CHAPTER NINETY-THREE

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Jax wakes me the following morning, a cup of coffee in one hand and a plate in the other. The sheepish grin on his face makes me worry till he laughs at the look "Don't worry; I didn't set fire to the kitchen. D brought some food from Lumpy's on her way back to Ma's after dropping the kids off at playgroup."

I sit up slowly, the blankets falling to my lap as I reach for the cup. "What time is it?" My voice is croaky with that just woke up sleepiness still clinging to my vocal cords.

"Just before 9. I've been up for a while, but you were sleeping so soundly I didn't want to wake you up." Jax leans over and kisses me softly ignoring my protest of morning breath with a laugh "You should be more worried about bed head." He comments handing me a fork and a paper napkin.

The hand that's not holding my cup instantly flies to my hair and I can feel the wispy strands that are sticking out at all angles from the braid I'd put my hair in before going to bed. Jax laughs when I slap him lightly on the arm and gets to his feet.

"Wait, where are you going?"

"I'll be right back. I only had two hands." Jax comes back a couple of minutes later with his own cup and another plate, sitting on the bed by my feet he leans against the end of the sleigh with a sigh.

I examine his face while I slowly chew a bite of the muffin Donna brought me for breakfast. "Are you alright baby, you look tired."

Jax nods slowly before stopping mid-nod "When I said I'd been up a while I'm not sure that I actually went to sleep. I had this sudden 'oh shit' feeling when I realised that Abel will be home soon. Are we ready?"

I laugh and swallow some coffee "Like I told Anne the other day, you're ready. Maybe some more clothes cause you've only got a few things, but I wouldn't buy anything till after we have the welcome home party. I'll get D and Al to come over and we'll spend some time this weekend putting together a list of what we still need, and we'll see if Opie and D may have any of the stuff we need, or if either of them have any suggestions for what we may have forgotten."

Jax looks relieved and I have a sudden though "Actually there is one thing that you do need to buy, or I can get it if you want."

"What?" Jax glances out the door and I know his mind is in the brightly painted room that's already holding the crib, changing table, the chest of draws and rocking chair.

"A car seat." I say quietly, I know he hadn't thought of one, having only just managed to get him to buy a car."

"Fuck. Maybe we should get two so we can have one permanently in each car. Get two identical ones?"

I'm not sure where the strange idea came from but I shake my head "Nope, cause if we did that then Gemma would want one for her car as well and that's just ridiculous. They're easy enough to move between vehicles, I think."

Finishing the muffin and coffee while Jax sits and quietly talks about what he was worried about I do the best I can to reassure him that he will be a great father. He's already taking so much thought into making sure his son has a legacy to be proud of that by the time Abel is old enough to prospect, which is going to happen, there's no use in fighting something that is built into his DNA, the club will be as legal as it can be.

Telling Jax exactly that he smiles at me "That's if they go with the ideas I have, well you had, about alternate money sources."

I smile as I push the blankets off my legs, glad that I'd showered the night before. "I told them to you intending for you to share them with the Club. I want you as far away from guns as possible almost as much as you want to be out of them."

Jax shakes his head and grabs my hand before I can step past him "You really do listen far too well. Do you have any other insider information that I should know?"

I laugh "Nope. The only other thing I know that no one else does yet is that I'm going to be late to see Elliot if I don't get a move on now, I've got to stop and get D on my way to the farm."

Jax lets go of my hand and stands up "Ring me when you're done up there?"

"Will do baby." I hurry through my morning routine, dressing, brushing my hair and teeth are all done, leaving the house with a quick kiss to Jax I'm on the phone to Elliot as I'm walking to the truck.

"Sorry Elliot, but I'll be about another 20 minutes, I've gotta go get Donna and then we'll be on our way out there."

Elliot laughs and tells me not to break any speed limits which I don't reply to, hanging up the phone as I climb behind the wheel of my Nitro and sticking the key in it turn it and nothing happens, trying another couple of times I sigh. "Oh really, today of all fucken days." I drop my head onto the steering wheel and continue in a ranting tirade for a few minutes before a tap on my window has me sitting up with a start.

Jax is standing by the driver's door with a confused look on his face "You okay?"

I shake my head and pull the key out of the ignition. "This fucken giant pile of metal won't start."

Jax chuckles "I can take you to Ma's, or you can use my truck."

I shake my head "I can't use it. You only got it yesterday."

"So?" Jax pulls me from my car, locking it behind me and pushing me into the driver's seat of the Ram we'd just brought home "Besides, it's our car. Aren't they all?"

I nod but then pause "Well, I might have to think about that when I get the Viper."

Jax looks faintly offended before catching the grin twitching at the corner of my mouth "You're really late now. Don't speed. Love you babe."

"Love you too; see you at the hospital at 11?" I cross my fingers hoping the meeting with Elliot and Jennifer won't take more than an hour.

"If you're a little late it's okay, don't frown. Just ring when you're on the way."

I nod once more, adjusting the seat and starting the truck before backing out of the drive and heading to Gemma's to pick up Donna.