Biker Love

Five

I told dad and mom about Jacob coming over and that I patched him up. Mom was being the caring mother and worried about me being alone in a house with a boy and dad asked the usual question of "did he try anything" bullshit and honestly, I expected Jacob to bring up the roses but he never mentioned them.
It had been two weeks since then and the roses had long died but when I found six more on the door step before going to school, I couldn't help my heart skip a beat.
I look over at Jacobs house as he was leaving on his bike and he actually smiled at me as he seen the roses in my hand before slipping his helmet on and leaving.
That was all the confirmation I needed. It was definitely him.
I quickly put them in a vase before rushing to school.
Jacob and I never talked during school unless it was harsh comments but I was used to that now. I actually looked forward to it.
'So, are you going to camp?' Dakota asks as we take a seat.
'I reckon, you?'
'Only if you go' she laughs. I roll my eyes but smile at her.
The whole senior year was going on a camping trip for some kind of survival thing and I wasn't even sure I wanted to go honestly. Camping just wasn't for me. I couldn't not have a shower every day, I just couldn't.
'So I was thinking this weekend, we can have girls night, hair, nails and movies with lots of junk food' Dakota didn't have a good family life. Her mom was awesome but her dad wasn't and she hated to be alone on weekends with him, they didn't get along and her mom worked all weekend so she usually stayed with me, and mom and dad didn't care.
'Love the idea' I was excited actually. 'You can do my hair in plaits and I can do a braid in yours' I smile.
'Yes' her eyes light up and her smile broadens.
'Shopping this afternoon? Buy new pajamas and all that stuff, I'll get Neikyler to come'
'Yes, I am so keen'
I laugh at her excitement and through out the day we plan our weekend.
It was Thursday so it was only tomorrow we had to wait for.
After school, I rang dad since mom was working. He said it was fine and when we got to my house, Neikyler was more than happy to help us shop.
She was a nice big sister some of the time.
'Can I join your girls night?' She asks.
'If you promise to be nice the whole time' I say.
'I can't promise but I will try' she smiles.
We all get new pajamas, nail polishes, face masks, tiny hair ties for my hair and then we went and got a heap of junk food and soda.
I was sure mom and dad was going to stay with grandma and grandpa for a club thing anyway so we'd have the place to ourselves.
I could hardly sleep because I was so excited but I did and we made it through the whole school day before running home. We didn't actually run but it was close to it.
Neikyler was really excited too. 'We have to wait for mom and dad to leave first' Neikyler says.
'Duh, or dad will join us' I joke knowing he could hear me.
'We have time to paint my nails' he says coming into the living room.
'What colour' I ask laying them out.
'Well, I like that blue' it was a sparkly blue.
I narrow my eyes, wondering if he seriously wanted me to paint them or not.
'Are you serious?' I ask. He nods and places his hands out.
I shrug and I start to paint his nails.
'Um, honey, what the fuck are you doing?' Mom asks coming in to see me painting dads nails.
'Having some girl time with my girls' he replies
'OK but you know my brothers will give you shit about them'
'They will understand when they have daughters.'
'I think Claudia's having a girl' mom says. My aunt is pregnant which I am excited for.
'Me too, she's not round enough for a boy' I say.
'How do you know this stuff young lady?' Mom asks, hands on hips.
'I read things ' I shrug 'boys look like basketball's up your shirt and girls look more awkward'
'Awkward?' Mom asks.
'Yes, don't you think she looks awkward? Like a misshaped pillow or something?'
Mom laughs at me 'I'll check it out tonight'
When mom and dad leave, we bring my mattress and blankets down stairs to camp out in the living room. Neikyler complained there wasn't enough room so we moved the sofa a bit and brought her mattress down too.
We made the beds and poured all the junk food into the middle and put the bottles of soda there too.
'No one touches my hair' Neikyler makes clear.
'We know' I roll my eyes.
'Ill start Indi's hair and you get the movies sorted' Dakota suggests.
A knock sounds at the door and butterflies hit. 'Me, me, me, I'll get it' I jump up and race to the door.
As suspected, Jacob is there. 'Hi' I smile a little.
'I seen your parents left' he says.
'They're gone for the weekend' I tell him.
He nods. 'Who is it?' Neikyler asks.
'Want to come in? Its just Dakota and my sister here' I ask.
He thinks for a minute and finally 'For a little bit I guess'
I open the door and he walks in 'You got yourselves set up' he laughs.
'Its a girls night but you looked like you wanted to hang out so we will make an exception'
We all get comfy and Neikyler puts a movie on. Dakota starts my hair and I close my eyes in contentment.
I loved my hair being played with. I could go to sleep to it.
'What are you doing to her hair?' Jacob asks Dakota.
'Making heaps of tiny plaits so when she takes them out tomorrow they will be curly as fuck and look wicked' she replies.
'Doesn't that get boring?'
'Takes like three hours to do with breaks throughout' I smile at the conversation between the two.
'Neikyler, get off your phone, we're bonding and having fun' I tell her.
She sticks her tongue out at me and stuffs more chips in her gob.
'Can I try?' Jacob asks. I feel Dakota freeze and even I tense.
'You want to plait her hair? Do you know how?' She asks.
'Ive been watching you do it, seems easy enough'
'OK, you start on that side of her hair, don't make them too thick either' Dakota tells him.
I watch my sister watch Jacob with amazement as he plaits my hair. She flickers her eyes to me and nods in approval. Honestly, I liked Jacob and it scared me.
Id never been in love before and it scared me to think my first love could be the family enemy. It scared me that he might just think of me as a friend and it scared me that I don't know what to do.
'Ill come do your nails' Neikyler says. 'What colour?'
I look at them all 'The darkish purple' I say.
'Holy shit, the bad ass biker can plait' Dakota laughs.
'Yeah well I wont be so bad ass if any of you mention me being here tonight' I laugh at him.
I felt so relaxed right now, Jacob and Dakota doing my hair, Neikyler doing my nails. It was bliss and the sound of Ten Things I Hate About You playing in the background.
'You keep going, my fingers are numb and I need to pee' Dakota announces. She gets up and Jacob moves to sit behind me.
'I could go to sleep right now' I say.
'You do and I'm putting nail Polish in your eye brows' Neikyler tells me.
I laugh at her threat 'all that is missing is a back massage' I hint.
No takers, they all just scoff at me, knowing I was hinting.
When we're finally done with my hair in just under two hours with Jacobs help, I do Dakotas hair and then her nails before Dakota does Neikyler's nails.
We couldn't really talk about boys with Jacob there but we found gossip to talk about.
We forgot about the face masks but we had fun, barely watched any of the movies and even though Jacob said he was only going to stay for a little while, I know he was there still at two in the morning when I fell asleep to him playing with my plaits.
He was there still when I woke up at six needing the toilet. He had his arm resting on my hip.
I managed to get out of bed and climb over him without waking him. He was still there when I got back and as soon as I laid back down, his arm circled my waist and pulled me into him.
He was still there at eight when I randomly woke up and checked the time but he was gone at twelve when I finally had enough sleep.
Dakota was awake and on her phone but my sister was still fast asleep. She would sleep all day if I let her.
'Hey' she smiles at me.
'Morning' I groan.
'What time did Jacob leave?' She asks me.
I shrug 'He was still here at eight when I woke up to check the time'
'I didn't expect him to stay that long and definitely didn't expect him to plait your hair' Dakota says.
'Me either, it was a girls night, I thought he would have stayed an hour tops' I agree.
'He totally digs you' she smiles.
I smile back at her 'Is it wrong that I like him?'
'No' Dakota shakes her head 'You can't help who you fall in love with'
'I never said that word'
'Dude, the guy plaited your hair, he played with your hair so you'd sleep, he watched you sleep, he cuddled you to sleep and he gave you roses and replaced the dead ones' she points out.
'You will fall in love' my sister sleepily says before rolling over to face us. 'And he will treat you like a queen because that's what kings do'
'You think he's a king?' I ask.
'Yes, he has that power to him, I've heard shit about him, people listen to him' Neikyler explains.
I nod and think about it all. I do like him and he makes my heart skip but could we really be together?
I don't see him as the settling down type and that terrifies me.