Chapter 10
This pregnancy was going by fast, Logan could barely keep tabs on the time. It had already been nearly 5 weeks since she returned to Jax, and things were never better.
She spent her time at work, avoiding the SAMCRO article at all costs. When she wasn't there, she was at the clubhouse hanging out with Jax, and when he wasn't there, Gemma was her bestfriend; she followed her around like an Old Lady in training, seeing just what Gemma did daily and dealt with. They talked about the second baby, and how ready everyone was for another grandchild and little one to join the club.
Logans stomach and ass were growing at such quick rates, she couldn't wear any pants expect for leggings and sweats; the news had broken at her office, and her boss agreed to let her slide past the dress-code when she needed, not just on the casual Fridays.
She had done a damn good job at hiding who the father of her baby was, knowing if Mr. Antonelli got that information it was done and over with, she would lose her job over night refusing to do that report.
It may have been October, but Logans temperature was higher than she could handle; women weren't kidding when they said carrrying an entire human was hard work and made you hotter then Satans ball sack.
She stood in the office with Gemma while she finished up paperwork, her hair in a bun and the sleeves of her flannel rolled up.
"Alright, sweetie." Gemma told the customer, handing her the recipets. "They'll pull it up front for you, it'll be all ready to go."
The customer left with a smile, and Gemma locked the door behind her, looking at her watch.
"What time is your appointment? It's almost 3:30."
Logan grabbed her purse. "We better get going then." she looked at her phone, still nothing from Jax. "I'm glad you could come with me. I wish Jax wasn't so busy all the time, it'd be nice for him to be able to make it." But that probably wasn't going to happen. She stopped asking questions when she saw how much money came in and how much he had to wrk, out-lawing or not; he worked long and hard, and she didn't need to know anymore.
The two woman made their way to Gemmas Escalde, and they were off to Logans first ultrasound appointment.
Her last two OB appointments went well, a strong healthy heartbeat of 167 and 172, they just wanted an ultrasound to see exactly how far along she was. Logan was filled with anxiety and anticipation over seeing her baby for the first time. Being pregnant this time it felt like a blessing, unlike the first, that felt like a curse.
The ultrasound room was dim, and covered with pictures of babies and friendly animals, all printed in pink and blue. She layed on the table with her shirt up, her bare tummy showing. Gemma sat close to her in the chair. The ultrasound tech got a few things set up before coming over to the Logan.
"This is gonna be fairly cold." she told her, squirting sonography jelly onto her tan skin. She used the ultrasound wand to rub it all around before stopping on a spot to start getting pictures of the baby.
"Well, oh my." The techs words startled Logan and Gemma both, looking at the screen.
"Is everything okay?" Logan asked, worried about her and Jaxs unborn child.
"Oh, yes! Everythings fine, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to worry you." She moved the tool a bit, givng the two a clear shot of the baby.
Logan couldn't believe her eyes; it looked like an actual baby: a perfect little head and face, two perfect arms and legs with ten perfect little fingers and toes.
"You're just two weeks further than your doctors expected. From the measurements I'm getting you're almost 19 weeks already." She moved the tool around as the mother and grandmother watched in amazment at the little one moving around, bringing his or her hand to its mouth, sucking a thumb in.
"Oh, Gem." Logan said, smiling, looking at the beautiful life she and Jax had created. "We have a thumb sucker already."
"Were you interested in knowing the gender?" the tech asked as the baby began to open up its legs.
"Not yet." Logan told her. "My doctors gave me the paper to schedule my gender ultrasound, we were planning on a reveal party." She looked at a smiling Gemma, who had this party planned out and ready for the day she got the paper that her the gender of her second grandchild written on it.
"Okay, well," she sat the tool down, taking her gloves off. "I'm gonna go talk to the office, if they'll let me do everything with the gender scan now, it'll save you a trip and a charge to your insurance."
"I can't believe it already looks like a baby." She was so astonished by it, it was like pure magic.
"You just remember, that baby has to come out of a pinhole." Gemma joked to her.
And, the magic was gone. Logan didn't even want to think about labor. She had to watch a live birth in college in her Anatomy class and that was enough for her for a lifetime.
The ultrasound tech returned, slapping gloves on.
"Well they gave me the okay, so today is the day grandma here will leave with the magic paper for your party."
The anatomy scan only took about another 30 minutes and the new mother and grandmother were on their way out.
She had given Gemma an envelope with an ultrasound picture of the babys private area, as well as a piece of paper that read either 'boy' or 'girl'.
They exited the office, Logan nearly tripping over the curb, too focused on looking at the pictures of her child. The baby was so perfect in every way, and she swore it had Jaxs head.
"Will Saturday work for you for the party? I know that's only 3-days away but the guys are good when it comes to after-hours planning, they almost never have an issue. Plus it won't take long at all for Debbie to make the cake for me."
Logan shook her head. "No, that's fine. The sooner I get to know, the better. I just want to know what to call it, instead of 'it'." She looked at the ultrasound pictures one more time. "I'm almost sure it's a boy, though."
"I think so, too." Gemma told her as she drove. "Tellers only have boys, they haven't had a girl born in over 100 years; that's what John told me when I was pregnant with Jax."
It was unlikely that this baby wouldn't have a penis, but Logan was still holding out hope; she always wanted a daughter, a little girl to raise to be her mini-me.
They got back to the club house, more than happy when they saw all the bikes had returned.
Logan hopped out of the car like a little kid going to an amusement park. She made her way quickly to the door, enetering to hear all the guys laughing and drinking, the smell of weed and hops filling the air; they had a good day.
"Who wants to see baby Teller?!" she cheered happily as she came into sight. Jax rushed over to her, grabbing the sonogram pictures out of her hand and looking them over. Wendy had missed most of her appointments when she was pregnant with Abel, so he didn't get to experiance this. He didn't get to see an sonogram pictures, he didn't get to hear a heartbeat, he didn't even get to see his son be born. This was going to be much different and much more exciting.
"It looks like an actual person." The second-time father noted.
"They said I'm almost 19 weeks, and they were able to detect the gender." Everyone sat on the edge of their seats, waitng to hear the words 'boy' or 'girl'. "Your mom,"she pointed to Gemma who held up an envelope. "Has the magic piece of paper that tells us what the baby is. We're gonna have a gender reveal party Saturday evening, even though we're all pretty confident it's a boy."
Jax kissed her cheek. "It probably is, but no matter what we'll be happy." Although he really didn't think he'd ever be able to handle a daughter, especially if she was as beautiful as her mother.
Logan spent the better part of the evening listening to everyone talk about how happy they were for her and Jax, how excited they were for their Motorcycle Club family to be growing by another person.
It was going on 9 when the yawns were setting it and Logan was ready for bed.
"We better go." Jax wrapped his arm around her. "You look exhausted and have work early. Plus Initas had Abel all day, and she doesn't need to be there any longer. He'll be excited to see the pictures of his little brother or sister before he goes to sleep for the night."
Logan had basically fallen asleep on the car ride home, pregnancy exhaustion getting the best of her. She was groggy when Jax helped her into the house, her vision foggy. She heard him tell Inita to have a good night, and the door closed and was locked behind her.
Jax led her into the bedroom where she found night clothes for herself. He went down to check on Abel, who was already out like a light for the night.
Jax returned to his own bedroom to find Logan fast asleep in his t-shirt, snuggled under the blankets.