Give Me Shelter

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Waking up the next morning, he helps me out to the main room and I see Gracie there. She brings me a plate and some coffee and sits down next to me. "Templo." Bishop says. Gracie looks at Creeper and says "I got her." He kisses me softly and says "I love you baby." I smile softly and say "I love you." before he heads to Templo. "Did he say he loves you?" she asks. "Yeah. He did." I say, looking at the Templo doors. "You love him?" she asks and I nod my head yes. "How could I not?" I ask. She smiles and I say "And he asked me to marry him." I tell her. "What did you say?" she asks. I look at her like she's crazy. "I said yes." I tell her. "That's great Gia." she says before she hugs me. The guys come out of Templo and Creeper walks over. "We gotta head out for a bit. Stay inside. Prospect will be here with you." he tells me and I nod. "Okay. Be careful please." I say. "I will baby. Gotta come back and marry you don't I?" he asks and I smile. Kissing me softly he cups my face and then looks into my eyes and says "I love you." and seeing his eyes I know what they are going to do is dangerous. I pull him close and say "I love you more." before he heads out the door.

Pulling up to the Peckerwood's house, half the club goes to the back and the other half goes to the front. They barge in and start shooting. Once everyone is dead, the guys start looking around. Hearing crying, the guys stop. They move towards where the crying is coming from and see a crib set up. Looking inside, there's a baby in nothing but a diaper. "Shit." Bishop says. "What are we going to do?" Taza asks. Creeper walks up and picks the baby up and he stops crying. "Well, I guess there's our answer." Bishop says and they start looking around for a blanket. Wrapping the baby boy up, they head to the van and back to the clubhouse.

Walking into the clubhouse, I look up and see Creeper walk in holding a baby. He walks over and I stand up and he shows me the baby. "Where are the parents?" I ask. He looks at me and I know they're gone. "Let me see." I say. I lay the baby down on the table and take the blanket off and see that the umbilical cord is still attached. "He's so little." Gracie says. "He's only a few days old." I say. "How can you tell?" Creeper asks. "His belly button. See this? Looks like a scab?" I ask and he nods. "That's his umbilical cord. It hasn't fallen off yet. Usually will fall off after about a week." I tell him and he nods. "What are we going to do?" I ask. "We're getting married anyway. Let's get married and adopt him." Creeper says. I look at him shocked. "Are you sure? I mean, we just got engaged and..." I say and he cuts me off with a kiss. "I want my wife and kid by my side." he says softly. Bishop walks over and says "Lawyer is on his way and has a justice that owes him a couple of favors." I look at him shocked and then smile. "We need a name for him." Creeper says. "Nathan James Vargas." I say. Creeper looks at me and I say "Was my brother's name." I say. "You have a brother?" Taza asks. "Yeah. We were five when he was killed. Car accident." I tell them. "Nathan James it is. But we'll call him Nate." Creeper says and I nod.

An hour later, we are married and even have wedding rings that I didn't know Creeper had. We are married and the justice signed off on the adoption papers too. We are all celebrating and Vickie walks in. We see a bassinet, clothes and some formula and more bottles with diapers and everything else we would need right now. "We'll crash here tonight and then get the things for the nursery in the morning." he tells me and I nod. "Thank you." I say to him. "Don't thank me. I wanted this too." he tells me before kissing me softly. "Now, give me my son." I smile and hand Nate to him and he walks around talking to everyone and showing off his new little boy. Gracie walks over and says "He looks so proud." I nod and say "He does. Gracie, I'm married with a kid." I tell her as it starts to set in. "You are mama." she tells me and I start laughing. "Good to see you laughing." Bishop says. I turn to hug him and say "Thank you guys. Shit, you didn't even know me and here I am married to one of you and with a kid. I never thought I would have this." I say and a tear starts to fall. Creeper looks at me and sees me wiping my eyes and looks concerned. I smile and blow him a kiss showing him I'm okay. He walks over and kisses me softly and I say "I love you so much." Smiling he says "You and our son. I love you both." he tells me and I snuggle into his side while he holds our son with the other. We're both looking down at him and I see a flash. Looking up, Gracie has my phone and shows me our first family picture.