We pulled into Hannah's Diner, and I wiped my face, making sure it didn't look blotchy.
"You ok?" Craig asked
"Yes and no," I told him "Later please."
He nodded and we went inside. We sat at a booth and ordered some burgers and fries
"I'm so hungry mommy," said Maggie
"Good then you can eat all your food," I said smiling at my daughter
She nodded and continued coloring her book. The food came and while we ate we laughed, and the bell to the door rang. I saw someone approach our table and turned to see Jax standing there, his lip busted open
I sighed "Seriously Jax?"
"I spent the better part of the last 10 years looking for you. I'm not going to just let you leave again" he said
"That'll be hard, seeing as we just bought a house in Charming"
"You're moving back?" he said shocked
"For work yeah"
He nodded and glanced at Craig, who held Shep
"So uh, this is…" he trailed off
"Craig, my husband. And my kids" I told him. He shook Craig's hand and introduced himself, then he looked next to him and saw Derry
"You got a mean hook there kid," he told him
"Sorry. You were making my mom upset" Derry apologized
"It's all good"
"That reminds me when we get home you're grounded for a week," I said to Derry
"What? Why?" he asked
"I told you to stay in the car, you didn't. I said to get back in the car, you didn't. And on top of it all you sucker punched your uncle" I said
"I didn't know he was my uncle!" Derry exclaimed
"Don't argue with me, Daren Jackson Blackwell. Or it'll be longer"
"Man" he mumbled
"Daren Jackson Blackwell?" asked Jax
"Yeah named after my favorite brothers" I smirked
He smirked back
"And this is Maggie and Shep," I said pointing to the other two kids
Jax smiled "I can't believe you have kids. I mean I figured one down the line, but you never wanted kids when we were younger"
"Things change. I wouldn't trade them for anything"
"You know I have a son now?"
"What?"
"Yeah, he's over at . His name's Abel"
"Jackson Teller a dad" I stated
"Yeah who would've thought" he laughed
"A lot of people said that about him too," I said pointing at Craig "But he's amazing"
"That's good," he said. He looked at Derry again "So how old are they?"
"Well, Shep is only nine months old. Maggie is 4 and Derry just turned 11"
Jax's eyes widened "Can I talk to you outside for a minute?"
I looked at Craig who gave a slight nod "OK"
I stood outside the diner next to Jax's bike, while he paced back and forth
"11?" he said accusingly
"Yeah so?" I fired back
"That means you were pregnant when you left" he stated
I sighed deeply "Yeah, I was"
"Are you serious? Is that why you left?" Jax yelled
"That's not the only reason" I yelled back
"Why then? Why?" he demanded
"I can't tell you"
"That Baz guy, from prom. Where is he?"
"Back in SoCal with his wife and kid," I told him
"What he just walk out on his kid?"
"No Jax, Christ. Baz and I were never together" I told him
He scrunched his face in confusion
"Do the math Jackson. If Derry just turned 11 that means I was pregnant before prom happened"
"So Daren-" he started
"Is not biologically Baz's child. He doesn't know"
"Your husband doesn't?" he asked
"Craig is one of Baz's brothers so he knows. I mean my son doesn't know" I told him
"Ope?" he asked again
I shook my head "The day I found him with Donna was the day I was going to tell him"
"But you never did" he stated
"No, and you aren't going to either," I told him
"You need to," he said looking over my shoulder. Craig and the kids were coming outside.
"Mommy!" yelled Maggie
I scooped her up and turned back to Jax "Eventually. I'll see you around Jax" I kissed his cheek and put Maggie in the car before climbing in myself.
Later that night, back in SoCal
"So he knows?" asked Craig
I had told him everything that happened in Charming, including the part about Derry.
"Jax does and he said he won't say anything" I answered
"Let's hope so" Craig replied pulling me close to him
I nodded and closed my eyes hoping that us moving to Charming wasn't a huge mistake.
A week later we were all moved in Charming, and the kids had gotten settled in school. Craig got a job working as a chef for a high-end restaurant, and I started my job at . It was usually pretty slow, so I got home at a reasonable hour for once. I saw Jax a few times since moving in. He spent most of his time at the hospital with his son, who was thankfully getting stronger. He spent a fair amount of time with my kids as well, who all took to him calling him Uncle Jax.
I was putting a few things away while Shep was napping when I heard a knock on my door.
"Come in," I said
Jax came in with Tig, and the new member whose name I learned was Juice.
"Hey" Jax greeted giving me a kiss on the cheek
"Hey what's up?" I asked
"Nothing really. Mom's having a big dinner tonight" he told me
"Is that so?" I replied going back to unpacking
"She wants you there kid," Tig said
"And she couldn't tell me that herself?"
"Come on Sass, you know mom. And the rift that got opened when you came back, they don't know how to deal with it"
"They aren't the only ones" I conceded
"So you'll come?"
"I'll talk to Craig first but yeah we'll come"
"Speaking of where is everyone?" asked Jax
"Kids are at school, Craig is at work, and Shep is napping," I told them
"Guys give us a minute?" Jax asked
"Here we'll go into the baby's room," I said leading him down the hall. "What?"
"You know Op is going to be there right?"
"Yeah, I know. What's your point?"
"You gonna be ok?" he asked me
"I will be fine. I'm happily married, with a family. I'm way past everything that happened"I told him
"And what about the kid?"
"As far as anyone is concerned Craig raised him and that is his father"
Jax sighed
"There's something else," I stated. I knew him too well to know we weren't done
"Yeah. A few months after you left you called me. You sounded in pain and scared in the message. I had Juice take a look at it and he heard hear monitors going off. And when I called back the phone was disconnected. What was that?" he explained
"Jesus I forgot about that." I said "That was when I went into labor with Derry. Something felt off and I was scared and in pain and I just wanted you and mom there. The heart monitors were because something did go wrong with us and my heart was stopping. They had to do an emergency c-section on the baby, and I ended up in a coma for 3 days. I woke up and Baz and Craig were there, they told me what happened. They said I nearly died"
Jax was teary-eyed "Jesus christ Savannah. I didn't know. I'm so sorry"
"It's ok Jax. Everything worked out fine, and thankfully my other pregnancies went a lot easier," I said, giving him a small smile
I heard a door slam and shouting. We went to the living room to see Craig pointing a gun at Tig and Juice pointing his gun at Craig
"Oh my god!" I yelled
"Who the hell are they?" Craig yelled
"Who the hell are you?" Tig yelled back
"Tig that's my husband! Now put the damn guns down!"
They all lowered their guns and I breathed a sigh of relief
"What the hell," said Craig
"This is Tig and Juice. They're in SAMCRO with my dad and Jax" I explained
He nodded but shot them both a glare
"So I'll talk to you later," I said to Jax
"Yeah later" he repeated. They all gave me a quick hug as they left
"What did they want?" Craig asked
"My mother is having a dinner and she wants us to come," I told him
"You want to go?"
"I was going to talk to you about it. I want to see what happens but we don't have to"
"I really don't want to"
"Then we don't have to if you don't want to baby"
"Dammit don't do that!" he exclaimed
"Do what baby?" I asked innocently
"That reverse psychology thing you do"
"I have no idea what you're talking about"
"Yeah right," he said sarcastically "Fine we'll go, but the first sign of trouble we leave"
"Ok. Sounds good to me. I love you" I told him
"That love's going to kill me," he said with an eye roll
I reached up and pulled his hair out of its ponytail, then kissed him deeply, working on undoing his button up shirt
"Come on let's go be rabbits before the kids get home," I said breaking the kiss
He nodded and picked me up kissing me again. We went up the stairs and into the bedroom. I ripped off his shirt and my own. He ran his hands down my abdomen and went to take off my pants
"Wait, the baby?" he asked breathlessly
"Sleeping. And we have another 2 hours before the kids get home" I said as he kissed my neck
"Great" he replied with a devilish grin
We arrived at my mother's house just as the sun was going down, walking around to the backyard like Jax told us to when I called him to tell him we were coming. I was holding onto Shep, with Craig's hand over my shoulders and Derry walking beside us holding Maggie's hand. Immediately I spotted Jax talking to Opie by one of the tables. They both turned their heads and looked at me, Opie's mouth dropping open a bit. I took a moment while Jax was walking over to me, to take a once-over of Opie. He grew a beard and gained some muscle, along with the tattoos decorating his body.
"Hey, you guys came" Jax greeted
"Yeah," I replied
He shook Craig's hand and ruffled Derry's hair "Mom's been waiting for you"
I let out a long sigh "Of course she has. Come on guys, let's go say hi to your grandparents"
We followed Jax over to the grill area, where both of my parents were standing and talking with a few other members
"Mom. Dad" I said stoically "I have some people you should meet"
My mother looked at me, shocked, but didn't say anything
"This is Craig, my husband, and our kids Derry, Maggie and Shep" I continued
My father stuck his hand out to Craig while my mother looked at the kids
"They're beautiful" she stated "She looks exactly like you did when you were her age"
"So, what exactly do we call you?" Derry asked bluntly
"Jax!" I hissed
"What?" he replied innocently
"It's fine Savannah" Mom waved me off "I guess we're grandma and grandpa"
Derry nodded "Ok"
"Why don't you guys get some food, there's more than enough" Mom told them
"Der, why don't you take Maggie and make her a plate," I told him
"Ok" he agreed, walking off with his sister
After the little ones walked off it was awkwardly silent between my parents, Craig and I. The tension was thick enough to cut with a knife, so when Jax finally broke it, I was grateful
"So, Craig, you ride?" my brother questioned
"A bit, yeah" Craig nodded "I haven't been out since the baby was born"
"There are some pretty great places to ride out here. What do you ride?"
"Right now I have a Ducati, but there's this Panhead in the garage I've been working on"
"Panhead? What year?"
"63"
Jax nodded in approval "Nice, Clay just fixed up an old Panhead. I think it was a 58?"
"57" Clay corrected "How long you been working on that thing?"
"A few months"
"Do you want something to drink?" I asked Craig
"Oh, uh, yeah. Can you grab me a beer?" he answered
"Yeah, here hold the baby," I told him, handing him Shep and getting up, walking over toward the tables of food.
Derry and Maggie were going back for seconds on my moms chicken, by the time I got over there. I grabbed a water bottle and a beer from the cooler, not paying attention to who was around me when I heard a gasp. I turned around and saw Donna on the other side of the table,
"Savannah" she stated
"Donna, Hi" I replied
"I...I didn't know you were back...Um, your kids...they're cute"
"Thanks. I've been back for a little while now, working at the hospital"
She nodded "Look, about what happened between me and Ope-"
I put my hand up to stop her "Donna, stop. That was over 10 years ago, I'm married with a family. I'm way over it"
"Ok. Well, um, I should get back to my two kids. I'll see you around"
I made and 'mhm' sound and watched her walk back to a young boy and girl, around the same age as Derry.
I exhaled and turned around, seeing Derry talking to Opie, without Maggie. I quickly walked over to them and got my son's attention
"Derry!" I shouted, "Where's Maggie?"
"She had to use the bathroom, dad took her inside" he answered
I nodded and put my hand on his shoulder "Why don't you go make your brother a bottle, so I can feed him"
"Where's-"
"With dad. Now go on"
Ope and I watched him walk off toward the house, a small panic filling my chest
"You look good" he blurted
"Thanks. I saw Donna. Didn't know you guys had kids"
"Yeah, Kenny and Ellie. 10 and 9"
"Kenny?"
"Harry Kenneth. What about you?"
"I have three. 9 months, 4, and my oldest just turned 11"
"Wow, that was him?"
"Mhm Derry"
Opie paused, thinking "He doesn't look much like your husband"
"So I've been told"
"11 right? That means you would've been pregnant when you left"
"I was"
He frowned at me "Sass"
"I have to go feed my son"
I walked away from him, grabbing the bottle from Derry and going to get Shep from Craig
"Mom, can you keep an eye on Maggie and Derry for a sec. I need to talk to Jax and Craig" I asked my mother. She and I may have been on rocky terms but I knew she would take care of the kids. After she agreed, I pulled my brother and husband inside, to Jax's old bedroom to talk
"I saw Ope," I told them
"So?" Craig asked, feeding and rocking the baby
"He was talking to Derry and was asking about him. Figured out that I was pregnant when I left and he was mentioning how Derry doesn't look like you" I explained "I think he's starting to put it together"
"Are you sure?" questioned Jax
"Yes, I'm sure. Did you say anything to him?"
"I only told him you were coming, that's it"
"What are you thinking babe?" Craig inquired
"Should I tell him the truth? Both of them?" I asked
Both men stared at me in a mix of shock and horror, as if I spoke another language or admitted to being a drug lord. The room was dead silent before Craig finally spoke up.
A/N: Cliffhanger! What do you think Craig is going to say?