by Blood,Joy
It's probably around eight in the evening on a Saturday and when I check Gin's office my guess is confirmed. They are having another damned party. Going downstairs I can hear the music blaring and balls being hit on the pool table. Walking in I'm surprised to see that someone is actually shooting pool and not just fucking a club whore on the table. These men are all ex-military but still let loose at night, fucking and drinking themselves into a stupor.
I spot Gin sitting on a chair in the far corner having a conversation with Jims. The closer I get to them I start to see a pile of red hair bobbing up and down on Gin's lap.
"Vin! You get done with your fuck fest?" Gin asks when he sees me approach. The red head tries to raise her head up but he shoves her face back down onto his cock. "Keep going babe." He tells her. Looking back up to me when she resumes her task and grabs the bottle sitting on the table next to him. Offering me a pull off of it. I decline.
"We got shit to discuss," I state. He gestures for me to continue. "I want to go in soon, our window is starting to close, two more days. That is all I'm going to wait. Good with you?" Gin grunts a little and laces his fingers through Red's hair controlling her movements more.
"We'll have church in the morning, vote then. Let you know the verdict. Good with you?" I nod then leave. I don't look around to see the things going on in the bar. I already know.
I head back up to the room and find her still sleeping. I go into the bathroom to take a piss. When I'm done I look in the mirror wondering what the hell this woman sees when she looks at me. My shoulder length hair is always in a mess tied at the nape of my neck and my beard barely hides the scars on my face. Shedding my shirt I force myself to look at them. I don't look at myself, never would allow myself to. When I woke up and saw my face for the first time, large raised angry gashes covering my body, I could never look again. I was dead, have been dead up until a few months ago, when a broken and scared woman looked at me like I was human and not some damned monster.
"You are beautiful Vin." A soft voice breaks through my thoughts as if knowing what I was thinking about. I look over to see Ellie standing at the bathroom door. "Every scar is a testament to how strong you are, what you have been through. What you have lived through." She comes closer and puts her hands on my chest. She is so warm and her touch ignites me. My damned cock twitches in my pants. Fuck. "Will you tell me what happened?" she asks looking up at me.
"Not today Ellie. Can't talk about it yet." She gives me an understanding smile then reaches up on her tip toes to place a soft kiss on my mouth. She pulls away before I can deepen it, dropping to her knees. I'm frozen in place when she starts to unbutton my pants freeing my once again hard shaft. She lightly strokes me from root to tip then her tongue darts out to lick the drop of pre-cum forming on the tip. "You don't have to Ellie," I tell her getting only a head shake then she opens her mouth and takes me all the way in. Wrapping her lips around me ripping a groan from my throat. As her hot mouth slides up and down my length. I resist the urge to grip her hair in my hands and slam down her throat. Fucking hell. "Feels so good baby. If you don't stop now I'm going to come in your mouth." I warn her. It doesn't make her stop, if anything she speeds up sucking me deeper, sliding her hands to my ass and squeezing. Digging her nails in. That is what does it. I shoot my load right into her mouth, she doesn't pull away, just keeps going until nothing remains.
Fifteen
"Hey, will you help me with something?" I ask Vin after we have showered the sex from yesterday off of ourselves. He thankfully is giving my poor vagina a break.
"Yeah what do you need?" he asks pulling on a pair of jeans. He snuck out while I was sleeping and I woke up to him filling the dresser I used with his clothes right along side mine.
"Lisa told me there was a window in here somewhere. I'm thinking it's right there." I point over to the large blanket with a skull on it. I never thought to look behind it. We both go over pulling the blanket up and sure enough, there is a large plank of wood nailed to the wall effectively covering a window, blocking out all sunlight.
"I will go see if Gin has a hammer around here somewhere," Vin tells me leaving the room after pulling a white tee shirt on over his head. He still wears only white tee shirts. I noticed that when I opened one of the drawers to the dresser. He has a couple pairs of worn jeans and a package of white tee shirts and a package of black boxer briefs. Nothing else. I wonder if it is all he owns.
He comes back just minutes later and starts prying the board off of the wall. I grab one end while he works on the other but it slips out of my hand when he gets the last nail out of the wall. It drops and a nail catches my arm and scratches all the way down. Fuck that hurt. Blood starts to pour out of the slice.
"Shit, fuck I'm sorry Ellie." He says rushing to my side grabbing my arm to inspect it. "Fuck you will probably need stitches and a tetanus shot looks fucken deep. Let's go." Go?
"Wait. It's fine, I'm sure someone here can stitch me up. It's no big deal, Vin." I try and talk him down but he isn't listening.
"Nope. Not having it." He picks me up in his arms and starts to walk out of the room.
"Wait! I need my gun if we are leaving the clubhouse." I tell him getting only a grunt in return. I'm not leaving again without it, I got lucky last time. He goes back to where I keep the pistol and grabs it handing it to me. I quietly thank him and we are out the door.
"You taken her off to elope Vin?" Gin yells when we walk past the guys in the bar. The place rolls with laughter until they see me bleeding all over Vin's white shirt. "Fuck what did you do babe?" Gin asks walking up to us.
"Fucking cut herself on a nail. Dropped the board on her. She needs stitches and a shot. Taken her to the clinic." Vin grits out. I can't tell if he is pissed because I am hurt or because Gin called me babe. He calls all the girls babe, not discriminating.
"Alright man. Need an escort?" Vin just nods and walks out the blackened doors. Stomping over to a beat up truck with rust creeping up from the undercarriage, he opens the door and carefully sets me down.
"You okay?" he asks me with concern in his eyes. Hell, you would think I lost a limb, not just cut myself on a rusty nail.
"I'm fine, really. You don't need to make such a fuss over me." He doesn't respond just gives me a quick kiss and shuts the door. Rounding the front of the rusty truck he gets in and starts the engine. Well tries to start it, it cranks a couple times until it finally gives and comes to life, loud as hell. He backs out of the parking spot and takes off to the front gate. I see three bikes behind us. Sage, one looks like and the other two guys I have seen around many times just never remembered their names.
Instead of going in the direction of Cental we go East the same way Fuzz and I took the ride. Passing the spot we turned off and had our little 'moment' we continue for quite some time. Maybe a half hour or so at the speed Vin is going.
We come to a small town with a couple bars, small general store, Post office and a clinic. Parking outside the clinic is easy due to the lack of vehicles. "Let's go Ellie, quick in and out." I get out of the truck, my arm has stopped bleeding by now and is crusted over with dried blood. "You alright baby?" if he asks me that one more time...
"Vin, I'm fine. Really. Please just quit asking me that. You shouldn't have driven me way the hell out here for stitches for Christ sake." I snip at him.
"Don't fucken care what you think. Those nails were rusty, not risking your health." He snaps back at me. "Not one more word about it Ellie, you won't convince me otherwise. Now let's get inside and get this done. So I can get you back in bed." Horny bastard. I give in and we go inside.
The staff consists of one doctor and one nurse. Brother and sister, they tell us. They don't ask for names and just stitch me up giving me a tetanus shot as requested. Five stitches is all I needed, now I will have a scar to match my other ones, only this one will give me somewhat of a happy memory. Vin gives the doctor a wad of cash and we are back out the door.
Vin pauses before getting
in the truck, looking around. It makes me uneasy. "Vin?" I whisper in question to his sudden halt in movement.
"Get in the truck Ellie, now." He doesn't yell but he says it harsh enough that I know he senses something. I run around to my side and get in as quick as I can. As soon as I shut the door gunfire sprays across my side of the truck. "Fuck!" I hear Vin yell while he is trying to start the truck. The fucking thing won't turn over. And now we are sitting ducks in a shootout. Sage and the others have taken up refuge on one side of the truck and are shooting at our assailants providing some cover fire. Vin's is still trying to turn the truck over and when it finally fires to life Sage and the others hightail it to their bikes and start heading out with us right behind them. We get on the road, gunshots still being fired behind us but aren't as close anymore. I chance a look back behind us and see a black car with tinted windows gaining speed, catching up to us.
Grabbing my gun from the back of my jeans I flick off the safety and put one in the chamber. Turning back around I hear Vin tell me to get down but I don't listen. No. I twist the lever and roll down my window, telling him to keep the truck steady. "Fucking hell woman get the fuck down!" he yells one more time with even more anger. Still not listening, I lean out the window and aim best as I can at the car behind us. Right for their tires. Pulling the trigger my arm bounces a little and I miss. Fuck. I try once more, no go. Third time is a charm, right? Taking my aim once more.
"Hold the fucking truck steady!" I yell out to Vin. Like he can really do that in this situation. Just then their gunfire pings off the roof near my head. They are shooting at me now. I send two cover shots into their windshield then take my aim once more. Bang. Then, POP. I hit their tire and the car that was flying at breakneck speed flings to the side and flips. Rolling over and over until it finally comes to a stop on the side of the road. "Yes!" I yell out and slide back into my seat looking over to Vin. He has a scowl on his face, directed right at me. "What?" I ask innocently.
"What? You fucking kidding me Ellie? You could have been killed." He yells at me.
"But I wasn't and I took them out. Did you fucking see that Vin?" I am high on adrenaline right now and I really could give a fuck what he says in that moment. He just shakes his head and grips the steering wheel harder, so hard I can see his knuckles turn white.
"Don't fucking do that shit again, I don't..." he sighs. "Just fucking don't." He says a little defeated.
"I got them, Vin. That was amazing." I smile at him hoping my enthusiasm rubs off. He just shakes his head and speeds up the truck as fast as it will go, silent the rest of the drive.
Sixteen
When we get back to the clubhouse Vin doesn't say a word to me just gets out and takes off to who knows where. Leaving me sitting out in the truck. "Fucking A girl. You are one bad ass bitch!" Sage says after parking his bike in the lineup. The other two guys that were with both nod in agreement. We all walk into the clubhouse and they take a spot at the bar. I keep walking, heading to my room. "Where you goen? You need a drink after that shoot out. Sit down let me buy you one."
"They're free jackass," I say and pull up a stool next to him. They all chuckle at that.
"What are we celebrating?" Fuzz comes from the back walking through the doors to take a seat at the bar also.
"Our bad ass bitch we got here. Knows how to handle her gun. Took the car out that was chasing us from the clinic." Sage tells him and the others that have sat down or have walked into the room. All this attention on me makes me want to slink away but I decide to let loose for a moment and celebrate. I am one bad ass bitch, aren't I? I raise my shot glass to salute them all.
"Too good teachers!" I say, referring to Sage and Fuzz. Whom counter with.
"Too bad ass students." We all drink, Sage, Fuzz, and the other two guys, who I then learn are Buck and Turf. They continue to tell the tale how I single-handedly took out an armored car. I swear it gets bigger and bigger as it goes on and they keep adding cars to the story. I laugh it off and finally get my chance to sneak out when someone spills their beer all over Sage.
I go up to the room to hopefully find Vin sitting on the bed, but no luck. Deciding to give him time I don't go looking for him and just get into the shower. Washing the dried blood from my arm I hear someone open the bathroom door. Swiping the steam away from the glass shower door I see Vin. We stand there staring at each other for a moment then he starts stripping down. I crack the door, inviting him in. He steps in behind me wrapping his arms around my waist. "What you did today was reckless." He says.
"I got them, Vin," I argue.
"I know, but what if one of their bullets didn't miss? I can't fucking..." he trails off again repeating what he said in the truck.
"What happened Vin? Why won't you tell me?" I say turning around in his arms looking up at his face.
"It was my fault." He squeezes me tighter clutching my head to his chest. "I can't fucking lose you too." Lose me too.
"Who did you lose Vin?" I think back to the safe house. 'You remind me so much of her. I won't let that asshole have you too. You are mine.' I thought he was just drunk, but now I think it meant so much more.
"Don't get too close to the edge, you might be tempted to jump off." Is all he tells me before he starts to wash my hair. Effectively ending this conversation.
Out of the shower and dressed now, putting on a long sleeve shirt to cover up my stitches. I look over to the piece of wood on the floor and the blanket still hanging on the wall. "Help me move it out of here?" I ask referring to the wood.
"Fuck no, don't go near that. I will get someone else to get it the fuck out of here." Vin says walking out the door. I roll my eyes and leave the room too, going the couple doors over to Lisa's room. I go to knock when I see it's opened already, well not completely opened, just opened enough to see her sandwiched between Sage and Buck. Shit. I stare for a moment then realize I'm being a voyeur and take off down the steps to Britney's floor. I hope she isn't entertaining tonight too. Her door is wide open and she is laying on the bed watching TV. Maybe I should invest in a TV. I can't remember the last time I sat down and actually watched a movie or a show even. She sees me at the door and beckons me in.
"What's up girl?" she asks pressing pause on the show she was watching.
"Well, I was just up to Lisa's room and found her... otherwise occupied." I giggle.
"Ha! She up there with Sage?" she laughs.
"Yeah and Buck." She raises a brow.
"Busy night for her." We giggle for a bit, it's nice to have girlfriends here.
"So I was wondering if either of you two knew where I could get some curtains. Me and Vin took the board down that was covering the window." I explain.
"Oh shit yeah, forgot he had that thing up there. Gosh, it's been a while I guess. He met Sunny and he stopped needing us girls." She says so nonchalantly like it really isn't anything to talk about having sex with a clubhouse full of bikers. "Well, I do know where to find some. We keep the laundry room stocked with sheets and stuff. Should find some down there in that big closet across from the machines." I know right where she is talking about. I thank her and turn to leave when Gin comes stalking through the door.
"Your pussy better be ready babe cause it's in for one hell of a pounding." He says before he realizes I'm in the room. "Shit didn't know you were in her Ells." He looks over at Britney. "Hey Brit, our girl here tell you how big of a bad ass she is?" Britney looks over at me with a questioning look on her face. Then Gin proceeds to tell her about the car chase and my shooting skills all while stripping his clothes off. When I start to walk out I swear they are fucking before I even close the door.
Getting to the laundry room on the first floor I find just what I am looking for. There are two larger washers and two dryers. The women usually are the ones to do laundry the men paying them I found out one day when I overheard a conversation between Lisa and Sage. I only see a couple men down here that do their own. Fuzz is one of them. Said if he dirtied them he was the
one to clean them.
I open the closet door seeing that my choice is between an ugly brown floral print and a crushed blue velvet set of curtains. I chose the floral pattern.
Up in the room, I see that Vin has already disposed of the plywood and is just now pulling the blanket completely off the wall. "What do you have there Ellie?" he asks, always needing to say my name, as if he has to keep reminding himself that I am really here. It's sweet and the way he says it sends tingles through my body.
"Grabbed some curtains." I hold them up for him to get a better look.
"Those are ugly as hell, weren't there any other ones?" He laughs. I really am liking the sound of his laughter, I don't think he has done it in a long while.
"They had blue ones." I pause. "I fucking hate blue."
Seventeen
We got the curtains all set up and when I mentioned a TV Vin tracked one down no one was using. Bringing it into our room and setting it up on my dresser. "Is this her?" he asks lifting the picture I took of Dawn and me from her house. "Your friend."
"Yeah. That's Dawn and me at our high school graduation." I tell him.
"You two look happy." He puts the picture back down and looks at me. "I know he has taken so much from you but I can't have you going after him like you want to. Even with the help of the club." His declaration sends fury shooting through my bones.
"No Vin. This is my fight now. I deserve to get vengeance." I all but yell at him.
"Ellie," he growls. "I will get him. Me." He smacks his chest like a damned cave man. "I will be the one to get him not you. I won't let him take that last little bit of innocence you have left!"
"That is not for you to decide Vin. I am stronger now. You've see what I can do! I can take him!" I shout matching his tone.