Grim, but I feel conflicted about it all. He'll tan my hide for coming to a meeting alone with the Rejects. I am not supposed to be involved in any club business, one I am a girl and two I am just a kid in his eyes. I can handle myself, Rebel and Striker fought with me enough that I know how to fight if I have to. I am not as delicate as everyone seems to think I am.
3
Rumor
I don't know why I let Baby get under my skin; I know she doesn't really mean all of those nasty things she says, even though her nasty words are breaking off what pieces of me are left. I am afraid that one day I may disappear all together and the only person who would dare to even care is a man that stands for everything I hate and respect all in one. Rebel Black was born to be a leader, to one-day takeover The Black Rebel Riders' MC, hell he even carries the name of the club.
I know Baby loves Rebel, I know that everything she says and does is because she wants nothing more than to be with him. I know she loves him, but he professes he loves me more.
Rebel is so intense, the feelings he says he has for me shock me sometimes. Partly because I am afraid, he really means all of the things he says, and partly because I am frightened to believe him, only to find he is a liar like all men and only out for one thing. I love my sister, I really do, and I don't want to stand in the way of her happiness when, it lies with a man I shouldn't want. However, another part of me is selfish—I crave his friendship, his affections, and his attention.
As hard as I try I can't seem to stay away from him, let alone stop thinking about him and the brief kiss we once shared. The taste of him against my lips haunts me all the way down to my toes. I k now that loving Rebel Black will bring me nothing but heartache...
Rebel
“Shit! Baby , you know better than to sneak up on me like that.” She stands a mere inch from my switchblade. Baby presses the tip of the blade with her finger and pushes it to the side as a small amount of blood trickles from her finger.
“Sorry, Striker sent me. Are you sure you don’t want him to ride with you to the meeting.” Baby presses her finger to my mouth, "Kiss it." For a moment, my mind flashes to Baby asking me to kiss her, and I almost fuck her. I'm not the one who puts a stop to it either it's her. I don't know if it's a dream or if it really happened. I shake my head, Baby's finger pressing against my lips bringing me back to the present.
“I said I’d go it alone.” She knows good and well Striker didn’t send her. Baby has been trying to earn a place by my side since she was fourteen. What Baby doesn’t realize is she will never be my top bitch. One day one of my brothers might stake a claim on her but not me. I don’t want the club 's whore on my arm. Sure, I’ve fucked around with her —we all have. And hell, her daddy would skin us all alive if he knew. Don't get my words twisted, I love Baby, I'd fucking die for her, I just don't want to be with her the way she wants to be with me. There is only one woman, I would command—Rumor. I fucked things up with her though, and she will never receive me. She wants to disappear from Drag Creek and leave everyone in it behind.
Damn, I sure miss my old man, he has been gone nearly six months and every day that passes, I seem to grieve for him even more. He was like a father to many of the guys I ride with. If he were here, he would tell me to make a good woman out of Rumor—he would tell me to follow my heart.
My mom is always pushing Baby and me together. I know she wants me to be with her to claim her as my old lady. She has been determined to have Baby as her daughter one way or another. But I don't want to be my parents. Sure Slim and Foxie loved each other, but out of obligation not because they could not breathe without the other. I don't yearn for that type of love. When I think about Rumor, I know I'd ride a million miles just to watch her