009

Bri moved around the kitchen, her hands pressing against her lower back as she attempted to find something she actually wanted to eat but wasn't too much trouble to make. She groaned as she felt a pain in her lower half and braced herself against the wall as she let it ride out. She shook her head as soon as it passed, realizing her contractions were really starting, any minute and she would be in full fledged labor. "JUICE!" She squealed as another contraction started. "JUAN CARLOS!"

"Yeah?" Juice rushed into the kitchen and stopped in his tracks at the sight of his fiancee doubled over and gripping her belly. "Oh shit! Did your water break yet?" He moved to her side and rubbed her lower back as he helped her shuffle into the living room and onto the sofa. "I'll grab the bag and call the doctor." He smiled as he kissed her. "We're having a baby!"

"Ow, ow, ow, ow." She shook her head and laid on her side on the sofa. "Oh, fuck. Why is this hurting so damn much." She groaned and pushed herself back up, pulling her phone out of her bra and sending Jacey a text before she informed her Nik, Svet and Aleksandr of what was going on. "Babe!" She yelled as she stood up and felt her water break. "We need to go NOW!"

He rushed back into the room, the overnight bag draped messily over his body as he looked at the puddle of water at the brunette's feet. "Holy shit! That means you're really in labor." He moved to her and grabbed her hand softly. "I'll get you there, you'll get your pain medication and we'll have our handsome little baby boy. I got you babe." He rubbed her lower back as they slowly walked outside and thankfully saw that her car was parked closer to the front door. "We're having a son!"

Bri couldn't help but laugh at Juice's excitement. "Babe! Moni, she's in her room napping… Grab her, please! We can't leave her home alone." She looked at him as he helped her into the car before sprinting back into the house, walking out a few short moments later, Monica in his arms as he placed her in her booster seat. "Fuck, we need the car seat, it's in the other car."

Juice got into the car. "I'll ask Aleksandr or Frey to bring it to the hospital when we're getting ready to come back home. It can wait, now we need to get you to the hospital and have our son. I'm so excited."

SOA

Juice next to Bri, his hands rubbing her lower back as another power contraction ripped through her. He furrowed his brow, hearing her cry from the pain was starting to become a little too much for him to handle but he was determined to stick with her every moment of her being in labor like he has promised as he pulled up to the front of the hospital. "You're doing great. Just a little longer before you can get the pain medication baby."

"It hurts so bad." She cried as she felt another contraction begin. "I don't know how much longer I can do this babe… It's too much for my body."

"I'll get a nurse… See if they can check you and give you medicine." He pressed the nurse call button and waited. "We'll get you through this, I can't even imagine all the pain you're going through right now."

She nodded and looked back at him. "I want you to let me get cut if it needs to happen Juice… If I can't have him naturally."

Juice nodded. "Hopefully it won't come to that though…"

SOA

"Eight pounds, six ounces, 21 inches long." The nurse smiled at Juice and Bri. "Congratulations mom and dad, you had a very healthy little boy." She passed the bundled up child to Juice. "I'll let you two have a moment alone with him."

"God, he's so perfect." Juice smiled at his son, his index finger running over the bridge of the baby's perfect sized nose. "He doesn't have my big ass nose." He sat down on the bed, giving Bri a view of her son. "You did good baby… Look at him, he came out of you."

Bri nodded. "I'll never forget the pain and fourteen hours of labor." She looked at her son and smiled as she felt her eyes tear up again. "I don't know how he's so chubby when I made sure I gained the minimum weight… Look at you, my little chubby baby." She smiled at the baby boy as the door opened and Nik, Svet, and Jacey all walked into the room.

"Holy shit." Nik looked at her nephew and smirked. "You pushed that out of your pussy? Man, props to you and your body."

"Babe!" Jacey smiled and pressed a kiss to Bri's forehead. "Look at you, glowing like a mom. He's so cute, look at that face."

Svet nodded and smiled at the new parents. "The baby, he's perfect. What'd you guys decide on naming him?"

Bri and Juice looked at each other and smiled. "His name is Javier Aleksandr Ortiz."

"Baby Javi." Nik smiled at the baby. "Grandpa Aleksandr is going to eat up the fact that your middle name is his first name… He's going to make sure everyone knows it too!"

"It only took us forever to pick out a name we both loved." Juice shrugged. "Seems perfect for him. He doesn't look like a Nolan or a Roman. He looks like a Javier."

"I'm just excited because I get to call Jacey, Javier, and Juice the J squad. Big J, Little J and Littlest J." Bri smirked. "I'm just waiting for the guys to see him and see what dumb nickname he ends up getting from them."

Jacey shook her head as she took her nephew and looked at him. "I'm so not letting them call you Littlest J… He's so damn big! Cam is going to look at him like he's the funniest thing in the damn world."

"Cam better not make fun of my son in baby babble." The brunette shook her head and smiled. "I'm just so glad that he's here, healthy, and as big as a giant… I would have been upset to have had a little wimpy six pound baby boy."

"She won't." Jacey smirked as she sat down on the bed and passed the child back. "You did good babe… I'm happy for the two of you."

Bri smiled. "Thanks love. I'm glad you were here for this, even if it took him forever to make his first appearance. He's already making us wait… I think that's my trait kicking in." She handed the baby to Juice and watched him quickly leave the room. "Eager to show off his handy work."

"I'm going to go grab some coffee." Svetlana smiled at Bri. "Congratulations my love… It still sucks that we didn't have a baby shower for you."

The brunette shrugged. "Thank you and the shower wasn't necessary… Grab me a bottle of water please. I'm so over the hospital water. It tastes funny."

"My girl." Aleksandr stalked into the room. "You did wonderful. I just saw the little guy." He set the flowers and balloons on the table.

Elijah nodded as he sat on the other side of the brunette. "He's not as funny looking as I thought he'd be."

"Well thanks E." Bri pressed a kiss to his cheek and smiled. "I'm glad he's not funny looking at all. I just hope he doesn't start off handsome and become ugly."

"Bri!" Jacey smacked her best friend's leg. "He's precious, don't jinx him."

"I'm not!" The brunette chuckled. "I'd love him even if he was ugly."

May 16, 2009

"You should be asleep." Nik sat down across from juice and lifted her legs onto the table and sighed. "I checked in on them, they were all knocked out but you were missing. Assumed you'd be at the clubhouse, not in the backyard drinking."

Juice shrugged looking at the blonde carefully. "I'm just out here thinking, clearing my mind. I wasn't sleepy."

She nodded. "Still feeling bad about the whole Gigi thing? You shouldn't. It's not like you did anything wrong in that situation. You just happened to be there when it all went sideways."

He eyed her before shaking his head. "I feel bad that I dragged you into my shit…"

"Don't be. It's not like you put the knife in my hand… You didn't force me to do a damn thing." Nik pulled the knife from her boot and dropped it on the table between them. "It's my burden to bare, not that I feel bad about what I did or anything."

Juice nodded, leaning forward to grab the knife from the table and examine the blade closely. "Where'd you get this? I've never seen anything of the sort."

"It's custom, handmade." She shrugged. "I don't want you to feel bad about this situation Juice… I did what I had to do to keep my sister from getting hurt. You didn't expect me to actually hurt her, so you can't feel guilty or bad about it. I don't want you to feel bad about it."

"I turned you into a killer." He frowned as he passed the knife back.

Nik scoffed. "I think you're giving yourself a little too much credit… What is it that you think I do for a living or disappear to for days and weeks? It's not the first time Juice."

Juice looked at her and nodded. "I thought you were a stripper."

She laughed. "I was a stripper… I couldn't strip forever. I like the whole being a killer thing. It's never boring. It's like hunting prey. You study their habits and when they're not paying attention, you take the shot."

"Nice that you equivocate murder to hunting." He smirked. "Well, I won't feel bad if it's not weighing on your heart."

Nik nodded. "It's not. For a moment, I thought I was going to have to hurt you for feeling something for that Gigi slut."

Juice shook his head and rolled his eyes. "Never. I was just thinking it would wear on you."

She stood up and shrugged. "Never worry about me. I can take care of myself. I'm a big girl Juice."

"Someone has to worry about you." He shrugged and watched her move towards the house before following her inside. "I'm about to be your brother-in-law."

Nik rolled her eyes. "Go be a dad or some shit… I don't like being sappy with you Juan Carlos." She moved up the stairs and disappeared into her room.

Juice shook his head and walked into the nursery, looking at his sleeping son. "I can't believe I had part in creating something so perfect." He whispered as he ran a hand over the child's full head of hair and smiled.

"You should totally be asleep right now." Bri's voice came over the baby monitor. "Yeah, I can hear you babe."

He smirked and slinked out of the nursery and into his bedroom, crawling into bed with the brunette and pulling her close to him. "I wasn't sleepy. I was sitting outside, had a small talk with Nik about her knife that she carries around."

"The one that she keeps in her boot? She made that herself." She shrugged. "Are you sleepy now babe?"

"Not one bit. Are you sleepy? Did I wake you up?" He looked down at her and frowned.

"Nah. I'm tired but I'm not sleepy. I was awake for like twenty minutes, was trying to get comfortable. It's weird going back to being able to sleep on my stomach but it feels unnatural now." She shook her head and ran her fingers down his lower arms. "You should be going to sleep though babe… You haven't slept since we got home yesterday morning."

"I'm fine." Juice kissed the side of her neck and yawned. "See, I'm getting sleepy already, it's all your fault. I don't know how you do that shit!"

She laughed. "I haven't done anything but talk to you… I think you should sleep."

"I'll go to sleep." He nodded and snuggled up to her. "I love you Bri."

"I love you too Juice." Bri smiled and turned on to her back without breaking the embrace. "I hope you sleep the day away."

SOA

"Hey my love." Bri picked up her wide awake son and smiled at him. "You just don't wanna be alone for too long huh?" She moved out of the nursery and slowly down the stairs. "We'll get me food and you can drink some milk… I hear it's good but I've personally never tasted it." She rolled her eyes as the doorbell sounded. "Wonder who's bugging us today, shall we see?" She walked to the door, unlocking it and pulling it open slowly, her eyes landing on the man standing before her before smirking. "Long time, no see."

"Very long time no see." He eyed the baby Bri was cradling. "You had a kid? Last time I saw you, you were just hanging out and then I heard you were inviting my sister to stay for dinner."

"Esai." The brunette shook her head. "This is my son Javier… So far he's only got one nickname and it's Javi."

Esai smirked. "Wow, so you and Juice… Wow."

"Don't look too shocked… I'm thinking you have the wrong house… Jacey lives next door." Bri walked into the kitchen. "She is in the house to the right of me, with her little family… You want anything to drink?"

He sat at the table and shook his head. "No, I came to see you actually. Hoping you can help me with a little problem I'm having. Friend to friend. I'll take a beer if you have one."

She nodded and pulled open the fridge, grabbing herself a apple juice and Esai a beer. "Here." She passed it to him and sat down across from him. "Isn't it a conflict of interest if you're talking to a Son's old lady for help?"

"Nah. I'm asking for an old friend's help." Esai sipped his beer and smiled at the baby boy. "He's tan as hell…"

"I know! Isn't he absolutely perfect? I always said I wanted a tan child!" Bri looked down at her son and smirked. "I'll help you, just let me know when you need my help… I hate knowing shit beforehand, unless you need me right now."

He shook his head. "I will let you know… Mind if I hang out around here for a little while?"

"Stay as long as you need to… I think Nik and Svet are running around out back if you want to partake in that nonsense… I have to feed him so I'll be back. Alright?" She smiled at him as she moved from the table and towards the living room, her grey eyes on her son. "That's Aunt Jacey's ex boyfriend Esai, at one point in time they were madly in love and very much unbreakable. He's a cool guy, I always thought of him as my older brother but you know, shit happens and things change. We're still friends though, it's just not the best of friendships but I'll help him because he's good people at the end of the day."

"You always talk to him?" Frey walked into the living room and sat down across from Bri. "I've seen it all before." He shrugged.

"I've been talking to him since I found out about it. I find that it's fun to tell him things, even if he doesn't really understand yet. He'll at least know the sound of my voice and if I ever just want to try to talk to him over the monitor, he'll be like, that's my mom's voice." Bri smiled. "I haven't seen you in a few days, you good Frey?"

"I'm good." He nodded. "I've been seeing someone…"

"Ahh shit… When do I get to meet her?" The brunette smirked. "Tell me she's not American."

Frey chuckled. "Nope, she's a proper English woman."

"Oh look at that. That's practically American." Bri chuckled. "I'm happy for you Frey. I'm glad you got a good, girlfriend?"

He nodded and smiled. "I've got an amazing girlfriend… I'll bring her by one day." He stood up and moved towards the pair, pressing a kiss to Bri's forehead before rubbing the baby's head. "Little Ortiz."

"Well that's a new one." She shook her head. "Little Ortiz… It could stick but you'd hate it when you got bigger, huh? Eventually you'll get a nickname that sticks. My nickname from when I was your age is Kitty, my grandpa Big Viktor gave it to me… He is no longer with us but that doesn't matter. Then I got the nickname Doll face from your dad in high school during our freshmen and sophomore years, Kitty Kat from your Aunt Svet, my best friend Giselle, she called me Breezy Bri, she's not with us anymore either but she's watching out for us. You have a lot of people watching out for you. You'll never be alone in your life."

"Javi baby." Monica climbed up on the sofa and looked at her brother and mom. "He's drinking milk again?"

Bri nodded. "Babies drink a lot, it helps them grow big and strong."

"Oh! What if I want him to stay small for life? Baby Javi is cute and chunky!" The tiny brunette giggled and touched her brother's forehead. "How come he has so much hair but Juice has none!?"

"He has to grow up so you can play with him." She smiled. "Because I have a lot of hair! See! He got all his hair from me just like you did!"

Monica nodded and touched her hair. "He looks like Juice! I look like you. What did my daddy look like?"

Bri froze for a moment before standing up. "I think I have a picture of him… You know, he has your green eyes." She grabbed her daughter's hand and started towards the stairs. "He was handsome for his age, he was just a mean person. You know how Happy looks mean but he's nice? Your dad looked nice but he was real mean."

The six year old nodded and hopped up the stairs and followed her mom into her office before closing the door behind them. "What was his name?"

"Maximilian Mikhailov." She grabbed a box off of her bookshelf and set it on the coffee table. "Funny name huh? Everyone called him Mad Max." She opened the box and pulled out a stack of pictures and passed them to Monica. "You can take whatever pictures you want. They're mostly of the wedding but some candids as well."

Monica started spreading out the pictures and smiled at the pictures of a younger Bri. "Look! You look pretty!"

Bri nodded as she looked down at the pictures. "Yeah, I was so pretty then! That was before I even met Jacey!"

"This is him?" She held up a picture of Maximilian and smiled. "He does have the same eyes as me! That's so cool! I wanna keep this picture, can I?"

"Yeah monkey, take all the pictures you want." The brunette smiled. "Are you okay in here? I have to burp and change your brother. He's finished with his lunch." She stood up and walked towards the door, smiling at Monica before walking out. "Your sister is happy, that's a good thing. It's pretty damn cute when she smiles. I'm glad I kept those pictures. Now let's get you burped and maybe down for a nap? Yeah? Alright then." She smiled again, hoping that telling Monica about her father wouldn't backfire.

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AN: Thank you for the reviews loves... We're closing in on the final dozen or so chapters of this story. So hopefully I'll be able to crank them out and have this story wrapped up by the end of the month.