One Kiss - Mayans MC

Part 26

Sliding onto a chair next to Angel "So you got shot huh?, how's that going?" I say trying not to cry

"Worried about me huh?" he says chuckling "its okay, it's not the first time I've been shot"

"Yeah well with a mouth like yours, I'm not surprised" I reply

"Well it's nice to know you haven't lost your sense of humour" he says laughing

Gilly hands Angel and I a beer "I've gotta do that thing" he says "but it was good to see you Cami" hugging me as he walks around the bar, grabbing a couple of cookies "Thanks for the cookies"

"So, how are you going?" Angel says as he reaches for the cookies

"I'm okay" I reply shrugging before I can say anything else the clubhouse door opens and Coco walks in

"Cami?" he says confused to see me sitting there

"Uh hey, I made cookies" pointing to the cookies "and I should get going" I say getting off the chair hugging Angel "Glad you didn't die" I tell him

Walking over to Coco I throw my arms around him "Thanks" I say hurrying out of the clubhouse and back to my car.

Arriving home I take my next dose of painkillers and slide under my covers, a dreamless sleep encasing me.

I hear a knocking noise, sitting up it takes me a few seconds to shake the groggy feeling from the painkillers and realise that it's my front door sliding out of bed I tiptoe down the hallway and l look through my peephole, I see Coco standing there

"Hey" I say confused opening the door

"Hey" he replies "You're cookies lasted like two seconds so I thought I would bring your container back"

"Uhhh thanks, Come in" I reply stepping out of the doorway and inviting him in

"Do you want a beer?" I ask

"Sure " he says walking into my living room handing me the container

Heading into my kitchen I grab two beers out of the fridge and throw the container on the bench, heading back into the lounge room I see Coco studying my photos on my bookshelf

Handing him a beer I sit down on my couch taking a swing

"How long were you and the mercenary together for?" he asks softly

"huh?" I ask confused "Oh, Nestor yeah no, we are just friends" I reply taking another swing of my beer

Turning around he sits on the couch opposite me studying me "Does he know that?" he says taking a swing of his beer

"What makes you say that?" I say picking the label on my bottle

"I don't have any friends that would react the way he did when he found out you had been taken" he says pausing "I thought he was going to kill Angel"

"What?" I ask looking up shocked

"Yeah, after you had been taken Angel managed to call Bishop telling him, we all arrived not long after, Galindo's guys were already there and well" he says trailing off "he was taking his anger out on Angel"

"Sonofabitch" I mutter

"Our relationship is complicated" I say sighing "I'm sorry"

"Want to talk about it?" he asks

Laughing "Seriously?" I ask

Shrugging "I'm a good listener" he says taking a sip of his beer watching me

"We met six years ago, in a club, he was there with Miguel and I was with Em, that's how they met" I say taking a deep breath in "We formed a friendship, Em and Miguel were inseparable after that night and somewhere along the way I fell in love"

Continuing "He then joined the Army, and we spent the next few months emailing while he was deployed, we had a plan for when he got back" I say wishfully "We were going to live by the beach, I was going to write a book, I was so ridiculously in love with him and we had never even kissed" laughing I take a swing of my beer

"What happened?" Coco asks softly

"I didn't hear from him for six weeks, and for those six weeks all I had was fear in my heart, I read every news report, searched constantly for injured or dead soldiers, it consumed me" I reply pausing "My parents died when I was a teenager and I him being there and not knowing filled me with the same anxiety I felt about my parents"

"I'm sorry" he says

Shrugging I continue "then one day there's an email from him, barely an apology no explanation, nothing and I realised I was 22 with my whole life in front of me and I didn't want to live in fear"

"When he came home, he took a job with Miguel, and didn't tell me, and when I found out, it crushed me, it was like he didn't feel the same anymore"

"We've spent the last few years drifting apart and back together, everytime shit gets too real I bail, the Nestor I know isn't the man that everyone else sees" I say shrugging lost in thought

"You can't fight fate" he says "he's your truth and maybe you needed all of this shit to happen to realise"

"That's very philosophical of you" I say laughing

Shrugging Coco puts his beer on the table "Don't let all the bullshit noise cloud your mind" standing up "I should probably get going" he says

"Thanks Coco, you're right you are a pretty good listener" I say standing and hugging him

"Oh yeah, before I go, I have something of yours" he says reaching into his kutte, pulling out my gun he hands it to me "I didn't think you would want Galindo to get this"

Taking it I turn it over in my hands "Thanks" I say softly

"Night Cami" he says walking to the door

"Night" I reply locking the door behind him