– Harley –
1 week later
“Stop trying to peak” Jax whispers in my ear, “Stop sticking your fat fingers into my eyes” I bite back, he’s showing me his surprise that he has hidden from me for god knows how long, half of me loves surpirses but the other half hates them. “Someone’s moody” He teases as we continue to walk before coming to a stop. “I’ve been walking blind for hours, what do you expect?” I whine, “We have walked for 5 minuetes kitten” He says while laughing at me, “Same thing” I mumble to myself, “Can I look now?” I ask. “So impatient kitten” He jokes, “Are you ready?”.
“As ready as I’ll ever be” I grumble, his hands move away from my face and I’m blinded momentarily by the sunlight, I hiss and blink a few times until my vision becomes clear. My jaw drops to the ground when I look at what’s infront of me, a house, a fucking house. “Are we breaking in and stealing shit?” I turn around with a smirk on my face, he laughs and shakes his head at me, “Would be stupid to break into your own house and steal your own stuff” He says with a wink.
“T-this is our house?” My voice barely coming out in a whisper, he smiles and nods his head, “This is our home” He says turning me around and wrapping his arms around my waist. My heart is beating like crazy and my minds going a thousand miles a minute, I can’t form any words to come out of my mouth, I just stand there staring at the building with my jaw on the floor, it’s perfect. Wooden 2 story house, a wrap-around porch, right up against the tree line of the forests the only sounds are of the wilderness and the occasional bike. “Do you not like it? We can stay at the cloubhou-” I spin around and jump up wrapping my legs and arms around his neck squeezing as hard as I can, “It’s perfect” I squeal smashing my lips down onto his, “It’s fucking perfect” I cup my hands on his cheeks.
“Thank god, when you didn’t say anything I thought you hated it” I laugh and shake my head, “But why?” I ask looking over my shoulder. “I know you love the clubhouse, but I also know you like time to yourself, where it’s not full-on 24/7, where you can hear yourself think. This is for us to grow into, make memories in, a home, our home” He plants a kiss on my forehead before dropping me to the ground. “And it’s only a 5-minute walk from the clubhouse anyways,” He says pointing over to a building in the distance.
I didn’t know I was crying until I tasted the saltiness on my lips, “Home” I whisper. He brings his hands up to wipe away my stray tears before taking his hand in mine, “And now for the grand tour m’lady” He says bowing to me, I laugh and curtsy before skipping my way to the wooden steps up to the front door, I open the door and walk inside. The set out is perfect and spacious, minimal furniture and decorations are scattered around the first floor, I hear Jax’s boots behind me, stopping when he reaches my side.
He slings his arm over my shoulder and pulls me into his side, “There’s not much here, figured you’d like it better if you could decorate it how you like” I look up to him and raise an eyebrow, “We have the same taste, and I want you to be comfortable and happy, decorate it how your heart desires kitten” I wrap my arms around his neck and his hands grab onto my waist picking me up, I grab his face and smother him in kisses, “Thank you Jax” I say resting our heads against one another.
He takes me on a tour of the rest of the house, a large kitchen, guess that means I need to learn how to cook more than eggs and bacon on toast. 3 bedrooms upstares and 3 bathrooms, a garage and an in-home cinema, I’m in fucking love. After the tour he leads me out behind the house onto the back deck, a hottub, table chairs and a barbeque are scattered the deck, “This is perfect” I say while interlacing my hand with his, “Just one more surprise” He says with a cheeky grin on his face, “If it’s sex in the hottub I wont complain” I say with a smirk.
He turns me around to look out to the forest. He leans his chin on my shoulder and wraps his arms around my waist, the sun begins to set behind the tall trees, reds, oranges and pinks swirl in the sky peeking through the branches and leaves of the trees. “When I said I wanted to marry you, Harley I ment it, I know I’ve been slack about the ring and it’s no excuse but” He pauses as he pulls out a diamond ring from his leather cut, “I will forever be yours, I want you to be mine forever too, that’s if you haven’t changed your mind, marry me, Harley, be mine forever” I turn around to face him if I’m honest I forgot about the whole ring thing, the ring meant nothing, he was already mine forever the first day I laid eyes on him, whether he liked it or not. I know my answer, but it’s fun to let him sweat it out a little right?
I stand there and stare at him like he’d grown two heads I count how long I’ve stayed silent for, he begins to pale in the face, 45 seconds, 46 seconds, 47 seconds, “Say something… Please” His voice cracks, andddddd now I feel like an asshole.
I burst out laughing with a smile a mile wide, “Of course I will, you cant get rid of me that easily” I say jumping onto him, “I nearly had a fucking heart attack, I thought you changed your mind” He mumbles into my shoulder and I laugh even harder, wow I really am a bitch. He pulls back and grabs my left hand sliding the ring onto my finger, the rings perfect a circular diamond with small ones surrounding it, not too big but not too small, “It’s perfect, it’s so fucking perfect” I say with a small laugh while looking down at it, he grabs my chin and lifts it up so he can look at me, “Forever” He whispers as his lips brush against mine, “Forever” I reply.
I can hear my dogs howling in the distance, my head snaps to the sound and I get down off of Jax and run towards the howling, Jax closely behind. I run into the clubhouse and look around, Gunner stands on top of one of the tables as my boys circle it howling and barking at him, “What the hell’s going on here?!” I yell, the dogs ears prick up and they run over to me knocking into my legs as they rub their bodys against them, “Jax asked to keep them here for a bit, they started loosing it and everyone left me all alone” He cries out as he gets off the table.
“Sook” I tease as I walk upstares the dogs closely behind me, I knock on Wood’s door and wait a few seconds until I hear a faint come in. I slowly creep in, I turn around and tell the dogs to stay outside before I close the door again. I look over to the bed and see Poppy happily asleep, I look over to Wood who’s sitting on a chair at the end of the bed, “You look exhausted” I say sitting down next to him, he laughs quietly his eyes never leaving Poppy’s small frame.
“She has night terrors, but I guess you already know that” He says, his eyes meet mine for a quick second before they move back to Poppy, “Yeah, I used to sing to her if she woke up from one” I say with a small smile. “What song?” He asks looking back at me, “Angels by Robbie Williams”. He looks back over to her and smiles, “That’s my favourite song” He whispers, “It’s hers too. If you need anything give me a shout” I say while standing up, “Yes mom” He jokes as I mess up his hair before walking out of the room.
I close the door and notice my boys are still sitting there waiting for me, “Come on, let’s terrorise Gunner some more” They follow behind me and I run down the stairs and into the bar area, Gunner spots them and jumps up onto the bar as they charge towards him, “Harlz make them stop” He screams, I wait a few seconds just to amuse myself “Alright boys down” I yell and they stop what they’re doing before going to find somewhere to lay down.
“Why do you keep doing that” He whines, “It’s funny” I say shrugging my shoulders, “I see he finally gave you the rock” He says grabbing my hand to inspect the ring, “Officially tied down” I say with a wink as Jax walks over to us. “Where’s Shelby?” I ask looking around for her, “Oh, she’s exhausted, she’s up stares asleep” He says with a knowing look.
“Oh, you’re not so vanilla now?” I ask raising a brow, his jaw slacks when I say it, “Boy, we are best friends, I know all your dirty little secrets. Lovebug” I say with a wink, he groans and stomps off up the stairs.
I laugh and turn to face Jax, “What was that about?” He asks as he orders a drink from the prospect behind the bar, “Let’s just say, I taught some things to Little Red to spice things up in the sheets” I say with a smirk, the prospect hands us two glasses of whiskey I thank him but he doesn’t look at me, he walks off to make someone else order. “Why didn’t he look at me?” I ask turning my focus to Jax, “Because they know better than to look at what’s mine” He says with a shit eating grin.
“You’re a fucking idiot, if I wanted to fuck someone else I would have already” I glare at him before smacking the side of his head, “Prospect” I yell out, his head darts in my direction but his eyes stay to the ground, I sit on the bar and swing my legs over, “Over here” I say motioning him to come over, his eyes are still on the ground.
I look over my shoulder to Jax who is still supporting the grin, I grab his chin and lift his head up to me, the poor things only a baby, not a day over 18. “How old are you?” I ask his eyes look anywhere but mine as he replies, “18 mam” He says quietly, “It’s rude not to look at people when they are talking to you, in fact, I find it disrespectful” I say with a stern voice, his eyes widen as they meet mine, panic and fear sweep across his face as he tries to say something.
“I-Im sorry mam” He says, “God stop calling me mam, it makes me sound like a dinosaur” I laugh, “Hey!” Betty yells out from over the club, I remember too when i first met her and I’d only call her mam. “But not you Betty you sexy litte chicken” I call back, I can hear my dad grunt from the booth with Isabella, “Don’t worry Papa, I wont steal your girl” I call out. I return my gaze back to the prospect who is now shaking like a leaf, “I’m Harley, what’s your name sweetheart?” My voice softer than before, Jax growls behind me, I whip my head around and stare him down.
“Get your head out of your ass Jaxon, did I or did I not just agree to be locked down to you forever or not” I say wiggling my hand with the ring on it, “You were locked down as soon as you stepped foot in this clubhouse kitten” He says with a smirk, “EXACTLY SO GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR FUCKING ASS” I yell back, his face deadpans for a second before he smirks again.
I turn back to the prospect and smile, “Sorry about him, as I was saying, my names Harley so I’d like if you called me by that. What’s your name?” He looks over my shoulder to Jax before looking back at me, “Uh nope, I’m in charge, not him. You answer to me, ignore the caveman behind me”.
“I’m Blade” his voice says quietly, “Well it’s lovely to meet you Blade, now next time I talk to you I expect to be talking to your face not the top of your head alright” I smile again before swinging my legs over the bar, I smile at Jax as he stares at me still smirking. “Wipe that dumb look off your face” I growl as I jump down from the bar and walk outside, Jax follows behind me and grabs onto my waist pulling me down onto his lap as he sits down on the steps, “Is someone getting soft” He coos in my ear, I pinch his upper arm and he yelps letting go of me to rub it.
“I’m not getting soft, I just don’t like it that you treat your prospects like shit, they’re allowed to look at me when they speak, it’s called respect. But you’re just a big jealous caveman” I grumble, he flips me around so im straddling him, “That’s just the way the prospects have always been treated” He lights two joints and passes me it before he leans back on his elbows, “Well that’s bullshit because Wood was never banned from looking at me” I say while taking a drag.
“Wood had been here longer than our new ones have” He shrugs his shoulders, “Well no more, no more treating the prospects like scum, no more dumb rules, none of it. You say you’re a family here then act like one, those boys will earn their place doing missons and rides with us, not stupid little jobs around the clubhouse. That’s what the girls are for, they want to stay here rent free and ride as much dick as their hearts desire they can do those jobs. No arguing Jax” I say holding up my hand as he opens his mouth.
“You’re so damn fucking sexy when you’re in charge” He groans, I roll my eyes and smash my lips onto his, silly man thinks he’s in charge anyway.