Chapter 7
The next morning, I feel him start to stir and he pulls me closer to him. I place a soft kiss to his chest and trail kisses up to his neck and then to his lips. Turning me onto my back, he hovers over me and I whisper against his lips "Love me Michael." He kisses me softly before whispering "Siempre." which I learned means 'Always.' The enters me slowly and makes love to me nice and slow and it feels more amazing every time. I find my release and he finds his right behind me. Putting his forehead to mine, I caress his face and he looks into my eyes and I know what he's thinking. "I'm yours Michael. I'm yours until you decide you don't want me anymore." I reassure him. "I'll never not want you." he says. He lays beside me and faces me. I snuggle into him and he tilts my chin up to look at him again. Caressing his face I say "I belong to you baby. Only you. Always you." I whisper. "Where have you been all my life?" he asks softly. "Making my way to you." I say and he smiles softly. "I want to take you somewhere." he says. "Where?" I ask. "To meet my club." he says and I look at him shocked. "Are you sure because we can wait if you're not." I say quickly. "I'm sure mi reina. I want the woman that has my heart to meet my family." he tells me and I smile softly. "I'd like that." I tell him.
After getting up and dressed, we head out to his bike and he takes me to the clubhouse. Walking in, his fingers laced with mine, all eyes are on us. We walk up to a group of men sitting around a table and the one with the President's patch asks "Who's this pretty lady?" Riz smiles and says proudly. "Babe, this is Bishop, Hank, Taza, Angel, Coco, Creeper, and Gilly. Guys, this is Carrie, my Old Lady." he says proudly and the guys look at him shocked. "Nice to meet you sweetheart." Bishop says. "You too." I say as Riz takes a seat and pulls me into his lap. "Didn't know you were seeing anybody Riz." Gilly says. "We've been talking. Decided to make it official." Riz says as his hand rubs my thigh gently. "So, tell us a little about you Mija." Taza says. "Nothing really to tell. Work as an assistant for a construction company. Originally from Georgia and moved here a few years ago." I say. "Long way from home." Angel says. "Yeah. But there was nothing left there for me." I say and they nod. "Well, welcome to the family sweetheart. You need anything, let us know." Bishop tells me and I nod my thanks.
After talking to the guys for a while, we head back to my house. "That went well." I say as we sit down on my couch and I snuggle into his side. "It did." he tells me before kissing the top of my head. "You called me your Old Lady." I say. "You good with that?" he asks softly. I look up at him and see the worry in his eyes. Moving to straddle him, I say "Yeah baby. I'm good with that." He kisses me softly and we spend the next few minutes just kissing. Looking into his eyes, I caress his face and see so much in his eyes. I put my forehead to his and we just sit. After a little bit, we get showered together and get into bed.
The next morning, I get up before Riz and head to the kitchen to get coffee. Walking out to the back steps, I sit down and just look out at the yard. I used to love gardening but being with my ex, I got so depressed I gave it up. Looking at the yard, I start picturing flowers and hammocks and a fire pit. I am so lost in my thoughts, I don't hear the back door until Riz takes the seat next to me with his own cup of coffee. Kissing my temple, he asks "You okay mi amor?" I look at him and smile softly and say "Yeah. Things are better than okay." I tell him and he smiles softly. "What were you thinking about?" he asks. "You." I say. "You want to share mi Beleza?" he asks and I start laughing. "Before my ex, I used to love gardening. I suffered from depression most of my life and gardening was a good outlet for me. Helped me cope with things but after he and I got together, I gave it up. He would tell me that I was stupid for wanting to take care of things that he would just run over with the mower anyway so I stopped. But, being with you, I don't feel depressed. I'm happy. I find myself smiling for no reason and thinking about my flowers and getting a garden going again. I was sitting here picturing what flowers I wanted out here and where. Picturing where I wanted to hammocks and the fire pit. It's like since being with you, my mind is clearer and the things that were important to me before are important again and I don't feel like I have to hide who I really am." I tell him. "That's good though sweetheart." he tells me. "I know." I say, lookin back at him. He kisses me softly and says "I'm glad you feel this way." I smile and say "Me too." A little later, Riz heads to work and I get ready for work when my phone rings. "Hello." I answer because I don't recognize the number. "Hello Carrie." I hear my ex, Jake say. "What do you want Jake?" I ask. "I want to talk. Are you going to be home today?" he asks. "No. I'm not and we have nothing to talk about." I tell him before ending the call. Great. Things start going great with Riz and now this shit. Let's just hope he leaves me alone.