This story isn't related to any of my other stories although the character names are the same.
As most of you guys know, I had another story called FATED which is now titled A Jaded Fantasy. I chose to name this story because it makes more sense. This is my take of Bri & Juice reuniting and their journey to see if they are actually Fated to end up together. So enjoy.
Bri Hohrykova sat up with a groan, her grey eyes trying to adjust to the dim light of her surroundings. She looked to her left and rolled her eyes at the half naked blonde beside her on the pool table. She smacked the woman's ass and laughed as she woke with a giant start. "Can you make me some coffee sweetheart?"
"Uh, yeah sure." The blonde rolled off the table and smiled at the brunette. "Last night was fun."
"Yeah it was." Bri nodded, having no true recollection of what she did with the woman. She looked down at herself and she was in her bra and panties, a cut on. "Jesus." She swung her long legs over the edge and dropped to the floor, slowly shrugging out of the leather. "Prospect." She held it up before tossing it away on the table.
She padded down the hallway, looking for the bathroom when she smacked into a solid wall.
"Watch it." The voice gritted out as he turned around. "Oh, it's you." He eyed her intently.
"Sorry." Bri shrugged. "I'm just looking for the bathroom, I gotta tinkle so damn badly." She crossed her legs and did her best tinkle dance.
Juice bit back a smirk. "Right there, you may want to put shoes on before you go in there, no telling what's on that damn floor."
"Damn." The brunette frowned before turning around and walking back out towards the table, hoping her sneakers would be there. "Yes!" She found them along with her jeans. She tugged the jeans on before doing the same with the sneakers.
"Nice ink." Juice pointed to the full sleeve she had on her left arm. The Brianna he remembered didn't care for tattoos or body modification. As his eyes raked over her, he spotted the belly button ring and a tattoo in the middle of her back, it looked like a snake and a skull.
"Yeah, thanks." She smiled as she walked past him, the urge of needing to pee sweeping over her again as she walked into the bathroom. Glad she put on shoes as she felt them stick to the floor. "Gross." She quickly used the restroom and washed her hands, she pushed the door open with her hip and shook her hands out before drying them on her jeans. She padded out to the barroom and sat down.
"Here's your coffee." The blonde smiled and gave the brunette a quick kiss on her forehead. "I'll see you around, yeah?"
"Yes, of course." Bri smiled and watched the half naked blonde traipse down the hallway.
"Since when do you like girls Brianna?" He looked at her as he drank his usual morning green shake. "You were all about dick back in high school."
Bri sipped the coffee and shrugged. "College changed me, got to explore a whole new side of my sexuality... Only had one serious girlfriend though, she dumped me for a dude."
Juice frowned at the sad look on the brunette's beautiful face. He had seen it hundreds of times in the past and it still had the power to make his heart drop to his feet. "That sucks."
"Yeah." She rolled her eyes and finished off the coffee. "I should get going soon, you think Kozik is up? I need a ride back to Oakland, I have to prep for work and whatnot."
"Probably not, the clubhouse is usually dead until late afternoon after a huge party like last night." Juice set his empty cup down. "I'll give you a lift."
"Yeah, right." She laughed. "I'm not getting on the back of a bike with you! I don't trust you like that Juice."
"Why not? You know I wouldn't hurt you Brianna." He winced at his own words, realizing he had hurt her. "You know what I mean..."
"I'll think about it but I honestly probably would ask Happy for a ride and I'm terrified of him for some reason." She tossled her own hair and chuckled. "You think they're finished having sex?"
"Probably not..." He shook his head and stared at the beauty before him. Her eyes were as grey as ever, her lips fuller, her cheekbones just as magnificent as he remembered them to be.
"What are you doing Juan Carlos?" Bri giggled as he continued to kiss her face all over. "Huh?"
"Admiring your beauty babe!" He smiled and kissed her soft lips. "You're so gorgeous Bri."
"You are too Juan Carlos." She smiled up at him, her fingers tugging his short black hair. "I hope we're together forever."
"Yeah, me too." He nodded as he tapped his index fingers on her cheekbones.
"...Earth to Ortiz..." Bri waved her hand in front of the zoned out man sitting in front of her. "You there?" She stood up and moved closer to him. "Hello."
"Yeah, yeah, sorry." Juice nodded and looked at her, his eyes falling to her ample cleavage. "I just got lost in my memories there."
"I can see that." She shook her head and pulled her phone from her jeans. "I'm going to step outside, see if I can't get Aleksandr to come and pick me up from here."
"Aleksandr?" Juice shuddered at the name. The last time he saw the man, he was being chased down the snowy streets of Queens, praying the Russian wouldn't follow through with his threat of putting a bullet in his head. "He still your babysitter."
"He's my dad..." She trailed off as she listened to the line ring over and over before the man picked up. "I need a ride home... Jacey is sleep, yeah, yeah. I don't know Charming, yeah the Sons of Anarchy." She rolled her eyes and slid her phone into her pocket.
"He sending a car?" Juice tapped his fingers on the bar top.
"No, I'm on my own." She laughed as she started stretching her arms and legs. "I'm at the mercy of J and whenever she can pull herself off of Happy."
"I can take you." Juice tossed out his offer again. "I'm sorry I was an ass to you last night. I was caught off guard and..."
"Hate to show your emotions when you feel weak so you turn into a giant asshole and start slinging out shit you don't mean." Bri looked at him, her eyebrow cocked in a challenge. "I know you Juan Carlos."
"Yeah." He rubbed the back of his head and sighed. "So do you want the ride or not Brianna?"
"Sure." She rolled her eyes. "I have to leave Jacey a note or something before I leave, don't need her thinking I ran off or some shit."
"I'll be outside by my bike when you're ready to leave." He stood from his stool and walked out of the clubhouse, a small smile on his handsome face. He was determined to win her back, starting with a bike ride.
SOA
Bri slid off the back of Juice's bike, her legs still vibrating as she handed him the helmet back. She had only been on the back of one bike in her life and that was when she practically begged Marcus Alvarez to show her how to ride his beast of a Harley. "Thanks for the lift Juice." She internally grimaced at his dumb ass name.
"Yeah, you live here?" Juice eyed the massive house behind the dark haired woman. "This is a nice ass set up, that gun money must be good..."
She shrugged, realizing he still had no clue about what her family actually did or if he knew, he was doing a damn good job of playing dumb. "Yeah, the arms business is really booming." She twirled her hair around her finger before realizing she was still wearing the hoody he let her borrow. "Here." She quickly shed it and passed it back to him.
"Keep it, give it to me the next time we see each other." He waved it away. "I know how Aleksandr gets..."
"Who says we'll even see each other again?" She pulled the sweatshirt back on, her nostrils breathing in his scent that wasn't too different from when he was in high school.
He shrugged. "You're Jacey's friend, we're bound to cross paths with each other again. I'll catch you later Brianna."
"Bye." She moved back and watched him take off down the street and disappear into the distance before jogging up the steps and letting herself into her home.
"Who was that?" Aleksandr stood in the foyer, his arms crossed over his barrel chest. "Huh Katarzyna?"
"Juice, he just have me a lift home." She stared up at him. "I need a shower, can we talk about it later?"
"No." He shook his head. "He looked familiar, tell me who he is."
"Juan Carlos." She whispered and looked at her feet. Feeling foolish that she was about to be lectured at the ripe age of twenty five.
Aleksandr dragged a large hand over his face. "Repeat that Katarzyna, I think I may have misheard you my dear."
"Juan Carlos." She repeated louder as she waited for his anger to boil over an moment. "From high school."
"Have you lost your mind?" He grabbed her chin and made her face him. "Did you forget everything he did to you!?"
"It was only a ride!" She sighed. "I didn't forget anything he did! How could I ever forgive him for all that shit he pulled on me!? I'm not stupid and I'm not who I was back then. I needed a ride and Jacey was busy. So I accepted one from him, it won't happen again believe me."
The brute nodded. "Alright, I trust you on this Katarzyna. I just don't need you like you were back then... I've never been more terrified of anything more than I was afraid of losing you back then. I'm just happy you turned it all around and got your head back on straight. I need you to keep it on straight. You hear me?"
"Yes." Bri nodded, her fingers running over the scars that the ink on her left arm hid. Reminders of the lowest time in her life, a time she didn't think like was worth living anymore. "That was a one time thing, I'll never get that bad anymore." She hugged him tightly and smiled. "I love you dad."
Aleksandr smiled. "I love you too." He kissed the top of her head. "Go shower, then eat something. There's fresh desserts in the kitchen. I have to go run some errands with Elijah."
Brianna smiled and started up the acrylic steps. "Don't do anything stupid! I can't afford to bail you out of jail." She laughed.
"I won't." He mumbled as he checked his guns. He had searched long and hard for Juan Carlos, now it was time to pay him a much needed visit.
Let me know what you think. (:
Shout out to my love Bray(outlawqueeenn) whose brilliance sparked the idea for this story.
Check out her lovely story Trite Escapism. Also thanks to her, I am blessed with being able to add her amazing OC Jacey Teller in this story. (: