MC: LaPonte

by L. Ann Marie

  "That was nice Danny." Zack says on my side. "Looks like Doc fixed you up."

  "Yeah." I smile. My kids come and find me. Ally wants me to pick her up. Zack takes Devan for me. "This is my only girl Ally. She's one of the twins." Tiny comes over with Alex on his shoulders. "That's her twin Alex." Alex signs 'you're big'. I tell him what Alex signed and he laughs. Darren climbs on a stool. Tiny asks him 'where's his brothers?' He signs 'with Little Ben and Jessie watching a movie. Ally and Alex left the room; I didn't want them to be out here alone.'

  "Good looking out for your family Little Brother." VP says and signs from the side of me. Darren makes us laugh, 'always'. He signs and throws us chin.

  "Fuckin kids. Little Badasses in training." Darren puts his hand out. VP digs out a buck and hands it to him. Tiny laughs his ass off.

  "You want to go watch the movie you're missing?" I sign and say.

  'You got them? I don't want to leave them unless you have them.' He signs.

  "I got them. Go watch your movie, you're missing it." He nods taking a step back to the kids room then turns back, 'I'd miss them more, that's why I watch.' Fuckin kids. I throw him chin.

  "Fuckin kids." VP says. Alex and Ally hold out their hands. He digs another buck for each of them. “Every fuckin one of them shakes us down.” He laughs.

  "You got some cool kids Danny." Jake says.

  "Thanks, I think so." My stomach growls. Ally jumps trying to reach VP. He laughs and takes her. I get Devan from Zack. "I need to find some food." I tell them. "Do you want me to take them back with the other kids?" They both say no. "I'll be in the kitchen." Zack and Jake follow. Sam's still working. "Anything left Sam?"

  "Have a seat Brothers, heard you earned a meal today. I got chicken parm and meatloaf. What will you have?" He smiles over at us.

  "I'll take meatloaf." I tell him. Jake and Zack take the same. I get a beer from the cooler, I hold it up, both nod so I bring three over. Sam sets us up and leaves us to eat. I put Devan on my lap; he plays with the napkin while I eat. "Thanks for your help today. I'm always surprised to see you. How did you end up here?"

  "We're on loan. Beau got word of what happened on the highway. The cops were being called away on bogus calls. When he heard about the outlaw bodies, he called Ben. It sounded like everything was in chaos. Jamie and Kevin loaned the three of us until you could get it straightened out. He offered more but Ben said he just needed a couple more guns. We got a guy that wanted to run with the chopper but Ben said the town was wired so he didn’t need eyes in the sky. He wasn’t wrong; you have the whole fuckin town wired. Cloud’s gonna be pissed he missed the fuckin shoot outs though." Jake says. I laugh holding my face. These guys love the action.

  "I can't believe that fuckin Barney guy. He's a fuckin cop." Zack throws in.

  "Yeah, used to be." I finish and push my plate away. Devan tries to pull himself up so I hold him standing.

  "You're feeling better, your face not hurting anymore?" Jake asks.

  "Doc fixed it up for now and my old lady gave me a pain pill." I smile. "They work."

  "For now?"

  "Doc says I need a graph, when they did the reconstruction the skin got stretched too far. When I laugh it rips it. The graph will cover it and fix the problem." At least I hope so. "I seem to laugh a lot." I tell them.

  "We've noticed." Jake says.

  Kate comes in. "I was looking for you two." She smiles bending down to kiss me and take Devan. "It's time for him to eat. I'm taking the kids up. They're wiped."

  "You need help?" I ask standing.

  "Stay, Nancy already has ours and Jessie going up. Let Ben know when he comes in." She kisses me again. "Good to see you again Jake and Zack."

  She's gone that quick. I sit back down. "She worked with Doc all fuckin day and still has energy to take seven kids." I smile shaking my head.

  "Fuck you have seven kids?" Zack says.

  I hold my face and laugh. "I have my son Rich; he's a satellite in Kuwait right now. Then Patches who's a Brother, he brought us the twins whose mother didn't want them back. Patches doesn't have a family so we became his. Then there are the three boys, Darren who's deaf, Victor and Aaron. Their mother died, she was from the shelter. Her husband is in jail forever. Then there's Devan. He's Kate and mine. Jessie is Ben's son. We do a collective parenting thing. Everyone helps us take care of the kids, we just seem to get more all the time." I laugh again.

  "Fuck and you both work full time. She's an amazing woman. You're a lucky guy." Zack says.

  "Yeah."

  "Do you want more of anything?" Sam asks.

  "Sorry for keeping you Sam." I look at Jake and Zack. They shake their heads, no. "We're good. Everything was perfect as usual Sam." I stand and clear my place. Jake and Zack follow. We put the plates in the dishwasher and the bottles in the recycle bin.

  "I'm here for a while longer. Half the Brothers are too keyed up to eat when they walk in. Breakfast is buffet tomorrow. There are too many people to do orders. I'll send a Prospect up with the kid’s food at eight thirty. I'll have food out starting at six for the Brothers heading out to patrol."

  "Thanks Sam, I'll let Kate know. Thanks for keeping us all fed Brother. I didn't see your daughter is she here?"

  "They went to Missy's parents in Maine; she's just getting over chicken pox. I didn't want to spread it through the Club." He says with a smile.

  "Thank Fuck Brother." I smile. The guys laugh.

  Walking out I notice everyone is quiet. I look around, Ben is walking to the bar. I stand and wait. He looks tired. He tells the Prospects to set up shots for everyone and bring them out. He turns to the room.

  "Four different outlaw clubs from three states lost a total of one hundred and forty two members today. They have another sixty three injured. Those members were dropped under their state sign on the highway. A wrecker slid their bikes off as it was driving away. Our towns stellar PD lost three officers. They have forty one injured. The Fire Department has twelve injured. They are our new best friends and want to join." The Brothers laugh. "They defended their stations with no experience. Remember to thank them. Our Brothers from up north had zero casualties and fourteen injured. Baxter's lost no one have no injuries. Zack and Jake were riding with Danny and VP, we owe them a great debt, buy them a drink if you see them." He pauses. "We had eight injured beyond stitches and bruises. We had one casualty. Our Brother Luke. He fought this morning to be put on a crew showing a presence at the highway. He was run down by an outlaw truck. The members in that truck didn't make it. It does nothing to take away our loss. Prospects will pass a glass while we remember our Brother." Prospects are every fuckin where handing shots. I think about my Brother. I slapped his back walking out, is the last thing I remember of him. He knew I cared. "Brothers, to Luke." He holds his glass up.

  "Luke." Everyone says drinking one for our lost Brother.

  He gives us a minute. "We have patrols until we know our town is safe. Coming up here tonight, I can tell you we're not there yet. I don't expect help from the PD, after watching them today, I can tell you we're better trained anyway. Our Brothers from up north are working through the night to clear our roads of vehicles and bikes. They will leave when that's done. We need to watch out for each other. No one leaves alone. We almost lost Tiny tonight. I'm not willing to lose another fuckin Brother. We take care of each other. Remember our injured. Remember Luke. Have a drink, go eat so Sam can put food away. Do whatever the fuck makes you happy tonight. Tomorrow patrols start again. Thank you Brothers."

  "I see why he's president." Jake says.

  "Yeah." I walk toward him. I wait until he's done talking to Duncan. "Pres, Jessie's with my boys. Come by when you want if you want him with you. He's fine where he is if you need some time." He man-hugs me surprising the fuck out of me.

  "Thanks for what you did today Danny. We couldn't have done it without your skills and tonight you saved one of my closest Brothers." I nod. "I'll leave Jessie. I need to clear my fuckin he
ad tonight."

  "Always all in Pres. In everything." I slap his back and turn around. Going back to Jake and Zack I have to move people to get close. "Zack, did you get your rooms ok?"

  "We're set thanks Danny. We'll meet you for breakfast." I throw him chin and climb the stairs to find my family. I have a smile on my face. My Beautiful K.

  Kate

  I finally get Devan down and get in the shower. Nancy stayed until the kids fell asleep. I'm so glad this day is done. Hitting the guard rail earlier replays in my mind. I was so scared. I never want to hear that scream again. Ally was terrified. I couldn't do anything but hold her hand. Alex held her other, which seemed to help until Jared got her out. She was looking for Danny. Jess was calm the whole freakin time. She has nerves of steel. I'm so proud of my sister/sister-in-law. Climbing out of the shower I smile. Now I know Steve was the Ducati guy from Natalie's rescue. I don't think I was supposed to know that. My family is safe and sound in our protected little area of the world thanks to the men on Security and I even helped in a small way bandaging people up to keep them going. It feels good.

  I hear the door open. Peaking around the door I smile bigger. I open the door with a towel wrapped around me. It's his turn to smile. "My Beautiful Kate." He walks to me giving me a hug. "I want to lose my clothes and take you to bed but I need a shower first and I need to check for cargo pants so I can go to work tomorrow." He says then kisses my neck sending chills down my back. I love the spark.

  "I'll check for the pants, you shower. What if there are none? Should I wash these?" I pull on his waist band.

  He laughs, "No baby you've done enough for today. They have clothes at the ready for security. You can call down to whoever is on the front. They'll deliver them up for me. Ask them to give a call at 5:45 too baby."

  I smile, amazed. "This is better than a freakin hotel!" I tell him, he laughs like it’s a joke.

  "That reminds me, Sam is sending food up at 8:30. There's a buffet if you can't wait but the Brothers on patrol have to get fed first." He looks like he thinks it might be a problem.

  "I brought granola bars in case of starvation issues with those under eight." I smile as I say it. He laughs holding his face. My poor man can't escape the pain from that bullet. Kissing my head he goes to shower. I look for his pants in the closet but only find jeans. I'm kind of excited I can call and order his clothes. The Prospect tells me he'll send them up right away. I do a little dance because it is freakin awesome, this service is better than a hotel. They anticipate and fill everything their Brothers may need and do it happily. I love them all. With a smile I sit and wait for a Prospect knowing that I'm a little off and I just don't care.

  Danny comes out in a towel. He stops when he sees me sitting in the chair. I admire the view with a smile, he's fuckin built. "I'm waiting for a Prospect with your clothes."

  "Not in that you're not." He sits. "I'll get my clothes when they get here."

  I nod noticing his gauze is dry. "Your gauze didn't get wet. That's an awesome piece of plastic you're sporting."

  He smiles. "Doc will have to re-bandage it for me but it works and helps when I smile or laugh." The Prospect knocks. Danny gets his clothes and hooks them on the hook behind the door. It's a whole freakin outfit t-shirt, socks and boxers in a bag and his bike patch hanging around the hanger.

  I laugh. "They have everything. How many patches do they have?"

  "They have a weeks’ worth of clothes for all of us. I didn't know they had patches for me too. This is awesome. You know, whenever I went back to Security they cheered when I walked in the door. They do it for all the Brothers. It was both weird and made me happy. No one ever cheered when I was in the club before and every day was like today."

  Fuck! That must have been awful for a freakin kid. "Now they know what to appreciate. It's not the money or the drugs, it the family."

  "Fuckin beautiful K. You always make it so fuckin simple to get. I love you." He hugs me tight.

  I slap his arm, "loosen up I can't breathe. Why don't you show me how much? Nancy showed me the lock to keep us from being walked in on." Leaving the bathroom light on and the door to the kids cracked I lock our door and meet him on the bed. "I'm so proud of you protecting us like you did today. I know how Jess feels when Steve goes to work. I don't know how to show you, so you tell me what you want and that's what you'll get." I straddle him and wait for an answer.

  He smiles so sweet. "Baby I just want to make love feeling your hands on me while I do. I need you reminding me I'm alive and my family is safe." He says it like he's craving it. My man, never asking for anything but needing to feel alive. I can do that. I nod and bend to kiss him sliding my hands down his arms locking my fingers with his. I pull his hands up and put my hands on his face. He moans in my mouth and flips me over. I giggle while he kisses down my neck. I keep my hands on him sliding down his stomach and around his back. Fuck he's got a hard body, I moan in appreciation.

  He takes my nipple in his mouth playing with the stud while I slide my hands up his shoulders into his hair. Pleasure is coursing through me to my pussy. I’m throbbing already; I lift my hips up trying to get relief. His mouth slides to the other. Fuck. “I wish I had your chain baby. I love seeing you make them feel good.” He growls and goes back. Fuck, I get a shiver up my spine. I’m clenching my teeth to keep from asking for more. I want this to be for him. I put my hand under my tit and skate it around the nipple holding his head to me with my other hand. I moan from deep in my chest. “Fuck I love to hear you enjoy it Beautiful K.” His hand slides down to my throbbing clit. Within twenty seconds I’m coming. I cry out his name. He sucks my nipple harder making me moan with need. Fuck he know just how to get me there. He lifts up on his knees putting his arm under my waist he stuffs a pillow under me and slides in moaning. He watches his dick pumping in and pulling out. “So fuckin sexy my beautiful K.” He says through labored breath. I play with my tits drawing his eyes up, he watches my hands moaning. I’m getting close and move my hips into him as he rolls his. His eye finds mine. It feels like he’s telling me how much he loves me in that look. I cry out his name as my body explodes, his body tenses as he pumps into me hard then he relaxes giving me that mental picture for my sexy file. He never takes his eye off me. Leaning down he kisses my lips straining to draw even breaths. “I love you my beautiful wife.” I feel tears in my eyes. I felt every bit of it.

  “I love you too my brave and handsome husband.” I croak out. He smiles pulling out. He gets up kissing my forehead, sliding into some shorts and gets a towel to clean me up. I love him always taking care of me. He must be exhausted. When he lays back down I burrow into him wondering how long I have before Devan is up. I fall asleep wondering.

  Chapter Thirty Eight

  Four days...

  I take Devan putting him against my shoulder to burp him. "Feels good to be home." I tell her. She makes me smile with her moan covering her head with a pillow, she's wiped. She spent yesterday helping get the old ladies and us out of the Clubhouse. I didn't make it back until the afternoon. Salvage has so many fuckin cars, trucks and bikes I had to climb over shit to find the Jess' suv. I got the box though. Ally and Alex will have pictures of their grandparents on their platform walls today. The box was the whole reason they were on the highway. The twin’s grandparent’s neighbor kept a box of things for them to remember them. I leave Kate to sleep taking Devan with me to make some coffee. The Brothers will be here this morning. Tiny will get here early, he always does.

  I put Devan in his seat and get the coffee going. I make some cereal for my boy wondering how this fuckin powder stuff that tastes like paper is supposed to be good for him. I put a spoon of applesauce in to mask the paper taste. I get a cup of coffee and sit down to feed my boy his cereal. Tiny knocks and walks in. Fuckin Brother I wonder if he's got a camera in my fuckin house trained on the coffee maker.

  "Brother." He says pulling a cup and filling it.

  "Tiny. Do you smell the fuckin coffee?"


  He fuckin laughs. "Nah, I know you’re up early. Nancy sleeps in as long as she can. Fuckin coffee maker doesn't work for me."

  I laugh scaring Devan and getting cereal on his cheek. Fuck, I scoop it with the spoon leaving a trail of cereal across his cheek to his mouth. "You have K cups. You put one in and it makes the fuckin cup the same every time."

  He takes the spoon from me and cleans Devan's face. "Fuck Brother, you gotta give him a smaller spoonful, that's why he spits half of it out." He takes over the feeding so I pour another cup.

  I stand at the counter watching. "You know, if you had your own kid you wouldn't have to drive to feed him." I watch his body freeze. "Why won't you give Nancy the baby she wants? It's pretty obviously you want one too."

  "I'd make a lousy father; I can't be around kids all the time." He says shoulders slumping.

  "What the fuck are you talking about? You’re with fuckin kids every day. You can change them, feed them show them love and find things to keep them happy just spending time with them." I don't leave the counter. I think if he looks at me he won't keep talking.

  "I can't do that all the time. I don't know nothing about raising kids. I'd fuck them up." He’s feeding Devan as he says this.

  I sit beside him. "Brother, you’re telling me this while you’re feeding my fuckin baby and giving me pointers before seven on a Saturday morning. You'll help make breakfast and get the kids fed. Then you'll help get the finishing touches on their rooms all while thinking about what's going to put a smile on their faces. You are a damn good father to my kids. If you weren't, I wouldn't unlock the fuckin door every day before you get here. I'd leave your fuckin sorry ass on the other side lookin in. Nothing is guaranteed Brother. Kids make you happy. You know more shit from Oprah, Dr Phil and every other fuckin advice show that's out there. You'd make a great father. You know you want it, make it happen. Make you and Nancy happy for as long as you fuckin can. There's no fuckin way you can screw up a kid that bad. Your Brothers would step right the fuck in and straighten your ass out. You know it because you've done it." He finally looks at me; I can see the fear in his eyes. He comes from bad like the rest of us. I hope he can find it in himself to believe he can do it.