CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR

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Waking up in the morning to the feel of lips softly kissing my neck and the wet swipe of a tongue would probably startle most people, but the light seeping through the blinds above the bed give enough illumination to reflect of Jax's head, the sleep messy blond hair close enough to my face that strands are tickling my nose.

"What are you doing?" I ask my voice rough from sleep.

Jax pulls his head back and props himself up on his elbow "I was making apologies to your neck for how much pain it's going to go through today, and having some alone time with it before I can't later."

I clear my throat, shaking my head "If you're going to miss it that much I don't have to get inked there."

Jax looks down at me, his eyes holding a combination of sleepiness, love and desire that takes my breath away. "Darlin', it's not about what I want. You want it and I am glad you do. The crow shows my brothers that you belong to me." Jax gestures towards the tattoo on his forearm "This shows them that I'm yours just as much. The shield that you want shows the rest of the world that you're mine."

I reach up and rest my hand on the back of his neck "Jackson, I've been yours since the day I met you; I've probably been yours since before I met you if you want to be honest about it. The sooner you realise that the better."

Jax leans down and kisses me, ignoring my protests about morning breath. "I know babe. I should have realised years ago."

I shake my head which stops him speaking with a questioning look "If you'd realised years ago then things wouldn't be like they are now. We can regret our pasts all we like but what we have done makes us who we are today."

Jax rubs his hand across his face "How did you get so wise?"

I sit up slowly, the blankets pooling in my lap "I had no choice. New York really did change me."

Jax shakes his head and barely manages to keep his eyes from drifting to my naked chest "It didn't though. Donna said last night that the you that left would have dealt with things differently and she's right, but the you that came back is still the same person. You still don't put up with your cousins shit, you still spend far too much time worrying about us, you still drive like a crazy person, and you still love with your entire heart and soul."

I look over at him and blink a few times, my brain sorting out the words I want to say before giving up with a sigh "I guess you're right."

Jax sits up and props himself beside me, holding out his arm and waiting while I shuffle across the bed into his side "No guessing. I am right. It took me falling in love with the new you to realise I loved the old you, but new or old, you're still you and it's you that I want, it's you that I love, it's you that I plan on spending the rest of my life with. But right now, it's you that needs to get up."

"Why?"

Jax runs his hand over my arm, his palm skimming over the bare skin "Cause otherwise I'll keep you in bed all day and we're taking the monster on a picnic with Ope, D and their kids."

I look around the room "What's the time?"

Jax shrugs "Don't know. Someone threw my alarm clock out when it went off at 3 am by accident."

Sliding out of the bed I ignore the comment, still unsure how the fuck the obnoxious thing got set to go off so early. Picking up Jax's jeans which are closer than my bag I pull his phone from the pocket, glancing at the time I drop the whole lot back on the floor and collapse back on the bed "Baby its only 8am. What time are we meeting for lunch?"

Jax shrugs "Don't know, didn't arrange a time."

"What about Happy?"

"4pm for him. He said it'll only take 2 hours at most."

I close my eyes intending to drift back to sleep for another hour or so but Jax's lips drift back over my neck, his tongue darting out and leaving another wet line across my skin.

The low groan that pulls itself from my lips makes Jax chuckle in a very satisfied way "Guess I can keep you in bed for another few hours then."

"Mmm." I sigh out as his lips press to mine slowly, my hand drifting down his chest and wrapping around his cock which is already hard, the head slick with pre-cum. Pulling my head back I gently run my hand over the steely length with a raised eyebrow.

Jax shrugs "You're naked and in my bed, I've been hard all night."

The warmth in my muscles doubles as Jax covers my body with his own, my arm becoming trapped between us. His lips reattaching to mine as his hands stroke all the skin he can reach. Running his fingertips over my nipples has them standing to attention with a few brushing passes.

The smile that stretches across his face when he pulls his lips away from mine is nothing but demanding and predatory, the lust that's firing in his eyes enough to start a low tingling in my belly and my blood to rush to the surface, a flush covering my skin from my cheeks to the top of my breasts.

Pulling back his fingers dance across the flushed skin with a chuckle "This has to be my second favourite thing to see on your skin." He says his voice a rough growl.

"What's the first?" I ask with a gasped breath and a gentle squeeze of my fingers as his hand brushes over my inner thigh.

"Me of course."

Pulling my hands away from him I push him into his back and straddle his thighs leaning down and setting my lips on his, pushing my tongue between his lips. Jax tries to protest but the words die between his lips and mine when with a groan his hand comes up and tangles in my hair pulling lightly, guiding my head to the side to deepen the kiss further.

The tightening of his fingers in my hair sends a self-satisfied shot of lust through my body and the familiar feel of liquid heat within my body, the need to be with him after all but passing out in his arms the previous night fires desire from the tips of my toes to the points on my scalp where his fingers are pressing.

Moving up his legs so my knees are by his hips I angle my pelvis slightly and sigh with contentment when his cock slides straight into the velvet heat where I need him the most, stopping when our bodies are as close to each other as they can be. Pulling his head away from mine with a groan he opens his eyes, the flashing in his eyes scrolling between desire, love, lust, need, want in a cycle that pulls me in and traps me within the absolute feeling of completion that always spreads across my brain like a blanket when I'm with Jax.

His hand pulls free of my hair and trails down my back, the rough pads of his fingers scratching a trail over the length of my spine sending shiver down in its wake. Bending his neck he pulls one of my nipples into his mouth, his other hand coming up to cup the other, rolling the erect nipple between his fingers in time with the slow flicking of his tongue. Moving my hips slowly in time with the drag of his tongue across my skin the pinpoints of need that have been prickling my skin start dancing across the surface of my skin, the hand on my back brushes back up over my spine, my muscles twitching under his hand.

Losing myself in the feeling of his hands brushing over my skin and his mouth on my breast is intoxicating; the breaths puffing out his nose keep stirring the hair that's drifted over my shoulder which makes the strands tickle my thighs. Leaning back Jax frowns when my nipple is pulled form his mouth, the peak shiny and pink from his attention. Gathering all my hair in my hands I drop it down my back, the ends brushing his thighs. Curling one hand around the back of my neck he pulls me forwards so our lips meet again, his tongue demanding my lips open with a swipe across the join.

Obeying with a gasped sigh his arm winding around my hair forming a thick rope around his forearm he pulls it suddenly, my mouth pulling away from his with a startled yelp. Using the grip he has on my hair he rolls us over, releasing my hair in the same second as my back hits the mattress, the blankets sliding off the end of the bed with a whoosh. Pulling his body away from mine he lifts himself onto his knees, my hips and lower back coming off the bed to keep the connection. Holding one hand out he waits till I put my hand it in before yanking me sharply so I end up sitting on his thighs, my legs bent behind him with my feet either side of his calves.

"Oh god." I moan into his neck, my arms wrapping around his shoulders tightly as the change in angle sends a delicious wave of heat through every inch of my body, my skin feels like it's going to melt and the swipe of his tongue across my neck cools that one part but the first movement of my hips evaporates the wet feeling with what I'm sure is an audible hiss. It takes a second for me to realise that hiss was my breath coming out between tightly clenched teeth.

"Hold on tight Darlin'." Jax says into my hair his hands trailing down my sides and gripping my hips tightly, moving me slowly over him the full connection of our bodies bursts into my brain as the simple movement presses my clit piercing tightly between us and every hair on my body stands on end.

"Oh fuck Jax." I groan between my clenched teeth.

The chuckle that works its way through his parted lips drifts across my earlobe sending another glorious shudder down my spine.

Using his grip on my hips Jax moves me in slow movements along his length, the pressing of his cock into every perfect place inside me makes it difficult to concentrate on anything, his lips and tongue drift across my skin in constant wet trails, the tightness in each muscle grows till I feel like something will snap.

Running his lips over my neck once more he nips lightly at the skin and that's the thing that pushes me over the edge, my muscles twitching uncontrollably while he continues moving me, his fingers tightening on my skin to the verge of pain before he groans into my neck and stops moving, holding me dead still with the muscles of his shoulders jumping under my hands.

Letting go of my hips by peeling one finger at a time off them the grip I have around his shoulders is the only thing keeping me in place while my heart rate settles back to normal and the blood starts flowing back through my limbs.

Pulling away from his neck with a sheepish smile I look up at him through my eyelashes "Sorry baby."

Jax frowns "What for?"

I shake my head "You'll see."

Detangling slowly from each other Jax helps me to my feet and into the bathroom where he glances at his reflection before looking over at me with a raised eyebrow at the red spot on his neck where there's an almost perfect indentation of my teeth.

Giggling as I turn the shower on "You couldn't so I did."

Leaning over the sink he examines the mark on his neck with a critical eye before shrugging "Oh well."

Watching as I get under the steamy spray he grins "I guess you're marking me again."

Poking my tongue out at him I hold the door open "Didn't know I needed to. You coming in?"

Jax steps into the box behind me, his front pressing against my back "You don't, but if you're worried you can, I have to go on a run."

I sigh and turn around "And you decided to fuck me senseless before dropping that bit of Intel on me?"

Jax rubs his hand over his face before folding me to his chest "I didn't think it'd be a big deal."

I laugh, splashing a bit of water at him "It's not. I'm guessing that I'm not coming on this one?"

"Babe, I'd love for you to come but its Friday."

I lean back into the spray, my hair plastering to my back "Oh." The furniture is due to be delivered to the new house on Friday and there's no way I can miss it. "That's okay baby. When are you back?"

"Friday."

I raise my eyebrow "What?"

Jax chuckles as he turns us around to wet his own hair, lathering it up with shampoo as he speaks "We're leaving at 9am Friday, we'll be back about 4pm Friday. We're meeting Eureka half-way."

"Why?"

Jax rinses his hair off before moving so I can go back under the water "Because I didn't want to go all the way over to Eureka and spend a night away from my Old Lady. Ope didn't either. Clay worked it out so that we didn't have to."

I smile brightly up at him, throwing my arms around his neck and kissing him hard "Have I told you recently I love you?" Jax shakes his head and I press another kiss to his lips "I love you."

"Good. Now hurry up, it's cold over here."

I laugh and pour shampoo into my hand, moving so he can get back under the spray while I work the lather into my waist length locks. "I need a haircut." I murmur, more to myself then him, laughing more at the horrified expression on his face.

"A trim then?"

He nods and finishes washing himself quickly, stepping out and leaving me to the spray. "I'm looking forward to the shower in the new house." I nod in agreement; the multiple heads in the master shower have been featuring in my dreams the past few nights, most of them definitely not PG-rated.