– Harley –
“I love you Harley” Jax’s words snap me out of the small world I was in, I look up to him and study his face, is he being serious? No one’s told me that they love me in years, the last person to say it to me was my brother and he left after he said it is that what love means? To leave the person you ‘love’? Not even my asshole of an ex said it. I don’t know what love feels like I’m almost positive I never loved my ex, maybe at the start but it was nothing compared to how Jax makes me feel. How do I know if he actually means it? How do I know if I feel it? I go to speak and ask but he raises his finger to my lips stopping me.
“You don’t have to say anything, I don’t expect you too. But I need you to know it, the thought of losing you with you knowing exactly how I feel drives a pain through my heart, I really do love you Harley” I study his face again looking for any indication that he may be lying to me, but he looks serious, deadly serious.
Is what I feel towards him, love? I’ve asked people what it feels like and they all have different answers, some say it’s like a warm hug around your heart, some say it’s like constant fireworks going off with every touch and word. I think to myself trying to figure it out, I think about losing him and a shooting pain goes to my heart and I want to cry at the thought that I would never see him again, my heart hurts when I think about him leaving me for someone else, it hurts when I think about him not waking up by my side, it hurts my heart more than anything that’s hurt me before.
Every time I touch him its always like a flood of warmth and happiness that overtakes my body, when he speaks to me I’m calm, he manages to keep my demons at bay and I’m yet to hurt him, actually the thought of me hurting him hurts me more than any of my other thoughts, this must be what love feels like, it has to be, I want him by my side for the rest of my life, the modern-day Bonnie and Clyde.
I move my hand to caress his cheek and he leans into my touch, my heart beats a thousand miles a minute, my stomach fills with butterflies and for once I am content in my life, I love this man I know I do.
“I love you too, Jax, I don’t know how it exactly feels but I honestly think it is,” I say quietly, as soon as the words leave my mouth his eyes light up, staring down deep into my soul, “Do you really?” He asks me, I nod before looking back up at him. “I’ve never been in love before so I’m not sure what it feels like, but I know that you give me feelings no one else ever has. You change something in me for the better and I can only hope I do the same to you” I pause for a second before clearing my throat, “What does love feel like Jax?”
“At first, it’s like Spring. Everything’s blooming. Your chest feels like it’s going to explode, you’re so happy to see or even hear from the other person, but you’re both still a little unsure about what to do with the feeling. They’re the person with whom you most look forward to speaking. And then it’s Summer. Everything is hot and heavy. You can’t get enough of each other. It’s passionate. It’s like… your world is on fire for this person. It isn’t just lust. Porn doesn’t hold the same attraction anymore. If it does, you no longer look at it as actors on a screen getting it on. You picture your significant other because they’re the person that really gets you off. And then the fire calms–but doesn’t go away”.
He pulls me in closer to his chest wrapping his arms around my lower back before he continues, “It’s like Fall. Fall is my favourite time of year, so perhaps that’s how I equate it to love. You’re just… absolutely content to hold this person’s hand or be in their presence. It’s no longer overwhelming happiness–unless you stop to think about it. You don’t feel the need to be in this person’s presence every day, but you still do because it’s just… comfortable. It’s a very calm happiness. This person isn’t just everything you can think about consciously. They’re in your thoughts without even realizing it. This person is not just a part of your day, anymore. Suddenly, they’re part of who you are as a person”.
“And love is also like Winter. Sometimes it’s hard. You’ll fight. Without even knowing it, you’ll say things that hurt the other person so deep. You have this power to completely destroy this other person. Then you realize what this person could do to you. And you’re suddenly terrified. You either open up even more and take that chance that they won’t destroy you, or you run”.
His smile turns to a frown when he finishes the last part but he clears his throat and continues, “Love is an ever-evolving, ever-changing thing that grows with you as a couple. It’s a fire that burns bright and calms to a steady, warm glow. That’s what love is kitten”.
I pause for a second taking everything he said in, I look back at him as he looks worried like I’m going to change my mind and run, I give him a soft smile and sigh, “If that’s what love feels like then I love you jax, I really do”.
He smiles from ear to ear before giving me a few quick kisses “I love you too kitten” he pulls me in for a deep kiss before a low cough breaks us apart, I look to where the cough came from and see Gunner standing there, butt-fucking naked. Jax groans when he sees Gunner, “Gunner hide your pin dick I don’t want to see that shit,” I say looking up to jax to try and forget the image of Gunners dick flashing before my eyes.
“Shut up Harlz I know you want a piece of this” I make the mistake of looking over to Gunner again whose now shaking his dick from side to side. I fake gag before laughing at him, Jax’s body tenses as Gunner keeps talking shit to us, “You won’t fucking breath near here if you keep it up brother” Jax warns him, he laughs and walks off back upstares to one of the bedrooms, bottle of whiskey in one hand joint in the other.
“How do you put up with him?” I aks Jax who just laughs and shakes his head. “A lot of alcohol and weed now let’s get some sleep we have a big drive back tomorrow”. We climb into bed and get comfortable Jax pulls me into his chest and starts to play with my hair as i slowly drift off to sleep. I don’t know how long I had been asleep for but I woke up after a nightmare, it’s still dark outside, I turn my head back to look at Jax who had his arms welded around my body snoring his head off.
I wriggle out of his grip and throw his shirt on before making my way downstairs. I make a coffee and go and sit out the front of the clubhouse on the steps watching the sunrise. I hear heavy footsteps behind me before they stop next to me, I look to my side and see Matthew sitting down next to me.
“Morning,” he says in a gruff voice, “Morning,” I say quetly, we sit there in silence for a few minutes drinking our coffees. I get a cigarette out of my packet and offer one to him, he takes it out and we light them as we sit in silence some more.
“Look, Davey, I know I didn’t look hard enough for you, I know I left you when I shouldn’t have, i should have protected my baby sister. And I’m so fucking sorry but I know no matter how many times I apologise to you it won’t change a damn thing, I just want you to know that dad and I will do everything in our power to earn your love. I won’t let you be hurt anymore, we fucked up we really fucked up. But I want to make things better for all of us, I’ve never seen dad this happy before, as soon as he came back and saw you hes been a different man, he really does love you Davey”.
I nod my head, “‘I’d like that, but you don’t need to protect me anymore, i can protect myself”I look over to Matthew to see him smiling and I can’t help but smile back. “You’re still my baby sis, I’m never going to let you get hurt again” I smile again and nod my head “So what time are we leaving?” I question him he looks around before answering, “Whenever everyone wakes up and sobers up a little, why you bored?” He smirks at me and I nod and laugh, “Come on get changed and I’ll take you to the shooting range” I jump up and skull the rest of my coffee, “Fuck yeah okay hold on I’ll be back in a second!” I run down the hallway and quietly sneak into Jax’s room, changing my clothes and brushing my teeth before I leave again.
Once I’m back in the main room of the clubhouse I skip towards the door but I spot my dad at one fo the tables by himself, I go to continue to the door but stop again. I turn around and walk over to his table, he looks up at me and raises an eyebrow.
“Get ready Old Man, meet Matthew and I down at the gun range, everyone’s boring here” he laughs and nods his head, “Sure thing princess I’ll see you there soon” I kiss him on the cheek and runoff. I’m not good at showing happy or loving emotions or any of that bullshit so I hope he understands that I’m trying.
Matthew leads me down a dusty path into a secluded area behind the clubhouse a medium-sized shed stands on its own, we walk towards it and see Knuckles in there going over the guns and ammo, “Ready knuckles” Matthew calls out he turns around and smiles at me.
“What are you doing here Gramps?” I ask knuckles as he laughs, “You really think I’m going to miss an opportunity to watch the cartels most prized killer in action? I don’t fucking think so” I smile and nod before making my way towards the guns, I look at all of them looking at all the fine details, Lil Ricci taught me how to look for certain things on guns that will indicate whether its well built or not, Knuckles must have noticed because he walks over to me “Don’t worry, they’re from the cartel, they’re perfectly built” I nod my head and turn to him with a smirk, “So when do we start?” I wait for his reply “Now” a voice comes from behind me I turn to see my dad standing there with a smile on his face.
He walks over to the pistols, “We can start here and work our way up” I nod and throw a gun towards Matthew who looks at me horrified. “What?” I say holding my hands on my hips, He rolls his eyes at me, “Oh I don’t know, maybe it’s you throwing these things around like they’re kids toys” I laugh at him “That’s because they are kids toys big brother” I check the ammo in it before making my way to the shooting area, I take the safety off and steady myself before firing 3 shots, all perfect headshots.
Matthew does the same, getting a headshot and missing 2 of them, “First-round goes to Harley” Knuckles announces, I close my eyes and shoot another 3, perfect headshots again. I smirk over to Matthew and wait for him to shoot, he does and only hits the target once in the stomach area, “Round 2 to Harley” I say with a smirk.
I don’t know how long we have been here for but we have gone through what seems like thousands of different types of guns. “What’s your favourites?” Knuckles asks me, “Shotguns and AR’s” I say with a sweet smile, he laughs and grabs 2 of each.
“Let’s see how you dow with moving targets,” he says before pulling a clay plate out before putting it into a machine that shoots it into the sky. Matthew gets 2/6, my turn. “Blindfold me,” I say I turn around to see more men have gathered around, “Well? Someone fucking blindfold me” Knuckles comes up to me and questions me “Are you sure?” I roll my eyes, “If Lil Ricci thinks it’s good enough for me to do I can’t see why I shouldn’t do it here” I raise an eyebrow up at him, he smiles and nods before proceeds to blindfold me.
The areas silent, “Start” I say as the first clay target shoots out, I listen to it move from my right side to the left side, I aim the shotgun up and pull, “Hit” Knuckles calls out, 2 more times and 2 more hits, I change to the AR and get Knuckles to blindfold me again, another 3 targets and another 3 hits.
I take my blindfold off and the crowds claps impressed by my skills, I playfully bow towards them before turning to Matthew and Knuckles, “Guns are fun and stuff but I like my knives and blades, got any of those?” He rubs his hands together, “Oh yeah we do”, we play around with the different knives and blades throwing them at moving targets, me still winning of course.
Suddenly I hear Jax’s voice yell out over everything else, “Where the fuck is she?” I turn around to see a very pissed of Jax marching towards some of the men standing around, I walk out with a smirk on my face, “Wheres who Jax?” I smile at him, he turns around and his face instantly relaxes, he pulls me into his embrace and buries his face into my neck, “I thought you left again”I couldn’t help but laugh at him, How adorable” I comment and he growls, “Am not” I lean into his ear and whisper to him, “Are too”.
He looks me up and down staring at the knives and guns strapped to my body, he eyes me up and down before licking his lips together. “You look fucking sexy looking like that” I smirk at him as a small blush floods my cheeks, I look him up and down and see his gun in the waistband of his jeans and his knife in the holster on his hip.
“We’re looking like a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde” I say with a small giggle, he pulls me into him and leans down to me, “Yeah we are,” he says in a low growl before pulling me in for a kiss, I can’t get enough of him, I’m addicted.