Rags To Leather

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

After Tara leaves, Jax looks at me and asks "You okay?" I kiss him softly and say "Yeah baby. The good doctor doesn't scare me." I tell him. He nuzzles his nose along my neck as he places kisses there his nose has trailed. "You wanna go see the kid?" I ask. "Soon. Waiting on Lowen." he tells me and I look at him confused. "You gotta sign some papers." he says and I ask "What papers?" He smirks and says "Guardianship papers. Making you a legal guardian. You're his mom." he tells me and I kiss him deeply. We separate as we hear a car pull up. Lowen gets out and walks over to us. Taking a seat at the table with us, she pulls out some papers and says "All I need is your signatures and I can have the judge sign off on it today. I'll take a copy to the hospital so that they will have it for Abel's records." she tells us. She shows us where to sign and we both sign them and she heads out with a promise to get us our copies. We head to Jax's bike to go see our son.

Walking into St Thomas, we walk up to Abel's room and see Tara in there just watching him. We walk in and Jax asks "What are you doing in here?" She looks at him and says "I spoke to administration. Told them that Letti threatened me and had her banned from the hospital." she tells us. We look at her shocked and he says "You can't do that. She's his mother." Jax says. "No she isn't. But I will be. Jax, you don't need her now that I'm back." she tells him. About that time, security walks in with Margaret Murphy. "Ms Delany. You need to leave." she tells me. "Margaret, we have papers on the way here now stating that Letti is legally Abel's mother now. Tara came to the clubhouse causing problems for Letti because I had her taken off of Abel's case." Jax says. "Hey. Don't stress it. I'll get Lowen on it. Just visit with Abel." I tell him. "Can I at least say goodbye to my son?" I ask and Margaret nods. I walk to the toaster and say "Mommy will see you soon baby boy. I love you." I kiss my fingers before touching the top of the toaster and walking out of the room with Tara smirking. "I don't want Dr Knowles near me or my son. I want her banned from this room since she's not on his case anymore." Jax says. "I thought Tara said you and her were getting back together and she was going to be helping raise him?" Margaret asks. "No. We're not." Jax says and about that time Lowen knocks on the door. Jax motions her to come in and she hands Jax the papers for the hospital. Jax hands the papers to Margaret and says "These papers show that Letti is legally Abel's mother. Not Tara. Now, I want the ban lifted on my Old Lady since they were under false pretenses or I'm sure my lawyer here will be more than willing to file a suit against the hospital and Dr Knowles." Jax says and Lowen says "I can actually get those papers started right now." Margaret looks at Tara and says "You are officially on unpaid leave effective immediately and you are to have no contact with Abel, or the Tellers." Tara goes to speak and Lowen says "One word and I start filing harassment paperwork against you and we'll see how fast you lose the medical career you worked so hard for." She looks at Lowen shocked and leaves the room. "I'm sorry Jax. I thought what she was saying was true. I'll get the ban lifted on Letti right away." she says before leaving the room. "Did I miss something?" Lowen asks. "Ex trying to cause problems. Thanks for backing me up." he says. "No problem. Call me if you need me." she says before slipping out of the room. Jax walks over to the toaster and says "Don't worry kid. Mommy will be back soon."

A little later, Jax pulls up to the clubhouse and I am outside in the ring with the prospect. He's holding the pads and letting me throw punches to get some of this energy worked out. "Kicking his ass babe?" Jax asks and I stop and look at him. Kip starts taking the gloves off of me and I say "Needed an outlet. Was still pissed when I got here." I tell him. "I know." he says as I climb out of the ring. Kip leaves us alone and he says "The ban has been lifted. You can go see the kid." he tells me. "How?" I ask. "Lowen showed up with the papers. Tara told Margaret that we were getting back together and she was helping me raise Abel and I showed her the papers and told her that we were together and I would never be with Tara. She's on unpaid leave and Lowen even threatened to sue the hospital and Tara." he tells me and I start laughing. "I really need to thank Lowen." I tell him. "Well, I figured, we'd let shit settle for the night and go see our boy in the morning." he tells me. "Sounds good baby." I say, kissing him softly.

We're sitting at the clubhouse, laughing with the guys when we see Tara walk in. Jax sees the gun in her hand and pulls me behind him. She points the gun at us and says "Move Jax. I don't want to hurt you." He looks at her and says "Tara put the gun down." Before either of them could say anything else, she pulls the trigger, hitting Jax in the stomach. I hear Tig take her down as I take my shirt off, leaving me in my bra and putting the shirt to his wound, calling to call 911. The ambulance gets there, and Gemm brought me a of Jax's to put on when the medics took over. Unser came in and asks "What happened?" As they get Jax on the stretcher, I say "Tara has been causing issues for me and Jax, trying to break us up. She tried to have me banned from the hospital and Abel but we got that stopped. She's banned from Abel's room now and on unpaid leave because of the problems. She came in here with a gun in her hand and Jax pulled me behind him and she fired a shot. It hit him. It was meant for me." I tell him as the tears start to fall. "I got your statement. Go on." he tells me as they get him in the ambulance. I get in with him and the medic asks if I'm family. "I'm his girlfriend." I tell them and they look at Unser. "He will want her there." They nod and we head off to St Thomas.

They take Jax into surgery and I am in the waiting room alone when the guys and Gemma walk in. I get up and head right for her as my mom walks in the door. "Gemma called me. Baby, what happened?" she asks. "Tara shot him. It was meant for me mom. He took the bullet for me." I tell her as I start sobbing. "Teller family." the doctor says. We all walk forward and Gemma says "I'm his mother." He nods and says "The bullet hit his spleen and we had to remove it. It actually lodged in his spleen so when we removed the spleen, we removed the bullet. He's going to be fine but he will be sedated for the next twenty-four hours to give his body time to heal a little." he tells us and I almost collapse from the relief but my mom was holding me up. "You can all see him but only a couple at a time." he tells us and he leads us to his room.

Walking in with Gemma and my mom, I walk to his side and kiss his forehead. "I love you Jackson. I love you so much baby." I whisper in his ear as the tears start to fall again. Mom and Gemma see him for a few minutes and they leave to let some of the others come in but I don't leave his side. Clay comes in and I ask "I need a favor Uncle Clay." I say and he stops me. He leans down and hugs me and whispers "Happy and Tig already have her at the cabin. Visit with him for a while and when you're ready, Juice will bring you up there." he looks at me and I smile softly. "Thank you." He nods before leaving the room. Chibs walks in with Juice and I ask Chibs "Can you do something for me?" He looks at me and nods. "Can you go to my house? There's a go bag in the closet with my clothes and things I'll need while I'm here. There's also a small velvet bag in my jewelry box on the dresser. Can you bring that too?" I ask. "Of course Lass." he says.

A little later I am still sitting be his side, holding his left hand. Chibs brought me the go bag and the velvet bag. Sitting at his bedside, I take out the promise rings that we bought each other when we were teenagers and take his out of the bag and put it on his left ring finger. Taking the one he bought me, I put it on my left ring finger. We've not worn these in years. It's time they went back where they belong. Now all there is to do is wait on him to wake up and then I can go and handle a bitch.