--Three--

It was around six fifty pm when Jax finally woke up. He looked over at Roxanne, who was still sound asleep. He pushed her light brown hair away from her face, then tapped her on the arm.

"Rox, wake up."

"No." she mumbled.

"Come on… there is somewhere we have to be."

She opened her eyes, groaned, and mumbled "Fine… fine. I'm up. I'm up."

Jax stood on his feet then helped Roxanne, and said "Ready?"

"Um… sure, I guess it looks like I don't have a choice."

Jax laughed and said "Nope." he grabbed her hand. "Come on." They went outside, got on his bike, and Jax rode over to Gemma's.

When they pulled up, Roxanne noticed all the motorcycles in the drive way. She didn't know what was going on. Jax was holding her hand as they walked inside.

"Surprise! Welcome home, Roxy!!" Everyone yelled.

"Thanks, you guys!" she had a cheesy smile. She walked over to Gemma. "Kaitlin?"

"She's in the back room… nobody seen her yet."

Roxanne nodded then pulled Jax with her. They walked into the room, Kaitlin was watching TV.

"Katie." Roxanne said as she sat down on the bed, then Jax sat next to her. "Come here for a sec."

Kaitlin un-glued herself from the TV and said "Yeah, Mommy?" she walked over to her.

"Baby girl… this is your Daddy… Jax, this is your daughter, Kaitlin."

Both Kaitlin and Jax were staring at each other intently. Kaitlin looked at her mom, then back at Jax. She held her arms out and gave Jax a hug. Jax held onto her like he didn't want to let her go.

After they broke from their hug, Jax said "Kaitlin… would you like to meet the rest of your family?" she nodded, then picked her up in his arms. He laced his fingers with Roxanne's and they walked out of the room, into the living room.

"Everyone, can I have your attention!" he yelled, all of them, except for Gemma was looking at Jax all confused as to why he was carrying a little girl in his arms. "I would like all of you to meet… my daughter, Kaitlin."

"You have a daughter?" asked Tig.

"Yeah, I was surprised too." Jax laughed.

Clay walked over and said "Hey, Little Bit… I'm your grandpa, Clay."

"Hi." Kaitlin said in a soft voice.

"Don't scare the poor girl." Gemma joked, then Kaitlin buried her face into the crook of Jax's neck.

"She's beautiful." said Bobby.

"Thanks." said Roxanne as she was grabbing a beer.

"Let's celebrate my goddaughter and granddaughters homecoming!" yelled Clay.

As the night went on, Roxanne would be talking to the guys, catching up. Kaitlin was attached to Jax, she never once left his side. Then around nine forty five, he put her to sleep.

It was around ten thirty, most of the guys went back to the clubhouse. As Gemma was cleaning, she said "How bout you two go out for a little while… I'll keep an eye on Kaitlin."

"Are you sure?" asked Roxanne.

"Yeah." Gemma nodded.

A few minutes later, Jax and Roxanne got on Jax's motorcycle and he rode off. He decided he wanted to go back to their tree, by the lake. When they got there, Roxanne got off the bike and sat down in the same spot she was in earlier that day.

"What are you thinking about, Rox?" Jax asked as he sat down next to her.

"Lot's of things."

"Like?"

"Well… I was wondering if it was the right choice to come back."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know… I just don't want to get hurt again."

"Rox… I am not going to hurt you."

"Let's hope not." she looked away at the water.

"The whole time you were gone, I always wondered what you were doing or if you were okay… I really missed you."

She looked back at him and said "I missed you too, Jax." she looked down.

"Rox… if I could turn back time I would and take back what I did to hurt you. After Tara told me that you slept with Hale, I just lost it."

She snapped her head back up and yelled "What?!? She told you I did what?!"

"She said that she saw you sleeping with Hale."

"And you didn't even come to me? You assumed it was true? Then you had to go behind my back and sleep with her?" he nodded. "She's a fuckin' liar, Jax. I never slept with him… I can't believe you didn't even trust me. Jax, I loved you with all my heart." she had a few tears rolling down her cheeks. "you were 'it' for me and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you… Why would I throw all that away? For someone like Hale? Come on, Jax."

He reached over and wiped her tears away with his thumb and said "I'm sorry, I didn't talk to you first. Had I known all of this… you probably never would have left me and I never would have slept with Tara." she looked away.

"Well… all that is in the past and I didn't come back to get my heart broken again."

"It won't get broken."

"So… are you and Tara back together?"

"No, not since she left for Chicago. But, she's been trying to come back into my life thru Abel."

"What do you mean?"

"She's the doctor on his case… but I have too much going on in my life right now. I got the club, Abel, and now you and Kaitlin."

"Oh."

"We should take Kaitlin to go see her little brother."

Roxanne smiled and said "She'd like that." she looked up and met Jax's eyes, he grabbed her hand.

"I never stopped loving you."

"Really?" he nodded. "Well, no matter how much you hurt me in the past… I never stopped loving you either."

Jax smiled and scooted closer to her, grabbed her left hand, looking down at her 'Jax' tattoo. Smiled. Then he looked back into her eyes, leaned in closer to her and kissed her on the lips.

After five minutes of making out, he rested his forehead on hers and said "I am so sorry, I hurt you."

"It's okay, Jax… you are forgiven."

"Please don't ever leave me again."

"I won't."

He gave her another kiss, then said "Let's get you back to Gemma's."

She nodded and said "Okay."

Jax got up on his feet, then he tried to help Roxanne up. She lost her footing, making both of them fall, with her landing on top of him.

Jax was laughing and she said "Sorry, it's a little dark out here and I am a little clumsy."

"A little? Well… now there's the Rox I remember."

She poked him in his chest and said "Look here Mister… I am not that bad anymore."

"Who are you trying to convince? Me or you? You trip over your own two feet… it's always bound to happen with you."

"Ha-ha… very funny." she stood up by herself. Jax got up on his own, and kept laughing.

"Come on." Jax grabbed her hand, helping her get on the motorcycle, then he got on, and rode off to Gemma's.

When they got there, she got off the bike, and said "So, I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yep… I'll be here in the morning."

She nodded and said "Okay."

He grabbed her hand, pulling her closer to him, and kissing her on the lips.

"I'm really glad you are back… I've been lost without you."

"Me too, Jax… well goodnight."

"Goodnight." then Jax waited till Roxanne got safely in the house and he took off to the clubhouse. He went to his room and laid down. All that was going thru his mind was Abel, Kaitlin, and Roxanne, then he fell asleep.