Southern Steel - Titan

3. Titan

The door to my hospital room opened and in walked Wilder, Trigger, and Pops.

"Did you find her?" I asked

"Yea we found hellcat." Pops stated with a grin.

"Hellcat?!"

"Yea. Apparently she drives a Dodge Hellcat so that's what Ken over there named her." Pops said chuckling. Many of the guys called Wilder Ken saying he looked like a fucking Ken doll. They weren't wrong.

"You're not calling her Hellcat!" I said as I narrowed my eyes on him.

"Sorry Prez. You gotta see this car. It's insane! The name is already official." Wilder, the dumbass with a death wish said.

Knowing it was a losing battle with him I switched gears wanting to know how it went. "Did she eat?"

"Yep, we all had lunch together. I'm pretty sure she has a tapeworm. Or she just took Wilder's onion rings to prove she could." Pops shrugged.

"So she'll be back tomorrow before I get discharged?"

I was not thrilled earlier when a different nurse came waltzing in here to check me over. She looked scared to death when I demanded to know where Ari was. I kind of felt bad...kinda, and changed gears. I sent the guys on a mission to make sure we won Ari back over so she would come back. I knew when she bolted out of here and a new nurse took over she was avoiding us. I shouldn't have kissed her hand, but I couldn't help myself. When she was so close and looking at me with those big blue eyes, I had zero control.

"Sorry she said she is on a different floor tomorrow and wishes you the best." Wilder almost looked scared to tell me.

Wishes me the best, I scoffed! Glad she thinks we're done here because little does she know we're just beginning!

"Any leads on the fucker who hit us?"

"Code is working on it but we caught a lead on the gas station camera that we stopped up prior to the wreck. Says he got a partial plate off a similar looking truck shortly after the accident." Trigger said.

Two weeks later, I'm standing outside the hospital doors when Ari walks out and looks at me with shock written all over her face.

"Ariella."

"Mr. An....Titan." She noticed my scowl and caught herself. "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to see you again, and somehow I kept missing you before I got discharged. Today is the first day I felt well enough to ride again."

"I'm sorry. I was extremely busy while you were here. I'm glad to see you're doing better." She tries to move around me.

"I'd like to take you out one night as a thank you, and to get to know you better."

"That's not necessary. I was just doing what I was trained to do, and I don't want your girlfriend or wife to be upset."

"I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about since I don't have a girlfriend or wife."

"The angry women in your hospital room would beg to differ I would guess."

Then it hits me. "That was my sister, Eden. She wasn't angry. She just saw me kiss your hand and thought I was giving you a hard time. She didn't know you're not just some nurse or who you are to me."

"Who am I to you?"

"I'm not quite sure yet. But I am sure you're someone I want to get to know. Someone special that was able to soothe me with your touch and make me want to keep living just so I could keep looking into your eyes."

She looked shocked by my words. Hell, I was shocked too. I didn't do dates or sweet words. I did the occasional one night stand or casual hookup. My world was consumed by my club. Growing up I had 2 concerns, my little sister Eden and the club. Now that Eden is grown, everything I have gets focused on my brothers and making sure the club was thriving.

For whatever reason when I was lying on the ground and I heard the sweetest voice calming me and I opened my eyes to see the most gorgeous woman I have ever met, I knew that instant I needed her.

I'm known for being rough around the edges and harsh. When she is near me something inside me calms. I've only ever known girls who were weak, dramatic and whiny like the club whores, which is why I've never messed with them, or girls who are cold and selfish. One second around Ari and strength and warmth radiate off of her. She was caring and comforting and at the same time took charge and in control. Maybe that is why I need her because she can handle and calm some of the fury inside me with her soothing soul ,and I know she is strong enough to handle all that I am.

"Ok."

"Ok?"

"Yes. When?"

"I'll pick you up tonight at 7. Wear something appropriate for being on the back of my new bike. Let me see your phone."

She handed me her phone, and I dialed myself from her number.

"Text me your address and save my number. See you at 7." I stepped forward and softly put my hand on the back of her neck and kissed her cheek. I heard her soft sigh as I moved back to get on my bike and head out.