L. Ann Marie (21 page)

Danny unlocks the wooden door.  We have to push it with all our weight on it to get it open.  Fuck, the hall caved in at the other doors.  Jeremy comes running and jumps on me.  I laugh; the Little Ninja is a cute kid.  I give him a hug.  "Good to see you're ok.  You look tired.  Did you help Chet?"  He nods.  I put his head in my shoulder giving it a quick kiss and carry him back out of the hallway.  The kids cheer when we walk in.  I look around for Amanda but don't see her.

Jeremy lifts his head, "Chet."  He says.

"Where's Chet?"  I ask Brenda.  She points to the locker room.  I look at where the elevator was.  I can't believe they made it out of that ok.  It did explode into the Club.  I keep walking to the locker room; Amanda sees me and squeals.  I wince. It's a fuckin locker room with tile and metal lockers; her squeal goes right through my head.  I hug and kiss her.  Jeremy wiggles.  I pull away and look at him.  He's smiling.  "You good?"  He nods.  Danny comes in and takes him.  I hug Amanda with both arms.  "Love you, baby.  You doing ok?"

She pulls away.  "I am.  The kids took good care of me."  I laugh.

"How's he doing?"  I ask looking at Chet and the steel that's sticking out of the foam around his leg.

He looks at us.  "I'll be ok.  Jeremy helped."

"You look like fuckin shit, Brother."  Danny says making us laugh.  Fuckin guy.

Chet holds his face and moans.  "Thanks, Brother.  I needed that; Cal didn't make it."  We nod.  They were close.

"We'll do right by him, Brother."  I don't know what else to say.  I'll make sure we take care of his dad.  He nods but doesn't say anything else.  "I need to get Allan down here with the stretcher."  Danny nods.  I start to walk away but Amanda isn't coming.  I look back at her.

"I'm not sure if I should leave him."  She looks torn.

"I'll stay with him.  Go ahead, get some fresh air.  Make sure the kids stay on Cloud’s patio."  Danny tells her.

She walks to me.  I put my arm around her and we walk up the stairs following the kids.  I get Allan from the front and help him get the stretcher down the stairs.  He's shocked but doesn't say anything.

"This is one of those things we don't talk about."  Danny tells him, handing me Jeremy.  "What do we need to do to get him out of here?"

"Shit.”  He looks at the steel.  “You prepped him to move?"  He asks Danny.

Danny smiles, "No, Amanda was an EMT; she was here with him."

He laughs, "She did a good job.  You know, the women here are fuckin unbelievable.  They have their shit together; you're all lucky bastards."  I nod.  "I have a board, let's slide it under him."  They get him on the board without killing him.  I help lift the board to the stretcher with one hand; I don't want to put Jeremy down.  He gets something from people that helps him.  Since he helped Chet, he needs that right now.

Little Ben comes in with Jessie.  Jessie takes Jeremy and carries him out.  "I have Darren and Brantley on with the Club but more stuff is falling at the back wall.  I need to get them upstairs.  Can we get a ride to the Club?"

I reach in my pocket and pull out my keys.  "Take my truck.  No one is on the roads; get them there safe."  Little Ben throws chin and walks out.  Allan looks at me as if I'm nuts.  "He's been driving since he was fuckin twelve; don't act like you don't know it.  If he was worried about the kids getting hurt he wouldn't have taken the keys."

Danny laughs.  "Let's get Chet out of here.  He looks like he could use some pain pills."  Chet nods.

They get him through the hall and out of the bulkhead without hurting him anymore; Amanda is at the top ready to help.  "You did a nice job, Amanda.  You need a change of scenery come see me."  Allan tells her.

Danny laughs.  "I told her the same thing.  She would make a great finish carpenter too."

"I'm pregnant and already have three jobs.  I don't need any more but thanks for offering."  She smiles at them.  She's fuckin beautiful with the sun on her face and hair.

Cloud runs through the patio and stops.  He hugs all the kids and comes over to us.  He takes Jeremy.  "Did you help him, my Littlest Ninja?"  Jeremy nods putting his head on Cloud's shoulder.

"Thanks, Jeremy."  Chet says, as Danny and Allan wheel him away.  Jacob stands up and yells, ”You're welcome!”  Amanda and Cloud laugh.

Little Ben comes around the house, "Let's go guys."  The kids follow him to the truck.

Cloud looks at me.  "He's taking them to the Club."  I tell him.

He laughs.  "I'll get Jeremy up there, but I'm supposed to wait for Paul right now."

I nod.  Fuckin Cal is still down there.  "You need us to wait with you?"

"No, get Amanda out of here."

I throw him chin and walk her around the house.  "Fuck, I forgot I have the bike.  Is your car here?"

She smiles.  "I've never been on this bike and I've missed you.  Get on so I can hold on to you and get my fill."  I smile and kiss her like I wanted to in the hole.  Danny starts his bike up on the side of us but I don't stop until he's down the road.

"I missed you, baby."  I kiss her lips one more time.

"Can we go home and you can show me how much?"

Fuck, I'm getting hard.  "We have to go up to the Club.  I'm an Officer; I don't leave until I'm told it's ok to leave."

"Then get me to the fuckin Club already."  She says with a smile.

"I fuckin love you, babe.  Every fuckin thing you've been through and you can still smile."

She blows a kiss at me and turns around.  "Holy Shit!  Their fuckin house is gone!"

"I know babe, wait until you see the Club.  PD got hit too; Casper was in the building.  He didn't make it."

"Fuckin people!  Why don't they leave us alone?"  She has tears in her eyes.

I pull her to me, "I don't know, baby.  They just never quit."

"Thank you, you kept us safe.  I hope this is the last time."  She looks doubtful.  She should; I know it's not the last time.

We ride to the Club with her plastered to my back.  I go slow, enjoying her thighs against mine and arms around me.  Since I'm hard, it doesn't matter if it's my imagination or I really feel her tits on my back; I draw it out as long as possible.  Fuck!  When we pull into the lot and I see the rubble, it dawns on me: my fuckin room is gone.  Shit.  That gets rid of my hard on quick.  We've got casualties; it's been a long time since that's happened.  I tip for Amanda to get off then take her to the common room.  It's packed.

"Holy shit, this is a lot of people.  Where is everyone going to sleep?"  She asks, staying close to me.

Tess comes over, hugging Amanda and talking so fast I have no idea what the fuck she's saying.  Rich comes up behind her.  "Your leg hold up ok?"

"Yeah, was fine.  Tiny had Dave made a holder on my pedal; it worked."  I smile picturing it; it's a web like my leg.  Fuckin Badass as it gets.

"Saw you jump at the gate.  Looked good."  He smiles.  I throw him chin.  It felt good to make the jump without thinking about it.

Little Ben walks up to us, handing my keys over with a smile.  "Thanks, Brother."  He throws chin and walks back to Danny and the boys.  Danny throws chin our way.

Pres comes in and everyone gets quiet.  He walks to the middle of the room.  "Brothers, old ladies, thanks for waiting.  It's been a tough day for our MC and I know you want to be on your way.  We had Outlaws and Rebels in the yard today; they paired up with thugs and street gang members from Providence.  I'm assured the Bosses are not part of what happened here today.  They hit Baxter's compound, too.  VP isn't quite so trusting and warns everyone to be cautious.  None of the groups that attacked us today made it; that's a total of eighty two pussies put down.  We had major damage.  Aside from the Club getting hit with a missile, my house was leveled, Security was hit.  The PD was hit and suffered major damage." 

He takes a minute, Brothers are talking low.  Prospects are delivering shots.  "We lost Brothers here today.  Casper was hit in the PD building, Petey was shot getting into the wrecker, Ty was run down on the highway and Cal was buried under the debris when the east wing blew and took out the meeting room."  He pauses.  "Our last casualty was Brother Luke.  This is a hard loss to take; all loyal to the MC.  All loved by many, all our Brothers.  A shot for our fallen Brothers."  He holds his glass up.  Everyone says, “To the Brothers!”  I slam my shot back; Amanda gives me hers.  I drink it back and kiss her. 

"If you need a place to stay, go to the hotel, they have rooms for us there.  Let the Prospect on the desk know where you’re going on your way out.  We don't know if our trouble is over.  We have Brothers who were hurt.  Jax, Chet, Rolls, Mike and Nate are all in my rooms upstairs or the hospital.  Tiny is in his room but says to leave him the fuck alone, he's fine."  Everyone laughs.  I wonder what happened to everyone, but Tiny especially.  "Go, or stay, eat, drink, do whatever the fuck you want as long as it makes you happy."  Everyone starts talking.

I look at Rich, "What happened to Tiny?"

"Fractured his leg and broke his arm.  He was in Doc's rooms trying for more supplies when the second hit came in."  He looks at Tess.  "We weren't expecting it."

"We're going to see him.  We'll be back in about a half hour."  She tells Rich.  She grabs Amanda's hand and pulls her away.  Amanda blows me a kiss, laughing.

Pres slaps us both on the back.  "Thank you, Brothers.  We wouldn't have been able to do this without your skills today.  You hit every fuckin thing you aimed at, Rich;  Bob, you jumped the fuckin wall at the gate.  I don't know of anything would keep you down.  Fuckin loyal and determined as hell, Brothers.  Good fuckin job today.”  We both throw chin, saying 'Pres' at the same time.  He walks on talking to other Brothers.  It always feels good to get that from him.

We go up to the bar.  "Where are they staying?"  I ask him.

"The hotel.  VP is getting Security settled over there right now.  He's positive the house was hit as a message.  Kate and Jess are still on HS.  I get the feeling it's not over, too.  HS is running Family again.  Now, you lost Brothers.  We need to meet and figure our fuckin Security priorities and get people moved.  With them at the hotel, we're fuckin short on details.  Paul is the new chief and wants to help; we'll be splitting some details with him.  They're our Associates so it will work but VP doesn't like that they're not trained for us."  He looks stressed.

"I don't blame him.  When are we meeting and where?"

He shrugs, "I haven't heard.  VP will let us know."

We talk to some of the other Brothers until the old ladies show.  We say goodbye and I get my girl home; she looks tired.  I fill the tub for her as she's telling me about the kids being freaky, making me laugh.  If she only knew; they freak the fuck out of me too but I'm used to them.  Once she's washed and dried, I slide a tee on her and sit beside her on the bed.  She's still talking but she's yawning in between.  I smile listening until she stops.  I lean in and kiss her head.  It's good to have her at home in our bed.

I grab my bag, pulling the laptop out; I look at the schedule and can't even begin to figure it out.  Fuckin Cal and Ty are gone, Chet's in the hospital and Jax is hurt.  When I think of Petey and Casper my eyes are burning.  I blow out a breath and think, ‘RIP Brothers’.  I close the laptop and undress, getting the shower leg.  Clean and dry, I slide into bed, pulling Mandy toward me; she rolls, laying her head on my chest.  Everything goes away; she makes it all ok with just being here.  I kiss her head and close my eyes seeing our Brothers faces.

Two weeks

Amanda

There are so many PD and Bikers in town I don't think anyone would fuck with them.  They all look scary as hell, even the cops.  They had a nice procession last week for all the men that died.  The PD showed up in droves.  Mary is moving to her parents’ house in Maine.  Everyone was shocked; the kids don't want to go but she said she needs to get out of here.

I think about that and hope that if something happened to Bob, I'd ride it out and find solace in the Brother’s guarding his family while he can't.  Like he gave Meely to me, I want to be that strong; I told him so too.  He looked at me for a minute, then said the Brother’s and their families are his only family, now mine and he would hope I'd find comfort with our family.  I could never leave after that.

I get my banking done and jump in the truck with my new guard.  He doesn't talk.  At All!  He brings me back toward the backyard and I ask him to stop at the Bakery; Peg smiles when I come in and gets my tea ready.  I want coffee but she won't even let me sneak a sip.  Wench!  "You are showing, Amanda!"  I laugh and hold my shirt tight to my belly.  "Damn that baby has to be big or you're further along than they thought."

My smile leaves my face, "Oh fuck!"  I know I counted right.  "I'm a twin.  I think I'm going to be sick."  She runs around the counter and guides me to sit.  "Fuck, I don't know anything about one baby, never mind two!  What the fuck am I going to do with two at once!  My parents hated me, they wished I wasn't born.  I can't do that, Peg!"  I'm sobbing; the customers are giving her napkins and water.  I turn away from them, fuck.  "Meely would do this better; she should have lived for this. I'm the fuck up, I should have died.  Everyone would be happy and the twins would be loved equal.  I'm fuckin demented."  I'm still crying and Peg's still holding me.

"Amanda Tailley!  Your sister said to pull up your fuckin big girl pants and act like a fuckin Badass old lady!  You'll love your babies because you know what it's like not to feel it!  If she was so fuckin good, she wouldn't have been driving drunk!  She said
you
were the good one; she just hid it well and your parents bought it!  That's why she always stood up for you because
you
deserved it, not her!  Now quit acting like a lunatic in the middle of the Bakery!  We already freak these people out enough!"  She stomps her food and walks the fuck out.

Peg cracks up and looks at me.  "I've never seen Tess yell before; that was a sight!" I fuckin laugh and can't stop.  Bob comes through the door fast and stops; everyone is watching.

I stop laughing and hold up my hand.  "Tess set me straight; we're having twins and you better fuckin love them the same or I cut you balls off."  The customers are laughing; I give them a look but they don't pay attention to it.

He smiles, “Yes ma’am.  Am I in danger right now?"

"I'm not sure just yet."  I say wiping my face and nose.

He turns toward the door, "I'll see you at home.  Love ya, babe."  He's out the door.

The customers look at me.  I guess I’m done; I shrug and take my tea.  "Thanks, Peg. Can you sign for me?"

She laughs. "It’s on me. I love that damn boy."

I get in the truck with my guard and get to my appointment that's been waiting for me; he's not very happy about it.  When I'm done, I call for some flowers for Tess.  She's a damn good old lady, setting me straight.  Meely pulled me up because I deserved it.  I think back, she was always getting into shit.  Why didn't I ever see it before?  I smile, my babies will be loved equal; I
will
make sure of it.  Meely talked to Tess; she really is with me when I need her.  I smile for the rest of the day, getting my appointments out faster than usual but doing a good job.

I'm not just happy but calm and ok with having twins.  On the way home, I think about it; Tess did it, Danny and Kate have twins and CJ and Cloud have twins.  Oh no!  All their twins are freaky kids.  I stop and smile; their freaky kids are cool as shit and so good.  I could do a freaky kid or two.  Like I've decided, I nod and walk in the door.

Bob is lying on the couch; it smells good in here.  He slides his laptop over to the table and smiles at me.  "You look like you're feeling better."

I smile.  "Yup!"  Walking to him, I drop my bag and purse on the chair because the table is set.

He pulls me to him and looks at his watch.  "Just enough time for an appetizer."  He slides his hands up my skirt and slides my panties down.  I smile; I like appetizers.  He lies down and puts me on his chest.  What the hell?  "My appetizer."

"I was thinking I like appetizers."  He rolls his eyes and reaches above his head for the side table; he gives me a pretzel.  Fuckin guy.  He pulls me up until I'm sitting on his face and I stop worrying about appetizers.  Holy hell, he does this so good!  I'm moving and moaning; he's letting me get there however I want.  I hold my nipples, rolling and pinching them; he moans and I look down, he's watching my hands.  It doesn't take me long before I'm yelling his name and flop to the arm of the couch, loving the damn appetizers.  Shit!

He moves me to his chest and smiles up at me.  His whole damn face is wet and my pussy clenches.  "Welcome home, baby.  Danny said I need to do something to make you happy.  I know you're always happy sitting on my face.  Did it work?"

I laugh nodding, he's serious.  "Tell Danny I said thanks.  Those guys are making you into the perfect man.  I love them and you."  I get up and wipe his face with my skirt.  As I'm bending to kiss him, the oven beeps.  Damn!

He kisses my lips and gets up walking to the kitchen.  "This is done, babe.  Grab some clothes before it gets cold."

I laugh going to the bedroom; he just got me off so I'd be happy.  He's too damn funny.  I'm starting to appreciate the crazy ass MC on so many different levels.  I wonder if the other women get this.  How the hell do you ask that?  I clean up and put shorts and a tee on.

When I get to the table, there's a stuffed lobster and all the trimmings.  I just look at him.  "I just reheated it; I picked it up on the way back to the yard today."

I nod, glad he didn't make it; he already shows me up making stir fry.  "It looks beautiful, like a picture."  I sit and eat some stuffing and a couple of pieces of the lobster, but mostly I eat the veggies and corn fritters.

"You're not hungry?"  He asks, surprised.  Shit.

"The book said not to eat too much shellfish, something about the iron."  I feel bad saying it.

"Fuck, I'm sorry.  I need to read the book so I don't keep fuckin this up."  He's back to serious.

I get up and sit on his lap.  "I love you, my perfect Badass Biker Man.  You haven't fucked anything up.  I think you're thoughtful and sweet."

He stands up so fast he surprises me.  "I am not fuckin sweet!  There's no fuckin room in Badass fuckin Biker Man for fuckin sweet!"  He's growling at me because I called him sweet?  I nod and wonder what's next while trying to keep the smile off my face.  He carries me toward the front door and puts me down.  Grabbing a box from the closet, he hands me a cut like his.  My smile is going to split my face in half.  He holds it out for me and slides it up my arms.  "Now you're an old lady; let's ride."  He kisses me hard and hot.  When he lifts his mouth from mine, we're breathing heavy.  I want to stay here and see where this goes but he pulls me out to his bike.  I smile; this is good too.  I hold him tight and enjoy the back roads.