Melanie placed her basket on the counter. Brinkmyers...farm supplies, a feed mill, dry goods, produce. ...nothing like the polished and brightly lit grocery stores back east.
As the clerk filled a bag with her purchases, she noticed a biker rummaging through the cold box outside the door.
"Oh, and a pack of Salems. .." she remembered. The biker casually walked in with his coke, and Melanie felt the floor beneath her resonate as heavy boots walked to the counter. Trying not to stare, he caught her glance, and grinned.
"That your Aston out there ?"
"Yes...why ?"
"You know that rear tire is flat, right ?" He couldn't believe his luck.
"Oh ? " she felt her heart flutter.
Some minutes later, she stood outside as he finished installing the spare.
Opie wiped the grime from his hands, and lowered the small sports car down. He had worked on a few of these at T.M.
The spare sank slightly, but supported the weight. He was desperately uncomfortable around this woman, and hoped it wasn't too obvious when he stood up. Something about how the green skirt clung to the blonde unnerved him, and he couldn't resist her soft perfumed scent.
Melanie fished a cigarette from a small purse, and lit it. There was an unwelcome sense of desire, and she fought it . Was that marijuana she smelled from him ?
She remembered the name on his leather vest...Opie...
The Sons of Anarchy emblem, frightening as it was to others ,appealed to her sense of like the nude swim in a public fountain when she was in Rome.
"That's gonna need some air..." Opie pointed out.
"Oh..." she replied. "I'll run by that filling station. ...thank you, Mister...er..."
"Opie..." he fumbled back, as Jax walked up. "Opie Winston. ...my real name is Harry, but I go by Opie.." Damn, that came out stupid, he thought. He tried to adjust himself discreetly.
Melanie smiled, and felt herself blush.
"Well, then, Mister Winston, thank you very much. Are you in town for long ?"
His friend answered for him.
"We're here on some legal business. I'm Jax Teller." He extended his hand. She noticed his steel blue eyes.
"Melanie Daniels..." she shook his hand.
"Are you here in town or..."
"We're over at the Holten Arms " Opie shared, "Room 23 " he added quickly.
