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"Tara Elizabeth, time to get up." Her mother said soothingly while brushing back the hair on her head.

"Kat, you should let the poor girl sleep. She probably didn't sleep well as it is in that chair." Uncle Piney huffed out in a tired gravelly voice.

She blinked open her eyes, and was met with bright lights and sounds of ringing phones. Yawning once before sitting up she looks over at Uncle Piney who is standing in front of her drinking from what smells like a cup of coffee.

"Morning sweetie, did you sleep well?" her mother asked tucking a piece of her unruly hair behind her ear. She looked away from Uncle Piney who seemed very interested in the cup in his hand towards her mother. She simply nodded, wiping away the sleep from her eyes and hugging Mr. Dolphin closer.

"Come on baby, we got to get home and get you ready for school." Her mother informed her while getting up from the stiff, cheap fabric chair and stretching.

"Are the boys going to school?" she asked looking up at her mother and then at the slumbering figures next to her.

"That's really up to Uncle Piney and Aunt Gemma." Her mother said glancing over at Piney who simply shook his head and then walked away. "Thanks for the help here, Piney." Her mother said exasperatedly to Uncle Piney's retreating figure.

"No the boys aren't going to school but you are. It's only the second day of school sweetie and it'd be best if we stuck to our normal schedule. So come on lets go." Her mother made her point by grabbing her hand and attempting to pull her up and off the chair.

"No, I want to stay here with you and everyone else." She said obstinately, yanking her hand out of her mothers and sitting back in the chair with a huff.

"Tara Elizabeth, I said get up now!" Kat whispered with barely suppressed Fitz rage and exhaustion seeping into her voice.

"No."

"Listen young lady, you are going to get up on the count of three and we are going to school. One. Two. Thr-" her mother said aggravated and annoyed that the Fitz temper and stubbornness was passed on to her.

"Kat, maybe it'd be best if she stayed here. With everyone, it's not like we all won't be camped out here until we get some news anyways and what would be the point of sending her to school if she isn't gonna learn anything. She'll just be worried. At least if she sticks around here you can head on home and get some sleep, after all your living for two right now." Uncle Piney said walking over to be the voice of reason, with Chibs at his side.

"He's right Love, no sense in wasting the time or the energy arguing with the girl. If she wants to stay let her stay. It'll be good for her and you know he'd want her here."Chibs added on for good measure knowing that little comment would be the last nail in the proverbial coffin.

"ugh, fine." Her mother relented before bending down to her and giving her a kiss on the cheek. "You're only eight years old and you have the whole club wrapped around your little finger." She said chuckling at her daughter who simply smiled at her.

She looked over at Chibs who winked conspiratorially at her before her tummy rumbled, alerting every one of its presence. Uncle Piney and her mother seemed to get quite a kick out of the announcement as she blushed.

"Well sense you're up, do you want something for breakfast? Some juice maybe?" Her mother asked kindly, plastering a smile on her tired face.

"Come on sugar, let's go get a donut." Uncle Piney smiled while holding out his hand for her to take. Her eyes lit up at the fact that she was getting sugar for breakfast. She left Mr. Dolphin on the seat and jumped down grabbing her Uncle's hand before walking down the hallway towards the cafeteria.

"Bring me back a yogurt, oh and if they have it a bowl of cheddar soup." She called after her long-time friend, who waved his hand letting her know he heard her request as he and her daughter rounded the corner for the elevator.

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"Where are we gonna get the donuts Uncle Piney?" she asked looking up at her uncle as he spooned in a generous helping of cheddar soup for her mother into a plastic bowl. Grabbing a plastic spoon and a yogurt and stuffing them in his bulging pockets which were already filled with a juice box for each of them.

He smiled, eyes twinkling with mischief as he pointed at a room across the hall from the cafeteria. "In there. You want to be my lookout?" he asked in a whisper.

She nodded vigorously at him, with a giant smile on her face.

"Okay, come on." He said while walking towards the room across the hall. Looking both left and right, twice just like Uncle Piney did, she stood outside the door and looked for any signs of a doctor.

"No one is coming Uncle Piney." She said proudly, looking into the doctor's lounge as her uncle grabbed the pink box of fresh doughnuts.

"Good job kiddo, you're a better lookout then some of the Sons." He chuckled walking briskly out of the lounge, looking once again down the hall and into the cafeteria before motioning for her to follow him to the elevators.

"Do Ole' Piney a favor would ya? Can you press the 'up' button my hands are full." He teased her as she hit the 'up' button a bit forcefully, before the words were even fully out of his mouth.

The elevator pinged its arrival and as soon as the doors slid open she was met with a pair of ladies in blue again who smiled down at her before throwing a quick look over at her uncle before shuffling off to the side to make room for them. Skipping into the elevator and hitting the button uncle piney nodded to she watched her reflection as the doors sealed shut.

"Those doughnuts smell heavenly, ugh what I wouldn't give for a decent cup of coffee and a maple bar." One of the ladies in blue said after sniffing the air and looking longingly over at Uncle Piney, or rather the box of pastries in his hands.

"Don't worry Joanne. I think I heard some talk before shift started about there being a treat for all the on-calls in the lounge at break. Let's just hope it's a box of doughnuts." The other lady in blue spoke up.

Uncle Piney smiled over at them as the elevator announced its arrival to our floor, and the doors slid open. "Come on kiddo, let's go give your momma her soup." He called as he walked out of the elevator before looking over his shoulder to make sure she was following.

She waved goodbye to the two ladies who were looking longingly after the box of sugared treats before dashing off after her uncle.

"Breakfast of Champions, boys!" Uncle Piney called holding up the box of doughnuts which was balancing her mom's bowl of soup on the lid.

"A bowl of soup? No offense brother but unless that soup is made of bourbon and pus-Ouch! What the Hell!" Tig roared covering his head with his sun-tanned hands.

"Alexander, don't you dare think about finishing that sentence with my child in the room." Her mother yelled lowering her hand and walking over to grab the bowl of soup from Uncle Piney.

"The soup was for her ya idiot. This is for us." He said whilst opening up the pink box and showcasing the sweet treats.

"Score!" "Sweet." "Thank God, no more hospital food" a cacophony of praises went around the room as the group of leather-clad men surged towards the box still in uncle Piney's hands.

"Back you animals, ladies first." Her uncle teased before wiggling his eyebrows at her and bending down for her to get a good look at all the different goodies. "Which one do you want Little Tara?"

Gazing into the box she noticed the glazed covered ones, and the sugar dunked ones and the sprinkled coconut kind that her daddy liked to take two of and then she saw it, nestled in the back; a single cinnamon twist. Eyes drifting up to her Uncle Piney who smiled encouragingly at her, she grabbed the cinnamon one.

"Aw, man. I wanted that one." She heard Bobby mumble not so quietly under his breathe.

"Little Tara, should get first choice, because if it wasn't for her excellent lookout skills none of you fools would be even getting one. So shut it." Piney barked up at the men who were waiting around for her final decision. "Now where is Gem, I'm sure she hasn't eaten anything." He asked casually looking around the room, once he got up from his kneeling on the cold linoleum floor.

"She's talking to one of the doctors right now. She'll just take what's left; if you can even get her to eat it." Her mother answered from her seat along the wall next to the stirring boys while lapping up the lukewarm soup.

He nodded in understanding, as they shared a look before handing off the box of sweets to the first pair of eager hands throwing out a reminder to save three doughnuts before walking back down the hall.

"Is that good?" Her mother asked drawing her attention away from her once again sullen uncle.

With a mouth full of cinnamon sugar dough, she simply took in another too big bite as a way of answering.

"Where'd ya get the doughnuts?" Opie asked sleepily as he stretched as best he could while still laying haphazardly in the chair.

Swallowing the sweetness in her mouth she was about to answer that is until Happy walked up and spoke for her.

"Kid's got skill. She stole them from the hospital lounge on the third floor. She's just like her mother, can charm any man with her Irish looks and sweet disposition." Happy proclaimed before throwing her a wink and then a teasing smile at her mother.

"Just because I am pregnant, doesn't mean I still can't kick your ass, and we wouldn't want that now would we?" her mother mocked while getting up to throw her empty bowl of soup in the trash.

"And why is that Darlin'?" Happy questioned smiling over at the Irish spitfire.

"Because then we'd have to change your nickname from happy to mopey, cause you'd have to live with the shame of being taken down a notch or two by a girl." Her mother said simply before coming to stand right next to her and smiling at Happy smugly.

"Wait, wait. You're saying that Tara stole a box of doughnuts?" Opie questioned in bewilderment looking between her and Happy.

"I was the lookout, but yeah." She admitted shyly at the attention.

"Your services could be put to good use, that's for sure. Like in the lunch line, you could grab me an extra Jell-O and the lunch lady wouldn't even bat an eyelash." Opie said in approval as he got up from the chair and walked over to the dwindling supply of confections. "And you managed to swipe a chocolate glaze-" Opie said excitedly as he snatched it up out of the box and stuffing half of it in his mouth. "The pea's incident is forgiven." He garbled around a mouth full of chocolate.

She smiled in thanks as her friend stuffed the last half of his doughnut in his mouth. "I'm sure you could use her lookout skills for better use. Think bigger then extra Jell-O cups, think get out of class free-card, or maybe even use her to stick gum on your teacher's-"

"HAPPY!" Her mother said outraged, eyes blazing with that infamous Fitz temper.

"What?" he asked genuinely puzzled, trying not to shrink away from her mothers' glowering stare.

"Jesus Christ, she's' only in the second day of third grade for crying out loud. I don't need her gaining a rap sheet before she hits puberty. Will you stop filling both of their heads with all this mini-outlaw shit? I seriously don't know why the hell- I swear this next kid is- and you want her to help out like its some damn honor." Her mother spewed, pacing the floor in short spurts as she berated the leather clad biker.

"Kat, calm down." Happy tried to soothe her mother.

"Don't fucking tell me to calm down! I am calm. I'm like the patron saint of calmness, I am Dymphna renewed, and that is how calm I am." Kat raged on, face reddening and foot falls landing harder with every pace on the waiting lounge floor.

Happy glanced at Opie and then sent a 'help me look' at her.

"Mom." "Mom" she called trying to get her mother's attention but to no avail.

Her mother's outburst gained the attention from all the leather clad men who were waiting around the lounge and a bypassing nurse, yet it was only Chibs who was brave enough to go toe to toe with the irate, exhausted woman.

"Kat, love ya got to think of ye' littl' one." He said stepping in to be the voice of reason and clarity, motioning to her mother's left hand which was running comforting strokes along the outer edge of the barely there bump. This caused her mother to pause a fraction of a second before she seemed to lose all her energy and she seemed to sag right there on the spot.

As Chibs helped her mother over to a more comfortable seat next to Bobby, Uncle Piney barged into the room looking a bit winded as he demanded to know what the hell was going on. On his heels was Aunt Mary who seemed to take in the scene before laying a gentle hand on her Uncle's shoulder before whispering something to him that she couldn't hear and exiting out the way they had come just moments ago.

"Well? Is someone gonna clue me in here?" he barked, looking at every person he passed as he made his way over to her mother sitting silently in the chair, absent-mindedly rubbing her stomach.

"Kat, honey what's wrong?" Uncle Piney asked compassionately bending down to be eye to eye with her mother, resting his hand on her arm rest.

"What's wrong? This whole fucking situation is wrong. He didn't deserve- and poor Gemma-"Kat broke down and tried to muffle her sobs, as the tears ran unhindered down her face.

For a moment she stared at her mother as she crumbled under the weight of exhaustion. Or perhaps maybe it was because Uncle Piney never gave her the yogurt she had asked for earlier. She thought before her eyes were drawn to the blonde boy sitting in the chair, hair rumpled and pajamas in disarray silently taking in the scene before him. Walking over to him, she gave him a small smile before she told him that she saved him a doughnut with rainbow sprinkles. However it seemed that he was looking through her, not really seeing her at all.

"Jax?" she called to him. Not receiving an answer she let him be, and sat down quietly next to him before she placed Mr. Dolphin in his lap and took up his hand. After all Mr. Dolphin always seemed to make her feel better maybe he would help Jax. However just as the sobs coming from her mother calmed down, Aunt Gemma walked into the room looking as pale as a ghost leaning on Aunt Mary.

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So who do you think is in the hospital?