Being a Son
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Chapter 5: Finally Catching a Break

It had been a big week for everyone. Gemma was leaving the office in the afternoons to Edie so she could spend more time with Abel. Tig and Edie had been getting into a lot of heavy petting- more than they ever did before. She kept insisting she was ready, but he kept saying no. He wanted to wait until she saw the doctor. Each time he stopped her from putting his hands down her pants, she got more cranky. He hoped to God that she would get the okay soon or his life was going to be hell.

"Hey baby," Tig said softly, shaking Edie awake.

She stuck her head up and turned it to him. He smiled at her sleep mussed, hair covered face. "Huh?"

"I'm leaving, babe."

She nodded, "Kay. I'll be by in a few hours."

After Tig left, Edie got dressed and ready for the day. She wore shorts and sandals even though it was getting a little chilly. She was seeing the gynecologist today and knew she was going to have to be subjected to an internal exam. She wanted something easy to take off and put on.

Edie jumped into her Jeep, still getting excited about it, even after a week. She always got a kick outta the 'tough' guys on the streets double checking her in her giant tank. It was icing on the cake that the car had GPS. She knew where the hospital was, but the gynecologist was on a separate campus.

She was reluctant to give her keys to the valet and only handed them over after she made him swear up and down that nothing would happen to her baby. The waiting room was full of women in different stages of pregnancy making Edie feel really out of place.

"Hi, Edith Walker to see Dr. Saunders." She didn't have to wait long before she was led into a back exam room. The cold metal of the drawers under the exam table were cold against her bare legs.

The nurse took her temp, blood pressure, pulse, etc. "Dr. Saunders should be in with you shortly." It was five minutes when Edie heard a knock on the door. It opened to reveal a young woman, mid thirties with light brown hair and fashionable glasses. She stuck her hand out to Edie, "Hello Edith. I'm Dr. Saunders."

Edie shook her hand and said "Please call me Edie."

"Alright, just let me log into your chart here... Now you're here about an internal exam and the possibility of conception, is that right?"

"Yes."

"In the notes it says you told the receptionist that there are special circumstances about your exam today. Why don't you tell me about it?" Dr. Saunders turned from the computer screen and gave her full attention to Edie.

Having the doctor's undivided attention made Edie extremely uncomfortable. She thought about just not telling her, but she was here for Tig. She would put aside any discomfort for him. "Two years ago I was kidnapped. They, umm..." Edie took a deep breath, "they raped me about every month. I had a miscarriage about three months after my abduction and they put me on birth control. I- I want to make sure there isn't any lasting damage. I've been reunited with my fiance and he wanted me to be checked before we were intimate."

Dr. Saunders took a minute to process the information Edie gave her. "Well, we'll definitely do an internal exam. I see here that you were tested for STDs and that your previous physician did a pelvic exam. Today's will just be a check up then. When were you reunited with your family?"

"About a week and a half ago."

"And you've been off the birth control since then?" Edie nodded. "Have you started your period yet?"

"I started spotting this morning."

"Okay, that's good. I can still do an exam if you're just spotting. It's not a light flow?"

"No, just discharge."

"Alright. Well, I'm going to step out. Here is a gown," the doctor said, reaching into a cupboard, "just slip off your shorts and panties and I'll be back in a few minutes."

Edie did as she was asked. Sure enough, a couple minutes later the doctor returned. After ten very uncomfortable minutes, Dr. Saunders pulled back and snapped off her gloves. "Alright, you can put your pants back on and I'll be back in a couple of minutes to discuss everything."

The quiet rumble of a Corvette made Tig turn his head. All morning he had been working, smoking, drinking, trying to distract himself from the fact that Edie wasn't there. Not having her around was like having a missing limb. They'd been spending so much time together that he had gotten used to thinking of something that would make her laugh or smile and just having to turn around and tell her. When she wasn't around, he would think of something funny and turn to the office only to see the prospect in the desk chair. Edie said she was going to be getting there late, but having her deviate from the normal schedule made him nervous.

He went back to work on the Harley on the lift. Five minutes later, the sound of a car pulling in made him turn his head again. It was Edie.

"Thank god! Finally! If I had to watch you for too much longer, I was going to blow your fuckin' skull in!" Chibs shouted from the next bay over.

Tig wiped his hands, his cigarette perched between his lips, while he watched Edie make her way out of the giant vehicle. He'd never tell her but part of the reason he made her get such a tall car was so he could watch her ass as she climbed in and out of it.

Edie smiled up at him when she reached him. "Hey babe!"

Tig took the cigarette out of his mouth and blew the smoke away from her face. He leaned down and planted a kiss on her lips. "Hey doll. What took you so long?"

"I'll tell you tonight." As Edie went into the office, Clay came out of the clubhouse.

"Tig, Chibs! Let's go!" he called.

"Where're we goin' brother?" Tig asked.

"We're gonna pay a little visit to Laroy."

"Hey baby doll, how'd the doctor go?" Gemma asked, entering the office. She had Abel in his carrier at her side.

"Okay. I'm gonna talk to Tig tonight at home. What brings you here?" Edie bent down and picked Abel out of his seat, snuggling him to her with his head tucked under her chin.

"Just wanted to come by. Things get a little boring around the house. Abel's nothing like his father was- he's too well behaved for a baby."

"Yeah, well, that won't last long."

"Knock, knock?" Both Gemma and Edie turned to the doorway. There was a woman that looked vaguely familiar to Edie.

"Cass?" Gemma grabbed the woman in a hug. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"Well, I heard all the trouble you've been having down here, and I got worried after our last talk. So I decided to come down and see how I could help."

"Have you talked to him?" Gemma got a concerned look on her face.

"He sent me away, Gemma, I never wanted to leave. He cut me loose. He's got no claim over me. I'm just a friend of the club's now. Just your friend."

"Yeah, well good luck trying to get him to see it that way."

The woman, Cass, looked at Edie. "This can't be little Edie Walker, can it?" Edie gave a slight nod. "Oh, sweetie, it's good to see you." She hugged Edie, giving the young woman a whiff of her perfume. Then it clicked. Cassidy Mortimer. Edie remembered her from the club parties that she used to lure Tig away from.

"It's good to see you too, Cass." Edie said with a smile. Edie had always like Cassidy. She had always been sweet and motherly, with a kind of gentleness that Gemma seemed to lack. Both women were fierce in their protectiveness, but while Gemma would spring on any stranger, Cassidy exercised a little more restraint.

That night the clubhouse was pretty empty. Just Edie, Gemma, and Cassidy with Abel, and the rest of the Charming crew with a few nomads that had trickled in. Edie hadn't let go of Abel all day. She cooed over him, talking to him, just mothering him. Gemma really hoped that she would be able to have her own someday.

Only Gemma took notice when the men stomped into the clubhouse. Clay, of course, was first, followed by Tig and Chibs. Chibs headed straight to the bar while Clay made his way to Gemma, giving her a kiss.

Tig was still standing near the door, just watching Edie with Abel. He was asleep in her arms and she was smiling, her lips on his head as she took in his powdery baby smell. More than anything Tig wanted to give her a baby, but after everything that happened to her, would that still be possible?

"Alright sweetheart. You're gonna have to hand that baby over. We're leaving." Edie reluctantly placed Abel in his carrier, taking care not to wake him up. She was so focussed on watching Jax say goodbye to his mother, stepfather, and son that she didn't hear Tig behind her.

He wrapped an arm around her, pulling her back against his chest. "Let's go home, baby. It's gettin' late."

Edie followed him home in her car and parked to his right in the driveway. He opened her door and helped her down. He led her into their bedroom where they both got ready for bed and crawled under the blankets, entering their own little world again.

"I went to the doctor today. That's why I was so late getting to the shop."

Tig took a deep breath and let it go, preparing for the news.

"She did an internal exam. I have some scarring down there. And I got the results from the STD tests Tara did. All negative. She said that I'll be ready for sex in about three weeks after another check up."

Tig pulled her into him and wrapped himself around her. He suspected the worst. That she had doted over Abel because he was the closest thing she would ever get to having a baby of her own. With Tig's record, there was no way they would ever allow them to adopt. And what surrogate in her right mind would choose them as parents? "What else did she say baby?"

Edie looked up into his eyes and smiled. "She said that I would need to be monitored closely, but with good care, there's no reason we wouldn't be able to have babies."

Tig let out a loud whoop and squeezed her hard to him. He started laughing and planting kisses all over her face. His reaction caused her to laugh right along with him. "Oh baby, you've got no idea how happy that makes me." He kissed his way down her body to her belly and pressed his face into her flesh. "You're gonna have my babies. They're gonna be in there," he said in disbelief. He pressed his hand to her tummy and leaned up, kissing her more passionately than ever before, which said something considering the depth of his kisses in the last week.

Edie cupped his face, "I'm gonna have your babies. We're gonna get married and have babies, and grow old together. You're gonna teach them to ride their bikes and later, ride their motorcycles. And I'll teach them not to mind you when you're nuts." Tig laughed and kissed her again.

The Morrows had just left, followed by the Tragers. Most of the men had cleared out with women hanging off of them. Jax, Juice, and Piney were playing poker. Chibs turned from the bar where he was chatting up a croweater. What he saw almost made him drop his drink. There she was, talking with a few girls on a couch, beer in her hand.

He slammed his glass on the bar and stomped over to her. She looked up at him and said softly, "Hey Filip." He couldn't see straight. He didn't know what made him more angry- the fact that she was there or that she didn't seem the least bit sheepish that she had disobeyed him. He reached down, grabbing her arm and yanked her across the clubhouse and down the hall. Chibs threw her into his dorm, slamming the door behind him. "What the fuck are you doing here?"

Cassidy just stood there calmly, looking down at her shoes. She looked up at him, "I'm just here to help, Filip. I'm here to help my friend. I know you don't want to see me again, but I swear, I'm not here to fuck things up between you and Fiona. I just want to help."

"I sent you away to keep you safe! You didn't listen to me! Do you know what would happen if-" he cut himself off and turned away. He ran his hands through his hair roughly. He turned back, "You hear what happend to Edie?" Cassidy nodded. "Do you know how sick I am every day when I think that could have happened to you?"

Cassidy shook her head. "You made sure I never knew, Filip."

"I sent you away to protect you from Jimmy O. He had his eye on you just like Fiona. He was going to let me have Fiona in exchange for you. But he was going to keep Kerianne. He wanted younger girls, he-" Chibs looked down at the floor, then looked back up. "Do you really want to know why I sent you away?"

"To keep me safe, as you told me over and over again."

"Yes, but from what?"

"From getting hurt by seeing you with Fiona. From becoming Jimmy O's next tool against you."

"From becoming his whore. He wanted to give me Fiona and take you. What we didn't know was that he wanted to get rid of Fiona because she's kept him from renting out my little girl! I sent you to Tacoma to keep you out of his sight, to make him forget about you. To allow Fiona to keep him in line. I did it to protect the women I love."

"Why didn't you come get me when it was over? When Jimmy left? You just let me think that you and Fiona had come back together as one big happy family, and poor Cassidy, left out in the cold again!"

"Yeah, well it wasn't a secret that you were getting hot and heavy with Happy up there, was it?"

"Is that what you think? The rumors? You honestly believed them? You know the shit that flies around the SOA!"

"Tell me it wasn't true! Tell me that while I was keeping you from being a two-bit whore, you weren't fucking him blind in Tacoma!"

Cassidy stormed to him and got in his face, "I never fucked Happy. He's my cousin, dipshit. He let me stay in his dorm while he rode the couch when I was too fucked up to drive home after a night of drinking and crying about your stupid ass. That's what happened in Tacoma."

Both she and Chibs were breathing heavily. They took a minute to digest each other's information and calm down.

"Truth?" Cassidy asked.

"Truth."

She grabbed his face and kissed him. She pulled away, "I missed you so fucking bad, you asshole."

Chibs kissed her deeply. "Truth?" he asked, pulling away.

"Truth."

"It's always been you, Cass. Always fuckin' you." The kissed again and back up to the bed, falling on it.

A/N: So this one didn't end with Tig and Edie. I love Chibs too, Tommy Flanagan is delicious, so I wanted to do a story about him as well. I thought instead of writing two separate stories, I should just combine them. Let me know what you think! Reviews are an author's fuel.