"Ohhhh" I looked over and smiled as Mia took off her heels. I had taken mine off a few minutes ago so I knew the relief she now felt.
"Do your feet hurt?" I asked while opening my lunch bag.
"Yes. It's been such a long night" she said before jumping up and sitting crisscross on top of the bar. "I'm starving" she while opening her lunch bag.
It's been long night. Most of the CaraCara partiers were gone. Some had stayed and hung out but most left after 4am. It was now 5 and Mia and I had just finished cleaning up the bar. As I took a bite into my sandwich I was sad to find out that it was now soggy. I looked over at Mia and saw her grimace before putting down her sandwich. She looked over at me and smiled.
""Wanna go get breakfast?" she asked.
"Sure. What do you want?" I asked reaching down and grabbing my wallet.
"Um shall we splurge and get coffee and donuts?" she asked smiling big. I nodded and as we grabbed the flats we brought and jumped over the bar Tig and Jax came out.
"Where you ladies going?" Jax asked throwing an arm around Mia.
"We are going to go get breakfast" she said shrugging his arm off with a smile before walking towards me.
"Sounds great I'm starving" Tig said walking forward.
"What?" Mia asked a little surprised.
Jax smiled and grabbed her hand slowly pulling her towards the door.
"Yeah we're both hungry" he said. Mia threw a look back at me as Jax pulled her I just shook my head and followed after. As we walked towards the car I was surprised Mia was letting Jax hold her hand. Of course the moment she went the drivers side Jax put his hand on the door and stated that he was driving causing Mia to say no. I just sighed and walked to the back seat making Mia give me a look that read traitor. She finally gave in and sat in the back her arms crossed as Jax and Tig sat up front. Jax drove us to a donut shop and as we all got off I got excited. It had been a long time since we had had donuts.
"What do you want?" Mia asked standing in front of the display case.
"Um glazed" I said.
"Jax? Tig?" she said turning to look at them.
"I'll have a few of whatever you all have " Tig said.
"Get me some jelly filled." Jax said.
"Jelly?" I asked shocked.
"What's wrong with those?" Jax asked.
"Um they're disgusting first off" .
"What no they're not" he said back.
"Whatever you say" I said shaking my head.
Mia laughed ordered and pulled some money out as I reached for my wallet I was surprised when Tig out his hand over mine and threw a wad of money on the counter.
"I got it Jackie boy" he said. I looked over at Mia and she just sighed and said thank you before grabbing her coffee and walking towards a booth. As we sat down with Tig next to me and Mia and Jax across from us I couldn't help but feel happy. Happy that Mia and I were now making decent money happy that I had new friends just happy and from the look on Mia face I could tell she was feeling the same euphoria. And I had an inkling it was about the man who was sitting next to her with his arm around her shoulders that she had yet to shake off.
. . .
"It's a simple charter takeover." Jax said as Mia and I cleaned the bar up. It was a slow night so we had been able to have conversations with everyone and it was pretty interesting meet the rest of the club.
"Ok. What do you need us for?" Mia asked.
""Word is they've been trying to put heroin in Charming. We need you both to listen in at the after party. They tend to get mouthy when shitfaced" he said.
I looked over at Mia and she shrugged her way of saying ok.
"Alright. When do we leave?" I asked. Jax turned at me.
"In a week. Rest up we'll be gone for two days" he said before walking off.
A few minutes later Gemma walked up.
"Hey either of you know how to cook?" she asked.
I raised my hand.
"Great I'm having a BBQ and you're both invited so Ezra can you bring a salad?" she asked and when I nodded she turned towards Mia. "Can you bring potato salad?" Mia smiled and nodded.
"Perfect it's this weekend" she said before walking off.
I started cleaning up but I kept feeling like someone was staring at me so I looked up and saw some of the croweaters giving Mia and me the stink eye. I looked over at Mia and saw she hadn't noticed.
"Mia" I mumbled causing her to look up when I nodded my head to the women she turned around.
"You got a problem?" she snapped making the girls eyes go wide before they walked off. "Stupid bitches" she mumbled. I laughed and finished up.
. . .
"So you and Jax?" I asked Mia later as we grocery shopped for the BBQ.
"Were friend's. What about you and Tig?" she asked back.
"Were just friends" I said pushing the cart.
"Uh huh. Whatever you say" she said. I rolled my eyes and went down the pasta aisle.
"I gotta go get something from the pharmacy I'll be back" she said before walking off.
"I'll be at the deli!" I yelled to which she waved.
I pushed my cart to the deli and started looking at the meats they had. The turkey looked good but so did the ham. It was a hard choice. Then I remembered we could now afford both. I smiled and looked up to find the butcher staring at me. He was a little taller then me with straight brown hair and green eyes. I smiled and walked closer.
"Hey what can I help you with?" he asked walking up to the display case and leaning on it.
"Can I have a pound of the smoked turkey and the Applewood ham?" I asked.
"Sure thing" he said smiling while opening the case. I pulled my phone out and texted Mia about what she wanted to do for dinner a minute later she texted back saying homemade pepperoni pizza.
"Can I get a pound of pepperoni as well?" I asked while still looking at my phone.
"Sure thing" he said. I put my phone away and smiled at the guy.
"How has your day been?" he asked while grabbing the meat.
"Pretty good. And yours?" I asked.
"It just got better" he said making me laugh.
"Oh what happened?" I asked curious about his sudden happiness.
"My favorite customer just came in."
"Oh who?" I asked to which he gave me a confused look.
"Um you." he said
"Oh!" I said laughing "Well thank you"
"No problem." he said before handing me my meat "I'm David by the way" he said extending his hand.
"Ezra" I said while shaking his hand.
"So Ezra. Do you have anything planned for tomorrow?" he asked.
"Well at night I have to work then that I'm free" I said.
"Awesome because the carnival just came to town and was wondering if you would like to join me?" he asked "I know it's sudden but it only comes around once a year so."
"Oh ok yeah that sounds like fun" back smiling. We exchanged numbers with him saying he'd text me about tomorrow before I left to go find Mia.
I was walking down the cereal aisle when Mia walked up a huge smile on her face.
"What's got you so happy?" I asked.
"I just got a date"
"What!? With who?"
"The pharmacist, Michael"
"When are you guys going out?"
"Tomorrow we're going to the carnival" she said a smile overtaking her face.
"Thats awesome bro! I have a date too" I said mumbling the last part.
"No way!" she said. "With?"
I laughed and told her everything that went on with David and we both giggled like school girls before heading to check out and very loudly talking about our upcoming dates. Of course neither of us knew that a SOA member had hear our whole conversation.