As we pulled into the hospital parking lot we were greeted with the sight of many motorcycles lined up.
Walking in we found most of SAMCRO sitting in chairs. Jax was there as well and once he saw Mia he came over and hugged her.
"What's happening with him?" she asked referring to the baby.
"Don't know yet. We're still waiting" he said a pained look in his eyes.
At that point a woman who was rather tall and had dark brown hair and brown eyes walked out. She walked straight to Jax who had a shocked look on his face.
"Hey" he said. "How's he doing?"
"The baby has some serious problems. First off he has a hole in his heart. Also he has some digestive problems. He was born with only part of his stomach. Now normally these things wouldn't be a problem but coupled together well it makes for a very bad situation." she said.
Poor kid. Only a few hours old and already fighting for his life.
"Dr. Gorsy will try to fix his heart first. If he makes it through that then he'll go in and fix his stomach." Tara continued.
I looked over at Jax and saw his face crumple. Mia put her arms around him and hugged him tight.
"I'm very sorry" Tara said "Here's my card. If you have any questions don't hesitate to call"
"Can we see him?" Gemma asked.
"Yes of course. He's right over here" she said but stopped to look at Jax. "Jax? Would you like to come?"
Jax was looking at the ground before looking up and shaking his head.
"I have to go" he said kissing Mia on the forehead "Stay with the baby" he told her before him Bobby and Chibs left. None of us moved to stop him. We all knew what he had to do.
"Gemma?" Tara said.
"Yeah. I'm coming. Mia?" she said.
"I'll wait here" I and she nodded before walking off with Gemma.
. . .
"How is he?" I asked Mia as she came back out.
"He's well he's small. They have him hooked up to a bunch of tubes. It's terrible" she said rubbing her face back in the chair.
"You heard from Jax?" I asked.
"No. But I'm guessing he's trying to find the guy that gave Wendy the dope" she said. I nodded and to studying the hospital walls.
"Where Gemma?" I asked.
" She's still with him" she said. "You should head home. I'm gonna be here awhile. Till Jax gets back"
"No it's ok. Unless you want to be alone" I said. She shook her head no.
A few hours passed before Gemma came back.
"Hey, have you heard from Jax?" Mia asked.
"Yeah. He has some club business to handle. Says to head home for the night" she said coming to sit down next to us.
"How's the baby?" I asked.
"He's the same. His name is Abel" she said.
"Abel Teller" I said smiling.
"Strong name"Mia said smiling.
We sat in silence for a little before Gemma got up and said she needed to take care of some things. We left the hospital Mia and I leaving Gemma.
"You working tonight?" Mia asked as we pulled into our parking lot. I turned the car off and shook my head no. "Good cause were going to Sacramento." she said before opening her car door and walking out. What?
"Wait bro why are we going there?" I asked following her up to our front door.
"Because we have two insane ex's on our trail and we both agreed we don't want Jax and Tig envloved so we need more guns." she said walking inside.
"Ok I understand that part but why Sacramento? I mean there's a gun store here in town." I said
"You know someone will see us. Nothing goes on here without the club knowing." she said turning to look at me a hard look of determination set on her face.
I nodded my head before a thought occurred to me.
"Bro you know Jax and Tig will find out we left. And even if we do manage to skip out without them knowing they come over almost every night." I said
Mia nodded and bit her lip looking at the ground thinking.
"I'll tell Jax I'm having period problems and need sometime alone. He won't come over." she said
I laughed and shook my head. While our men may be big bad bikers a mere mention of lady problems and they ran away like little bunny.
"Thats a good idea I think I'm gonna tell Tig that as well" I said making Mia laugh and nod her head.
"Ok we'll that'll give us the night so when Jax calls I'll tell him." she said before going upstairs.
I went and sat down on our couch pulling out my phone. As I scrolled through it I lost track of time until Tig's face lit up my screen showing he was calling.
"Hello?" I said answering it.
"Hey baby" he said having to shout it a bit because of the loud music playing.
"Hey, what's going on?" I asked
"Nothing CaraCara throwing a party to celebrate some shit, just wanted to call and tell you I'll be over late tonight" he said
"Oh it's ok. I'm not feeling well so just stay at the clubhouse" I said
"Whats wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing" I said not wanting to have to bring up the period idea.
"Ezra what is wrong?" he asked forcefully. I sighed and shook my head knowing I was going to have to tell him or he wouldn't let it go.
"I'm having some period problems" I said holding back a laugh at the uncomfortable sound that came from him.
"Um… uh ok what's… what's wrong with it?" he asked the uncomfortable sound increasing.
"Babe you don't have to ask. I deal with them every month. I'll call you in the morning" I said seriously trying not to laugh.
I heard him sigh in relief and say ok before we hung up.
30 minutes later Mia came down stairs and said Jax was taken care of so we both got dressed and started the long drive to Sacramento.
. . .
"Four handguns and two shot guns. This can't be normal" I said looking at the arsenal in our back seat.
"Well we're going to need them" Mia said drinking her soda.
I sat back forward and ate some of Mia's fries sense I had already finished my own.
Tig had called a few times and I told him I was still really crampy and told him to stay at the clubhouse. He agreed though he was hesitant about it.
As we drove out of Sacramento we heard the familiar sound of a Harly. I stopped chewing and looked over at Mia and saw her eyes widen and her look in the rearview mirror.
"Ah shit" she mumbled but continued driving.
"Who is it?" I asked. Fuck what was I going to say to Tig? Man I was not prepared for that argument.
"I don't know. But it's definitely someone who knows us" she said still glancing up at the mirror.
Suddenly the bike surged forward and moved in front of the car making Mia almost slam on her breaks. And there in the headlights was the reaper staring back at us. The rider who was still a mystery drove off to the right making it clear he wanted Mia to follow.
"Fuck" I said. It was clear from the lack of curly hair that it wasn't Tig and the lack of blonde that it wasn't Jax but still the thought of any of their brothers knowing where we've been tonight was bad.
As Mia pulled the car to the right the rider stopped and so did Mia. We both watched as he turned off his bike and stepped off. When he turned Juice was looking back at us squinting at the headlights.
"Let's do this" she said opening the door and walking to Juice.
I followed after.
"So this is where you ran off to" Juice said leaning against his bike.
"How do you know we ran off?" Mia asked crossing her arms.
"I saw you leave Charming" he said
""So you followed us?" I asked leaning on the hood.
"Yes." he said
"Why?" Mia asked
""Because your Jax and Tig's old ladies and they would kill me if something happened to you" he said shaking his head. "Why the hell were you guys at a gun store?" he asked.
Mia turned and looked at me clearly asking if we should tell him. Dread filled my stomach because I knew what would happen if Tig found out. I shook my head.
"We can't tell you Juice" I said.
"Why?" he asked
"We just can't. But we'll promise if we need help we'll come to you" Mia said. Juice nodded.
"Alright. I can't force you to tell me. But for that many guns. You should probably tell Tig and Jax." he said. We both nodded before we all left.
. . .
As we drove into our apartment complex we were both relived to see no motorcycles in our parking spaces.
As I opened the door I smiled as Phantom came running up. Then frowned because we had left her outside.
"Uh oh" I said quietly before looking up and seeing Tig leaning over the staircase a blank look on his face behind him Jax was leaning against Mias bedroom door frame wearing a completely pissed off look.
"Hey why'd you stop?" Mia said coming in and stopping when she saw Jax and Tig.
"Where the hell have you been!?" Jax yelled coming down the stairs anger over taking his features.