The beast and the tamer

Chapter 4

Deans pov:
She wants to make me lunch. She's gonna come back. Holy shit. She didn't show any fear or discomfort around me and actually offered to do something that would require her so see me again. No one has ever wanted to even look in my direction even before the military hardened me, but that wasn't out of fear.

I watch her walk out the door with a smile on my lips. This women.

"Hey man, you done checking out the babe." My brother says, breaking me out of my thoughts. "Shut the fuck up" I respond. "Jeez, I'm kidding," he says "come sit." He waves me over to the circle of couches that him and Zach are sitting at. My brother and the prez are the only two who aren't scared of me, at least not all the time. Except her.

I take a seat on the far side of the couch. Nick is staring at me with a look of confusion and curiosity "spit it out." I say. " who was the chick," he asks "why did she walk up to you?". "Her names Ava, she was tired of people trying to talk to her-i don't think this is her scene-so she came and asked if she could stand by me because no one seemed to be getting close to me." I explain, slightly amused. " she wasn't scared of you? Damn ,she must be something else." He says.

Before I can reply, Zach does. "She's obviously something else," he says with a look I can't quite explain. Is that fear. " did you see her earlier with that creep?She looked like she didn't care at all, like she was completely unbothered by him. But as soon as he said something about her friend, her entire demeanor changed. It was like something else took over, something inhuman. It was almost demonic. I'm only telling you this because you're my friends, I was terrified."
Holy fuck. Zach is the prez of the sons of honor so he has seen some shit including me. He's expressed before that he is scared of me whenever I let loose, but he has never described anything like this.

I mean I know what he means I also felt scared of her in that moment but not like this. He seems petrified of her. It's kinda understandable, I'm known as the most terrifying member of the sons of honor so maybe that's why I'm not that scared but still. The prez isn't a wuss. So for him to be talking like this. It's insane.

"No I understand what you mean" nick says. "You two have seen a lot more than me so when I saw her, I physically felt myself start shaking." He says with a slight tremor in his voice. Wow. My brother is usually very confident in his self so this is kinda starting to freak me out.
I take a sip of my whiskey that was brought a minute ago. " well, just a heads up she's gonna be here tomorrow at noon." I say a little too nonchalantly for what we just talked about. Both their heads wip in my direction "WHAT!" They yell In unison. Jesus. They're paler than ghost. It's kinda funny.
"She insisted on bringing me lunch cause she felt bad about falling asleep in my shoulder" I say with a smile. Big mistake. "Dude, are you blushing?" Nick asks with a look of pure shock. Okay I can't blame him, I never show any interest in anyone. "No you ass wipe" I totally am but we aren't gonna talk about that.

" of course you like the demonic angel, she's probably the only person scarier than you." He says with sarcasm lacing his tone. " how tf is she scarier than me?" I question with genuine curiosity. " because you look intimidating so people are automatically scared or wary of you," Zach says. " shes beautiful and gives off a sweet and angelic vibe but as soon as you piss her off, she could make demons bow at her feet." Damn. Nice metaphor.
He could be a poet.

He does have a point though. Whatever my head's starting to hurt. " I'm gonna head home." I say downing the rest of my whiskey and standing from the couch. "Yeah me too." Zach says. " how about you Nick" I ask even though I already knowing the answer. "Nah, I got plans" he says with a smug smile. Called it.
Nicks got "plans" at least twice a week. "Just don't bring them home today I'd like to get some decent sleep tonight" I say as I walk away. I hear him chuckle behind me.

I get outside to my motorcycle and get on. Prez said I could drive since I only had 1 whiskey the whole night. I turn the key and feel it roar to like underneath me. Damn I love that feeling. I pull out of the bar and head for home.

...

I reach home and pull into the driveway. I park my bike and head inside. Me and my brother live together In the house our grandparents left for us.
I'm not hungry or anything so I head straight to my bathroom, shower, and change. I head into my room and collapse on my bed. God im tired. My mind wonders and I find myself thinking of Ava. She's so beautiful yet so kind. It's been a while since I've seen someone like that. And I'll get to see her again tomorrow. Wow. I'm actually excited. That's new.

I wonder what she's doing now. I wonder if she's thinking of me now the way I'm thinking of her. Probably not. I'm probably just another charity case to her but I don't care. I just...I just want the chance to talk to her again. To see her again.

The way she looked at me. I can't get it out of my mind. No judgement or fear, just genuine kindness. I need to be careful not to get used to or crave that look.
Especially from her.