Hey babes! Back again with a brand new story for ya! I'm really, really excited to share this one with all of you. I got the idea a while back and I've been working on hammering out some chapters. I wanted to wait until I had a good amount of chapters written, as well as a solid plan for this story before I posted something. So here I am, with a the first installment of this new story.
This first chapter is just a prologue, to give you a little taste, allow you to dip your toes in. I promise all the following chapters are going to be much longer as the story goes. I don't like writing super small chapters unless it's supposed to be a drabble or something.
But anyways, I'm so excited to bring you this story, and if you follow me on Tumblr and have seen my updates then you know how excited I am. I've got some really great chapters in store for this and I can't for you guys to read them.
And so, without further ado, I give you the Prologue for Knight in Brown Leather. :)
Hearing her phone go off in her back pocket, Skye pulls the device out and looks at the screen to see her dad's name and photo flashing on it.
Smiling, she hits the answer call button and holds the phone up to her ear.
"Hello, dad."
"Hey, sweetheart. How are you doing?"
"The same as when you called me an hour ago," she tells him.
"Right, of course. So how'd your interview go?"
Skye takes a deep breath. "I actually think it went pretty well. I just have to wait to hear back from them. But I have a pretty good feeling about this job."
"Well that's good. I'm really glad."
"Thanks. I'm just a little nervous. I wish you and mom were here with me."
"I know you do. But you said you wanted to move there on your own, 'to pave your way' as you put it."
Skye sighs. "Yeah, I know I said that."
"I just wish you hadn't moved to such a sketchy town."
"Dad, seriously? I cannot believe you just used the word 'sketchy' in a sentence like that." She lets out a small laugh.
"Skye, I'm being serious here. Your mother and I are worried about you."
"You know you don't have to throw mom under the bus, dad. I know it's you who's the most worried."
"Can you really blame me?"
"No, I guess I can't. But I promise you I'm fine, dad," Skye says into her cell phone as she makes her way down the sidewalk, hiking her laptop bag higher up onto her shoulder. "I'm actually on my way to my car right now so I can go home. I had to park a little further away than I would have liked because there was literally no where to park at the company I interviewed at."
"Please be careful, sweetheart."
Skye rolls her eyes. "Dad, I'm twenty-four, I'm a big girl. I think I'll be okay."
"You're new to that city, Skye. I just want you to stay safe."
"I'll do my best," she tells him. "I'm going to hang up now. Bye."
"Bye."
Pulling her phone down from her ear, Skye ends the call and slides her phone into the back pocket of her jeans.
As she continues to make her way down the sidewalk, Skye feels something bump against her shoulder, knocking her slightly off balance.
"Hey!" She whips around to see a tall man with dark hair in a black leather jacket swaggering away from her, two other dark haired men walking with him, one in a black leather jacket and the other in a brown one. "Watch where you're going, jerk," she calls after the tallest one.
The man in question turns around to smirk at her and shrugs. "Didn't see you there."
"Like hell you didn't," she retorts. "Just watch where you're going next time."
The man just holds his hands up in mock surrender before turning around and walking away from her, the other two following quickly after him.
Skye scoffs as she adjusts her bag on her shoulder again. "Jerk."
Leaning casually against a large brick wall, Grant scrolls through the texts on his phone, replying to the occasional one as he waits.
"How much longer are we going to wait?"
Grant turns his head towards his younger brother. "Relax, Andrew, he should be done soon. You know it usually doesn't take that long. But only if the people are cooperative."
Andrew sighs. "I know. I'm just hungry."
Grant chuckles. "You'll be fine until Joey's done." He turns his attention back to his phone screen.
"Thank you so much for your cooperation, sir. It will be taken into consideration when you are due for your next collection. But probably not."
Grant looks up and rolls his eyes when he hears the voice of his older brother drifting through the open shop door next to him.
"Oh man, that guy was so completely scared out of his mind," Joey says as he exits the shop. "You two really should have seen it. It was hilarious."
"Did he give you the collection?" Grant asks his older brother as he pushes off the brick wall, he and Andrew following him down the sidewalk.
"Of course he did," Joey replies with a small laugh. "He'd be an idiot not to. You know that."
Grant nods. "Right. Of course."
"Dude. Where's your head at today, Grant?" Joey asks him. "You've been so out of it since we left the main road earlier."
Grant sighs. "I honestly have no idea. Your guess is as good as mine." He reaches out and grabs a shiny red apple off of the stands next to him as he walks. He brings it to his mouth and takes a bite out of it.
"I don't know, man," Joey says, letting out a breath. "And I don't really care enough to guess."
Grant nods. "Obviously."
"Grant."
He turns his head towards his younger brother.
"Yeah?"
Andrew takes a small step closer to him, lowering his voice. "You uh, you know that if you ever want to talk about anything, I'm here for you. Always will be."
Grant just looks at his brother for a moment before he rolls his eyes. "Andrew, how long have you known me?"
"Uh, my whole life."
"And has there ever been a point where I wanted to sit down and tell you all my deep dark secrets?"
"Not really, no, but I just thought—"
"Well stop doing that." He reaches out and lightly smacks his brother on the back of the head. "Now shut up and keep walking."
So? What did you all think of this beauty so far? Let me know in a review down below. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Yes, I know that the names of his brothers in this story are not the same as the ones in the show. But this is an AU, and I came up with these names for his brothers long before they were introduced on the show. So I don't want to hear anything about how the names aren't the same. I know they aren't.
Not sure how often I'll be updating this one, but hopefully it won't be too long in between chapters. It's getting close to the end of the quarter up at school, so that's probably going to take precedence. But I promise I won't abandon this at all. I love it way too much.
Until next time,
Jellybean96 out!