"What should we do this weekend?" I asked Mia as we sat in our livingroom eating takeout and watching a movie.
"I don't know.. it's weird not having the club here" she said back before taking a bite of her orange chicken.
"Right? That's what I was thinking" I said.
"We could go hiking" she suggested.
"Eh bro I'm lazy I don't wanna hike." I said taking a big drink of my soda.
"Well what do you wanna do?" she asked.
"I don't know. But something" I said.
For some reason Jax told Mia and I that us going to Nevada with the MC was cancelled. He didn't give us an explanation just called Mia last night and said we were to stay home. It was odd. So that's how we found ourselves sitting down and stuffing our face.
"Maybe we should go furniture shopping?" I suggested looking at our sad excuse for a tv and our stained couch.
"That might be a good idea" she said laughing.
. . .
"They don't have any IKEA's in Charming Mia." I said as we got ready to go.
"So we'll have to go to Stockton?" she asked.
"Yup that's the closest one." I said while flipping through Google maps.
"Fun" she said walking into my room. She wore a blue pair of skinny jeans with a black shirt that was tucked into her jeans and her convers. I was wearing a black sweatshirt with, blue skinny and my favorite Toms that had happy faces on them.
"You ready?" she asked.
"Yup." I said getting up and grabbing my wallet.
"You know we have to take the truck right?" she said.
"Oh great" I said "Hope we don't break down"
"Don't say that" she said before walking out.
The drive to Stockton took about 2 hours. Finding the IKEA was hard though because both Mia and I sucked at directions. After 30 mins of driving around we finally found it.
"So excited I've never been inside IKEA" Mia said hopping up and down in her seat. I laughed and opened the door. I've never been inside IKEA so it was a little but exciting. We walked in and were hit with the smell of new furniture. Mia and I walked around and argued over each piece of furniture. For instance she wanted a green couch I wanted a black one after some minor threatening and a lot of bribery we settled on a black couch with green pillows. After we looked at kitchen appliances and got a microwave, more plates, and a new coffee pot since ours was starting to break down. We then went and applied for a payment plan. It would take sometime to pay off everything but it was worth it. We got a new tv, a new fridge, and both of us got some more bedroom items.
As we checked out the cashier told us that the items will be delivered in a week. We thanked her and walked out. We drove around Stockton for a little went and got ice cream and decided it was time to head home. We were driving along the interstate when the truck started making this weird banging.
"Maybe we should pull over" Mia said her eyes widening as smoke started coming up from the front.
"Yeah" I said pulling off the interstate and into a hotel that was just off the side. As I parked my old truck gave one last bang and shut down.
"Fuck!" I said and hit the steering wheel.
"I'll call a tow truck" Mia said getting out of the truck. I got out as well and walked to the front. I opened the hood and jumped back as steam bellowed out.
"Come on!" I said and looked inside. Of course I couldn't tell what the hell was wrong with it.
"Thanks Gemma" I looked up as Mia walked towards the front.
"You called Gemma?" I asked
"No she called just as I was looking up the mechanics here. When I told her what was going on she said that she could get some of the guys out here tomorrow morning." she said
"So we'll have to stay the night?" I asked not really keen on the idea of staying here overnight.
"It's cheaper than having someone from here fix it. It'll take the same amount of time as well" she said back.
"Yeah you're right" I said slamming the hood. "Should we check in here?"
"Yeah want me to?" she asked grabbing her purse. I nodded and pulled out my phone as Mia walked off. It would have been a lot easier to just take Mias car but we thought we were going to be taking some furniture back so the truck was the better choice. As I scrolled through my phone a text popped up from David. I was surprised I haven't heard from him sense the BBQ.
Hey it read
Uh hi. I wrote back
How have you been? -David
I've been good and you? - me
Been alright -David
That's good?- me
Yeah I just wanted to apologize for the way I acted you know going crazy texting you and all. I don't know what came over me -David
Uh it's fine- me
"We got room 16" Mia said walking up shaking the keys at me. I nodded and followed her to the room. It was small with one bed a tiny bathroom and a tv.
"Cozy" I said sitting on the bed and putting my phone down.
"Well it is called the cozy in" Mia said turning on the tv. I smiled and laid down. I was starting to doze off when my phone started ringing. Ugh. I grabbed and didn't recognize the number.
"Who is it?" Mia asked while eating a milky way.
"I don't know. Unknown number" I said.
"Here I'll answer it" she said and reached over grabbing it from my hands and answering before I could stop her.
"Hello?" she asked. "Oh it's you. Yeah she's right here" she threw the phone at me and got up and walked to the bathroom not even telling me who it was. Rude.
"Hello?" I said picking up the phone.
"Ezra?" ah it was Tig which explains Mias off putting attitude towards him.
"Yeah? What's up?" I asked.
"Look I'm calling off a prepaid phone so I can't be long. Are you and Mia in Stockton? Gemma said you guys broke down there." he said
"Yeah we were going to IKEA and my truck broke why?"
"You both need to lay low ok? Don't leave your hotel until one of us comes to get you" he said
"What why? What's going on Tig?" I asked starting to panic.
"Some issues with a rival MC. Just promise to stay put" he said
"Ok ok we will" I said back
"Good" was all he said before hanging up. What the hell?
Mia walked out and after filling her in she grabbed her knife out of her purse and put it on the night stand.
A few hours later we were watching some lame sitcom when we heard tires squeal outside. We looked at each other and rolled to the side of the bed that wasn't facing the door. Mia had her knife and I had my keys. Not the bed protection but it was all we had. We heard a gunshot and both jumped. Mia pulled out her phone because it was vibrating and she answered.
"Jax" she whispered. I could hear him talking loudly but it was jumbled together and I couldn't make out the exact words.
"I don't know were behind the bed" she said back as another shot went off and the sound of wood breaking happened close.
"Bro there breaking the doors" I whispered. Panic was crawling at me and fear was flowing through my body.
"Jax there-" she was cut off as the door to our room was kicked open. We screamed and both ran to the bathroom as shots flew past us. Slamming the door Mia reached up and broke the window. It was small and would be a bitch to crawl through but we would have no choice.
"Come on Ezra" Mia said before helping me up. I jumped through and gritted my teeth as glass cut me. As I landed I looked back and saw Mia start coming through. She yelled and was pulled back slightly. I reached up and grabbed her hands pulling her forward. She was almost all the way out when a sneering pain came from my leg. I pulled really hard and we both fell to the ground.
"Ezra come on!" Mia yelled grabbing my arm. I got up but the moment I put weight on my left leg pain ripped through it. Fuck
"I can't my leg!" I said back causing her to grab my arm and pull it over her shoulders supporting my weight. We both started limping down the alleyway. We could hear yelling and then running. Fuck they were chasing us. We started going quicker but the men caught up and grabbed each of us. I swung back hitting the man in the nose. He yelled and there his hand forward slapping me. I fell to the ground and could feel the blood flow from my nose. He reached forward again just as two shots went off and his body fell forward on top of me. I screamed as he hit my leg and tried to push him off. A dark shadow came forward and pulled him off me. The shadow reached for me and I jumped back and started swinging on it.
"Stop! Stop Ezra it's me!" it yelled.
Tig.
Oh thank god. I threw my body forward into his waiting arms.
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