A Gypsy Oath

Ask me if I care

Right when Laila is about to answer me Mark calls Lailas phone, she answers it but then hands it to me.

“He wants to talk to you”

I take the phone from Laila and put it to my ear as I take the first exit we come to and pull into a parking lot.

“What can I do for you Mark?”

“It seems to me you don’t take a settle hint, hick. I’m only going to say this once more. You broke the contract. You took off with my sister with out any of our consent and if you don’t return her to my custody your going to be sorry. Now am I clear?”

“Oh ya your clear, but I to would also like to be clear about something. It is my understanding that you are in Texas on my land, surrounded by my men. You have no say over your sister, your not her father nor are you her husband, I am tho and as long as she tells me she’s happy then she stays with me. Now I might be a simple hick but last I check she has free will. I didn’t force her to marry me, she wanted to. Everyone else seems to be fine with this marriage just not you now why is that. What do you have planned, and why do you need her as your pawn?”

He hangs up the phone, I dial her father who answers on the second ring.

“Are you enjoying your self baby girl, I hope that young man is treating you right princess”

“You have no clue what’s going on do you?”

“Bo my boy, what are you talking about?”

“Just so we are clear cause I really really really don’t want to end up in a f*****g mess right now. Sir I mean no disrespect by any of this, I really don’t and I know this sounds random and out of no where, but you and your wife is ok with me and Laila correct? Your ok with us getting married and taking off even tho we should of done it different. Even tho I should have maned up and came to and asked for her I know I did wrong and rail roared things but sir you gotta understand I’m crazy for this girl, have been for a long time now and I won’t do her wrong ever but sir I need to know if your upset here?”

He is dead silent for a minute. Then I hear a door close and he comes full force.

“Which one of my sons is being a moron and starting s**t?”

“Sir that’s not what this call is about”

“Son, I have no problem with you and Laila and the way you did things. I took off with my wife and we didn’t come home till she was expecting our son Mark-“

He goes silent as the puzzle pieces fall into place.

“It’s Mark, my boy don’t worry your self go on and have fun. Be good to my girl she’s my whole world, I hope and pray one day you get a little girl just like her so you know the joys of getting your heart willingly trampled on for just a smile. Don’t even second guess that you are now one of my own sons, Mark is an ass on a good day ignore him I’ll deal with him. It’s my understanding that Lucas and Avery is coming to go to Disney and universal with you and Laila, I have also been told that her sister and my other son will also be joining you, beyond feeling sorry that you have to put up with all the wild children I have raised. Please have fun and don’t worry I have this”

“Thank you sir, I won’t let you down I promise I’ll take good care of your girl I swear it”

When I hang up the phone I sink down the side of the and thank the good Lord that it’s not everyone I’m against. It’s just one power hungry moron, as far as I know. Laila comes around the side of the car and give me the once over look.

“Bo are you ok? What’s going on?”

“I just talked to you father, he ga e is his blessing and is perfectly happy with this. Mark seems to be the only person not happy. Laila baby what is the big secret for him to be passed over. What ever he’s done would have to be really bad. So what is it?”

“We can talk about that latter can’t we? Please? Why can’t we just focus on us?”

“Darlin please, tell me.”

She lets out a huff

“Can we at least get in the car first ?”

I nod and get up, she doesn’t say anything for the longest time so, I put the car in gear and start driving. Silence with her doesn’t feel odd like it does with some people, hell my life right now with her even tho it is totally messed up and in the air, it feels right. She finally reaches over and turns the radio down, I don’t say anything I don’t push the fact. I give her time to tell me what’s going on in her own way. Finally she does and I’m floored,

“Mark has always been the one that gets into trouble and is making messes. He has issues, but a few years back he got arrested for assault. Well mom and dad didn’t know the details they thought it was some guy and what not, you know how things get some times. Anyways latter on a young girl shows up at our door she was 18 and had a infant on her hip, and by infant I mean newborn. The baby was two weeks old and her step dad kicked her out. My mom asked her why she would come to us for help? She told my mom and dad why, the baby was Marks and that’s why she dropped all the charges on Mark nine months before. That’s what the fight started over, he got her knocked up and when she told him he beat her up. Well not only did my parents help her they got her an apartment set up on one of our floors and they totally support her and the baby but Mark won’t even look at the child. Not long after he married Kathy and told my parent to discard Margo and the baby. My father said he was no part of a man or he would have done right by his daughter and Kathy can’t have kids which is kind of like karma if you ask me, but my dad says he is not man enough to rule and guide our people”

I just nod my head, I have no idea what to even say to her. I can see now why he is being passed over. He doesn’t understand and can’t handle the responsibility or pressure that comes with being a leader. Our world may be different then most but it is built on pride and integrity as it’s foundation and the beams are built of respect and dignity. We finally make Key West and the resort. I go in to check into the hotel and when I return Laila is no where to be found, she just disappeared into thin air it seems. As I start to take panic the bell hop that is working with the valet comes walking up and hands me a tag

“the young lady went to the beach sir, right down that path. She hung a left and is sitting on the sand at the edge of the water. I recommend you take this blanket and these towels, as the sun will set in a few moments and a chill has been known to set in a bit at night.”

I give him my thanks and a hundred buck tip for being so watchful and for also providing towels and a blanket for me to take to her. As I make my way down the bath and find sight of her, I’m blown away at the sight of her. She’s beautiful stretched out on the sand, water lapping at her feet and the sun slowly sinking down below the horizon. As I stand and take in the sight of my wife, a man about my age comes towards her and kneels down next to her and starts talking to her. It seems as if he is hitting on her and I want to rip his head off for it, but soon as his knees hit the sand she pulls back away from him and what ever she says he seems to take a hint and walk away. I make my way over to her and as I get close to the water I feel the coolness coming off it. When I come up behind my wife I wrap her in the blanket and sit down behind her, in a way as so she’s between my legs and can recline back into me and I can hold her. We sit there taking in the sunset abs enjoy the view till the guy from earlier comes walking bye and shouts over “GOODNIGHT BEAUTIFUL”

“What the f**k, is he talking to you”

“He came over earlier, right before you found me and hit on me”

I wait for more details but she just sits silently driving me crazy.

“And”

“And what”

“Ans what did you tell him, he didn’t try anything did he. I’ll kill him if he did.”

“No, he just told me how pretty I am and I told him I was married and my husband was on his way to finish not speaking to me, so he better get going cause my husband is a jealous man when he wants to be and he could be even tho he wasn’t happy with me right now”

“Ummm why would you tell him I wasn’t happy with you and that I wasn’t speaking to you”

“Cause you have been speaking to me since I told you about Marks indiscretion, you haven’t touched me or looked at me either”

“That’s not true”

“Yes it is, I toms you all that and it’s like you just turned off towards me”

“Lailas I love you, I don’t care what your brother did. I didn’t say anything because there was nothing to say. As far as looking at you or touching you goes, you should know every few minutes I sneak a peek of you and if me keeping my hands to my self bothers you so much, never dead I won’t make that mistake again.”

“Do you really?”

“Do I really what?”

“Love me”

Is she serious?

“Yes Darlin I love you”

“How do you know that tho?”

“Because I just do”

She flips around and onto her knees to face me. For a moment I think she’s going to kiss me m.

She doesn’t tho , she looks me in the eye and ask “why did you find me on social media and start talking to me?”

“Why not”

I have never been one of those guys that have tons to say. Given I have talked more to Laila then I have anyone else in my life out side of my younger sister, but that’s different.

“Come on Bo, tell me why you seeked me out the way you did. You use to talk to me and tell me stuff, now you don’t do that anymore. Not since we meet in person, is this why you didn’t want to meet me in person?”

“I talk to you more then I have talked to anyone in my whole life, what are you on about?”

“You don’t talk to me now like you talk to me on the phone, Yquem you found me on f*******: and started inboxing me. I use to get a hundred messages a day from you then you wanted my number, and you use to text me all day long, then you would call me and talk till I passed out on the phone and some times you’d still be on the phone when I woke up. Now tho you don’t say to much and some times it feels like you don’t want me around like if the oath wasn’t a thing between us, you might really send me back”

I pulls her closer to me, I hate myself for making her feel this way. My sister Nova has always told me I give the cold shoulder way to much. I never meant for Laila to feel it tho. I want her here with me, when I seeked her out on social media it was just to see what she looked like, what she was like. Then I got talking to her, it went from messages on f*******: to texting to calling to this now. Some where on between all that I feel for the girl. I wish she could see my feeling for her cause that would make this all so much easier.

“First of don’t ever let me hear you say you think I’d ever send you back or give you up, cause that’s never going to happen, I want you more then I have ever wanted anything before. If the oath was ripped into shreds I’d still want you as mine and I’d still keep you for forever. Second I seeked you out at first just to see what you looked like, what stuff you was into stuff like that, but then I got to know you and discovered what an amazing person you are snd I feel for you, I feel hard to. Then you called me that one day and told me about me and how you had to end us because of me I was heart broke but at the same time I knew and I knew I would have you soon enough. Then you showed up and when you stepped out of that car I swear to God you took my breath away, and I could only see your hair. I cat called ya, and when you spun around I swear time stopped ticking. If I didn’t love ya before I sure as hell did when you meet my eyes. I ain’t never felt this way about anyone before and it scares the hell out of me Laila, I ain’t never had someone depend on me or even notice me the way you do. I don’t ever want to lose you. If I’m not talking As much as I did on the phone it’s because I have you here I don’t have ask you all the questions cause I’m here seeing it in person. I didn’t say anything about your brother cause there was nothing really to say, what he did and still does to his own child is shitty. He’s no part of a man for doing that. I agree with your pops I’m not handing him his title. I’d never treat my child like that, I want my daughter right there with me day and night. I couldn’t picture having kids and not seeing them, not watch them grow up. So that’s what I think of that. But Darlin when it comes to you I’m crazy about you, I’d follow you to the ends of the earth of you wanted me to.”

“You mean that part about kids would you really always want them around?”

She’s looking at the waves roll in and out as she ask. It’s one topic we never talked about, neither one of us know where the other stands on it. In the gypsy world it’s get married, have kids, be normal. It’s one of those things that is never questioned. I never really thought about it because it is just something I thought was a normal thing but maybe she doesn’t .

“What do ya mean Darlin”

“Do you want kids?”

“As many as your welling to give me”

Her head spins “what if I don’t want any at all? What then,”

“Then I guess it’s just us”

“But what if I want ten”

“Then I don’t recommend anymore of those shots”

“You you do want kids”

“If that’s what you want darlin”

“But what about what you want Bo”

I really wish she would drop this, I hate talking about my feelings and stuff like this but if I close up now she’s going to take it in a bad way and I know it.

“I ain’t no good at talking about my feelings and stuff, so your gonna have work with me here Darlin. As far as a family goes, do I want one with you? Yes I do. Do I care how big or small it is? No I don’t. I would like to raise them on the ranch but I wouldn’t mind taking you back home and letting them get to know your roots”

“So to be clear you want a family with me, right?”

“Yes Darlin, do you want one with me?”

“Of course I do”

Since we are on the topic of us I have a few questions of my own.

“Laila, why did you give me your number, and why did you brake things off with me over the oath. Your family didn’t months seem like the kind that would disown you”

“I have you my number because why not, and it wasn’t about my family it was about my pride as a gypsy. If I knew there was a promise I was to uphold, even if I didn’t make that promise and it was made for my how could I hold my head up with pride of any sort of I broke it?”

That’s why I love this girl, she does what’s right even if it not what she truly wants. She made me a promise to be mine and I know as long as I don’t do any thing to bad she will always be mine.

“We need to get you a ring so ass holes like that don’t come sniffing around”

“I don’t need a ring, I wouldn’t hide that I’m married I’d tell anyone who came sniffing around that I’m yours”

“I know that Darlin but I want to put obscenely large diamond on that finger that can’t be missed that say taken, so sip shits like him don’t come around in the first place”

“Are you jealous, that I got hit on?”

I just nod my hear. I’m not just jealous, I’m pissed. How dare he try and flirt with my woman. I take mail her head back and land a kiss on her mouth. She starts to twist around in my arms, why can’t we be in the room right now.

Laila-

When I got the friends request on social media I accepted out of reflex. When I finally got him to send me a selfie I was blown away. He is insanely handsome, sun kissed olive skin with tons of tattoos down the right side of his throat, covering his shoulder and all down his arm. His piercing blue eyes and his pouty lips combined with his black hair and five o’clock shadow is enough to make girls drop at his feet but then add in the cowboy thing he has going on in those blue jeans and the rip tight shirts and the peaks and the six pack that leads to the V that dips into those blues and oh good Lord. He’s like one of those guys you see on the internet that is so handsome that you think they are fake but then you find out they are really and you ask your best friend where you can find one of them at. Add in that deep voice with that southern thing he has going on and dear me. Avery said he’s a panty dropper and when I dare ask what that was she said “when a guy like that walks by you drop them pantys and be like yo homie these yours” I rolled my eyes at her and gagged when my brother walked in the room and she laughed. Avery and Lucas is meeting us next week and it will be fun just to see her face when she sees Bo in person because he is so much more in person. When I told him about Mark he never said anything, what Mark did is totally wrong axles none of us agree with it. I haven’t spoke to Mark in two years over it. His bs phone calls and acting like he’s a boss is so wrong but when Bo called my dad and I seen him sink to the ground, I thought my dad agreed with Mark but then I heard the tail end of the call and heard how happy my dad was. I know thing will be alright, Lucas texted me earlier and said he booked flights and was talking about how much fun we was going to have my brother Landon is coming to and Averys sister Daisy is coming to, Landon and Daisy unofficially have a thing going on but they don’t talk about it, it just is. When she tried to come home after her soon to be ex beat her up and she miscarried her baby her parents wanted her to go back and just act like nothing happen. Daisy came to my dad and Landon over heard and went and beat the crap out of the guy and begged our father to allow the divorce. Ever since then she’s been with Landon, even tho they have officially said anything it’s just is what it is. I’ll be happy to see my family but the distance between me and Lucas is starting to feel odd. I have never been away from him this long but it’s something I’m going to have to get use to I guess. As Bo and I sit on the beach I think about all the stuff I’m going to have to get use to now that my place is with him. He talked about kids snd raising them in Texas on his family’s ranch which would be amazing, in the city you don’t have space or freedom like you do on his ranch. I lean back into Bo’s arms and think about all the things to come for us. Our life can and will be totally amazing.