Choices

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

I crashed at the clubhouse that night and waking up the next morning, I get up and head to the main room and sit at the bar. Chucky sits a coffee in front of me and gets me a plate of breakfast. I am sitting there eating when Angel comes to sit next to me. "Good morning Princesa." he says. I look at him and say "Morning Angel." taking another bite. Angel kisses my temple and takes a drink of his coffee. All of a sudden Coco walks up. "Can we talk?" he asks. Angel puts his hand on my thigh and I say "It's okay Angel." I tell him. He looks at me and I nod. I stand and walk towards the hallway with him and Angel following.

Once in the hallway away from everyone, I say "You wanted to talk." Coco takes a deep breath and says "I'm sorry." I shake my head and say "Nothing for you to be sorry for." He looks from Angel to me and before he can speak, I do. "Coco, look, yeah, I have a crush on you but I'm not your type. I get it. It's not a big deal." I tell him. "I don't want you skipping meals because of me though." he tells me. "It wasn't totally because of you. Hearing you say what you did just put things in perspective. It made me think that if I lost some weight, someone would want me. That if it wasn't you, then someone would." I tell him. "Lea, there's nothing wrong with you." he tells me. "Doesn't matter. But you don't have to worry anymore. I'm not skipping meals anymore." I tell him. "I just don't want you to hate me." he tells me. "I don't hate you." I tell him. "I care about you." he tells me. "Don't do that. I'm taking some time to get my head right and when I move on, and I will, it will be with Angel." I tell him. "Okay. I get it. I just don't want you hurting yourself over me." he tells me. "I won't." I tell him and he turns and walks away. Angel pulls me to him and I feel tears start to fill my eyes but I refuse to let them fall. Angel cups my face and says "You really going to move on with me?" he asks. "When I get my head right, yeah. That is if you still want me then but Angel, I don't want you waiting around on me. If you find someone, don't pass them up." I tell him. "Lea..." he says. "I mean it." I tell him and he just nods.

We walk out to the main room and I head to the office to open up. "She okay?" Creeper asks. "Yeah. She will be. Her and Coco talked. She told him when she gets her head right she's moving on...with me. She said as long as I still want her. She told me not to wait around for her though." Angel says. "So I guess you better make sure you're still available brother." Creeper says and Angel smirks and nods.

That afternoon, Angel walks into the office with our lunch. He walks around the counter and puts our food and drinks down and steps up behind me while I am on the computer. Putting his hands on my hips from behind, he leans down and whispers "Lunch is here Princesa." I turn my head and look at him and say "Two minutes?" I ask and he nods. I finish what I'm doing and save my work before turning to him and see he got me a vanilla milkshake, bacon cheeseburger and fries. I look at the food and start to pick at the fries. "Eat Princesa." Angel says. I just look at my food and he leans over and whispers "You are fucking perfect Mami. Eat." I look at him and he says "You have no clue how fucking beautiful you are." I don't say anything. I lean forward and kiss his cheek and say "Gracias Papi." before eating my food.

After lunch, we clean up and he kisses my forehead and says "Hang with me after work?" I nod and he heads out to work while I get back to the paperwork. When closing time gets here, I lock up the shop and see Angel standing there. Taking my hand, he laces his fingers with mine and says "Come on."

We head inside and sit at the bar and the bartender puts a plate of food in front of me and Angel sits next to me. "Eat Princesa." I look at him and it's like he's reading my mind. "You don't need to change a fucking thing." After I eat, we take our beers out to the porch and a few people are sitting around. I jump up onto the banister and Angel takes his spot beside me. We talk with the guys and I find myself laughing at something Riz says. I feel Angel put his arm on my thigh, hand on the inside of my knee and I lace my arm under his and my hand on his wrist and see some of the guys smiling at us. We both finish our beers and I ask "You want another?" He smiles softly and says "Yeah. Thanks." I get off the banister and head in to get both of us more beers. Hank asks "Something we should know?" Angel shakes his head and says "I asked her that when she gets her head right if she would give me a chance and she said she would." They all smile as I walk back out with our beers. I take my place on the banister and Angel puts his arm where it was before and I pull him to stand between my knees, his back to me. I wrap my arms around him and place my chin on his shoulder and he turns his head and kisses my temple.

After a while, it's just us standing there and I turn him to face me. "You are always so good to me." I tell him. "You deserve it." he tells me. "So do you Angel." I tell him. I place my hand on the side of his face and he leans into my touch. My hand slides around to the back of his neck and pull him forward slightly. "What do you want Mami?" he asks softly. "I want you to kiss me Papi." He smiles softly and presses his lips to mine before softly deepening the kiss and I am lost in the kiss. When we separate for air, I say "Be my king." He looks into my eyes and says "Absofuckinlutely." He kisses me again and I smile into the kiss. When we separate again, I say "I want to take things slow. Is that okay?" I ask. "Yeah Bebita. We'll take shit at your pace. But I do want to sleep next to you if that's okay." he says and I nod. We spend the rest of the night in our little corner of the world, talking and kissing.