CHAPTER SIX

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It takes me almost an hour to get the all the potatoes peeled, par boiled and roughed up in the pot. Leaving them to go completely cold, Abel's napping for the first time in his new crib, Jax and I are curled on the sofa enjoying the quite every few minutes Jax picks up the monitor to check it's working.

The fourth time he checks the switch to make sure that it's turned on in the space of less than 10 minutes I pick it up out of his hand and tuck it behind a couch cushion "Baby it's working fine. Anne told me he'll sleep till 6ish; we've got about an hour."

Jax smirks at me and wiggles his eyebrows "So we start mastering the art of the quickie now."

Cocking one eyebrow I manage to keep a straight face for a few seconds till I jump up and start undoing the buttons on the bottom of my shirt "We have about 45 minutes that hardly classes as a quickie baby."

Jax gets up and follows me down the hall, his hands catching me in the doorway "45 minutes is barely enough time to start what I want, let alone finish it."

I'm just reaching for his belt buckle when the front door opens and Donna's voice echoes into the house "I'm back and I brought food, plates and cutlery."

Laughing I drop my head onto his chest "And the cockblocking starts."

Jax rests his chin on the top of my head "New locks at the new house, gotta get locks that no one else can unlock."

I nod, lifting my hands from his belt and rebuttoning my shirt "Coming D."

Jax snorts "Or not."

Donna's leaning against the bench in the kitchen we I come back through the door a scowl on my face. Laughing she apologises "I figured it was better me showing up now then Gemma in 5 minutes with my kids interrupting something."

I nod and lean against the bench "Why's she coming back so early?"

Donna shakes her head "She's not staying, she's dropping the kids here, Neeta took the kids to the park and Gem picked them up for ice cream but they both wanted to come here to meet Abel."

I hug her tightly "Its okay Aunty D. Course they want to meet their cousin, I'm surprised they didn't demand to go to the hospital. They might be disappointed though, he's asleep."

Donna squeezes my waist "They did try and make me take them to the hospital." Letting go of me she pours coffee into a couple of cups and leaves them on the bench for Jax and I "I explained to them that he was really sick and they wouldn't be able to till he came home. Gem told them he was home when she met up with them and Neeta and that was it; they refused ice cream in favour of meeting the baby."

The sound of car doors closing outside is the briefest warning we get before the door flies open and Kenny and Ellie run into the house.

Donna holds up her hand stopping the kids in mid step "Shhh, he's in bed at the moment. If you're as quiet as mice Aunty S might take you down there to see if he's awake."

It makes me smile watching them suddenly straighten up and look up at me Ellie opens her mouth and looks at her mother quickly before whispering "Can we go see him, please. We won't make a squeak."

I nod and hold out my hands, waiting till they put their hands in mine before crouching down "I think he's still sleeping but we have to be really quiet cause he might get grumpy if he's woken up. Can you do that?"

They both nod solemnly at me and I smile and stand back up, Jax heads down the hall first, pushing the door open and stepping backwards. Ellie and Kenny wait at the door while I look through the gap. Letting go of their hands I rest mine on their little shoulders, stifling the giggle that threatens to come out as Ellie tiptoes to the side of the crib peering through the bars "He's so little." She whispers.

Kenny nods and stays standing almost a foot from the side of the crib like he's afraid. Smiling at him I pick him up while Jax comes in and picks up Ellie "Its okay Kenny, he's little but he's fine now."

Taking the pair of them back into the kitchen Donna smiles from where she's now sitting at the table "You okay babies?"

Kenny wiggles in my arms till I put him down and climbs up on his mother's knee "Mommy he's like Ellie's dolls."

Ellie's laughter makes all three of us turn to look at Jax who smiles guiltily as he catches her "She asked me to."

Donna scowls at him "Put my daughter down."

Jax pouts but puts Ellie back on her feet crouching down and holding her in place "If your mommy says there's some juice in the fridge, Aunty S might pour you a glass."

Ellie turns her huge eyes on her mother "Mommy please?"

Donna sighs and reaches behind her pulling open the fridge and passing the jug of juice over and one of the bottles of water "Half a glass diluted with water Aunty S."

Nodding I pour the kids their drinks into two plastic cups I'd kept for them "Why don't you take them outside, it's really warm out there."

As the twins disappear Donna looks around the room "How many people are coming for dinner?"

Mentally working it out I run through the list in my head "Umm, 20?"

"Where are you putting them all, you have tables for 8?"

Jax holds up his hands "Already sorted, calm down. Ope's on his way over with a couple of Ma's tables and the prospect is bringing chairs from the lot. We'll eat in the backyard. It's warm enough out. And if it's not well put a jacket on."

I smile over at him "Okay baby. Thank you, I guess I forgot how many people would be here. We better make sure the night of the party that Gem's planned we have extra chairs here."

Jax looks up frowning "I think she's planning the homecoming to be at the new place."

I shake my head furiously "No! That's not happening. Even if I have to let go of all control for both parties even more it will not be in the new house. Sunday family dinners yes, a housewarming I'll consider with myself as the person organising it all but there is no way on any planet that Abel's homecoming party will be at the new house!"

Jax's eyes widen and I realise he's looking over my shoulder "Gem's standing right behind me isn't she?"

Jax nods I swallow tightly before turning around meeting Gemma's eyes as she sets a huge salad bowl on the bench "I would have talked to you about it tonight."

Gemma surprises me by smiling and hugging me "It's okay; I'm glad that you're going to give me complete control. I'll go back and get everything I decided against ordered for the reception. The homecoming it's going to be huge anyway baby and my dear son is wrong. I knew you wouldn't want the first event at your new place to be something I was organising."

Gemma spins on her heel waving as she goes out the door "Jackson, come get the rest of the stuff from the car. I'll be back in an hour with everything else."