Chapter 5

It's been a few hours and we are still sitting at the bar. "You're quiet." Piney says as he takes the seat next to me. "Just worried I guess." I tell him. "He'll be fine. They all will." he tells me and I nod. "You serious about Tig?" Piney asks. I look up at him and straighten up and say "I am." and you see the look of pride in his eyes. "Good baby girl. We all want you to be happy and if it means being with his old ass then we are all happy for you." He tells me and I smile. "Thanks Piney. You guys are the only real family I've ever had." I tell him. "But?" he asks. "But as much as I care about Tig, he's not going to want to stay with just me. He's done the whole Old Lady thing and it didn't work out for him and I know he loves being single. Just taking it a day at a time like he said." I tell him as I look back down at the beer in front of me. Piney touches my shoulder and says "He might surprise you." I shake my head and just stare off into space.

It isn't much longer, we hear the bikes and Gemma and I walk out to the guys. She walks over to Clay and I walk over to Tig and he pulls me close, kissing me softly. "You okay?" I ask. "Yeah Doll." he tells me as he puts his arm around my shoulder and walks into the clubhouse with me. "Let's head to bed." he says and I nod. I kiss Gemma's cheek as I walk by and hug Clay before heading to the dorm with Tig.

Once inside the dorm, he heads into the shower and while he's showering, I put him some clean clothes and a fresh towel on the counter and head back out to the bedroom. When Tig comes back out, he sees me sitting on the bed against the headboard with the covers turned down, looking down at my hands. He moves closer and sits beside me and it pulls me from my thoughts and I wipe away the tear that's fallen. He takes my hand and asks "Why are you crying baby?" I put my head on his shoulder and say "Just in my own head." I tell him. "Talk to me." He tells me. "Nothing for you to worry about." I tell him and he says "You know you can talk to me." I shake my head and say "You have more important things to worry about than the stupid shit running through my head. I'll talk to Gemma about it tomorrow and see if I can't work through it." I tell him. He pulls me to straddle him and cups my face. "Tell me baby." he says. I look down at my hands on his chest and say "I know we're together, and I'm really happy about that but I know you've done the whole Old Lady thing and it didn't work out for you. I know you love being single. If you want us to just stay friends, I'm okay with that. I just don't want you to be with me and then decide you miss being single." I tell him. "Like I said baby, we're taking this a day at a time but baby, we're together. I care about you a lot and I know you care about me. You've already proven that." he tells me. He slides down in the bed and pulls me with him. I turn with my back to him and he wraps his arms around me and holds me back against him. "Goodnight baby." he tells me. "Goodnight Tig." I say before I hear his breathing even out telling me he's asleep. I slip out of the bed and down the hall to the ladder. Climbing up, I sit in one of the chairs and sob.

I sat up there until the sun came up and I hear someone climbing the ladder. I look over and see Tig. He walks over and pulls me to stand before sitting where I was and pulling me into his lap and holding me close. "You okay?" he asks. "Yeah. Just couldn't sleep. My mind wouldn't shut off." I tell him. We sit for a few minutes before he nudges me to stand and he stands with me. "Come on." he tells me and pulls me towards the ladder.

Once down, he pulls me to his dorm, without a word, he pulls me into the bathroom. Starting the water and letting it warm up, he starts to strip me down and then himself and we step into the shower. Putting me with my back to the water and letting the water run over my body. Kissing me softly, he deepens the kiss as he pulls me close and I melt into him. Pinning me to the wall, he reaches behind my thighs and lifts me up. My arms are around his neck and my legs go around his waist and without a word, he enters me slowly. Thrusting in and out, slow and easy, he causes me to find release after release before finding his inside me. Without pulling out, he kisses me hard and says "You're mine baby doll." I nod and he pulls out of me and lets me down. We get out of the shower, him putting a towel around his waist before holding one out for me. We walk into the bedroom and he pulls me to the bed. Laying down, he tells me "Get some sleep babe. I'll let Gemma know you're resting." I'm so tired, I can't help but just nod before drifting off to sleep feeling him kissing my temple.