– Harley –
1 year on
I tighten my grip on the baseball bat and pull it tighter against her neck, the nails sticking out of the bat dig deeper into her throat and I groan at the sight of her blood coating my bat, “I’m going to have so much fun with you” I growl into her ear, “P-please” She sobs out. “You thought you could run and hide from me?” I ask, she tries to shake her head but the nails in her neck rip her flesh open, she cries out in pain and I smile at the beautiful sound of it.
“You were able to run for about a year, I’ll give you that. But they call me the huntress for a reason” I start, I move the bat away and grab my pocket knife from out of my bra, I straddle her lap and grab her face forcefully, her eyes darting everywhere, “LOOK AT ME WHEN I SPEAK TO YOU” I scream before spitting in her face.
“You were the one that luered her in, a sweet little 8 year old. Do you know what those fuckers did to her?!” I scream tighten my grip, tears fall from her eyes washing away the mixture of blood and dirt on her face. “N-no” She cries but I know she’s lying, Poppy told me herself that she’s seen this cow. “They broke her, they hurt her, for 10 FUCKING YEARS, but you already fucking know that you piece of shit” The images of Poppy laying on that cold dark roomed floor flood to my mind and I scream out in frustration. I move the pocket knife to the inside of her mouth to the corner of her lips.
Her eyes widen and she begs me to stop, she begins to sob and pout like a fucking child, “Hey hey hey now” I coo to her patting her hair, “Let’s turn that frown upside down” I smile sweetly before cutting her mouth open up until her cheekbone. She screams out in pain and I laugh, I laugh at how pathetic she is, I laugh at the fact that she can kidnap and beat children but cant take a beating of her own.
“Now the other side” I say in a sing-song tone, I move the pocket knife to the other side and do the same thing, her blood coats my hands and arms and I almost moan at the feeling of her blood bathing me. I get off her lap and wipe my knife on my pants before putting back in my bra, I stare at her and admire my artwork, “You look so beautiful, just like the Black Dahlia. You’re going to end up just like her too”.
Theres 3 loud bangs on the door behind me, “What?!” I grunt out still looking at the pathetic woman infront of me, “Harley hurry up!” I hear Shelby yell out. She knows I hurt people, but she’s never seen me do it, she knows better than to open the door down here if she doesn’t want to see the psycho I am. “I’ll be out soon” I yell back still staring at my prey.
“Harley Rose Blackwell, get your ass out of that damn room right now, you’re getting married in 2 hours!” She screams back, I stamp my foot like a child and groan loudly, “I’ll be back for you sugar” I say with a wink. I shove some bandages into her mouth to soak up the blood before wrapping duct tape around her head to keep the bandages in, “You’re not dying on me before I’m done with you”.
I open the door and walk out, Shelby’s face drops before she quickly shakes her head “Did you really need to do this today?” She whisper yells as she drags me up the stairs, “Yeah” I giggle. We walk through the bottom of the clubhouse, some of the men are in there drinking already. “Howdy boys!” I call out as Shelby drags me out the front doors.
We begin the walk over to my house, god that still sounds so weird. The carpark is full of choppers and more people, a couple of wolf whistle catch my attention, I look down at myself and see I’m basically covered head to toe in blood, “Damn you got a good grip on you Little Red” I say as she continues to drag me to the front door.
She opens it and pushes me through, Betty looks over to me and frowns, “God damn it Harley really?” She asks as she shoves me upstairs towards the bathroom, “What was I supposed to do? Wait a day?” I ask, “Get in the shower and clean yourself, I need a damn drink” She scolds me like a child.
I wash away the blood and dirt from my skin before moving to my hair, I can’t believe I’m marrying Jax today… I didn’t want anything big or whatever, I’m not even wearing a proper wedding dress or shoes. Nothing about this wedding is normal, but none of us are normal either. Well, maybe except Isabella she’s probably got the best chance at being the normie of the family. I’m pulled out of my little world by Shelby dragging me out of the shower.
“You have been in there for 45 minutes, get the fuck out” she growls, god damn she’s one crazy bitch when she’s pregnant, yeah that’s right 20 weeks with twins, guess all that sex advice came in handy. “Stress yourself anymore and your head will explode, anyone would think you’re getting married today” I say laughing as she grabs a towel wrapping it around my body, “Aw thanks mom” I coo, “Sit your ass down, I have an hour to do your hair, makeup and get you dressed” She orders, I mock salute her “Aye aye captain”.
Lot’s of arguing between Shelby, Betty and I and my hairs finally done, Shelby wanted it up, Betty wanted it half up and half down, I was ready to fucking shave it off but instead went for it completely down with loose curls. “Get that shit away from me” I say swatting Shelby’s hand away, “It’s makeup Harley come in just sit still” She sits down on my lap, “I fucking hate it, you’re lucky you’re pregnant”.
“How about just a little bit not much?” She says while pouting, why did I agree to be friends with her, I can’t fucking say not to the little fireball. “Fine, but not a lot, it’s going to be ruined when I go back down to the basement anyways” She huffs but nods her head.
“Stop moving so much for fuck’s sake!” Shelby yells, “I fucking hate dresses, fuck it im going naked” I scream throwing my hands up in the air, “You’re wearing the dress now get your ass here!” Betty orders, I roll my eyes but make my way towards her “yes mom” I mumble, “Jax wouldn’t even care if I rocked up naked” I say as Betty begins to fiddle around with the fabric. “Jax would kill everyone that looked at you without a second thought if you did that, brother or not” Betty replies.
I adjust the short white laced dress until im happy with it, before slipping on my black riding boots and my leather jacket, I look over my self in the mirror before smiling, “Let’s get me married”. We walk over to the clubhouse Betty and Shelby walk off to go and get themselves seated and I skip through the front doors and see my dad standing in the room alone mumbling to himself.
“Hey dad,” I say softly not to startle him, yet he still jumped a little before looking at me, “Oh Harley” His voice comes out softer than a whisper, “You look so beautiful baby” A tear falls down his cheek and my lips begin to tremble, I’ve never seen my dad cry, this is breaking my fucking heart.
I hand him a cigarette and wipe away his tear, “Don’t cry you’ll make me cry” I reply with a small laugh, he smiles and pulls me in for a hug, “I never thought I’d be able to see the day my little girl gets married” He says pulling back before taking a drag. “I don’t think anyone expected me to get married” I reply laughing, the doors swing open and Isabella comes running in, little ass-kicker learnt to walk and run before she learnt how to crawl, and she gives everyone a run for their money.
“Look at you pretty girl, you look like a princess,” I say picking her up and spinning her around, she giggles and squeals, “Harl” She screams hugging me tightly. Betty comes rushing in and sighs in relief when she sees Isabella with me, “Come on sweetheart, you need to get in position. 2 minutes” She says pointing and dad and I, we both nod and she rushes out the door.
Dad holds out his arm and I link mine with his, we begin to walk to the back of the clubhouse, my heart begins to beat out of my chest and my hands begin to tremble. “Deep breath Darlin” Dad whispers in my ear, “Thank you” I whisper back as we stand infront of the large double doors.
“Ready?” He asks, I nod my head and smile “Ready”.
– Jax –
I stand staring down at Harley, I haven’t heard a word the officiant has said nor have I looked away from my kitten, she’s still as hypnotising as the day I first laid my eyes on her, I’ll even admit I cried like a bitch when she first walked down that aisle, she’s so fucking perfect and I don’t deserve her but I’m a selfish asshole and I’ll kill anyone who tries to take her from me.
She told me she didn’t want anything fancy, just to be surrounded by our family and friends. No fancy suits in fact I was told if I wore a suit she wouldn’t marry me. So it’s a button-down shirt, my ripped jeans, my best pair of boots and my leather cut.
“The couple has prepared their own vows, Harley could you please start” The man speaks, “The moment I saw you I knew you were going to be a big part of my life, I just didn’t expect to end up here. You are my today and all of my tomorrows, there’s no one else I’d want to torture people with” She pauses and smirks. “I promise to make you bacon and egg sandwiches when you’re hungover, I promise to always have cold beer and whiskey in the fridge, I promise to comfort you when your football team loses.. again, I promise to not hit you too hard when you’re snoring at night, I promise remind you the date of our anniversary at least 2 days before”
“I promise to agree that you really are the best driver on the road and always know exactly where you’re going, and I promise to not take my hanger out on you… maybe” Everyone laughs before quieting down again. “Because of you I laugh, I smile and I dare to dream more than I ever have. Thank you for the miracle of you. You are and always will be, the love of my life, my soulmate, my person”.
The man looks over to me and nods his head, “The moment I saw you I was drawn you to, you’re like a siren calling out to me and drawing me in. I knew you would be hard to keep in one place but I’m glad you decided to stay. I didn’t fall in love with you, I walked into love with you, with my eyes wide open, choosing to take every step along the way. I do believe in fate and destiny, but I do believe we are only fated to do the things that we’d choose anyway. And I choose you, in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality. I’d find you and I’d choose you.”
“I promise to never watch the next episode on Netflix without you, no matter how much I want to, I promise to wash up when you cook dinner, I promise to always get rid of the spiders even if I’m more scared than you, I promise to always order something you like so we can share meals, I promise to buy you your favourite chocolate when youre sad, I promise to let you win the occasional argument, even when im right, and I promise to not steal the covers intentionally. I promise to love you for the rest of my fucking life.”
“I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands. To speak when words are needed and to share the silence silent when they’re not, and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home”, Gunner clears his throat from beside me, ” And I promise to treat you as good as my leather and ride you as much as my Harley” I wink and smirk at the end as the crowd erupts in cheers and whistles.
She throws her head back and laughs before wiping away the tears that had rolled down her cheeks, we slide the rings onto each others fingers, the officiant begins to speak again “I now pronounce you husband and wife you may-” Cutting him off I grab onto Harley’s waist and pull her into me smashing my lips down onto hers, everything around us has faded only muffled background noises can be heard. I pull back slightly our lips brushing against one another “I’ve waited all day to do that”, She smiles before pulling me back in for another kiss, this is who I want to grow old with, this is my person.
After the ceremony everyone headed back inside to the clubhouse, the drinks were flowing, the music was blasting and everyone is happy, it couldn’t be anymore perfect. Harley comes over to me and sits down on my lip wrapping her arm around my neck, “Hello hubby” She says while giggling, “Hello kitten” I say pulling her chin down and planting a soft kiss on her lips.
I pick up my glass of whiskey and take a sip before offering it to Harley, “No thanks” She says smiling, I raise an eyebrow at he but don’t push it, “You want a beer instead?” I ask and she shakes her head. Gunner looks confused before looking over to Shelby who is smiling like a Cheshire cat, “A joint?” Gunner asks, “Nope” She says popping the p.
“Why not?” I scrunch my eyebrows together, she leans into my ear and speaks just loud enough for me to hear, “Because I’m pregnant”.