Chapter 15
***Twenty Weeks Pregnant***
Sitting in the waiting room, I have Juice on one side of me and my dad on the other. My name gets called and we are taken to an exam room to get all of my measurements and vitals done. After that, the doctor comes in. "Lori, how are you feeling today?" she asks. "Good. No morning sickness." I tell her. "Good. You're lucky." she tells me. "Let's check on the little one." she tells us. Pulling the ultrasound machine over, she puts the gel on my stomach before moving the wand around. Hearing the heartbeat, we all smile. "You want to know the sex?" the doctor asks and we said "Yes." She moves the wand around a little more and says "Looks like your little angel is a girl." We all smile and Juice kisses me and says "Daddy's girl." and I can't help but smile.
Walking into the clubhouse a little later, everyone comes up and asks "Well?" We all smile and I say "Load up your guns boys, we got a little Princess." They all cheer and I see my dad and Juice both smiling ear to ear. Jax walks over and says "I'm happy for you." I smile and say "Thanks. You know you're still my best friend despite all this shit." I tell him. "Good to know." he tells me. I motion for Lyla and Opie to come over. "I was wondering if you would be our daughter's godparents?" I ask. They both smile and say yes before hugging us. A little while later, I am sitting at the bar with a water while Juice is playing pool with my dad and Jax and Opie comes over. "How you doing with all this?" he asks. "Good Ope. I don't think I've ever been this happy." I tell him. "Good." he says smiling. "You know why I asked you to be her godfather right?" I ask and he shakes his head no. "When everything came crashing down on me and all I was wanted to do was die, you had my back. You never once let me falter. I know you would do the same thing for my little girl." I tell him. "You bet your ass I will. You know, I don't think I have ever seen him this happy. Or you." he tells me. "We are. You know I finished my book?" I ask. "Really?" he asks. "Yeah. Juice helped me send some copies around to a few small time publishers." I tell him. "That's great." he tells me and I can see the pride in his eyes. "You know what's even better?" I ask. "What?" he asks. "That I got the letter this morning that one of the companies wants to publish it." I tell him. "Holy shit." he yells before picking me up and hugging me as tight as he can. Everyone comes over asking "What's wrong?" I smile and say "I might have one more little announcement." I say. They all look at me and I pull the letter out of my bag and say "I finished my book and Juice helped me send copies out to some publishing companies. This morning, I got this letter from one of the companies. They want to publish it." I tell them and everyone's eyes go wide. Juice walks over and kisses me deeply and says "That's great baby." My dad walks up and says "We are all so proud of you." I look around at my family and see pride in all their eyes.
That night, we are all still at the clubhouse, partying, when I get tired and head to bed. Juice follows right behind me. We lay in bed and he rubs my stomach like he does every night and says "I am so proud of you. We all are." he tells me. "I hope so." I tell him. He looks at me and asks "You okay?" I kiss him softly and say "Yeah. Just, all my life, all I wanted was to be a wife and mother and a writer. Now, I think it's finally hitting me that this is exactly who I am. Your wife, her mother and a writer." I tell him. "And you're fucking perfect." he tells me before kissing me and pulling me as close as he can get me.