Hold Up

Chapter 7

It took six hours with a break when we used the bathroom, had lunch, and moved around a bit to get the blood circulating again.

When Renee and Phil showed up with food the outline was done and I couldn't help but notice that Renee looked freshly showered and had a glow upon her that only comes from really great sex and it explained her showered look. Phil looked like...well like Phil from Bella and Edward's wedding. He's dressed in casual clothes and is wearing a hat backward which shows how much younger he is than Renee.

Renee finally showed me her tattoo and it was a rainbow heart that showed me her love and support.  I grab her hand with my free one and I gave it a squeeze loving that she would get a tattoo like that.

Max finished with a client and came over to chat and to see the progress of my tattoo just as Taylor started doing the shading on my arm.

I wasn't in too much pain during the tattoo and I don't know if it was because I'm personally used to the pain of getting a tattoo, or if it was Bella's threshold for pain which I knew was pretty high with all her accidents and clumsiness.

When Taylor finished I finally got to look at the tattoo with Taylor next to me and my mouth dropped seeing how colorful and alive-looking the woman on my arm is. My god she looks so beautiful and so unearthly. Turning my arm and body looking this way and that way her eyes hold such fierce emotions depicting everything I had told Taylor and they follow each movement I make. I don't know how she did it but I love it and I can't contain my smile. "Taylor, this is so different from the drawing. How..." I say turning to her and she was watching me the entire time.

"You're welcome, Bella." Is her only reply blushing deeply then she turns and starts to clean up her station.

"Oh my God, Bella turn, so I can get a better look at it." Max says getting my attention from still watching his sister and I turn and show him.

"Whoa! Taylor I love the detail, it's so life-like and it turned out better than you're drawing." He says complimenting her and he takes my arm and make me twist it and raise my arm to look at the vines that wrap around down to my wrist leaving plenty of open space to finish the arm if I wanted to.

"Great placement too. The vines leave plenty of space for you to add to it if you were thinking of a full sleeve." He says to me. I smirk because he took the words out of my head.

"Yeah, expect me to always come to see your sister for all my future tattoos." I tell him and he looks at Taylor who still has her back to us.

"I'll be at the counter when you're done and ready for me to ring you up." I nod and he leaves but not before taking a good look at his sister again, but she doesn't turn to him and he shakes his head looks at me with a smirk then leaves.

"How long do I need to have it wrapped?" I ask curiously because Bella wouldn't know.

"A full day, you can take it off after twenty-four hours, and clean it with mild soap." She says showing me the soap and she moves her head and gestures to me to sit. I nod and go sit back down and she wets my arm and then starts washing gently it hurts like I knew it would, but it also feels good at the same time. She rinses the soap off and the cool water feels good.

"This next part is important: make sure you use a paper towel, never use a bath towel, because one you'll get the towel dirty, and two lint will get on your skin irritating it and possibly causing infection if it stays under the wrap. So, just blot it dry like this, or since you'll be home you can just air dry it for thirty minutes." She shows me and I see the residue ink on the paper towel and she folds it and goes over it more. She repeats the process over and over again until my whole arm is dry.