"Unbelievable!"
"Stop it, we're here to enjoy ourselves this evening." Chloe linked arms with Mark and slowly led him in the direction of the clubhouse.
I smiled and glanced around the yard at everyone enjoying themselves, I knew that Mark had purposely kept me away from this life but it was probably what I had needed. I had craved this family.
"Lauren?" My heart lurched in my chest as he called my name and I slowly turned around to greet him with the biggest smile I could muster. "Wow you look beautiful this evening," Ramsey's eyes trailed from my face down my body until he saw my protruding tummy.
His eyes flickered to my face and back towards my tummy before landing on my face again. "Do you want to close that, it's a little unsightly?" I stated throwing his words back at him from an earlier conversation.
"How?...When?...What?..." I sniggered as it was the first time that I had ever known of Ramsey to be lost for words and confused. "Come here," he stepped closer and grabbed my hand so he could pull me into his embrace. Ramsey wrapped his arms around me tightly and rubbed the back of my head as he placed light kisses onto my forehead. His actions took me by surprise but I was enjoying the interaction so I didn't stop him.
"I'm struggling to speak Lauren, I'm just feeling overwhelmed." He pulled away and lightly placed his hand on my tummy. "Why didn't you tell me, I feel like I've missed out on so much?" Ramsey looked at me confused and I too now felt overwhelmed by his words.
"What are you saying Ramsey?" I asked wanting him to clarify exactly what he was implying.
"Lauren I like you, really like you and I think there could be something wonderful between us." He grabbed my hand and interlinked our fingers. "When I found out that you had miscarried I was hurting for you babe and I questioned whether that made a difference about how I felt about you and the answer was no. It didn't matter to me if you were pregnant or not, you were still you regardless but seeing you like this tonight knowing that you're carrying a little person inside you after all that you've been through babe just makes me want you more. Now I've told you several times through phone and text that I want to be with you, I can't do anymore than that babe as the decision is yours. But I would very much like to see if we could make a go of it and see what happens but if you're not ready for a relationship and would like me to step back and give you some space until you're ready then I'm cool with that also, you've just gotta let me know what you want."
I came here with a plan this evening of what I was going to say and Ramsey had just blown that out of the water with his declaration, it was my turn to be speechless which was unheard of.
"Am I taking your silence as a good thing or bad thing?" Ramsey frowned as he tried to make light of the situation.
"A good thing," I wrapped my arms around his neck and pushed myself as close as my body would allow to take his mouth. This is where I wanted to be, wrapped in his arms. Ramsey took my mouth softly to start with but our absence had only increased our desire for each other.
"Well I can see that Ramsey and Lauren don't need to watch any porn but just so the rest of you are aware, I have some home movies playing in the back room featuring two local guys who love some sex toys if you're interested."
I heard a noise and turned to see that Mark had spat his drink out onto the ground, "You haven't?" he asked glaring at Recon.
He sniggered, "What's the problem Woods, it's hot?"
"Turn the fucking video off!" Mark was now walking towards him.
"No!" Recon continued to laugh at Mark as he marched towards the clubhouse but Recon ran after him still ribbing him about the videos.
" What was all that about?" I asked Ramsey.
"Nothing to worry your pretty little head about, now where were we?" Ramsey placed his hands on either side of my head and tilted it towards his so he could take my mouth again and at this point, I forgot about everything else around me.
Epilogue
Duke
"Stop pushing it, it's not fucking going in!" We'd been at it for the past hour and weren't any closer to constructing the swing.
"Fucking Chinese shit," Diesel threw one of the poles across the yard, it bounced and came to a standstill in front of a pushchair. Ink raised her brows and looked between the pole and Diesel.
He held up his hands, "Sorry babe I'm just bloody frustrated."
"You don't say," rolling her eyes she steered the buggy around the pole and towards the benches.
"Haha! You're in trouble!" I whispered.
"Fuck off!" he stated in response as we made our way over to the seating area.
"Buster, Cade see what you can do with that shit." I pointed to the mess we'd made in the corner of the yard. With the ever growing family of the Aces and the amount of children we had between us now, I'd thought it best to create an area where the kids could play. The guy's had already dug out the area and covered it with bark to make it child friendly but the play equipment had turned up today and although I was keen to construct it myself, I knew when to face defeat.
"Good afternoon," I glanced in the direction of the voice to see Ash and Lauren strolling through the yard pushing buggies. It also looked like they'd been shopping from the amount of bags I could see.
"I'm sure you just wanted a baby so that his buggy was a convenient place to hang shopping bags!"
"Ooh you're gonna be in trouble now!" Diesel sniggered.
Ash placed her hands on her hips, "Yeah I thought I'd put up with the sleepless nights, stretch marks and the constant smell of sick just so I didn't have to carry my bags!"
"Okay, okay touchy I was only joking babe," I strolled towards her with my cockiest grin, I knew she couldn't resist me when I was in playful mood. Grabbing her around the waist I pulled her closer to my body and bent down to nuzzle her neck. My cock immediately stood to attention and prodded her in the stomach.
"Duke get off!" She squealed.
"No!" I bit and nipped her neck playfully making her squirm in my arms.
"Duke I'm warning you," she chastised through fits of giggles.
"Oh I love it when you get all moody," I nipped her neck again.
Ash pulled back creating some space between us as my little man started to make noises bringing me into the here and now.
I turned towards the pushchair, "Oh were mummy and daddy having fun so you wanted to join in?" I leaned in and gently pulled Junior out along with his blanket. "And how's my precious boy?" I placed a kiss on his cheek and breathed in his scent. I loved his smell, it was of baby shampoo and talcum powder, it was my happy smell. Junior babbled away as he dribbled, I used his bib to mop up the mess as he was teething and I didn't fancy it decorating my clothes.
"Who wants a drink?" Silo asked placing a heavily loaded tray onto the table.
He'd proved himself to be a good addition to the club. Ramsey was patched at Christmas after being a prospect for just over a year. We named him Silo which was a play on words and incorporating his love for Arsenal. Being a yid there was no way I'd play homage to that club so we ruled out any direct connection but a Silo is an underground chamber in which guided missiles are kept ready for firing and he'd proved he was worthy of that name with the work he did in the Midlands. He was now a proud father and although Theo wasn't biologically his, no one would know any difference.
"Done it!"
"How the fuck did they manage that?" Diesel asked standing and making his way over to a proud looking Cade and Buster.
I glanced over to the play area to see a beautifully constructed swing and let out a loud sigh, "I'm obviously getting too old for this shit!"
"But that's what's great about this club Duke, young, old, damaged, fixed, educated, not, privilege, poor. Having all of those people together is what makes this club work and why it is so successful. Well that's what I think anyway." Lauren looked a little embarrassed from her outburst and the fact that she'd now gained everyone's attention.
But she was right, the combination of all our characteristics and
skills worked well, and with a new generation being born, I was feeling positive about the future.
CJ - Aces MC Series Book 6
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CJ
I didn't come here often, I didn't need to sit beside a grave to talk to him. Locke was with me all the time, in my thoughts in my memories. It had now been a couple of months since he was taken from us but it hadn't got any easier. He wasn't blood but I was the closest he had to family and our bond was strong and our connection ran deep.
We'd formed a friendship shortly after we met, I was attending an open event at the clubhouse. They'd invited local supporters and hang around's of the club to see who may have the attributes to be a prospect. I'd considered it for some time before I left the army as I knew that I would need a sense of belonging from somewhere.
"Oi you little fucker!" I heard someone yell in the distance. As I glanced from my newspaper, I noticed a young lad wearing a light grey tracksuit and baseball cap running towards me with a guy in his twenties taking chase. The guy chasing was a member of the Aces, highly visible because of the cut he was wearing. He was a big guy but had some speed on him and was making ground quickly.
As the young lad passed me I out stretched my legs and clipped his foot, it stopped his momentum and I watched as he stumbled before he crashed hard skidding across the ground. He eventually came to a standstill and groaned as he held his side.
The guy from the Aces brought back his leg and kicked the teenager hard in his stomach, he screamed in pain and tried to roll over and scramble to his feet but the bloke bent down and grabbed the material of his t-shirt around his neck, "Give me the fucking drugs back or the money."
"Okay okay, I've got the drugs," the bloke tightened his grip twisting the material around the lads neck. He scrambled in his pocket and brought out a large transparent bag, I could see the tiny wraps of white powder as the guy snatched it.
I heard a siren, "Fuck!" The man shouted looking at the bag in his hand.
"Throw it here mate," he glanced in my direction and narrowed his eyes before he threw it to me as he didn't have much of a choice.
I crossed my legs concealing the bag between my thighs and opened my newspaper distancing myself from the two men in front of me.
"Let him go now," the order came from the officer as he stepped onto the the pavement releasing his batten.
The man released the lads t-shirt and stood tall holding his arms out to his sides. "Good morning O'Neil, it's been a while how are you?"
"Don't talk to me you piece of shit. Spread your legs!" The officer stepped forward and patted him down, while the other officer searched his pockets. "Have you got anything on you that you shouldn't?"
"Nah man I'm clean," he allowed the police officers to search him seeming accustom to the routine.
"He's clean O'Neil," the officer rolled his eyes and seemed annoyed that they hadn't found anything on him.
"Stay there you're not free to go yet." He stated boldly.
Both officers then turned their attention to the lad getting up from the ground. "Do you have anything on you that you shouldn't?"
"No!" He held his arms out wide and was patted down by the younger officer.
"So what do we have here?" the young lad rolled his eyes as a clear bag was pulled from his pocket containing what looked to be weed.
"I am arresting you for possession of a class B drug. You do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence." The officer moved the lads arms behind his back and cuffed him before walking him over to the police car.
O'Neil turned to the bloke wearing the Aces patch, "I'll get you, just you wait I'll get you."
"Yeah good luck with that mate." The guy smiled and stood with his hands on his waist as the young lad was put into the back of the police car. He removed his hand and waved as the police car drove past. "Fucking mugs," he said aloud before turning towards me. "Cheers mate I owe you for that," he walked towards me and joined me on the bench.
"Not a problem," I uncrossed my legs to free the bag and handed it over to him.
"Thank you," he took it and stuffed it into his pocket. "I'm Locke and you are?"
"Caleb!"
He extended his hand for me to shake, "Well Caleb it's nice to meet you."
I remember that day as if it were yesterday, in fact that day pretty much cemented our friendship. He knew that he could trust me and that was the basis of his mentoring over the next year as he sponsored me into the club.
"Right it's that time we've been waiting for mate." I pulled my jacket sleeve up and glanced at my watch, "I leave in half an hour." I let out a sigh and instinctively took Locke's knife from the sheaf attached to my belt and twirled it in my hand.
"Everything is in place, a few of the guys are coming with me for support but ultimately it's my shout. I've told Duke I'm in charge although I'll report everything back to him." I sniggered, "You can imagine how that went down but fuck him, you were my mate not his." I let out a loud sigh, "The real reason I came here was to say that I promise you one thing Locke, I will get the revenge you sought even if it's the last thing I do."
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