There Will Be Blood |SOA|

Two

Half-Sack ended up taking the girls for ice cream seeing as they weren't really hungry. He was nervous about talking to them since he was just a prospect. He did not want to say the wrong thing and end up upsetting his vice president.

"I didn't expect for Jax to have a kid...you look so young." Half Sack spoke up as they sat at a booth.

"Yeah, I turned 20 this year." Copeland smiled.

"And I'm four!" Melena piped in.

Half Sack's eyes widened, Copeland was very used to people being surprised about their ages. Most judged her without finding out the story behind it all.

"People don't understand that Jax and I were in love, I didn't care that he's 10 years older than I am. I was so caught up in the fact that the infamous Jax Teller wanted a goofy high school girl like me. He took care of me and that's all that mattered." Copeland felt a tear slide down her cheek.

"I'm not judging you Copeland. I have no room to." Half sack replied as his phone started to ring.

"What's up?"

...........

"Oh shit...we're on our way." He hung up and looked over at them with a frown.

"What happened?" Copeland asked.

"Juice shot Jax after he told everyone about you guys. He's at St. Thomas." He sighed.

"Jesus." She hissed, running her fingers through her hair.

The ride to the hospital was filled with Melena asking if her dad was okay. She is a daddy's girl and whenever his name is mentioned with something negative, she freaks out. Jax didn't mind his daughter's clingy nature, that's why he adored her so much. He knew that Melena loved him unconditionally despite who he is and what he does for a living.

"I'm sure he's fine honey." Copeland replied to her cries as they pulled right in front of the hospital.

Half sack led them to where the rest of SAMCRO were waiting outside of a room.

"How is he?" Copeland walked up to Gemma.

She sighed. "He's okay. Jax is strong so he's down playing his injury but a shot like that would drain anyone. He's also got some deep bruising on his ribs. Go in and see him."

Copeland brought Melena over to Juice. "Baby this is your Uncle Juice."

Melena looked up at him and smiled. "Hi!"

Juice let his anger towards Jax fade away and smiled down at his beautiful niece. "It's nice to meet you Melena."

"Can we talk later? I wanna see daddy." She asked, making the hall fill with everyone's laughter.

"Of course little one." He hugged her.

Copeland grinned at the two and walked over to the room Jax was in with her daughter. At the same time, Tara walked out in her white coat. Copeland was surprised to say the least, she never pictured Tara as a caregiver. She remembers her as the antisocial type.

"Immediate family only." Tara snapped as she closed the door behind her.

"You gotta be kidding me." Copeland scoffed looking down at her daughter.

"I wanna see Daddy! I need to see if he's okay!"

Tara's expression softened.

"C'mon baby." Copeland pushed past Tara into Jax's room.