Disclaimer- I don't own these Character's they belong to Kurt Sutter

I spent the night in the trunk of the car and waited to die. All I could think of was Jax and Abel. I actually got a little sleep surprisingly enough. When Salazar finally opened the trunk, I sucked in as much air as I could with my mouth duct taped.

"We are about to go inside. I want you to tell the receptionist that we need to see Jacob. Got it?"

All I could do was nod, I wondered why we were going to Jacob Hale's office for but I was so happy to be out of the trunk and semi-untied I didn't think too hard on it.

As I got shoved into Jacob's office, I felt him grab me to steady me. I hoped that Tig and the others heard, they would come and get me but I wasn't going to hold my breath. I could see Jacob was nervous around Salazar but I guess being held hostage does that to you. When we got the call that Jax was coming in, I wasn't sure what to think. Were they just trying to get in? Or had Jax actually come home with Abel? When I realized what Salazar planned, I was scrambling to make a plan but being chained to Jacob there wasn't a lot I could do.

When the knock came I held my breath; once the door opened and I saw it was Jax, my heart picked up its pace. He seemed relieved to see me and tried to get Salazar to let me go, so maybe he really cares. Next thing I know, Salazar hit Jax with the gun and is coming at me with the knife. I tried to stay out of his reach but when the cold hard metal of the knife hit my throat, I had to stand up. When I saw Jax tackle Salazar, I was scared the gun would go off but when Salazar left the room I relaxed; right up until Jax followed him out. I didn't even process the kiss he left me with; I stored that away until later.

Within two minutes of Jax leaving, the door began to open so I aimed the gun and was ready to fire when I saw the SWAT team come in. I let go of the gun and dropped to my knees crying. While they went after Jax, they left 2 officers at the door and one trying to get the cuffs off of us. After about five minutes (right as they were getting the cuffs off) they came back with Jax and he came straight to me.

"Are you ok, baby?"

"Is he?"

"Yeah, he attacked me and I had to stab him."

I don't know what happened, I will blame the pregnancy hormones but I started sobbing and ran the rest of the way into Jax's arms. Once he wrapped his arms around me, I felt at home. We stayed that way for a while before the cops came up to us.

"Dr. Knowles, we should get you out of here and checked out at the hospital."

"Yeah Tara, you and the baby need to be checked." It only took his one statement to bring me back to reality and I instantly jerked away from him. "What is it, babe?"

"Don't, Jax. You can't just come back and make me forget everything. How's Abel?"

"Good, not even a scratch."

"I can't wait to see him."

"Let's get you checked first."

I took the flannel off, I couldn't keep wearing Salazar's shirt. I left it in a pile by the door and walked down the stairs.

"Listen Tara, I am sorry about everything."

"Not now, Jax."

When we came out of the doors, I saw SAMCRO waiting on us and almost started crying again. I could tell they were shocked to see my appearance, which was no surprise since I was coated in blood. I could see them all start towards us and get stopped so I went to them. Lucky for me, Tig was close; he was the first one I ran to, wrapping him in a hug, shocking everyone.

"Thank you so much, Tig! Knowing you were looking for me kept me going, I'm glad you were left behind. Thank you all so much." I went to Piney and Kozik before going to Opie, Clay, Chibbs and Juice.

"Dr. Knowles, are you going to ride with us or with them." One of the EMTs came up to ask.

I looked at Jax, and answered "I will take a ride with you."

"Tara."

"Not yet, Jax. Just give me the ride to process, follow me if you want and we can talk at the hospital…but I need a minute. You owe me that." With that I left a stunned Jax and SAMCRO behind to get in a waiting ambulance and began to cry over everything in my life.

I saw out the back window that all of SAMCRO was following and even though I was mad at Jax it felt great to have my family back. Somehow the guys had parked before I was able to get out and then I saw why, they paid the EMTs to wait. Some things never change. I went to step out but Jax was there and scooped me up.

"Jax, what are you doing?"

"Well until I get the all clear, I am being safe and taking care of you. Fight me later."

I was able to get one of the nurses to get into my locker and get my spare clothes out and I was able to change before the ultrasound. Jax and I sat in the room waiting on a doctor in silence until finally he spoke.

"Tara, you have to forgive me. My kids need you and I can't live without you."

"We don't know the status of this baby…I took a good shot to the ribs and haven't really been well taken care of, so when they do this, there is a chance that nothing will be there." I felt a lone tear roll down my cheek.

"Baby, don't, everything will be just fine. We Tellers are fighters and with you as his mom this kid will be doubly tough." He wiped the tear away. "Shit Tara, I have done nothing to help you with anything. What you said before we left about me blaming you; you have to know I never did blame you. If I would have come home to your body I don't know if I would have been able enough to function and go after Abel. All of this is my fault and that is why I tried to push you away. I can't take it if anything happens to you. You are my life, Tara, you are the mother to my children and I can't take it, if you won't forgive me."

Just then Dr. Chen came in.

"Hi there, Tara! It's great to have you back. Are you ready to see your baby?"

"Yes, please."

The second I heard my baby's heart beat everything else disappeared. Nothing else mattered but the fact that my baby was healthy. I took it all in; Jax wants me back, Abel is home safe and this new baby is alive and well. When Jax looked at me and I smiled, he knew he was welcomed home. The kiss was wonderful, we still had more to work on but I knew we would work through it and be a family.

We walked out and Margret came up to me and hugged me I felt relief.

"Margret, thank you for running out of there. I am glad you are home with your kids and..."

"No Tara, Thank you so very much! You saved my life and I will never forget it. How is the baby?"

"Fine, healthy. Listen, I need a few days off."

"You have the next month off, paid."

"Thank you Margret. Listen we have to go, he got Abel back and I want to see him."

"Yes, you should go. I am glad it all has worked out for you."

With a smile, I left her to go to Unser and Jax.

"I'm glad to see you back in one piece, Tara."

"Thanks, Chief. Listen I hate to cut this short but I really want to go see Abel."

"Sure thing, babe. See ya in the morning, Chief."

We got outside and walked silently to the bike. We rode to Gemma's quickly and I quit breathing again when I saw Gemma and Abel. Gemma came to me first and I wanted to start sobbing again but controlled it and turned wanting to hold Abel. Jax smiled and handed him to me. I was amazed he seemed bigger and yet almost like he was never gone. I just held him until Clay walked in and handed me the keys to the Cutlass.

"I thought you might want something to get the family home in. Just leave the bike and I will make a prospect get it to the clubhouse by breakfast."

"Thanks Clay, that is perfect."

"Jax, are you sure you don't want to take your bike? I can drive you know."

"I do know but I don't want any of you out of my sight."

Abel fell asleep on the way home so Jax carried him in the house and we went straight to the nursery.

"Wow! Tara, did you do this?"

"Yeah, I knew you would bring him back and he needed his room ready."

"Tara, how do you do it? Somehow you always have faith in me."

"It's called love, Jax. We believe in the other person even if they don't. Even while you were pushing me away you had faith. You believed I deserved better than you. You were wrong ,VERY WRONG, to do what you did but at least your heart was in the right place."

"I do love you, Tara!"

"And I love you, Jax."

He closed the distance between us and took my face in his hands and I began to run my hands over his chest. We stumbled our way to the bedroom and quickly got rid of all barriers and made love for most of the night. We re-learned each other's bodies and had never felt closer.