Page 43 of Rise In Arms

Waiting out front of the clubhouse for Hazel and Charity, I contemplate how I’m going to handle the whole Honey situation. After being with Charity, the thought of Honey in my bed makes me sick to my stomach. I don’t want any other girl but Charity. Well, there is one other girl who sends my heart beating madly, and that’s Jasmine.

Fuck, Jasmine.I’m gonna be seeing her tonight, and I don’t know how to handle it. Will she be all weird and shit around me? Or will she forget what happened and let things go back to the way they were? Either way, I’m fuckin’ nervous as hell.

“Hey, where you at?” Bear asks, as I take one last drag of my cigarette and throw it on the ground, before I straddle my bike.

“What do you mean?”

“You’re somewhere else, brother. You okay with what’s going on with your sister and friend?”

I clench my fists against my thighs. “Nah, man, not okay. This fucker thinks he can treat women like that and get away with it? Not happening.”

I look at Bear, who has a smirk on his face. Not the reaction I was expecting. “What is it?” I ask, curious.

“She’s getting to you, isn’t she?”

I think on his words, not even having to ask who he’s referring to. He’s right; Charity is getting to me. If I thought my life was crazy when I left the clubhouse that day, the morning I kissed Jasmine, now I’m just confused as hell. What am I honestly feeling for Charity? Is it just that I need to fuck her and get her out of my system? Yeah, that could be it. Maybe I just need to slide my cock into her, have her dripping her juices all over it. Then after that, I’d have my fill and be done with her. But… something tells me that once I’ve had her, I’m gonna want more. A lot more.

I sigh and run my hands over my face. “Is it that obvious?”

Bear laughs, and I glare at him. “That obvious? Fuck, man. You carried her over your shoulder to your bike when you found her on the back of mine. If that’s not a sign of her ‘getting to you’, then I don’t know what the fuck is.”

“I don’t know what I’m feelin’, I’ve never felt so crazy about a woman before,” I say to Bear, needing to talk to someone about all the stuff going through my head. “It’s to the point I want to drag her back to my room and keep her there, so no one else can even get a glimpse of her. That make sense to you, brother?”

Bear shakes his head at me, but he’s wearing a grin. “That’s some fucked-up shit right there, Trigg.”

“Fucker. You asked,” I remind him, flashing a grin back.

“Yeah, well, now I’m starting to regret it.”

My attention is diverted when I hear laughter coming from the direction of the clubhouse. Looking over Bear’s shoulder, I see Charity and Hazel walking out, with Quill in front. Her laugh is like an aphrodisiac—it washes over me and stops right at my chest, where it sits warm and sweet.

“You’re already gone, man,” Bear says under his breath, then chuckles.

“What you say?” I reluctantly turning my gaze from the girls to him.

“I said, you’re already gone. You’re in love, Trigg.”

I widen my eyes in shock. “In love?” I growl. “Now you’re goin’ too far, brother.”

He laughs out loud this time. “We’ll see. Hey, Trigg?”

“Yeah?” I get off my bike to grab Charity’s bag from her.

“I’m your best man, right?”

“Best man for what?” I say distractedly, watching the way Charity’s hips sway as she moves closer.

“Your wedding, shithead.”

I flinch and snap my head toward him. Wedding? Is he fuckin’ mad?

“Don’t know what drugs you’re on, man, but I ain’t never getting married.”

“We’ll see. We’ll see, brother.”

Ignoring his last words, I walk up to the girls and grab their bags, throwing Hazel’s at Bear and laughing when I catch him off guard.

“You boys ready?” Quill asks.

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