October 8, 2014
"Dad!" Bri shouted as gunfire sounded in the distance, her heart beating out of her chest as she looked down at her dad. "Dad! This is not the time to die on me!" She shook her head as she began to cut open his shirt, her eyes looking for fatal shots. "Dad?"
She pulled her shirt off, applying pressure to the gun wound on his lower stomach. "Shit! Shit! Shit!" She looked up her eyes finding Jax on the porch gun drawn and phone to his ear. "Call Jacey! Call an ambulance."
"Relax, Brianna." Anthony wrapped his arms around the brunette pulling her away from Aleksandr. "Go, get on a clean shirt the ambulance is on the way. I'll make sure the kids are good."
"He's bleeding!" Bri shrugged out of Anthony's grasp, pushing Roman and Yevgeny out of the way. "I have to help him! He's my dad! He's my dad!" She yelled as she wiped at her face, smearing the man's blood over her porcelain complexion. "Dad just don't die, keep fighting. You'll be good soon."
"Brianna, you need to relax. He's going to be ok." Anthony wrapped her arms back around the brunette, pulling her away as the ambulance pulled up. "Let them do their job… Let them save your father Brianna. Don't get in their way."
"Dad!" She shouted once more before collapsing into a crying mess in Anthony's arms. "Please don't let my dad die! I can't lose him. I just can't lose him!"
"Jax, get her a change of clothes." Anthony growled at Jax. "Now!"
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"So your father is stable, thankfully the bullet didn't hit anything major." The doctor smiled at Brianna who was pacing the room. "He's going to be ok. He should be out of surgery soon."
"Thank you." Brianna nodded slowly, her gaze finally moving up from the floor, instantly spotting her sister. "Jacey!"
The blonde continued to her sister, her brow furrowed as she took in the disheveled state the brunette was in. "What the fuck happened? What's wrong?"
"It was dad, he was shot… He's in surgery." Bri pulled her sister into a hug. "The shooters just came out of nowhere."
Jacey pulled away from the brunette, shaking her head. "He did what?! What do you mean? Is he ok? Where is he?" She looked back at the nurse's desk behind her. "What happened? What is going on, Brianna?"
"We walked out of the house and someone just opened fire on us, dad was hit, in the stomach." She shook her head. "He's in surgery, to remove the bullet."
Jacey looked back at the brunette and shook her head again. "Is he ok? Can we see him? Where's everyone at?" She moved closer to Bri, pulling her into her arms before pushing her away again to check her over. "Were you hit? Was anyone else hit? Where are the kids?"
"We can see him when he gets out soon." Bri shook her head. "The suits are out looking and the kids are with Jax down in the cafeteria. Jacey, it was just horrible. I've never been so scared in my life."
The blonde nodded her head slowly, wiping at the fresh tears rolling down Bri's cheeks. "I'm sorry, I know it must've been scary as fuck. I'm so sorry, Brianna." She leaned forward, kissing her forehead.
"It was…" Bri sighed as she wrapped her arms back around Jacey. "They're trying to figure out if it was Son related or Suit related… Igor and Frey are absolutely pissed off about the situation."
Jacey nodded her head again, pulling Bri toward a blue couch to sit down. "What kind of vehicle were the shooters in? Where are the rest of the Sons?"
"Black SUVs." Bri shrugged. "They've been in and out for the last few hours. I didn't want dad to be here at St. Thomas but had no choice since he was bleeding badly."
The blonde nodded again. "Blacked out or just black? When will he be out of surgery? I left the kids with that fucking girl that Case is fucking! I didn't wanna bring them but shit…" She sighed. "What do we do?"
"Blacked out." Bri looked at her watch. "He should be in the recovery room right now, waking up from sedation."
Jacey nodded once more as she looked down at her stomach. "Had to have been Son related, Niners drive blacked out SUVS. I don't know about the Family though, so maybe I'm just making shit up." She took in a few breaths before shrugging. "Can we go see him?"
"Lord." Bri shook her head as she stood up and held her hand out for the blonde. "Let's go see dad. Cheer him up and love on him."
Jacey looked up and sighed. "He's going to be upset too." She took Bri's hand and stood up slowly. "Why'd this have to fucking happen?" She mumbled to herself as she pushed her hair over her shoulder and let go of Bri's hand.
"I don't know but I'm swearing vengeance on whoever did this shit. Shooting at Jax is one thing but it's a whole new issue when someone shoots at our dad." Bri huffed. "That sounded bad but you know what I mean. Dad never does shit to anyone to warrant bad blood or to be shot at."
Jacey shook her head. "I don't care if I'm pregnant, I'm with you on this. Well fucking rip the state apart together until we find these fuckers." She nodded. "Fucking ridiculous. I swear to god. It's ridiculous!"
"I don't know if I can go in and see him J." Bri shook her head frantically. "I don't like seeing dad vulnerable. It's weird and unnerving."
The blonde nodded her head. "I understand, go down to the cafeteria if you wanna wait." She moved closer to the door. "Be with Jax and your babies."
"No, I have to go in." Bri tapped her nails on her thighs. "Make sure they stitched him up properly. Gave him good medicine. Make him cuddle me for scaring the shit out of me earlier. I know it wasn't his fault but I swore he was gone, especially when Anthony wouldn't let me go back near him."
The blonde nodded her head again. "Well come on, take a deep breath and come in here with me." She pulled Bri to her and secured an arm around her. "You're not alone."
"It's dad." Bri opened the door and paused. "He's the definition of strength, now look at him. He looks like he's pale and frail. J!"
Jacey covered her sister's mouth and shook her head. "Hush. Go lay down beside him. He's pale because of the blood loss, he's not frail. He's still strong." She moved to the chair beside the bed and sat down, grabbing a hold of the man's hand with both of her smaller hands.
"Can you believe her?" Aleksandr rasped as he opened his eye to look at Jacey. "It took you two long enough to get in here."
The blonde shrugged. "She's just worried, don't pick on her. We were trying to go kick someone's ass for shooting you." She leaned forward, laying her head on his arm.
"I want in on that revenge." He smiled as he ran his fingers through the blonde's hair. "I won't give her a hard time, her instincts kicked in perfectly. She went from hysterical doctor to loving daughter and back again."
Jacey closed her eyes and nodded slowly. "Nope. We're putting you on lockdown, you're grounded for ten weeks." She sighed. "She's a nutcase, good thing she's cute though."
"Grounded?" He shook his head. "I can deal with that, as long as I get to cuddle all of the babies. All of them. All at once."
She laughed and nodded her head. "I'll see what I can do on my end. I'm sure the babies are going to insist that you move in with us just for more cuddles." She turned her head so she could look at her dad. "You scared the hell out of me."
"Well, I'm sorry I scared you. I wasn't expecting to be shot in Charming." He shook his head, rolling his eyes. "I was just there because your sister called an emergency meeting. We usually get there and get out with no trouble whatsoever."
Jacey shrugged her shoulders. "I guess I can forgive you since it wasn't on purpose. An emergency meeting for what?" She looked at Bri. "Something going on or is this one of those things I'm not supposed to know?"
"Telling the old suits to get along with the new suits so we can go to Russia without any type of problems." Bri shrugged. "It wasn't a serious meeting just me wanting to start planning an amazing family vacation."
The blonde smiled and nodded her head. "That's good, vacations should be fun." She turned her attention back on the man. "You're not going though unless you're better, otherwise you're staying here with me and my monsters."
"It's after you pop out the little one." Bri pointed to Jacey's stomach. "It's a family vacation, which means your family is coming along as well."
"I can't believe I'm basically grounded by my kids. I remember when I used to ground the two of you." Aleksandr chuckled a bit before clutching his stomach. "Laughing is not a good thing right now."
Jacey shook her head. "I don't know about that. Ok, dad, you didn't have to ground us. You just felt like being mean. We're grounding you if you bust any stitches or hurt yourself."
"So does this mean I can't run a 5k or slide over cars to catch bad guys?" He smirked at the blonde. "I'm excited, believe it or not for this little down time and being pampered."
The blonde nodded her head. "That's exactly what this means, Russian James Bond." She shrugged. "You're going to be stuck with me and my monsters while everyone else goes to Russia because you're always getting into trouble over there so it's not happening."
"No." Aleksandr shook his head. "I'm dragging you and your monsters to Russia. It obviously won't be happening until I catch whoever shot me. I don't appreciate being shot unless I do something to warrant it."
Jacey rolled her eyes. "What for? None of my monsters speak Russian, Happy doesn't speak it and he probably wouldn't be able to come because of the club, I don't speak it." She shrugged. "It'd be a little weird. Plus I'll have a newborn and the time change would be bad. No joining your family for a family vacation." She shook his head.
"Fine." Brianna huffed. "You don't have to come on family vacation Jacey." She sat up on the bed and glared at the blonde. "No one is going to force you to join us. I'm going to check on my kids."
"I hate tense situations." Aleksandr watched his eldest daughter storm out of his hospital room. "Just let her simmer down. It'll pass. You don't have to go Jacey. I don't want you feeling weird about being in Russia. You know what right? I want you to always do what's best for you and your family."
The blonde shook her head. "That's just it, I fucking feel like an outcast. I don't feel like family. I'm trying here, I really am but it's fucking difficult when everything feels awkward when I'm around anyone except my kids or Happy or the damn Sons that Happy likes to bring around. I feel like I'm constantly intruding on her and her life and I'm tired of feeling like one big awkward mess."
"That's all in your head Jacey. You're just as much a part of this family as any of us are. I'm sorry that you feel like you're intruding on her life. Have you talked to her about it? I know you two usually end up crying and hugging it out after little talks." He sighed. "It just hurts to know you feel like an outcast when you're not."
Jacey shook her head. "No it's not and it's not some pregnancy moods. I feel like I'm just intruding on this entire family. So after the wedding, I'm pulling back completely. It's too awkward and shit is too off." She shrugged. "I don't mean to hurt you by any means but it's just how I've been feeling. No I haven't talked to her. It'll only piss her off so I'm leaving it alone."
"If that's the way you feel and the way you want to handle it then you have my support." Aleksandr nodded. "You don't have to be around or include yourself in any family event Jacey. I just want you happy."
The blonde nodded her head slowly. "Thank you. Now tell me who you've done pissed off this week…" She smiled at the man.
"I didn't piss off anyone this week.I was away on a trip with Monica for a few days. They went camping. I got to chaperone a lot of twelve year olds. I mostly scared them into behaving though."
Jacey nodded her head again. "Dad! You can't just scare them… When are you going to let my child move in? He's gotta this stripping shit he does and Hap can only beat his ass so much."
"He can move in whenever you want to drop him off." He smiled. "I'll shape him up."
The blonde rolled her eyes. "Shape him up into an even fatter little shit… Your snack buddy is going to weigh about 800 pounds before he's ten."
"He'll lose the baby fat. He's going to be as tall as a tree." Aleksandr sat up further in bed and grinned. "I have to snack with Monica when I don't have Kol. It's a bit awkward. She doesn't eat like he does."
Jacey laughed a little. "Where's he gonna get all that height from? Not my short ass." She shook her head. "I swear I love him, damn little monster. He's a mess."
"He's going to get it from his father." He nodded. "I love him too. He's my favorite but I'll deny it if it's ever brought up outside of this room."
Jacey gasped. "I'm telling my poor daughter! My poor baby girl. That's fine, she still has her Igor." She smiled. "Hap's not a giant. That's a lie but so."
"I still love my Camryn dearly." Aleksandr waved the blonde off. "I don't know. It's like Kol and I have a relationship that's on an entirely new level. Like I literally get sad when he has to leave me or vice versa. Like he's basically my best friend Jacey."
The blonde nodded her head. "Then give him more time because if I have to hear about you one more time, I'll start breaking things." She laughed a little. "He loves you so much. Misses you."
"I'll give him all the time he can handle." Aleksandr nodded. "More sleepovers and day trips with him. Give him to me when I get out of here. I need Kol cuddles. He's the best."
Jacey shook her head. "No no no. I miss him when he's away from me." She shrugged.
"You can join us." He smirked. "I just want more Kol in my life."
Jacey nodded her head slowly. "I'm definitely ok with that. I miss you a lot."
"I miss you too." He nodded as he looked at her. "You never come to my house and bug me anymore."
The blonde shrugged. "I'm sorry, I'm just trying to my life together. I'll start coming over again just for you:"
"I understand." Aleksandr smiled. "Take all the time you need."
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Brianna watched Jacey finally exit the hospital room before she walked back in, instantly climbing onto the bed and relaxing against her father. "You scared me today. I know it wasn't your fault but you scared me. I hated thinking for a moment that I was going to be without you dad. I never wanna feel that way again. You're not old enough. You can't leave us just yet."
"It's going to take more than a bullet to the gut to take me out Brianna." Aleksandr rubbed the brunette's arm and sighed. "Thank you for staying at my side until the ambulance came."
"Don't thank me for that. It's instinct. You're my dad, I had to make sure you were ok." She looked up at him and smiled. "I'm sorry I just left you and J earlier. She was just annoying me with her bullshit. Like why even interact with us at all if she doesn't wanna be part of family shit?"
"Drop it." He waved the brunette off. "I don't wanna get involved with any shit between the two of you. Just let her do what she wants and what will make her happy and you do the same. It's simple as that. Give her space."
"Yeah, yeah." Bri nodded as she settled into the bed and sighed. "It's just annoying you know? Like I'm engaged and the one person I really want to tell won't even be that happy about it because she basically hates the man I'm going to marry. Like I know she'll be happy for me but like it's not going to be the same…"
"Yeah but you'll get through it." He nodded. "You do have to tell her, she'll probably be upset that you didn't tell her when it happened though."
"Yeah, yeah I know." She shrugged her shoulders. "How about we just focus on you again. All of a sudden, I don't want to be the topic of the conversation any longer."
"Never thought I'd hear that come from your mouth." Aleksandr chuckled. "But fine, we can focus on me again. Just cuddle me and find a hot nurse to take care of me."
October 12, 2014
"Have we found the fuckers that shot my dad yet?" Brianna inquired as she dropped onto the leather sofa across from Anthony, Igor and Frey. "I want them found before the Sons find them. I want you all to handle them. I don't want them getting into the Sons' custody."
"We have them." Igor nodded. "We're waiting for Aleksandr to get a bit better so he can join in on the fun."
"Good, good." The brunette nodded and smiled. "That's all I wanted to know. I love Jax to death but he would've just made some bullshit ass truce with the shooters. I want them dead. I want them all dead. No one shoots at my family and gets away with it."
"I'm over here, just smiling like a fool. We raised you right." Igor smiled at the brunette. "We'll take care of it. Just give us a few days because of your dad needing to be at one hundred percent."
"Good." Bri stood back up. "I love you guys. I gotta go feed the twins, so be safe driving out of here. I'll talk to you all soon." She moved out of the living room and towards the nursery, her grey hues falling on Jax and the twins. "You know you can't exactly feed them. You wanna pass them over?"
"Yeah." Jax smiled at the brunette as he passed the twins to Bri. "They're both just staring at me like they're waiting for something."
"They're waiting for you to whip out your tits and feed them." She laughed as she sat down in the rocking chair. "My little fatties. I love them so much. Look at all of the hair and these smiles. You two are just so perfect like the rest of the kids."
"Any leads on the guys?" He looked at his fiance and smiled. "I know you don't just powwow with the suits for nothing."
"They found them. Handled it." She shrugged as she looked up at Jax. "No worries about it. No one shoots my dad and gets away with it. I've also decided that after Christmas we will be back in the Fortress. Where there are wrought iron gates, security cameras and a guards at the fence that lets people into the neighborhood. I can't be vulnerable anymore Jax. I almost lost my dad and if he would've died that way. I don't know if I could've continued on properly."
"If that will make you feel safe, then we can get the move started." He kissed her forehead and smiled. "I love you Brianna, don't forget that ok?"
"I love you too."She smiled at him. "Take one of these potatoes and burp him."
"Why do you call them potatoes?" Jax shook his head. "They don't look like potatoes."
"Oh, it was the cutest thing. Kajsa was like 'look at these potatoes, I love 'em'." She chuckled. "It just stuck. Don't judge us. They don't seem to mind being called potatoes either." She shook her head as she adjusted Mason on her chest and began to burp him. "I can't wait until my other babies get home. I need Javi and Moni cuddles. Dad needs to give 'em back already."
"We'll have a full house once again." Jax smirked. "I gotta admit, I miss them too. It's too quiet without those two around. I'm ready for them to be back too."
"Good." Bri smirked. "I love the full house. It's what I've always wanted. A large and loving family. Now, the only thing we have to focus on now is getting married. I can't wait for the wedding. It's going to be magical."
AN: Thank you all for the reviews last chapter. Sorry about the cliffhanger but alas Aleksandr is alive and well. So yaaay.
