Nomad's Baby

Young Love

Whisper did know.

They were a fledgling chapter that were initially a group of nomad's brought in on a temporary job. Once the job was done they were all supposed to go their separate ways but they didn't.

Maybe Whisper was having second thoughts about the whole thing.

Being here in Amber falls this backward small place with the blue haired old ladies and kids eating lollipops on the street. He felt like he was in a movie he didn't belong in.

Stretched his legs out under the table, Whisper turned his head to the window.

"Is something else bothering you?" Skorpio asked.

"Yes," he admitted. "I need to take a ride for a bit."

"What?" Skorpios face twisted in a blink. His features were naturally dark, so even a hint of anger could easily terrorize a stranger. "We got the Phoenix run coming up."

"I know. I'll be there." Whisper made it a point to meet his eyes.

Skorpio took a seat at the head of the table. The heavy chair creaked under his weight. Carved wooden skulls arched the chair behind his head.

"Getting this chapter going is a process. There's a lot of work to do but Amber Falls belongs to us. This is our place." He punctuated the words by stabbing his knife into the table. The hard thump barely shook it.

In the next few minutes they stared each other down.

It wasn't the first time.

"You want to stay a Nomad?" Skorpio asked finally. "Because I've been feeling this moment coming for months."

Whisper kept his face expressionless. "I said I need to take a ride, that's all."

"A lot of the time 'taking a ride' just means running away. Trust me I know."

Whisper squinted instead of rolling his eyes. "Proper protocol is me asking permission right?"

It was a running joke among the guys about how they could never see eye to eye. Whisper respected Skorpio but he'd never been the type to take orders well.

"Us being here means we're here." His president stabbed his finger into the table next to the knife. "It means we're committed to building this chapter. I need strong men that want to be here."

Whisper sighed through his nose at the speech. It was hard but he had to stay quiet.

"Go early." Skorpio sat back in the chair, visibly pissed. " Check in with Bleed so we know you're still breathing and that you'll be in Arizona."

The chair squealed against the floor as Whisper pushed back from it to stand.

"One last thing." The words stopped Whisper after three steps. "When you come back from the run you better have figured out what you want. In or out. There's no in between."

**

"You know we're always gonna be together?" he asked.

"No and if's or buts right?"

"Hell no."

The feel of his arm around her neck as she leaned into him in the backseat of the car made her feel so safe.

Firecrackers were lighting up the sky and they could see it all from the back of the convertible. They were in the middle of the desert and the world stretched into forever.

Sera's smile widened tucked into her boyfriend's arm.

"Best seat in the house right?" Joel said before swigging some beer with his free hand.