It's funny that I never realized what was wrong, there are Brothers in the MC that are around my age with the whole kit and caboodle. Hell, I had grown up with them and seeing all of them every day was the norm, so it hadn't even crossed my mind that I was feeling fucking lonely. It made me feel petty that I was fucking envious of Viper; well maybe not him per se, but what he had. He was a happy and contented man and it showed on his face that he was a man well pleased with his life.
“Hey, Brother,” I said to him as he put his plate down onto the table. “You usually don’t come to the Clubhouse for breakfast, your Old Ladies get smart and kick you out?”
He laughed at that and said, “Nah Dog, they're both sleeping.”
“Ah fuck, Vip. I don't want to hear about how you wore them out.”
“Well, there is that,” he commented as he smirked at me. “But, that's not the reason I'm eating here this morning. I'll probably be eating down here in the mornings a lot more often in the upcoming months.”
“Fuck, Brother. Something wrong?”
“Nothing that twenty-three or so weeks won't cure.”
I looked at him puzzled. What the fuck was he talking about? For the life of me, I didn't have a clue.
“Gotta help a Brother out here, Vip. I'm totally clueless.”
He barked out a laugh, “Mia and Jennie are both seventeen weeks pregnant.”
I looked at him stunned and opened my mouth to say something but didn't know what the fuck to say.
“Yeah, you're looking right now about how I felt yesterday when we learned the news. I was freaking the fuck out inside. Hell, I'm forty-one and about to become a dad again.”
“Why didn't you say anything at Church last night?”
“Fuck, Dog. I was still trying to wrap my head around it. Jemma is the last baby I've held, and she is fifteen years old. I don't even know if I remember how to handle babies anymore.”
“You happy about it?” I inquired as I took a drink of my coffee.
Hell, I felt like I needed a drink of whiskey. This was touching to close to home for me. I had to admit however to being curious as hell how he was feeling about the news. Maybe it would give me some insight into my own situation.
“You know at first, I was stunned. Didn't really know how to feel or what to think for that matter. Years ago, both my Old Ladies lost babies the same year. They've never taken birth control and I fucking hate rubbers, so I figured over the years they would have gotten pregnant again, but they never did. So imagine my surprise when I was told they were pregnant yesterday.”
He blew on his coffee, then took a drink of it.
“You know, now that I've had time to process it all, I'm fucking ecstatic about it. I always wanted more kids with them. They're wonderful mothers.”
“So now you're gonna have two little ones running around here soon.” I said as I took a bite of eggs.
“Four.”
I coughed and choked on my eggs. I beat myself in the chest a minute until I could talk again.
“Did you just fucking say four?”
“Yep.”
“Four?”
“Yep.”
“Fuck, you're pulling my leg about all this shit aren't you. Good one, Brother.” I shook my head at him as I looked at him disbelievingly.
“Totally serious, Dog. Mia and Jennie are both carrying twins. A boy and a girl each. And check this shit out, the doc when she told us the sex, said it was very obvious to make out which were boys. ‘Definitely male’ were her words.” He smirked at me as he repeated what the doc had said.
“You're totally fucking serious, aren't you?” I was so involved in our conversation that I didn't even pay attention to the fact that someone had walked up on us.
“Damn, Pops. You already telling everyone?” Reb asked Viper as he leaned over and stole a piece of bacon off his plate.
“Dog ain't everyone, son. He's my Prez and needs to know what's going on in my life. This is the type of shit that Prez's and VP's need to know about their men. They need to know in case I have to be away from my job or if something comes up that might possibly stop me from doing anything they might need me to do.”
I nodded at Viper. He was totally right. I would be making sure he wasn't sent anywhere that wouldn't enable him to get back to the club pretty damn quick.
“Never thought about it like that, Pops,” Reb replied as he turned and headed toward the kitchen.
“Where you heading to, Reb?”
“Gonna grab a couple bacon, egg and cheese biscuits. That damn Mel, can cook her ass off and if I don't get them now, there won't be any left in another hour or so. Getting Pred and Jace a couple as well, some of us are going for a ride to clear the cobwebs out of our heads. Prez generously gave us the day off. Wanna come?”
“Nah, son. Think I'll just stay around here and stay close in case your moms need anything. Y'all have a good ride.”
“Will do. Prez, you want to join us?”
“Sounds tempting, but I have some things I need to do later. For sure I'll go on the next one.”
“Catch y'all on the flip side,” Reb told us as he went through the kitchen entrance.
“You raised a mighty fine young man there, Vip.”
“Yeah, I'm pretty proud of Reb, Pred and Jace. But Beau is nothing to sneeze at, Brother. That young
