Was going to update yesterday but something came up and it wasn't a good day. Thanks to Anon, Maryfigliomeni, Nikki9235 and DibiaseFan1 for reviewing the last chapter. I appreciate it very much. Hope you all enjoy this chapter.

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: Crash

Lacey wiped away the last tears that had fallen as she stood up and made her way to the basin and stood in front of it and the mirror. She looked at her reflection seeing her eyes bloodshot and puffy. She quickly fixed the little make up she was wearing and pulled her hair back into a messy bun. She was trying to look like she hadn't spent all her lunch hour crying in the bathroom off her and Jax's dorm-room. She walked back out making her way through the lot, back to the garage office.

It only took Lacey four days to pack, move the things she needs and wants into Jax's dorm-room, and put everything else into a storage unit. She left her landlady a nasty note and the house keys in the letter box when she was all moved out.

In the last week the club had made little progress in finding Jason. For all they knew he could have left town. Clay was starting to make changes to what they have planned.

"Lacey, Can I..." Gemma went to ask her something when she walked in but cut herself off. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," was Lacey's short reply. She didn't want to seem rude but Gemma wasn't the right person to talk to about what was happening.

Gemma gave her a slight frown. "Cut the bullshit Lace, I know when something is wrong."

"You don't need to keep reminding me." The younger woman who was two weeks away from turning twenty snapped at her.

"I know you're under a lot of stress right now but you need to talk to someone instead of bottling it in." Gemma snapped back at her. "Now what happened in the last hour to make you so damn moody?"

"My doctor called." Her hand automatically went to her stomach before she even thought about moving her hand there. She could feel the tears building up once again.

"Oh, she doesn't usually call unless something's come up in your blood work." Gemma said slightly confused. "Did something come back in your blood work?"

Lacey only nodded, feeling her heart that was thumping against her chest, fall to her stomach. The tears were now streaming down her rosy cheeks.

"Baby, you can tell me," Gemma got up from her chair and walked the few steps over to the trembling blonde before pulling her into a tight embrace, letting her cry into her shoulder. Gemma couldn't help but think it was something bad.

Lacey started to calm down when Gemma started to rub her back after a couple minutes of sobbing into the older woman's shoulder. Gemma pulled away only enough for the two women to look at each other. "Now do you want to tell me what's going on?"

"I... I'm... I'm pregnant," Lacey said then clenched her bottom lip between her teeth to stop it from trembling. She didn't need to be crying again.

"That's it?" Gemma asked slightly shocked. "I thought it was something bad."

Lacey looked at her like she was crazy. "How is this not bad?"

Gemma rolled her eyes. "You're pregnant, not dying."

"Jax is gonna leave me."

"No he won't, he loves you too much."

"He's going to hate me."

"No he won't."

"He's gonna be twenty-two and tied down with a kid he most likely won't want."

"He's not that heartless, Lacey. He loves you and he will love that baby when he gets use to the idea."

Lacey looked at Gemma with wide eyes. "What if he doesn't?"

"I'll kick his ass."

Lacey's bottom lip started trembling again. "I don't know what to do."

"It's quiet here today so why don't you take the rest of the day off."

Lacey nodded. "Okay."

Gemma gave her another hug before pushing her out of the office. She made her way back to the dorm-room and fell onto the bed. She closed her eyes, one hundred and one thoughts still running through her head as she found herself drifting off to sleep.

Lacey woke two hours later to the feeling of someone running their fingers through her hair and opened her eyes. "Hey," she greeted Jax, giving him a little smile that held no happiness.

"Hey, you okay?" He asked concern flooding his eyes.

"Yeah just not feeling to good today," she partly lied. Physically she felt okay but emotionally she felt like a wreck.

"What's wrong?"

"Just tired and wanting everything to be over with."

Jax took her hand in his and ran his thumb over the back of her hand. "Mom said you had a call from your doctor at lunch."

Lacey frowned. She should've known Gemma would say something. "Something came up in my blood work."

"Anything bad?"

She sat up. "Depends on how you look at it."

Jax gave her a confused look. "What do you mean?"

Lacey took a deep breath trying to keep her emotions in check. She didn't want to become a blubbering mess like she did with Gemma. "I'm pregnant."

Jax sat their looking at her stunned. His grip on her hand loosened but he made he made no move to go anywhere. He was as still as a statue until he finally spoke. "But you took that test a few weeks ago. It came back negative. We've been careful since."

"The doctor said it was either a false negative or too early to tell. I have an appointment next week to check everything." She was surprised at how calm she was being on the outside. Her mind was racing a mile a minute with scenarios that could happen in the next few seconds.

"So you definitely are?" He asked. She nodded. He quickly stood up and paced the room a few times before stopping. "I'm just gonna..." He didn't even finish his sentence before he was out the door leaving her to break down into tears once more.

Once she'd calmed down she scrambled off the bed grabbing her own keys and handbag. She walked out of the room and into the clubhouse. "You're driving," She tossed her keys at the prospect that was babysitting her today and walked out to her car.

The prospect, who's name she didn't bother remembering, followed her out and got in the drivers seat. "Where are we going?"

"Anywhere I don't care."

He nodded turning the key in the ignition and started the car.

After driving around town for half an hour Lacey told the prospect to make his way out of town. She was getting tired of looking at buildings.

Just as they were leaving town there was a loud bang that sounded like a gun shot. The prospect started swerving. She looked to him panic rising through her. She saw blood flowing from a wound in his neck. He gasping for breath. She quickly took the wheel to try stop the swerving but it was too late. The car crashed and started rolling down the hill.

The rolling felt like it would never stop but eventually did. Lacey could feel blood but in her dazed and confused state of mind she couldn't tell where it was coming from. As her eyes started to get heavy, she looked at the prospect to see his eyes wide open. He wasn't moving and he was no longer gasping for air. She knew he was dead.

As darkness over took her only one thought ran through her head.

'My baby.'