Tara has been sitting in Gemma's driveway for over an hour, waiting for the realtor to show up. Tara wants to put the house up for sale as soon as possible. She also wants to be able to go to the store and pick things up for tomorrow night's family dinner, which would be the last family dinner in Gemma's. Last week when she found a realtor, Tara asked Jax one more time if he was certain that he wanted to sell his childhood home. The home he grew up in. Jax gave her his final answer, which was a yes.
Tara was also hoping Jax would be here to talk to the realtor about selling Gemma's house. But he didn't want to deal with it right now and in the last minute, Jax decided he would be up in Oakland with Opie and Chibs. Handling club business instead. But he did promise that he would be around later to help her go through Gemma's things. Tara looked towards her side mirror when she noticed another car pulling right behind her." Finally." Tara said to herself as she pushed her car door open and climbed out of her car.
Just as Tara closed her car door, the realtor walked up to her." Sorry for running late. My last meeting with another Client ran late. Hi I am Mrs. Watson. You must Mrs. Teller." She said as she extended her hand out.
Tara nods her head as she shook the realtor's hand." Yeah, I am. My husband couldn't be here, since had to work today. I hope that's alright with you?" Tara asked as she lets Mrs. Watson's hand go.
" That's totally fine by me." Mrs. Watson answered as she looked around the yard and then back at the house." Nice house, very nice. I hope you don"t mind me asking. But why are you selling the house?"
" My husband and I have our reasons.But the main reason for selling the house is because we want to give another family a chance to move in and make their own memories. We both believe it's time to move on."
" Fair enough. Well, I would like to see the inside of the house."
" Come on. " Tara said as she leads the realtor towards the front door. Unlocking and opening the door, Tara let Mrs. Watson walk through the door first." Gemma pretty much decorated the living room herself. " Tara explains as she closed the door behind her." The kitchen is through this way." Tara pointed out as she walked towards the kitchen.
" It's not a very big kitchen, but a good size though. Is there a dining room area?" Mrs. Watson asked.
" Yeah, it's around the corner." Tara answered as she turned around and showed her the dining room. This is where all our family dinners are at. Right here at this table." Gemma had always hosted family dinners here, Tara had only hosted a few so far, and the last one in this house will be tomorrow night.
" You guys must have a huge family. " Mrs. Watson observed as she looked at the very long dining room table.
" Yeah, something like that. Come on I will show you the rest of the house." For the next hour, Tara has shown Mrs. Watson the master bedroom, along with Jax's and Tommy"s old bedrooms. After the tour of the house. Tara and Mrs. Watson walked back into the kitchen.
" So, what do you think of the house so far?" Tara asked as she poured them each cup of coffee.
" It's a very nice house, I think it can be sold very quickly."
" That's what I like to hear. The quicker this house is sold. The quicker my family and I can move on and put this all behind us." Tara responded as she took drink of her coffee. Both Jax and Tara agreed that once the house is sold, they got nothing else to worry about.
Mrs. Watson finished her coffee as she stood up and gathered her stuff." I should get going, I got another client. I will draw up the paperwork and have them send to your lawyer." She said as she Tara's hand once more before walking out of the back door.
Once the realtor left, Tara took a look around the kitchen as she sighs deeply. She then decided to start with Gemma's room and just work through one room at a time.
Few hours later, Jax walked through the kitchen door. As he closed the door behind him and stepped further into kitchen he looked at the kitchen table as he started to remember the last conversation he had with Gemma, the last time he was here. It was the one conversation he would never want to re live ever again. After standing there for a moment, Jax walked out of the kitchen looking for Tara.
"Babe!?"
" In here." Tara responded as she sat on Gemma's bed and went through the pictures that Gemma kept in the bottom drawer of her dresser. She looked up as she noticed Jax walking through the room." Hey baby." She said as leans over and gave him a quick kiss on the lips once he sat down beside her.
" What you doing?"
" Just going through Gemma's stuff. I just thought I would start here and work my way through each room. " Tara answers as she kept going through the photos." Look, what I found." She said as she handed Jax a photo of him, with his little brother Thomas, along with John and Gemma." You guys seem so happy there." She said with a small smile.
" Yeah, before everything turned into shit and I realized that the family I was born into wasn't like the family in this photo. Sometimes I barely remember how our family used to be before Tommy and dad left me behind." Jax said low as he set the picture to the side.
" I know how hard this is for you. I'm sorry baby." Tara said softly as she placed her hand against his face and gently massage her fingertips against his beard. Tara remembers how Jax's family used to be. She also remembers how she used to watch Jax and Tommy playing together when they were kids. She even remember watching Jax and his dad working on cars at the garage in high school.
Jax grabbed Tara's hard as he turn his head and kisses the palm of her hand deeply. " I am fine babe. How did it go with the realtor?" He asked as he wanted to change the subject already.
" It went really well actually. As a matter of fact, she believes the house can be sold very quickly. She's gonna send the paperwork to Lowen's office in a couple of days."
" Good. Cause I want to put all of this behind us."
" I know baby, does the guys know that your selling the house?"
Jax shook his head no." I was gonna let everyone know tomorrow night at the family dinner." Jax had thought about telling the club today actually but he decided it would be best to hold off until tomorrow night. He already knows some might not gonna like the idea of him selling Gemma's house, since they always loved coming here. Others will understand.
Tara slowly nods her head." Why don't we just take care of this tomorrow. I gotta get to the grocery store and pick things up that I am gonna need for tomorrow night's family dinner. " Tara said as she stood up and reached for Jax's hand and pulls him up off the bed and leads him out of the room.
Once they were outside standing by Tara's car, Tara placed her hand against the back of Jax's head as she felt his forehead against hers." No matter what happens, we are in this together and we will be fine. I love you so much Jackson. "
" I love you so much more babe." Jax responded as he placed both hands against both sides of her neck as he tilt her head back and kisses her deeply and passionately as he pulls her closer to him and groans against her lips as he crassessed her cheekbones with his thumbs." I will meet you at home."
" I will be there soon." Tara said softly as she kisses him once more before getting behind the wheel. After she started the engine and got her seatbelt buckled. She waved goodbye to Jax and backed out of the driveway, heading towards the grocery store.
Jax rode out and headed home to spend time with his boys and waits for Tara to come home.
AN: Here's a new chapter. This is gonna be the last chapter for now until I get internet again. But don't worry though I will do the family dinner. at Gemma's the next I come back. Happy reading everyone and leave reviews, to let me know what you think of this chapter.
