Pixie, First Daughter of Anarchy: Book 2

Support Systems

Warning: Mention of Blood.

Once Axel-Colt and Abel had eaten their dinners, Charlie helped Lyla to get them changed and cleaned up before she and Gemma went to their homes to change into their pyjamas. They would then come back to help move the boxes around and clear up the main room, so that they could put the kids in front of the TV with their snacks and let them chill out, whilst the women had their own pyjama party and talked. Axel was very excited at the prospect of having Kenny over as well as Ellie, who he looked up to as a 'big kid' who was therefore cool. Charlie and Gemma made it back first, helping to get the house in order before they saw the headlights of Donna's car pull up outside.

"Kenny's here!" Axel exclaimed, jumping up and down on the couch as Lyla went to the door to open it for them.

"Hi Don, you look lovely!" Lyla enthused, taking in Donna's pastel blue plaid pyjama set.

"Says you!" Donna squealed back, making Lyla do a twirl so she could show off her statin vest top and short set which was edged with black lace and had a beautiful flower pattern with a peach background. "You look like you just sashayed off a 'Victoria's Secret' runway."

Lyla giggled and moved so Donna could step in with the kids. Ellie was dressed in a summery watermelon pyjama set, and Kenny in a yellow and black tiger set with a cute cartoon tiger face on his shirt and stripy pyjama pants. "Hi kids." Lyla greeted with a warm smile.

"Ellie, Kenny, this is aunty Lyla, Jax's girlfriend." Donna explained encouraging them to hug Lyla 'hello'.

"Hi Lyla." Ellie smiled. Lyla felt her heart melt as Ellie really did look like a little Opie, she had his kind green eyes, his wild browny-blonde hair, and she was tall too.

"Hey Ellie, you look so sweet!" Lyla fussed, making the younger girl feel welcome. "So do you, Kenny, you like tigers?"

"Yeah! They're loud and fast." Kenny explained enthusiastically. Once they'd got the greetings out of the way, Lyla gestured for the kids to go get comfortable on the couch with all the blankets, pillows and plush toys that had been laid out for them. Upon hearing Kenny's voice, Axel burst out of his bedroom and came running in his red and blue Mickey pyjama set.

"Kenny!" He exclaimed. Kenny jumped down from the couch and the two of them ran at each other and hugged so enthusiastically that the two five-year-olds toppled over sideways onto the carpet in a giggly pile. Donna and Lyla felt their hearts melt at the sight of the two boys rolling around like overexcited puppies. The boys helped each other up and raced back over to the couch where Ellie taught them how to make a fort. Charlie came out of the bathroom wearing her turquoise pyjama short and top set which had a pair of closed eyes with the caption "let me sleep" scrawled below them.

"Don! Hey gurl!" Charlie greeted, bringing Donna in for a hug. "How was work?"

"It was great, not too busy and just the right amount of kids to make it interesting." Donna explained. "How are you dealing with Echo? I know five months things start getting hectic."

"Totally, my ankles are swollen, and my back is stiff, but it's worth it for this little angel." Charlie explained stroking her bump.

"That's normal, are you dizzy at all?"

"A little, vertigo's weird, my doctor recommended I up my iron, so I'm working on that."

"Good." Donna smiled. "If you get any other symptoms, I'm happy to talk through them with you."

"Thanks, I'm glad I have you to answer my weird texts about symptoms." Charlie giggled, making Donna laugh too. Since they'd exchanged phone numbers, if Charlie got a new symptom or had a question or a weird experience, she would text Donna to double-check if it was common or not, which Donna was happy to do.