CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

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Donna and I unload all my purchases into the foyer downstairs then hers into the garage at Jax's, Donna gets in her car and follows me to TM, finding all three kids in the play area, Kenny and Ellie running between the swings and the slides and Abel in Happy's arms. Laughing at the relief on his face when the two cars pull in he sits waiting till we get to his side before handing the baby to me.

Curling my arms around him I lift my eyebrow "Where's Gem?"

"In the office, Abel wouldn't stop crying before and she was trying to do the parts order so I took him outta there before she went nuts."

Leaning down I kiss his forehead lightly "Thanks Hap. Let her know I've taken him home? And good luck with your Mom."

Happy nods and turns his attention back to the other two kids. Strapping Abel back into his car seat I wave at Donna and pull back out of the lot going straight back to the new house, sorting through the boxes of everything I put everything material that needs washing into the laundry space in one corner of the kitchen where the gaps are plainly obvious for the washing machine and dryer which have to be moved from Jax's. Making a mental note to let Al know that's two things she'll have to buy I purposely leave all the dinner sets and kitchen related things stacked in the same place, the kitchen's not finished yet and it all needs washing before I can put it away.

Even doing that I'm back home just after 6, opening the fridge and then the cupboard I frown at the contents "I don't want soup again." Snorting at myself for once again talking to someone who can't reply I take him through to his room where we spend the next 45 minutes reading even though I know he doesn't understand any of the words, giving him a bath and a bottle he's fast asleep tucked in bed at 730.

About 845 my cell starts ringing but it stops before I can answer it, seeing an unfamiliar number in the display I toss it back on the table beside my laptop. Re-reading the email from Patrick I'm not surprised he hasn't had any luck on the email address, but his comment that he's passed it on to two very close friends, one in a governmental office and one a hacker lightens the stress a little.

There's another statement from him in the email and I realise if he's sent me 3 in 2 days there's obviously something I need to look at. Opening the latest one the only changes I can see is that he's doubled the stock I had in a winery in the Napa Valley and there's been more put through to the short term investment fund, that's the one that makes me the most in interest with the higher risk factors.

At 930 I finally give up and get to my feet, turning off all the lights and double checking the door is locked I shower spending a long time washing and conditioning my hair. Drying off and pulling on one of Jax's shirts, the smell of him clinging to the material I climb into bed realising that it's a week since we got married and I'm at home in our bed alone, for the second night in a row. Flicking my thumbnail over the rings on my finger I roll onto my back and look up at the ceiling wondering what exactly Jax is doing right that second and who the fuck it was that sent me an old photo of him banging some blonde.

Its pitch black when I wake up, sitting up in bed the whole house is dark and I silently swear at the fact that hall light bulb must have failed during the night. A shuffling noise in the hallway makes my heart rate increase and a spike of fear runs through my brain at the fact I'm sitting alone in bed in the house owned by a member of SAMCRO, his son in the room next to me and I'm completely unarmed against whoever it is that's working their way slowly down the hall towards the bedrooms. Sliding over the bed inch my inch I wonder how easy it would be to get out the door and into Abel's room in the darkness, my feet are barely on the floor when the door swings open and a muffled grunt reaches my ears. The sound of a hand slapping on the wall has my brain working a mile a minute trying to work out if there is anything in the room that I can defend myself and Abel with, coming up completely blank my eyes slam shut when the switch on the wall is flicked and light floods the room.

Blinking my eyes open slowly it takes a second for the person in the door to come into focus but when they do I sit down on the edge of the bed "What are you doing here?"

"Umm, I live here." Jax looks confused as he shrugs off his kutte, kicking his shoes across the floor.

I shake my head "That's not what I meant. Gem said you were voting on patching over the Devil's Tribe."

Jax nods "Yeah she's right."

"But you're here." I say my brain fuzzy with sleep.

Jax laughs and comes to sit beside me, pulling me to his side he runs his hand over my head "I am here. The vote was at 8, I stayed for a couple of beers after it was made official then I left after an hour or so."

Looking over his shoulder I remember pulling the plug on the alarm clock and tossing it into a box earlier "What's the time?"

"A little after midnight." Jax gets back up "I'm going to go have a shower, I'll fix that light in the morning."

I nod and follow him into the hallway, turning into Abel's room "Can you leave the door open so I don't have to turn the light on in Abel's room?"

Jax leaves the door open, shedding his clothes just inside the door to the bathroom. The sound of water running hits my ears as I lean over the crib; Abel's sleeping soundly, his little hands beside his head in tiny fists.

Stepping into the bathroom I pull the door mostly closed and pull my hair over my shoulder, plaiting it and looping it onto the top of my head "I got sent an interesting e-mail this morning."

Jax turns around, pushing his hair out of his face "Yeah?"

I nod, pulling his shirt over my head and stepping into the shower with him, my arms sliding around his waist as he pulls me close "Yeah. It was you, and some blonde, apparently taken this morning, well yesterday morning actually."

Jax's eyes cloud over and he looks down at me with a frown "It wasn't me."

I laugh, shaking my head "Baby it was you in that photo. I would recognise you anywhere regardless of the shit quality of the photo. However it wasn't this morning, in fact it wasn't any time in the last 2 months."

Jax lifts his eyebrow "How do you know that?"

I stretch up and kiss his neck softly, my tongue catching a drop of water "Cause I do. You told me you would give up road pussy and I believe you. I'll show you the photo later if you want. Patrick's already investigating where the fuck it came from. But you might be able to tell me."

Jax shakes his head "Babe I hate to say it cause it sounds bad but I doubt I'm going to remember some random chick I fucked."

I shrug "Well you might. Now, do I get a hello kiss or shall I leave you to your shower."

Jax chuckles and pulls me closer to his chest, leaning down "The hello kiss is the reason I came home. I missed you Sarah, more than I expected." His lips press to mine and the pain that I'd been feeling since he left disappears, the knowledge that it was the longing to have him near makes my heart stutter.

Jax takes his time kissing me, he seems completely in control, the slow movements of his mouth completely contrasting to my thudding pulse, fighting the need to bury my hands in his hair and pull on it till his composure breaks I rest one of my hands on his chest, right over Abel's name, curling the other over his shoulder I tighten my grip on him when his tongue brushes over mine slowly before withdrawing.

Jax leans his forehead against mine and smiles slowly "If that was my welcome home I should leave more often."

I shake my head furiously "No!" spilling from my lips before I even have a chance to read the teasing in his eyes.

Jax presses a soft kiss to my lips, then my cheeks and forehead "Did you miss me? I was starting to wonder."

Moving my hand around his neck I stretch up and kiss his throat again "Of course I missed you baby. I missed you from the second you walked out the door."

Jax frowns, picking up my body wash and pouring a blob into his hand, motioning me to turn around he starts running his hand over my back "I was wondering cause I didn't hear from you at all today."

The hurt in his voice is discernable and I look over my shoulder at him blinking slowly. Waiting till he's covered my back with bubbles and rinsed them off I turn around "I didn't ring you cause I thought you'd be busy with club stuff all day, I figured you'd ring when you were free."

Jax chuckles, understanding dawning in his eyes "Maybe if I do go away again we should clarify that before I go. I didn't ring you cause I knew you were going shopping and didn't want to interrupt your girls day. Sack did ring me though when you were having coffee. Why did you buy 8 dinner sets?"

I laugh and lean closer to him, my chest pressing against his "Cause I wanted to. I'm going to go get dried and dressed. I actually had a shower a couple of hours ago." Wrapping one of the towels around my body I open the door and step through it "I'll be waiting for you."

It's almost funny how quickly Jax finishes in the shower, I'm just drying my legs when he steps through the door, his towel in his hand instead of around his waist and a smirk on his face.

He crosses the room to me in a few short steps, pushing me backwards onto the bed and following, his breath brushing over my neck when he lands beside me. Pressing me to the bed with his mouth he kisses me breathless, his lips and tongue stealing my thoughts straight from my brain.

Reaching up he cups his hand around my face looking into my eyes he smiles "I really did miss you. I never would have thought it possible."

"Why didn't you think you'd miss me?" I poke my tongue out at him pushing against his chest.

Jax pushes my tongue into my mouth with his finger holding my lips closed "I didn't think I'd miss you because I knew you'd be here when I got home. I knew that you weren't going anywhere but I still missed you being with me, I missed you being less than 10 minutes away from me at any time. I missed knowing that I could ring and you'd come."

I laugh stretching up and kissing his neck "I would have come to Indian Hills if you'd asked me."

Jax smirks "I know Darlin', but why would I take you there where I have to share you when I can have you here all to myself."

Jax rests his hand on my shoulder holding me to the bed his lips brushing mine with light kisses that barely touch my lips pulling back further so he can look down at me. He doesn't say anything just looks down at me, a faint smile twitching around the corners of his mouth. Lifting my eyebrow at him he shakes his head and leans down again, sliding his arms under my back and holding me tight against his body. Running his hands down my sides he walks his way back up my skin, his fingers barely brushing up again, curling his fingers around my chin he holds my face in place when he leans down and fuses his lips to mine again.

Tickling light touches of his fingers across my skin bring goose bumps up everywhere he touches his arms are still slightly damp when I slide my hands over his shoulders, pushing him so he's on his back his lips part from mine and he blinks up at me, his lips part and his tongue slides out and wets his bottom lip, before he can say anything I lean down and seal my mouth to his, pressing my tongue into his mouth I drag my fingers down his chest, my fingers settling into the grooves of his abs while our tongues tease, retreat and advance from the others mouths.

Dragging my fingers lower I stop and twist my fingers in the curls just above my eventual goal. Jax's breath stutters when my knuckle lightly caresses the top of his shaft, the length jumping away from the contact. "Your fingers are freezing."

I giggle, and take my hand away, tucking it between our bodies to warm up the frosty digits "Sorry baby. Not trying to give you frost bite."

Jax laughs, rolling us over and pressing my back to the bed, his thighs trapping one of mine against the bed "It's okay, I'll just have to find somewhere warm and defrost."

My laugh turns into a moan when he drops his head and runs his tongue across the tattoo on my neck, diving down and over the crow. His tongue leaves hot wet trails in its wake, he blows out a slow breath across the trails he's left, my skin prickling with the temperature difference.

Covering me with his body he rests his weight on his knees and hands, his skin only just parted from mine, inhaling fully my chest presses against his and he groans feeling the hard peaks of my nipples and the hard bars pressing into my skin as well as his.

Lowering himself he stops when his body is pressed against mine, his weight not on me but making me unable to move, his mouth attaches to mine again, his tongue working its way into my mouth when I suck in a gasping breath. Lifting one hand he runs it over my arm, linking his fingers through mine and twisting my hand around so it's beside my head on the pillow. Jax slides his hand back down my arm, over my side and up the inside of my thigh, running his fingers lightly across the wing of the phoenix on the inside of my thigh he seems almost shocked when I twist my mouth away from his and suck in heavy breaths beside his ear.

"Jax, please don't tease me. I need you."

Jax blinks slowly and lifts one eyebrow smirking when all I do is nod and lean up, capturing his lips again. His hand parts from my thigh and lands beside me, his thumb against my waist, pressing forwards the tip of his cock slides into me at the same time his mouth reattaches to mine. His thrusts are unhurried even as I lift my hand and curl it around the back of his neck, my fingers tight on his skin. He tries to part is mouth from mine but the further tightening of my fingers draw a groan from his mouth into mine.

Clenching my muscles around him his control seems to fracture exactly as I was hoping. His mouth lifts off mine, his head dropping to my neck again, his teeth brushing over the tattoo on my neck. Twisting my head to the side I open up the side of my neck, Jax's mouth fastening over the point of the shield, sucking lightly his arm curls around me again, holding me against his chest, using one arm he pushes off the bed, pulling me over him as he moves onto his knees. Planting my feet on the bed I start moving against him while he sucks and licks my neck, his tongue tracing over the point where my pulse is pounding under my skin.

The tightening of his hand on my hip is all the warning I have before he starts rocking me against him, his teeth against my skin a sudden spike of pain in my blood that does nothing to lessen the desire in my veins. Moving the hand around his neck into his hair I tug lightly till his mouth parts from my neck, pressing my mouth to his again he frowns when I nip his lower lip lightly, the sudden feeling of him moving again pressing me back to the bed sudden, the whooshing sound of the blankets that are under us makes me giggle, the sound turning into a moan when Jax reattaches his mouth to my neck and sucks hard.

My lips part in a low moan as his movements become more forceful, the twitching of the muscles of his back under my hand a slight warning of his motions. Making his movements longer and harder the fingers in his hair tighten when with a suddenness I wasn't expecting my brain malfunctions.

"Fuck." The word breathes out through my lips, Jax chuckles lightly against my lips, the tugging of my fingers in his hair bringing his attention back to what he was doing; his tongue soothes over the point of my neck a split second before he sucks hard again, the pulsing of his mouth matching the thrusts of his hips.

Jax groans against my skin when my body starts twitching under his, my muscles contracting and relaxing in rapid spasms. Keeping the same movements he stops sucking on my neck, his teeth scratching against my skin in the same moment that my entire body shudders in his arms.

The groan that tears from his mouth when every single one of my muscles tenses sends a wave of glee through my brain that barely registers in the all-consuming feeling of an orgasm that keeps rolling over me in waves so powerful I feel like I'm about to drown.

The huge gasping breaths I'm sucking in make my head spin, the tensing of Jax's muscles under my arms and his own groaning exhalation register as he pulls me against his body so I stop moving, the stuttered exhalation that expels its way out of my lungs carrying a giggle.

Lifting his head he turns to look at me lifting an eyebrow, shaking my head I can't work out why it is that I've laughed but his fingers move making me laugh again and he realises that he's resting his fingertips right over the ticklish point on my hip. Wiggling his fingers I laugh again and he groans, the giggle making my body move in his arms.

Letting go of me and settling me back to the pillows Jax falls onto the pillows beside me, his breath panting gasps that ruffle the loose strands of hair and send gusts of air over my flushed skin.

"That was a better welcome then the 'what are you doing here' I got." Jax says with a grin pulling me to his chest and kissing my forehead lightly.

Smiling up at him I kiss his chest over the L of Abel's name. "I did think of something though baby."

"What's that?"

"When you're not here if someone did break in I'm completely defenceless."

Jax frowns "I'll work something out." Jax runs his hand over my hair, pulling the loops till the braid falls down onto the pillow behind me. Tugging it lightly he leans down and kisses my forehead. "Go to sleep babe."

I nod, my brain already drifting into sleep "Love you."

The feel of him kissing my forehead again seeps into my sleepy mind "I love you too Sarah Teller. More than you realise."

Smiling against his skin I press another light kiss to his chest and snuggle deeper into his arms.