Coming Home

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

I wake up the next morning and Juice is still sleeping. I slip out of the bed and head to the kitchen and grab a bottle of Jack and head outside and down the path to the dock. Sitting on the dock, I let my legs hang over and just look out at the water as I take a swing of the Jack and feel it burn as it goes down. How could I have believed anyone would love me? How could I be so stupid? I slept with him. I should have never slept with him. Hell I should never have come home. What was I thinking? I'm not out there long before I hear bare feet padding along the deck. He sits down beside me and takes the bottle from me. I reach for it and he holds it farther away. "I'm not letting you drink yourself to death." he says before pouring it into the water. "What do you fucking care? Just fucking leave already." I say as I try to get up. When I stand, he stands and grabs my hand and pulls me to him. "I fucking care. I love you so Goddamn much. Please believe me Princess." he says. I pull away from him and say "Just leave me alone. Please." I beg before heading towards the cabin with him right behind me.

I walk into the cabin and grab another bottle before making it into my room and locking the door, locking him out. I sit on the bed and start downing the bottle. A few minutes later, I hear the door lock click and I know he picked the lock. He walks over and takes a seat next to me. Taking the bottle from me, he takes a swig before handing it back to me. "Tell me what to do to fix this." he says. "There's nothing to fix. Do you try to fix shit with all the whores you fuck? No you don't so don't try with me." I tell him. "You're not a whore." he tells me. "Hey, on a good note, at least you didn't knock me up." I say before trying to get off the bed but he grabs my hand and pulls me back to the bed and when he does, he lays me down and hovers over me to keep me from getting back up. "Listen to me and listen good Princess. You are not a fucking whore and if I did knock you up it would make me the happiest mother fucker in the Goddamn world because it means I'd be starting a family with the only woman I have ever fucking loved. You're my Queen Mallory and nothing will ever change that. The girl you saw me with, she's like a sister and I told her all about you. She asked me why I haven't married you yet and you know what I said? I told her that I'd marry you today if I thought you would agree to it." he tells me. "Juice..." I say. "No. You're my fucking Queen. My. Fucking. Queen." he says. Kissing me softly, this time I kiss him back. When we pull apart, I have tears falling from my eyes and he wipes them away. "I love you Mallory. So much." he tells me softly. I wrap my arms around his chest and bury my face in his neck and sob. "I just want to be enough. I'll never be enough for you." I sob. Pulling back to look at me, he cups my face and says "You are more than enough for me. Baby, you are all I will ever need. All I will ever want." he tells me. Looking into my eyes he says "Tell me how to fix this baby." and I see he's crying too. "I don't know." I tell him. Pulling me back into his chest, he says "I love you my Queen. All I want is to be your King." I look back up at him and say "You really want that?" I ask. "Yes baby. Please. That's all I want." he pleads. "I want that too but Juice, I can't compete with them." I say. "There's no comparison. There's no one that will ever compare to you. I swear baby." he says. I look at him for a minute and say "Take it a day at a time." He nods before kissing me softly. I snuggle into his chest and he says "I love you my Queen." before he kisses the top of my head. "I love you too my King." I say before we both lay there in each other's arms until we fall asleep.

I wake up the next morning in bed alone. I get up and head into the kitchen and see Juice at the stove cooking. "Sit. Breakfast is done. Once we get done eating, I want to take a walk back down to the dock and sit for a while." he tells me and I say "Okay." He puts my plate in front of me with juice and coffee and sits down with his own. "You okay?" he asks me. "I will be. Just, Juice, are you sure this is what you want?" I ask. He kneels in front of me and he says "This is the only thing I want. I want this more than anything baby. I meant what I said. I'd marry you right now if you would let me. I'd knock you up if that's what you wanted. Anything you want baby. You are it for me." he tells me. I kiss him softly and say "I love you." He smiles softly and says "I love you too."

After breakfast, we get dressed and walk out to the deck. We sit down next to each other and our legs are touching. He takes my hand and laces his fingers with mine and I lay my head on his shoulder. Neither of us say anything for a while. When we finally do, he says "You remember my patch in party?" I say "Yeah. I remember." He kisses my hand and says "We spent most of the night sitting out in the boxing ring talking and laughing." he tells me. "I remember." I tell him. "I would have thought that you'd have wanted to celebrate with the croweaters." I add. "Nope. All I cared about was spending time with you. I loved you even then." he says. I look up at him and he says "I loved you then." Kissing me softly I say "Juice, please don't hurt me again." He cups my face with his free hand and says "I won't baby. You have my word." he says before kissing me again and I lay my head down on his shoulder and we spend the rest of the afternoon talking.

That evening, we head back to the house and sit on the deck and watch the sunset. Once it's down, we head inside and make dinner together and talk. After dinner, we clean the kitchen and I take his hand and lead him to the bedroom. Pulling him down onto the bed with me, I kiss him. When we come up for air I say "Love me my King." He whispers "Always my Queen." before he kisses me deeply and makes love to me all night, showing me how much he loves me and wants me.

The next morning, we get up and I start packing my things up. "Are you sure you don't want to stay a couple of more days?" He asks as he wraps his arms around me from behind. "I'm sure. I really need to get back to reality." I tell him. "Does that reality still include me?" he asks. I turn in his arms and kiss him softly and say "Yeah baby. It does. But I swear to everything holy if I ever catch anyone hanging on you like that again, old friend or not, I'll cut her fucking tits off along with your dick. Understood?" I ask. "Understood baby. As long as I have you, I don't need anyone else." he tells me. I kiss him softly and we head out the door and back to Charming.

Pulling onto the lot, I get out of the car and Jax and Opie both come walking over. "You good?" Opie asks. I look at Juice and say "I'm getting there." I tell them. They look at Juice and he walks over to me and pulls me close to him and kisses my temple. "Well, there's a party tonight and some of the porn girls are going to be here." Jax says. "Okay." I say and go to walk towards the clubhouse and Juice grabs my hand and I turn to him and ask "You not coming?" and smile softly. Kissing me softly, he deepens the kiss and says "I love you." I smirk and say "You better." before walking towards the dorm to unpack.