A/N: No spoilers or speculations for the finale in this. I literally had this idea ringing through my head Wednesday. Thank you Kathleen and AnnMarie for the moral support

"Jax! What are you doing here?!" He was startled awake by a voice he thought he would never hear again, her hands wrapped around his shoulders shaking him.

He hesitated opening his eyes because he didn't want it to not be real. But he did, very slowly. When he finally did, he felt the lump that had almost become permanent form in his throat again. The tears sprang to his eyes, "Tara?" he gasped out. God he had missed her so much. She was so fucking beautiful. And she was his. Or she had been before….

She was panicked, "Why are you here, Jax? What about the boys? My babies! You have to go back and take care of my babies!" She began shaking him violent. Like she was trying to shake him awake from a terrible dream.

This couldn't be… She was gone. He had learned that hard truth in the most heart wrenching way possible. But he could see her clear as day. Her green eyes, wide and alert. Her hair longer. He had to touch her.

Moving his arms out, knocking her hands away, he pulled her down on top of him, wrapping his arms tightly around her, "Jesus Christ," he sobbed with joy, "I've missed you so much babe." He kissed her head, her face, and any part of her he could reach with his arms wound so tightly around her shoulders. "I love you, Tara. I never showed you that enough. It's going to be different this time, babe. I promise. I love you so fucking much," he wept into her hair.

He felt Tara begin to push away from him, "We don't have time for this Jax. What are you doing here?! What happened to you? You can't leave the boys alone, Jax. They are just babies. You have to go back for them!"

"The boys are better off without me," he admitted sadly, "Without you, I can't even look at them. Abel knows, or at least a part of, what happened to you," his voice broke, his hands moving to her hair tilting her face so that he could look into her eyes, "Thomas, he reminds me so much of you. I know I was a shit husband, and I'm an even worse father. I just can't do this shit without you."

Tears began to roll down her cheeks, "You'll figure it out baby. You did when I left for college…."

"It's not even fucking close to the same, Tara," he barked out in a bitter laugh.

"I know, but you can't stay here, baby," she pleaded with him, "You have to go back," he saw her look up at something over his head. He didn't care what it was, he just kept his eyes focused on her, "We're running out of time…." She whispered, then looked down at him again, "Jackson, I just need you to close your eyes," she had leaned down closer to him her fingers comfortably stroking his beard, kissing him reassuringly, "when you wake up again, you should be back home."

Sadly she smiled down at him, "I love you too, Jax. I miss you more than you can imagine, but you can't stay here," he wiped the tears that rolled down her cheeks off. She leaned down to kiss him again, "Please close your eyes, baby."

He finally did as she asked, and she started counting down to herself, "Twenty, nineteen, eighteen, seventeen…"

The shrill scream and crying of a newborn suddenly filled the air, breaking the calm atmosphere.

"I got her, mom," the deep baritone of a male rang through the air next, "Gracie! Could you get a bottle ready?!"

"UGH!" An exasperated groan filled the air, from what sounded like a 7 or 8 year old female, "You're the one who offered to get Sammy! Why do I have to help you, Nathaniel Teller?!" she demanded.

"Because you love your sister, Grace Teller!" the deep baritone voice shot back, in only the manner a teenager could deliver.

By this time Jax's eyes had snapped back open, wide with shock and wonder, and he was sitting up on his elbows. Tara was crying softly, with her head ducked so he couldn't see her face or eyes, "What the hell is going on, babe?"

The clock she had been looking at over Jax's head, began to toll out, "It's too late," she sobbed out, "We're out of time…."

A/N: This may be a difficult to understand story, I am going to warn in advance. It may have ideas and concepts that some of you may find hard to consume and deal with, but this is what rang through my head the other day.