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Chapter 1- Intern
"No! You are not doing your hours at Teller Morrow." Cortney told her son Steven as she handed him back his school schedule.
"Mom…I have to. I will flunk the class if I don't do my service hours there."
Steven could not understand why his mom was giving him a hard time about him doing an internship for his automotive class at Teller Morrow.
"What is your teacher thinking? Does he not remember that garage all over the news due to multiple shootings?"
"That was forever ago mom. I will be fine. I will have Joseph with me. He has to do service hours there as well."
Cortney shook her head. She didn't like it.
"I'm going to talk to your teacher." She told Steven as she grabbed the dishes off the table.
"No mom! Don't go to my school embarrassing me." Steven took his schedule and stuffed it in his book bag. Why was she being so dramatic?
"I'm not going to embarrass you. I just want to express my concern."
Steven sucked his teeth, stomped upstairs to his room and slammed his door.
"Brat." Cortney mumbled under her breath as she shook her head in disbelief. Teenagers. Did he not see that she was trying to protect him? She did not want him around that motorcycle gang. They were a bunch of thugs and Cortney made sure she always stayed clear of them whenever she saw anyone wearing a cut around town.
Cortney slammed her car door shut. She was pissed. Steven's teacher would not budge and put Steven at another garage. She threaten to take him out the class and the teacher just shrugged his shoulders and told her do what she felt she had to do. He told her that Steven would be very upset as he really enjoyed the class and he was doing exceptional in his course. So Cortney sat in the car staring at the plain gray high school building livid. She started her car and headed toward Teller Morrow. She needed to meet the people her son was going to be around.
Cortney parked her car and looked around the parking lot. It was extremely busy. Cars and bikes were driving in and out of the parking lot; people were standing around talking and drinking. Cortney shook her head and wondered how would her son learn anything at this garage. It looked more like a party atmosphere than a place of business. Looking around the building Cortney found what she hoped was the office and knocked on the door.
"Come in!" yelled a voice through the door. Cortney slowly opened the door to find a woman sitting at a desk shuffling papers.
"Can I help you?" she asked looking up a little annoyed.
"Ummm…yes. My name is Cortney Holmes and my son Steven and his friend will be starting a type of internship here for their automotive class."
The woman sat back in her seat and glared at Cortney with a 'so what' look on her face.
"So you wanted to come down and see if he would be safe here with the white trash bikers?"
Cortney's mouth fell open and she quickly shut it. This woman was a bitch.
"No!," Cortney lied. "I just wanted to come down and meet the people he would be working with."
The woman stood up from her desk. Cortney could tell this woman was no nonsense and could sense that she was lying.
Cortney was able to look at her more closely and this woman's outfit and demeanor screamed 'tough biker chick'. Cortney's briefly looked at her cleavage and noticed the scar on her chest. What did this woman have on? Did she not realize her age?
"Your son and his friend will be fine. We had a couple of students' intern here last year and they even worked here for the summer before they went off to college. So your son will get plenty of experience here and will enjoy it….I'm Gemma Teller" Gemma extended her hand to Cortney. Cortney took her hand with a sigh of relief. Gemma made her feel a little better.
"You're the owner?"
"Yes, me and my son. I'm sorry about snapping earlier. I understand as a mother wanting to keep your children safe. You have a nice, polite young man. I met him earlier this week when he and his friend stopped by." Cortney raised an eyebrow. That was news to her.
"Thank you Gemma."
"Would you like a tour? I can show you the shop and who will be supervising Steven and Joseph."
"Sure. I would like that."
Gemma showed Cortney around the shop and she met the two mechanics who would supervise her son and his best friend. They both reassured her that her that the boys would be fine as they could see the concern look on her face. Cortney began to feel a little more at ease about the situation as Gemma walked her to her car.
"If I remember correctly I think they will be starting tomorrow morning."
"Yes I think so. Thank you Gemma for showing me around."
"Anytime. I know we have a bad rep in this town but we are really good people."
Cortney had to control her emotions as she knew Gemma told her a bold face lie. She smiled and thanked Gemma again as she got into her car. On her way out the parking lot a group of bikes pulled in and Cortney felt the concern creep back up as she looked at the menacing looking men ride pass her. Lord please keep Steven and Joseph safe she silently prayed.
Steven looked up from the sweeping the garage floor when he heard the sound of choppers entering the parking lot. He wanted a Harley so bad but he knew his mom would not go for that. He did know as soon as he graduates and heads to college he would work to save up for one. He and Joseph were having a good first day at the garage. They had them doing mostly grunt work for the large part of the day. Their supervisors Dave and Charles were pretty cool guys and told them they will be working on cars as soon as next week. They would start with small stuff like oil changes and tune ups. Dave told the boys they might even get to work on some Harley's. That was music to Steven's ears. He knew how to work on bikes as his father had a bike and they use to work on it together but since him and his mom divorced he did not see him that much.
"Are these the new grunts?" Jax asked as he walked in the garage.
"Yep. This is Steven and Joseph." Dave pointed to each of the boys. Jax studied each boy for a second. They didn't look like little punks so they might fit in just fine around the garage. The rest of the guys walked in the garage to meet the new interns.
"Qué pasa" Montez said to Joseph and Steven. Joseph answered back in Spanish and they held a conversation for a few seconds in Spanish. Steven just looked on feeling lost as he usually does whenever his best friend spoke his native language.
"You don't speak Spanish?" Jax asked Steven. Steven shook his head no. He was often mistaken for being Latino.
"What are you?" Chibs asked Steven. Steven really hated when people asked him that. He knew he better not give his usual smart ass remark that he was human so he went ahead and told them he was bi-racial.
"It's nice to meet yall. Don't fuck up anyone's car." Jax told them smiling.
"Yes sir." Steven and Joseph both said in unison as they watched the guys head into the bar.
"Alright back to work guys." Dave told them.
"How was your first day?" Cortney asked Steven as they sat down for dinner.
"It was good mom. We mostly just cleaned the garage today but we will start working on cars next week."
"Good."
"Mom you aren't still worried are you?"
"A little…..I will always be worried for you. Moms worry. That's what we do. I did go by there yesterday and met the owner Gemma and your supervisors. They put me at ease a little but I need you to promise me you will not get involve with that gang."
"Mom they are not a gang." Steven told her stuffing his mouth.
He was so naïve sometimes Cortney thought.
"Just be careful Steven."
