Nik POV

"She left me." Jax whispered against my head. "Tara left me. She took the kids and left the house, both of them."

"I'm sorry Jackson." I hugged him. "What can I do?"

"Stay with me." He said. His voice broke and I felt bad. "Please."

"I'll stay." I whispered. "I'm here for you. I really am."

He rubbed his thumbs over my mouth and smiled. "Thanks." His lips replaced his thumbs and he started to grind his hips against me.

"Jax." I cooed as he started to tug down my pants. "Not here." I yanked my pants back up. "Anyone can find us in here, this is why she's leaving you to begin with."

He messed up his hair and stared at me. "I know. It's not your fault, so don't blame yourself for us getting caught in that shit." He wrapped his arms around me and squeezed hard. "Let's go for a ride?"

"To?" I slipped my hands into the back pockets of his jeans.

"Wherever." He shrugged. "I don't got shit to sorry about around here. I doubt Tara will even tell me when she goes into labor."

"Wanna sit at the docks?" I fixed his hair for him. "Smoke and just be there for each other?"

"I'd like that." He smiled and grabbed my hand as he pulled open the apartment door and we headed to walk out of the clubhouse when Gemma stepped into our tracks. "Not now mom, I'm leaving."

"Tara is going into labor." She crossed her arms and looked at us. "You get there Jax, you get lost."

I looked at him. "Go." I smiled. "Be with her."

"Looks like I scared off the wrong sister, you should leave." She placed her hands on her hips and glared at me. "Now."

"Nah." I held up my hand. "I'll leave when I want to, not because you're telling me to." I side stepped and she moved with me.

"You should leave." She spoke again before looking at Jax. "Tell her Jax."

"Come on Nik." He grabbed my waist. "I'll walk you out." He smirked at his mom as he walked me towards the doors.

"Go be with her." I sighed. "Rain check on that ride to the docks though."

"Of course." He smiled and kissed me. "I'll see you later for sure. You'll be at your place?"

"Probably with Bri." I shrugged. "She's been going through weird ass emotions this week."

"Yeah well I'll stop by there." He opened my car door for me and I plopped down in it. "Later."

"Deuces." I smiled. "Go welcome your daughter into the world."

#

"Bribaby." I trilled as I climbed onto the bed with her Monica and Tacoma. "What's up?"

"I'm sore!" She whined. "Everything hurts, even my asshole."

"That sounds terrible." I laughed as I settled against the headboard with her. "Tara went into labor."

"I heard." She shook her head. "All the guys got called into Charming to wait it out. Wonder who'll show up for me besides the obvious four."

"Jax will." I smiled. "Anyways, Gemma is trying to scare me or whatever."

"Check her hands, you don't wanna get knocked out by a sheet pan." She chuckled as she gripped her belly. "Do you see this shit? My belly moves when I laugh, I'm Santa."

"It's a cute look on you. Piggly Wiggly." I kissed her fat face. "So fat!"

"I'm so upset." She frowned at me. "You're a bitch."

"Yeah Auntie Nik, you're a bitch." Monica sassed. "So bitchy."

"What are you even teaching this kid?" I looked at Bri who just shrugged. "Where's her parents at?"

"I don't know." Bri sighed and mouthed that she'd fill me in later about the whole situation.

"They're on vacation." Monica added but I knew better than to believe her.

"That's cool." I frowned at the realization that our brother probably took the money Bri gave him and dipped on his daughter. Leaving her with her favorite Auntie and Uncle."I need a vacation."

"I need to go to Disneyland." Monica smiled at me. "That could be our vacation Auntie Nik. You, me, and all the pretty princesses. Can you see all the glitter now?"

"I can see it!" I laughed. "So much glitter I may just die!"

"Me too! So can we go?" She bounced on her knees causing Tacoma to bark loudly scaring us all.

"Yeah, we can." I smiled. "In the summer when school is out."

"Yes!" She jutted her hands into the air. "I'm not in school though."

"I've been trying to get her in one." Bri smiled. "I just don't have guardianship to do it, so waiting on that paperwork."

"That's some heavy shit. You sure you want to take all of it on, on top of twins Brianna?" I rubbed her belly and one of the babies kicked my hand away.

"No choice." She sighed. "Who else is going to look after her the way we do? The house is big enough. I know you'll help and Hap said he'd help. She grew on his mean ass."

"Yeah I'm here for you all." I kissed her cheek. "Our dysfunctional family."

"Indeed." She laughed. "I got to go to the doctor tomorrow. He'll decide what to do about this belly. He said it's not usual for twins to be carried to term. My body isn't equipped for it. Do you know humans are the only mammals who don't give birth to fully developed offspring. Like baby cows and horses and stuff can walk but babies are still developing after birth."

"Stop reading shit like that on the internet." I laughed. "What are we naming the twins?"

"Isaiah and Harley. But I'm trying to aim for Diesel and Harley." She laughed. "Maybe Ragnar and Rollo."

"You're terrible." I laughed. "Middle names?"

"Isaiah Esai and Harley Quinn." She smirked. "Not final though. I like the name Nicolina for Harley."

"How about you give them normal white people names like Caleb and Ashley?" I frowned.

"Because that's boring." She smiled. "I don't know, I like weird names."

"I can tell." I laid against her and sighed. "Nap time." I closed my eyes and let the smell of Bri work it's way into my nose and settle at the back of my throat. "You smell like vanilla and leather.

"Night night Auntie Nik." I felt Monica give me a kiss on my cheek and them rest against me.

SOASOASOA

Happy POV

"This shit is boring." I looked up at the ceiling before letting my head fall to the side and stare at Kozik and Juice who were playing cards. "I should be with Bri, not sitting here waiting for Jax and Tara to have their kid. Not to mention Tara was a cunt to my Queen."

Kozik spit his coffee out and started to laugh. "Cunt?"

"Did I fucking stutter?" I rolled my eyes and kicked at the table with my booted feet. "Bri is having twins, she's high risk I should be there." I felt my phone vibrate and pulled it from my kutte. "It's Bri."

"Babe." Her voice traveled through the phone and everyone seemed to stop what they were doing to listen to what she had to say. "Bring me Chinese food, and ice cream."

I laughed. "Alright."

"Now." She urged. "We're hungry. If you don't bring it as soon as possible, I may let Monica know where you put all the glitter glue. Your reaper would look good with some bedazzling." She laughed.

"You wouldn't?" I rasped.

"I would." She replied and I could hear the smile in her voice.

"Alright, alright, I got you Brianna." I hung up the phone and stood. "I'm cutting out. Bri needs me more than Jax does."

"Alright brother." Tig smirked at me. "I'll let him know you had baby problems."

"Thanks." I nodded and headed out of the building.

#

I walked in the house and turned on the lights. The house felt lifeless and quiet until I started approaching the bedroom. I heard giggles and voices as I opened the door with one hand and juggled the food with the other.

"Uncle Hap!" Monica yelled. "Do you need help?"

"Nah." I shook my head. "I got this."

I handed Bri her takeout box and set the extras on the night stand. I looked at Monica who was still smiling at me and wondered why I had taken a liking to her so fast and her to me. I chalked the shit up to her being a mini Brianna. Always talking and making pointless shit that no one ever makes use of.

"You're the best." Bri smiled at me as she squirted soy sauce on her food. "Tara give birth yet?"

"Nope." I laid down next to her. "I can't wait til I'm waiting for you to have our twins." I rubbed her belly and got gentle kicks in return.

"Talk to them Uncle Hap." Monica laid next to me. "Auntie Bri says they can hear deep voices. Yours is so deep!"

"Alright." I laughed. "Hey Harley, you're not allowed to like glitter like Monica."

Monica smacked me with her hand. "Harley don't listen to him! Glitter is a girls best friend!"

"She gets the love of glitter from Nik." Bri shrugged. "Stripper tendencies."

"I know." I kissed her shoulder. "Bri I need you bad."

"How can we do it?" She motioned to her belly.

"I'll do all the work." I smirked. "Just get rid of the kid later."

"Anything for you Happy." She kissed my head next to the band aid I was sporting ever since Nik smacked the shit out of me with a pistol.

"She was saving that hit for some time." I laughed.

"I believe it." She kissed my head again. "I want you."

"Hey Monica, how about you leave now and let Auntie Bri take care of me?" I nudged her off the bed.

"Fine." She stood up. "I won't cock block you this time."

"Do you even know what that means yet Monica?" Bri blinked at her niece.

"Nope." She frowned. "Come on Tacoma, let's go play princess tea party!"

I walked her out and locked the door behind her and pulled off my shirt as I walked back to the bed. "Finally alone time babe."

She smiled at me. Her eyes dark with lust as they traveled over my body then back up to my face. "I want you." She rasped.

"This is going be easier said than done huh?" I laughed at Bri.

"Yeah." She smiled. "Don't worry Happy, I got you."

#

"Thanks Bri." I leaned over and kissed her lips softly. "I needed that. You good though?"

"Yeah a little sore, but it's a good sore." She smiled at me. "Is it cool that I'm nervous for tomorrow?"

"Why would you be nervous for a baby shower?" I asked as I tugged on a new pair of boxers and grey sweats.

"Nah, for the appointment before the shower." She sighed. "The doctor will be giving us options."

"You thinking of getting cut?" I unlocked the bedroom door and checked the security monitor. Monica and Tacoma were laying on the beanbag chair in the basement sleep.

"Maybe, but that healing time would be a bitch. Then I'm worried about natural birth, I'm going to feel so bad for my pussy." She shook her head and grabbed the melting pint of ice cream.

"Which is the quickest route for me getting to bend you over the sofa and taking you?" I winked at her.

"You're terrible, but I do miss our normal sex life." She set the ice cream aside and pulled my tank top on. "You think I gotta take my piercings out?"

"I don't want you to." I ran my thumbs over the barbells that showed through the top.

"Then I won't." She smiled. "Is it weird that we're not talking about the plan at all? Like no one has brought it up whatsoever."

"Nah Bri." I held her hand. "We talked about it at table a few dozen times since it went down. I don't know what you want me to say other then your sister smacked me with her gun and I actually believed Jax had turned his fucking back on us. All of us fucking did. Then your mom went down. What's with you Hohrykova girls and knives?"

"Honorable way to die and dish out death." She bit her bottom lip and stared at me. "Are you happy?"

"Yeah." I nodded. "No more threats. I can rest easier knowing Jax doesn't have a reason to drag us into anymore unnecessary shit."

"I'd like to have a family dinner or something." Her finger ran across my chest and napped the waistband of my boxers before settling.

"Everyone will be at the baby shower." I sighed. "Mostly everyone. Maybe not Tara and Jax. Or Gemma."

"Jax might. Him and Nik are getting serious. He referred to them as an Us." She closed her eyes and yawned. "It's ridiculous but whatever."

"It is." I growled. "That man is like a love sick puppy at the clubhouse. Everyone chalks it up to being because Tara left his ass but when it's cleared out he usually has Nik there."

"I'm worried about Gemma touching her." She blinked at me. "If she does then I'm pretty sure Nik will go at her without a second thought. You saw her with G."

I laughed. "Giselle is hiding out. Koz said she's embarrassed about how that shit went down."

"All of them should be." She tapped on my collarbones. "Where's my tattoo at babe? Too good to ink my name on you or what?"

"Waiting." I shrugged. "Maybe we can get the ink at the same time."

"I want you to ink me though Happy." She smiled. "Gonna get Property of Lowman across my chest."

"Corny!" I yelled.

"But thoughtful!" She yelled back. "Love you Lowman."

"Love you too future Lowman." I kissed her nose. "You gonna watch this movie and cry Bri?" I rolled my eyes as We Are Marshall started.

"Yeah." She grabbed the ice cream and box of Kleenex. "Yeah, I really am going to cry."

"You're a mess." I kissed her temple then laid back. "I'm going to sleep then babe."

"Night." She kissed me. "Sweet dreams."

"Nik was here?" I looked at her as I flipped the pillows over. "Smells funny."

"Tacoma and Monica were in bed too." She made a pained expression. "That hurt."

"What did?" I sat up.

"Just got a weird pain in my back is all." She shrugged. "It's gone."

"If it happens again and I'm sleep wake me up." I rubbed her back. "You got that shit Brianna?"

"Yeah." She smiled. "Go to sleep."

"Keep everyone off my pillows next time. I don't like people in here." I yawned. "Love you weirdo."

"Love you too killer." She whispered as she grabbed my hand. I felt at peace and just hoped the pain she had felt wouldn't come back.