Breaking Free (Phoenix Rising)

Chapter 10 - Ellianna

Back at Sonja's I walk in to find her on the couch with two glasses of wine poured like she was waiting for me.

"Hey babes, figured you'd need this." She says raising a glass at me.

"Damn right." I respond taking the glass from her with a big sip.

"Yeah, tall, sexy men on bikes tend to do that." She snickers and I about choke on my second large sip of wine.

"Shut up." I mumble. "You know it's because it's Cole."

She nods and lets me know she made Ty go home about half an hour ago.

"Lord, I'll have to fix that mess tomorrow."

"He gets it. He's just worried because he's your brother and he's supposed to."

I sigh as I pour a second glass of wine. Sonja is quietly eyeing me waiting for answers to all her unspoken questions. "We just fall right back into eachother. It's like gravity. I'm a weight and he's the center of the Earth."

"That's by far the most ridiculous analogy I've ever heard."

"You know it's true though."

She chuckles and agrees.

"Hey! What abouy your tall, sexy biker?" I ask.

"What?!" She replys looking mortified.

"That Chris guy from the bar?" I tease her.

"Oooh." She mumbles. "I don't know. He's so hot though right?"

"Not Cole tasty, but pretty tasty." I admit.

"Well you're a little biased." She says throwing a pillow at me.

We spend the rest of the night giggling and drinking wine. Catching up on girl time until it's way to late and Sonja will be regretting it when her alarm goes off early in the morning.

Somehow, I'm up and wondering into the kitchen for coffee just before Sonja is leaving.

"What's your plan while I'm at work today?" She asks grabbing her work bag of snacks, a banana and her travel mug.

"Oh, I don't know. Gym and maybe see what else has changed sround here."

"Oh! Gym. Did you meet Nick? Talk about tall, sexy biker." She exclaims.

"Really? Biker?" I ask. He's tattooed up but I wouldn't judge on that.

"Yeah, most of the new faces here are. Something with Cole and his connections. He built a big house off the hillside complete with a huge party area. It's like a clubhouse or something, like I've hear of MCs you know? But it's alot different than what I've heard about so I don't really know what the deal is." She says nonchalantly. "It's a mystery to me."

"I had no idea, he didn't say anything about it. "

"He came back with secrets babe. I'm sure he's still Cole and I haven't personally seen anything sketchy." She says before she focuses her eyes directly on me. "Just be careful for me, okay?"

"I will. Don't worry." I say dismissively. "Plus, technically I'm still married."

"Right, well got to go. Have fun today babes!" She says as she walks out the door.

"Work hard!" I shout after her.

I make a power smoothie and head to the gym. There's a kickboxing class this morning and I want in on it. Plus, I need to hand over and pay all my membership stuff so I can officially go to the gym.

I walk in greeted by Nick at the desk. "Hey Gorgeous! Ellie right?"

"Yeah, and you're Nick right? Does boxing and such?" I respond with a smile. Sonja was spot on with her description this morning.