After their introductions, Gemma already disliked Camilla from the start. Through dinner and after dinner drinks, they all sat outside while the kids were sound asleep, enjoying the mild Winter temperatures of California. Kristina had made it a point to thoroughly indulge herself in wine and liquor the minute her mother showed up and tried her best to ignore her. Engaged in their traditional game of flip-cup, the SAMCRO men, Nero, Kristina's cousins, father and uncles, along with Kris, Jess and Kerrianne were all well beyond their limit and were enjoying themselves. Gemma was sitting with Mary, Fiona, Giuliana and Kristina's mother around the fire pit. "Hey!" Maria shouted walking out of the back door "Kristina, here!" she said, holding a plate.
"Oh my God" She drunkenly groaned, looking at the rainbow cookies her aunt just finished making. "You guys gotta try these" she said pointing to the men as she popped one into her mouth "They're fucking phenomenal"
"What are they?" Jax asked holding one up
"They're rainbow cookies" She shrugged, taking another from the plate "I missed these"
"And that's why I made them. There's plenty more"
Camilla snorted and shook her head "Now I know where that extra fifteen pounds comes from" seeing her daughter popping the cookies like they were skittles. Kristina narrowed her eyes and stopped chewing. She walked over to the garbage can and spit out the cookies, and returned to her game.
"Cam" Giuliana sighed "C'mon"
"I'm just calling it like I see it" She said with a shrug, taking a sip from her wine glass. "Didn't she eat enough pasta to hold her over for the next week?"
"Wow" Gemma scoffed "She isn't fat."
"I didn't say she was" Camilla replied with the same tone "She could stand to lose a few."
While Gemma had no hair on her tongue, she wanted to respect the fact that this was Kristina's mother, and she was going to try her best not to unleash the inner bitch until she had to. "Whatever you say" Gemma said sarcastically, raising her eyebrows
"She wants to have another baby, let her be." Maria argued "She's gorgeous. She isn't fat and she doesn't need to lose weight."
"I'd expect my daughter to take care of herself a little more." she shrugged "That's all. She was fat as hell in high school."
Kristina was keeping half an ear on their conversation, and while the men tried to distract her, she couldn't help but want to pour her beer over her mother's recently permed hair. "I wonder why!" Kristina shouted "Was it cause when I was fourteen my mother drank bleach and had to get her stomach pumped?!"
The women spun their heads around to look at her, Kristina's father grabbed her arm and tried to pull her back into the game as Jax stepped in front of her "Babe, let it go." He whispered
"NO!" She shouted, pushing past him while Gino kept a strong hold on her bicep.
"Kris, Kris stop. You're gonna regret it" her dad begged, pulling her back.
"I don't give a shit how old you are" Camilla called "I'll slap that look right off your face"
The SAMCRO men's jaw's dropped. Kristina's family wasn't surprised but everyone that wasn't blood related couldn't believe it. "She's gotta go" Jax said to Gino putting his hands up "I'm sorry. She can't be saying shit like this."
Gino sighed and shook his head "Kris, c'mon. You were having fun. Let's get back to the game."
"She says one more thing" Kris replied to her father "She's gone and she's not coming back." She reracked the flip cup game and tried to disengage from her anger that was building up. After a few more rounds her aunts and mother began to gather up their things and made their exhaustion known to their husbands. Still able to hold herself together and maintain conversation, Kris looked up from her cigarette "You guys headin' out?"
Giuliana nodded "We'll be back tomorrow. They give you any trouble, kick em out. Get some sleep, okay?" she said pointing to her kids
"I will" Kris smiled, hugging her and the rest of her aunts and uncles goodbye before kissing her dad's cheek "I'll see you tomorrow"
"Goodnight baby. Don't be upset, alright?"
Kris nodded as her father walked off behind her mother who didn't say goodbye "You okay?" Jess asked
"I'm fine. I don't wanna talk about her. So…" she smiled, before changing the subject "I'd like to address the gigantic elephant in the room"
Nero raised an eyebrow "We're outside"
She laughed and shook her head "It's a figure of speech. Julie…" she smiled. Her cousin flipped her off and tossed her cigarette into the fire "Happy?"
"I fucking knew it!" Gemma shouted "I knew it!"
"No way!" Juice laughed "No way!"
Happy narrowed his eyes and looked at everyone, trying to give off his typical intimidating look that wasn't working the least bit at the moment "Fuck off" he growled
"Oh hell no!" Opie laughed "The Enforcer is actually calling a girl when she isn't two minutes away and sending text messages?! I don't believe it."
"Aww Happy's got a girlfriend!" Jess smiled "Let me guess, right after the bachelorette party when you saw her sitting in your chair?"
Happy tried to keep a straight face while Julie broke the silence for the both of them and started laughing "Shut up Jess"
"I just fucking knew it" Gemma repeated
He stood up and flicked his cigarette, exhaling smoke "Since you all know then, I ain't gonna keep hiding shit." He grabbed Julie's wrist and pulled her up, tossing her over his shoulder, making her squeal "I'll make sure she's back in the morning" he said heading for the side gate.
"God I'm so drunk" Julie laughed "Goodnight!"
"Well, that was better than expected" Kris chuckled "Hope he doesn't knock her up"
"Oh c'mon" Joey winced
Paulie and Mikey were making the same face, shaking their heads "Kris" Mikey groaned "Really?"
"What you think she's gonna go iron his shirts right now? Oh no no. Happy's gonna go knock her socks off."
Julie's brothers scrunched their faces up further, "Stop" Paulie begged
"Your sister ain't a little girl any more" Gemma added "She's twenty-nine"
"And I've heard once you go Happy you don't go back" Jess slurred "He seems very… knowledgeable and skilled."
"Alright" Opie laughed putting up his hands "I don't need to hear about Happy's skills anymore." He stood up and took Jess' hand "You're going to bed. I'll see you all tomorrow."
"Who's crashin' with us?" Jess asked
Kristina's cousins all jumped up at the offer "Shit, assholes, we've got a pull out couch you know." Kris said
Victoria ran ahead with Jimmy, Paulie and Mikey leaving Joey and Vinny to Kristina's hospitality. "We that bad?" Jax asked looking over at Kris
"No" Chibs groaned, taking his keys from his pockets "You're that loud."
"Goodbye!" she laughed "Go get sleep. We'll see you tomorrow."
Kris put blankets on the couch for her cousins before tip-toeing down the hallway, careful not to wake the boys "Goodnight guys." she said closing her bedroom door behind her. Seeing Slash lay across Jax on the bed she laughed and shook her head "Slash, out" she ordered, pulling the door open. He looked at her and then back at Jax who was giving him the belly rub of a lifetime "Slash!" Jax patted the dogs stomach and he jumped off the bed, running out of the room. "I've even lost the power with my down dog." she laughed, closing the door again. She stood in front of the mirror and took a makeup wipe to her face, before pulling on pajama pants and a tank top.
"You sure you're okay?" Jax asked as she crawled under the covers and kept her attention on the TV.
She nodded and rested her head on his chest "I'm fine. Drunk, but I'm fine." she chuckled
"You don't seem fine. Now I know why you were afraid to gain any weight when you were pregnant. Don't listen to her."
"I'm not."
"Yeah" he laughed "You are. I'm telling you, I don't want you listening to her." She groaned and rolled her eyes "I know. Look, you know if you really needed to lose weight, you'd do it yourself. You'd be the one who felt uncomfortable. You're wearing the same shit that you did before you had the boys. If you have another one, I don't wanna go through the same battle we did. Deal?"
"Yes sir"
"I want you to relax. Please? You're not gonna get pregnant if you're that upset."
"I will."
"And if she says anything tomorrow, she's gone. And if she goes to hit you… I swear, I'll hit a woman. I don't care what your dad says."
Kris snorted and looked up at him "Speaking of, you didn't expect that did you?"
Jax smiled and shook his head "Not one bit. But he's a good man and he loves you, that's all that matters."
"He is. I just wish he'd move on from my mom. She's toxic."
"Your goal for the next two weeks while you're on vacation is to relax and work whatever magic you gotta work internally and get pregnant."
"Magic?" she laughed "Babe, there's no magic. It either works or it doesn't. We'll know in about eleven days."
"And if you keep arguing with her, and getting yourself worked up, it won't happen. Just relax and let's enjoy Christmas with everyone. Pretend she's just a crow eater you gotta ignore."
"Sure as shit looks like one"
Around eight am, Kris opened her eyes to the smell of food cooking. "Jax?" she mumbled. He groaned in reply, tightening his hold on her. "Who's cooking?"
"Probably Joe or Vin. Relax." he sighed, trying to fall back asleep
They both heard Joe grunt loudly "Chiudi quella boccaccia! Merda!" (shut your trap! shit!)
Kris let out a loud laugh that was heard from the living room "My aunt's here." she giggled into the pillow
"How do you know?"
"Who else is he telling to shut your trap? And in three…two…one…"
"OW! FUCK! You're INSANE!" he screamed
"ZIA!" Vinny shouted
"Some shit never changes" she smiled, "C'mon. You got a woman in the kitchen that'll cook for those baby blues any day."
"Too bad she doesn't live here." Jax laughed grabbing a shirt from the dresser drawer
Kris rubbed lotion onto her face and put her glasses on "Twenty bucks says she asks why I'm not dressed yet and cooking" she smiled and winked heading out of the room with Jax following behind "Morning" she said walking into the kitchen.
Maria was tossing spices into a large pot mumbling under her breath in Italian to Joey "You should've been cooking already, still in pajamas?" she asked disappointingly glancing back at her niece.
Kris shrugged and reached for the coffee pot "Jax was tired, I didn't want to wake him up. Zia, you woke him."
She sighed and looked over at Jax who kissed her cheek "I'm sorry handsome. I didn't mean to." she said patting his cheek
"Aw, it's alright" He smiled, taking a mug from Kris who was rolling her eyes.
"You hungry?" she asked, pulling a pan out of the cabinet
Jax nodded "I could eat."
"Sit, I'll make ya something." she said pointing to the chair
"Thanks ma!" Joey growled into the pillow from the living room "I'm hungry too, just incase you wanted to know."
"Oh shut up" Maria scoffed
Joey and Vin stumbled into the kitchen "But handsome gets something to eat, right?" Vinny asked, lifting the lid off of one of the pots.
Maria slapped his hand and put the lid back down "He isn't rude. He speaks to his own mother with respect. Something you…" she said pointing to Joey "Should learn. And Vinny… same goes for you. Your mother is next door. Don't make me get her over here."
Vinny rolled his eyes and slid on his shoes "Maybe she'll at least cook for me." he mumbled, heading out the back door.
"Where's your sister? She next door?" Maria asked, cracking eggs into a pan. Joey, Kris and Jax snickered and raised their eyebrows, burying their faces into their coffee. "What's so funny?"
"Nothing" Kris smiled. They could hear the sound of Happy's bike pull up in front of the house and idled for a few moments before pulling away. Julie saw the car that her mother had rented parked behind Kristina's. She ran around the back of the house and thought she was being stealthy sneaking in through the back door. Maria's eyebrow went up to her hairline seeing her daughter walk in with the same clothes she was wearing the night before. "Morning Champ" Kris laughed
"Morning" she smiled, hoping there would be no questions
"And where were you?" Maria asked
Julie reached for the outlet by the dining room table and plugged her phone in "Nowhere" she said simply, walking back into the kitchen.
"Uh huh." she said with narrowed eyes. "Where were you?"
"Sleeping…" She grabbed a mug from the cabinet and poured coffee into it.
"Yeah" Joey scoffed "Okay. With…"
She cut her eyes at him and stuck her middle finger up "Asshole."
"Giuliana Marie." her mother spat, crossing her arms "Where. Were. You."
Julie groaned "Ma!" She hated the sound of her full name. Her mother rarely used it, and felt old because they named her after her aunt. "Don't worry about it."
"You with the one with the curly hair? What's his name? Tig?" She asked, turning bacon in the pan
Jax spit his coffee across the kitchen and quickly brought his hand to his mouth "Zia" Kristina laughed, handing Jax a paper towel "C'mon. NO"
"What? It ain't Chibs, Opie, Juice or Bobby. I'm gonna safely assume it isn't Opie's father. And I'm hoping you're not preying on those two kids."
Julie furrowed her brow "Jimmy and Rat? Mom, they're like ten years younger than me."
"I'm just asking! I think I have a right to know." she shrugged, leaning against the counter and sipping her coffee. Kris, Joey and Jax were enjoying the guessing game, and couldn't wait to see her reaction when she figured it out. Maria looked down at the floor until it hit her "I know who it is" she smiled, looking over at her daughter. Julie took a deep breath and rolled her eyes "It's Happy isn't it?"
Kris bit her lip and smiled looking over at her cousin "Well?" she asked
"Yeah, ma" she sighed "It is"
Maria nodded and raised her eyebrows in understanding "I get it. He's hot in that weird, 'I'll kill you' sort of way."
"MA!" Joey groaned "Stop!"
"I'm not dead, Joe. And I'm only fifty-two. Which isn't ancient. You don't think I know how shit works? I had you when I was eighteen. That should tell you enough."
"My god" he sighed "I lost my appetite."
"Good" she smiled turning back to the pan and scraping the food onto the plate, handing it to Jax "More for the handsome one then"
"More for the handsome one one then" Joey mimicked.
Little feet were heard running down the hallway and the boys ran into the kitchen, energized and ready for their day. "Voi fame?" Maria asked looking down at the two. Their eyes lit up and they climbed up next to Joey at the table, reaching across and grabbing food from Jax's plate.
"Hey!" He laughed "Get your own"
Jackson and JT looked back at him with the same smile and bright eyes "Damn" Kris sighed rubbing her tired face "I'm screwed"
"Not really" Maria shrugged, with her attention to the stove "This one here…" she said with an even tone, pointing to Julie with the spatula "This one was screwed."
Jax and Kris busted out laughing "Excuse me" Julie said, grabbing her cigarettes and lighter "I'm going to go play in traffic"
"Don't forget to jump into the cars, makes for a better impact" Maria chuckled putting more food onto Jax's plate and handing the boys and Joey their own. Julie made her way outside with a groan. "Sit" she said to Kristina
Kris shook her head "I'm fine."
Maria narrowed her eyes "Sit."
"I said I'm good" she said shaking her head again "I'm not hungry."
"You know I love your mother, but she's an idiot. Sit. Now."
Kris sighed and rolled her eyes, plopping down at the table "I told you" Joey mumbled "You don't listen."
"Basta. I don't wanna hear it"
"Yeah, and two years ago he had to practically hold you down to get you to eat something. And when you came down south, you were way too thin for carrying twins."
"I told you" Jax added with his mouth full "I'm not doing that again."
"What the hell did I do to you two? Leave me alone."
"I'm just calling it like I see it cuz" Joey shrugged
"Just ignore your mother." Maria added "Believe me. If I felt like you needed to lose weight, you know I'd tell you."
Kris and Joey snickered and nodded "You're right" she smiled "Alright fine."
"If I leave this to cook can you all manage not to fuck it up?" Giuliana asked Jess, Opie and her kids.
Sitting at the dining room table with their heads focused on the lunch plates in front of them, they nodded "It'll be fine." Jess said
"Don't take the lids off!" she growled looking at her sons "You hear me?"
Vinny rolled his eyes "Yeah."
"We'll be back around four. You've got four hours to just stay away from it." she added, grabbing her bag and heading for the door.
Seeing his mom leave, Vinny looked up at Opie "You hear anything?"
Opie nodded "Twenty-sixth" he said with his mouth full of food
Jess cut her eyes at them "You said you weren't gonna do anything."
"I said we're settling shit." Opie corrected "And we are."
Jess stood up and tossed her plate and fork in the sink. She opened the fridge and grabbed a beer from the shelf and cigarettes from the counter, practically kicking open the back door, letting it slam shut behind her. Opie shook his head and rolled his eyes "She'll get over it" Mikey added
"I know. Doesn't change the fact that I gotta sleep with one eye open" Opie chuckled
Finishing up their food, Joey, Kris and Jax looked up from the table at the sound of the back door flying open and a very angry Colombian woman standing in front of them. "Good afternoon?" Kris said questionably
"He tell you that they're all "settling" some shit with Panelli on the twenty-sixth?" She sassed making air quotes with an unlit cigarette between her fingers
Kris looked over at the two with a face that said she was about to start throwing silverware "She's joking, right?"
Jax looked at Joey for help "Doesn't concern you cuz" Joey replied
"My fuc- " she began to shout before the boys looked over at her "Vaffanculo! Si lo fa!" she growled
"No, it doesn't. Nothing is gonna happen to any of us. It doesn't concern you." he said calmly
"Your dad and my dad know about this?" she asked as her blood began to boil
"Yes. They do. And again, it doesn't concern you."
Standing up and clearing her plate, she followed Jess outside who felt like she she now had another comrade in this battle "Thanks for taking the heat" Jax chuckled
Joey shrugged "Won't be the last time."
The SAMCRO men, their girls along with Gemma and Nero had arrived around three as Kristina's family arrived around four. She pushed her way through her aunts to her two uncles and father "Non voglio che nessuno andare a Panelli. No." she said pointing her finger before she even said hello.
"Merry Christmas to you too" Nico scoffed "It doesn't concern you Kristina." he said kissing her cheek and walking past her
"No! Yes it does. This SAME asshole took HIM away for ten years and HIM for one. I'm NOT doing it again!" she yelled "I'm NOT!"
"Who you yellin' at?" Gino asked furrowing his brow
Kristina rolled her eyes and sighed "You're not hearing me"
"Oh I hear you" he said leaning against the wall "But I ain't listenin'. Cut the shit. No one is going anywhere" his tone was calm and collected.
She raised her hands to her hair and gripped it in frustration "Why can't you all just leave it ALONE?! Just leave it! I FINALLY have my family back! JUST STOP! Enough of this criminal BULLSHIT!"
The men raised their eyebrows at her tone, the way she was speaking to her father resembled an argument she'd have with Jax. Gemma bit her lip with a smile and a chuckle, watching the argument as she held a glass of wine. "You done?" her father asked with his arms crossed. His tone was still calm and even. His anger rarely got the best of him when it came to his own daughter, and could always outwit her in an argument, driving her up the wall before she was able to come back down.
"No" she spat "I'm not done. I don't want this to happen anymore"
"Nothing is going to happen. No one is going anywhere."
"Ugh!" she growled. "So then don't even meet with him! Don't do anything."
"Babe" Jax said looking over at her "Drop it."
She cut her eyes at him "Don't you start. Don't."
"Are you done now?" Gino asked
"Why can't you all get it through your thick heads?" she asked, poking herself in the temple for emphasis "Murder equals jail time. Assault equals jail time. Revenge isn't always needed and you have families."
"Thank you!" Jess and Kerrianne yelled
"Kristina!" Nico shouted over everyone's side conversations "You are not a child. You need to let us handle our business. Stop acting like a brat."
"Daddy!" she whined in defense
"Don't daddy me." Gino shrugged, shaking his head "You're a grown woman. You have a job to do and so do we."
She rolled her eyes and grunted "Whatever."
"Good" he smiled, leaning in and kissing her cheek "See?" he said looking up at Jax
"That's all it takes?" Jax chuckled "Call her a brat?"
"You call me a brat and I'll cut your ass." she said pointing at him
"Nico?" Jax said calling him in for help
"Kri-" Nico began before she interrupted him
"Ugh. You all suck." she chuckled before walking into the kitchen.
The house was packed with nearly forty people between adults and children. After dinner, they all exchanged presents. Kristina was keeping the conversations to a minimum with her mother and tried as hard as she could not to even make eye contact with her. The kids were drowning in wrapping paper as they tore open everything from their aunts and uncles, gifts from their parents would come the next morning, but it was still an outrageous amount. After putting the twins to sleep, along with Gabby in Kristina and Jax's bed and Abel- which took a great deal of convincing on both Jax and Kristina's part to get him to bed with the promise of more presents in the morning from Santa, the adults loudly continued on their conversations.
"So am I gonna be a grandpa again?" Gino asked, holding onto his glass of whiskey
Kris and Jax laughed "Hopefully soon. We'll see, dad" she shrugged
"The twins aren't even two yet" her mother argued
"And?" Kristina scoffed "We're ready for another kid. I'm done with school. That was our agreement."
"Isn't three enough? Where are you gonna put more kids?"
Jess rolled her eyes with Gemma and shook their heads "Does it really concern you?" Kris whined "KidS..plural? Probably not. I think we'll stop after one more. We talked about adding on to the house. We can start in a few weeks and it would be done way before another kid came along."
"I'm just giving you advice. I am your mother. Three kids seems like more than enough."
"Well… I've done pretty okay so far without your help. I've got a mother that helps raise my kids with me." she said looking at Gemma
Camilla rolled her eyes and took a gulp of wine "That's nice."
"You could help if you want. But you live three thousand miles away and didn't bother to call me once since I moved out here."
"Who wants cake?" Maria asked, trying to interrupt the conversation that was seconds from exploding
While the men were off in their own side conversations, the women were too entertained to look away "I didn't agree with your decision to come out here. Your family needed you at home."
"No. You all were just fine without me." Kris argued "Why can't you just be happy that you're a grandma and your daughter is successful?"
She snorted and raised her eyebrows "That's a stretch."
"What is?" Kristina smiled menacingly "That I'm successful? What part of my life do you not find successful?"
"You could've been something. A doctor, a lawyer, a fucking corporate mogul if you wanted to. You have the brains for it. But you settled."
"Oh my GOD!" she whined "You're still pissed that I became a teacher?! We've been having this argument since I was eighteen and chose the major! It's been eleven years! Get over it!"
"You're settling for a basic salary to live check to check. You could've been anything."
"I know. And I became what I wanted to be."
"Whatever" she smiled "You always looked for the easy way out"
"HA!" she yelled "I'm sorry. Easy? What part of my life has been easy?!"
"No ones life is. You've always expected someone to feel bad for you. Everyone deals with shit Kristina. It isn't all about you all the time."
"All-" she stopped herself from shouting and took a deep breath "Mom" she smiled "I'm not asking for sympathy. I'm asking you to tell me how I looked for the easy way out."
"Kris-" Jax said before she put her hand up to stop him from interrupting.
"You never wanted to major in something that would take longer than a few years. You pushed your family away after your dad went inside. You ran from New York because you wanted to get away from what's his face? Couldn't deal with it and just move on."
"Eric?" she asked with wide eyes "You mean the piece of SHIT that used to choke me out and slap me around?! The SAME piece of shit that FOLLOWED me to California and SHOT me when I was pregnant?!" she stressed pulling her top off her shoulder, revealing the scar.
"WHAT?!" Gino yelled. Kristina quickly slapped her hand over her mouth- Joey knew and calmly informed his father and Nico about what had happened as well as her cousins. The only reason they didn't say anything was because they knew Jax and the men had dealt with it, and agreed to drop it when they knew she was fine. However, Gino was never told. When it came to his daughter, there were very few things he'd never do to protect her, and murder wasn't one of them. Even though Eric was taken care of, the years of ongoing abuse were never made aware to him because Kristina wanted him out on the earliest possible date- not one day later. Everyone's stomachs shot up into their throats, they didn't know what to say and Kristina froze. "Someone BETTER start talking!" he growled
"Daddy-" Kristina begged, putting her hand on his large bicep "It's fine."
He pulled the shoulder of her top to the side again, looking at the scar "You have ten seconds… You ALL knew?!" he asked looking at his brothers and nephews
"Zio…" Joey began "They took care of him."
He rubbed his hand over his face "Two years. Two years and no one told me."
"It's because it was handled." Nico added "She's fine. You wouldn't have been able to do anything from jail. They took care of it." he said pointing to Jax and the rest of the men.
Gino looked at Jax and patted his shoulder "And in two days you will not give anyone hell for this. You hear me?" he said pointing to Kristina "It's because of this man that you're alive." he said pointing to Jax "I'm not gonna let anything happen to him."
"I know" she nodded and then glared at her mother for making her bring it up.
"Don't look at me like that" she said "I only speak the truth."
She chuckled and nodded "Speaking of. How many boyfriends you have while daddy was away? Ten? Twenty? One hundred?"
"Watch your mouth" her mother growled
Kris shook her head and finished off her wine, reaching across the table for the bottle "I don't know why you even bothered to come. I really don't."
"To see my grandchildren."
"Do you even know their middle names?" she asked "Or their last names for that matter?"
"One more." her mother warned "I don't give a shit how old you are"
"Then do it already!" she pleaded, putting her hands behind her back "Please! If slapping me is gonna make your coked up brain feel be-" she ranted as the back of her mothers hand made contact with her cheek. While it didn't phase her family, Jax and the rest of SAMCRO's jaws dropped.
"What the FUCK?!" Jax growled, grabbing Kris' face with his hands, examining her cheek.
Kris chuckled and squinted "Still the same" she smiled, shaking her head in disappointment. "You need to leave." she said pointing to the door "And not come back."
"Gladly" her mother smiled, grabbing her bag from the empty chair and walked out the door.
"At least I'm not the only one that gets hit on holidays." Opie chuckled
"Keep it up shithead" Piney grumbled "I'll make it happen again."
"Love you too Pop"
"You okay?" Jax asked, kissing the side of her head
Kris scoffed and nodded "I'm fine. Barely stung. She still slaps like she did when I was a kid." she looked at her dad and shook her head "She isn't welcomed back anymore."
Gino shook his head in disappointment "Kristina… I don't…"
"Daddy… I want you here tomorrow. She is not welcomed in my house anymore. And I'm not sorry about it."
"Can you at least think about it?" he asked "Let her calm down."
She rolled her eyes and sighed "I don't want Christmas to be like it was when I was a teenager. It's supposed to be a good time now. Please?"
"We'll talk about it tomorrow" he said "Both of you need to calm down. It's getting late. Let's head back and you all enjoy the rest of your night. Okay?"
Kris nodded and smiled "We will. Gotta put the presents out for the boys in a few hours. Santa was extra good this year."
"Yes he was" Jax laughed "Abel is gonna die tomorrow"
"He already has a heart condition" Gemma warned "Ease him into it slowly. Please."
"Kenny too" Jess nodded "I hope you're prepared to be outside for hours, cause I ain't."
