There Will Be Blood |SOA|

Seven

The entirety of SAMCRO sat silently in the waiting area of St.Thomas for any news on Copeland's condition. As always, Tara is the doctor overseeing her stay. 

"Why the fuck haven't they told us anything yet?" Jax growled and jumped up from his chair. 

"Calm down, Jackie boy...she's gonna be fine." Chibs spoke up. 

"Screw this waiting bullshit. I'm going to see her." Jax said, reaching down and picking Melena up, setting her on his hip. 

Not even a few minutes later, Jax walked into Copeland's hospital room to find that she wasn't even awake. He picked up the clipboard hanging on the wall and looked at the documents attached to it. He saw the words 'coma', 'significant blood loss' and 'critical condition'. Jax honestly wanted to cry for the woman he loved, but he needed to stay strong for his daughter. He needed to prepare himself to take care of Melena for however long Copeland is in a coma. 

"What's wrong with her?" Melena asked as she went to go sit beside her mother. 

"Mel...baby, mommy got hurt really bad and....she's going to be asleep for a while." Jax sighed, sitting in the chair next to the bed. 

Melena's eyes widened. "You mean she's going to heaven? No! It's too soon! She can't leave us." She started crying. 

Jax shook his head. "No, mommy is not leaving us. She just needs to stay in the hospital so she can get better. Just because mommy is not awake, that doesn't mean she's not alive. Remember that." 

Melena crawled into Jax's lap and cried and he just sat there and held her like a father should. Jax hated seeing his daughter like this, broken and confused. 

"I wanna go home." She sniffled, looking up at him. 

Jax raised his eyebrows. "Already?" 

Melena nodded. "I'm tired of being sad. I wanna sleep at home." 

"Whatever you want princess." Jax stood up and placed his lips over Copeland's pale ones, kissing her one last time for God knows how long.

"I love you so much Copeland." He whispered. 

Just as everyone was leaving the hospital, Tara caught Jax by the arm. 

"Look, I know Copeland and I have had our differences but I'm really sorry for everything that's happening to her." Tara spoke. 

Jax simply nodded his head at her, not really in the mood for a heartfelt conversation about his possibly dying Old Lady. 

"If you need any help with Melena. I'm here for you." 

Gemma scoffed. "What do you know about kids?" 

Jax rolled his eyes. "Mom, stop. Thanks, Tara I really appreciate it." He smiled softly. 

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A few days passed and Jax felt way too stressed out; Melena didn't let anyone but Jax near her so he put his club duties on hold to look after. 

No one said anything because they all know how important Mel is to Jax...there isn't anything he would not do to make her happy. And right now, keeping him within arms length is keeping her pretty satisfied. But Jax knows this situation can't go on, he has obligations to his club, they need him. 

"Hey Mel." Jax looked over to his daughter who is sitting on the living room floor, playing with her dolls.

"Yes Daddy?" 

"Miss Tara is going to hang out with us for a little bit today. How do you feel about that?" Jax wanted Melena to get used to having Tara around because when he starts up with the club again, he'll need someone to watch over her and he didn't want that person to be Gemma.

"She belongs at the hospital. Not here." Melena replied in a sassy tone.  

"Don't say that." Jax scolded. 

"It's true, I don't want to like her, I want mommy to come home already."