Hey Guys
I've been watching Season 3 lately so some of this chapter is based on what happened there and the thing's Jax promised Abel.
Enjoy!
Abel's POV
It was after midnight when I got home, Mum and Dad were staying at the hospital the night with Tommy, and Becky was staying at Grandma Gemma's so the house was empty, I climbed the stairs and went into my room collapsing on my bed I lay on my back staring at the ceiling for a few seconds when my phone buzzed it was a message telling me to check my voicemail I pressed the button and heard Jayde's voice on the other end
"Hey Abel it's Jayde I was just calling to see how Thomas was, Call me when you get this beeep" I hit the call back option when the automatic machine kicked in hoping she was still up it rang three times before she answered
"Hello?"
"Hey Jayde it's Abel" I said
"oh hey, how's Thomas doing?" Jayde said her voice sounding full of concern
"He has a punctured lung and broke one rib, fractured another and is a little busted up" I said and I could hear the tiredness in my own voice
"Oh my god. But he's going to be okay right?" She asked I could hear the emotion in her voice
"Yeah he's going to be fine, doctors said he should make a full recovery"
"And how about you? Are you going to be okay Abel?" She asked the question caught me off guard and I didn't know how to answer,
"Abel?" Jayde asked after I had been silent for too long
"Yeah, I'm here sorry I just it's all a bit much you know? And its so quiet here it's strange not hearing my family moving around doing their shit." I answered
"Your home alone? Abel is that really safe?" Jayde asked her voice going up a notch with worry, I smiled at her concern truth is I hadn't really thought of my own safety
"Don't worry about me Darlin' I can take care of myself" I said putting up a façade to ease her worry
"I think I should come over," Jayde replied, I was liking that idea right now, not because she offered any protection but I'm sure she could offer some comfort
"Jayde really it's fine, It's late and you've got school tomorrow" I said trying not to be to convincing
"Forget school, you need me more"
"Jayde I-"
"Abel come on let me take care of you, Your brother was attacked tonight" Jayde continued
"Do you know what happened?" I asked not sure how much she knew or how much I could tell her
"Your Grandma explained it somewhat, but we can talk about this when I see you in ten, text me your address," Jayde rushed out and before I could protest or ask anything else she hung up I sighed this girl will be the death of me, I texted through my number and went to take a shower before she came.
Jax POV
Tara and I shared the lazyboy beside Thomas' bed Tara was cuddled against my chest sitting with her legs draped across my legs it reminded me of when we were in high school I had been watching her as she stared passed me at Thomas's sleeping body and by her frown I could tell what was coming next,
"Jax?" she whispered
"Yeah babe?" I whispered back as she turned to look at me
"I've been thinking about what happened to Tommy and how I could protect him, So that this won't happen again" I opened my mouth to protest that it would happen again, that the club could protect him when she cut me off "No, just listen Jax I know you think that we can protect him and Abel and Rebekah from all this but we can't Jax we've tried. Abel got taken to Belfast and now Thomas was almost killed and he was stolen from the very clubhouse that we think can protect them, Jax I want them to go to boarding school both of them Tommy's school has an older brother school in the city all we'd have to do is transfer him as soon as he's well enough I want him to go and I'm sure we could arrange for Abel to join him, It won't be forever it'll just be for now just until things blow over here" Tara said clearly and I could tell she had been thinking about this before Thomas' attack
"No, Tara I don't like this." I said I agreed with her Thomas should go but Abel? He belonged here "Thomas should go. He'll like it he asked us about boarding school before but Abel? No way Tara I promised that kid when we were in Belfast that I would never let anyone take him from me ever again and I meant it then and I mean it now. Abel has the club and he can take care of himself" I said remembering back to the docks in Belfast when I finally got Abel back in my arms
"How Jackson? Because you gave him a gun? Look at the life your letting him walk into he's 17-years-old and has to carry a gun for protection, is this what you want for him? This life, You want him to be the next Happy Or god forbid Tig?, because you better learn to let him go now or you'll have to let him go forever when they take away his body in a coffin" Tara said getting up and whispering to me in harsh angry whispers,
"What I want for him Tara is to be a part of something with meaning, I want him in the club so that he never has to be alone or afraid because he knows he's brothers have his back and I'd choose the same thing for Thomas if he'd let me," I said back with just as much force
"Let you? Jax you've been pushing him away since he become old enough to choose something that wasn't a Harley and a cut."
"You think I've been pushing him away? Tara I've been giving him what he wants. He wants out. He's so completely good and wants something more in this life and he deserves it, I love him so much and if I pull him to close I'm scared I'll taint that goodness that pureness inside him and he'll become hard, that he won't want all the things that he does" I said finally admitting my biggest fear when it came to Thomas, and just because I wanted that for Thomas doesn't mean I love Abel any less I just knew my sons and know what they need, Tara's angry façade faded and she sighed and sat back on my lap and cuddled back into me
"Don't ever be afraid of that Jackson you're not poison, you're his father." Tara said and placed a kiss on my chest.
Author's Note
I know I said we'd see some Jayde in this chapter but you'll just have to wait one more as I cannot be bothered adding any more to this one tonight
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