The song for this chapter is Summer's Song by Dear Juliet. It's the song Honey plays for Half Sack.
Be warned that the next few chapters are going to be very drama-filled.
It was nearly sundown when Half Sack and the Sons reached Indian Hills, parking in a long line down the parking lot of the clubhouse. He glances out at the desert-like, dry environment and sighs softly, checking his phone before he had even gotten off the bike. No new messages, meaning Honey was either in her own little zone or she had gotten busy.
Kip: hey, we made it to indian hills. I'll call you later
He slips his phone into his jeans pocket and follows the guys inside, looking around and smiling a bit as he watches the men greet each other with hugs and beers. Finding a spot to sit at at a small side table, he watches as Clay and the other members walk into the Devil's Tribe chapel to vote on the patch-over.
Half Sack checks his phone, sighing when he sees Honey hasn't responded yet, and looks up. His eyes are drawn to a slim, dark headed girl leaning against the bar with a flirty smile on her lips. Slowly he runs his eyes up her scantily clothed body, from her slim legs up to her petite shoulders and noting the subtle curves.
She must have been waiting for his attention because as soon as his eyes meet hers she begins to walk over, a confident sway to her hips. He swallows hard, thinking of Honey and his promise. 'I'm getting ahead of myself here, maybe all she wants is to talk.'
He gives the short girl a small smile as he fidgets with his phone and she returns the smile as she sits at the table across from him.
"Hey, I'm Cherry."
o-o-o-o-o-o
Meanwhile, back in Charming Honey was sitting at the table with Gemma and Luann, listening to Luann talk about the porn studio. She's focused on the sketchpad in front of her, biting her lip out of habit as she shades the edges ever so slightly then blends the pencil with her fingertip.
Gemma watches her daughter then purses her lips saying, "Honey," As Honey looks up at her, clearly wondering what she had missed, Gemma sighs softly. "What are you drawing?"
Immediately, Honey blushes and clutches the sketchpad to her chest. "No one. I mean nothing!" She immediately corrected herself, hoping the women hadn't noticed. Gemma raises an eyebrow but doesn't push it for once, standing to get herself another drink.
Honey closes the sketchpad and checks her phone, eager for a new distraction. She smiles seeing a new message from Half Sack, replying quickly.
Elizabeth: hey baby, i miss you. Call me soon.
Gemma clears her throat as she sits back down at the table and Honey looks up at her, remembering what she had found in Tara's purse.
"Hey mom?" When both Gemma and Luann look at her, she bites her lip softly and wonders if she should rat Tara out. 'If she's in danger or something though, it could affect the club.' "Tara is carrying a loaded gun in her purse."
Gemma frowns as she sets her glass down and sits up straighter. "What?"
Honey nods, looking down as she plays with the clasp of her bracelet. "I gave her a ride home yesterday and I looked through her bag a little."
Gemma exchanges a glance with Luann, frowning before standing up and grabbing one of the decorative boxes from atop the cabinet. "She say if it was legal or not?"
"I didn't ask but knowing Tara she has all the permits and shit." Honey shrugs, smiling as Luann hands her the joint she had lit behind Gemma's back. She takes a long drag from it and hands it back to Luann just as Gemma turns around. She glances between the two but just rolls her eyes, used to her best friend and daughter's antics.
"Do me a favor?" Gemma glances at Luann. "Guy distributes your stuff, he still have access to that federal marshal?"
Luann nods, setting the joint on the ashtray and sitting up. "I think so. I've been feeding his Pilsbury Dough girl fetish for years."
"I need you to run Tara's name, see if anything pops up."
o-o-o-o-o-o
Half Sack can't help smiling as he talks with Cherry, having long ago abandoned playing with his phone in favor of drinking a glass of cold beer.
"You know I've got a cousin in Iraq. He still has both his nuts, but he's lost a couple friends." Cherry murmurs, looking up at him through her eyelashes.
He nods, running his hand along the outside of his glass through the condensation on the cool glass. "Yeah, you know, sometimes I feel guilty for leaving after just one T.O.D. I feel like I should have given more." In the back of his head, he could hear himself. 'You never told that to Honey.'
Cherry smiles, leaning forward with her arms crossed on the table. "You shouldn't. I mean, you're a hero." He smiles, looking down as he takes another sip of beer. She grins, "Can you still have kids, or-"
He grins, despite the feeling of deja vu in the back of his mind. "Yeah, Lefty's real potent."
She smiles, laughing softly as they look into each other's eyes. "Come dance with me?"
He nods and stands up, putting his phone back into his pocket and taking her hand, walking into the dance floor. She wraps her arms around his neck, pressing against him as he rests his hands on her lower back, their faces close to touching as they sway slowly together.
After a few minutes, Clay walks over and Half Sack looks up in confusion. Clay gestures towards Cherry. "Can I cut in?"
"Yeah, sure." Half Sack steps back, not wanting to piss Clay off any more than he already had. He watches, slightly hurt as Cherry leads Clay away, looking back at him.
He looks down then sighs as he walks back over to the table and checks his messages. He smiles softly as he glances around then walks out front to his bike, sitting on the seat as he calls Honey.
"Hey baby." Honey's quiet voice answers on the second ring and he feels a weight he hadn't noticed lift from his shoulders.
"Hey, Honey. Are you busy?" He frowns slightly as he hears some scuffles in the background.
She laughs softly. "No, I was just practicing my guitar. Bobby told me he'd show me a few new tricks when he got back and I'm a little rusty."
"I didn't know you played." He murmurs, stretching his legs out as he relaxes on the bike.
"Yeah, a little. I uhm...I actually wanted to show you a song I'm learning." She sounds shy suddenly and he smiles, running his fingers through his hair.
"I'd love to hear." His eyes are drawn towards the clubhouse, remembering how close he had been to actually trying something with Cherry. "Hey, Honey?"
"Yeah?" He sighs almost inaudibly, looking down at the pavement.
"I love you. A lot." He smiles as he hears her giggle softly, her soft voice almost a complete opposite from Cherry's lower one.
"I love you too baby. Can you video chat on the burner?"
"I think so, hold on." He fiddles around with it for a minute before figuring it out, sending a video chat request.
She accepts it almost as soon as she receives it and he smiles as he sees her sitting in her bed, only wearing a white tank top and some tie dye lounge shorts, her damp hair almost black looking and thrown up in a messy bun.
"Do you wanna hear the song?" She bites her lip nervously as she runs her fingers over the glossy stained wood of her guitar.
He nods, smiling. "Of course, baby."
She smiles, a soft blush on her cheeks as she slowly starts to strum the guitar, her eyes on her fingers to make sure she doesn't mess up. Soon, her soft voice joins the sound of her playing.
"This summer is coming to a close,
and I'm starting to figure out
That I cannot live without you.
I hope you're thinking of me
Cause all the stars above me sing your name.
I'll never be the same again.
So please don't forget to call me,
just to let me know you're doing okay
Miles away from me..."
He feels his heart swell with love for the young girl as he listens to her play, his eyes on her face as she focuses so intently on her fingers. When she finishes, the last chord fading out, she looks up at the phone propped up on some books on her nightstand.
"I know I'm not that great, but..." She blushes as he shakes his head, grinning at her.
"That was amazing, babe." He stand up from his bike and sighs as he walks over to a bench by the door, watching Honey put her guitar away. "How are you?"
"I'm good, I guess. I miss you a lot." She lays back, holding her phone above her as she shrugs. "Gemma and Luann got me high."
He can't help but laugh at her casual tone, imagining the older women forcing her to smoke. "Oh really?"
She nods, giggling as she closes her eyes. "Mhm." She opens her eyes then and grins. "Guess what?"
"What?" He smiles as he finds himself lost in her mesmerizing green eyes.
"I have a surprise for you when you come back." She smiles innocently and he raises his eyebrow.
"You're gonna make me wait?"
"If I didn't, it wouldn't be a surprise." She smirks at him, stretching as she glances over at the clock. "How did the patch-over go?"
"It went alright. Some of Jury's guys left but I don't think there are any hard feelings considering the guys are knee deep in pussy and beer." He laughs as he remembers Bobby practically pouring an entire bottle of tequila into Daytona's belly button in his drunken excitement.
Honey laughs, shaking her head. "That's good...and kinda gross. What are you doing?" She bites her lip nervously, wondering if he had seen any sweetbutts he liked.
"Sitting outside talking to my beautiful girlfriend." He smiles as he murmurs softly, "Honey, I don't want any of the sweetbutts."
"Are you sure?" The sound of uncertainty in her voice makes her sound younger and for a moment, he contemplates telling her about Cherry, just to be honest.
"I'm sure, baby. You're the only one I want." He smiles reassuringly at her and is happy to see her relax a little.
"Good...I love you." She smiles as she looks up at the screen, her eyes committing every line of his face to memory as if she hadn't already learned it by heart.
"I love you too, baby. Get some sleep, we'll be home late tomorrow I think." She nods and yawns softly although she tries to hide it with her hand.
"Okay, baby. Be careful." She hovers her finger over the end call button as he nods.
"I will baby. I'll see you tomorrow, goodnight."
"Goodnight." She ends the call and sighs as she looks up at the ceiling. 'Why do I feel like he was hiding something?' His eyes had never once met hers when he was talking about the sweetbutts. 'I'm just being paranoid, Kip would never cheat on me...'
o-o-o-o-o-o
The next day, she nearly ran from the humid office when she heard the sound of bikes pulling into the lot. She frowns, slightly disappointed as she sees only Jax among the Washington guys.
"Hey." She smiles as she walks over to Jax after he's parked.
He smiles at her, tugging playfully on her belt loop of her shorts, pulling her into a tight hug. "Hey, Hon. Mom at the hospital?"
She nods as she hugs him back, inhaling the sun warmed scent of his cut as she murmurs, "She's kinda pissed at you for not calling." She glances around, seeing Happy waiting by his bike. "Where's the rest of the guys?"
"They stayed behind to make sure the guns were good. I just wanted to see the kid." He pulls back and looks down into his sister's eyes.
She nods, smiling up at him as she runs her fingers over his stubbly cheek. "He's doing good, you know? I went to see him earlier."
He nods and kisses her forehead gently. "Good. Looks like you were right." She frowns in confusion and he laughs. "You said as long as he had a chance, no matter how low it was, he would make it."
She smiles and nudges his shoulder, stepping back. "I'm always right, if you haven't already noticed. Now go see your kid, I have office shit to do."
He nods and gets onto his bike again as she walks over to Happy. "Hey, Hap. You staying behind to transfer?" He nods and looks down at her, an unidentifiable look in his eyes. She squirms a little under his heavy gaze and blushes softly. "Well...I'm gonna go back to the office."
He grabs her wrist as she starts to walk away and when she looks back at him, his eyes are back to normal. "The guys will be home later. Probably sometime tonight."
She nods, smiling softly. "Thanks, Happy. Do you wanna come sit with me?"
He doesn't respond but follows her as she walks back into the office.
o-o-o-o-o-o
It was nearly 10pm when she gets the text from Half Sack telling her to meet him at the stop sign. She immediately stands up and locks her door then climbs out of her window with the ease that comes with doing it over and over again over the past few months.
As she lands in the grass, her converse making small thuds as she stumbles a bit, she zips her thin hoodie up over her tank top, feeling the slight chill in the air.
She keeps her head down as she walks towards the stop sign, humming quietly to herself as she tries not to act nervous. 'What if he found another girl and is here to dump me?'
She speeds up, hurrying to the stop sign and throwing herself at Half Sack, hugging him tightly. He grins and wraps his arms around her, tilting her head back and kissing her deeply. He's surprised as she wraps her legs around his waist, her tongue slipping into his mouth to brush against his, making him pull away and frown as his hands cup her ass.
"Honey, what's wrong?" He murmurs, caressing her hips and ass gently as he leans against his bike.
She looks down, sighing softly as she twirls a lock of his hair around her finger. "Was I that obvious?" At his nod, she shrugs and mumbles, "I thought that if I kissed you til you couldn't breathe, you wouldn't leave me."
He frowns and tilts her head up to look into her eyes. "What? Why would I leave you?"
"I dunno..." She mumbles, feeling foolish as she tries to squirm away from him but he holds tight.
"All I wanna do is spend some time with my girl. I was hoping we could maybe get some food and hang out at my apartment." He smiles at her boyishly and she smiles softly, his soft touches along her hips and his reassuring smile relaxing her.
"Sure...I'm sorry." She blushes as she kisses him gently before laying her head on his chest. "I just...I felt like you were hiding something on the phone...and I thought..."
She's cut off by his hand smacking her ass. As she gapes at him in shock, he smirks at her. "Good, I got your attention. Elizabeth Honey Teller, I love you and only want you, and that is not going to change anytime soon."
She smiles softly as she leans up to kiss him softly. "I love you so much." She grabs the helmet and climbs onto the bike behind him. "Food and cuddling?"
"Sure thing." He drives off towards his apartment, enjoying the feeling of her slim legs wrapped around his waist and her warm body pressed against his back. 'What was I thinking? Cherry is nothing compared to her.' Still though, a voice in the back of his head whispered, 'Then why were you so ready to throw Honey away for her?'
o-o-o-o-o-o
As Half Sack parks in his parking spot, Honey climbs off and rubs her bare thighs to warm them up. He grins at her devilishly and picks her up, tossing her over his shoulder caveman style and walking upstairs. She giggles and holds onto his shirt, shrieking as she squirms in his grip, knowing he wouldn't drop her. He walks into his apartment and straight into the bedroom, tossing her onto the bed and sliding his cut off his shoulders.
She smirks as she raises up on her elbows, watching him undress before sitting up to pull her hoodie and tank top off, then blushing as he leans down and kisses her belly button softly, his hands sliding her shorts down her hips leaving her only in a pair of black lace panties.
He kneels between her legs just looking down at her, his hands gently running from her knees up to her panties and back, his eyes slowly admiring every inch of her body. She blushes and fights the urge to cover herself, her hands resting across her stomach.
"I missed you so much." He murmurs as he leans down to kiss her passionately, hooking his fingers in her panties and sliding them slowly down her legs.
She smiles against his lips as she wraps her arms around his neck, murmuring, "I missed you too, baby." Rolling onto her stomach to grab a condom from the nightstand drawer, she shrieks then giggles as he smacks her ass. She looks over her shoulder and teasingly raises up on all fours, shaking her ass as she hands him the condom. "Wanna try this?"
He shakes his head as he lulls his boxers off and slides the condom onto his rock hard cock. "I wanna see your face."
She nods, smiling softly, and she lays back, blushing as she watches him slide the latex onto himself. "Hey, Kip?" He hums softly in response as he kneels, spreading ber legs slightly and letting the tip of his cock brush against her clit. She gasps softly in pleasure then bites her lip as she looks up into his deep blue eyes. "I love you..."
He smiles and kisses her neck gently as he pushes his length inside of her inch by inch. "I love you too."
o-o-o-o-o-o
A couple hours later they're laying on the bed, his arm around her shoulders and her head on his chest, her leg hooked around his hip and laying across his thighs.
She sighs softly in contentment as the air conditioner cools her heated, sweat dampened skin. "Let's order a pizza or something baby."
He grabs his burner and hands it to her, yawning quietly as he gently removes himself from her and sits up. "You can order babe. I'm gonna go get a drink." He walks into the kitchen naked and shameless as she smiles, dialing the pizza place.
"What do you want?" She calls out to him as the line rings.
"Just cheese." He leans against the doorway with a soda in his hand, smiling as he watches her order, her hair a halo of messy, dark curls and a thin white sheet covering her lower body.
She nods, ordering a half cheese, half pepperoni pizza and some cheesesticks. As she ends the call and lays back, he walks in and hands her the soda. She takes a small sip as she watches him gather up their clothes and set them on the dresser. "You don't like pepperoni?"
He shakes his head, smiling at her softly as he continues gathering other clothes and tossing them into the corner he reserved for laundry. "Nope, I don't eat meat."
Her eyes go wide and she frowns slightly. "Really?" He nods, feeling a little nervous at her reaction. Before he can say anything though, she covers her mouth. "Can you like taste it when I eat meat? Shit, I'm sorry..."
He laughs softly, incredibly touched by her concern, and sits beside her, wrapping his arms around her in a loving hug. "Baby, don't worry. You don't taste like meat, first of all, and second of all, it's okay. I can't stand eating it but I don't want you to think you can't."
She nods slowly as she loops her arms around his neck, laying her head on his shoulder. "Okay...what made you decide to be a vegetarian?"
"My senior year in high school we had to do a project on the meat packing industry and shit. My group decided to watch a video on slaughterhouses and then compare the industry now using the video to the early 1900s with that book...what's it called..." He frowns, trying to remember.
She runs her fingers over his forehead, smoothing the frown lines gently. "Are you talking about The Jungle?"
He nods, smiling as he holds her hips, pulling her into his lap carefully. "Yeah, that. Anyway, I couldn't stand the thought of putting meat into my mouth after that."
She smiles as she sits up, resting her hands on his toned chest. "I went vegetarian for a few weeks my freshman year. For Honors English, we had to read The Jungle and write a report on it. I read the first chapter and I was just, no." A soft laugh escapes her as she shakes her head. "My mom told me no daughter of hers was gonna be a little vegan pussy; every dish she cooked had meat in it for the next month."
He laughs as he imagines Gemma in a slaughterhouse, picking out meat to torment her daughter with. "That's such a Gemma move."
Honey nods, twirling a curl of his growing hair around her fingertip. "Yeah, and I hated it. So I lived on strawberry poptarts and cheese ravioli from a can for the next few weeks."
He laughs even harder and shakes his head, leaning up to kiss her gently. "You just described my daily meals basically."
"That's all you eat?" She frowns, leaning back to look at him. His eyes are drawn momentarily down to her breasts before he nods.
"Pretty much. Canned mac and cheese, cheese ravioli, poptarts, cereal...I can't cook and I can't eat meat, my options are pretty limited." He shrugs, leaning up to tender butterfly kisses against her jawline, smirking as her eyes flutter shut.
"Hm...what...what do you miss eating the most?" She trails her nails lightly down his shoulders, feeling his soft lips moving down her neck achingly slow.
He hums slightly against her neck, making her bite her lip as she subconsciously rocks her hips against his. "Probably tacos. My grandma used to make them when I was a kid, it was my favorite food. Why?"
Honey smiles, beginning to get an idea as she leans down to kiss him deeply, hoping to distract him. It seems to work as his hands slip down to cup her ass, his half hard length pressing against her thigh. Just as he starts to lean his head down towards her breasts, there's a knock on the door.
She laughs softly as she climbs off of him, grabbing one of his tshirts and slipping it on then tossing his jeans to him. "Go get the food baby, I'll get us some drinks and we can watch tv or something."
He pouts but nods, pulling his jeans on and walking out to the front door. She walks into the kitchen, quickly snooping in his cabinets to see what he has in the way of food. Making a mental list of things she'd need, she grabs a couple sodas and the half-crushed bag of Lay's chips on her way back into the bedroom.
He walks into the room holding the pizza boxes just as she turns the tv on. He smiles at her as he sets them on the bed then crawls into bed beside her, slinging his arm around her shoulders and holding her close. "What do you wanna watch?"
"I Love Lucy is on...and so is Creature from the Black Lagoon..." She murmurs as she flicks through the channels, the muted glow from the tv screen reflecting in her eyes.
He smiles as he tucks a strand of hair behind her ear then sits up to get a piece of pizza. "Whatever you wanna watch."
"Let's watch Lucy, it's the grape episode." Honey smiles and sets the remote aside, grabbing a slice of pizza from the pepperoni side and laying chips on top of it. He nods mindlessly as he watches her, frowning a little.
"Honey?" She looks over at him and notices his eyes on the chip covered pizza. She blushes as she laughs softly.
"I'm weird, leave me alone." She takes a bite and he smiles, kissing her head gently before laying back as he eats.
"Nope, you're mine. Be as weird as you want, you're stuck with me." He smiles charmingly at her and she smiles back.
'Somehow I think his smile is nicer than even Jax's.' She turns her attention reluctantly back towards the tv where a colorized Lucy is stomping in a vat of grapes.
They continue eating in silence, just enjoying each other's company after being apart.