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"When do you think she'll wake up?"

I jolt up from my sleep hearing an unfamiliar voice beside me.

"Hold your horses girl! We ain't shooting you!"

Sharon laughs as I rubbed my sleepy eyes seeing her and a younger girl standing beside the bed I'm on.

"What time is it?" I ask trying to find my phone quickly realizing where I was.

"It's almost 1 in the afternoon, damn girl! I didn't know you knock out for so long after getting a couple shots in you"

"Where the hell is my damn phone?!"

I shout to myself while rummaging through the drawers in the room.

"Oh you mean the black and rose gold iPhone Grim is keeping in his back pocket downstairs?"

My head snapped up realizing my phone was all black with a rose gold case.

"Who the fuck is Grim?"

"Isn't he your boyfriend?"

"I don't do boyfriends. Where's the grim guy?"

I ask getting irritated from being away from my phone, the only object keeping me sane.

"He's downstairs with the rest of the men at the bar"

Making sure I had everything I owned on me, I rushed past Sharon and the girl heading straight for the bar downstairs.

Walking towards the bar where a group of biker men were sitting around talking and laughing with a bunch of half naked women, I walked directly up to the person wearing a leather jacket with large letters on it spelling out 'Grim Reaper'.

"Give me my phone jackass!"

All eyes turned to me with curiosity and others with shocked expressions. The person I slapped on the back of the head turned around revealing Luca's pissed off face.

"Give me my phone!"

He looked me up and down before going back to drinking beer with a slim red headed girl with large tits leaning against him on the bar stool. Rolling my eyes, I tried to slap him again only for him to grab my hand midway.

"You want your phone? Grab it"

He turned around on the stool to stand up in front of me as I realized my phone was in his hand. I tried grabbing it only to remember he was literally more than a foot taller and before I could even try to do anything else to grab my phone he pulled the front of his pants open and dropped it in.

"Grab it sleeping beauty"

He winked at me as I remembered the many times he did this before when we were younger just so I wouldn't text guys on my phone. But that's not happening anytime soon, I'm not the little scared girl he knew how to tease and make me cry easily when we were younger.

"Goddamn it!"

He shouts after I quickly grabbed his half empty bottle beer behind him making sure to hit him on the back of the head. I watched as he leaned down to rub his head as I pulled his pants down to grab my phone that fell out afterwards.

Before he could say anything else, I dashed out of the building hearing the men in the club laughing at what just happened in front of them.

Wiping my phone with the sleeve of my jacket, I opened it seeing all the missed calls and text messages pop up. Knowing how nosy Luca is, I made sure my phone password wasn't anything he could think of and the notifications on the Lock Screen never showed the messages I got until the phone was unlocked.

"Where are you?"

"I need a ride, I'm at the park a block down from the new strip joint I work at"

"I'll be there in 5"

Hanging up the phone, I looked over at the small playground in the middle of the park I was currently at. The children running around with their parents made my heart ache at the memory of what I could've had.

"You're back again Miss Thompson?"

Forcing myself to smile, the nurse figured out how awkward it was for me to be back in the clinic I was just at the month before.

"It's okay, I'll take care of everything again"

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"You okay?"

Walking out of the abortion clinic, I threw away the prescription papers and chugged down 2

Doxycycline pills.

"Hasn't even been a whole 24 hours and your already trying to get high after your operation"

I rolled my eyes and put my flask back into my jacket pocket before getting into the car that belonged to the 1 out of the 2 people I trusted. I've already mentioned before that Sophia, the strip club Dj was one.

The person I'm referring to now, is the tall pale skinned man driving me away from the abortion clinic I've been to more times than I've been on my period, but then again that's literally the main reason I go there in the first place.

"You wanna get some Jack in the box? I know eating your favorite food will cheer you up, well eating in general does it I guess"

I snorted while laying back on the passenger seat of his car.

Darius Baker.

I don't know why out of all people on this fucking earth, god decided to pick the nerd from my high school to become the only man I trusted these last 5 years.

Not only was he the nerd from high school, he was also one of the boys that tried to ask me out back then but of course was threatened by my step brothers to stay ten feet away from me or they'll skin him alive.

How did we become close? Let's save that sob story for later.

"Can I get a number 12 but switch the soda out for a large iced mocha coffee. And the number 12 with a large sprite"

As we waited in the drive thru for our food, Darius being Darius, decided it would be a good opportunity to talk about the thing I dreaded talking to him about.

"When are you going to tell that jackass that you've been getting rid of his demon seeds for the past year or so?"

I groaned while closing my eyes as I felt Darius hand slide into mine. I opened my eyes while realizing how different Darius looked now compared to how he was in high school.

Yes it may seem cliche like every fucking romance movie I know, but Darius really was a short pimple face lanky guy with glasses and a curly blob of hair on top of his slim face back then.

And now it was like he was transformed into a fully grown man like captain America was in the beginning of his movie.

Even though Darius still wore glasses, his height changed drastically, his skin was clear, his face was more defined now showing a sharp jawline, and just to add the cherry on top his whole body standing at a good 6 feet and 5 inches grew out in the best way especially when he would go skinny dipping with me a few times before. His 6 pack was to die for and his muscular arms squeezed the hell out of all the flannels he still wore since high school.

"I don't wanna talk about it"

He was about to say something only to stop when he noticed we were already at the window with the woman waiting with our food.

"You ready to go?"

My thoughts cleared as I turned to see Darius standing behind me with his hands in the front of his jean pockets, a habit I noticed he did when he was nervous.

"I'm hungry let's go"

After grabbing our usual food order from Jack in the box drive thru, Darius parked his car at the parking lot looking over the large beach sand filled with half naked people.

"So what's this about you leaving the club early last night?"

I sipped my coffee trying to ignore the conversation he was trying to start.

"Sophia mentioned that you just so happened to bump into an old friend outside of the club. Is there something you're trying to tell me because last time I checked, you were at the strip club with your car and now you call me in the afternoon today to pick you up a block away from your job where your car was supposed to be parked at"

"I just didn't wanna waste my gas"

"I drove past the alley behind the strip club, your car wasn't there"

I groaned before putting my coffee cup down.

"I had a fling last night at the club after I left my car at my hotel room, is that such a bad thing?"

I lied trying to get him to change the subject only to have him put his hand in mine, another habit I knew he tried to use to get me to say what's on my mind.

"You know you can tell me anything. I just wanna be there for you like I've been for the last few years. You mean a lot to me and I don't want what happened to you the night I found you after graduation to happen again"

I nod while looking down at how he was rubbing my small hand with his large fingers.

"And for the hundredth time can you stop with the random flings, I don't want you dying from STDs or something jeez" He adds on with a disgusted look as I burst into laughter.

"Come on, don't tell me you don't have the urge to have sex randomly. Especially now that we're both older and you being this smart hunk of a man. You must have chicks dying to be a stress reliever for you whenever you want?" I ask while laughing as I realized his face was turning red.

"Wait! Don't tell me. Are you- your not- are you a-"

I couldn't even finish my question before realizing Darius red face and innocent eyes not meeting mien confirmed my knowledge of not knowing he was a virgin.

"So............"

"Do you wanna lose your v card tonight? I'm gonna be working the pole tonight and let me tell you, there are some bad bitches that can make sure you have the time of your life for your first time over there"

I smirk as he laughs before shaking his head shyly.

"Thanks for the offer but I'm actually saving it for my future wife. I don't know if I want to save it till marriage or just when I meet the right girl and I know deep inside that she's going to be the one for me"

I nodded with a shrug before patting his back.

"Good for you, you search for your one and only" I reply while putting up a thumbs up as he lets out a nervous laugh.

"Okay now take me to my hotel room, I gotta change since I've been wearing this shit since last night ew"

Darius starts the car as I throw out our trash to the trash can near the car before sitting back in the car to relax my body.

As we neared the hotel complex, the first thing my eyes noticed were all the motorcycles lined up in the parking lot of the hotel.

"Shit" I muttered while lowering myself in my seat to ignore the person I knew was going to be in front of my hotel room.

"What's up with all the bikers here?" Darius asks curiously looking around while parking his car as I looked forward spotting the large green eyed monster I already knew was waiting for me.

"Do you want me to drive off?"

"No, I need my bag and my car before we leave"

Rolling my eyes, I opened the door noticing Darius was following me. It wasn't until I got to the front door of my hotel room that my jerk of a step brother stood in front of me now with his eyes on the man behind me.

"Is this the jackass that was texting and calling your phone all night and morning?" Luca asks while having a glaring contest with Darius.

"Move. I need to get something from my hotel room"

"No need. I moved all your stuff inside my room at the club. Let's go"

Before he could grab me to try to drag me once again towards his bike, I slapped him.

"Don't fucking touch me! Goddamnit! Luca just leave me the fuck alone,I don't wanna be anywhere near you! I don't even wanna look at you! Just fuck off and go back to your lovely life as some drunk biker with the uncle you loved to stay with for the past 5 years!"

Luca stared me down with a clenched jaw and fist the whole time I was yelling before turning to Darius who I didn't even notice had his arm around my waist.

It wasn't even a whole second after I finished yelling before Luca threw a surprise punch at Darius and some of the biker men dragged him off.

"What the fuck?!"

Before I could even finish shouting Luca threw me over his shoulder once again dragging me away from my hotel.

"Now that your friend is coming back to my place, you gotta come back with me. Your car will be taken there by someone else, let's go"

It didn't take long for us to get to the biker bar before I ran inside to see what they were going to do with Darius. Only to find him unconscious on one of the couches by the walls inside the bar.

"Darius, wake up"

I say quickly moving his body seeing him wake up disgruntled and confused before shooting up quickly looking behind me only to pull me into his embrace.

"Come"

"Get off me!"

I slap Luca's arm quickly off my arm when he tried to pull me away from Darius.

"Come on Darius, let's go"

Trying to pull Darius up with his arm over my shoulder, I walked him towards the front door only to have two large biker men blocked the doorway.

"If you don't wanna get kicked in the balls, I'd suggest you both get the fuck out of my way"

"You're not going anywhere if you want pretty boy next to you, alive"

I turned around seeing Luca and the rest of the biker club men gathered around with pistols, rifles, and knives pointed in Darius direction.

"Are you fucking serious right now. What are we 16? Why the fuck is your overprotective ass always pissed at every guy around me?"

"If you agree to stay here, I'll let him stay alive since he somehow means something to you. If you turn me down, I'll have him dead before you can get out the door"

"It's fine bunny-"

Right when the word bunny came out of Darius mouth a loud gun shot noise ran through the whole bar, it took me awhile to realize it was Luca's pistol that shot a bullet right into Darius left leg after he fell out of my arms.

"What the fuck?!"

"Just say yes Goddamn it! That's all I ask for, I don't know why the fuck you keep making me repeat myself-"

"Fine! Just get something I can fucking fix his gunshot wound with!"

As soon as I finished shouting, all the men in the club put their weapons down and one of them threw a first aid kit at me. I skillfully got the bullet out and used everything I already knew how to do to fix a bullet wound.

"Is there a place for him to rest? He's gonna need a place to lay down since he's going to be limping for a while"

"There's a empty room up the stairs across from mine, I'll help put him up there"

I looked up seeing two tall well built and tatted men around the same age as me already beginning to lift up Darius unconscious body.

"Jez-"

I didn't let Luca finish saying my name behind me before I turned around quickly pulling out the pistol from his hand only to shoot his tatted right arm that was reaching out to me.

"Shoot him again, and I won't miss shooting your baby maker like I did just now" I reply before tossing his pistol back at him now while he was being held up by two of his biker friends as he held his arm in pain.

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