--One--
Roxanne drove her SUV into a gas station. She sat there for twenty minutes trying to figure out what she wanted to do first. She grabbed her cell phone and pushed speed dial number four and waited for someone to pick up the phone.
"Hello?" someone said on the other line.
"Gemma?" Roxanne said softly.
"This is she."
"Hey, Gemma… it's me, Roxanne." there was a ten seconds of silence.
"Roxanne? As in Roxanne Drake?"
"Yes, Gemma."
"Holy shit! How are you doing girl?"
"Good and you?"
"Hanging in there… working at the shop."
"Cool… could you meet me somewhere?"
"Where?"
"I'm in town."
"Really?!?!" Gemma yelled in excitement.
"Yeah, I got in like a half an hour ago. We can meet at the Denny's and could you not tell anyone yet, that I am here?"
"I won't baby… I'll see you in a few."
"Thanks Godmother."
"No problem, Sweetie." then Roxanne hung up her phone and drove to the Denny's.
Roxanne parked her car in the parking spot and got out waiting for Gemma to get there. When she did, five minutes later, she got out and gave Roxanne a hug.
"You look gorgeous… just like your mom."
"Thanks, Gemma… you look great too."
"So, are we going in to eat?" asked Gemma.
"Um… first, I have something to show you."
"Okay." Gemma looked a little worried because she didn't know what to expect.
Roxanne opened the car door to reveal sleeping Kaitlin in her booster seat. Gemma's jaw dropped, she was speechless for ten seconds.
"Wow… she looks exactly like Jax."
Roxanne nodded and said "Yeah… I didn't know I was pregnant till a month after I took off from here. Then when I did find out I was twelve weeks."
"You know… that was Jax's biggest mistake ever. I always thought you two would end up together… not that other bitch."
"I thought the same thing." Roxanne said trying to get Kaitlin out of the car without waking her up.
"Let's go inside." said Gemma.
Roxanne nodded then shut the car door, carrying Kaitlin in. Gemma requested a booth, then both of them sat down.
"Wow… this girl is heavy, I remember when she was a baby and light." Roxanne laughed.
"So… what is my granddaughter's name?"
"I named her Kaitlin Rose Teller… after mom and your tattoo."
"Awe… it's adorable. It fits her… what if you had a boy?"
"I don't know… I never thought of a boy name since I found out I was having a girl."
"Well… I like her name." Gemma smiled.
"So… how is Jax doing?"
Gemma rolled her eyes and said "Making more bad decisions… his druggie ex-wife was pregnant, did some crank, delivered pre-maturely, and now my grandson Abel is fighting for his life."
"I'm sorry to hear that."
"Abel is strong. I believe he is going to pull thru this."
Roxanne nodded and said "I hope so."
"Yeah, we all have faith he will."
"Yeah… so, how's my godfather?"
"He's good… I think right after you left, I married Clay."
"Congrats, Gemma… that's cool. My godmother and godfather got married."
"I bet he is going to be happy to see you."
A few minutes later, Kaitlin's eyes started to flutter, she woke up, and looked around.
"Mommy?"
"Hey… baby girl."
"Where are we?"
"At Denny's… Katie, I would like you to meet your--"
Gemma cut her off and said "I'm your grandma Gemma."
Kaitlin did a nervous wave and said "Hello."
They sat and talked for another hour, then Roxanne followed Gemma to her house. Her and Kaitlin got out of the car and followed her inside, to the guest room.
"You two can stay here till you get settled in."
"Thank you, Gemma."
"No problem." Gemma smiled.
Kaitlin was laying on the bed taking a nap, when Gemma and Roxanne were in the kitchen talking.
"Wow… driving thru here, I can't believe how much I missed this place." Roxanne said taking a sip of her beer.
"Yeah, it's changed a little bit. Do you remember Sheriff Unser?"
"Yeah."
"Yup… he's still here, plus there is Deputy Hale."
"Hale? He turned into a cop?"
Gemma laughed and said "Yeah… he wants to try and clean up Charming… whatever that means."
"Man… Sometimes I wonder if I should have stayed."
"I can understand why you left… Jax broke your heart. But, who knows… maybe the both of you can patch things up and start over."
"We'll see… I mean, no matter how much he has hurt me… I never stopped loving him."
"I think he still loves you as well."
Roxanne smiled, then they heard the front door shut.
"Ma!" Roxanne knew that voice, she froze.
"In here, Jax!" yelled Gemma
As he walked in the kitchen, he said "Hey… I--" then he stopped in his tracks when he saw who Gemma was talking to. His jaw dropped to the floor, he couldn't even talk.
"After all this time… I still take your breath away?" Roxanne joked, making Gemma laugh.
"Hey, Jax… you remember Roxanne Drake… right?" Gemma smirked and all Jax did was nod, still not talking, mostly shocked that she was even here.
"Well… it is nice to see you too, Jax." She smiled at him.
After a minute, he finally spoke "Wh… what are you doing here?"
"Well… I felt I needed to come back."
He nervously ran his fingers thru his shoulder length hair and said "I thought… you were never coming back."
"I know… but I had to."
"How bout you two go somewhere and talk… I'll take care of things here." Gemma winked at Roxanne.
Jax kind of hesitated, then said "Come on." Roxanne followed Jax outside to his motorcycle.
"You do remember how to ride?" he said getting on his bike, then putting on his helmet.
"Yeah, Jax… I remember." she got on behind him, wrapped her arms around his waist.
He missed the feeling of her holding him, then he turned on the motorcycle, he rode off. She wasn't even gonna ask him where he was going, she just enjoyed the ride.
