Back To Life

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Waking up the next morning, I am snuggled into Juice's chest just like I used to and his arms are tightly around me. I start kissing his chest and up his neck to his lips like I used to and when our lips part, he whispers "Glad some things haven't changed." I laugh softly and say "Still your favorite way to wake up?" Kissing me again, he says "Oh yeah." We lay there looking at each other. "This is still so surreal." I say. "How did they tell you?" he asks. Placing my hand on his cheek, I say "I went to the clubhouse looking for you. You had been gone nearly two days and you weren't answering your phone so I went to the clubhouse. The guys were walking out of the clubhouse and met me halfway. I asked if they knew where you were and they said you had gone into Stockton to do a job for them and when I asked when you were getting out, Jax bluntly told me you weren't. When I looked at Happy and saw his face it hit me what they were telling me. I got pissed off and went toe to toe with Jax." I tell him. He looks at me shocked because I never disrespected a club member, being the kid of one myself. "What happened?" he asks. "Jax tried to comfort me and I told him not to touch me. He told me to remember my place that I was just an Old Lady and I told him the rules didn't apply to me anymore because he had my Old Man killed in prison. He got in my face and started talking about truths coming out and so I told him they already knew about my connection to the Mayans and started spilling some truths of my own. I told them everything Juan." I tell him. "Good." he says. "Jax got in my face and before he could do anything, Happy stepped in and told him that he wasn't touching me and Jax accused Happy of fucking me too. Happy got me to leave and he came by later and told me that they had voted Mayhem." I tell him. "They told me he killed himself." Juice says. "He did. Fucking coward. Apparently there were other things that were going on other than him messing with you so he rode his dad's bike into a semi." I tell him. "Shit." he says. I look at him and he knew what I was thinking. "I don't feel sorry for him. Just a little shocked he'd take the coward's way out." he tells me.

We get up and are sitting in the kitchen talking while eating breakfast together. "I really missed your cooking babe." he says and I can't help but smile. "I missed cooking." I say. "You stopped?" he asks. "Yeah. Just started doing little things since it was just me here. But most of the time I would go to the clubhouse and Chucky would make me something. Guess he could tell I wasn't eating much and would make me sit and eat." I tell him. "You two always did take care of each other." Juice says. "He's familia." I say and Juice smiles. Kissing me softly he says "I love you Princess." Smiling I say "Te amo mi dulce." and he smiles that smile I love so much. "God I missed that smile." I say as a tear falls. He pulls me into his lap and says "I'm not going anywhere. You're my world baby. You always have been. I am so sorry we had to lie to you like that. I can't imagine what you went through." he says. "Doesn't matter. You're here now. I have you back and nothing else matters." I whisper as I kiss him softly. Placing our foreheads together, he strokes my face with his fingertips like he used to. His touch still feels the same. We just mesh together like we were never apart. "I missed this." he says. "Me too." I say. "You know what else I missed?" he asks and I look at him. "I missed hearing you talk to me in Spanish. I missed hearing you call me mi dulce. I missed listening to you talk to your mom and seeing how excited you would get when it was something you were looking forward to. I missed holding you and kissing you and just looking at you from across the room knowing you were mine." he says. I have tears falling from my eyes and say "I missed those things too. I missed how you would always say little things in Spanish when you thought I was sleeping. I would wake up hearing you say 'te amo' or hearing you call me Princessa. I missed hearing your soft snores in my ear or listening to your heartbeat as I fell asleep." I tell him and he holds me closer. We sit for a while longer before I say "I want to take you somewhere." We get up and dressed and out the door.

Pulling up to a house, we get out and walk inside. "A brothel?" he asks. "Yeah." I look at him and call out to mom. "Mami, are you here?" I look at Juice and see him smile. He loved my mom. "Kitchen Mija." she says and we walk into the kitchen but I make Juice stay out of sight. "I have a surprise for you." I tell her. She turns to face me and I pull Juice farther into the room. "Mijo?" she asks and he nods. She walks up to him and pulls him into a hug and asks "How?" She looks at me and I say "Long story but Padrino brought him to me." I tell her. "Oh my God. Mija." she says before hugging me and my tears start to fall again. She looks at Juice and asks "Are you home for good?" He nods and says "Yeah. I'm back for good." She looks at us and he pulls me closer to him and I just melt into him like I always did. "Looks like some things never change." she says and we all smile. After spending time with my mom, we head back home.