I made my way over to my locker, and I noticed someone left a note on it.
Bella,
I want to be the woman Jasper can be proud to have on the back of his bike.
Please help me do this.
-Alice
This was good, Alice is willing to open up to the life, and at least try to make a change.
There's not much for her to change though. Alice is an unique girl. She's tough as nails, and truely loyal to her friends and family. But she's no criminal, she's never even gotten a speading ticket before. In order for her to be able to be with Jasper she'll need to accept the ways of the the club and what goes with it.
I've known women to marry club members before with it ending in disaster before their first year was up. The unpredictable hours, and not knowing where the money is coming from. They couldn't handle what their man did for a living, and it suffocated them. This is what Jasper fears most for Alice and I don't want that to happen them.
I need take Alice somwhere, almost like a first step to her new self. It needs to be a rowdy place for her to get the picture, but not too rowdy to scare her away. Also needs to be close enough to Forks so we aren't unprotected.
I haven't been outside of Forks since our Seattle trip, and we all know how turned out. Other than Jasper and Alice, no one knows I was with anyone that night. I haven't told either of them that Anthony was a Black Knight, and I don't think I ever will. Jasper would tell Phil, and Phil would want Anthony's head no questions asked.
Even though he's a Black Knight there's something about him that I want to protect. He was very dominant and that night, but in the morning so caring and sweet.
Perfect, of course I'd go for the enemy.
"Bella!" I heard my name being called somewhere down the hall, I couldn't tell who it was so I ignored them. The second bell for first period hasn't gone off yet, so the halls were still pretty full.
"Bella!" Again with the yelling, as the my name grew louder I knew whoever it was I'd see them soon.
I went to get my things out of my locker, but someone else had different ideas. Whoever it was shoved my door hitting me and causing my things to spill across the floor. I could feel the eyes on me as people walked by.
"Bella, I'm so sorry. Let me help you." It was only Riley, I can easily forgive him. He's like the goofy brother I never had. Very sweet guy, but he wouldn't think twice to shoot if need be.
He bent down to retrieve my things, and when he looked back up he seemed guilty. "What is it Riley?"
"It's nothing we can't handle Bella." He was fiddling with my school work trying to reorganize it.
I grabbed my stuff back. "Just tell me what it is. It can't be all that bad."
"Its not, but James said for me to tell you that he needs you to come back to the shop. Most of the guys will be going for a ride out of town for buissness for a few days and they need you to look things over."
They must be going over some buisness details with a neighboring gang. The Sons do lots of shipments for many different important clients. Guns mostly, they've tried to stay away from the drug buisness.
"How long will it be this time?" I asked.
"It shouldn't be more than three days."
"Who's going?"
"Phil, James, John, Ben, Laurant and Tyler." He said.
"Why the hell is Tyler going Riley? He's only prospects!" I argued. It 's not normal for a prospect to make a trip like this. If he's not ready it could be fatal.
"Ask you father, he's the one who chose him."
I couldn't argue with that, if Phil thinks Tyler's ready then he's ready. No questions asked.
"Does Phil need me now? Rene kind of wanted me to go and get an education."
"Don't be a smartass Swan. He said you could finish the day if you wanted."
"Nah, it's okay I'll go with you. At least I was in the building, it's an improvement."
Once outside the rain had stopped, not completely though, it was still drizzling out. Not too bad of weather but deffinately not perfect.
We rode our bikes fast down the winding road, not caring about anything. I feel at peace on my bike, as though I'm free.
All too soon it comes to an end as the shop comes into view. My father outside talking to James. As we drew closer Phil noticed our bikes.
"I thought Rene told you to go to school today." Phil called out.
Laughing I said, "she didn't say how long to stay for." I parked my bike and made my way towards the building. I could hear Phil's laughter as I walked into the office.
I swear no matter how long I'm gone for somehow the men here seem to mess up the office. It's not hard to keep it organized but the men can't seem to grasp it. "Seriously, Tyler do you enven know alphabetical order? Did you pass grade one?" I yelled out in frustration. I heard the men in the shop burst out loud.
"No, his teacher passed him, just so she didn't have to see his ugly face again." Riley shot out. Tyler walked into where the men were fixing the bikes. He looked amused, it wasn't uncommon for these two to get into spats. They acted more like brothers than fellow gang members.
"That's not what your girl Vicky thinks, or at least thats what she said last night." Tyler shot back, trying to get under Riley's skin.
"You can have her Tyler, she ain't my girl no more."
"Oh? And why's that?" Tyler asked feigning interest.
"Because I've moved on to your mom!" Riley boasted. Tyler ran over, tackled Riley to the floor and they started wrestling. The Sons around them cheering the them on.
Until Phil walked in.
"Okay, everyone get back to work!" Phil commanded.
I walked back into the office, and went back to work. It didn't take long for my mind to wonder, about how different my life would be if it weren't for the club. I'd still be in Forks, in highschool, I'd probably working part-time job, I'd have tons of friends, and maybe even have a boyfriend. I could go anywhere I wanted without worry for another gang to harm me. No more chaperones.
But I wouldn't have met Anthony, and it's because of the club that I can't see him again. If it weren't for the ink on his back I would still be there in his appartment drinking coffee. I barely know the guy and he's my every thought, it scares me. To meet someone only for a moment and have them consume you.
Rene always said two things to me when I was growing up, "the woman in our family have always loved our men deeply and fiercley, and also we've always fallen for the wrong man." My mom didn't have the same upbringing as I did, she lived in a big house with a yard. She had lots of exspectations of her, going to college and such. Rene knew Charlie wasn't the best choice but it was her only choice because she loved him with all her heart. They ran away when she was seventeen, riding up the coast until they came to Forks, I came shortly after. I never met my grandfather but Rene says he used to be a big shot lawyer, and when she left he disowned her. She hasn't seen him since.
"Knock, Knock." Jasper said in the doorway, bringing me out of my thoughts.
"What's up Jaz?"
"Not too much, the boys are heading out. I thought you want to say goodbye to Phil?" The way he said made it sound like a question.
"Of course." I followed him out.
The bikes were all lined up perfectly, with their gear all strapped on.
All the bikes are black with crome trim, but all are different, each one is an extension of themselves. James the Sgt. of Arms, has the Reaper head on the body of the bike with two machine guns crossed behind it, and at the end of each handlebar is a skull. John Vice President has the full Reaper banner on the body, but at the back of the bike by the tail lights there's a Texas flag. Laurant's style is more basic than the others, he painted it flat black and body reads S.O.A. Ben's our tech guy, so his bike has speakers on it, with an ipod hook up, also with it reading S.O.A. Phil President has the full Sons of Anarchy banner, with President underneath, crome skulls on each handle bar.
I walked over to Phil and he gave me a quick hug, "take care of Rene for me will ya? At least till I get back."
"Of course I will Phil." I hugged him back.
Phil got on his bike and fired it up. The others followed suit, and one by one they filed out of the yard.
Once they were gone I could hear Riley come out from the shop.
"So where are we going tonight with little Bella, Jasper?"
"I can not belive you took me here."
The bar was loud, run down and full of drunk criminals. The perfect place to take Alice.
"Oh come on, give it a chance." I told her, "you might like it here." I said trying to pry her off of my arm.
"Ya and I would love this place even more if I knew for sure I wasn't going to get mugged, or stabbed."
She grabbed my arm back but Jasper quickly pulled her into his side and held her close, "I won't let anyone of these old bastards touch you."
"Who are you calling old?" A voice behind us, Jasper turned around with Alice still in his arms.
It was Billy Black, one of the heads at the Quileute reservation, and also Harry Clearwater's Vice President for the Wolf Gang. He was an old man, but he could still give a beating if need be. He must be in his mid-fifties, his hair is starting to grey. He's been in the gang life longer than I've been alive, and you can see the toll its taken on him. But you can see it in his eyes, he's a warrior he couldn't live any other way.
The Wolf Gang they're a sore in the Sons side. The territory between the Sons and them is so close that there is often conflict. The wolf pups are restricted to their reservation, only aloud out one way and that's not in Forks. Sometimes they venture out onto our turf, to make deals, go to parties, to sleep with girls, and sometimes nothing happens. But when it does it doesn't end well.
I remember the first time I was aloud to watch a punishment I was 15, it was a boy I don't remember his name but he was no older than 18. He was found trying to steal liquor at the local liquor store. James found him beat him up and brought him to the yard. Once there Phil took the bottle opened it up and shoved it down the kids throught. Making him drink the whole bottle of rum, he couldn't hold it down threw up all over himself. I remember the boys laughing at the kid, making jokes. Phil had enough fun so he smashed the bottle over the kids head and knocked him out. One of the prospects took the kid, and drove him to the property line between the Wolf Gang and the Sons. I hadn't seen him since.
I remember asking Phil why the boy needed to be punished for such a little offence. He told me we cannot be seen as people who let anything go. Cannot be seen as weak.
"Well I wasn't talking about you Billy, I wouldn't try to disrespect an old man like you."
"You're lucky I respect your father enough not to hurt you tonight." Billy threatened.
"You mean scared of his father." Riley called out, Jasper glared at him. They're only two sons in a place, filled with gang members from all different regions. Now is not the time or place to pick a fight.
Billy looked at him and gave him a crooked smile, "You better watch who you give lip to boy. Or you'll see yourself six feet under sooner than you'd like."
"You're not very threatening old man. Your drunk in a bar, and I don't see any of your puppies with you." Riley said.
"Is that so?" Billy raised an eyebrow, looking over two his right. I could see in the far corner some of Billy's prospects looking at us.
"Okay, I think we better go." Jasper cut in. "Its been great talking to you Billy." Jasper said shoving Riley away with him, leaving Alice and myself alone.
"Your Phil's daughter aren't you." It wasn't a question, he knew who I was.
I nodded.
"You shouldn't let yourself get alone in here, guys who get drunk around pretty girls such as yourselves get stupid ideas. Stupid ideas get people killed."
"I'll keep that in mind, but I'm not too worried." Billy huffed in disapproval and walked to the corner, where his boys
The men around the place started to take notice of us. Looking at us up and down, checking us out, seeing who we belong to. It made Alice nervous, I could tell. The way she held herself, was not the way an old lady would act like. Alice didn't like to be in the spot light, she never has. I loved it, made me feel alive, and sexy.
"Bella can we please go look for Jasper and Riley?" Alice begging me.
"Ya I guess so."
"You guess so?" Alice argued."The man that just left said that we could get killed if were not protected!"
"You can die from anything at anytime if you're not protected, so don't think a little threat from that old man is going to scare me." I walked off, Alice soon followed.
I found us a seat across the bar, corner booth. The seats were tattered and ripped, the table sticky from the alcohol. Once we sat down the people around us stopped paying attention. It calmed Alice down a bit, but she's still on edge.
I notice the waitress come over to us. She was nothing special, box died blond hair, dark brown eyes, small boobs, and pale from the nonexistent sun.
"Got ID's girls?" The waitress asked.
"No, but I'd like a rum and coke, she'll have a double long island." I told the waitress, she huffed and walked off with our orders.
Alice and I talked about nothing for a while, just waiting for Jasper and Riley to come around. After our third round of drinks a Wolf Gang member decided it was a good idea to come up to us.
"Hey ladies, the names Paul. Your next round of drinks is on me." He slid himself into our booth wrapping an arm around Alice. I could tell she was a bit tipsy because she didn't eve notice, she just sat there comfortably sipping her drink.
"Well, if you're buying then lets do shots." I said.
"Oh, I want something fruity!" Alice called out.
"No, tequila."
"Three tequila shots coming right up." Paul said, getting out of the booth to move towards the bar.
"How are you feeling Alice? Drunk yet?"
"I feel really good right now, very relaxed."
"Oh, I can tell. You had that guys arm wrapped around you for a while there and you didn't even notice." I laughed.
She looked at me in horror, "what guy?" she asked.
"I hope your not talking bad things about me you two." Paul called out, coming closer to our table with the shots, and lime. He sat down wrapping his arm around Alice again, but this time she scooted over towards me so she wasn't so close to Paul.
I grabbed the salt from the table, "so who's going first?" I asked.
"Not me I've never had tequila before." Alice said pouting, "I don't know what to do."
"Well let me show you honey," Paul took her arm from her side, "first you put the salt on, but you must lick it for it to stick" turned it over so the flesh was facing up. Droped his head down and licked wrist to mid-arm. "Then you put the lime in your mouth," he placed the wedge into Alice's mouth, "yes just like that. So now to take the shot you go salt, tequlia, lime."
I knew where this was going, Alice was too far gone to comprehend what Paul was doing.
"Alice, let me show you." I took her arm away from Paul's grasp and grabbed one of the tequila shots from the table. All at once I licked Alice's arm, threw the shot back quickly and took the lime from Alice's mouth, giving her a good kiss while I was there.
"Oh man was that ever hot." I heard Riley come over.
"Did you get a good show Riley?" I asked playfully.
"Hell Bella, I never knew you could be so hot. If only you weren't Phil's daughter I'd so want to fuck you."
I got up, moved my way over to him slowly, and whispered in his ear, "what daddy don't know won't hurt him." I giggled a little bit at Riley's involuntary moan.
Jasper was back, with two pints of beer in each hand. When he noticed there was a stranger next to Alice he glared at me. "Who is that? And why is he sitting next to Alice?"
"You've been gone so long I thought you lost interest." I shot back.
"Oh, shut up! Who is he?" Jasper pressed, looking at Paul. Paul hadn't notice Riley or Jasper, he seems to interested in only Alice.
"His name is Paul, he's with the Wolf Gang so play nice. Remember there's more of them here than us." I reminded him.
"Alright, I'll play it cool."
"Good."
Jasper put down his pints of beer and held out his hand, "Hey man the names Jasper." He said, trying to be civil.
"Hey man, I'm kind of busy here." He didn't look up, ignoring him all together but Alice noticed him and smiled. Jasper nodded at Alice telling her to scoot over, she did immediately, and Paul finally looked up confused.
"Ya, I noticed, but here's the thing. That's my girl," Jasper reached over the table grabbed Paul's shirt by the collar. Paul looked terrified as he should be, Jasper brought his fist back brought and Paul in close "and I don't share." He punched Paul in nose, breaking it in one shot. Alice screamed frightened for her man, even though he was the one in control of the situation. I could hear the crunch of Paul's bones beneath Jasper's fist. Blood spared from Paul's mouth and went on to my shirt.
"Fuck sakes!" I shouted. Blood was a pain to get out of clothes. "God dammit Jasper, that was a new shirt!"
"Go wipe it off, I'll buy you a new one Bella." Riley said.
"Thanks Riley."
I leave the scene behind to make my way over to the bathrooms to clean myself off from the blood. I take a whole bunch of the paper towel from the box, and get some water of it. I try to get the stain out but no matter how much wipe it, it seems to get bigger.
"The trick is it dab at it, don't wipe otherwise the blood will spread and make the stain bigger." A girl said beside me washing her hands, "here let me do it." She took the paper towel from me and began dabbing at the stain. It didn't get at everything but at least the stain wasn't getting bigger.
"Thanks for you help, um" I've never seen this lady around here before. She was beautiful, long golden blond hair, piercing blue eyes, and a warm smile. She also had a rocking body, perfect tits, deffinately not fake.
She held out her hand and shook it, "my names Rosalie Hale, but you'd probably know me as one of the Denali sisters."
I didn't recognize the face, but I did recognize the name.
"Oh, you know what I don't actually watch porn, but I'm sure you're good at what you do." I said.
She laughed, "Ya I guess you could say that."
"Well my name is Bella Swan, and thank you for trying to save my shirt if you need anything just come to Forks and ask for me."
"Thank you Bella, I may need to take you up on that offer soon."
We said our goodbyes and I made my way back over to our table. Alice and Jasper were deep in conversation in their own little world, but Riley was no where to be seen. I didn't feel like interupting the couple, so I left to go get a drink.
The bar wasn't as crowded as before, so it didn't take long to get a drink. I downed my second drink, I was going to get my third but the guy next to me stopped me.
"I think you've had enough for one night missy." He wrapped his big hand around my shoulder turning me to face him. "My names Jared, you met Paul earlier says your a handful." He leaned in close to me, up to my ear, and whispered. "And I know something you can have a handful of."
Jared was about 5'9 bulky, with tan skin color. His hair black and cut short. He didn't have many tattoos, but the ones he did have marked him as a Wolf Gang member.
"And what would that be?" I asked.
"Oh, you know." He said wiggling his eyebrows.
"Who do you think I am Jared?"
"Oh, I know who you are. You're just a common gang whore, looking for the next man to take you on. I'm your next man." He said pointing to himself.
Pathetic, I wouldn't touch him even if I was what he thinks I am.
"I'm not a gang whore Jared, now I think it's time for you to leave." I said.
"No baby, I'm having a good time here."
"Is there a problem here Sugar?" I felt an arm wrap around my side, and I saw Jared's face he was scared. I didn't know who this man was but it wasn't Jasper or Riley.
"No, no promblem here." Jared said.
"I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to Sugar here." I felt his eyes on me, but I didn't want to look up, not yet.
"I'm fine, but I'd like him to leave." I said pointing to Jared.
"Peter," The man beside me called, "get this dog away from this lovely young lady."
With no protyest from Jared I saw strong hands take him away.
"Thank you."
"Oh, you're welcome Maria, or should I say Bella?" I froze it wasn't Anthony, I remember what his voice sounds like but it was someone else from that night. "I can't keep track of all your different names."
I looked up, "I guess this calls us even now, since last time you knocked me over." I laughed.
"I didn't knock you over at all, your just clumsy." Emmett joked. "How have you been?" He asked concerned.
"I'm good, beside the annoying men in here."
"Why are you here then? It's no place for someone like you."
"You don't know me well enough then."
"I guess I don't," he sipped his beer and noticed I didn't have drink infront of me so he ordered me a rum and coke. "So who are you with tonight? You wouldn't be stupid enough to come here alone."
"I came with that girl in the corner booth over there," I pointed over to Alice, '"but she's all over that Son so I'm here, at the bar." I said lifting the glass and bringing it to my lips.
"Son? I don't see know Son, that's a prospect."
"His name is Jasper Whitelock, son of the Vice President John Whitelock. He'll be a Son of Anarchy soon enough." I replied.
"And how do you know all this?" Emmett asked. Shit, me and my stupid drunken mouth, I don't want him knowing I'm with Jasper.
"I know all this because he told Alice and I to impress us, apparently it worked on her."
We kept talking, no one bothered us anymore. I don't know if this was because of Emmett or if no one really cared. He was so easy to talk to, he wasn't the big scarey man he was when Jared was here, just himself. And it was nice, until there was a comotion outside. I could see the cop lights from here, and knew i had to get out.
"Everyone out! If you do not comply you will be arrested!" The cop called out, gun in hand.
I looked around in a panic, but I couldn't find Alice, Jasper or Riley anywhere. They must have left with out me. Those bastards.
Emmett took me by the hand and led me through the back door, I asked where he was taking me but he either he wasn't listening or didn't feel like I needed an answer.
He gave me his helmet, it didn't fit but it was better than nothing, he plopped me down on the back of his bike, and Peter met up with us. Starting up his aswell.
"Emmett please, where are we going?" I asked, "Alice is probably worried about me."
"Club house."
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