This is my fanfiction story. All rights belong to Kurt Sutter and FX. I am just borrowing the Sons of Anarchy characters. Reba is my OC as is Kaylee. I also give rights to the CW and the creators of iZombie for their known characters. This is a work of Fiction. Story rated m for rape situations and abuse. May include lemons in later chapters. Please Read and Review. This is my first story and I would appreciate any critique you have.
Chapter 42: Relaxing Day
The next day I woke up to an empty bed. I noticed all the light streaming through the window and estimated that it was probably close to noon. I moved out of the bed and changed into a pair of leggings and one Tig's t-shirts. I wasn't lying to him when I said they were getting a little small on me. I could still wear them though. I just couldn't hide my stomach in them anymore, but I reminded myself I was in Ireland and had nothing to hide from here for the time being. I quickly walked out of the bedroom and into the kitchen before looking around at the chaos happening. Happy was running around the kitchen making breakfast with help from Kaylee. Ravi and Wendy were getting the table set for everyone there; Gemma and Nero were in a little corner talking to one another. Jax was goofing off with Chibs and Tig. Kozik was doing much of what I was doing and observing from a spot at the table near Abel. Abel was just watching the scene unfold and grinning. He caught sight of me from his highchair and let out a little squeal of happiness. I walked over to him and sat down beside him and he gave me a toothy grin.
Wendy sent a smile towards Abel and me before saying, "You can grab him if you want to, Reba."
I shook my head at her before saying, "I think that I'll just leave him in his high chair for right now. If anything, I'll grab him after we eat."
Wendy sat some food on Abel's highchair while saying, "That makes a bit more sense."
Tig came behind me and kissed the top of my forehead before asking, "Do you want me to make you a plate, baby?"
Shaking my head at him I say, "I'm not really hungry right now, but I'll take some 7-up if we've got any here."
Ravi gave me a small smile from where he was standing before saying, "Your mom was like that with Blaine. She was sick almost constantly. She said she was like that when she was pregnant with you too. I guess that's just something you get from her."
I send a small smile back to Ravi saying, "It's one of the worst traits. Of course I got it. That paired with the clumsiness and being short; I make for one hot mess."
Ravi shakes his head at me before saying, "You aren't a hot mess, Reba. It's just traits. It's alright."
I take a deep breath before saying, "You're right. It's fine. I'm fine. I'm sorry."
Wendy chimed in to our conversation saying, "Don't be sorry, Reba. It's hormones too. You're pretty far along in a pregnancy with twins. Your emotions are constantly going to be coursing through your veins. It's alright to lash out sometimes. And you haven't really done it throughout the entirety of your pregnancy."
Nodding my head slightly I say, "Oh, there are definitely times I have wanted to hit someone, but I don't think I have during one of these mood swings."
Kaylee spoke up saying, "Aye. That's alright if ye do, darling. Wendy here is right. Ye need to lash out sometimes. It helps ye not to bottle it all up."
Jax adds in, "Trust me. It does help. Wendy loved lashing out at me while she was pregnant, but we always worked through it after her emotions had a chance to properly calm down. It made our relationship a lot stronger."
Chibs breaks the tense conversation with, "Aye. And I'll hit Tiggy boy here for ye, if ye don't want to hit him, but he needs to be hit."
Chuckling at Chibs I say, "I can't thank you guys enough for all the support we're receiving. I'm glad to call you all friends and family."
Ravi walks over and kisses my forehead before saying, "Reba, you don't have to thank us. That's what family and friends are for. They are there for you in the bad times and the good times. Your mom is from Louisiana and I know you've been there a lot. What's that saying?"
Thinking of my mum I say, "Laissez les bon temps rouler, cher. Let the good times roll, darling."
Ravi smiles softly saying, "Don't you ever forget that saying, Reba. Keep that saying close to your heart. It'll always remind you of good times."
Hugging Ravi I say, "I will, Ravi. I will."
Tig walks over as I move from my hug with Ravi and says, "Baby, I know you're not really hungry, but will you please try to eat some toast for me. The babies need food. You didn't even really eat last night."
Sighing I say, "Yeah. I'll eat some toast, but that's all I want. Maybe a little butter on the toast, but nothing else. I don't wanna get sick, and I feel like I will if I eat too much."
Chibs chimed up from his little corner with, "Aye, that's okay, lass. Don't ye force yeself to eat, if ye don't want to."
Smiling at my brother I nod my head and Tig says, "That's fine. Just toast then."
I stand on the tips of toes and kiss Tig's cheek as I mumble, "Thank you baby."
Tig smiles softly saying, "Always love."
He walks over to the toaster and pops in two slices of bread. While Tig is doing that, Gemma walks towards me and hugs me for a moment before pulling back and glancing down at my stomach. She rubs my belly as she says, "They've gotten a bit bigger since I last saw you guys." I nod my head at her slightly as she says, "That's good though. I hear you were running around a lot last night."
As Gemma shakes her head softly at me I say, "I was, but I'm alright. I've got a little bit of pain, but it's not much. I'm going to take it easy today, so you don't have to worry about that."
Gemma nods her head and says, "Good. I don't want you to have them too early."
Laughing slightly I say, "I think everyone is worried about that happening. Tig asked me about it last night. He asked if he thought I'd have them before 32 weeks, because that's basically full term for a high risk twin pregnancy, and I don't think I will. Now that I'm away from the stressful situation, I think I'll keep them in longer."
Tig walks over with my toast and 7-up as he says, "As long as they are healthy, it doesn't matter when you have them though."
Kaylee smiled at us and said, "Aye, and that's the mindset all parents should have."
Gemma finally glances down at my hand and catches sight of the ring sitting on my finger. She covers her mouth and glances between Tig and I with her. I nod my head and she quickly exclaims, "Reba I can't believe you two are engaged! I'm so happy for you!"
Wendy rushes over as Tig moves my food away before someone accidentally knocks it down. She grabs my hand before saying, "I can't believe I didn't see that last night. I'm so ashamed at myself."
I shake my head and tell her, "It's okay. I had it turned around yesterday. I wasn't trying to draw too much attention to myself with SAMBEL and so I turned it around, I never did spin it back around. Must've twisted in my sleep."
Kaylee comes over next and looks at the ring before saying, "That's beautiful, lass. Congratulations."
Tig glances at us again and says, "Thank you everyone on behalf of both of us. Now is it alright if I have her eat something?"
I lightly hit Tig saying, "Oh you, stop it."
Everyone moved back to where they had been to tuck in and eat something for breakfast. I stood by the counter and slowly ate a piece of toast as Tig said, "I can't believe we've pulled this off so well."
I placed one head on my stomach before saying, "Me either. This has been the most stressful pregnancy I've ever heard of, but I wouldn't want to do it with anyone else. This family of ours is amazing and so supportive."
Chibs smiles at me from across the kitchen as Tig says, "That's what family is. Always there for one another and they don't judge you."
I lean over and kiss Tig as I say, "When we do get married, I want to do it here. With all these people and Uncle Bobby. But here, in Ireland. Maybe at the castle we got engaged at, but I wanna worry about having the babies first."
Tig kisses me back and says, "Me too, love. Me too. And we will. I know we will. And they will be so healthy because you're a great mom."
After we all eat we settle around and just talk for the rest of the day only getting up when someone has to go to the restroom or when it's time to eat lunch or dinner. I had to take today easy because of all the traveling and whatnot the day before. We all turn in at about 10:30 that night. Tomorrow Jax and Chibs were going to go and call Clay from separate burners then destroy them so he didn't know we were all together, but he couldn't take anything out on Uncle Bobby back in Charming.
I did it again. I dropped off the face of the Earth for 4 months. I don't even think anyone is surprised at this point. I updated my Harry Potter story as well so I'm going to skip the whole apology because we all know even though I apologize, I'm not going to get better anytime soon. That being said, if anyone would like to Beta this story, feel free to shoot me a pm. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Being Beta, if you so choose to be, will allow you the option of also helping motivate me to write when I'm down in a funk with all of it. You can yell at me if I go too long in between chapters. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and thank you for sticking around as always.
