JAX RAN A HAND OVER HIS EXHAUSTED FACE as he sat across from an angry Tara at his kitchen table in the late evening hours. He didn't know what he did this time that made the woman across from him angry, but it seemed lately that everything he did made her huff and puff at him. The back and forth was growing old and to the point where Jax begun to tune out Tara whenever she started to talk — her voice had become like nails on a chalkboard. Their relationship was growing unhealthy.

"Are you even listening to me?" Tara scoffed as she stared at Jax with a burning anger in her eyes. She could feel her grasp on him slipping in the last few weeks and she didn't understand why. He had been so in love with her when she returned and now it was like there was nothing there anymore.

"Tara all you do is fuckin' talk. I'm sitting here fuckin' exhausted from shit you don't even understand or care about and all you wanna talk about is you."

Jax had never realized how selfish Tara truly was, but as he sat across from her starting at the shock that crossed her face he realized just how different his love for her was.

A humorless laugh escaped Tara's lips. "I don't understand because we can't talk about your shit, Jax." She reminded the blonde biker. "We can't talk about 'club shit' " She rolled her eyes as her fingers made air quotations, mocking his words.

It was draining not being able to talk about SAMCRO, though Tara was relieved they didn't. She didn't want to know about the violence and illegal things they did, but the lack of communication was a major reason why their relationship was falling apart. It was so easy for Jax to open up and tell Shay everything while Tara sat on the sidelines in the dark. To Tara there was nothing worse than being second best to Shay Miller.

"You don't want to know about SAMCRO." Jax argued as he tried his best to keep his voice even toned. "Don't blame me for shit you choose not to know." He stated matter of factly while running a hand over his hair.

"I'd like to know some things! Shay gets to know whatever the fuck she wants, but, me? I'm left in the fucking dark wondering. I'm your girlfriend not her!" Tara's voice grew louder with each word she spat as her face grew red with anger and jealousy. She needed him to start treating her like a girlfriend and not just some girl he slept with.

Jax rubbed at his blurry eyes. He was tired of this conversation and he was tired of Tara and her demands. It needed to be over between them and before he could second guess his next words they spilled out of his mouth — words he knew wouldn't only end his relationship but Shay's as well.

"I fucked Shay. It wasn't just a one time thing either. It wasn't a slip up."

Jax watched as the anger fell from Tara's face and shock replaced it. Her lips formed into a thin line as she stared at the man she had been in love with since she was sixteen with utter shock and disgust.

"You're a fucking asshole. You're a piece of shit, Jax. I can't believe you would do this to me! What's so fucking special about Shay fucking Miller?" Tara could feel the tears spilling from her eyes as she yelled at the blonde biker who sat across from her looking cool, calm, and collected — everything she wasn't.

"God, you're both fucking pathetic." She spat before pushing the chair back from the table with such force it fell over onto the floor.

Tara stormed out of the house leaving a path of destruction in her way as she left Jax sitting at the kitchen table with his head in his hands.

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THE LOUD BANGING ON SHAY'S FRONT DOOR woke her from a restless sleep in the late hours, mumbling a few choice words as she quickly made her way towards the door in hopes she made it there quick enough to stop whoever was on the other side from waking up the sleeping children. 

"What the fuck?" Shay questioned as she ripped the door open, steadying her tired blue eyes. "Tara? What the fuck are you doing here? Do you know what time it is?" It was a rhetorical question, but Shay really wondered if the doctor standing in front of her knew how late it was.

Tara stared at the dark haired woman in front of her, sizing her up in a way. She never understood Jax's relationship with the Miller woman. She wasn't anything special in her eyes — even now looking at her she still wasn't.

"You think you're so special." Tara's words dripped with sarcasm and disgust. "You think you're more than just the mother of Jax's daughter. Well, you're not."

Shay pursed her lips as she stared at the Knowles woman standing in front of her with anger rolling off of her body in waves. It was too late to be doing this drama bullshit with Tara — couldn't she have been like a normal person and wait until normal hours.

"Yeah, I really don't know why or care to know why you're here talking shit, but, okay." Shay shrugged as she crossed her arms across her chest not letting the doctor's words bother her.

A scoff left Tara's mouth. "Jax told me all about how you two fucked. You're a fucking whore."

Tara's words hit her like a slap to the face and to be honest she'd rather that than hear Jax had spilled their dirty little secret. How could he just blab to Tara about what happened between them when she hadn't decided when or if she planned on telling Ben. That was a conversation they should of have together.

"First, don't come to my home and call me a whore." Shay warned. She understood Tara's anger and harsh words but, she wouldn't just stand there and allow the woman to call her names. "Second, I don't like you and you don't like me, but I didn't fuck Jax on purpose. It happened and I've felt so guilty about it."

"Please spare me the fucking speech." Tara scoffed as she held up a hand. "You ruined my relationship. Now I'm going to be just like you — another woman for Jax Teller to co-parent with."

Shay scratched at her forehead with confusion at Tara's words, realization dawned on her face as she watched the brunette doctor place a protective hand over her flat stomach.

"I'm pregnant."

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AN —

WHAT?! Cliffhanger! Thank you all for the votes and comments it's means so much to me! Also, I appreciate everyone's comments so much and I've said this before on my other stories if I don't reply back to you 1. I've read it and totally spaced and forgot to replay 2. I'm awkward as fuckkk and don't know how to reply. 3. I'm not being a bitch