A/N: Updated 8/21/20

Chapter 9

Opie POV

When I pulled into the driveway, Eliza's car wasn't there. I was hoping that maybe she just needed some time to cool off after what happened at the clubhouse. When I walked in, I saw a note laying on the kitchen table.

'Ope -

Jax called Wendy went into labor. I went to the hospital. We can talk about us later. Meet me there.

- E'

I ran out of the house, hopped back on my bike and headed to the hospital. I needed to be there. Not only because Eliza asked me too but because it was for Jax. When I got to the hospital, I went up to labor and delivery hoping that that was where I would find them. When I stepped off the elevator, I could hear Gemma's voice and I knew that I had found them.

Eliza POV

I was waiting with Jax, when Mom showed up. As soon as she got to us, she hugged us both. "Any news yet?" She asked us.

"Nothing yet, Ma. They took her for a C-section, they didn't think that she could handle a natural birth." Jax told her.

She sat down between us, "Everything is going to be fine. That kid has Teller blood running through his veins." Mom said.

A few minutes later, the whole club minus Opie joined in the Labor and Delivery waiting area. We waited for what seemed like forever when I looked up and saw Tara Knowles walking toward us. I didn't even know that she was even back in town let alone working at St. Thomas. I pointed at her and Jax stood up...me following right behind him and Mom behind me. "Jax." Tara said.

"Tara. Any news?" Jax asked her.

"Wendy is stable. The baby...because he was born so early...he has a fight ahead of him."

"You don't have any faith, do you?" I asked.

"Eliza, I do but I'm a Doctor. I mostly rely on science and medicine."

"Can we see him?" Mom asked.

"Not yet. But you can see Wendy." Tara said. "She's back in her room."

"WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT I WANT TO SEE THE JUNKIE THAT NEARLY KILLED MY GRANDSON?" Mom yelled.

"Mom, calm down. Remember your heart." I told her.

Mom turned and walked away. "Jax, I think that you should go talk to Wendy." He nodded and walked toward her room. When I turned around to go sit down, I saw Opie. I walked over to him. "Hi." I said, barely above a whisper.

"Can we talk?" He asked me. I nodded. We walked out to the front of the hospital. We found a bench and sat down. "E, I'm sorry for what I said earlier." Opie said. "I guess I didn't think about the fact that when you and Koz were together, that you didn't think that you and I would end up together."

"I know and I'm sorry that I told you the way that I did. I didn't want to tell you like that. I just didn't want to take a chance of Koz saying something to you without me talking to you first."

"I know and I love you for that. It was just the fact that somebody else had been with you." Opie said smiling at me. He grabbed my hand and held it in his. "I love you."

I leaned over and kissed him. "I love you too."

JAX POV

When I walked into Wendy's hospital room, she was asleep. I sat in the chair next to her bed and decided to wait for her to wake up. It was a little while before she did. "Hey." She said when she saw me sitting there.

"Hey. How do you feel?" I said.

"A little sore. How's Abel?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "He's hanging in I guess."

"Jax, I need help. I need help to get into rehab."

"I know. I will help you, but I need something first."

"Okay?"

"I need you to give permission for them to do a DNA test. And if he is mine...I want you to sign over custody." It took a minute before I said anything else to Wendy. I was glad that she was admitting that she had a problem and needed help, but I also needed her to realize how serious her addiction was. "Wendy, I need you to understand that you almost killed Abel." I said to her and she looked down.

"I know Jax. I can't tell you how sorry I am for being stupid and using while I was pregnant." Wendy said. She looked up at me. "I saw Tara."

"Yeah so?" I said.

"I remember everything that you told me about her. Are you two...back together?" She asked.

"Wendy..."

"No Jax. It's okay. I know that we aren't together. I just want Abel to have a mother-like figure in his life."

"And he will. Tara and I aren't together. I didn't know that she was back...and that's me being honest. My sister Eliza is going to help me with Abel. Me, her and Opie have a house." She nodded. "And when you've been clean and sober for at least a year then we can talk about you being in Abel's life."

She smiled. "Really?"

"Yes. Now...I have to go but I'll come by tomorrow." She nodded.

Eliza POV

When Opie and I got home, it was almost four o'clock in the morning. I was exhausted. I sat my purse and my keys on the kitchen table. My phone still in my hand, I walked back to the bedroom and sat it on my nightstand. I grabbed my PJ's and changed into them. I sat on the bed leaning against the headboard and waited on Opie to come to bed. It was a few minutes later when he walked in and closed the bedroom door. He stripped down to his boxers and climbed into the bed with me. "Hey, can I talk to you?" He asked with a smile.

"Of course, you know that." I told him.

"First I want you to know that I love you. I always have and I always will." I nodded and smiled. "Second...will you get my crow?"

"What took you so long to ask?" I laughed.