October 4, 2014

"Jax…" Bri shook her head as she walked into the master bathroom to see her fiance in the tub with his three sons. "What is going on in here. I told you to give Creed a bath, not the twins or yourself." She chuckled as she took a picture. "Not that this isn't a cute moment."

Jax shrugged as he looked at the brunette before tapping on the side of the tub. "I got talked into it. He told me he wouldn't get in unless I sat down first. I didn't even get a chance to take my boxers off Bri." He laughed and shook his head. "Then I figured I'd invite them along and they love the water."

She took a seat and smiled. "You four are just the most precious things I've seen in awhile. My dad just came by and picked up Javier… Juice was a no show. Second weekend he's been missing for. Javier is pretty much over the man. It's pretty damn sad. So it's just the five of us because Monica left us too."

"So, that means you're free to do this." He pulled the brunette into the water and smirked. "Look, now it's the five of us in the bathtub."

"Jackson." Bri popped the man's chest. "That was rude but why is the water cold and not warm? How long have you guys actually been in this tub?"

"For thirty minutes now." He shrugged as he adjusted the brunette on his lap. "See, now this should be a picture babe. You need your phone on you right now but you left it over there on the sink."

"You're so lucky I'm in love with you, otherwise I'd be so upset at the fact I'm in this cold ass water with clothes on." She shook her head as she rested her head against him. "I wanted to throw an engagement party but then I realized that no one would really come. I'm also nervous about telling Jacey…"

"Well, Brianna." He wrapped his arms around her and sighed. "You do what makes you happy. If you want to have a party, then you have a party. You already know that J will be happy for you because you're happy about this. We're happy about this."

"I told Nik, she screamed in my ear and told me that she has the most perfect dress for Monica to wear to match with Kajsa." She chuckled. "I'm just super excited about this. I know Jacey will be happy for me, for us. I also knows she just hates when I bring you up to her. I hope you two can fix your relationship for good soon."

Jax nodded slowly as he rubbed Bri's back. "We'll fix it. It'll get better. I know so." He kissed her forehead and smiled. "Now, we gotta start this planning shit. I was thinking since it'll be a double wedding, we keep it small and just our closest friends and family. I wanted to reach out to a few associates."

"Good." She smiled up at him and nodded. "Invite who you please. You know I won't mind baby."

"I know you're going through your thoughts right now but you start looking at dresses?" He asked as he lazily trailed his fingers through her long locks. "I know your favorite color is white so, you'll have tons of options."

"Yes, I saw a few on my way home. I had to stop at this cute little bridal boutique. Gorgeous, gorgeous white dress, low cut back, some phenomenal lace details." She sighed. "I put it on reserve. I wanna get more pictures of me in it and take my sisters with to get their honest opinions on me in it. Because I love it."

"If you love it, just buy it." He chuckled. "You don't need your sisters' approval every step of the way with this. I love your independent spirit. Don't dull that out Bri."

"I'm not dulling myself down. I just want to include them on things. Have you ever noticed that I don't need any of them? Like I don't ever reach out for help. I want to at least be comfortable enough to ask them for help. They're my sisters." She sighed. "I want to call them the way they call me…"

"You're not programmed that way." Jax shook his head as he stood up from the tub, helping the brunette up with him. "Let's get all dried off and we can all lay in bed and relax. All five of us."

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"Oh, my little baby fatty." Brianna smirked down at Creed as she watched him do his best to eat a piece of pizza. "You so handsome even with all of that pizza sauce on your face."

"Mama." Creed smiled back up at his mother as he pressed the slice of pizza to her lips and giggled. "Nom, nom."

She chuckled, taking a bite of the pizza before nodding her head. "Nom, nom." She poked at his stomach. "You're full huh? I told your dad you'd love pizza just as much as me. It's your favorite food huh baby?"

"Pizza." He laughed as he took another bite of the pizza before holding it back up for him mom. "Eat the pizza."

"Oh, so you feed her but not me?" Jax dropped down to the bed, pulling his son towards him. "I want some pizza too! Can I have a bite?"

"No pizza." Creed shook his head as he looked at his dad and laughed. "No pizza dad!"

"Oh!" He covered his face and shook his head. "No pizza for me, I see you Jackson."

Bri shook her head as she eyed Jax. "He doesn't know that's his actual first name. He just knows himself as Creed."

"Well, fuck." Jax laughed. "Creed should've just been his real first name and not Jackson."

"Well, you picked his name." She smirked at her fiance. "I got something for you though, check out the venue for the wedding babe. Well, it's the venue I want. I gotta show it to Nik but I know she'll be down for it."

"Your mom lured us in the room with pizza and decided to trap us here with venue ideas. Creed, look at her, gorgeous but sneaky." Jax took the phone from the brunette and started scrolling through the pictures before stopping and looking up at Brianna. "Babe, all these gorgeous pictures of you and you don't send me any!"

The brunette rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Well, Jax. You need to upgrade to a phone that actually gets pictures… That flip phone you always carry around is shit. Why don't you try out the smartphone I gifted you? Then I'll send you all the pictures you want."

"I told you before, I can't use that thing. The last thing I need is someone I don't like taking it off me then finding you and the kids through it." He sighed as he pulled Brianna closer to him and kissed her lips softly. "Luckily for me, I got you in front of me."

"Pretty sure everyone can find us. We live in Charming Jax." Bri shook her head. "In a craftsman home. We're not protected by the iron gates of the Fortress. We're sitting ducks babe. That means you gotta be home all the time to protect all of us."

"See, I already told you we can move back into the Fortress." He laughed and shook his head. "We don't have to stay here anymore Brianna, if you want to move back, we can."

"I want to move back." She nodded slowly as she braided his hair back into two braids and smirked. "Oh look at all this luscious hair. You and Creed are the death of me with all this soft golden hair."

"Did you just braid my hair?" Jax shook his head as he looked at the brunette and smirked. "Do I look high fashion right now or do I look lame?"

"Lame!" Creed giggled and clapped his hands as he stood up on the bed and started to jump. "Lame! Lame! Daddy!"

"I see you get your aunt Jacey's brutal honesty." He laughed as he poked at Creed's face. "I don't wanna be lame buddy! I wanna be cool like you!"

"Lame." Bri laughed. "He thinks it's a good word baby. It's cute, look at him, he's the most excited thing in the world. Oh, this lady at Target the other night thought he was a girl. Creed was very upset by this."

"Not a girl." Creed murmured against his dad's cheek as he wrapped his arms around the man's head. "I'm a boy!"

Jax nodded and chuckled. "You're a boy! That's right man." He hugged his son and smiled as he felt more relaxed than ever. He may have lost out on being a dad the first time with Abel but he sure as hell was going to keep getting better for Creed, Noah and Mason. "In a few years, you'll be a man and you'll get your first Harley."

"Audi." Bri coughed as she looked at the man. "He's getting a ride on Audi…"

"Dyna." He shook his head as he swatted at Bri's hair. "Get it through your head, this kid is my legacy. That's what he is. Creed is the future president of the club… Isn't that right Jackson?"

Creed looked down at his dad, a blank look on his face before he looked to his mom, a tiny finger pointing to himself. "Creed."

"You hear him Jax, his name is Creed. His name is Jackson." Bri laughed as she moved off the bed and towards the bassinets where the twins were beginning to stir. "He knows his name and it's not Jackson!"

"Creed." Creed clapped his hands as he started to reach for another slice of pizza. "It's pizza daddy."

"He just loves pizza." Jax shook his head again as he watched Bri carefully lay the boys on the bed once again. "Those two are just obsessed with being around you as much as possible."

"Because I feed them." She shrugged her shoulders as she continued to stare down at Mason and Noah. "My cute little chubby babies."

"At least they're not identical twins." Jax smiled as he watched Creed try to dip the crust of his pizza into a container of garlic butter. "You've created a monster with this one. He's going to be a hundred pounds by his sixth birthday."

"You need to leave my baby alone. He can eat and be chunky all he wants to. He talks way more when he's got his food." Bri laughed as she trailed her fingers through Creed's hair. "You Jax, you can take a nap and let him eat his pizza crust."

October 8, 2014

"We've been summoned by the Queen." Frey mumbled as he tossed away his half eaten apple. His blue eyes scanning the people sitting around Brianna's home office. "It must be big if she's brought icky ass Roman into the fold."

"Why are you even a suit? You're not even Russian." Roman scoffed as he shook his head. "I've been a suit longer than you have. So, respect your elders."

"We're not bickering today." Bri shook her head as she walked into the office, closing the door securely behind her before taking a seat behind her desk, her grey hues rolling over each of the men standing before her. Alright, you guys, hello and welcome to my lovely home office. Not sure if any of you have really been in this lovely space before."

"What are we here for? Just give it to us straight Brianna." Igor looked at the brunette as he ran his hands over his head and sighed. "We're being fired huh?"

She laughed and rolled her eyes. "You're not being fired. You guys are family. I'd never get rid of you unless you fucked me over." She shrugged her shoulders. "I brought you here, the men I consider to be Veterans in the whole suit game to meet the new breed of suits that Anthony and Elijah recruited, some from Russia, some from Sweden, Republic of Ireland and Scotland, some from the US… They're my new suits. One for each of my kids plus some."

Aleksandr shook his head as he looked down at his daughter. "I've already met them all. I approve of them all. They need to get out and do what they were brought into do. Serve and protect you and the Family."

Bri nodded slowly as she looked up at her dad and smiled. "I'm aware of that dad. Oh. My. God. Could you let me have some fun with this?" She stood up from her chair and sighed. "Just keep your eyes out for the new suits. If you see them doing anything stupid, correct them on it. That's what needs to happen."

"Ignore her." Aleksandr shook his head. "You don't need to really worry about the suits since you don't live with Brianna. Be aware that they do exist but you don't need to go out of your way to take them under your wing. That's what Ant and I are for."

"I however am moving back to the Fortress in the next few weeks or so. So, Frey, Igor you will be seeing more of me but I however don't expect you to render your services to me." Bri shrugged her shoulders. "Yevgeny is Kajsa's suit at her dad's request."

"For the first time in a long time, we have heirs to the Hohrykov lineage who have no active suits." Aleksandr looked around at the men in the room. "Monica, Javier, Creed, Mason and Noah don't have suits. I'm not sure if it'll change but I hope it does."

"It's not a big deal." Bri shook her head as she poked at her dad's face. "They don't need suits."

"Don't you always bitch about it though?" Igor looked over at Bri. "I swear I've heard you a few times."

"I bitch about a lot of things Igor." She shot him a nasty look before rolling her eyes. "It's what I do. It's my personality. I don't care that you two are with Jacey and her children. I actually love the fact that they'll always have you two around. You're both better fits for Cam and Kol than you are for my kids."

"We're not doing this shit right now." Aleksandr shook his head as he looked over at Igor and Frey. "Brianna doesn't care about you two being suits for Camryn and Kol. She's a brat but she's not unfair or idiotic. She bitches and moans about shit. That's who she is and always will be. Gotta learn how to take the joke."

"So you aren't mad about us leaving your residence to stay with Jacey and her family?" Frey looked at the brunette. "I thought you were on the account of never asking us to do anything and all the new suits."

"No, I'm not mad." Bri shook her head as she looked at Frey. "The only suit I've ever been mad at was Elijah and I've gotten over that. We're in the direction of patching things up. I gathered you all here because in a few months I want to go back to Russia for a visit.I want all of you there. It's a family trip so you can't pass on it and I'd like you all getting along with the new suits before we go. Look at you guys, you're so dramatic and you call me the drama Queen."

"Basically what she's asking is if you will come with us to Russia in a few months." Aleksandr rolled his eyes. "I swear, this is insane."

Bri smirked. "I also wanted to see you guys shit your pants with the whole being summoned to Charming thing." She laughed as she opened the office door. "Come on, I'll walk you all to your cars." She grabbed Igor's hand and laced their fingers together. "I love you, you know that right? Even if you tell me that I'm bitching. You're as important to me as my dad is. You've been around me so long." She walked with him out of the house, her eyes falling on the line of Audis parked in front of the house. "God, it looks like an Audi dealership out here. I fucking love it."

"Brianna." Igor smiled at the brunette before his attention was drawn away by the sounds of gun shots ringing out. "Down! Down! Down!" He shouted as he pushed the woman to the grass, quickly drawing his weapon as he fired back at the black SUV. "Go after them! Now!" He pointed to Frey and Anthony. "I'll stay here."

"Dad! Dad!" Bri pushed through the swarm of suits rushing towards the cars. "Dad! Dad!" She dropped to the man's side. "Dad, dad. Please stay with me… Please!"


AN: Thank you, thank you, thank you all so much for the feedback for CH 53. I loved it all and another dozen thanks for you guys getting this story to 200 reviews. It's so insane. I appreciate it all so much. I'm glad I'm back into the swing of updating this story since it's no longer on hiatus.

I hoped you enjoyed this chapter though. It had more Jax & Bri. The little cliffhanger at the end, don't worry too much about it. The continuation won't take too long to be published. I promise.