The must anticipated chapter! Will velvet have a boy or a girl? Or better yet, what's the NAME? read on and fine out, my lovelies!
Nagiana
Three months later . . .
Velvet's first contraction came on a gloriously sunny and warm May day, exactly three weeks before her scheduled due date, when she was in the middle of making another berry pie for her baby shower that Gemma and Clay was putting on at their house.
Velvet's first reaction had been one of shocking fear, in which case her heart immediately began pounding frantically in her chest. She had never given birth before, this was her first child, and she didn't know what to do. Gemma and Lila weren't answering their phones, and her water had just broken. Thank God that Jax had been there at home with her in order to drive her to the hospital.
Despite the quickness of the delivery (which was only a mere two hours), the birth itself had been a difficult one. Reid Thomas Teller had been big for his age, all of eight pounds and six ounces, with a head full of wavy black hair and the most deep blue eyes ever before seen on a baby, that even the nurses fawned over how handsome he was. Velvet wasn't allowed a epidurals, for it would not have had time to set in before the actual delivery occurred (which Velvet begged to differ), so Velvet had been forced to do it 'Eve's Way', as Gemma so artistically put it. Velvet realized afterwards, as she gazed sleepily at an adoring Jax fawning over his newborn son in the armchair opposite her and the hospital bed, that she didn't mind in the least.
"Look at him! Look at my handsome baby boy! Mark my words, Vel, he's going to be a lady killer! But hopefully not literally!" Jax cooed as he held his newborn son in his arms, still pink-skinned and soft from the womb. He spoke the last sentence in a comical baby voice that had Velvet laughing from over at her spot laying in the hospital bed. A grin was playing out on her face at watching her fiancé fawn over their child. She shook her head playfully when he became puppy-like excited just by every movement the baby made.
"Velvet seriously! I mean look at . . ." He trailed off and gazed at Velvet, who smiled kindly at her him.
"I thought we discussed this Jax! Reid. We would name him Reid Thomas Teller. Reid, because I like the name, and Thomas, after your older brother." Reid smiled and laughed a little as he went back to fawning over his newborn son.
"That's right. Reid. Such a strong name for such a strong little boy." He walked over to Velvet, where he sat down on the bed next to her. Velvet smiled at the newborn as she put a hand on Jax's forearm. He glanced at her, grinning mischievously.
"Was it well worth the painful last three months?" He asked her and she nodded and smiled. The last three months of her pregnancy was wrought with nothing but annoyingly painful back aches, morning sickness and frustratingly swollen ankles. But since Reid was born eight pounds and six ounces, she discovered that all that baby weight, had been, well, Reid! She only gained six pounds during her whole pregnancy, and was looking forward to not hitting the gym.
"It, he, was well worth the painful last three months, Jax." She agreed with him quietly. He smiled as he got up and walked back over to the cart, where he gently set his down amid the cheap hospital blankets. Reid let out a huge yawn and closed his eyes, where he promptly fell asleep. Jax grinned and laughed a little as he leaned down and kissed him lovingly on the forehead. He went back to the bed and collapsed on the side, rubbing his face with his hands. He was exhausted after the previous few days's hectic activities, and so was Velvet, more-so than everyone else.
He just couldn't stress enough on how thankful he was that Reid had been born healthy, unlike Abel. He couldn't imagine himself going through the same torment and pain again.
Velvet put her hand on his chest and smiled as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "Does this mean that I still can't lean on you?" She asked him and he smiled some as he leaned on one arm above her and kissed her lovingly. He broke apart, their lips inches from each other's.
"You can always lean on me, Vel." He whispered and she smiled as she kissed him, her hands going to his neck. They were interrupted, however, by childish squeals of delight as Lila and Gemma came trotting into their bedroom, grins on their faces.
"Oh my God, congrads!" Lila and Gemma squealed as they moved over to Velvet and Jax, hugging them and kissing them on the cheeks. Jax and Velvet grinned at the excited women, and rolled their eyes at each other.
"Where is he? Where is my grandson?" Gemma demanded good-naturedly, playfully putting her hands on her hips, and Jax grinned wider as he stood and walked over to Reid, where he picked him up. Reid struggled a little, complaining at how he had been picked up so quickly after being set down again, and walked over to Gemma, where he slid him into her arms. Gemma and Lila gasped at how handsome the little boy was, and Gemma smiled a watery smile at her son.
"What his name?"
"Reid Thomas Teller." Velvet answered her, and Gemma sniffed and Lila 'aww'd' as they continued to gaze down at Reid being gently bounced in Gemma's arms.
"Jax, Velvet, he's gorgeous . . ." Lila fawned, grinning, and Jax grinned and rolled his eyes as he crossed his arms in front of his chest and leaned up aganist the nearby wall.
"Yeah, we've been gettin' that for the last few days now. Nurses, doctors, Crows . . . they've all been fawning over how handsome Reid is." Gemma nodded.
"And rightly too! Of course, I should've known that you two would make gorgeous children." Velvet grinned and laughed a little as Gemma turned her eye s onto Jax. "Opie and Juice wanted to see you down the hall. The last time I checked, Juice was flirting with a redheaded nurse, so you know, they might still be there, depending if Juice got her number." Jax grinned and nodded as he pushed himself off of the wall.
"Okay, I guess I'll go see what they want. You want anything, babe?" He asked Velvet as he moved over to her and pecked her on the lips. She shook her head and smiled.
"Nope. Just that you come back." Jax grinned.
"I ain't goin' no where babe. I'll be back in two shakes of a lamb's tail." The three women grinned at the Pulp Fiction line, and Jax left the hospital room, a saunter to his step and a cocky grin on his face. Right now, he had the world in his hand. He had a women he loved with all his heart, a son that was healthy as an ox, handsome as a Greek God and was no shrimpy thing either. He couldn't imagine how anything could put a damper on his week, until he saw him. He was standing by the coke machine, an Ozzy Osborne tour shirt on and his hair as dirty blonde as could be. When he turned around, a coke in his hands, Jax immediately recognized the dirty blonde stubble and cocky blue eyes.
Kurt Darby.
Jax froze for a moment but then continued on, not caring what Kurt said, or even if he would even notice him. Jax had shitty luck, however, for Kurt grinned maliciously when he saw him.
"Well even if it isn't my good buddy, Jax Teller! How's Velvet and the little bambino doing?"
