“I’m not staying at your house. I’ll be fine on my own.” Carly argued, again.
The last two days at the hospital had been relaxing. We talked, laughed, and really got to know each other. I told her about my time in the Army, she told me stories about growing up at Haven. We told each other the most basic stuff, like favorite color, foods, cars, bikes, sports even. My girl liked football. I asked why and she said without pause that nothing beat a butt in those uniform pants. She even laughed at me when I growled.
At night I laid down with her and she curled into me as if we’d being sleeping like that for years. I’d slept too and felt rested and more energized than I had even before going into the military.
Carly smiled when the guys showed up with truck. She’d even joked with Coast about riding her bike. She’d been so agreeable the last two days that I’d wondered if I’d lost my feisty girl. Then after an hour in the truck, she was back, I couldn’t hold in the grin. This side of my woman had me shifting a little in the driver’s seat. Being a gentleman and giving her the time to heal could possibly kill me.
“Are you even listening to me, Crusher? You’re going home and I am staying at my place. There is no need for you to stay with me. And why the fuck are you grinning?”
Oh yeah, I may have to stop at the next exit and take care of my problem, I reached down and pulled at the crotch of my jeans, anything to give my swelling dick more room.
“Oh my God, do you have a hard-on? Put that sucker away. How can you even think of that when I am yelling at you?” I glanced over and she was staring at my crotch, which didn’t help one bit because the bastard liked her eyes on him even if it was behind the jeans.
“You don’t need to be alone, it would be easier for me if you stayed at my house so I could work at the shop without having to drive to Black Hawk, but I will do it for you. Do you need to stop? Are you hurting or do you want something to drink, baby?”
“Stop being so nice, where is the grouchy man who barks orders at me? At least then I could have a decent argument and not feel like I am talking to myself.”
“Come here.” I laid my one arm over the back of the seat so she could scoot in the middle and with the Escalade’s bench seat she’d be able to prop her leg up on the seat. She looked at my arm then back to my crotch.
“I’m not getting anywhere close to that, it might break free and I will be trapped.”
“You didn’t complain when he was tucked in behind your ass in the hospital. You got more on now than you did there. He was riding your crack since the hospital gown had no back and you weren’t wearing any panties, which brings me to ask why since I brought your saddlebags in the room with your extra clothes.”
“I told you I didn’t wash them at Wild Bill’s house, the ones in there were dirty.” I looked over at her again and grinned.
“Stop it, there is nothing funny.” She crossed her arms over her chest and turned her face to look out the window.
We rode for a while in the quiet until Speed rode up beside the truck and signaled they wanted to stop. I nodded and he dropped backed.
“Good, we are stopping, I need to use the restroom.”
“I would have stopped at any time, all you had to do was tell me, instead of pouting.”
“I’m not pouting.”
“Yes, you are.”
“No, I’m not.”
I burst out laughing and she turned toward me. I glanced over at her while I pulled to a stop at the bottom of the exit.
“You, baby, make a terrible patient.” Her lips twitched and her eyes shined.
“No, I’m not.” And she couldn’t hold it any longer and laughed too. The honk of a horn had me look in the rearview mirror at the others with their hands held up in the ‘what the fuck’ sign. I rolled down the window, turned toward the gas station, and flipped them off all at the same time. I couldn’t remember the last time I had this much fun on a road trip. The only thing I regretted was the circumstances that placed us there.
I pulled to the front of the place so Carly didn’t have far to walk and parked. I watched her as she walked into the store.
“Fuckin’ A. Another one is down,” Coast said standing by my window.
“I think so, man,” I said, then turned to look at him when Carly was out of sight.
“She’s doing good considering it’s only been three days. She’ll make a good ol’ lady for a president, brother.” Coast was always on duty, his eyes scanning the parking lot as he talked.
“Yeah, just got to get her to believe.” The door to the store opened and Carly and Speed walked out, laughing at something. The passenger door opened and Carly was preparing to use the step to lift herself in when Speed grabbed her waist and hoisted he up as if she weighed nothing.
“You have to stop doing that. I can get in on my own.” She glared at Speed and he glared back.
“I don’t have to do shit, you on the hand need to let people help you. And why didn’t you get out, Crusher, and help her in?”
“‘Cause I knew you would do it, and why should I get the backlash when I could put that on you.” Carly looked between us and buckled her seatbelt.
“Both of you are asses.” Speed closed the door chuckling.
“I’m not sure I like having a sister. Glad she is your problem.”
“Oh please, you are enamored by my greatness.” Speed looked at her and just shook his head, then he reached in the window and rubbed the top of her head.
“Sure, little sis, keep believing that.” I watched as she flipped him off as Speed walked away. Watching the two made me wonder how much would have been different around Black Hawk if those two had grown up together.
“And stop calling me that!” Carly stuck her head out the window and yelled across the parking lot. Speed’s reply was to flip her off.
“Dude, the clubhouse is never going to be the same,” Coast said and, not waiting for a reply, turned toward his bike. Once they were mounted and ready to go, we pulled back on the road for the last leg of the trip.
“Why are we heading to Sami’s old house? I haven’t moved all my stuff there yet,” Carly said as I pulled in the drive. Speed pulled in behind me. Coast had headed back to Black Hawk instead of following to the house.
“The club moved you in and Sami oversaw it. They got your stuff in, put away, and I imagine the ol’ ladies have stocked the refrigerated full with stuff. Probably won’t have to cook for a month.” I got out and walked around as she pushed her door open. I helped her out and when I set her on her feet the door opened and Ally ran out with Sami behind her.
“Aunt Carly, you are my daddy’s sister!”
“Ally cat! Yes, I am.” I caught Ally just before she was going to launch herself at Carly who stood with her arms open to catch her.
“Baby, you can’t do that. Walking is it. No carrying anything that will put extra weigh on your leg.” I hoisted Ally on my shoulders and she laughed.
“Ally, didn’t we have a talk about being watchful around Aunt Carly till she’s healed?” Sami spoke while she and Carly hugged.
“Yep, and I was watching around her and I didn’t see nothin’. Momma, I needs a sister like Daddy.” Speed chuckled and lifted Ally from my shoulders to place her on his. He didn’t catch the look on Sami’s face after Ally spoke but I did.
“Your momma meant watching so you don’t do anything to Aunt Carly because of her leg. No diving on her.” Speed patted Ally’s leg.
“Come on, let’s get you inside, you’re probably tired.” Sami stuck her arm through Carly’s and led her into the house.
“Sami is going to help get her settled and then we are going to head to the house. The trip wore on her, she looks tired.” Speed looked back at the house.
“Yeah, last hour was hard on her. She was fidgety so I figure sitting in the car has that leg pretty painful right now but she never said a word.”
“Did you tell her?” I smiled at Speed.
“Tell what, Daddy?” Ally leaned over Speed’s head to look at him in the upside down position and he grabbed her shoulder and flipped her to the ground. She laughed and took off to the house.
“No, she’ll figure it out soon enough.” Speed smiled and shook his head.
“You know she is going to go off on you, right?” I nodded.
“Yeah, I like it.” Speed groaned and Sami and Ally walked out the front door.
“Aunt Carly is in bed. Momma said she needs sleep to gets better before my party. I’m having a cooksout, you comin’?”
“I’ll be there, Spider. What do you want for your birthday?” I asked.
“I wants a bike.”
“You have a bike, Ally,” Sami answered.
“Nots a bike with pedals. A bike like Daddy’s.” Sami popped Speed on the shoulder and Speed looked down at Ally.
“Baby, we talked about this. Momma said you’re too small for one. Maybe for your sixth birthday. Okay?”
“Alright, but I’m gonna have to tells Uncle Reed, ‘cause I told him I wanted one.” The heavy breath she let out as if saying ‘what a chore’ was too cute. Speed’s groan said this had been a discussion before.
“I will kill him if he buys one,” Sami said and Ally, who had her men wrapped around her finger, always took up for us.
“Buts I would be sad, Momma, if you killed Uncle Reed. He loves me.” Her lips came out in a pout, and she looked up at her mom and her eyes looked as if she were going to cry. This club was so doomed.
“Fine, Uncle Reed lives another day. Let’s go home and let Uncle Crusher and Aunt Carly get settled.” Sami grabbed Ally’s hand after telling me bye and Speed that she would get Ally buckled in.
“Call if you need anything and we will cover you at the shop, take as much time as you need to take care of her. If she needs to get out, bring her to the house to visit. Don’t forget Sue is next door. Rooting for you, brother, and good luck.” Speed gave me a man hug and chuckled. “You could do what I did, give her a deadline.”
“I could, but she will come to me on her own.” He slapped my back and headed to Sami’s car across the street. I watched them pull away and then I pushed Carly’s bike into the small garage before going into the house. Speed and Coast had switched out at the gas station so Coast could take mine to the house.
I checked on Carly and she was sound asleep. She’d already kicked the blankets off, I learned that was her thing at the hospital. We’d start out under them and then I would wake up cold and the blankets would be piled at the bottom of the bed. She was slightly pale but her face was relaxed in sleep and her blond hair was spread out across the pillow.
She was going to be mad when she woke and found me here. But she’d get over it. I looked at her tank top and shorts she wore and wondered if she had put on any panties. I knew for a fact the panties she had in her saddlebags were clean because I had looked in the bag when I brought them into the hospital room. My baby had been horny even dealing with pain, she’d thought I’d been asleep when she backed her ass into me and wiggled until I was flush up against her. But I would never do anything that would put her at risk. I was here to take care of her, I could wait to make her mine.
I put away the stuff from the saddlebags and headed to the shower, she’d sleep for a bit if she had taken the painkillers the doctor subscribed.