Just A Princess

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

We spend a couple of hours there visiting with everyone before Juice and I head to his house. Once inside, I head to the guest room and he heads to his bedroom. Lying there thinking about everything, I start to sob again. Thinking I'm being quiet, I hear Juice open my door and I say "I'm okay Juice." I'm still laying with my back to the door and I feel the bed dip down. "Come here." he says. I don't move. He puts his arm around my waist and pulls me back against him and just holds me. Whispering in my ear he says "You deserve better than that." Turning to face him, I bury my face in his chest and I feel him kiss the top of my head. After a few minutes, he tilts my head up to look at him and wipes away my tears. We look at each other for a few minutes, he softly kisses my lips. Looking at me to see if he went too far, I put my hand on the back of his neck and pull his lips back to mine. He brushes his tongue across my bottom lip and I open my mouth to grant him access. His kisses are slow, passionate and sweet. When we come up for air, he caresses my cheek with his thumb and we just stare at each other. He pulls me to him and I snuggle into his chest and we fall asleep wrapped up in each other.

Waking up the next morning, we are still wrapped around each other. Opening my eyes, I see he's just watching me. "Morning." I say. "Morning." he says and smiles softly. "How'd you sleep?" he asked. "Better than I have in a while." I tell him smiling back. "I'm sorry about last night." he starts. "About what?" I asked confused. "The kiss." he says. I lean up and kiss him softly and look in his eyes. He smiles at me and I smile back. "What do we do now?" I asked. "Just enjoy your time here until you decide what you want to do." he says. I snuggle closer to him and he rubs his hand up and down my back. "Can I ask you something?" I asked him. "Sure." he says. Without looking at him, I asked, "When you were up to visit, you said I had other options. What did you mean?" He kisses the top of my head and says "I want you to be happy." he says. "That doesn't answer my question." I say.

Sitting up a little, I look into his eyes and see my answer. "You?" I asked and he nods. I lean down and kiss him softly. "Let me get past this shit and we will talk. I just don't want to jump from one relationship to another without thinking things through." I say. "Fair enough." he says before going to get out of bed. "I have to work today. You wanna hang out at the clubhouse? Visit a little more?" he asked. "Yeah." I say. We both get dressed and head out to his bike and head to the clubhouse.

Pulling onto the lot, I see Tig walking out to greet me. "Hey sweetheart. How you feeling?" he asked. "Better. Spent a little time hanging with Juice when we got back to his place. Talked a little more." I say before Juice walks over and kisses my cheek. "I'll be in the garage if you need me." he says before walking off. "What's with that?" he asked. "Just making sure I'm okay. He's been taking care of me." I tell Tig. "Good. Have you talked to the assholes today?" he asked. "No. Talked to them yesterday though and said I needed time." I tell him. "Good." he says.

I walk over to the office and see Gemma sitting in there. I didn't get to see her yesterday and as soon as she sees me she says "Clay told me you were here. How are you baby?" she asked. "Been better Aunt Gem." I tell her. "Talk to me." she says. "I got good news. I was able to test out of my classes early. Got my degree a year early so school is officially done." I tell her. "That's great baby but that doesn't tell me why the guys told me you were upset." she says. "I was seeing Koz and Hap and I had been spending more time studying than with them and i caught them cheating on me." I tell her. "Shit baby. What'd you do?" she asked. "Told that whore if she showed up again I'd gut her like deer and then told them to get their shit out of my dorm and headed to Juice's house." I tell her. "That where you're staying?" she asked. "Yeah. He said I could stay as long as I wanted. I told my dad where I am and the guys know too. I told them I needed time." I tell her. "That's good baby. You stay as long as you want. Is that all that's bothering you?" she asked. "No. Last night, I was lying in bed crying and Juice laid down with me to comfort me and we ended up kissing. He didn't try to push me for more than that but it was nice, Gemma." I tell her. "Do you regret it?" she asked. "Not at all. He's a sweet guy. I told my dad I wanted to jump charters when Hap and Koz were chasing guys off from me but maybe being here is what I need. Maybe he's the kind of guy I need. But I don't want him to think he's just a rebound because he's not. I've liked him for a while and he's been my best friend but being so far away, I didn't want to do something long distance." I tell her. "Just think things through first. Get your mind right with this shit with those two dumbasses and go from there." she says. "I don't think I want to be with them. What happens next time they don't get their way? They gonna run to another croweater? They made me look like a joke." I tell her. "That they did sweetheart but those two aren't used to being with just one person. They aren't wired that way." she tells me. "I know. Still don't make it right." I tell her and she nods her agreement.

Walking out of her office, my phone rings. Looking at the caller ID I see it's Koz. "Hello." I answer. "Hey babe. Just wanted to check in on you." he says. "I'm fine Koz. Still haven't decided what I'm doing yet." I tell him. "I know but I still care about you. So does Hap. We're real proud of you and miss you. Please come home." he says. "Not until I figure shit out. And you calling everyday to tell me you miss me isn't helping me. I still need time. But what happens if I come back and give you another shot? When you don't get your way are you going to grab another whore? What about Hap? He gonna cheat again too?" I asked. "No baby. Just come home." he says. "Not until I have some time." I tell him. "Okay. Just a heads up though, we'll be heading that way on a run next week." he says. "Okay. We can talk then. Just please give me time to think until then." I tell him. "We can do that." he says. I hang up the phone and walk to the picnic table and sit down. Juice walks over to sit next to me and asks "You okay?" I lean my head on his shoulder and he puts his arm around my waist and I say "They are coming down next week and I told them we would talk." He nods his head and says "Just remember my offer." he says. "I will. Trust me, that's one of the things I am thinking about." He kisses the top of my head and we head into the garage for me to hang out while he works.