Bumper Cars [EDITING]

° twenty five °

- Henley POV -

Abel comes home today... Gemma and I have been preparing his nursery, non stop. Now we're getting the house ready for the Welcome Home party.

I was hanging up the banner when Jax walked in.

"You should wear that all the time", he said, admiring my short, black, gym shorts and black tank, that stopped just above my belly button.

I just laughed and shook my head.

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Jax, Gemma, and I were at the hospital. Abel would be getting released within the hour. We were all pretty antsy.

"Babe, I invited Tara... She was Abel's doctor, and..", he started before I cut him off.

"I'm fine with it. I trust you, Jackson", I said. I felt a little weird about it, but I didn't think he was gonna try anything with her.

"I'm not. And it's not him you have to worry about...", Gemma cut in. I didn't really think that Tara would try anything either. She's not stupid.

I just rolled my eyes and laughed.

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We were just getting to the house. It was packed, which didn't surprise me, at all. There's always a full house when there's a party.

Jax had one hand in mine and was holding Abel's carrier in the other when we walked in.
Everyone cheered, hooted, and hollered.

We just smiled. This was our family. Our big ass, insane, biker family. I wouldn't change it for anything in the world, ever.

This was my, no our, life.

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The party was in full swing. I was sitting on the floor, drinking a beer, and holding Abel.

Jax was sitting on the couch and Tara was sitting near Jax. It didn't bug me though. Well, it did, but not enough to make a scene.

It happened out of nowhere. I was baby talking to Abel. Jax was smiling at us.

Then Tara grabbed his face and kissed him.

I swear the entire party stopped in that moment. I probably should have slapped her. I should've gone insane. I didn't, though. I just got up with Abel, and went to his nursery to calm myself down.

- Jax POV -

I couldn't help but to smile when I saw Henley with Abel. It looked like he belonged in her arms.

Then out of nowhere, Tara grabbed my face and kissed me.

It didn't feel like her. It was desperate. I didn't like it. She wasn't the girl who was effortless. The girl that was my escape. She was different.

Henley just got up and took Abel to his nursery. I wasn't sure if she was mad at me or not. I didn't think she would be, though.

Everyone was looking at Tara and I. I'm sure they all had the same thought in their head. That was pretty fucked up.

"Can we talk ?", I asked Tara, taking her into the kitchen, "What the hell was that ?"

"I needed to see it firsthand", she said, with a sad look on her face.

"See what ? Henley hurt ? Because that's not you... I don't know who this is", I said, truthfully.

"No. I needed to see that it wasn't me. That it'd never be me", she said, a few angry tears falling from her face.

"You needed to do that here, in front of Henley ?", I asked, completely confused.

She looked upset, her entire demeanor changed.

"Yes, Jax, I did. God, do you know how much it sucked competing with her ? I was never enough, no matter how hard I tried. I can't even imagine how hard it was for Wendy. No wonder she had to get high", she spat.

That felt like a slap to my face. In my eyes, she was telling me that it was my fault what happened to Abel. That I made Wendy do crank, pregnant with him.

"Seriously, Tara. The Tara that I knew... That'd never come out of her mouth", I said, giving her a look of disgust and pity.

"Yeah, well the Tara that you knew thought she had a chance against Henley. This Tara knows she'll never get the guy. I'm leaving, Jax. Bye", she said, rushing out the door.

I told Juice to make sure she got home okay and went back to the party.

Hopefully, Henley wouldn't be too upset.

- Henley POV -

"You alright, Hen ?", I heard Donna ask. I couldn't really see her, the lights were off in the nursery. Abel had fallen asleep.

"Yeah. I just needed to separate myself for a bit. I didn't want to make a scene, or do something stupid that I'd regret later", I said, honestly.

"Well, she left. Jax talked to her, and she stormed off", Donna said, probably trying to convince me to come back out.

That made me smile. I wasn't sure why she kissed Jax. Maybe she wanted to see if I'd hit her. Maybe she wanted to see if Jax would kiss her back. I don't know. All I know is that it was pretty screwed up for her to do it right in my face.

"Alright, I'll be out in a bit, D. I'm gonna lay Abel down. Oh and D, you should stay after, help me and Gem clean. It'll be good for us", I said, wanting to avoid alone time with Gemma. Her telling me how I should've beat Tara's ass, or whatever else she thinks I should've done.

"Yeah, I already got a list of stuff Gemma needs", she said.

"I'm glad you're sticking around, D", I said to her, laying Abel down, and we walked out with our arms looped.

When I saw Jax, he had a look of relief on his face. He probably thought that I'd be pissed at him, or something.

I wasn't.

I only left the room so that I wouldn't lose my temper with Abel in my arms.

I gave Donna, Opie, and the kids hugs before they left.

"I love you guys", I said, before they left.

I was so happy they were a happy family again.