Waking Up Married

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Juice comes out of the chapel with the rest of the guys and they don't look happy. Juice walks over to me and asked, "You ready to go home?" I look at him and says "Yeah." We walk to his bike and head back home and he doesn't say a word when we walk in the door. He heads straight for the shower and I worry what could be wrong. I head to the kitchen and fix my third cup of coffee for the day, when he walks back into the living room. I don't move from my spot at the counter until I hear him call for me. "Gabby? Babe?" I slowly walk into the living room and I don't look at him. "Yeah?" I asked. "Come here please." He says. I walk over and sit down on the couch next to him but don't touch him. He takes my hand and starts speaking. "I don't want there to be any secrets. I want us to have full disclosure." He says. "Okay." Is all I say.

"Something came up in church and I don't know what to make of it." He says, and I just squeeze his hand to tell him to continue. "There is going to be a vote. Jax is trying to get us out of working with the cartel. Our previous president got us in with them and he's trying to get us out. There's a problem though." He says. "Okay." I say, listening. "Jax thinks that us trying to get out, that they might try to hurt us. He thinks they might go after our Old Ladies." He says. He lets go of my hand and says "I know we just got together but if you want out, I understand. This is a lot to take in and I don't want you to feel you have to stay and risk getting caught up in this shit." He explains. "Do you want me to leave?" I asked. "I want you to do what's best for you." He says. "That's not what I asked, Juice." I say, taking his hand back into mine. "I want you to stay but it has to be your decision." He says. "Then I'm staying. We said for better or worse, right? I'm not going anywhere, even if you try to make me. I'm in this Juice." I say. He pulls me into his lap and says, "Thank you babe."

I go to the kitchen to fix us something to eat and Juice stops me. "Let's order in." he says, taking one of the menus off the fridge. "Go get a shower and food should be here shortly." He says, pulling out his cell phone to order. I shower and walk back into the living room in a pair of my sleep shorts and one of his SAMCRO shirts. He smiles when he sees me. "If I'm gonna be an Old Lady, I might as well look like one, right?" I asked. "He smiles bigger and says "You are an Old Lady. My Old Lady." I kiss him softly before sitting next to him and digging into the pizza. After we eat, he pulls me into his side and turns on the TV. I start thinking about what he said about becoming a target and I can tell he's stressing about it. He needs a distraction or at least something to prove to him that I'm not going anywhere. I straddle his lap and start kissing him. He kisses back softly at first and I start kissing over to his ear and whisper, "I need you Mr. Ortiz." I hear him groan and he picks me up and carries me quickly to our bed. Laying me down softly, he hovers over me and kisses me deeply. "I need you too Mrs. Ortiz." He rasps in my ear. We start to strip each other of what clothing we have on and he enters me at a needy pace. This is something that we are both needing. We need that connection. Once we reach our release, together, he stays inside me and looks deep into my eyes. I feel a tear fall down my face and he wipes it away. "Are you okay baby?" I smile at him and say "Yeah. I just never thought that I would be this lucky." He looks at me a little confused and I roll my eyes before explaining. "I never thought that I would get lucky enough to find someone that treats me so good. Makes me feel so good about myself." He kisses me and says, "I just want to make you happy." I pull him as close as I can and say "Well, I am very happy."

We lay in bed and watch TV until we both doze off. I wake up the next morning to his soft snores and his head on my chest. I lay there for a few minutes just enjoying the man laying with me. I stroke his head with my fingernails over his tattoos and his mohawk. He doesn't stir. His phone starts ringing and I tilt his head up and kiss his lips. This wakes him up and he kisses me back. "Babe your phone was ringing." I tell him when we break the kiss. He groans and grabs the phone to call them back. I get out of bed and head to the kitchen to start coffee and after a few minutes, he comes in, dressed. "I have to head to the clubhouse for a few minutes. Nothing major. You be okay here for a little bit?" he asked, and I looked at him. He moves closer to me and before I can ask he says "It's just an update on how we are getting out from under the cartel. Nothing to stress about yet." I smile and say, "Okay. Be safe, please. I need my man home." He kisses me and says "Yes. Wifey." Before walking out the door, leaving me to my thoughts.