– Harley-
10 shots of tequila, 7 glasses of whiskey, 5 rum and cokes and 3 beers. That’s how much I have drunk in the past 3 hours, yep you read that right 3 fucking hours. I look around the large table I’m seated at, Jax and my Dad on either side of me so to my left is my dad followed by Matthew, Hawk, Wood. To my right is Jax followed by Gunner, Shelby, Juice and Dino. Across from me is Knuckle’s and a few of his men as well as Lil Ricci and a few of his men, all of us talking amongst ourselves, everyone is shit faced I don’t think I’ve seen this much alcohol in my entire life.
The doors to the room open and I see a small figure standing in the doorway, Betty!! I jump up from my seat and shove everyone and anyone out of my way while I run to her I wrap myself around her body and cuddle into her “Oh my god you’re finally here!! Took your fucking time I thought you forgot” she pulls back and smacks the back of my head “Language little miss, and I had to clean and close up the shop” I laugh and throw my arm over her shoulder and guide her to the table, I make the boys shift their seats a little so Betty could sit next to me.
“Betty this is my dad Graham and my brother Matthew” they introduce themselves to Betty as the rest of the people at the table do too, soon enough we have been catching up with everyone, telling stories of the time I had spent with the Cartel, my dad and brother would tell stories of how I was as a child, Jax told the story of the first time we killed someone together, how romantic right? and Betty told stories about me at the tattoo shop from my first tattoo to the ones I would give her or give myself when I came home drunk.
Lil Ricci suddenly slams his hands into the table and stands up causing everyone’s attention to go to him, “Now I want someone to sing to me” he turns and looks me dead in the eyes, “Not a fucking chance” I go to stand up but theres a pair of hands on my shoulders holding me down, I look up and see Mateo (Lil Ricci’s 2nd in charge) holding me down, “He hasn’t shut up since you have left can you please just sing him this one damn song so I don’t have to hear about it anymore”.
I turn back to face Lil Ricci who has a dumb smile on his face “I don’t have a choice do I?” I ask and he just shakes his head, “Fine, but you owe me” he smiles as he stands up “Oh don’t worry Mija, I have just the thing for you afterwards” he smirks before sitting down and using his hands to shoo me away, I turn to Jax “Block your ears if you want to keep your hearing” he laughs as I make my way up to the stage.
I step-up onto the stage and everyone stops taking giving their attention to me without me saying a word, great now the pressures on. I clear my throat “Well now I feel like I need to make a stupid speech. Thank you all for coming out to celebrate today, boys remember to wrap it before you tap it we don’t need any more kids around here anytime soon. Hope you all get shit faced and have a dirty hangover tomorrow. Anyhow, Lil Ricci, I need you to stand up” I call him out as he stands up and gets up onto the table, typical. “Now this lovely man over here has suggested that I sing a song tonight, if you want to keep your hearing I suggest you leave now, otherwise enjoy. Now, what fucking song do you want me to sing?” I ask him he calls out “My favourite one”.
I go over to the machine and put the song on as the intro softly starts, here goes nothing.
“There is a swelling storm, And I’m caught up in the middle of it all…”
I close my eyes and let the atmosphere fade around me, it’s the only way I’m going to make it through this without shooting everyone so theres no witnesses.
“The freedom, of falling, A feeling I thought was set in stone. It slips through, my fingers, I’m trying hard to let go. It comes and goes in waves, It comes and goes in waves, And carries us away. Through the wind, Down to the place we used to lay when we were kids. Memories, of a stolen place, Caught in the silence, An echo lost in space”.
I can hear Lil Ricci screaming the lyrics as his voice gets closer and closer, I open my eyes continuing the song to see him running towards the stage, what’s with all this running? He stops infront of me and pulls out a lighter as I finish the song, Jesus christ how much has he had to drink?
“It comes and goes in waves, It comes and goes in waves, And carries us away”.
I look down to Lil Ricci who is now in tears, how the fuck do these boys scare people? I jump off the stage as everyone claps and cheers, I make my way back over to the table and sit down. “Happy?” I ask some nod and smile, some say yes with smiles on there faces.”You have a beautiful voice kitten” Jax growls in my ear and my body sets on fire. Ricci comes up to me still sniffling “T-that was beautiful” he cries a little more, “How are you the leader of the cartel?” I ask him and he shrugs “What can I say, I’m just that good”.
A few hours later most of the people have passed out or gone home, only a few people are left up are Jax, Lil Ricci, Gunner, Shelby, Matthew, Mateo and Knuckles. My dad and Betty had left a while ago, I tried to find them to say goodbye but I couldn’t find them anywhere. Shelby and I are on top of the bar drinking and dancing with each other, the boys are sitting around a table talking about something.
As I’m dancing a feel a pair of arms wrap themselves around my legs before picking me up and placing me on the ground, “Hey party pooper what are you doing?” I look up to see Jax standing there with a dorky smile. “It’s time for bed kitten, we have a big day tomorrow and you’re going to need to be on your best performance”, I turn around and say goodbye to everyone and say thank you before Jax piggybacks me into our room.
I start to try and undress myself but keep falling over my own feet, Jax’s arms push me onto the bed and I laugh “What are you doing handsome?” I ask as I watch him stand infront of me “Getting you changed so you don’t break a bone, you’re too clumsy” he mumbles while slurring a little. He undresses me and gives me one of his hoodies to put on, mine now.
He gets undressed before crawling into bed, he pulls the sheets over himself before dragging me into his body, “Happy birthday kitten, I have a special present for you tomorrow” he kisses my forehead before falling asleep, I wonder what he got? All I know is that I have a bitch to kill tomorrow that’s currently happily awaiting me in the basement.
I close my eyes and listen to Jax’s steady heartbeat before falling asleep.
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I wake up to the sound of Jax snoring next to my ear, I groan and try to crawl away, lucky for me it’s hard for me to get hangovers instead of my head my whole body aches like I’ve been hit by a truck, I use all my strength to drag myself out of Jax’s arm while I reach for the water bottle on the side of the bedside table.
My mouth is dryer than the Sahara desert, I take 3 big mouthfuls before sitting it back down, I try to open my eyes but the sunlight is too bright for me. I feel around the bedside table until I feel my sunglasses before putting them on, I open my eyes again this time I’m not blinded, I sigh in content, much better.
I feel Jax’s body start to move as he starts laughing at me before rubbing his head “Someone have a hangover?” I ask, “I haven’t felt this bad in a long time” he says softly, “How are you kitten?” he asks, “I’m fine, just the sun that’s bright” he laughs and pulls me onto his chest before turning us the other way so his body hides the sun for me, “Better?” he asks while taking off my sunglasses, “Much” I reply while kissing his cheek.
“I have a question,” he says while playing with my hair, I humm in response and wait for him to speak, “Harley, I love you, I’d do anything for you. You could destroy everything in my life and I’d still come back crawling to you on my knees. I want you to be mine and only mine, I want to propose to you one day, I want to marry you one day, I want you to be my Old Lady”.
“Are you sure? I’m not exactly wifey material” I say with a laugh, I hope he is sure but if he happens to change his mind I’ll let him, I just want him to be happy. “I have never been so sure of anything in my life Harley, I want you to be my Old Lady” I smile and kiss him “Of course I will be” I whisper on his lips, “But you need to brush your teeth if you want any more loving cause ya mouth smells like death” he grumbles before speaking “So does yours”, “Maybe so but no as bad as yours”.
We laid in bed for another hour or so before actually getting up, we had a shower together and get dressed before making our way downstairs. Most of the people had woken up and gone home, the prospects had started cleaning the place while everyone else was cooking food or eating it.
We make our way over to the table and say hello to everyone before sitting down, I look around the table and notice that my dad’s not awake yet, “Wheres dad?” I ask Matthew who just shrugs his shoulders while eating his bacon, Jax and I dig into the food but not after thanking the other Old Ladies for the feed, I guess I’m one of them now, I should learn how to cook huh?
As we are eating Lil Ricci asks me what my plans are for today, as I’m speaking I hear footsteps coming into the room and I turn around to see my dad and Betty doing the walk of shame. They both spot me and stop in their tracks, “Oh my god” I say quietly as they both try to avoid my eye contact. “Oh my god,” I say a little louder as they still try to hide there faces “OHMYGOD” I scream jumping out of my chair and running over to them, “Did you two?!” I ask and my dad walks off from me while Betty nods and smiles a little.
“Are you two?” I ask and she shrugs her shoulders, I look over to see my father sheepishly staring at her, “How fucking cute” I squeal while dragging her over to the table to eat. Ince everyone’s finished Jax calls Gunner, Lil Ricci, Knuckles, Mateo, Matthew and my dad into his office.
About 20 minutes later they come out as Jax walks up to me, “Time for your present kitten” he whispers into my ear. He walks me down the staircase that leads into the basement. “If it’s that stupid bitch from yesterday shes my own present to myself you can’t say its from you,” I say crossing my arms over my chest he laughs before unlocking the door “It’s so much better than that kitten”.
He opens the door and we step in, the rooms dark but I can tell theres a few people in here hiding in the shadows, as I make my way more into the room I notice who they are, Lil Ricci, Gunner, my dad, my brother, Knuckles and Mateo. “Why the crowd?” I ask as Lil Ricci turns to me “For the show Mija, happy birthday Princesa, love from all of us” he says as Jax uses his hand to push me close to the middle of the room.
A body is sitting on a chair slumped over with a bag over their head, I walk closer as Jax stays behind, I take a deep breath and rip the bag off of the persons head. They snap their head up to face me and I’m met with those disgusting brown eyes I thought I’d never see again, the same eyes that took everything I had left, the same fucking eyes that broke me, those stupid fucking eyes. I laugh before speaking.
“Time to play”.