Author's note: Our next chapter takes place a few weeks after Kerri's registration. Thanks again to Alli who is my partner in crime on getting this right.
Warning… Mention of domestic violence and cheating. Please don't read if this is not for you.
Thank you. As always read and review. Nicole
"Acadia, hurry up!" Nitika shouted.
"I couldn't find my shoes, shrimp!" Acadia's voice came from her apartment down the hall from Nitika's.
"I'm not a shrimp!" Nitika exclaimed as she knocked on her friend's door.
"Hun, you're at least 2 inches shorter than me." Acadia laughed as she opened the door.
"I was taller a couple weeks ago." Nitika pointed out.
Acadia looked at her. "That's because I was in flats and you were in damn hooker boots."
Nitika shrugged. "Whatever, you ready to go?"
"I need my purse." Acadia grabbed it, and her keys and locked the door. They walked to her Jeep. She insisted on driving which got to Nitika, she was capable of driving. They hopped in and took off, music blaring.
They went to the mall. Nitika needed new clothes, and Acadia wanted shoes. It was a quick trip. Thank god it was the weekend. A few hundred dollars later, the women proceed back to the Jeep. They loaded their treasures into the Jeep.
"Think you got enough clothes there Nik?" Acadia smiled.
"Hey! You bought 12 pairs of shoes and 2 more purses." She retorted. "At least I'll be able to wear all of this."
"Yeah sure, you can wear the silky black number or the red lace one to parent-teacher interviews." Acadia teased.
"Hey, who knows. Maybe I'll meet a great guy and I'll finally be able to be happy."
Acadia smiled. "You'll find him. God. You know I think Chibs might be into you."
"How the hell would you know that?" Nitika stared at the woman that was like a sister to her.
"Because I see the way he eyed you when you met, and the way he looks at you when he comes to pick up Kerri."
Nitika flushed red. She could feel her cheeks burning.
"Oh my God! You like him!"
"No…"
"Oh bullshit. You like him." Acadia looked at her. "You're so red. Fuck. That's it, you need to hook up."
"Right." Nitika drawled. "What about that Juice, you eyed him like he was a damn T-Bone."
"I have Joseph."
"Right the dickwad from hell."
"Hey!" Acadia slapped Nik's arm. "He loves me."
"What ever you say. The guy is creep numero uno in my book." Nik said as she rubbed her arm.
"Okay. So drinks?"
"Yeah… I could do with a couple shots." Nitika laughed.
They headed to the Blu Martini. They sat at the bar. Acadia ordered shots of whiskey.
Nitika looked at her. "Do I look like a damn cowboy?" She looked at the shot in front of her.
"I don't do fruity." Acadia downed her shot.
Nitika frowned, grab the shot glass and downed the vile liquid. "Okay happy?"
Acadia nodded. "Yep. Now you can order what ever you want." She ordered herself a beer.
Nitika laughed. She ordered herself a porn star. They sat and talked. Then they jumped as a man tapped Acadia on the shoulder. They turned. There stood Acadia's boyfriend, Joseph Anacelto Alvarez. Nitika cringed. She really hated the bastard. Especially that he was Mayan head for Lodi, and this was Charming. Charming was Sons territory. She did not want to get caught in the middle of this. She looked to Acadia who nodded. Nitika got up and walked to the bathroom. She refused to be in the same area as that prick. She got a text from Acadia about 10 minutes later saying she was going to head out soon. Nitika frowned and walked back to the bar.
"What's going on?" She asked as she approached her friend.
"Joseph wants me home early tonight, some family gathering." Acadia said.
"I still don't like him."
"I know but guess what, it's my life and I'm a big girl. Let's get one for the road and head out."
Nitika knew not to argue past this point with her. It was useless. They were both stubborn, and neither was ever able to win. They did another shot, tequila this time, and headed to the Jeep. They drove back to their apartment complex and went their separate ways.
Nitika began to unpack the clothes she had bought. She turned on her radio and put the clothes away. She jolted up when she heard screaming.
FT…
Acadia was struggling with the pile of shoeboxes. Finally unable to lock the door with them in her arms, she put them down, unlocked the door and pushed them into her apartment. She heard giggling. She turned in the direction of the sound. She walked slowly to her bedroom. She saw a trail of clothes leading to the partially closed door. "Oh you son of a bitch!" She thought. She kicked open the door, seeing Joseph straddled by one blonde bimbo, while a pink-headed slut straddled his face.
"You fucking son of a bitch!" She screeched. She grabbed one of her stilettos and hocked it at the blonde. It hit her square in the head. She fell off the bed. Looked up and screamed.
"Shit. Get out of here!" She collected her skimpy clothes and ran past Acadia, the other slut hot on her tail.
Acadia glared at them, then turned her attention to Joseph. "You son of a bitch! I'm your old lady, what the fuck is wrong with you? In our bed. Fuck get out!"
"Baby…" He tried to talk to her.
She delivered a right hook that caught him square in the jaw. He was caught off guard. She went to hit him again, but this time he caught her wrist and twisted it back. She screamed.
"Get off of me!" She tried to hit him with her left hand. He caught it again. "Get out of my apartment you bastard."
"Our apartment, babe. And you don't get rid of me."
She brought he leg up and caught him in the gut. He fell back on the bed. She ran to her dresser to get her Glock. She turned around to see Joseph with his gun pointed at her head.
"Not so fast chica. You're not the one who chooses what happens here."
"I want you gone!" She screeched. "You lying cheating bastard!"
Suddenly someone had his or her hands around her arm and yanking her from the room. Bullets flew through the walls and doors.
"Let go of me! I want to kill that son of a bitch!" She fought against the person who had pulled her from the room. She turned to face them. It was Nitika.
"Let's go." She glared at the woman was seemed ungrateful for having her butt saved.
"I want him dead. That bastard cheated on me." She started. Nitika pulled her into her apartment just in time.
Alvaraez came into the hallway looking for her. "You bitch!" They heard him stomp down the stairs.
Nitika stared at her friend. "I told you he was a creep."
Acadia just threw herself into a chair and glared at the floor. "I coulda taken him."
Nitika shook her head. "No, we almost both got shot to Swiss cheese here. It's fucking lucky I never let you bring him over, or we'd both be dead."
There was a knocking at the door. Nitika got up to answer it. She looked in the peephole. She opened it, but Acadia wasn't able to see who was there. "Thank god you're here. She won't listen to me."
She moved away from the door to allow two familiar men into her apartment.
Acadia looked at her in fury. "You called them?"
"She was right too. Who the fuck was that prick?" Juice asked.
Chibs put his arm around Nitika. "Your apartment is trashed, Acadia. There's bullet holes everywhere. You're damn lucky Nik went to get you."
"I had my Glock. I was fine." Acadia pouted.
Nik looked up at Chibs, "I told you she was too goddamned stubborn for her own good."
Juice went to her and got her on her feet. "Who tried to kill you?" He stared into her eyes.
"Joseph Alvarez."
"A MAYAN!" Juice exploded. "Chibs! A goddamned Mayan."
Chibs looked at Nitika. "Darlin' grab everything you can. Juice take her and get what she'll need. You're both comin' with us. You're not safe here. Not anymore."
Nitika looked up at Chibs, fear was in her eyes. She wasn't used to this. She was from a farm up north and they didn't have this. She ran to her room and threw everything she owned, which wasn't much, into her bags. Chibs watched from the doorway. She was like a lost sheep. He would take care of her. But Juice, he had a fight on his hands.
"I'm not going. This is my home. He comes back I kill the bastard." Acadia had her hands on her hips.
Juice was getting pissed. "Damn it woman! Grab your stuff, or I'll grab it throw you over my shoulder and take you with me. I don't care. Mayans don't play nice. Now get going." He pointed to her bags. "Damn it woman! Pack the bags now."
By this point Chibs and Nitika were in Acadia's doorway. They watched as Juice argued futilely with the stubborn lit teacher. She crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him. He shook his head. Grabbed clothes from the dressers and closets threw it in the bags. He grabbed the bags in one hand and swung her over his shoulder with the other. She screamed and scratched at him. Chibs and Nitika laughed. It continued all the way down the stairs.
Nitika stopped Chibs. "I think she'll need more than what he grabbed."
Chibs nodded and let her gather some more things, basically emptying the apartment. They took off down the stairs. They caught up with Juice and Acadia pretty quick. She was still fighting him. Juice looked to Chibs.
"Nik, if we get her in your truck, can you follow us to the club house?" He asked.
She nodded. "What about her Jeep, asshole knows its hers. He'll come looking for it."
"I'll drive it to safety, then Chibs will come back with me to get my bike. Don't worry. You girls are going to be safe where we're headed." Juice smiled. He had taken her keys.
Nitika unlocked her truck. Chibs smiled in satisfaction. She drove a 2010 Dodge Ram 2500. It was cherry red in color, with silver decals along the sides. It was diesel and standard.
"Darlin' you got good taste."
She smiled. She opened the passenger door, engaged the childproof lock, so Acadia wouldn't try to get out and let Juice put Acadia in. They shut the door and she was still cussing and fighting. Nik hugged Juice and kissed Chibs on the cheek. "Thank you." she whispered.
Juice ran to Acadia's Jeep started it up and left the parking lot. Chibs kissed Nitika gently on the lips. "It'll be alright, I promise." He got on his bike and waited for her to get into the truck. Once she was in and the engine was running, he eased out of the parking lot. Nitika followed him all the way to Teller-Morrow. She had to fight with Acadia the whole way there. She had still been insisting that she was going to kill Joseph Alvarez.
Chibs and Juice along with a couple other men walked to the truck. Chibs helped Nitika out, while Juice got Acadia out. She stopped struggling against him when he kissed her lips passionately.
"Will you stop fighting me now?" He asked her.
She was speechless, so she just nodded. "Good." He said. "Now, you're staying with me."
Chibs introduced Nitika to Jax and Tig. "She's gonna stay with me, but we gotta go get Juice's bike."
"We'll have to go get our bikes too sometime." Nitika whispered.
"Your bikes?" Jax asked.
"Acadia has a Fat Boy and I have a slant and a Sportster."
The men gaped. Chibs asked. "And you're my daughter's teachers?"
"Yep." She smiled.
The other men patter Chibs on the back as they led her to the clubhouse. Acadia and Nik would stay there with Kerri and Tara. It was the beginning of something new, and they had no clue what adventures were going to come from this.
