CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

Sorry for the long AN: Website where all photos of all outfits mentioned is on my profile. Another time jump, only a couple of days though. Sturgis will be covered in a maximum of 3 chapters as I've never been to a motorcycle rally and I have no experience to draw on. These chapters will also have big jumps in them to cover the trips.

Jax shakes me awake while it's still dark outside, our 24 hour banning of all contact from the outside world finished the previous night but everyone knowing we were leaving early this morning for South Dakota we'd heard nothing since we left the reservation after the wedding with Abel in his car seat and Doj with his nose sticking out the window. Gemma had taken all the presents in her Caddy to their house for us to open after we got back from the rally. Al and Juice had agreed to come to the house to look after Doj while we were away.

"Juice just rang; he and Al are on their way. Everyone's due to meet at TM in an hour." Jax says his voice soft in the pre-dawn darkness of our room. "Abel's still sleeping and Ma's not due to come pick him up till after 8. Will they be okay with him till then?"

I shake my head "Hang on; give me a second to wake up." Jax chuckles waiting while I sit up slowly then handing me the coffee that I could smell.

Taking a couple of deep swallows of the made at least 5 minutes ago coffee I rest the cup on my lap "How long have you been up?"

Jax shrugs "An hour or so I guess." It's then I notice he's already showered and dressed and the saddlebags I left on the dressing table are gone. "Helmets and jackets are both downstairs already. Bags are on the bike and I was just double checking everything was sorted. That notebook you've been carrying around while organising all this shit is on the kitchen bench and Clay made sure everyone knew how much they owed you for the accommodation."

I snicker quietly at Jax and his own over-organising coming through for this trip. He'd watched me pack and then repack the saddlebags four times before he'd been convinced we had everything we needed, and what we didn't have we could get at the rally, or along the way.

Jax shakes his head "I know I've picked up some of your OCD habits, but only for shit like this. We're gone for almost 2 weeks remember."

Flicking the blankets off my legs I get up and head towards the bathroom "I know baby. That's why I'm surprised you forgot the phone chargers." I jerk my head towards the wall where both our chargers are still plugged in.

Jax pokes his tongue out at me in a childish move that makes me burst into laughter as he crosses the room towards me "If you'd asked I would have told you I got the other chargers, the spare ones that you insisted we have downstairs. You remember the ones you said we should get so you didn't have to come upstairs to charge your phone."

Turning the shower on and stepping under the spray I shrug "You also told me it was a brilliant idea if I remember rightly. Is the door unlocked for Al and Juice?"

Jax shakes his head "No. I decided waking you up was more important than unlocking the door at 5 am. I'll go open it now. Those muffins you made yesterday, do you want them heated?"

Turning around and looking at him I lift my eyebrow "Okay, who are you and what have you done with my Jax?"

Looking truly confused he crosses his arms "What?"

"I tried to show you how the oven worked so you could heat stuff up and you didn't want to know. Now you're bringing me coffee in bed, again, and asking if I want breakfast heated."

Jax laughs at me as I start rinsing shampoo from my hair "I was just going to stick them in the microwave to be honest. That oven confuses me."

"Baby, all ovens confuse you." I reply with a giggle when he nods. "You better go open the door before Doj wakes up Abel." Having faintly heard the sound of a motorbike pulling into the drive Jax leaves the room quickly, Doj's first bark coming seconds before Jax's voice reaches my ears telling him to be quiet.

Al and Juice had almost laughed at me when I gave them the written lists of everything to remember. Al shoving me out the door as I reminded her that Doj gets fed twice a day was the last straw in her sanity and she just erupted into giggles shoving me towards Jax who was already standing by the bike, my backpack and both helmets in his hands.

"Babe, they know. You've gone over it four times since you came downstairs. If they don't know something they can ring. You're still on the end of the phone. And I think that we should go before Abel wakes up and you refuse to leave."

I nod, zipping my jacket over my jeans and t-shirt "I know. And you're right." Jax's eyes widen and I giggle, sliding the straps of the bag over my shoulders and adjusting them "If Abel woke up it would make it hard for me to leave."

The lot at TM is pretty full for not quiet 6am; the 8 Sons from Fresno, Eureka; San Bernadino and San Gabriel who are making the whole ride with us are already sorted to go. Some of them having been in town for the 'wedding', some having just arrived the day before. The three Redwood Sons bikes are already loaded and ready to go when Jax and I pull into the lot. Clay's standing by the office and as I climb off the bike to go see him Jax grabs my arm "10 minutes and we're leaving."

Nodding I lean down and kiss him lightly "Love you."

Jax grins "Love you too. Now go see Clay so we can get moving."

I give Clay a tight hug, whispering my thanks in his ear again for the fact he's giving up peace and quiet and ending up with a houseful for the next 2 weeks.

Grimacing slightly "Just as well Gem and Neeta get on so well, Neeta's apparently moving in for the next two weeks."

I shudder on behalf of him and pat his arm "If you need to you can always go to the house and make sure Juice and Al aren't burning it down."

Clay laughs "Nah, but I will be keeping an eye on the shit that's going on at the moment. I've already been given orders to keep an eye on Ope's house, and the stores. And we're still trying to get to the bottom of what happened at the Ramada. The fire inspector report was eye opening, but confirming what we already knew about it being arson didn't make any difference. We still don't know who the skirt was."

Rolling my eyes I pop up onto my tiptoes giving him a peck on the cheek "Don't stress too much Uncle Clay. I'm trying not to."

Clay snorts "Yeah, and I can see how well that's working for you pumpkin. I'm almost tempted to make you leave your phone behind on this trip to truly have a holiday but you'd fight me tooth and nail."

I nod and he pushes me towards the bikes with a chuckle "Go and have fun. Make sure you take lots of photos."

Despite only stopping for a half hour for lunch somewhere in the middle of nowhere it's still almost 7pm California time, which works out to 8pm local time when we pull into the lot of the Salt Lake City charter. Having left Charming at 6am (California time) we'd stopped for 10 minutes every 90 minutesish to stretch our legs and walk around a bit which had added almost an hour to the trip but made arriving much easier.

Jax smirks at me when I get off the bike and lean against his shoulder for a second "You okay babe?"

Narrowing my eyes at him he laughs "Aren't you glad that we're here though."

I shake my head "I still would have preferred splitting this trip into 3 days riding, but you guys all out voted me. Who the fuck wants to be on the back of a bike for 10 hours, then another 10 the following day?"

Happy crosses over to me and drops a glass in my vision "Have a drink and calm down cupcake. You're gonna give yourself an aneurysm."

Jax comes over to me about 930 (Salt Lake time) with a plate of food and a very concerned look on his face. Dropping into the seat next to me he sets the plate on the table and picks up my hand "You okay babe?"

I nod, leaning over so I can rest my head on his shoulder "Just tired I think. It's been a long day."

"You ready to find the hotel?" Jax asks "One of the guys said it's not far from here."

Nodding sleepily he hands me the plate "Eat something first though. I'll find out who's coming with us and who's staying here."

Almost like I would have predicted after I've picked my way through half of the burger on the plate Jax is back at my side "There's 6 rooms aye?" I nod and he sits down beside me, picking up the other burger and ripping a huge bite off it "Okay."

Shaking my head I lift my hand and cover his mouth "Wait till your finished please. I love you baby, but I don't wanna see what you're chewing."

Jax laughs, swallowing his bite with a mouthful of beer "All of us from home are going, plus Blade and Tank, who I'm sure you've already noticed brought Abby and Dani with them."

I nod, glancing over at the pair of them who are happily helping behind the bar "Are they all ready to go?"

Jax shakes his head "Nah, but Chibs isn't done yet, he's gonna come with us and get the keys for the other rooms and bring them back."

I nod, dropping what's left of the burger on the plate "I can't eat any more. I'm too tired."

Jax frowns "Are you gonna be okay on the bike if you're that tired?"

"Yeah, as long as you don't take six months to eat that I'll be fine."

Jax chuckles, shoving ΒΌ of the burger in his mouth in one huge bite that has his cheeks bulging and me turning away in disgust.

The six rooms I'd booked at a motor lodge on the main road end up being all along one stretch. Jax pushes the door to the room open, waving at Chibs as he leaves with the three other keys. Happy takes the room at one end leaving Opie and Donna standing by the room next to us, the other three empty ones on the other side of them. I barely have time to assess the room, the completely functional room that thankfully looks spotlessly clean before Jax slams the door behind me making me jump.

"I'm going to check out the shower, 10 hours of road grime do not make a comfortable sleep." Jax says, pushing open the door to the tiny bathroom.

Tossing the backpack on the bed I nod as I start digging for the water bottles I'd tucked in there before we left the Salt Lake clubhouse. Setting one on each side of the bed I toss the bag back onto the chair and start pulling of my clothes. It's almost a sigh of relief when I kick my boots off; even with the flat boots I'd been wearing the vibrations through the foot pegs all day had made my feet a little sore. Dropping everything else onto the floor by the chair I pad through to the bathroom, pushing the door open I watch Jax under the spray for a few seconds, the water hitting his shoulders as his head's resting on the wall.

Moving further into the room I frown slightly as I pull my hair into a bun on the back of my head "I thought I'd join you, but looking at that I won't be." The shower cubical looks like its small, Jax's body filling most of the space.

Looking over his shoulder at me he pushes open the door "As long as you don't mind being real close there's plenty of room babe."

Sliding my arms around Jax the cold glass of the door brushes my back when he closes it again making me shiver against his chest. Jax turns us so that I'm under the water, the spray hot enough to bring prickles to my skin. Leaning down he presses a kiss to my forehead and chuckles "So now that I have you hear and you can't escape I have a very important question."

Lifting my eyebrow I lean back and look up at him "What?"

Picking up the tiny bar of complimentary soap he wets it before starting to rub slow circles over my back, his mouth just beside my ear "How many times on the ride up here did you cum?"

The startled giggle that emerges from me makes my shoulders shake "Here I was thinking I was doing so well at hiding it. How many times do you think?"

Passing me the soap he runs his hands over my back again, rinsing the bubbles away "Well I know that there was once just before we hit Reno, and once when we were on that long bit where we stretched the bikes a bit." Jax says with a smirk "You almost hid the second one, but you dug your fingers into my stomach enough to give it away."

I shrug, picking up the soap and running it over his chest "You only missed one then."

Jax lifts his eyebrow "When?"

"At the Salt Flats." I reply with a snicker, he'd been watching the guys around us being idiots and missed it, but at that stage we'd been on the road for over 9 hours and everyone's attention was starting to drift.

Jax pulls the soap from my hand and drops it on the shelf behind me "So you got off three times, and all I could do was listen to your breath when you groaned in my ear." I nod and he scowls at me "That's not very fair."

Laughing at him I turn around, pressing my back to his front, finishing washing my body quickly I push the door open and step out "Well if you want to even the numbers you know where I'll be."

Jax is at my side before I can even start drying myself with one of the rough towels provided, pulling the towel from my hand he drops it on the floor and wraps his arms around me "You are a horrible tease Mrs Teller."

Running my hand up his arm I curl my fingers around the back of his neck "It's not teasing if you fully intend on following through Mr Teller." I reply with a smile. Jax leans forwards and pushes my shoulder lightly till I step backwards, my knees hitting the bed and folding under me. With a shriek I fall backwards and land on the mattress. Jax drops his knee on the bed and moves over me, leaning down to kiss me as there's a rapid series of thumps on the door.

"You okay in there cupcake? I heard a scream." Happy's voice is loud and obviously right outside the door.

I can barely splutter out "I'm fine Hap." before bursting into laughter, lifting a pillow I cover my face with it while I laugh. Jax groaning and getting off the bed.

I can hear the door open and Jax's voice a combination of frustrated and amused "She's fine. Her legs got knocked out from under her is all. And Hap, if you hear her scream again and I'm in here she's fine, in fact she's more than fine." The door closes with a loud click.

Throwing the pillow off my face I look over and see him leaning against the door, his shoulders shaking slightly. "You okay baby?"

Jax turns around, his eyes dancing with laughter "Yeah. You better not scream again though, I think he might kill me."

Getting off the bed I cross towards him, the space only a few feet "Well then maybe I should keep my mouth otherwise occupied. And after all, you have to catch up."

Jax's eyes widen when I reach down and wrap my hand around his length, stretching up onto my tiptoes I press a kiss to his mouth, my tongue sliding across his closed lips once before I pull back and slowly lower myself to my knees in front of him. Jax shakes his head "I was kidding about catching up."

I laugh once, looking up at him through my eyelashes "I know." Leaning forwards slightly I peek the tip of my tongue through my lips and run it up the length of his cock "I can stop if you want?"

Jax shakes his head, his breath coming out in a tiny puff "I know you don't like it."

Twitching an eyebrow I shake my head "I wouldn't do it if I didn't like it, now be quiet." Leaning forwards I seal my lips around the head of his cock and suck lightly. His knees almost buckle in front of my eyes and his hand reaches down, tugging lightly on my hair till I pull away from him with a sigh.

Looking up at him I lift my eyebrow "What?"

Jax chuckles "As much as I love that, if you do it again my knees will give way."

I giggle and get to my feet carefully, grabbing his hand and leading him to the bed. Pushing him down onto his back I crawl over him, settling myself on my knees in the gap between his calves. "That better?"

Jax nods, lifting his hand and grabbing my arm "It is, but you're too far away." He pulls sharply, my entire body falling forwards till I land on him with a gasp of expelled air.

Jax laughs softly, running his hands over my back gently "Much better."

Wiggling up his body I cock my head to the side "But I was helping you catch up."

Jax shakes his head bringing his hands up to either side of my face "Babe I don't care about being even, the fact that I made you cum three times today without touching you is such an ego swell."

I can't help but laugh, sliding my leg higher "I can feel that."

Jax groans, pushing me onto my back and settling between my thighs "As I was saying, it was an ego swell that I can't wait to see if I can beat it tomorrow." Jax moves a little, his cock brushing against my lower lips which makes him grin "And I'm going to give myself credit for this too."

Pushing his hips forwards it's me that gasps when his length slides into me slowly, lifting my hands up I wind my fingers into his hair and pull his mouth towards mine "Love you, but shut up and fuck me."

Jax groans, his lips sealing onto mine as he starts moving slowly, my mind shuts off thankfully allowing my muscles to tense and relax around him as our tongue slide over each other in long languid brushes. Jax slides his arms under my back holding me tightly to him as his thrusts get shorter and sharper, holding my body together while it feels like it's about to shudder apart in his arms. His lips catch the groaned exhalation of his name and the sigh that follows my release is echoed back when his body stills completely, his teeth grazing over my bottom lip. Falling to the side of me he pulls me into his side, his breath coming in hot exhalations over my shoulder for several minutes while we both calm our racing hearts and pounding pulses.

Curling as close as I can to Jax's side he chuckles when I sniff the side of his neck and wrinkle my nose "Another shower needed?"

I nod "Yeah, but it can wait till the morning. What time are we leaving?"

Jax shrugs, my head moving on his shoulder "It's another 10 hours to Sturgis. What time does the check in at the place we're staying in close?"

I snort "For the amount of rooms we're using and the time we're there they'll be open when we get there. I'll ring in the morning and find out, and make sure they're won't be any issues if we're late. I'm sure they're running check in's at odd hours with the rally coming up."

Jax nods but before he can start forming a reply my eyes are drifting closed. Kissing my forehead lightly he reaches does so he can pull the blankets over us. "Night babe."

AN: This will be the only post till Monday my time, my brother is in town and I haven't seen him since last year so I won't be around my laptop.