(Juan's POV)

A few days later, I made sure to get up early, so I could make my wife breakfast on her birthday. She knew there was going to be a party tonight at the clubhouse, but she was under the impression that the reason for it was because Joey was coming down to visit Venus. I'd made sure everyone knew to keep it secret from her that it was for her birthday. She chose to ignore her birthday, and I knew the best way to get her to believe I was choosing to ignore it, too, would be to pretend we were all gathering tonight for something else. She'd even helped plan, although, I'd gotten with Brie and Skye to get everything that was specific for her birthday done.

Just as I was finishing her breakfast, David came into the kitchen. I actually didn't mind having the little dude around. He was 8 years old, and literally looked like a male version of Krystal. He also seemed to inherit the same stubborn streak she had from their father. I knew she was worried about what would happen if Larry didn't make it, or if he got sent to prison, as they were threatening, because he and his wife had been in possession of drugs when they'd gotten into the car accident. He could go away for a lot of years, and Krystal didn't want her own brother to have to go into the foster care system.

For the most part, I knew she was trying to convince herself that something would work out and she wouldn't be faced with the decision of raising her brother for the foreseeable future or having him go into foster care, but in all honesty, we both knew what she'd choose. If she was just considering herself, she'd take him, of course, but I also knew that she would let him go into the system if I didn't want to raise him. She'd been so accepting and open to raising a child that wasn't hers when Ima was saying she was having my baby, though, that I couldn't deny her this. It would be rough, adjusting to two new babies and an 8 year old, too, but we could manage, if we had to, I knew that.

Setting a plate for David on the table, I finished preparing the tray for Krystal, putting a black rose, a pipe and one of her birthday presents on it, in addition to her breakfast, and then took it upstairs to our bedroom. I was giving her one of her presents now because I knew she would be suspicious if I didn't get her anything. I set it on the nightstand, then sat on the bed next to her, leaning down to wake her up with a kiss, which she deepened as she woke up, wrapping her arms around my neck and holding me close, even as she kept her eyes closed. "Happy Birthday, angel of mine," I said against her lips and she groaned, her green eyes finally popping open. "You may pretend this day doesn't exist, but I'll be forever grateful for it," I added.

Getting up, I brought the tray over to her as she sat up, pulling on a tee-shirt that had been discarded the night before. I set it on her lap, handing her the lighter as she lightly touched the black rose, and then picked up the pipe first, as I'd known she would. She didn't speak until she was done smoking. "Thank you, Ace. I love you, and I appreciate this. I'm far more excited for our 6 month anniversary in a little over a week than for today, but breakfast in bed? I'll take that any day," she leaned in for another kiss before she started eating, ignoring the gift until after she'd eaten.

When she finished, she picked up the present, and sent me a look that was supposed to be stern, but the smile on her face that she couldn't help ruined the effect. "This better not be something expensive," she said, before ripping the paper off and staring at the CD in her hand. I'd made her a mix CD, of songs that reminded me of her. She read through the list and then grinned, throwing herself at me. "This is the sweetest gift I've ever gotten. Even considering song number fifteen. Thank you so much," she said after pulling back for a moment to set the CD aside. On the CD were the following songs:

The Last Night – Skillet

You're Not Alone – Saosin

Lead The Fight On – He Is We

Have Faith In Me - A Day To Remember

I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab For Cutie

Remembering Sunday – All Time Low

Hold On – Good Charlotte

Beside You – Marianas Trench

Best Of Me – The Starting Line

Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard

Feeling This – Blink 182

One Love – Marianas Trench

A Thousand Years – Christina Perri

Turning Page – Sleeping At Last

Nympho – Borgore

Dancing Away With My Heart – Lady Antebellum

Begin Again – Taylor Swift

Angel Eyes - The Jeff Healey Band

Open Arms – Journey

I Wanna Hold Your Hand – The Beatles

After her morning birthday sex, and a shower, with some shower birthday sex, for good measure, she had to get dressed. She was taking David with her to the hospital today, because Larry had finally been moved over to St. Thomas. He was in a coma for now, and he'd been at a hospital closer to his home, but Krystal had gotten him transferred over here. She got David ready and I met her in our foyer to say goodbye before she left. "I'll see you at Jax and Tara's later. I love you, husband, so fucking much," she tried to get away with a quick kiss, but I pulled her into a deeper one.

Letting her go a few minutes later, I allowed her to leave. "I love you back, wife, so fucking much," I returned, then ruffled the boy's hair. "I'll see you later, David. Have a good day, buddy," I said to him before I retreated to our room to grab my shit so I could head to Scoops. The insurance was still doing inspections, or whatever bullshit they claimed was going on, so repairs hadn't even started on the clubhouse, but hopefully they would start up soon. We all wanted our clubhouse back. Our table with the Reaper carved into it had survived, but Scoops wasn't home. It felt off still.

Later in the afternoon, everyone was gathered at Jax and Tara's. Tara wanted out still, but since we'd hosted everyone at our house a few days ago, she'd offered their house for this event. I was BBQ'ing tri tip, because it was one of Krystal's favorites. Everything was already set up, including a table with gifts for her, and the only thing we were waiting on was her, though she was due to arrive any minute. I got a text from her saying she was leaving the house and she'd be over soon. We didn't live very far from Tara and Jax. I found Tara. "She'll be here any minute," I said, and she went off to greet Krystal at the door.

Just a few minutes later, my wife entered the back yard, and we all called out 'Happy Birthday,' to her. She was sufficiently surprised, and I knew even though she acted like she hated her birthday, she really hated all the times she'd expected a good birthday and gotten way less than what she deserved. My plan was to make every birthday for her great from here on out. I couldn't re-do her previous birthdays, but I could make her look forward to them again. I wanted to do that for her.

As she headed towards me, she said 'hi' and 'thank you' to people as she passed. She whacked me in the arm when she reached me, but then pulled me into a kiss. "You're a dick, but I love you. Thank you," she said and I grinned and told her I was okay with that. "I know what you're planning. You want me to look forward to my birthdays again," she said, letting me know she could see right through me as always. I nodded, unapologetic. "I'll try, for you. It's easy to look forward to something when I get to do whatever it is with you," she said, then rolled her eyes at her 'mushiness' as she would call it, and pulled me into another appreciative kiss.

When she broke away, I sank into a chair, pulling her onto my lap. "Hey, if it gets me kisses like that, I'll gladly do anything you want me to," I said and she laughed before kissing me again. I was starting to forget everyone else was there, but my brothers wouldn't let me do that for long. Catcalls and whistles and shouts for us to get a room broke through the bubble that often encased and separated us from the rest of the world when we got lost in each other.

Using her middle finger to rub her brow, she subtly yet obviously flipped everyone off. I patted her ass so she would get up and told her to go mingle so I could pay attention to the tri tip. Her face lit up when she realized what I was making. "Oh god, my second favorite meat. I'll settle for that for now, as long as I get some of this later," she stepped up to me once I'd stood and subtly caressed my cock through my pants before she stepped back again. "I swear, all I want to do anymore is fuck, eat and sleep. The rest of this pregnancy is going to be interesting," she winked before she headed over to Brie and Skye, pulling them into a group hug.

Once everyone had eaten, we moved her to a chair to start opening her presents. She got a lot of thoughtful gifts, and I could tell she was surprised again this year at how well everyone knew her. She never told anyone specifically what she wanted, claiming she didn't need anything, but everyone had managed to find her things she liked without her asking. I gave her my present last, which was a karaoke machine, and several CD's with songs she would love to sing. She had been wanting one for years, since she was in high school, yet had never gotten around to purchasing one.

Setting it aside, she threw herself into my arms, legs wrapping around my waist as I caught her, and kissed me deeply before she pulled away. I set her down and she started flipping through the CD, her face lighting up as she saw a song. "I know what we're starting with," she said, then took the machine and CD's into the living room, with the rest of us trailing behind. Jax helped her set it up, and she put in a CD, taking one mic and handing me the other before telling me to turn around before she put the song on. I had a feeling she had chosen "Summer Lovin'" which was from the movie Grease, so I was hesitant, but did as she said.

When the music started and my assumption was correct, I groaned and turned to her as she started singing. I wasn't a particular fan of karaoke, and if she had been anyone else in the world, I would have turned her down, but she looked at me, her green eyes pleading as she sang and I couldn't say no to her. I knew I'd never be able to say no to her about anything. I started singing when it was my turn, getting plenty of shit from the guys, but the look my wife sent me that promised me she would reward me later made it way more than worth it.

After that song, I sat with a beer, watching as my wife and some of the others continued to do karaoke. She was loving it, and I was just glad that I'd bought her something that made her happy. That alone was worth it to me. I just wanted to see that smile on her face as much as possible. She tried so hard to keep everyone around her happy, and she was used to no one putting her first the way she put others first, but I would always put her first, and I knew she was still getting used to that, but she was the better half of me and she deserved someone who would always put her first.

While she was singing a song off of the Disney music karaoke CD, her phone rang, and I wasn't going to disturb her, but it was St. Thomas, so I raised my voice so she could hear me over the music and told her to pause it as I walked over with her phone. She took it from me slowly, swiping her finger across the screen to answer, and then putting it to her ear. "Hello. Yes, this is her. Yes, he's with me. Okay, we'll be there shortly. Thank you," she let out a shaky breath and ran a hand through her hair, biting on her lip as she hung up and looked around the room, spotting David and heading over to him. "Come on buddy. Sorry everyone, we've got to get to St. Thomas. David's dad just woke up. Thank you, guys, for all of this" she said.

A/N: Here's chapter 12! I hope y'all like it. I had fun with it. I like doing Juice's POV, that's why about half of this part is in his POV. I'm not sure if part 5 will have that many chapters from his POV, but I'll definitely get him and some others in there too. I've already started writing it. This part has 21 chapters and an Epilogue. It'll be fun and drama-filled and I'm hoping you all will like it as much as I enjoy writing it. I'm thinking about posting every other day again, since I'm so far ahead in my writing schedule, but I haven't decided yet. Any opinions or thoughts are greatly appreciated! Please review! Thank you to everyone who reads and especially thanks to my faithful reviewer! I appreciate it so much!

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