They stopped back quickly so Kris could feed and let Slash out. The men were in church when the women walked through the door around five pm. Abel and Kenny were playing video games, while the hang-arounds and crow eaters were talking amongst themselves at the bar. One young blonde, Candace, was trying to console the twins while Julie was sitting on the coffee table in front of the TV with her arms folded, and three toddlers giving her the same glare she was giving them with tears in their eyes.
Kris walked over and stood next to her cousin "Fucking love the ink, holy shit" she gasped, looking over at the crow that Happy had finished inking not too long before between her shoulder blades.
Julie raised an eyebrow at her cousin and then back at her nephews "Thanks. Dì a mamma. Ora." She growled (tell mommy, now.)
"What'd they do?" Kris asked, looking down at her sons and goddaughter.
JT and Jackson pulled their mouths to the side and flashed their bright eyes at their mom. "Sei bellissima!" Jackson grinned. (you're beautiful!)
"Ti amiamo." JT added. Almost two years old and they both had mastered their father's craft. (We love you)
Jess snorted and walked up to the group with Gemma "No no," Kris argued "dimmi. Perché zia Julie è pazza?" (Tell me, why is Aunt Julie mad?)
"Incidente." JT pouted (accident)
Kris furrowed her brow and looked at her cousin "Please tell me the 'accident' is fixable. Gabriella, ¿qué pasó?" (what happened?)
"It isn't that bad" Candace smiled, brushing Jackson's hair from his eyes.
Kris gritted her teeth and stared the woman down, "Se non sei venuto dalla mia fìga, o non si è mia figlioccia, non gli è permesso di parlare." she seethed, her sons looked over at the woman with wide eyes and Julie snickered, trying to keep her serious face. (if you didn't come from my vagina, or you are not my goddaughter, you are not allowed to speak)
"English please" the blonde sassed
Kris chuckled "If you didn't come from my vagina or are not my goddaughter, you aren't allowed to speak."
Candace rolled her eyes and walked away, leaving the women to the kids and the pending disaster.
Gemma smiled and nodded "So are we gonna be told whats going on?"
The toddlers weren't giving any information and Julie stood up, taking her nephews hands along with Gabby, "Gem you got anything to get permanent marker off of everything?" Gemma closed her eyes in fear and headed towards the kitchen. "Come on. We're gonna show Mommy and grandma Gemma what you three did. Let's go." The kids walked past the chapel and towards the corridor where a trail of sharpie markers started to scatter.
"I don't like where this is going" Jess groaned. Oh holy FUCK!" She shouted and scooped up her daughter "¿Cómo te atreves?!" (how dare you!)
"SHIT! GEM!" Kris called out, looking at the wall, and the colorful artwork that the three had added to the brown walls and their grandfather's bike. "This is BAD! NO!" She yelled, grabbing the sharpies off the floor and getting eye level with her twins, grabbing their hands and pointing to the disaster "Questo è molto male! Perché vuoi fare questo?! voi due sono puniti! Acting like babies! Daddy is going to be so angry!" (this is very bad! why did you want to do this?! you two are punished!)
Overshadowed by their mothers's shouting, the three toddlers's crying was heard over it all. Gemma ran down the hallway and saw the disaster. She knew Jax would fly off the handle if he saw it. "Shit. Julie take the kids by the bar." She started on JT's bike as Jess and Kris worked on the walls, praying that the marker would come off. They heard the gavel slam and as if on instinct they began to scrub harder. "Get them in the other room" Gemma ordered. The chapel door opened and both Kris and Jess tossed the rags and scurried towards the door to lead the men in the other direction towards the bar.
"What's with all the screaming?" Jax asked, kissing Kris hello
She smiled and patted his chest "Don't worry about it. Come on. Let's get you a beer."
"Can I piss first?"
"Later. Come on" she said, leading him as calmly as she could.
"How was the do- what the fuck? Guys what's wrong?" His tone changed seeing his two sons and goddaughter crying as they sat on the couch, walking over and ignoring his wife. "What happened?" He asked as they scooted off to hug him.
Opie rushed to his daughter's rescue when he saw the tear stained, puffy face and her gasping for air as she tried to talk to Jax. "Daddy!" She wailed holding out her arms as he scooped her up.
"My God" Jess groaned as she rolled her eyes "Opie put her down"
"What up your ass?" He asked, rubbing Gabby's back as her arms were locked around his neck.
"She's in trouble. All of them are. Leave them."
Jax sighed, kissing his sons' heads "What'd they do?" he asked, wiping JT's cheeks. "Screaming at them like that…"
Kris raised an eyebrow "First of all, I wasn't screaming. I thought you'd be one to know the difference. Secondly, they're not gonna learn if you keep undermining me. But you know what you two? Ask them to show you what they did. Go ahead." She said, pointing towards the hallway. Jax and Opie chuckled, unimpressed as they carried their toddlers down the hall.
"So much for not letting him see it" Jess mumbled
Kris shrugged "He wants to think he's got angels. Maybe he needs to see what it is they get themselves into when he's not watching them."
Jess nodded "agreed."
"NOOO!" Jax yelled, clearly coming upon the mural. "FUCK!"
"Aaaand now they know." Julie laughed
"Know what?" Happy asked, twisting off the top to a beer.
"The three mutants drew on the walls and JTs bike with sharpie."
"No they didn't" Piney laughed
"Go see for yourselves" Kris smiled, holding out her hand. The men were intrigued enough to see the damage done. When they came across it and a flustered Gemma who wasn't gonna get it off, she wanted to get the right cleaner that wouldn't strip the paint, their mouths were gaping.
Jax and Opie carried the kids into the main room and plopped them down on the couch. "You sit your asses right there! Do not get up! You hear me?! That was your grandpa's bike!" Jax growled, a deep, angry tone that shook the three kids. Patting down his jacket, found his cigarettes and stormed outside, ignoring the typical Friday night hang arounds as they greeted him.
Opie stood in front of the three troublemakers, running his hand through his beard "That isn't yours! You color on paper! No games today and no playground. You do NOT get off of this couch!" he added looking up at his dad who was shaking his head. "What?"
"And you wonder why they do the shit they do when them two aren't around" he chuckled, sitting at the bar next to his daughter in law.
"I'm impressed he managed to get that upset with his beloved baby girl" she groaned
"Ain't gonna hit my baby girl, Pop" he protested, stepping around the coffee table and walking towards the bar
"See" Jess snorted
Opie shook his head and took a swig from his beer "Ain't happening. She's a girl. I'm not gonna do it. Jess, I don't even like the fact that you do."
Jess rolled her eyes along with Kris and Piney who clearly didn't agree with him "Really? Ope. She gets spanked on occasion on the butt. She's at that age now where she needs to be corrected. Now is one of those times. And I can't always be the bad guy."
"Did I not just yell at her?"
Piney scoffed at his reaction and Jess shook her head "Ope, you barely whispered at her."
"She's crying!" He argued, pointing to their daughter on the couch who was staring right at her dad, tears running down her face, calling for him.
"You mean this face?" Jess asked, mimicking her daughters pout. Which is when it hit him like a truck, his baby girl was playing him.
He looked back at Gabby who kept her expression tight "Shit" he chuckled
"Took him long enough" Ellie mumbled, rolling her eyes
"Shh. He still thinks you're sincere" Kris whispered "don't fuel the fire"
"I wanna be the favorite again" Ellie laughed
Nodding along, Kris smiled "She's playing you Opie. Got her Mammas pout and skills for melting your heart but your anger and personality. It's a killer mix that very well may kill you, ain't even three and she's playing you."
"And you're gonna be havin another one soon?" Piney chuckled "Gotta get your shit together and stop tryin' to make the kid like ya. She can't be the only parent here."
Jess bit her lip to keep from laughing along with Gemma "Screw you Pop"
Mary walked in with Fiona and Kerianne, getting a gist of the massacre of sharpies from Jax who ws trying to calm down outside. "I'm just sayin'" He growled "She's done all the parenting for the last year. You been home a month and your kid has gotten into more trouble than she has in the last year."
Opie raised his eyebrows sarcastically and nodded "Ok"
"You think I'm lyin?" he asked, turning his attention to Jess "You think I'm lyin' too?"
Jess shook her head "I agree. Daddy just needs to get back into the swing of things. That's all."
"As much as I'd love nothing more than do see this explosion" Kris smiled "Let me go see if my thirty-four year old manbaby is doing alright" she chuckled, pushing herself off the barstool and heading outside. Jax was sitting on the top of a table, his feet resting on a bench. "Hey Prez" she smiled, walking over to him and sitting down at his side.
Jax shook his head and pulled on his cigarette "Unfuckingbelieveable"
She chuckled "I know baby. We'll clean it, it's alright. But maybe you can finally come to terms with the fact that your sons aren't the saints you think they are. They need rules. It's gotta be the same with you as it is with me, or else this is gonna keep happening."
He sighed and nodded, "A'ight. It ain't that hard babe." he said optimistically, handing her his cigarette "How was the doctors?"
Kris narrowed her eyes and pinched his bicep, "Watch it. And the doctors was good" she smiled "September thirteenth. Gonna go back in February for an ultrasound"
"We lookin' at one or two?"
Kris snorted and sighed "We'll find out in February Prez. It better be one. The odds are…." She pulled on the cigarette and handed it back to him, then took her phone from her pocket and clicked away "Oh fuck. One in twelve. A one in twelve chance of having twins again. Fuck me."
"Did that, but we can always go again" he chuckled, exhaling smoke
She rolled her eyes "If it's twins… Jax, I don't know if I can handle five."
"It'll be fine. Relax." he drawled "Let's go get inked."
"Hold that thought" she said, "You gonna tell me about Tara?"
Jax sighed and stood up in front of her "What happened?"
"Nothing happened. She was at the hospital" she shrugged "Your mom said something to her and that was that. She say why she moved back here?"
Jax shook his head "Just coming home is all."
She nodded "Alright. But next time, you tell me. Do not hide something like that. I saw her face. I saw her looking at me. It was like she had her heart ripped out. I know that look, Jax."
"A'ight. Look, I don't got a reason to see her again. Nothin' to worry over."
"Mmkay" She mumbled "But I'm just letting you know. Let's go brand me, huh?"
He took her hand and pulled her off the table, leading her into the clubhouse "Hap's got a whole lineup."
"Me, Jess and Jules? she asked. Jax stopped and pulled up the side of his kutte and shirt exposing the tattoo on his ribs with his sons names. Kris ran her fingers over the plastic wrap and smiled "I love it. You did good Prez."
"Hap did good" he chuckled, wrapping his arm around her shoulder.
They heard the door open behind them and the two prospects strolled in "Hey Prez. It's unloaded and locked up."
He nodded and looked across the room "Hap! You ready?"
Happy nodded and poured a shot down his throat "What's locked up?" Kris asked
Jax smiled and shook his head "Don't worry" he went to pull her along towards Happy but she stood her ground. "C'mon. I'll tell you later."
"Yeah, after you permanently mark me" she scoffed
"It's gorgeous. But I don't want it on my shoulder" Kris argued looking up at Jax as she sat on the pool table.
"Why not?" he shrugged
"I don't want a huge tattoo on my shoulder"
Everyone laughed "You've got your wrists tatted and your back and hips… But the shoulder is a no no?"
"Wrists can be easily hidden. Wrists are girly. The shoulder? I dunno"
Happy cleared his throat as he set up the ink "My suggestion was here" he said poking her side, "but he said it would hurt too much."
Kris nodded "That's exactly where I want it."
Jax rolled his eyes "Whatever ya want darlin'"
"That's what I thought" she smiled, sliding down and resting on her right hip, pulling the left side of her shirt up. "Alright Hap, let's get this over with"
"You're up next, girl." Happy said over the buzzing of the tattoo gun.
Jess took a deep breath and shook her head "Great"
"Now you don't wanna do it?" Opie asked, trying to ignore Gabby who was calling him sweetly from the couch, as Candace and another young blonde were talking to the kids.
"Not that, I'm just tired"
He chuckled and rolled his eyes "It's not even six o'clock"
"I'm sorry, I fucking worked all day. I wasn't playing big bad biker, asshole." she spat, walking away from the pool table and down the hall towards his old dorm. "And get them the fuck away from my daughter!"
The men looked on at Opie who was grinding his jaw watching her walk away. He shook his head and looked over at the two women who were occupying the kids' attention. "Go" Gemma said pointing towards the hallway. "She's got your demon spawn beating her up from the inside out. And she can't have a drink. So go."
He finished off his beer and tossed it into the trash can before heading out of the room. Approaching his old dorm, he turned the handle but the door was locked. "Jess, open the door" he said impatiently as he searched his pockets for his keys.
"Go away" she sighed, kicking off her shoes and laying down on the bed "Ope, really." Hearing a key entering the lock, she rolled her eyes and watched him lowering his head to get through the doorway, closing it behind him.
He walked over to the bed and sat on the edge of it "Look, I get you're all up and down and shit, but don't you pull that shit again."
"Right" she scoffed
"I ain't kiddin'"
Bending her left leg, she extended her right and shoved him "And what are you gonna do about it?"
Opie quickly grabbed her ankle and pulled her towards him. "I ain't kiddin' Jess."
"Ohhh" She menacingly chuckled "Big bad biker gonna teach me a lesson?"
He smiled and gripped her ankle tighter "Maybe later. Right now you gotta get inked."
"We gonna talk about what's been put off for the last few days?"
Taking a deep breath, he rubbed her leg "What do you want me to say?"
"You realize you never really told me what happened, right? I know she was killed, and now I know it was in the same God damn truck I drive our kids around in. But, I wish I was told, Ope. Very unsettling driving to the doctors and having your daughter tell me the reason why you won't get rid of it is because Donna was killed in it."
"That's not the reason, babe. I love that truck. If you don't wanna drive it anymore, you don't have to."
"And what am I gonna drive? Kenny's bike?"
Chuckling, he shook his head and leaned forward, picking her shoes up off the floor "I'll get you a car. Happy?"
"Maybe" she innocently smiled "You gonna tell me how it happened?"
"Later."
She leaned forward and reached into his pockets, searching for his cigarettes. He raised an eyebrow with a smirk "Don't get too excited." she chuckled, pulling the pack out. "Lighter" she said, holding out her hand. He sighed and handed it to her "Don't sigh at me. I've had four all day. I'm about to be branded for life."
He watched her exhale smoke above her as he slipped her shoes on "Uh huh. Try and keep the crazy down to a minimum, alright?"
"Those twats better not be touching my daughter..."
"She's not gonna be corrupted…" he drawled, standing up and grabbing the cigarette from her hand, taking a drag. She hopped up and went to grab it back but he held it over his head.
"Don't care. Don't want them near her. Their nasty ass diseased hands."
He smiled looking down at her as she put her hands on her hips "Uh huh. You done yet?"
"No" she scoffed "Another thing-" he wrapped his right arm around her shoulders and pulled her to him "I'm still mad."
"I'm sure. Let's get back out there please?"
"Whatever you say VP."
Early the next morning, Jax was in the shower when he heard the bathroom door slam against the wall from the force at which it was pushed open. He quickly pulled open the shower curtain to see Kristina on her knees and groaning in between her heaving. "Shit" he spat, quickly rinsing and turning the shower off. "Babe, you okay?" he asked, wrapping a towel around his waist and stepping out of the tub.
Vomiting again, she slowly stood up and reached for the sink, rinsing out her mouth. "Your fucking kid" she scoffed "God dammit"
He kissed the back of her head "Go back to sleep"
"Nuh uh" She walked back into the bedroom to grab a towel, and heard footsteps run down the hallway "I'm gonna shower. You…" she chuckled "Go feed the boys. I'll be out in a few."
When she got out of the shower, Jax was sitting at the kitchen table with the boys and Slash laying at his feet. "You gonna say good morning?" Jax asked the kids
"Morning" Abel smiled, tilting his head back to see her at the counter pouring a cup of coffee
"Good morning baby. We've got a busy day today." she smiled, kissing the top of his head
"Why?"
"You have homework. And I have work to do. We gotta go to the market too."
Abel sighed "Why can't I go with Daddy?"
Kris raised her eyebrows and looked over at Jax "What's Daddy got planned for today?"
"Gonna go meet up with your uncles for a bit. We'll be back before lunch, gonna be a nice day, maybe we'll go riding later?"
Abel smiled and nodded "Alright."
Kris chuckled "Does that fit your busy schedule, Mr. Teller?" she asked
"I guess so. I might be able to squeeze homework in." the first grader shrugged, putting a spoonful of cereal into his mouth. Jax chuckled keeping his attention on the twins.
"Oh really?" she drawled "How about you make time for homework or I take your bike to the dump?"
"That works for me darlin'. I'll get my backpack" he said, jumping off of the chair.
Kris took his seat across from Jax and pushed his cereal bowl to the side, putting her coffee mug in it's place. "Stop feeding him lines"
"No lines. It's hereditary."
"That's even worse. What do you all have going on today?"
Jax cleared his throat "Just meetin' the guys for a bit. Jim's gonna come through in a few with Rat and Piney and stay with you guys. My mom will be by a little later."
She sighed and rolled her eyes "I'm assuming I'm feeding everyone tonight then?"
"Whatever makes you happy babe."
"Uh huh" she chuckled "Any requests?"
"Can pull the grill out if you want. You know how much Hap loves that sausage and peppers."
Hiccuping, she brought her hand to her mouth and exhaled slowly "Okay"
Jax furrowed his brow and looked up at her "You alright?" he asked, hearing bikes pull up in front of the house
She nodded and took another sip of coffee "Yeah, I think so."
"Hey boss" Jimmy said walking through the front door with Rat trailing behind "Ma'am"
"Morning, ma'am" Rat added, high-fiving JT before leaning against the counter
Kris looked up at the two of them and narrowed her eyes "We've gone over this." she said flatly "Anyway, is someone gonna tell me what's goin' on?"
Jax let the boys off his lap as they ran out of the kitchen. He stood up and poured himself another cup of coffee, Slash hot on his heels "We'll be back in a little while"
"That doesn't answer the question 'boss'" she sassed
"We're just meetin' up with Romeo and Luis, just gotta catch up."
She shook her head "Whatever, I'll stop asking. You're clearly not gonna tell me shit. Odio questa merda. Re Jax controlla tutto e tutti. Cretino."
Jimmy chuckled and they all looked up as Jess and Opie walked through the back door with Kenny and Gabby. "Love you too" Jax said kissing the top of her head "Ready Ope?"
Opie nodded "Go next door until the princess is ready, apparently eight am wasn't a good wakeup time for her." he groaned, directing his comment towards Jimmy. Nodding his head, he walked out the back door. Jess bit her lip but Kris couldn't contain the chuckle that escaped hers. "What's so funny?"
"Nothin'" she smiled, shaking her head "Princess wasn't ready. Hilarious."
"Yeah" Opie chuckled, messing up Abel's hair as he walked back into the kitchen with his backpack "Alright. We'll be back later. Rat, both of you go with them if they wanna leave anywhere."
"Ope" Jess sighed "Theres one car. How the hell would we both go somewhere? There's six kids."
"Well Rat will go with and Jimmy will stay behind. Piney and Gem are gonna be here soon. No stupid antics today."
"Goodbye" Jess sighed as he leaned down and kissed her and Gabby goodbye. The boys headed out the door, leaving Rat to the wrath.
"Coffee?" Kris asked, looking over at Rat who was still standing against the counter. Rat nodded as she grabbed two mugs from the cabinet "I wonder if El planned that"
Jess chuckled "Went to wake her up around eight, she groaned and rolled over. Opie went in and they got into a lovely and colorful argument."
"How colorful?" she smiled, handing her coffee
"He sat on the edge of her bed, telling her all sweetly that she needed to get up and that she could come over here and go back to sleep. This chick…" Jess guffawed, "She grabbed his beanie off his head and threw it towards the hallway."
Rat and Kris' laugh echoed through the house "No she didn't!" Rat said wiping a tear from his eye
"Oh she did. He stood up, and I could hear his shouting over the shower. From the basement. She went right back to sleep. I'm sure she'll be oh so happy to see Jimmy sitting in the living room."
Rat raised his eyebrow and smirked "Ope know?"
"You say anything and you die." Jess warned "You really want Jimmy to be chopped up into a hundred pieces? Cause Ope will do it."
"He ain't bangin' her. She's a kid."
"Gross. Real fucking gross, Rat. Doesn't matter, the second Opie finds out El likes Jimmy, it's done."
"She ain't a little girl anymore though, he's gotta realize that. She's gonna be fifteen real soon. Fifteen. And she looks like she's twenty, which doesn't help matters."
Jess sighed and brushed back her hair "What ever happened to the awkward phase? The one I went through from about ten to nineteen? Unbelievable."
"Mamma!" JT shouted from the front door seeing Gemma walk up the front lawn with Mary
"Hi baby" she smiled, picking him up as she walked through the doorway "Daddy left?" JT nodded as the women walked into the kitchen "Mornin'"
"Morning" Kris smiled
"Where's the troublemaker?" Mary asked, kissing Jess hello
Jess rolled her eyes and sighed "Next door, showering. I'm about to send her to live with you. Or your son. I haven't decided which yet."
Mary chuckled and picked up Gabby "No thank you. I did my time, you gotta do yours."
"Did Piney tell you to puke 'more quietly' because you were too loud?" She asked, raising an eyebrow
The women's eyes went wide "Piney was too drunk to know I was puking. But I'll slap him later for you." she smiled "Twice."
Jess smiled "Thanks, mom. Dumb bastard."
"Alright, I gotta get going to the store." Kris said, putting her coffee mug in the sink.
Around noon, Jess went to the store with Kris to stock up for the evening. Walking towards the exit, Jess saw Rat talking to Chibs outside. "I guess they're back" she said to Kris, pointing towards the men through the window. Kris nodded and continued to push the grocery cart towards her car. Rat quickly ran up to them with Chibs and grabbed the bags and cases of beer from the cart, helping them put it into the trunk. "You two are in a hurry" Jess chuckled and pulled her sunglasses onto her face
Chibs closed the trunk "So where you ladies off to next?"
Kris raised her eyebrow and shook her head "Any specific requests?"
"Just a question, las."
"Was gonna head to the pharmacy and the liquor store real quick. That okay?"
Chibs chuckled and nodded "Anything we can help with?"
She narrowed her eyes and folded her arms "What's goin' on?"
"Nothin'."
"Where's Jax?"
"Just got back. We're gonna head over to the house in a bit" he said, avoiding her question
Kris paused for a moment and looked around, not seeing anyone else's bike except Rat's and Chibs's. "Where's Jax, Chibs?"
"On his way back to the house I'm assumin', had to stop off and grab smokes."
She nodded and walked towards the driver's side as Jess climbed into the passenger seat. "We'll see you later" she said, closing the door and looking over at Jess "I don't like that answer"
"Why not?" Jess asked, watching her take out her phone and putting it to her ear.
Listening to the other line ring, she pulled away from the front of the market, connecting the call to her bluetooth. "Hey what's up?" Jax answered
"Nothin' heading back from the store. Where you at? We just saw Chibs."
"Had to stop off real quick with Ope and a few of the guys. Juice and Tig headed back to the house already with Kozik. We'll be home in a bit." they could hear the men walking in somewhere and then sounds of an intercom 'Doctor Kohn, please report to Four-North, Doctor Kohn, to Four-North'
Jess' eyes went wide and Kris made a left at the light towards the freeway, "Stop off, where?" she knew exactly where he was.
"I'll be home in a bit" he said, hanging up quickly.
"Mother fucker" she spat, picking up speed as she approached the exit towards the hospital. "Don't talk me out of this."
Jess chuckled and shook her head "Sweetie, I ain't talkin' you out of shit. I would've reached through the phone and strangled him."
"Good" she nodded, pulling off of the freeway and waiting at the light to turn into the hospital parking lot. "I'm gonna kill him."
"I know" Jess smiled, "But, keep in mind… You don't know why he's here."
"Jess, really?" she asked, raising an eyebrow as she gripped the steering wheel tighter. "No one is hurt, they rarely come to the hospital for that. Furthermore, if someone was hurt, Chibs would've said something, or Jax would have."
"Point taken" she said, as Kris was clearly breaking speed-limit rules turning into the parking lot. Jess pointed out their bikes, Happy was waiting with Bobby next to Jax and Opie's bikes. Kris parked next to them, Happy and Bobby's faces falling as she quickly cut the engine and jumped out with Jess.
"Hey girl" Happy smiled "Whatcha doin' here?"
She narrowed her eyes "Don't play with me, he still inside?" Happy and Bobby took a deep breath and looked at one another "You just answered my question." she smiled, walking past them towards the entrance.
"Kris, what are you doin' darlin'?" Bobby asked, quickly following behind with Happy who was texting Jax and trying to keep up with the angry queen-in-training
"Stay out of it" she spat, pushing through the entrance. They followed her down the hallway towards the elevators that led to the maternity and neonatal units. "I'm gonna fucking kill him" she growled, frantically pressing the button to the elevator. When the doors opened, she quickly got inside, waiting as the floor numbers increased, her blood boiling and Bobby, Happy and Jess watching her. When it arrived at their floor, she stepped out and looked to both sides before heading to the right. Jax was quickly walking towards her with Opie next to him, clearly having read Happy's text, and she saw Tara headed in the other direction. He went to grab her bicep to stop her as she wasn't even going to acknowledge him. She pulled her arm as hard as she could away but his grip was too strong "Get OFF of me!"
"No, babe, why are you here?" he asked, holding her in place as everyone watched on
"Tara!" she called out, trying to get her attention. Tara turned and made eye contact, but stayed in place. "You wanna talk? Let's talk!"
"Babe" Jax pleaded "You shouldn't be getting worked up. Let's go home"
"NO! Why are you here?! You have no reason to see her! None!" she managed to breathlessly pant before her eyes started watering
"Kris…" He drawled, letting go of her arm and pulling her in for a hug. She pushed him away with both hands to his chest and turned on her heels, quickly walking away with Jess following, leaving the men standing there, confused and dumbfounded.
Instead of waiting for the elevator, she pushed the door to the staircase open and took the steps as quickly as she could with Jess right behind her. "Kris, slow down a sec" Jess called, making Kris slow her pace as they exited into the parking lot and walked towards her car.
Running her hand vigorously through her hair, she was panting, trying to get across the lot as quickly as she could. "I just gotta get into the car. I gotta get outta here" she said, tears running down her face, trying to pull her keys from her pocket.
"Give me the keys, I'm driving" Jess said, reaching for her hand. She handed her the keys and walked around to the passenger side, slamming the door closed and reaching for her bag on the floor, digging for her cigarettes. "You wanna go home?"
"No" she squeaked "Not yet"
"Alright." Jess sighed, slowly backing out of the parking spot.
Kristina sat in the passenger seat of her car, leg bouncing and hand shaking as she smoked a cigarette- not saying a word. Jess watched on as her friend stared, she could tell she was fighting back tears the entire time.
"Kris, let's go home" she pleaded
Her face became softer as she nodded with a hint of a smirk. "We'll go back to the house, and I know everyone's expecting dinner. That's fine. But as of this moment on, him and I are on a break. The only reason I am not packing up my shit right now is because of my boys. I will not make their father, who has been gone for the last year leave either. I'm telling him I'm going to sleep in the living room if I have to. He lied, plain and simple. Twice in twenty-four hours. Told me yesterday he didn't have a reason to see her again and he'd tell me if he was going to see her- lie number one. Today on the phone, he wouldn't tell me where he was. Lying by omission- lie number two. From this moment forward, I have no reason to speak to him after I tell him what's what. Done."
When they returned back to the house, everyone was already over and clearly were all made aware of the scene that was created only an hour before hand. Julie had already started dinner and Jess carried the groceries into the kitchen as Kris ignored everyones greetings and closed herself in her bedroom. Jax had followed her just as she slammed the door in his face. Taking a deep breath, he opened the door and kicked it shut behind him. "Really?" he asked
She shrugged and touched up her eyeliner "We're done for now."
Jax furrowed his brow "Whad'ya mean, done?"
"I mean, done." she growled, tossing the pencil against the dresser and putting her hand on her hip "You lied to me. Twice. Either you're riding the couch or the futon in Abel's room or I am. Either way, I need a break."
He scoffed and shook his head "A'ight Kris. Just chill out."
"Chill out?! CHILL OUT?!"
He rolled his eyes "Yeah, chill out."
"Let me fucking tell you something" she seethed "I've let you slide on a lot of shit Jax. A LOT of shit. This was my breaking point. And the only reason I'm not screaming my fucking head off right now is because everyone is here. And I'm not kicking you out because I will not have my boys lose their dad again. This isn't up for discussion. You're a liar and I need time." she huffed, walking out of the room and slamming the door behind her.
