Wow! Thank you so so much for the reviews. Loved reading them all and knowing how you feel about the story. I labeled the POVs to dull any confusion. So enjoy the chapter.
Juice POV
I never had to closely deal with a pregnant woman before. I had to admit it was fucking insane. Natalie had turned from a sweetheart to a full fledged demonic hormonal woman in a matter of days.
"Cookies and cream." I said to myself as I looked at the ice cream freezer in the only open store in Charming. Natalie had been adamant about ice cream, cookies and cream to be exact and I couldn't return home without any. So I grabbed one of each brand and walked towards the register.
"Munchies?" Rosa asked. She knew me too well.
"Not this time Rosa. My girlfriend is having cravings for ice cream." I smiled at her and tossed a few Hershey's Cookies and Cream candy bars. It couldn't hurt to touch on all bases.
"Oh what? Congrats. Daddy Juice." She laughed.
"Yeah. Thank you." I smiled and handed her the cash for the items. "I'll see you around."
"Of course." She gave a little wave.
The ride home was quick. I didn't like that it was so quick but there was nothing I could really do about it. I got off my bike and went inside. Natalie was sitting on the sofa where I had left her, a plate of nachos in her lap as her eyes glazed over as she looked at the TV but didn't watch it.
"I didn't know which brand, so I got all of them and some candy bars." I stood in front of her and dumped the contents onto the coffee table.
"Thanks babe." She smiled and reached for one of the ice creams. "Spoon?"
"Yeah, I'll grab one." I jogged into the kitchen and pulled a spoon from the clean dish rack and jogged back to hand it to her. "Here."
"Thank you." She said as she stabbed the spoon into the ice cream. "I appreciate this."
I smiled, sweet Natalie was here for the time being and I would enjoy it fully before she started crying or yelling. "Anything for you babe." I smiled and sat down next to her, and helped myself to a few nachos.
"How's the club?" She asked as she started spooning ice cream into her mouth.
"It's a mess. Still waiting for Bri and her homies to make a decision on whether to help us or kill us." I sighed.
"She won't kill you guys. Happy is part of the club and she loves him so she will learn to love the club." She smiled at me.
"You been talking a lot to Lyla and Tara?" I chuckled.
"Yeah." She smiled. "Lyla, Tara, Bri and I had lunch the today. Tara is pregnant. Right behind me, she's like three months."
"Crazy." I shook my head. Just what the club needed another hormonal woman. "Our kid will be the cutest. A real heartbreaker that Luna May."
"I can see it." She smiled. "Something tells me she'll fall for Thomas. Maybe even Abel."
"No, no. No Sons." I shook my head. "Too messy."
"We can't control who she falls for. I couldn't help who I fell for." She smiled and kissed my head. "Gotta let her grow up and make her own mistakes."
"You're right." I kissed her softly. She tasted like ice cream and happiness.
#
"Bri is on her way." I told the guys as we sat outside the clubhouse talking.
"Alone?" Jax asked me as he passed me the half spent joint.
"Yeah, alone. She wants to hear your terms." I took a small hit and passed it on to Chibs who took it without hesitation.
"Good." Jax nodded. "I think we can get her to not start shit if we behave."
"I hope so." Kozik said as he nodded towards the white Jeep that was pulling in to the lot.
"That's new." I smiled as she got out. A puppy under each arm. She set them down and started towards us and the puppies followed her.
"Hey." She smiled.
"Who's your friends?" Tig asked as he bent over and grabbed the puppies up.
"Tosca and Tacoma." She smiled. "Tosca is the German Shepherd, Tacoma is the Husky."
"Tosca is mine." Kozik reached and scooped his puppy from Tig and gave him a glare.
Bri shrugged. "Best friends get puppies together." She laughed.
"Let's talk." Jax touched her arm and she nodded.
"We can do it here." She sat down at the table and he took a spot across from her.
"Obviously, I don't want a war with you Brianna." He spoke.
"I don't want one either." She nodded slowly. "I don't care too much for unnecessary violence. I think I made that clear."
"You did." He tapped his knuckles on the table.
"Ok, I'm prepared to offer you a deal. I talked to over with all of my associates and they said we can have a truce." She smiled. "When I offer the deal, you have to say yes or no right now. Not let me take it to the table and vote."
He looked at all of us with a concerned look on his face. "Ok, let's hear your offer."
"I'm here to offer you guns and a legal business venture." She pulled a folder from her bag. "If you want guns, you got them. The business venture is a bike dealership and shop. It's more successful than Teller-Morrow. It is in Oakland though. The Mayans and Aztecs are ok with you being there."
He looked over the documents then looked at each of us and we silently voted with a nod of our heads. It sounded like a good deal and one we couldn't pass up.
"50/50 partners?" Jax asked.
"No." She shook her head. "As a gesture of trying to trust you it'll be 70/30. Yours being the 70. I have no true interest in a bike shop. I'm all about the money."
He looked at us all once again. "We'll take it."
"Good." She pulled out a pen and signed the documents and handed him the pen and he did the same.
"Truce." Jax extended his hand.
She gripped it. "Truce." She smiled and tucked the documents in her bag. "Don't, just please don't make me regret this shit. I vouched for you Jackson. So try not to fuck up and piss me or the associates off."
"I won't." He smiled.
"Give me your rings." She pointed to his cherished SONS rings.
"Why?" He gave her a puzzled look.
"Because it's what I want from you. Your rings." She shrugged. "Trust me?"
He wiggled off his rings and handed them to her and she pulled out a box and gave it to him. "You proposing?" He laughed.
"Welcome to my Family." She watched him slip on the new rings. One said SONS and the other had a skull. "Wear them with pride Teller."
"How'd you know my ring size." He looked at them and then at her.
"Tara told me." She shrugged and picked up Tacoma and walked back towards the Jeep.
"That actually went well." Bobby smiled. "I thought she was going to throw a tantrum."
"Yeah, well, we'll see how it works out. We should go see this business we just came majority owners of." I said and looked at the guys.
"I agree." Jax nodded and looked towards Bri. "Let's see just what we got ourselves into."
#
"Jesus." Jax said as we stepped into the delearship. Just as the strip club had been the place was immaculate. The showroom was up to date and the bikes were flawless.
"Looks perfect." Tig said as he checked out the bikes.
"Check the books Bobby." Jax nodded towards the desk.
"Mr. Teller." A gorgeous leggy blonde stood in front of him. "So nice to see you."
"You are?" I asked.
"I'm Galina." She smiled. "I work the front desk. Miss Katarzyna told me to be expecting you." She held up a picture.
"Alright." Jax nodded. "Call me Jax."
She nodded. "Ok, Jax. I'll be there if you need anything."
"I do need something." He said. "How often does Kat come in here?"
"Once a month." She smiled. "She just collects the money and admires the bikes."
"Alright. Thank you." He smirked and we all enjoyed the sight of her walking away even Happy.
"Books are impeccable." Bobby smiled. "This is a real deal business Jax."
"Nothing suspicious?" I asked.
"Nope, Juice. Nothing that I could tell." Bobby smiled.
"Juice, get into all the computers and make sure." Jax said. "When you're done meet us back at the clubhouse."
"I can do that." I smiled and headed off towards Galina to ask her for access to all the computers.
SOASOASOA
Bri POV
"He took the deal." I told the guys in front of me. "He also took the rings."
"We have them where we want them." Marcus rubbed his hands together.
"Yup. Right between Mayans strongholds and Aztecs strongholds." Esai spoke. His light eyes glittering with glee.
"Its only a matter of time before Teller fucks up." Reyes said. "Then we move in and dismantle SAMCRO."
"Something tells me that they'll implode on themselves." I smiled. "Remember though, if we for some reason have to spill blood. Happy and Kozik are off limits. They're mine to deal with."
"What about Juice?" Hugo asked.
"He's not mine to protect anymore, we barely talk. His safety is up to him and how he plays the hand he was dealt. If it was up to me, I'd patch him into the Aztecs." I sighed. "He's hacking into the bike shop's computer, I just got an alert." I laughed.
"It's not a dirty business." Marcus smiled. "Jax is trying to find anything he can on you."
"Which is nothing. I have nothing to hide." I tapped my nails on the glass table top. "We're through here. Get your cash from Aleksandr. We'll be in touch."
#
"You look pissed." Happy said as he pulled me close to him.
I laughed. "I'm not pissed. I am practicing my resting bitch face."
"I'm not even going to ask." He kissed me hard and snaked his hands up my dress and squeezed my ass. I gave in and melted against his body and let his tongue push into my mouth.
"Don't mind me." Kozik said as he brushed past to get to the refrigerator. "I'm a watcher."
"Go away." Happy sneered.
I didn't bother moving away from Happy and he made no effort to remove his hands from my ass. He just continued rubbing and squeezing it. "I don't like being watched." I sighed and slipped my hands into Happy's pockets.
Happy walked us towards the bedroom. If Kozik wasn't going to leave the kitchen then we had to. "I need you." He whispered into my neck before biting down roughly.
"Hap." I sighed as he pushed me onto our bed. His hands pinning mine down at my sides.
"No talking." He covered my mouth with his hand. I closed my eyes as his hands tore away my panties, I was happy I wasn't wearing expensive ones for once.
His lips crashed into mine and I hissed at the sensation as he bit down hard on my bottom lips before parting my mouth to let his tongue tangle with mine. I wrapped my hands around his neck and pulled him in to me, and he reacted by grinding his hips into me before reaching down and pushing down his own pants and boxers.
Without warning he pushed into me. If I wasn't turned on already, I'm sure I would have screamed at the rude intrusion. But, I was enjoying the feeling of him taking me how he wanted to. He hadn't been this aggressive in weeks and I wondered what got into into him.
"Look at me." He rasped as his hand closed around my throat and his pace became more aggressive as he squeezed. I met his angry gaze and smirked at him. Realizing that he was exerting his dominance over me. Letting me know I can boss the club around but I couldn't boss him around. I closed my hand around his wrists and leaned forward and bit his neck.
I rocked my hips in time to his aggressive thrusts but he stilled me with his hands, he wanted me to submit completely to him so I did. I smiled up at him and he smirked back at me as he picked up his pace. One hand squeezed my neck and the other squeezed my ass as he pounded away until he climaxed. "Love you Bri." He kissed my neck.
"Love you too Hap." I smiled up at him.
He laid next to me and laced his fingers through mine. "Quietest you've ever been." He laughed.
"Most aggressive you've been in awhile." I sighed. "You wanna tell me the reason behind this?"
"Just wanted to remind you that you're mine and I'll take you when I want to Brianna." He ran a finger over my knuckles. "Don't forget it."
I pinched his neck. "Never will forget it. Just remember you're just as much mine as I am yours."
"We can go again, I'll let you take charge." He winked at me.
"No, I don't wanna go again." I smiled. "I do wanna go tell my dad about Lil Hap or Lil Bri."
"Its a Lil Hap for sure." He smiled proudly. "Happy Lowman the Second."
"Oh man." I sat up and shook my head. "No. Happy Herman Lowman."
"Not giving my kid Herman as a middle name." He creased his brow in thought.
"So Herman is not acceptable but Happy is?"
"Happy is a good solid name." He smiled.
"It works for you because it's ironic. Like you're a fucking killer and have the name Happy." I chuckled. "It'd be weird of our son is Happy and he's always Happy."
"I'm hoping for a girl. I have to talk to my old nanny. She predicted the sex and name of Natalie's baby." I yawned and slid off the bed, pulling on the first pair of panties my hand found in the drawer.
"No girls." He slid off and pulled up his boxers and pants before removing his shirt and tank top.
"God I love your tattoos." I licked my lips as my eyes grazed over every sexy inch of inked skin. "So fucking sexy.",
"Horny much." He pulled me against him and I licked his chest. "Always lickin' and biting."
"You're delicious. Like you look and smell delicious." I laughed.
"No daughters." He shook his head. "Son first then daughter if you're up for it."
"I will let you know after I deliver this one." I smiled. "I need to buy a gold chain, this ring isn't going to fit my finger much longer."
"Yeah, well we'll get you one." He kissed my nose. "I'll be home later." He grabbed a different shirt and his cut. "Love you, don't do anything I wouldn't do."
"Love you too." I smiled and watched him call for Kozik then leave.
SOASOASOA
Jax POV
When I took the gavel, the last thing I expected to be a threat was a woman. I was at a point where I either had to try to take her out or just side with her. She was an undeniable force. She was calmer in her decision making than I was. Her only downfall was her anger, when set off she went over the edge.
"Talk to me Jax." Tara draped her arms over my shoulders.
"I don't know about how to handle this club shit with Brianna." I closed my eyes and rubbed her hands. "She's always two steps ahead of us."
"She's helping you now right?" She looked at me.
"Yeah." I nodded and rubbed my brows.
"Then stop stressing, she won't do anything to you or the club as long as you don't do anything to her." She pressed her forehead against mine. "Focus on your family."
"It's just not sitting right with me Tara." I looked into her eyes. "I think she's up to something, she went from full out psycho to sweetheart in just days."
"Maybe she realized if she hurts the club she's hurting Happy too." She smiled at me. "She's in love with that man, I don't know why but she is."
"So Hap is the club's saving grace." I slowly nodded in understanding. As long as Happy was around she wouldn't move forward with any attack especially if she didn't think he would remain safe. If he stood at my side she'd have no choice but to continue to play nice.
"I see the wheels turning Teller. Don't do anything stupid." She squeezed my face. "You have a family to think of and a kid on the way. You're moving the club in the right direction, don't fuck everything you have going for you because of paranoia."
"I won't." I rubbed her stomach. "I think it'll be a girl."
"I hope so." She smiled. "I need the break from all you boys."
"I love you Tara." I smiled.
"I love you too Jax." She smiled back. I had to admit the feeling in this moment dulled the paranoid feeling I had. Bri was friends with Tara and if she ruined me she ruined my family too. So I not only had to keep Happy on my side, I also had to keep Bri and Tara on good terms as well.
On an end note, yay for a Lil Happy. (: