Born to Ride_A Clubhouse Collection

chapter Eleven

Blue left just as Mattie and Julian arrived home with their arms filled with groceries. It was lucky they had the help of Vic, another of Talon’s guys, to carry it all in. Vic had short blond hair, blue eyes, was tall, and slim, though you could tell he’d still hold his own in a fight. Or if he couldn’t, he’d probably scare a bloke with the permanent scowl he had going on. Though, I wasn’t totally sure that scowl was permanent; it could have been there for the fact that Mattie and Julian had tortured him all day, dragging him here and there.


“The sex shop was the funniest.” Julian cackled just before Talon and I walked out the front door to collect Maya from school. Talon found that hilarious, where I found it worrisome. Because if it wasn't for me and my...situation, Vic wouldn't have been put in that spot in the first place.

Poor Vic; he’ll end up hating me.

“Kitten,” Talon said, as I walked quietly beside him.

“Yeah?” I looked over at him.

“Wanna talk ‘bout your loins and how they race for me?”

I blushed, pulled my hand free of his, and shoved him. “No, jerk. Want to talk about the fact that you didn’t mention doing anything to my phone in the first place?”

“No. I’m glad I didn’t. Or I wouldn’t have found out what your heart already wanted...me.”

“Yeah, right. I was actually talking about the postman. Hoo-wee he gets me going.”

Talon stopped and whipped me into his arms. “Don’t. Don’t joke about this, kitten. I may be teasin’, but I’m so f*ckin’ full to the brim with...gratefulness to hear that come outta your mouth. You had me worried that I was the only one feeling this; but now I know I’m not, and it makes me happy for the first time in a hell of a long time.”

“Talon—”

It was then, in the middle of the street, not far from Maya’s school, that he kissed me. And it wasn’t only lust riding the kissable train this time, but some feelings had jumped aboard as well.

It was magical.

We were standing out the front of Maya’s class, receiving a lot of stares. Mainly because I had never showed up to collect Maya with a male before, and the way Talon was hugging me to his front, it was undeniable that we weren’t just friends. That was when I saw Maya—who was usually the first one out—come out last with the teacher following her.

“Uh-oh,” I said.

“Relax, babe. Can’t be that bad; Maya’s a good kid.”

“Hmm.” We’ll see about that. He has never been with her down the street when she wasn't getting what she wanted. I swear she becomes possessed by the devil.

“Hi, Miss Edgingway,” Mrs. Faith said on a sigh.

“What’s wrong?” I asked. Though she wasn’t looking at me, even when she greeted me, her eyes were on Talon. Did he have that effect on all ages? Because I was sure Mrs. Faith was at least sixty.

“Um—”

And she’d never done that before; I didn’t think um was in her vocabulary.

She shook her head and focused back on me. “Do you mind if we have a word alone for a minute?”

“Sure. Maya, honey, why don’t you go and show Talon the play area?”

“Okay, Momma.” She pulled my sleeve so I was eye-to-eye with her. “Just remember it was real important I done what I done.” With that, she spun away, grabbed Talon’s hand, and skipped off while Talon walked beside her to the play equipment.

A moment later, I realized I wasn’t the only one enjoying the view. Though I wasn’t staring at Talon’s butt like Mrs. Faith was. I was admiring how great it looked for Maya to have Talon beside her, as he looked down listening to something she was saying and then burst out laughing.

I cleared my throat. “Sooo,” I started.

“Yes, I am sorry to tell you this, but we had an incident today that involved Maya. We don’t condone violence at this school; and honestly, I was shocked that your daughter decided to use such force when she got angry at another student. I have had words with her, as I am sure you will as well. Please make sure that she will not lead down that path again.”

“What actually happened?”

“Maya hit another child in the stomach, quite hard actually. She didn’t like something the other student had said to her. Of course, we both know that even if she doesn’t like something, it should never come to violence to get her message across.”

“Yes, of course. And I will be speaking to her about this matter this afternoon. I am terribly sorry for what has happened. But, um, can I ask what was said?”

“I think I will leave that up to Maya to inform you. Have a good weekend, Miss Edgingway.”

“Yes. Uh, thank you, Mrs. Faith.”

She turned and scuttled off into her classroom. Old stuffy bat, I was sure it wasn’t as bad as it sounded.

I sighed. Time to find out what my little monster had done. I walked around the corner and saw red. Talon was standing by the side of the play equipment watching Maya being a monkey, swinging from one bar to another. That was fine; what I didn’t like was what was standing by Talon. Okay, maybe I shouldn’t say what; it was a she. Stacey MacDonald. The sluttiest of all sluts. And okay, maybe I shouldn’t say that, because I hardly knew the lady. But I’d heard enough about her. All the mothers talked about how much she flirted with all the fathers and male teachers at the school. And right now, she was running a hand down Talon’s arm, and they were laughing at something she’d just said.

I stalked over, walked around her to Talon’s other side, and wrapped my arms around his middle.

“Oh, Zara. Hi.”

I grinned, but glared. “Yeah, hi Stacey.” I turned my gaze to Talon and gentled my look. “You ready to go, honey?”

He smirked, his lips twitching. Was he seriously fighting not to laugh right now?

“Sure, kitten. Maya, we’re goin’.”

“Ok,” Maya called. She knew she was about to get into trouble, because usually it would take at least five times for me to call her for her to actually listen.

Stacey cleared her throat. “Right, bye, Zara. Talon, I’ll see you around some time.”

WTF?

“Um, no. I don’t think you will, Stacey. I plan on keeping Talon very busy for a very long time.”

She rolled her eyes. “Sure, Zara.”

I shook my head, grabbed Talon’s hand in mine and took Maya’s hand within the other, and left.

Stupid, slutty wench.

Talon leaned into me and whispered, “Do you wanna piss on me as well, kitten?” Then he chuckled.

“Not funny, Talon.”

“What’s not funny, Ma?”

“Nothing, honey. Now, any chance you want to tell me what happened today?”

She groaned. “I had to do it, Momma. Toby was bein’ mean.”

“Maya, what was Toby saying or doing that was so bad to receive a punch in the stomach?”

Talon chuckled. I elbowed him in the ribs, and sent him my evil glare. He shut up, but a grin stayed upon his lips.

“It was my turn for news—”

“Yes.” I nodded. “And you showed everyone that Monster High doll, right?”

“Yeah, but I also had way better news than that.”

“And?” I prompted.

“I told the class I had a daddy now.” I gasped; Talon’s hand in mine grew tighter. “Toby said Talon wasn’t my daddy, just someone my mum was dating. I thought he was not right, he was yelling that he was, and said I was silly for even thinkin’ it. So I punched him.”

Oh, dear.

Not knowing what to actually say, I decided to steer clear of that whole dad topic—leave it for when I had some inspirational answers, which always came after a bottle of scotch. So I moved onto the lecture of not hurting anyone, even if they think they were right and were vocal about it. Maya then stomped off up the front steps when I took her one-hour of television privileges away for the night. In other words—her world had ended. Maya wasn’t the only one I didn’t want to talk to about the dad subject. As soon as I was in the front door, I headed for the kitchen, where I could hear Mattie and Julian.

“All right, where are we at with dinner? ‘Cause a roast takes awhile; and then there’s all the other preparing to do with the vegetables.”

“Did you smoke a joint while you were out?” Mattie asked. I was shocked that came out of his mouth; usually he was more reserved.

To prove my shock, my eyes bulged, and my mouth dropped open. “No, I did not.”

He turned to Julian and said, “Something happened on the way home.”

Julian nodded. “Oh, definitely.”

I didn’t get to respond, because Talon walked into the kitchen with his phone to his ear. “Right,” he barked. “Well, drop him at the compound.” He ran a hand through his hair. “I’ll be there; what time? That’s none of your business. Well, I could just come and get him like it was f*ckin’ planned, woman.” He sighed. “Christ, fine.”

“Talon?” I asked. He was very tense.

“Stupid bitch. I was supposed to go and grab Cody. But she’s bringing him here.”

I stiffened. “As in here, here?”

“Nah, kitten, across the road. I wouldn’t wanna burden you with that slut. I’ll be back soon. No one leaves the house. I’ll have guys watching, but no one leaves. Got it?”

“Sure thang, Spiderman.” Julian saluted. Mattie nodded.

Without thinking, my body went to Talon. I curled my arms around his waist and met his gaze. He was annoyed and I wanted to make him better. “Sorry, honey, she’s made you mad.”

His eyes softened. “You doin’ what you just did, and sayin’ what you just said, made puttin’ up with her a whole lot easier. ‘Preciate it, kitten. Now kiss me.”

And I did. It started out slow, a touch of lips. But as soon as Talon’s tongue touched my bottom lip, I dove, and it soon got hot and heavy.

“They should charge money for this. It’s nearly like porn, but they’re clothed,” Julian commented.

I pulled away and smiled at Talon, his eyes showed he was amused, but his mouth frowned and he grumbled, “One f*ckin’ day, kitten.”