Burning Man

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Back at the apartment, Joey walks in the door. He's been gone for two days with his other girlfriend. "Babe, I'm home." Joey says as he walks in the door. "Nina? Where are you?" he asks as he walks through the apartment looking for me. Not finding me anywhere, he moves to the bedroom and sees drawers opened and my clothes gone. "Goddamnit." he yells as he slams the closet door shut. "Where the fuck is she?" he asks himself. Picking up his phone he starts calling some of his friends to come over. Once they are all in the apartment, he says "Nina's gone. Packed her shit and took off. I need to find her." Joey says. "What do you need from us?" one of his friends says. "She couldn't have gone far. She doesn't have a car and doesn't know anyone." Joey says. "Could she have called her dad?" another friend asks. "No. She's not talked to him in over six months. I made sure of that." Joey says. "Let's start driving around town and see if we see her around." One of the guys says. "Yeah. That's a good idea." Joey says and they all head out their separate ways.

Back at the clubhouse, Bishop says "We all need a night to relax. Pack a bag sweetheart. You're going with us." he tells me and I do what he says. We head out to the bikes and I get on behind Hank and wrap my arms around him tightly. I've always had a thing for Hank but didn't know if he saw me like that. I guess he did. We head out of the scrapyard and I start to tense up a little. Hank puts his hand on my thigh and squeezes and I relax a little. Placing a kiss to his shoulder, we head on to our destination. Stopping at a redlight, I see a familiar car sitting at the intersection so I bury my face in Hank's back so that they can't see me. Once we get the greenlight and head through, I look up and keep looking behind us the rest of the way to where we were going.

Pulling up to this house, I ask Hank "Where are we?" as I am still looking around. "Vickie's. We come here to relax and let off some steam." he tells me and I just nod and slowly pull my hand from his. "I'm yours. Only yours." he tells me before kissing me softly. I nod and start looking around again. "Guys, head on in. We'll be there in a minute." Hank says. "Talk to me." he says once it's just us. "Back in town, we stopped at a redlight and I saw one of Joey's buddies sitting at the intersection." I say. "That why you hid against my back?" he asks and I nod. Pulling me closer he says "Okay, I got you." I wrap my arms around him and say "I'm scared Hank." He tilts my face up and says "I know baby. But I won't let him get to you." he says.

We walk inside and as soon as the guys see me, Bishop says "Vickie, this is Hank's Old Lady, Nina. Why don't you show her where her and Hank will be staying tonight?" he asks and she nods. "Come on sweetheart." she tells me. Hank kisses me softly and says "Go on." I nod and follow her. "What's wrong?" Bishop asks. "On the way here, she saw one of the prick's friends sitting at a redlight. She hid against my back but I don't know if he saw her or not." Hank says. "We'll keep an eye out. In the morning we'll see what she can tell us about his friend and what car he was in." Bishop says and Hank nods. A few minutes later, Vickie and I head downstairs and Hank reaches out his hand. I take it and he pulls me into his lap and I snuggle into him.

"Joey, I found her but there's a problem." Mark says. "What's the problem? Get her." Joey says. "She's on the back of a Mayan's bike man. I ain't touching that." Mark says. "Fine. I know where their clubhouse is. I'll get her. Thanks man." Joey says before ending the call. "Fuck. How the hell did she get hooked up with the Mayans?" he asks himself. "I gotta find a way to get to her." he says as he starts forming a plan.

Hank and I hang out a little more before we head upstairs to the room that Vickie said we would be staying in. We walk in and he locks the door behind us and we strip down for bed. Laying my head on Hank's chest I ask "Can I tell you something?" He tilts my chin up and says "You can tell me anything." I take a deep breath and sit up. He sits up with me, waiting on me to speak. "We've known each other a long time." I say. "We have." he says. "I never thought that I would get this close to you." I tell him. "What do you mean Bebita?" he asks. "I've kind of had a thing for you since right after we met." I say softly. He turns my face to look at him and says "Me too." I look at him shocked before smiling softly. He kisses my lip and deepens the kiss. When we come up for air, I whisper "Claim me Tranq." He smirks and does just that...all night long.