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Sitting on Jax's couch, Jax, Opie, Kenny, Juice and Jimmy were engaged in a battle of video games as the three toddlers ran rampant across the living room floor, squealing and throwing toys. "Really dude?" Opie laughed "And you've had a year of practice!"
"Ain't getting any better" Juice laughed
"Ugh!" Kenny growled "Bullshit"
Opie hit the pause button and looked over at his now ten year old son with his eyebrow arched "What did you just say?"
Kenny laughed and shook his head "Sorry"
"Uh huh" Opie chuckled "You drinking and smoking now too?"
"Pop" Kenny laughed "No. Jess would kill me. And I'm not being funny about that. She'd actually gut me, said so herself."
"Good. You still got that girlfriend?"
Kenny hit the button again and continued playing "You ask me the same thing every week."
"And you never answer me" he laughed
"No, pop. No girlfriend."
"And what about your sister?"
Juice and Jimmy chuckled under their breath as Kenny hit the pause button and looked up at his dad "Hang on." he said as he stood up and walked into the kitchen. They could hear the fridge open and close and the clatter of glasses in the cabinet. He returned with a bottle of whiskey, glasses and four beers and handed them to the men "Take a shot of that and finish the beer, and then I'll tell ya."
Opie raised his eyebrow and opened the beer, bringing the glass to his mouth "Well she's in one piece, so I'm gonna assume it isn't too bad?"
The boy laughed and shrugged "Well she's not pregnant if that's what you're thinking."
His eyes widened "Shit. Alright." Opie laughed, shocked at his son's bluntness.
"Doesn't sound too good" Jax sighed, taking a shot.
Emptying the beer into his mouth, Opie cleared his throat "Alright, start talkin'" he said, putting his empty beer on the coffee table.
"It's nothin' real bad. Ellie's just been…" He sighed and rolled his eyes "Annoying"
"She giving Jess a hard time?"
Kenny shook his head "Giving grandma and grandpa a hard time though. She's been wanting to go to parties. High school parties. She won't fight with Jess, cause Jess won't put up with her nonsense. But… I dunno. Jess says it's cause Ellie really missed you."
"What did she do?"
He looked at the ground and back up at his dad before taking a deep breath "A few weeks ago, she was supposed to be at Danielle's. She went to a party. Jimmy and Juice found the party and dragged her out of there. Literally dragged her. Matt tried to argue with them, they nearly cracked his skull."
Opie ran his hand over his beard and looked at men "She was drinking?"
"Drinking? Pop, she was really drunk. Jimmy and Juice brought her back here, she was puking everywhere. And you know how Jess is with throw up" Kenny smiled, causing all of them to laugh "I know you'll find out about this sooner or later. But if it helps, Jess made sure we got up real early the next morning and we were vacuuming and just slamming things. Ellie came out of the room, crying. And Jess made me a smoothie."
Opie laughed hysterically and shook his head "What's so funny?" Jess asked
"The teenage delinquent" Opie sighed "At least she's doing well in school."
"I wouldn't have it any other way" Jess chuckled "No failing grades in our house."
"How bad was it?" Jax asked Jimmy and Juice
"Kenny" Jess waved "Come help me get the beer from the car" he sighed and reluctantly followed.
Juice cleared his throat "Jess called, she had a feeling Ellie wasn't at her friends. Tracked her cell. Went to the house and she was fuckin' wasted."
Opie sighed and shook his head "Shithead there too?"
"It was a high school party, brother. Everyone was there. Sixty, one hundred kids. Fuckin' everywhere. Found her out in the backyard smoking a cigarette and holding a bottle of Jack like it was water." Jimmy added "Tossed her right over my shoulder and dragged her ass right out."
"Matt stepped in front of us" Juice chuckled menacingly "As if that was gonna stop it. Said she was fine. She wasn't fine. Not even close. Tried to pull her off of him, I cracked his fucking face in."
Jax and Opie laughed "Was she at least clothed?"
Jimmy nodded "Yeah. Doesn't change the fact that she was fucking wasted."
"Brought her back here, I thought Jess was gonna beat her fuckin' ass" Juice chuckled
Jess walked back in and looked over at them "Kenny, go put them in the fridge" she said, pointing to the kitchen "They tell you? Gabby, ENOUGH!" she growled, scooping up the toddler "We don't throw toys. No."
Opie chuckled at his daughter's pout that he was glad wasn't directed at him. He nodded and grabbed the whiskey from the table, bringing the bottle to his mouth and taking a large swig "Please tell me you kicked her ass"
Jess laughed and shook her head, sitting down next to him and taking the bottle from his hands as Gabby crawled up onto him "No…" she sighed, taking a gulp and squinting as the liquor went down her throat "But, I made her scrub the fucking bathroom and carpet the next day for puking all over it. Hasn't been allowed out of the house since, no friends, no parties… nothing."
"I'm sorry" he grumbled
She raised her eyebrow and smirked "Sorry? For what? I'm kind of glad you weren't here. You would've killed the kid. Saw him yesterday when I got her from school, he tried to be nice. I told him he speaks to her again, he needs to keep in mind you two have no problem going back to prison. Kris told him that you and Jax are the least of his problems if she catches him talking to her again."
Opie laughed and wrapped his arm around her shoulder "Damn straight. Any other problems?"
She shook her head "No. Kenny is good, doing well in school. Gabby has already hit the terrible twos a few months early. Other than that, everything's peachy."
"Whatcha guys talkin' about?" Kris asked, handing Abel a sandwich
"Matt and Ellie" Jess replied
She laughed and shook her head, sitting on the empty chair "That dumb asshole. She's pissed at us for that party, and for saying something to him yesterday."
"She heard you?" Jax asked
"Oh she was standing right there. I don't have any hair on my tongue. She was whining and pleading. Asked why we hate her, said Juice 'assaulted' him."
"Least of his problems" Opie growled
"Well thank God I don't have any daughters. I don't need that."
Jax scoffed and brought his beer to his mouth "Not yet."
Kris rolled her eyes "Mmhmm. You're home six hours and you're already thinking about another kid? Have you met your sons?"
"They're good." he said dismissively
Juice, Jimmy, Jess and Kris shouted with laughter "Sure, they're good. But they're hitting that stage where no means yes. Come to think of it, you're still in that stage."
"And you've done great with them. One or two more won't be too bad."
"Two more?!" she laughed "TWO more?!"
"Hey" he snickered, pulling the side of his mouth in to a slick smirk "I believe we had a deal. And you're done with school."
"Well her and I had a deal too." Jess interrupted "She has another, I have another."
"The fuck?" Opie chuckled "Do I get a say in this?"
"No" Jess and Kris replied "Told her she's gotta be miserable with me" Jess chuckled
Kris shook her head and sighed "We'll talk about this later, Prez. Not now. You guys at least staying home for a few days?"
Jax shrugged "Heading out tomorrow for a few hours, got some shit to handle."
"Really?" Jess sighed "Not even a whole day at home?"
"Duty calls" Jax said defensively "I promise, he'll come home in one piece."
"Tomorrow, right?" she sassed
Opie looked at her questionably "Whad'ya mean tomorrow?"
"You sure it won't be another year before you come home again?" she growled, standing up and heading out the front door.
Opie sighed and handed the bottle of whiskey to Jax "Guess that's my cue. C'mon Kenny." he groaned, holding Gabby in his left arm. "See ya tomorrow."
"Good luck" Jax chuckled
"We're gonna get goin'." Jimmy said, hugging Jax goodbye "Chapel at ten?"
Jax nodded and watched them head out. "She's pretty pissed, huh?"
Kris shook her head "Jax, can you really blame her? She said what I was thinking. You're not even home for twenty-four hours and you're gonna go start shit?"
"We ain't starting anything, Kris. We're settling it."
She rolled her eyes and moved over to sit next to him "You end up getting arrested again, I'm gonna be the one behind bars and you're going six feet under, got it?"
Jax laughed and nodded "Yes ma'am."
"Jess" Opie sighed as she took Gabby from his arms to give her a bath. "C'mon." He followed her into the bathroom as she knelt down on the tile to get her daughter in.
"Don't c'mon me Ope" she growled, turning on the bath water "I'm not playing on this. I need you, here. I'm not trying to give you shit about the club, and I'm not saying that shit was easy for you being away for the last year. What I am saying, is that you all need to be smart now. I'm not doing this again."
He leaned against the door frame and rubbed his face "It ain't what you're thinking. We're settling shit, not starting it."
She shrugged and rolled her eyes "Alright then."
"That's it?"
"I know you don't wanna go back anymore than I do. So if you say it's nothing risky, then I'm not fighting with you tonight. Babe, you've been gone for twelve months. It's been twelve very long months. Go talk to Ellie and let me get her down to bed. Go."
He smiled and shook his head as he headed out of the bathroom and knocked on Ellie's door before walking in, and closing it behind him. She was sitting on her bed with the laptop that Opie had reluctantly bought for her the year before, but was unable to give her the way he wanted to. "Hi daddy" Ellie said softly, putting the MacBook on her nightstand.
He sat down next to her with his back against the headboard "How you doin' baby?"
Taking a deep breath, she wrapped her arms around his waist that was even harder than she had remembered, one year away with nothing else to do but work out. She rested her head on his chest, and sniffled "I missed you" she cried
Opie pulled the side of his mouth in and nodded "I missed you too baby. But I'm home. You gotta talk to me." She shook her head and continued to cry "I already know. But I want to hear it from you"
She took a deep breath and swallowed the lump in her throat "I went to a party. I drank, a lot. Juice and Jimmy showed up. Juice beat up Matt. Daddy, he didn't need to do that. Matt won't even talk to me."
Opie sighed and shook his head "Baby, he shouldn't have brought you there."
"But he didn't. I went on my own."
"And he shouldn't have let you drink. Jimmy and Juice were protecting you, and Matt's lucky I wasn't there to drag your ass out."
Ellie chuckled and looked up at her dad "You don't need to add murder to your charges."
"Don't be mad at Jimmy or Juice, they were doing what any of your uncles, or I would've done."
"But he won't talk to me. And mom and aunt Kris told him to stay away from me."
"Then he isn't good enough for you. He should've known."
"No one wants to talk to me. They're afraid they're gonna get their asses kicked."
Opie let the language slide "Let it blow over, baby. It's fine. I promise."
She shook her head in protest "It's not… I lo-" she cut herself off and shook her head again "Because of what they said, he said he shouldn't have gotten caught up with SAMCRO trash." Ellie felt Opie stiffen underneath her, that was one of the things she wanted to hold back from him, but it slipped out as she was trying to cover up her last comment "Wait" she said, pushing herself up and looking at him "Daddy, listen. It's okay."
He narrowed his eyes "He. Called. You. Trash?"
"It's okay. You just got home, please? Please don't do anything. I'm okay."
"And you were just about to tell me you love him? Ellie, that's not love. You don't know what it is."
"I do!" she cried "Yes. I. Do."
"No" he argued "No. Look at me" she reluctantly looked up at him meeting his fierce green eyes "That isn't love."
"You sound just like mom and aunt Kris." she scoffed
"Because they're right. If he loved you, you wouldn't have been there."
"You're not listening to me. I went on my own. He didn't want me there. But… I'm only fourteen. There are girls there that are eighteen. I just-" she sighed and shook her head "I don't know"
"Yes you do" he chuckled "You don't want him around any skanks, cause you don't trust him… Or should I say, them."
Ellie tried to hide her smile "Yeah, I guess."
"And drinking until you puke isn't going to do that. He doesn't love you baby girl. I love you. Jess, Jax and Kris love you, as do the rest of your uncles and the MC."
"He does love me. He said it."
Opie groaned and rubbed his beard "Look, he might think he does. And for arguments sake, lets say he does love you" he had to catch himself from vomiting at the moment the words escaped his lips "But at fifteen… That isn't what he wants."
She rolled her eyes, sitting up and looking at him daringly "I haven't had sex yet dad." she said bluntly
He lost at least ten shades of color in his face, turning a pale, sickly-white "I-"
"I know that's what you're thinking. I haven't done it."
"Good" he squeaked
"Good?" she chuckled, calling the tough-macho man rant he was on just a few minutes ago "Isn't that what you were gonna say? You want me to be honest? I'm telling you, I haven't done it yet."
"What do you mean, yet?" he growled
Ellie smiled and shrugged "Well it's gonna happen sooner or later, right?"
"Ellie…"
"What?" she laughed again, this was pure entertainment for her 'Mom and Kris were right, this is hilarious' she thought to herself "It's gonna happen. Whether you like it or not. I'm not gonna be stupid about it. And from what I've heard, it isn't the worst thing in the world either."
Opie jumped off of the bed and crossed his arms with a scowl on his face "Enough"
"So it's bad then?"
"Ellie" he seethed "Enough"
"Daddy, I'm just messing with you. I'm just happy you're home. Can we talk about this tomorrow? Please?"
Opie sighed and nodded "Oh we're gonna talk about it. Not about this but about the asshole."
"No more sex talk? I figured you'd want to at least give me some advice-" she smiled seeing his brow continue to furrow and his face now turning redder than an apple. She stood up and wrapped her arms around him with a chuckle "Goodnight daddy. Love you."
Opie hugged her back and kissed her cheek "Love you baby. Get some sleep."
Returning from her shower, the house was quiet, and Jax was laying on the bed with Abel and Slash, rubbing the dog's stomach who was on cloud nine. "Abel, it's time for bed." Kris said, grabbing a hoodie from the closet.
Abel groaned and flopped down on the bed "Noooooo!" he whined
"Yes" she chuckled "You go to bed now, you and daddy can go on the bike tomorrow. You've got Santa coming soon, pal. I'll let him know to return all those gifts."
"Ugh" he sighed "Fine." he rolled off of the bed and slowly walked out of the room.
"Boys sleeping?" she asked, twisting her hair into a clip
Jax was still rubbing the dog's stomach who couldn't have cared any less that she was in the room. "Went down about ten minutes ago. Where you goin'?"
"Well, since you're busy with the pup, I'm gonna step outside and smoke a cigarette. You let me know when you're available. I guess Juice was right, you and Opie busy blowing one another at Stockton?" she winked and zipped up the hoodie
Jax hopped off the bed and put Slash in the hallway before closing and locking the door "I don't think so" he chuckled, pulling the hoodie off "You know, a deal's a deal. Three thousand, two hundred twenty three."
She arched her eyebrow and nodded "This is true. I did make a promise. Question, how easy was it putting the twins to bed?"
He laughed and shook his head, wrapping his arms around her waist "Wasn't too bad."
"Liar. Wait until they're up at six thirty jumping on your face."
"I think I'll be okay. I missed a year, I think I can handle it."
"Starting now brings a kid around about September, twins won't even be two and a half. And you really think you can handle another one? "
"I know I can, Dr. Teller" he chuckled
She laughed loudly and put her hands on his shoulders, pushing him back "You plan on going back inside anytime soon?"
Jax raised his eyebrow "What do you mean?"
"I mean… I don't want to try and have another kid if you plan on leaving me again. I did alright. But just alright."
"Alright? Babe, the boys are doing great. What do you mean you did 'just alright'?"
She rolled her eyes and sat down on the bed "I mean, me. Not the boys… me. I made sure they were great. But I wasn't. If it wasn't for everyone… I wouldn't have made it. I'm not bringing another kid into this world if it means you're gonna leave me again."
"I'm not goin' anywhere"
"You've said that before, Jax."
Jax sighed and shook his head "I'm not goin' anywhere. That wasn't something we could control. Don't worry, we've had a year to talk this shit through, and discuss what's gonna go down. You gotta trust me on this. Besides, a deal's a deal."
"Someone's refusing to sleep until you say goodnight" Jess smiled seeing Opie emerge from Ellie's room "You okay?"
His face was starting to return to the normal color "I'm fine" he sighed following her into Gabby's room "What's goin' on little one?"
"Night!" Gabby squealed reaching her arms out for him
Opie chuckled and kissed her cheek "You gotta sleep, okay?"
"Daddy" she smiled looking up at him
He pulled her blanket up over her and turned off her lamp "What?"
"Love you" she sighed
"I love you too munchkin. Go to sleep"
Jess was leaning against the wall in the hallway as he emerged, closing her door behind him "Better when she couldn't talk, right?" she chuckled with her arms crossed
"Between the two of them…" he sighed heading for the kitchen "I won't see forty"
"Ellie bring up sex?"
Opening the fridge, he stopped mid bend and cut an eye at her "You put her up to that?"
"Hey" she chuckled, putting her hands up in defense "I didn't put her up to anything. I just may have mentioned that she might get a kick out of watching you listen to her say that."
"Thanks." he sighed "Thank you"
"As much as Stockton wasn't a walk in the park, you owe me VP. And that was just one of the many itty bitty joys I'll get over the next few weeks."
The shrieks of two toddlers jumping onto the bed and landing on Jax's back at six-thirty the next morning had him groaning and pulling the twins down with him. "Why aren't they jumping on you?"
Kris opened her eyes and chuckled looking at him "Told you. They wouldn't dare wake me up like that"
He scoffed and tickled their stomachs "Yeah, okay."
"Really?" she winked "You really underestimate me that much? Watch." she said, trying to keep her face stern "Jackson Nathaniel and John Thomas" she growled, making the two freeze in their place "Done"
Jax curled his mouth down, nodding as he was impressed with the militant hold "Not bad. Are they gonna go back to bed?"
Her laugh could've been heard a mile away "Not a chance, Dad. They're up now. You gotta entertain them."
He yawned and shook his head, putting it back on the pillow "I'm exhausted."
"That isn't my fault." she shrugged, getting up from the bed and walking towards the bathroom
"Actually…" he called out as she closed the door behind her
"Not my fault!"
Jumping on his chest and head the boys continued wrestling with their dad, something that their mom wanted no part of but they got more than enough of the roughhousing from Juice, Nero, Jimmy and Rat whenever they were over. "Daddy" JT snickered as Jax hoisted him up into the air and slammed him onto the mattress "Daddyyyy" he shrieked again
"What buddy?"
"Ho famme" he said jumping up and wrapping his arms around Jax's neck
Jax raised an eyebrow at him "Huh?"
"Ho famme"
"The fuck?" Jax chuckled "Buddy, I dunno what you're sayin'"
Jackson followed his brother jumping onto Jax's lap "Ho famme!" he shouted
"Dudes, I dunno what you're sayin." he laughed. Kris stood behind the bathroom door trying to hold back her laughter. When she opened it, she tried to keep a straight face. "The fuck are they sayin'?"
She snorted and crawled onto the bed looking at her boys "Che cosa vogliono?" she asked
"famme" The boys repeated
She nodded and looked at Jax "They're hungry"
"How am I supposed to know that?" he smiled
She smirked and looked back at the boys "Parliamo con papà in inglese. Diciamo 'Daddy, I'm hungry'" she said pointing to Jax, inviting them to speak
"Daddy" the boys said
"I'm hungry" Kris repeated
"I'm hungry" they said looking at him and then back up at their mom
"Awesome!" she smiled giving them high-fives "Vanno dentro" she said pointing to the door as they scurried off the bed and ran into the hallway. He wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her down to the bed.
"So now they're gonna be talkin' and I'm not gonna know what the fuck they're saying."
She shook her head in protest "No, they talk to Gemma and everyone else in English. They just don't know what you know, that's all. Wait until Opie starts struggling with Gabby, shit's gonna be great when he realizes it. You'll pick up on it. Now you know that 'ho famme' means 'I'm hungry."
"And how do you say, 'I don't care, I'm horny'?" he laughed making her shriek trying to get out of his grip
Standing up and adjusting her shirt, she shook her head "Non mi interessa, io sono arrapato"
He chuckled and nodded, climbing off the bed "What you said."
"You better start learning. Or else those boys are gonna be talkin' shit about you and you won't even know it." she warned, heading out of the bedroom
"So then I just need a list of all the bad words" he replied, following her down the hall
"You ain't gettin' off that easy. First lesson, merda is shit and zuia is bitch. For every real word you learn, I'll teach you a bad word. Deal?"
Jax nodded and filled up the coffee pot "That works"
"Ask them what they want to eat" she said, pointing to the boys who were in the living room as she took the coffee from the cabinet "Say 'Che cosa vogliono mangiare'"
He looked at her as if he was trying to process the words "One more time" he chuckled
"Che… cosa…. vogliono…. mangiare" she repeated "Got it?" he nodded "Alright.. Boys come here!" she called out hearing them run into the kitchen and looking over at Jax who laughed and shook his head "Say it!" she smiled
The boys looked up at him waiting, wanting to know why their morning games were interrupted "Che cosa voglio magra?" he asked looking down at them. Kris quickly turned around and tried to stifle her laughter. The boys looked up at him with raised eyebrows, confused as all hell.
"Holy shit" She laughed, wiping the tears that had now formed and were falling from her eyes "Oh my God that was fucking HILARIOUS! Boys, che cosa vogliono mangiare?"
"Cheerios" they said as she poured the cereal into a cup for them each as they ran back into the living room popping the cereal into their mouths.
"You have…" she laughed again taking coffee mugs out of the cabinet. Jax rolled his eyes and sighed "Aww" she chuckled, wrapping her arms around his bare waist "You tried. You'll get there."
"What did I say?"
"You were supposed to say che cosa vogliono mangiare? You said… che cosa voglio magra?"
"Which means?"
She snickered and shook her head "It doesn't really mean anything. You said something like 'what I want to weak performance' or 'what I want to shortage'. Somethin' weighing on your mind there Prez?" she teased, pouring them coffee and handing him a mug.
He raised an eyebrow and tried to hide his smile "Somethin' you wanna tell me?"
She chuckled and shrugged "Not from where I'm standing. Just thought you might subconsciously be… you know… self-conscious. A slip like that…"
"Ha" he smiled and rolled his eyes "From where I was… there was no 'shortage' of anything."
"Well your boys think you're half-retarded now. They have no idea what you said." Abel pushed his way in between them, wrapping his arms around Jax's legs. "Oh Christ" Kris groaned looking down at him "what did you do?!" She shockingly asked taking his arm. Abel shrugged with a smile and sat down at the table. "Jax" she chuckled "Is the marker in your room?" He nodded in response as she walked out of the kitchen.
"Oh buddy" he chuckled seeing the writing and drawings on his forearms "why did you do this?"
"Aw shit!" She yelled from Abel's bedroom and marched back down the hallway "sharpies?! Baby these aren't good to put on your skin."
"Daddy and you have it" he shrugged, grabbing orange juice from the fridge.
"No. Daddy and I don't. Daddy and I have tattoos. It's not sharpie baby." She sighed grabbing paper towels from the counter and putting soap and water on them "when you graduate high school, if you want them, then you can get them. But you need to wait until you graduate."
"Did you wait to get tattoos when you graduated high school?" He bluntly asked
Jax snickered and grabbed a paper towel from her hand to begin scrubbing his arm as she worked on the other. "Yes." She replied, lying right through her teeth.
"Mama said daddy was sixteen."
Kris rolled her eyes "And she meant eighteen. Daddy was eighteen. Don't do this again. Capice?"
Abel nodded "Capice."
Jax tossed the paper towels into the trash and handed Abel cereal "go eat."
He nodded and took the food, joining his brothers in the living room "you sure you want another one?" Kris laughed "you're sure? Like, absolutely positively sure?"
"Oh c'mon. He just drew on his arms." Jax laughed, leaning against the fridge
Kris pushed him out of the way and reached inside "mmm. Yeah. And then when they're sixteen and take your bike out without permission and wreck it..."
He chuckled and shook his head "that'll never happen"
"Oh no?"
"Never. I think they'll learn the lesson about never sitting on someone else's bike. Especially taking it out. I'd kill em."
"Your then fifty year old ass is gonna beat down your sixteen year old sons?" She threw her head back and laughed "I don't think so, Prez"
"Why not? If Piney can still kick Opie's ass..."
Kris raised her eyebrow and nodded "Point well taken. Jussayin Prez, you know as much as I want you to take some time to relax, you're back on you're chores. I'll give ya till tomorrow. You at least get real food for the next twenty-four hours. Go sit."
"Enough!" The two heard Opie growl from the backyard and Jess and Ellie laughing. Jax grabbed his t-shirt from the chair, his cigarettes and headed out the back door with his coffee.
"Ope!" Kris called from the door "You hungry?"
Opie nodded as he put his feet up on the table "Please, I ain't goin' back in there."
"Oh c'mon" Jess groaned, standing at the door with her arms crossed "I mean, isn't it important she gets the male perspective?"
"JESS!"
Ellie was standing behind Jess, her laugh was loud and obnoxious as she couldn't control it anymore "Like I said last night, Ope. Itty bitty joys. Maybe you should make a list, outlaw. Tips and tricks."
He quickly turned his head and cut his eyes at her "I ain't laughin'"
"Such a party popper." she sighed, walking away from the door
Ellie sat down at the table and shook her head "He hates it."
"Know what would really be great?" Jess said with a wink "Christmas… Christmas night, when everyone is exchanging gifts… I'll put one with your name on it but won't write who it's from and I'll put like just an obnoxious amout of condoms in a box."
"He's gonna die."
"Ah, he won't die. He'll live. But you ain't keeping it. Not even by a long shot"
"Wasn't planning on it. Eww"
"Good, keep that thought"
"Can you at least tell me where you're heading?" Kris asked as Jax slicked his hair back
"Church. Then going to meet with T.O."
"Who's T.O.?"
Attaching his father's knife to his jeans that has been sitting in the drawer for a year he looked over at her "Grim Bastards Prez. Gotta discuss some shit."
"I really hope you guys aren't planning any dumb shit with Panelli"
"Nothing for you to worry over, Kris. We'll be back in a few hours."
She crossed her arms and stood against the dresser. "Remember, you owe Abel a ride today. So make sure you're back before sundown"
He nodded and slipped his phone into his pocket "Can I take the boys too?"
"Absolutely not" she protested
He raised an eyebrow and smirked "Just around the block."
She rolled her eyes and sighed "If it's light out."
Jax nodded and kissed her cheek "Promise. We'll be back around three." he smiled and headed out of the room.
Kris shook her head and bit her lip "And he wants another." she sighed to herself, following behind him.
"I'll be back in a few hours buddy" Jax said kissing the top of Abel's head "We're gonna go on the bike when I get back. You guys wanna go on the motorcycle?" he asked, picking up both boys and pointing outside.
"Now they're gonna be asking for the next six hours when you're coming back" Kris chuckled reaching her arms out for the two. JT reached out for her and she put him on one hip, resting Jackson on the other "Go, before I have tantrums on my hands."
Jax chuckled and kissed the boys' heads "Bye dudes"
"Say bye bye" Kris said poking their sides as Jax walked out the door. Jackson wailed in her ear as Jax stepped out the door and onto the grass, inciting his brother to start crying. "Jesus H Christ" she growled, pulling her head back "Grandma is coming!" she smiled "No more tears." she begged, putting the two down on the floor. "C'mon. Abel, let's go. The three of you need baths."
"Good to see you out" T.O. said, hugging the SAMCRO men
"Good to be out brotha" Jax nodded
"We looked into what we spoke about. We got a lead on where we might find 'em."
"It's solid?" Opie asked
TO shrugged and sighed "I'd feel a little better if we had reassurance. They move their coke up north and some moves down south. Business is still operational, so they're close."
"Alright" Jax nodded "You think we should sit on em?"
"I would" he replied "Jax, you've got yourself a mess, they're organized, man."
Jax chuckled and rubbed his index finger under his lower lip "Don't need to tell me that. We're good with white on the inside, but they ain't. They may have reason to believe that Panelli was the reason for Knor's arrest. So one less blowback to worry about."
The men laughed and nodded "Next shipment comes in on the twenty-sixth. Gives you boys a few days to rest up. But we're with ya on this"
"Thanks man."
"No problem. We might need some help with somethin' though"
"Name it" Jax nodded
"You've got ties to Alvarez?"
Jax shrugged and looked over at Opie and Chibs "Depends. Didn't leave shit on good terms about two years back. What'cha need?"
"You hear about Tiny?"
Jax furrowed his brow and looked at the other man "Nah man, what went down?"
"Movin' a key down through Oakland, ran down and bullet right to the back of the head."
"Shiiiiit" Jax sighed "I'm sorry man."
He nodded "That key was our lifeline man. Sixty grand, gone."
"I'll see what we can dig up. See if I can work him over, I'll give you a call later."
T.O. nodded and leaned in giving him a hug "Give my best to the old ladies. Saw your girl last week with your three boys in town. She's lookin' good, shoulder heal?"
Jax nodded "Yeah, had to have surgery to repair some of the muscle but she's back to herself."
"Good to hear. Alright man, be waiting to hear from ya."
