CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
-:- MAV -:-
The weekend has come around once more and I’m excited about this evening’s theme night. I’ve got to get to the costume shop and grab our clothes for tonight. I had Lily pick out one of the best ones, and I’m hoping Blake will be thrilled about what I have for us. I didn’t tell her what the theme night was as I want to surprise her when she sees her outfit.
Back at the clubhouse, I head to the treehouse and stand underneath as the hatch is closed. Meaning Meat doesn’t want visitors, or some shit. Who knows with him?
“MEAT?” I shout loudly, because honestly, if he doesn’t want to respond he won’t, but there will be no excuse that I didn’t try. No reply, and after many shout-outs I’m done. The damn treehouse is completed anyway, but I felt it was polite to check he needs nothing else done.
Walking to where my house is being built, I can’t hold back the smile because I’m sure Blake is going to love this place. Large kitchen with a walk-in pantry, utility room, and every other room we’ll need. The foundations are in, and the size of it looks damn impressive.
“Hey, Mav, you okay?”
Turning, I give a chin lift to Hammer who is heading back to the clubhouse from my house build. “Yeah, I thought I’d check how things were going, and if you’d spoken to anyone about Blake’s places.”
“I was given our marching orders on the place she’s selling. Alf’s dealing with all that with the realtor, as you know. But the new people, if the sale goes through okay, want to do the yard themselves.” Hammer rubs the back of his neck before continuing, “Your place, well, Blake’s place where you are both living. I’ve gotten the information about the front yard. It seems she wants it all resin, which is great for us. She wants it in a sandy, goldish color and then she’s going to get pots and have plants around. Seems that is Ed’s idea, and she likes it. I’ll give you the price, but it’s not going to be anywhere near as much as she thinks it’ll be.”
“Oh, that’s good. It’ll be easy to keep nice and if we lease the place, it’ll be parking off the street. My hog will stand nice on resin,” I grin at Hammer, and we make our way back to the clubhouse together. I give him the go-ahead and to get TwoCents to take the money out of the bundle I have in the safe.
“I’ll get the team on the job that does the resin work and it’ll be next week. But you can cross it off your list of things to be done and concentrate on your Ol’ Lady,” Hammer winks before walking into the kitchen and heading into the common room.
Blake is at work this morning, and I’m sure she’ll have a brilliant afternoon as I'm going to get Mia's trike, or someone else’s, for her to learn on. That thought reminds me I best get Mia’s permission first.
I’m looking forward to the evening and hope we have no issues with any asshole trying to cause trouble, whether it be a male or female asshole.
Walking to the playroom, I find the Three Stooges with Mia, along with the twins and Summer. But what the fuck is Ed doing here? “What are you doing here?” I blurt out in my surprise.
“Well, I do know all these ladies. We’ve known each other since, well, forever, and I thought I best come and see where my Blake is going to be hanging out. Where she’ll be living when this house of yours is built.” Ed is giving me a very serious look, and I know he’s testing me for a reaction of a negative kind, but fuck him, I can play his game. We’ve all seen shenanigans with Star’s father and Meat, so we know the signs.
“Oh, that’s cool. I’ll take you and show you where the house is being built. Everyone here will answer any questions you may have, nothing to hide here,” I calmly respond, and ignore the smile that Amelia has plastered on her face. “You’ll have to excuse me a moment, as I need a private word with Mia.”
Mia looks up and seeing my serious look stands from where she’d been sitting on the mat playing with the twins. “Let’s pop into the common room, Mav.”
“Okay, thanks Mia.” I follow her out of the playroom and through to a quiet corner of the common room. I wait for Mia to sit before taking a seat myself.
“Blake told me she is part of the girl gang now, and I wanted to say thanks for doing that, Mia. It shows me you have embraced her as my Ol’ Lady, and welcomed her to the MC.”
“Mav, I am more than happy to welcome any brother's woman into the club, into the girl gang. But, if we ever have a horrid Ol’ Lady, like BS’s ex-wife, then I’ll do everything I can to make her feel unwelcome.” Mia gives the feral smile she has obviously learned from Axel, and she wears it well, I have to admit.
“She was horrid, wasn’t she?” I ask, more than comment.
“Yeah, she truly was,” Mia giggles at the memory and I wince because his ex-wife was rotten to the core, and we could all see it. “So, is that what you wanted to say?”
“Oh, no, I wanted to ask if I could use your trike to teach Blake how to drive. She’s leaning toward a trike instead of a bike, and if I’m honest, I think she’ll love a trike. But I don’t want to go buy her one until I know she’s good with it.”
“Of course you can use my trike. But one scratch on her and you’ll owe me a visit to Hot Hogs.”
“I’ll make sure she doesn’t scratch her up.” If I wasn’t feeling so confident I would cross my fingers for good luck.
Mia stands and runs her hands down her thighs, straightening out her jeans. “The key to her I leave behind the kitchen door. Meat put me a hook up and you’ll see it, as it has a pretty pink and two blue feathers attached.”
“Ah, feathers for the kids?” I ask, giving her a smile.
“Yeah, the boys gave me them and when I had Summer, I picked up a pink one for her.” I give Mia a quick hug and walk away because I’m going to get my woman and get her on this trike.
Once Blake had finished her shift and arrived home, I waited patiently for her to shower and change. Reaching the clubhouse, I park my hog and tell her to keep her helmet on. “Wait here. I’ll be back in a second.” I run to the kitchen, grab the trike key and take it out with me, where I grab Blake’s hand and lead her to Mia’s trike. Which I’d placed near the front of the clubhouse ready.
“This is Mia’s trike, and she’s kindly said you can learn to drive on her. Now, I’ll go over all the controls before you start her up.” That’s exactly what I do, I take Blake through everything. I have her sitting on the trike and have her repeat everything enough times to know she has remembered where and what everything is.
The lesson goes far easier than I expected and I have to admit she is a natural and won’t have any issues. I’m excited about buying her a trike, and having rides out with her behind and wrapped around me, or on her own trike alongside me.
“You’re a natural, and I want you to think about what you’d like your trike to look like. The brothers at Hot Hogs & Cages will do you a respray to make it special and stand out from the crowd.”
“Oh, I’ll think about it for sure. But I’ll not have any money until the house sale is completed, and the profit is deposited into my account.” Blake mutters.
“Hey, I’m buying you the trike. You’re my Ol’ Lady and I will make sure you get a first-class trike and anything else you need. You keep that money safe in your account when it is deposited. It will be a safety net for a rainy day.” I kiss Blake softly. It’s my way of showing her I’m taking care of her in the best way I can.
The afternoon has flown by and we dash home to eat and get ready for the evening. The outfit is an enormous success and I can’t help but swell with pride when I see how beautiful she looks in it. I wear my outfit and strut around, which has Blake giggling loudly.
“Come on, let’s get to the bar and have some fun.” I announce, taking Blake's hand and tucking it into my arm. Leading her out of the house, locking up and to the SUV I took from the compound. Hm, a random thought pops into my mind, ‘I’m gonna have to buy a truck or SUV.’
Walking into TJs, I smile looking at everyone dressed up and dancing already. I’m in a pinstripe waistcoat suit, and as I’m not used to a vest it feels a little restrictive. But the black suit on whole feels comfortable. I’ve a black button-up shirt and a white tie on, but completed the outfit with a hat that gives the gangster vibe a finishing touch.
Blake is wearing a dress that is also black, but has fringes over it, and as she moves they swing with her. She has a band around her head that has a black feather atop, and to finish it, long white gloves and a set of long pearls. False ones, of course, as they came with the outfit. But she looks stunning, and we have the 1920s theme down, and we match each other perfectly.
Finding one whole side of the room covered in brothers and Ol’ Ladies, all dressed similarly has me smirking, because we probably would all be congregated like this if it was at that time in history. I can just imagine Axel and Mia as Bonnie and Clyde, but without the death at the end.
The evening flows extremely well. I dance with Blake and enjoy her laughter as I swirl her around the floor. We do some very odd old-fashioned dances too, but it’s all fun and with no trouble rearing its ugly head. I think the night is a tremendous success and then Meat calls his team over to do a dance on stage. That’s when I put my foot down and take a seat with Blake, refusing to have anything to do with the stage striptease.
We all bust out laughing when we see Star giving Meat hell, and chasing him out of the bar, through the kitchen and to fuck knows where. But it seems our Star doesn’t want her man showing his dick to any other woman, and I can see from the look in all the Ol’ Ladies' eyes they agree with her. I blow out a relieved breath that I made the right choice of refusing to dance on stage, because if I had I can just imagine the cluster fuck result it would have gotten me.
Wrapping my arm around Blake’s shoulders I pull her to my side, kiss the side of her head, and take a moment to appreciate how lucky I am to have found her.