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…Chapter Eight…

As Jax stood to his feet, Ava saw the look on his face. "Still nervous?" he nodded, then she smiled. "Go wait in the kitchen. I'll talk to Lily when she comes in… and Jax?" she lightly put her hand on his cheek. "Don't worry… everything will be okay."

"A'ight." he took a deep breath and walked into the kitchen, while Ava went outside.

"Hey, what's up, Ava?"

"Hey, Hap." she gave him a hug. "How've you been?"

"A'ight."

"How's your mom?" she asked, letting go.

"She's doing better. She just got on some new meds and so far, it's helping."

"That's good… I'm glad."

"Mommy." Lily hugged her leg.

"Hello, Baby Girl." Ava saw a plastic bag in her hand. "What'd you get?"

"Happy bought me some Hot Wheels." she put up her little fingers. "Three of them."

"That's awesome." Ava glanced up and saw Tiny and Juice with a bunch of plastic bags. "Geez, guys… you buy the whole store?"

"Just about." Juice laughed.

"I didn't buy the whole store."

"Yeah, Tiny…" Ava opened the door for them to walk in. "It looks like it."

"Hey." Tiny put a few bags down on the living room floor. "I only got a couple of things."

"A couple?"

"Oh, shut up." Tiny threw a couch pillow at Juice's head, then he caught it and laughed as he sat down in the recliner as Tiny sat in the love seat.

"Jax here?" Happy asked, leaning on the couch.

"Yeah… but wait." Ava took a deep breath, sitting on the recliner. "Lily, come here for a second."

"Okay." she set her bag on the coffee table and stood in front of Ava. "Yes, Mommy?"

"Remember I told you that you'd meet your daddy?"

"Yeah."

"Well, he's here." suddenly, Lily's eyes widened, then quickly welled up. "What? What's wrong?"

"I forgot to get him a card."

Ava wiped a few tears and gave her a hug. "Oh, Baby, it's okay." she backed to look at her. "Father's Day is coming up, you can get him one then."

"I'm sorry, Lil… I forgot too."

"It's okay, Aunt Tiny." Lily rubbed her eyes.

Ava turned Lily's body towards her. "Do you wanna meet your daddy now?" she asked, wiping the tears from her cheeks.

"Is he going to like me?"

"Of course he will." Ava nodded with a smile. "He'll love you."

Lily looked around. "Where is he?"

"Hold on." Ava jumped from her seat and stood next to the recliner. "Jax, come in here." she called out, then he walked out of the kitchen. Once he stopped into the living room, his eyes were glued to the little girl that looked just like him. "Okay, Lily, this is your daddy… Jax, this is our daughter: Lily Rae Cooper."

"Hi." Jax sat down in front of Lily in Ava's previous spot on the recliner.

"I forgot to get you a card."

Jax chuckled. "That's alright." suddenly his smile turned into a frown seeing the cast and the bruise she had. "Your mom told me that you gave a kid in school a black eye."

"He started it." she shrugged. "I warned him."

"The little punk deserved it."

Lily turned her head and nodded. "He sure did, Uncle Happy." she paused. "Can I call you uncle?"

"Sure, Kid." he smiled at her.

A few seconds later, Gloria walked in with bags in her arms and hands. "Oh, good." she stopped in her tracks to see what was going on. "Oh, I didn't know they were meeting today."

"Yeah." Ava nodded. "Did you buy food?"

"Yep." Gloria glanced over at Juice and Happy. "Could you two help bring in the groceries?"

"Yes, Ma'am." Juice stood up, then him and Happy walked outside.

Gloria set the bags she had on the kitchen table, then went back into the living room. "Hello, Lily."

"Hi, Grandma… this is my daddy, Jax." she said, grabbing his hand with a huge smile.

"I know your dad. I've known him for a long time." Gloria noticed a bunch of Target bags on the floor. "What's all this?"

"Oh, I'm sorry." Tiny started grabbing them. "I did a little shopping."

"No." Ava laughed. "She bought the whole store."

"I did not." Tiny laughed as well, walking down the hallway.

Suddenly, Juice and Happy walked inside with all the groceries, then went straight into the kitchen. "Thanks, Guys." Gloria said, following them.

Ava tapped Lily on her arm to get her attention. "Hey, how about you and I go talk to Daddy in the room?"

"Okay." she picked up her bag of Hot Wheels and looked at Jax. "You can meet Phineas and Ozzy."

"Sure." he stood up and took her other hand. "Who are they?"

"My best buddies in the whole world." she shrugged.

"You two go ahead." Ava urged. "I'll be there… in a few."

As both of them went into her room, Juice and Happy walked out of the kitchen, then Juice gave Ava a kiss on the cheek. "We gotta get going."

"Oh, okay." she gave him a hug, then gave Happy a hug as well. "See ya, Killa."

"Later, Ava." he nodded, before they walked out of the house.

Gloria came out of the kitchen; with a cup of coffee and sat down on the couch. "So… how did Jax find out about Lily?"

Ava stared at her incredulously and scoffed. "How do you think?"

"Yeah." Gloria took a sip. "It certainly wasn't me and I didn't think it was you."

"Nope." Ava shook her head. "Not me, but I'm glad they finally met… it was long over due."

"Where are they?"

Ava pointed towards the hallway. "In my room, talking."

"Well, that's good." Gloria smiled. "Oh, I'll be making dinner soon… is Jax staying?"

"I'm not sure." Ava shrugged, then went into her room, and shut the door. She saw Lily sitting in Jax's lap, showing him a photo album. "Hey, whatcha' doing?"

"Hi, Mommy… I'm showing Daddy some pictures."

"Oh, okay." Ava sat down on the bed next to them. "Lily, dinner will be ready soon."

"Are you staying, Daddy?"

Jax slightly shook his head. "I can't tonight… maybe some other time."

"Okay." Lily closed the photo album and jumped out of his lap. "Since I forgot to get you a card, can I draw you a picture?"

"Sure." he smiled.

"Yay!" she cheered, grabbing her backpack, then sat on the floor. "I'll draw you the best picture ever, Daddy."

"Alright." ne nodded, scooting closer to Ava and held her hand. "Thank you."

"For?"

Jax glanced at Lily, before looking back at her. "Letting me meet my daughter."

"You're welcome… I should have done it a long time ago."

As Jax was gazing into Ava's eyes, his phone rang, pulling them both out of their daze. He cleared his throat, taking it out of his pocket, and answered it. "Yeah? What? No… a'ight, shit. I'll be right there." he sighed, snapping his phone shut. "I gotta go."

"Wait… I'm almost done." Lily said, putting the finishing touches on the picture, then stood up and handed it to him. "All done."

"Thank you. I love it." he smiled at her.

Lily gave Jax a hug. "Bye, Daddy." then she ran into the bathroom and shut the door.

Ava chuckled, as she stood to her feet. "She just met you and she already loves you."

Jax nodded, folding up the drawing and putting it in his other pocket. "I love her too." he stood up as well and gave Ava a hug. "I'll see you later." she nodded, then Jax gave her a kiss. "Bye." he smiled at her before walking out of her room.

"Not staying for dinner, Jackson?"

"Nah, I gotta get going." he proceeded to the door. "Bye, Gloria."

"Bye, bye." she waved, then after he left, she turned off the TV, got up, and went into the kitchen to finish making dinner.

A/N: Alrighty, peeps. Yes, I've been lacking on my updating as of late. Apologies. I've been reading back on some of my old stories and I feel that they'll be going nowhere, but some I WILL update and I'll possibly be putting up new ones. Maybe the first one very soon, but we'll see how things play out.

Can you believe that this is the LAST freaking season of SOA? I really, really, REALLY don't want it to end. EVER. I know that it has to, but still. Every episode I watch, my anxiety gets higher and higher. Eh, I don't care though, because this is the BEST SHOW EVER. Well, I hope you all enjoy this filler chapter. More is coming soon. Thanks a bunch and don't forget to R&R.

Have a safe and Happy Halloween.