The Arrangement

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Walking into the house after watching the sunset together, I walk to the kitchen to cook. Happy grabs my hand and says "Let's order in." I nod and order Chinese. I look at him and ask "Can you do some ink for me?" He looks at me and says "Yeah." Getting his kit out, he sets everything up? "What are you wanting?" he asks. "Right here I want Til the Reaper." I tell him and he smiles as I point to my ribcage. He draws it out and makes two copies on the transfer paper. I look at him and he says "You get to do mine, same spot." he tells me and I smile. "We're doing one more tonight." he tells me and I look at him confused. "My crow." he says. Kissing me softly, I take off my shirt and lay on the table and he starts to work. Thirty minutes later, it's done in beautiful script and he puts the salve on it and covers it. Taking his shirt off, he gets me set up and lays on the table while I do his tattoo. Not the first one that I've done for him. I've done most of his smiley faces. Once that's done, salved and covered, there's a knock on the door. He pays for the food and we start to eat.

Once we get done eating, he says "Take your shirt back off. Bra too." he says. I look at him and he smirks. Doing what he tells me to do, he starts putting on the stencil. Three hours later, I have Happy's crow. The wings of the crow spread across the tops of my breast with a banner in its mouth that says Lowman. I look at it in the mirror before he covers it and I feel a tear fall. "Harlow?" he asks. "Happy, it's perfect." I tell him. He wraps his arms around my waist and says "I should have given this to you years ago." I smile and kiss him softly.

Lying in bed, we just talk for awhile. "You remember the first time we had sex?" I ask. "Yeah. Night of your prom." he says. "I was so upset because of that asshat." I say. "I can't believe you were gonna let that fucker pop your cherry." he says. "You complaining? You're the one that got it." I say. Laughing he says "That I did." I look at him and say "You know you're the only one I've been with right?" He kisses me and says "Yeah. You're the only one I've been inside of since then too. I still can't figure out how we never saw this shit. We've been in this relationship since you were eighteen little girl." he says. "I know. But, I don't think either of us were really ready to settle down even if we already pretty much had." I tell him. "I know." he says. I start laughing. "What?" he asks confused. "Ma. She brought this up to you and suggested me. That sneaky woman planned this shit didn't she?" I ask. "Fuck. I'm calling her." he says laughing. He picks up the phone and calls Elena. "Happy? Everything okay Mijo?" she asks. "Yeah Ma. Just have a question. When you talked to me about me getting married, you were already planning on it being Harlow weren't you?" he asks. "Took you two this long to figure that out?" she asks laughing. "Damn it Ma." he says laughing too. "I take it you two realized it's more than just making an old woman happy?" she asks. "Yeah, Ma. We did." he tells her. "Good. You two take care of each other. And for the record, you made me very happy." she says before ending the call. We both just look at each other and start laughing.

Waking up the next morning, we get up and get ready for work. Walking into the office to clock in, Happy kisses me softly before heading to the garage. "Morning baby." Gemma says as she walks in. "Morning Gem." I say as I stifle a yawn. She looks at me and smirks and says "Late night?" she asks. "Something like that." I say smirking back. "Those little bites on your neck say it was a fun one." I start laughing and say "You have no idea." We get to work and a little later Happy walks in. "Can I get a minute?" he asks. I walk outside to see what he wants and he says "We have to take care of some things. Don't leave the compound until I come back. I'll explain later." This has me worried. "Okay. I won't. Please be careful." I tell him. "I will baby." he says. He kisses me softly and I say "Til the Reaper." He smiles and says "Til the Reaper baby." before walking off to head out with the guys.

Walking back into the office, Gemma asks "What's til the reaper?" I look at her and say "It's something we say. Means we love each other without him looking like a pussy telling me." I tell her. She smiles and I say "Oh. I got new ink?" She's always loved seeing my new ink. I move my shirt and she sees Happy's crow. "That's beautiful baby." she tells me. "I got this one too." I tell her and show her my ribcage saying the same thing I told Happy. "He has the same thing in the same spot." I tell her. "They look great baby." she tells me. We get some work done while waiting on our guys to come back and I can't do anything but worry.