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for some reason or another, jax couldn’t help but be worried about lexi’s safety during the baby shower. the family didn’t tend to host parties often and when they did, they tried to keep it lowkey. this was hard to do when lexi was still tangled up with her hospital friends. hence why he felt the need to provide even more security, asking for trevor to keep a lookout with him. he made rounds inside every now and then, checking up on lexi to make sure everything was okay but for the most part she was always just chatting it up with other girls. so far nothing was awry other than the same suv driving by the past half hour which he was already getting into his head about. as the night began to wind down, he left trevor outside and made his way inside again, catching stacey checking him out for what felt like the third time that night. “hey, baby.” he slipped his hand to the small of her back and pressed a kiss to the side of her head. “you want me to start loading up the gifts in the car?” he asked.

"that’s a nice dress. looks good on you.” jax complimented the blonde with a smile when he spotted her stepping outside the booming chaos of the club, bringing the cigarette up to his lips. it’d been years since he’d last seen her and for a while he’d debated actually seeing her again, knowing all those feelings would come rushing back but he couldn’t help himself. tonight he’d decided to visit the club most college kids frequented and surely enough, he found her. “i guess time did you more justice than it did me.”

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with the baby well on the way in a few months, jax had decided to put off taking jobs so he could be around lexi and take care of both her and the baby when it eventually arrived. he was in the process of rearranging his place to allow space for the baby they’d be welcoming in. a process he wasn’t experienced with and consisted of a lot of googling but he managed. or rather, was managing. but moments like this when lexi didn’t pick up her phone--a moment that hadn’t happened in a long time--scared him. even more so when he got a call that the club had gotten shot up again. it didn’t help that her brother wasn’t picking up his phone either and so when he got there, he started cursing at him and asking him where lexi was. all while he was trying to say something but jax was so riled up, he wasn’t even listening. it wasn’t until steve came over to assure him lexi was in the back working on of the guys that got shot that he paused. “lexi?!” he called out again as he stormed toward the back. “she’s pregnant, for fuck’s sake. is it so hard to pick up the phone and tell me she’s okay?!”

jax had never truly envisioned having a baby. since he’d been in a relationship with lexi for a while now, of course the thought of settling down crossed his mind. mostly because lexi was more conventional than he was and expected the topic would come up someday. he just didn’t anticipate it happening sooner rather than later. the thought of becoming a dad soon terrified him but not enough to break up with her. and surely not enough to encourage her to get an abortion. he wanted her to know he was going to be there for this. though he had plans with the crew, he passed on the meeting and headed home with the smoothie he’d promised her. he seemed to have arrived after her because when he pulled up, her car was in the driveway. “hey,” he said as he walked inside, clutching her smoothie on one hand as he turned to close the door behind him. “i know you’re nauseous but you should at least have a couple sips of this..” he pleaded.