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Chapter Four
The three months left of his Prospect dues seemed to go quickly. We weren't officially dating but we fooled around whenever we had the chance. He had learned my big secret and was waiting until the time was right before he took care of it. The club mostly turned a blind eye, knowing that as soon as he was patched I'd be his Old Lady.
"So, any plans this weekend?" Juice asked as he nibbled on the back of my neck while his hands splayed over my stomach.
"The carnival duh, cotton candy, rides, fair food…" He kissed my neck and I lost all train of thought.
"The photobooth." He whispered as his hands rose, "God I want you so bad."
"You're waiting remember?" I asked as I moved his hands from under my shirt.
"Who knew it would be so hard?" He whined as he backed away reluctantly.
"Hard being the word." Chibs chided playfully as he entered the clubhouse.
"Glad to see you two stopped fooling around. I need a drink."
I grinned and passed a beer over to Chibs who grabbed my wrist and pulled me over so he could kiss my cheek. He returned the grin and looked at Juice.
"So Prospect, the big day's coming aye? Ready for the greatest party of your life?" Chibs asked as he downed his brew.
"Oh yeah, I'm ready." He looked at me with heat in his eyes. He had already told me that the night of his patching party he wanted to consummate our relationship, i.e. taking care of my big secret.
I gave him a sultry smile and headed to the back where a new shipment of whisky had arrived. As I loaded the dolly I heard commotion from the front of the bar. When I got there I found my brother with his arm at Juice's throat pinning him to the counter.
"What's going on here?" I asked as I tried to get closer. Before I could Chibs grabbed me and held me to his chest.
"You wanna tell her?" He asked Juice who just looked confused.
"Tell her what?" He choked out.
"Don't play stupid, you fucked Wendy last night, she's mine and you fucked her! She told me. You son of a bitch." He pressed tighter.
"Stop, he couldn't have slept with her last night. We spent the night at Luanne's. Call her." I fished my phone out of my pocket and held it out to my brother, eager for him to let go of Juice.
"What? You two aren't supposed to be together. Not until he's patched." That took some of the wind from his sails and he let Juice up.
"Nothing happened, we just wanted some cuddle time and what can I say Luanne's a sucker for young love." I put the phone back in my pocket and Jax looked defeated, " Come on big brother let's talk this out."
Jax nodded and followed me to one of the empty bedrooms. He sat down with his head in his hands. He was frustrated as hell and I couldn't blame him. Wendy was a slut who fucked anything in a cut, the best thing for him would be to drop her. I placed my hand on his shoulder and pressed my forehead against it.
"What happened?" I whispered as I gave his shoulder a squeeze.
"Last night I wanted some…comfort and Wendy was nowhere to be found so I took one of the crow eaters. As I was sending her home this morning, Wendy came walking up, tears in her eyes. She just kept saying she was sorry, when I asked why, she said she fucked the Prospect. I saw red and came back here. When I saw Juice I lost it." His head was in his hands again.
"Honey, did you ever stop to think she was talking about Pete, you know tall, blond Pete. The guy wearing the Prospect cut who's taking Juice's place as whipping boy." I rubbed circles in his back while he digested this information.
"Shit, I'm sorry. I didn't mean…hell when I think of Prospect its Juice. He's almost a patch. We're gonna have to search for a new Prospect, because Pete is dead." He got up, leaning down to kiss me on the forehead and walked out. I gave him a few moments before I followed.
When I got out to the bar I saw Jax giving Juice a hug, things had been patched up between them. Then Jax hit Chibs on the chest and they both walked out. I felt sorry for Pete, there was no way he'd be patched in now. If a girl's with one Son more than once, she's his and Pete just broke a big rule by taking something that didn't belong to him.
Juice was sitting on a stool just staring at the door. As I walked by he grabbed me and drew me between his legs kissing me gently before he wound his arms around my waist.
"Why'd you do that baby? You know I slept here last night." He placed a kiss to my neck.
"I wanted him to stop choking you. I also know that you wouldn't touch Wendy for a multitude of reasons." His hands had reached down and he squeezed my ass.
"I love it when you use those big words." His lips started moving down the line of my shirts collar until he reached my collarbone, he stopped there kissing, nibbling, and making the world stop for a minute.
"Jesus Christ! In my clubhouse?" Dad entered and Juice and broke apart so fast I expected atoms to split.
"Sorry Daddy." I gave him a kiss on the cheek and moved behind the bar.
"Prospect, there's whisky at the back, go load it up. I need to talk to my daughter." Juice simply nodded and walked to the back.
"I've done some serious thinking darlin'. I think it's time for you to go back to school. You've worked enough here at the clubhouse, the garage and I know you've been working, doing promotion for Luanne. That's enough, you know your place here and you should go finish up that degree." He sat at an empty table and had me sit across from him.
"Is this because of Juice? You don't want me with a patch." I looked down at my hands.
"That's not it baby. Yeah I think you're better than him but I know he'd die for you. You're his number one priority after the club. You could do a hell of a lot worse than Juice, but that's not the issue. The issue is that I always wanted you to get an education, work beyond this world, not leave it entirely." He took my hand and held it.
"I've been thinking about going back too Daddy and I can't do it. Before you say anything, it's not just about Juice. For the last four months I've felt like I belong, this is my world now. When I was younger you kept me shielded, away from all this. Remember the fights you had with Ma about it. She was right, you should have let me participate. Now this is my world and I don't want to lose it. I talked to the long-distance education coordinator at Ravencroft, I can take my last courses online, in my own time. That way I can stay here, do what I need to do and still get that degree. Does that work for you Dad?" I looked at him, suddenly hopeful and got one of his rare, real grins.
"That works just fine darlin'" He lifted me up and crushed me in a fierce hug.
I smiled and hugged back. I heard the squeak of the dolly's wheels coming from the store room and Dad let me go, but not before kissing me on the top of the head. For the first month I was furious at him and refused to say more than a few syllables. Then after Jimmy attacked me I saw how much my dad still loved me and that opened the door. For the last few months we'd been closer than ever and that led, in part, to my decision to stay on in Charming.
"Clay, there's something out back you should check out." Juice said cryptically as he rolled the dolly to the center of the floor.
Dad simply walked to the back and Juice continued rolling the dolly to the bar. I walked up behind him and put my hands under his shirt. As I ran my nails over his abs he shivered.
"Stop that baby or I may not be responsible for my actions." He took my hand out from under his shirt and kissed it.
"We don't have to wait for the patch party Juice. I already told you, I'll be nervous as hell but I want this. I don't think I've ever wanted anything this much in my life." I buried my face in his back and he ran his hand over my arm.
"I know baby, god I shouldn't be telling you this, why do I always have to tell you the truth." He turned around and took my face in his hands.
"I promised your dad and Jax that I wouldn't make you my Old Lady until I was patched. I promised your mom I wouldn't screw you until I was officially a Son. Who do you think I'm more scared of?" He gave me his grin and I smiled back.
"Fine, I'll wait but you have to go to the carnival with me this weekend. I believe you mentioned a photobooth earlier?" He kept smiling as he lowered his lips to mine.