CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT

Website where all photos of all outfits mentioned is on my profile. I actually did a breakdown of how long it would take to drive from Detroit back to Charming, taking into account that they would have Abel, Kenny and Ellie in the cars thus would be not having long driving days. If anyone wants to see it I can post it, but it's just a big table with cities, distances and times. Because I'm going away for four days all my lovely readers get one chapter now, one when I get back to my laptop (in about 10 hours) and then one before I turn my laptop off for the week (about 8 hours after that). So in the next 24 hours you'll get three chapters...enjoy them cause it'll have to last till I get home.

Simply lifting my eyebrows in disbelief had Jax taking a seat in the passenger's seat for the first trip in the car, being polite I'd stayed with Cam and Donna in their huge cars for over half the trip before putting my foot down after our lunch break, the second 90 minutes of the trip had passed quickly with the growl of the engine and the toot of the occasional car, some in appreciation, some not so much as we went flying past them.

We'd ended up the night in a little place called Naperville, just outside Chicago and Jax and Opie had both gone to see the charter in Chicago itself, taking my Viper with my pouting look and a promise from both of them that it would come back in perfect condition and whoever drove wouldn't drink anything. Cam, Al, Donna and I had sorted out a roster of who was driving what and who was passengering in each car for the whole trip so that everyone got a drive of each car. Donna had thought I was insane when I said that the Viper could go on the rotating drivers as well but Juice and Happy's overenthusiastic nodding had her adding it to the sheet of paper.

A little after 9 Donna picked up her phone and rang Opie to tell him that she wanted ice cream and he better bring it to her. I'd shaken my head and quietly said over her shoulder that if any ice cream ended up on my leather he'd be cleaning it. I'd heard his laughter as the phone disconnected and lifted my eyes to Donna "I know he thinks I'm kidding but I'm not."

Donna pokes her tongue out at me "He won't get ice cream on your seat..." She snickers slightly and smiles at me "Cause he knows that I'd be angry."

Shaking my head at her I drop my head back onto the pillow I'd pulled off the bed, in typical Cam fashion she hadn't been happy with the Highway Inn or the Motel 6 we'd passed and insisted on travelling and managed to find a hotel with two suites free. Donna, Opie, Jax and I with the kids had ended up in one and her; Happy, Al and Juice were in the one on the next floor up. The fact that we'd decided on taking it as it came with the distance meant that we couldn't book anywhere too far in advance.

Ellie turns over in her sleep and a tiny grunt comes from Kenny's throat, looking over Donna and I both bite our lips so we don't laugh, from where we're sitting it looks like Ellie has smacked her brother in the chest as she moved, Donna shrugs "They wanted to share a bed." The pair of them had both had tantrums that woke Abel when we'd tried to get them into separate beds, leaving Donna to deal with the hell raisers I moved Abel's borrowed port-a-cot through to the other bedroom and rubbed his forehead with my finger till he'd dropped back to sleep.

35 minutes later as my recently impregnated friend was getting impatient the door had cracked open and a stack of little containers of ice cream appear, followed by Opie's face, complete with the frown "Sorry babe. Couldn't find somewhere that had your favourite flavour so I brought you a bunch of others."

Donna ignores his expression, snatching the ice cream from his hand and dropping it on the table with a huge grin, ripping the lid off the first one she sticks a spoon in it and a huge glob of ice cream lifts from the container into her mouth, the smile stretching further when the cold sugary stuff hits her tongue. "MMM, iths goo." She mumbled causing me to shudder.

"Closed mouth D." She shrugs, turning her attention back to the containers, lifting the lids off them all and trying bits of the five different flavours.

Opie shrugs, throwing himself on the bed with a sigh "So what's the deal tomorrow?"

Smiling at them both they share an odd look before Jax tugs my ponytail lightly "What's that look for?"

"While you were off with the Chicago charter Donna, Al, Cam and I worked a roster for driving. We managed to get it so that no one drives two days in a row and everyone drives each vehicle at least once."

Jax's eyebrows almost hit his hairline "Including the hugely expensive car that you just picked up?"

I nod "Course, wasn't fair otherwise. Besides, there will be orders issued before anyone gets behind the wheel of it."

Jax laughs and Opie lifts his head high enough to look at me "What sort of orders?"

Shrugging I look over at him "Simple ones. Only two in fact. The first person that gets a speeding ticket or any ticket at all, in it has to wash it every weekend from now until this time next year, unless they have extenuating circumstances."

"And…" Opie says sitting up further.

"If anyone puts a scratch on it I will skin them alive with my dear husbands KA-bar." Opie shudders slightly and I lift my eyes to Jax who nods.

"Course you will Darlin', and I'll help."

Donna rolls her eyes "S, you give a rule like that and no one will even touch the keys, let alone drive the car."

"Nah, they will. In all seriousness though, the ticket rule stands. Anyone that scratches it I'll make my bitch for the time it takes them to get out of the dog box."

Opie nods "Fair enough, you know it'll be Jax that'll get the first ticket don't you?"

Glancing over at him I giggle and nod once "Probably. That means that the prospects will be washing it every weekend from now till they patch in?"

Jax nods and grins "I think that'll happen regardless of who gets the first ticket babe. But how are we travelling tomorrow."

"I'm going in the Escalade with Juice, Al and Abel. Juice is driving. Donna's going in the Dodge; she's driving, with Cam, Happy and the kids."

Opie and Jax share a very long look before Jax crouches in front of me "So that means that Ope and I have the Viper?"

I nod once and he grins "Who's driving?"

I resist the urge to roll my eyes "Baby I'm not letting anyone else behind the wheel before you, other than me."

Jax lets out a whoop of excitement and swings me off my chair laughing "That's good babe, cause I had a bit of fun driving it to the clubhouse and back but tomorrow, on the open road. Do I have to wait for you lot?"

I don't hold the urge to roll my eyes this time "No you don't. Cam wants us to make Des Moines tomorrow. It's about 5 hours from here, well we actually have to make it there cause she's already booked accommodation there."

Jax nods and glances over his shoulder where Opie is already starting to fall asleep in the middle of the huge bed he'd fallen on, Donna's still sitting at the table with her ice cream, mixing bits from the different flavours onto her spoon before putting them in her mouth.

"Night D." Jax calls as he carries me out of the room, through the communal living area where we'd dropped the bags and through into the other room where Abel was sleeping. "I see why you brought the baby monitor with you now."

"And you thought it'd be a waste of time." I mutter, poking my tongue out at him.

Jax narrows his eyes at me "What have I told you about that?"

I giggle "To not to."

Jax nods once, his eyes darkening to an almost midnight blue as he leans forward pressing his lips to mine "I did tell you not to. And you keep doing it." His mouth twitches slightly and he cocks his head to the side "What should I do with you?"

His hand ghosts down my side his fingers stopping on the skin of my side between my shirt and jeans "Should I remind you again what happens when you don't listen." The glint in his eyes is all the warning I have before he spins me around and pins my back to the front of his body, his hand slips under the hem of my shirt and his fingers start to tickle my side.

Biting down on my lip so I don't shriek in laughter and wake Abel up I wiggle in his arms till I'm facing him again, my hand clamping around his wrist "Stop! Please baby." I spit out around laughter that I'm trying desperately to hold in.

Jax's fingers still and he looks down at me his eyes still dark blue, but sparkling with laughter. Lifting his other hand to my face he rests his fingers across my cheek "I love you Darlin' thank you for waiting."

I frown slightly hopping up onto my tiptoes and kissing his mouth softly "Jackson I would have waited till my dying breath for you. You know that, don't you?"

Jax chuckles "I do now." Swinging me over his shoulder he walks the three steps to the bed and drops me down into the middle of the mattress, the pillows falling either side and the blankets lifting slightly with the displaced air.

Watching as he starts stripping out of his clothes I wiggle my way out of my jeans so by the time he's down to his boxers I'm in my shirt and the blankets are at the end of the bed in a pile. Jax drops down beside me, his hand coming back to my face and holding me still as he slowly leans down and presses feather light kisses across my nose and cheeks, eventually making his way back to my lips where he pauses for a long soft kiss.

Laying down beside me he waits while I rearrange myself, curling into his side and pulling the blankets up over our bodies "How's D doing?"

"She's scared about another multiple birth but she's managing okay at the moment. The twins have differing opinions on what they want."

Jax laughs and nods "I know. Ope said that Kenny wants her to have twin boys and Ellie wants a girl. He's just happy that she's finally relaxed enough to have more."

Kissing Jax's shoulder lightly my lips brush his chest as I speak "I think that having had the twins it was good for them to wait this long though. They'll be almost at school when the new baby, or babies, arrive. What sort of age gap do you want?"

Jax looks at me and lifts an eyebrow "You have something to say?"

I shake my head emphatically "Hell no! No babies cooking here." I laugh and kiss him again "But I am serious. You and Thomas had 6 years between you. I don't want that much of a gap. The twins and the new baby will be almost 5 years."

Jax sighs, his chest moving as he breaths "I never thought about having kids full stop babe, I love Abel to death but he was completely unplanned. Age gap is up to you, you're the one that has to bake the kid, and deliver it."

I roll my eyes once at him, but resist the urge to poke my tongue out "Okay, so if I said I want 2 years between them?"

Jax sucks in a breath so fast that he ends up coughing "Like Abel 2 years old when we start trying?"

I shake my head "No, like Abel a year old when we start trying. That's still 8 months away baby."

Jax is quiet for a long time, his fingers lightly brushing over my spine as he thinks "That should work. The transition with the Irish is going to take at least a couple of years to get everything away from SAMCRO. The 2 charters that are picking up assembly are coming down in alternating trips to learn that side of it over the next year." He stops mid thought and chuckles "But you don't wanna know this shit, do you?" I shake my head and he shrugs, my head moving on his shoulder "2 years is fine babe."

Smirking at me he moves so we're face to face "But does that mean we can spend lots of time practising."

I can't help but laugh lifting my head off the pillow and pressing my lips to his quickly "Baby we can practice daily till we've got it perfect."

Jax's smile spreads so wide his eyes crinkle closed. He moves closer to me, his whiskers brushing my chin lightly when he speaks "I think it's already pretty perfect but maybe we should try again."

I close my eyes briefly, propping myself up onto my elbow over him as his head presses into the pillow, my hair falls over my shoulder and lands on the pillow beside his head, a few strands drifting to land on his chest. Using my hand I carefully brush them off, my fingers lingering on Abel's name. Jax's hand lifts up, flattening over mine pressing my palm to his chest, blinking out of my thoughts I lean down and kiss him, my tongue sliding into his mouth when his lips part. My fingers brush over his chest as his hand lifts to my hair, holding my head in place while our tongues dance with each other. My fingernail catches lightly on his nipple and his whole body twitches in reaction. Pulling my head back a fraction of an inch it surprises me when he follows, the heat in his kiss increasing till my entire body responds to his touch.

When my brain starts registering sensations again minutes later I'm the one on my back, but my legs are hanging off the edge of the bed and the blankets are in a pile beside me. Blinking my eyes open my vision is filled with Jax's blonde hair, his head hovering over my breast as he runs the flat of his tongue over one nipple lifting his eyes to mine when my body arches under him my eyes close again. Trailing one of his hands up my thigh his fingers brush over the wingtip of the phoenix on my inner thigh before completely bypassing where I can feel my blood pounding.

Groaning in disappointment he chuckles, his mouth brushing my skin when he whispers "You lack patience, you really do."

Looking at him I narrow my eyes "When it comes to you, yes." Licking my bottom lip I pull one of the rings into my mouth and catch it between my teeth as his eyes darken even further "Besides, you're the one that makes my body crave you."

Jax swears quietly, his body covering me with one movement "You want it that bad?"

Shaking my head I wiggle a little under him, feeling his cock brush against the join of my hip "I need you that badly."

Groaning quietly he moves slightly till the tip of his cock slides between my folds, twitching my hips under him he shakes his head, his hand coming to rest on one hip, holding me in place "You get me at my pace babe."

It feels like it takes hours for him to completely fill me, each microscopic movement igniting my brain to ash. Pushing hard against his chest he falls onto his back with a muffled exhalation of shock. Hovering over his body I lift my eyebrows as I manoeuvre to my knees on either side of his hips "While I love you to the end of the earth baby, you torment me with your walk, your smile, your eyes, your hands. Stop holding out when I've already said I need you."

Jax opens his mouth to say something but reaching down I wrap my fingers around his length, guiding it into my body which causes his words to still before they leave his parted lips, a sigh emerging instead. Moving my body in a steady rocking motion above him he eventually manages to open his eyes and look up at me, a smile twisting his lips.

A tiny sound from across the room gets my attention and turning my head I drop forwards till my forehead hits his chest "Someone's awake."

As I start to move away from him Jax wraps his arms around my back and rolls us over "That sounds like it's just a reason to hurry up."

His lips attach to mine and his tongue pushes between my lips while he moves his hips between my thighs. Somewhere within my body the fuse for the stick of dynamite evaporates and my body almost instantly shudders under him.

Twisting my head my breath comes in panting gasps "What the fuck was that?"

Jax just smirks at me and repeats whatever he'd done, my brain function ceases, my mouth stops working and all I can concentrate on is the feeling of sucking air into my lungs, his body and each part where his skin is touching mine. Moving faster over me he drops his head to my shoulder, licking a wet line from my collarbone towards my ear, nipping at my earlobe as my entire body seems to shatter into a million pieces.

Opening my eyes a few seconds later Jax is looking down at me with a very satisfied smirk on his face as he gets to his feet, my body twitching as his hands run down the top of my thighs "You're welcome babe, now pass me my boxers?"

Handing the white material to him he hops into them as he crosses the room to Abel, bending over the port-a-cot and lifting the squirming bundle out. "Someone woke up for a diaper change."