The Wedding Date

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

I work at Teller Morrow in the office with Gemma. Walking in to clock in I see Gemma sitting at her desk. "Morning baby." she says as I pour my cup of coffee. "Morning Gem." I say as I sit down at my own desk. Looking up as the guys start coming in to clock in, I see him. Opie. "Morning Mom." Opie says as he kisses Gemma's cheek. "Morning baby." she tells him. "Morning Harper." he says. "Morning." I say as I go back to my papers. Opie heads out to the garage and Gemma asks "Why don't you just talk to him?" I shake my head and say "What would be the point. He'd never go for me." I say. "He might surprise you." she tells me and I shake my head.

That Friday night, there's a party. I am sitting at the bar as Gemma walks up to me. "I see you're hanging out tonight." I hug her and say "Yeah. Thought I'd hang out for a bit." She kisses my cheek and says "Have some fun baby." and I just nod. I am sitting there with my beer when I turn and see Opie sitting on one of the couches with Tig and he has a croweater on his lap and I see her kissing all over him and his hand is sliding up her thigh. I shake my head and turn to the bar and ask the prospect "Can you get me that bottle of Jameson?" He nods and gets the bottle for me and I head to the ladder and head up to the roof. I sit up there and start drinking from the bottle and the tears start to fall. He's down there with a croweater and she's going to be the one he spends the night with. I continue to chug the bottle and by the time the bottle is empty and I'm drunk. I climb down the ladder and start to stumble through the clubhouse.

I stumble outside and start pulling my keys out of my pocket and head to my car. I make it past some of the crowd and once I get past everyone, start looking for where I parked my car. I hear my name being called but I don't respond. I think I'm hearing things. There's no way that Opie would be calling out for me. That thought filling my drunken mind makes me finally stop. I feel a hand on my arm and I flinch. "Hey. Where are you going?" Opie asks. "Home." I say and pull away from him, heading towards my car. "You're not driving." he tells me. "I'm fine. I just want to go home." I slur. "Harper, you're drunk. You're not driving." he tells me. "Just go back to your girlfriend." I say, almost in tears. "What girlfriend?" he asks at he holds me steady. "The croweater." I say, looking down at my feet. "Please, just let me go home." I plead. "No. You're not driving. You can stay with me." he says. "I can't stay with you." I say and turn to stumble away.

He follows me and turns me to face him and says "You're staying with me Harper. You're drunk and I ain't letting you drive." he tells me and I beg him "Please let me go Opie. Please." I plead. "Nope. You're with me tonight." he says as he carries me into the clubhouse and down the hall to the dorms. "Please put me down." I beg. He walks into his dorm and lays me down on the bed and starts taking my shoes off. I start pulling my feet away and try to get up. "Where are you going?" he asks. "Home." I say and I stand and stumble for the door. He grabs me again and puts me down on the bed and finally gets my shoes off of me. "I can't stay with you." I slur again as I finally lay down, starting to fall asleep. He climbs into bed with me and puts his arm across my stomach. "Why can't you stay with me?" he asks. As I doze off I mumble "Because I love you dummy." He pulls me closer and kisses my temple before drifting off to sleep with a smile on his face.