by J. N. Pack
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Wit: Hey
King: What’s up?
Wit: She’s in a bad place and I wouldn’t be telling you this if I wasn’t terrified she’s going to get hurt.
King: What?
Wit: She’s fighting tomorrow
King: The fuck if she is!
Chapter 14
W hen Saturday rolls around I walk back to the school to get Matt’s car. I spend the majority of the day lounging around trying to relax. At six I get a text.
Mighty Max: 9 pm?
Fallon: I’ll be there!
Mighty Max: Fuck yeah!
I pull on a pair of tight spandex type shorts and a sports bra. I pull on a pair of ripped jeans over the shorts and a tee shirt. That shows all of my belly and the neck was cut out. I slip on my rainbow flip flops that aunt Miri bought me. I grab my bag, keys and phone. My hair is down in long curls down my back. I’ve got a hair tie on my wrist. No makeup, what’s the point.
It’s eight thirty when I arrive at the Yards. First thing I notice is the pink car in the parking lot. So she still showed.
When I get inside she doesn’t crowd me. I meet Max at the ring side. Max grins, “Let’s do this.” We walk over to Zeus. He grins, “Welcome back!”
I smile. I can feel the change in the atmosphere and glance back to where Wit is standing surrounded by King’s crew. He’s watching me, but it doesn’t look like he’s going to interfere. I turn my attention back to Max and Zeus. When they finish talking I start taking my outer layer of clothes off. I toss them at Max grinning as I make my way to the ring. He’s not running me down like last time. I smirk when I’m in the ring and he’s just standing there watching. At least until they announce that my opponent forfeited. No one else would agree to fight me. What the fuck?!?! Then I look at King smirking at me. I smirk back as I whisper in Max’s ear. He looks at me nervously and shakes his head. I whisper, “Do it!”
King is watching me curiously.
Max announces, “Since Harper is determined to fight tonight and we don’t have any females willing to fight tonight, we need volunteer male opponents.”
I watch as King stands and the color drains from his face. Wit looks scared shitless. The guys start towards the ring, but not before a bulky guy climbs in the ring. Max looks from him to me and King is snatching on the gate trying to break the lock yelling. Liam and the other guys are beside him. The bell rings and the guy dives for me. I side step him kicking him in the back of the calf sending him to his knees where I then roundhouse kick him across the chin. When he falls to the mat I straddle him punching him wildly. Needing the pain in my hands. He startles me flipping me to my back and straddling me. I panic. I start shoving, hitting anything to get him off of me. HE swings connecting with my eyebrow. I go still and when he gets up thinking I was down, I climb to my feet. I roundhouse kick him again. When he hits the mat I start kicking and when he waves his hands in defeat I continue until someone grabs me from behind. My body is shaking all over.
“Shhh, its ok.” he whispered.
“Pl...lease let me go.” I beg.
“Ok as long as you’re done here.” King says.
I nod. When he lets me go I look at him and he looks like he saw a ghost. Liam watches me leave the ring, pointing to my eyebrow. I reach up and my hand comes away with blood. Liam pulls his shirt off and tosses it to me. I wipe my head with it and then put pressure on it. King keeps his eye on me the whole time. When Liam’s match is over I pull my clothes on over the top of my shorts and sports bra and disappear out the door after Max gives me my $1500. I’m sitting in the car dabbing my eyebrow when someone climbs in the passenger seat startling me. King sits back in the seat leaning his head against the headrest staring out the windshield.
“What the fuck were you thinking Fallon?” he asks taking deep breathes to calm himself.
I shrug.
“You had a concussion the weekend before last. That one hit could have ended you.” he continued.
“It didn’t though.” I smirk.
He looks at me dead serious and says, “That’s not funny.”
I stare into his eyes as he looks at me like he’d trying to tell me something with his eyes.
“I need a drink. Get out so I can get out of here.” I say quickly.
He laughs and says, “Funny! Let’s go!”
“You’re not going with me!” I growl.
He pulls his seatbelt on and says, “Watch me!”
I growl, but start the car up and pull out the parking lot headed in the direction of Mighty Max’s house. His phone dings and he groans as he quickly responds.
“Girlfriend problems?” I say quietly.
He groans, but doesn’t respond.
When we get to Max’s we get out and walk inside. Wit finds me and seems nervous so I take her hand and pull her towards the drinks, “Let’s get wasted!” She grins and I pour us each a shot of crown and then a second for myself.
“Fix me one of those fancy drinks you like.” I say.
She grins and says, “What’s your poison?”
“Whatever gets me drunk fast!” I say.
Finn walks over and says, “You guys wanna play a game with us?”
I giggle, “Like what? Strip poker?”
He laughs and says, “Yeah...no! Like quarters.”
I look at Wit and she grins, “Let’s do it!” I’ve noticed the way her and Liam keep glancing at each other. King hasn’t taken his eyes off me all night. We make our way over to them and of course I get sandwiched between Liam and King. Wit is between Liam and Slate. Serena is between Slate and Finn. Finn starts us out. Liam says, “Rules are you miss you drink. You make it you chose who drinks. Got it?”
Everyone nods.
Finn bounces the quarter and misses. He takes a shot.
King shoots his quarter, making it and looks at me, “Drink Princess.”
I throw the shot back like a pro. It’s my turn and of course I miss it. Another shot down. Wit is grinning at me.
Liam shoots his quarter making it and announces, “Drink up Wit!” She grins throwing the shot back.
Wit shoots looking back at Liam when she makes it. “OOO Liam!” He grins at her and takes the shot.
Slate takes his shot of course making it, he looks from Serena to me and finally says, “Rena! Drink it up!”
She slugs him, but throws the shot back. Serena takes her shot and makes it. “Drink up Fresh meat!”
I eye her, but I take the shot. We go around a couple more times and I end up having more shots than everyone else. Wit’s now sitting on Liam’s lap and they are ten seconds away from screwing. I’m leaning on King and his arm is slung over my shoulder. Serena sneers, “You screwing the trash now?”
King looks at her like he could strangle her.
I slur, “Nope...Not screwing the trash.” I lean away from King and stand to walk away, “Besides he’s with your buddy.”
King grips my hips and pulls me back down on his laps.
Wit says, “Why don’t you tell them the truth Fallon?”
Everyone's eyes land on me. I look at Wit as if she betrayed me.
“Truth about what?” King says.
I’m on his lap doing my best to avoid his eyes.
Wit continues, “Tell them why you’re fighting. Tell them why you were avoiding everyone. Especially King. Tell him what you told me!”
Frustrated, I tried to move again. King grips my hips and pulls me back to his lap, “Why were you avoiding us?”
I’m completely plastered so of course I get diarrhea of the mouth, “I’ve competed my entire life, for everything. I’m not competing for you too.” I glance back at King and quickly turn away when I feel his eyes on me. “I… I fight because it’s what I know how to do to make money quickly. I fight because it helps me to clear my head. I want compete with her.” I stare at the ground. Everyone is quiet. Liam speaks first, “What’s the money for?”
I look at him and say, �
�You guys want me gone and I’ve got to have money to leave.”
His eyes widened.
King takes my chin and turns my face up to his, “Look at me.” I look up. “There’s no competition. I’ve never dated Payton. We screwed around before I met you and I used her to try and get back at you because I was angry. That was only what you saw. Nothing more. There is no competition.” He lifts my chin and his soft lips connect with mine. Long, hard and demanding. It took my breath away.
Wit grins at Liam and they start making out again. Finn and Slate disappear from the table. Serena storms off when King started kissing me.
He pulls back and whispers, “Let’s get out of here.” I nod as he carefully pushes the hair back from my face. He helps me stand and takes my hand. He looks at Liam and says, “We’re out of here.”
Liam says, “You guys wanna come back to the house? You guys can have the basement.” He looks at Wit grinning and says, “I’ll be kind of busy.”
King looks at me and I shrug. “I think I’m going to take Fallon home tonight.” he says. Liam and King bump fist as we make our way out. Wit hugs me and says, “Trust him, he’s not a bad guy.” I look up to him and he smiles at me. I turn back to Wit and nod.
Chapter 15
K ing is so polite. HE opens the door to Uncle Matt’s car and helps me in, also buckling me seatbelt for me. He walks around to the driver's side and gets in. After buckling he drives me home. HE grips my hand as if he’s afraid I’ll bolt if he let’s go. When he pulls in the drive he helps me out and up the stairs. Once in my room he asks, “Shower?” and I nod. He goes in the restroom and starts running the water. I sit on the bed to pull my jeans off so I don’t fall.
“Where’s your panties and sleep shit?” he asks.
I giggle and point to my dresser. He digs until he finds a pair of super short pink sleep shorts. He digs a little deeper and pulls out a black tank top. He holds them up for my inspection, “Good enough?”
I nod and in the bathroom I take off the rest of my clothes. I eyeball him as he slowly takes his clothes off piece by piece. He’s down to his boxers and my pussy clenches in anticipation. He smirks and drops them to the floor. I suck in a breath at the sight of his fully erect dick. He takes my hand and pulls me in the shower. He grabs the soap and is lathering a rag up. He leans forward and says, “I’m not gonna fuck you tonight, but I am going to make you cum.” He starts washing my body. He’s behind me and I can feel him rubbing the rag all over my body. When his hand with the rag slowly trails down my stomach towards Graceland, chill bumps break out all over my body. My head leans back on his shoulder as his hand gently slides over the apex of my thighs. I moan in anticipation. I close my eyes as he drops the rag and it's now just his hand. One arm he wraps around me and the rests it on my stomach flat against my belly. The other slips between my legs gently spreading them a bit further. I’m on edge, so close. When he grazes his hand lightly across it I feel like I’m going to completely come undone. My breath starts coming in short breathy pants. I whimper for more when he slides one finger inside while using his thumb to make small circles on my clit. I can feel my orgasm building. He whispers, “You like that Fallon?” His voice is so low and husky I almost cum right then. I whimper completely lost in the moment. I am nearly at the place I’m desperate to reach. “King.” I moan. He whispers in my ear, “I’m Maverick to you.” His finger rubbing my clit picks up speed and everything goes fuzzy around the edges as my body trembles through the start of my orgasm. My body quakes against him as I rock out the rest of my orgasm. When my body finally quits trembling, my legs are like jelly. I turn in his arms desperate to see his face. I’m startled by what I see. He has a huge grin on his face. He truly looks happy. He leans forward and kisses me. It’s deep and I can feel the meaning behind it. I can feel his feelings deep in my soul. Leaning to my ear he whispers, “Mine!” I lean back and in a shaky voice I whisper, “Mine!” He smiles wide and nods.
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When we lay in my bed that night seemed so surreal. Why would Maverick King want me? Why would he lay claim on me? I try not to focus on it too much. I am happy, but I’m afraid another pair of shoes is going to drop. I’m fidgeting around trying to get comfortable with my head on his arm, when he rolls over and throws his leg across mine and wraps his arm around me pulling me tight against his body. His face is at the back of my neck and he groggily whispers, “Sleep Princess. I’ll still be here in the morning.” It’s like that was what my mind was waiting just needed to hear those words and feel his touch because I immediately slipped into a peaceful sleep.
The next morning before I even open my eyes my phone starts to ring. One after the other. I groan and King says, “I can throw it.” I grin and say.” Better not. Might be Matt and Miri.” He lays it on my chest and I go through my messages.
Mighty Max: You good?
Wit: OMG!
Wit: Wake up! I need to tell you about my night.
Finn: Good night? Great night?
Miriam: I’ve tried to call you a dozen times. Call me back.
Miriam: Please call me and let me know you’re ok.
Matt: Fallon?
Miriam: CALL ME NOW!
Wit: Somethings wrong, Miri called my mom and she’s freaking the fuck out.
King’s phone starts ringing and he ignores it the first two times. Dread fills my body and I nudge him. “You might want to answer that.” I toss my phone to him and he looks over messages then grabs his phone, “Fuck I’ve got 16 missed calls from Matt and 10 from my parents. This can’t be good.” He hits call on his phone and puts it on speaker phone.
“Dad.” King says.
“Thank God! We need to find Matt and Miriam’s niece now son!” his Dad says frantically. Maverick cut’s his eyes to me confused and says, “What’s going on?”
“I can’t go into that right now. She just needs to be found. She needs to call Matt and needs to be brought here.” he says.
I begin to panic. Maverick says, “She’s with me Dad, she's fine.”
Jonathan says, “Thank fuck! Call Matt and get her here son! Now! AS soon as possible.”
I grab my phone and dial Matt as he ends the call with his Dad.
“Jesus Christ, you scared us!” Matt says.
“I’m sorry my phone got switched to silent by accident,” I say.
“I need you to get some clothes and go to Jonathan and Lucy’s. This is important, Fallon.” Matt says.
“What’s going on Uncle Matt?” I ask. Maverick is already throwing clothes in a bag. His jeans are on but unbuttoned and zipped.
“Your mom…. She…. that crazy bitch…” he tries to say.
“What’s going on?” I ask, shaking from my head to my toes.
“Miranda was in debt to a client up to her eyeballs. No way could she ever pay him back… On the night she hit those kids she was running from him…. She traded to clear her debt.” he says.
Maverick’s eyes widen and panic is starting to restrict my breathing as I ask, “Traded what?”
“You honey, she traded you!” he says.
Chapter 16
I drop the phone as horror creeps into my bones. I can hear Uncle Matt calling my name, but the panic is too real.
“Matt.” Maverick says.
“Maverick, what are you doing with Fallon? Never mind. Can she hear me?” Uncle Matt asks.
Maverick says, “Yeah, but she’s freaking’ out.”
“Fallon, sweetie, we are going to keep you safe. I’m glad you were with Maverick because I know you’re not alone and he’ll help you…” he sighs into the phone. “Get her to your house as fast as possible. Keep our girl safe till we get home.”
Maverick says, “Yes sir, we are headed there now.”
Uncle Matt says, “Call me if anything happens or anything feels weird.”
Maverick says, “Ok.” before hanging up.
He’s at my side in the blink of an eye. He lifts my face so I’m looking at him. �
�She sold me…. My mom.”
“I know this sucks, but we have to get out of here. I have to get you somewhere safe.” he whispers.
He throws my clothes on the bed and grabs my toothbrush from the bathroom. When he comes out he’s on the phone, “Yea Dad I’m not bringing her there. I’m carrying her somewhere safe.” Maverick says.
“Here is safe son.” his Dad says.
Maverick sounds a bit panicked himself, “I know Dad, but it's too close to her house.”
“Where?” his Dad asks.
“It’s better if you don’t know. Just let us know when it’s safe.” Maverick says.
“Ok son. Okay.” his Dad says. “Love you son.”
“Love you too Dad.” Maverick says hanging up the phone.
I’m dressed and he grips my hand and pulls me out the door. We are down the stairs and climbing in his Tahoe in the blink of an eye. My bags are thrown in the back.
Somewhat paranoid we may be followed Maverick takes about a thousand side roads keeping a close eye in the rear view mirror. Finally we are driving down a semi familiar road.
“Liam’s?” I ask.
He nods, “Safest place around here.”
When we pull up Hunter is galloping around the yard chasing a butterfly. It’s quite a sight. He’s so tall and clumsy. Maverick calls someone on his phone, “Put Hunter up!”
A minute later Liam is standing on his front stoop, “Hunter, bed!” Hunter slams on brakes and makes a uturn returning to his kennel, where he sat watching us. As we approach him Liam asks, “What’s up?”
Maverick nods and says, “I’ll tell you inside.”
