Chapter 16
Waking up the next morning, I am still in Herm's arms. I jump up from the bed and sprint to the bathroom getting sick. This child is going to be the death of me and it's not even here yet. "Are you okay babe?" Herm asked. "Yeah. Morning sickness. It's a bitch." I tell him. I brush my teeth and head to the kitchen to start breakfast. Before I can, he stops me. "Why don't we go out to breakfast? Head back home. I took a few days off to be with you." he told me. Smiling a little, I nod yes and go to pack my bag to head back home. He follows me back to Charming and we pull into Hanna's. Placing our orders, we sat in silence for a few before Herm spoke. "She's not coming back to the clubhouse." he said and I knew who he was talking about. "Good." was all I said. Our food came and we talked about things we would need for the baby.
I had a notepad and pen in my purse and when we were done eating we had quite a list. "I don't want to start getting anything yet. I want to at least get past the first trimester before we start getting the nursery done and buying things." I tell him. "Whatever you want babe. But I'm going to say, I hope we have a boy." he says. Laughing I tell him, "Nope, I want a girl. I was always a daddy's girl and I want you to have that." He just smiles knowing how close I am to my dad. "Maybe a girl wouldn't be that bad." he says. We finish eating and leave the diner and head home. Getting there, we see Laura sitting on the porch. "What the fuck is she doing here?" I asked Herm. "I don't know." he responds.
"Laura, what do you want?" I asked as we walked up to her. "I want Koz." she says simply. "You need to leave and leave us alone. He's never going to be yours." I tell her. "Well, that's not what it seemed like when his dick was in my mouth. He was enjoying that." she says, smirking. I walk over and grab her by the throat and get in her face, saying, "I see you anywhere near me or my husband again, I will gut you like a goddamned deer. You understand me you fucking cunt?" I seethe. Herm pulls me off of her and tells me to go back to the car. A few minutes later, the van pulls up and Happy and Opie get out. "What are you doing here?" I asked. Opie says "Koz called. Said you had a pest problem that needed exterminating." I smiled. Leave it to Koz. Grabbing Happy's hand as he went by, he looked at me and I said, "Thank you Happy." He just nods and him and Opie put the whore in the van and drive off. "You called my brother?" I asked. "Yeah. I don't want to leave you and she needs to be educated on what happens when you disrespect an Old Lady." he tells me. I kiss him softly and then he looks at me sternly, "But don't ever get in someone's face like that when you have my child in there." he says while rubbing my still flat stomach.
***Two months later***
Herm and I seem to be doing pretty good after Laura was taken out of the picture. Things were back to normal and we were planning things for the baby. I was now, eighteen weeks along and we were heading to the doctor to hopefully find out the gender. Sitting in the waiting room, my name is called and we walk back to the exam room. "Well, all of your vital and levels still look good. How's the morning sickness?" she asked. "Gone. Thank God. I didn't think it would ever end." I said laughing. "Okay. Let's see how your little one is doing." she says. Pulling over the ultrasound machine, she puts the gel on my stomach and starts moving the wand around. We hear the heartbeat and Herm smiles. "Looks like the heartbeat is good and strong." she says. Moving the wand around a little more, she looks at the head, toes, fingers, spine, and finally looks at us and says, "Looks like the little one might cooperate. Would you like to know the sex?" she asked. We both nod yes and she moves the wand around a little more and says "Congratulations. Looks like you are having a little girl." she tells us. We both start smiling. I look at Herm and say "See, told you. You get your daddy's girl." With that he kisses me softly and says "Thank you." The doctor leaves us alone and I get cleaned up and we head out the door.
My dad is sitting at the bar with my brother when we walk into the clubhouse. The baby is moving around a lot but as soon as my dad says something, she calms down. "How the hell do you do that?" I asked. "What?" He asked confused. "All you, Ope or Herm have to do is speak and she calms down. Never when I speak." I say and they realize what I said. "A girl?" My dad asked. "Yeah Pop. We are having a girl. I was wondering if you would be okay with us naming her Elizabeth Jane after grandma?" He looked at me and smiled "I would love that. Thank you Sweetheart." he says before pulling me in for a hug. Opie just laughs and says "Suck up." We all start laughing as Opie pulls me in for a hug.