A Big No-No ( Mature 18+)

Chapter 3

Mea's POV 

I try to control the insane beating of my heart as we pull up in front of the Demon Reaper's clubhouse and Tink and Tawny quickly jump out of the truck. Taking a deep breath I open the door and hop down and straight into the arms of Pops who had already greeted Tawny and passed her along to her mother.

"We missed you girly! You should have come home more!"

"I know pops but if I did then I would not be finished already, I would be there another 2 years."

"I know but still feels like I haven't seen you in forever."

"Missed you too Pops!" I said choking up a little as I hugged his wide frame, before he set me down and sent me to Momma K.

After greeting Momma K we were passed around the group, receiving hugs and welcome backs from those that were essentially extended family, right around the half circle until I got to Z. Damn I had hoped he would have been on one of his typical road trips and we could have avoided this.

I needed this awkward moment to suddenly not be awkward or it would cause suspicion, so I gingerly stepped up to Z and put my arms around his broad shoulders in a gesture that we had done a thousand times before when he acted like my big brother but ever since the night of my 16th birthday we both knew that wasn't the case. Damn had he always been this broad? As I felt his arms slip around my waist I bit my tongue to avoid letting out the moan from the sensations his touch involuntarily made me feel. Christ, had he always felt this good? I could feel the electric current flow from just his slightest touch as his arms grazed my waist, my hair standing up on end and I knew I needed to get away or this was going to be a problem, a big problem.

So I quickly released him and stepped back give him a vague smile, like those I would give a stranger I had no connection with. But that wasn't true I could admit that to myself, he was the one person who I had the deepest connection with after all he was there for me on the worst day of my life.

---------FLASH BACK--------

Tawny and I had been out to a party, I was turning 18 soon and we were both more than ready to head off to University. I think my parents were more than ready to have me go at this point too, my behaviour after Z left me that night was, to put it mildly...outrageous. I don't think that "out of control" was an adequate description and I know my parents were at their wits end, Pops was the only one that seemed to understand that there was something under my skin that I was "running from but couldn't get rid of" but he also let me know I could only go so far before he reined me in for my own sake and that of my parent's sanity.

It was that night as we came home to find police vehicles in my driveway with Pops and Momma K in the yard waiting for us, the rest of the MC spread out on the road and lawn, heads bowed as they saw me. I could see the look in their eye and it wasn't one I was familiar with or had seen before but I knew it wasn't good so I headed directly to Pops and Momma K to find out what was going on.

"Momma K? Pops? What's going on?"

Pops strode towards me and taking me in his arms he broke the news that would shatter my entire world. My parents had been in a car accident and both were killed instantly leaving me an orphan. At first I was sure I hadn't heard him right, I could have sworn he said that my parents had both died, and looking up at him to see the denial on his face of what he had said I could see the sadness, heartbreak and pity all in his eyes. I wanted to scream, I was sure I had but perhaps it was in my head that I heard the screams echo in denial of losing my parents. It was a good thing for Pops' arms as what he had told me finally hit home and the sole realization that I was alone in the world hit home,  I collapsed my legs unable to hold me up any longer.