Daughter Of an Outlaw

Chapter 3

Braelyn

We just pulled up outside the venue and as promised I called mama as soon as we passed the city limits, so she wouldn't worry her head off about me. Kate parks her jeep and we get out of the car two hours until show time and we are meeting her uncle by the back door.

I see a familiar face by the back door as we approach, I look at Kate "that's your uncle?" 

She grins at me "yeah" 

I give her a look "Seriously? Oh my god how in the hell did I not see that coming?" the twins are looking between us confused because they don't know the story yet.

Kate smiles "uncle PJ" 

He smiles "Kate it's good to see you again little one, wanna introduce your friends as I take you to the area you will be hanging around until the show?"

She nods and points to me "this is B" then she points to the twins "Lizzie and Josie... now guys my uncle PJ, the whole reason that we are even here right now"

PJ is leading us through the arena to where we are going to be until it's time for the show, he hasn't seemed to recognize me yet or maybe he just hasn't said anything about it but I feel like he would have said something if he did.

PJ nods at the four of us "here you go, ladies, they are working on sound checks right now but should be done in a little while, if you need anything just yell and someone will help you out. I'll be right outside the door"

He walks out of the room and Liz looks at Kate "oh my god your uncle is BG's bodyguard?" 

She grins "yeah, I wanted that to be a surprise" Jo shakes her head "it sure was a surprise"

Kate smirks "hey B why don't you go grab that guitar over there and play for us until someone comes back here?" 

I roll my eyes "Kate I am not grabbing some random guitar" 

She gives me a look "come on B" 

I shake my head "what if the owner doesn't like people touching it? Then that would just make them mad and I don't wanna do that"

Kate just grins at me "B, I think you'll be fine" 

I give her a look "what are you talking about Kate?" 

She rolls her eyes "just trust me on this yeah? Nobody is going to get mad because you touched their guitar"

I roll my eyes but give in to her "fine but if someone yells at me, I'm telling them you made me do it" I walk over to the guitar on the stand and that's when I recognize it, it's the guitar daddy taught me how to play on. Now I know why she said I would be okay touching the guitar because it's my dad's.

I run my hand over the neck on the guitar before picking it up and sitting down in the chair that it was beside. The girls all gather around in front of me "what do you want me to play?"

Kate grins "the first song you learned how to play?" I shake my head with a chuckle "fine... Kate. Outlaw Women it is"

Liz looks at me "wait that is the first you learned how to play?" 

I laugh "yeah that is my favorite Hank Williams Jr. song ever, I was obsessed with it when I was little so yes, it is the first song I learned how to play on the guitar" 

Jo gives me a look "wait how old were you when you learned?" 

I grin at Jo "I was six years old"

I start playing the intro to the song

"She works in the bank and she works in the store

And she don't go for that old stuff anymore

She likes to get high and listen to the band

She likes to make love to her kind of man

These outlaw women, first of their kind

Outlaw women they got here right on time

Outlaw women don't need any guns

Outlaw women just out for fun

In many ways, she's a lot like me

She don't give a damn 'bout society

Might be little rich girl or she might be poor

She might be a married woman that needs a little more"

I hear the door open, but I don't look up completely in my zone it's like it's just me and the guitar. Just like any other time I pick up a guitar. Music has always been a passion of mine just like my daddy.

"Yeah, she's an outlaw woman first of her kind

These outlaw women ridin' high in seventy-nine

These outlaw women don't need any guns

These outlaw women just out for fun

Some call her a lady some call her other names

But you won't ever call her that around me and my gang"

I stop, and I hear my girls clapping Liz grins at me "oh my god B that was amazing like I knew you could sing but I had never actually heard you play" 

Kate grins "I love hearing you play you get so lost in the music and it's incredible"

I sit the guitar back on the stand, running my fingers over the 'Outlaw Princess' engraved on the body of it. I begged daddy to let me engrave his guitar, so I'd always be with him no matter what. I was 8 years old and, in my mind, it was cute, eventually, he caved and let me do it or well he engraved it for me.

I look over at the door only to see Ben standing there with his mouth hanging open, kind of gaping like a fish, it makes me giggle. I stand up from the chair I was sitting and step around my friends only to be scooped up into a hug by Ben with him yelling "Squirt!" in my ear.

I fall into a fit of laughter at him just shaking me around almost chanting "Squirt!" over and over again. After I stop laughing, I scream back in his ear pretty much "Benny boy your gonna blow my damn eardrum out if you keep SCREAMING IN IT"

He finally places me back on the ground "sorry it's just... You're, Squirt and you're here...... oh my god squirt" I roll my eyes "I'm gonna beat you with your own damn drum sticks... if you call me squirt one more time" 

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Okay, guys so I originally planned for Brae and BG to see each other again in this chapter but we got her reunion with Ben instead because that is just how it happened when I was writing. Next chapter for sure though BG and Brae reunite and it's going to be completely adorable.