Mistaking You (Outlaws MC)

Mistake number 1

Victoria's p.o.v

I wake up and get ready. I begin to get nervous. Today is my first day and I don't want to mess up. I want everyone to love how I work so I can get a classroom sooner. I get in my car and my phone rings. I check it and it is a text message. "Goodmorning Beautiful. Good luck on your first day of work. I can't wait to see you later today!" -Lincoln. I reply, "Good morning. Counting down the hours. See you later" with a kissing emoji. I get to school and head to the office and then go to the classroom I will be working with Teacher Amy. "Hi, Victoria, nice to officially meet you." she says, hugging me. "Sorry, I am a hugger," she says. "No worries." I tell her. We get to work and I help her as she finishes setting up each kid's desk. It is 7:50 am now, so we walk over to the yard where we will be meeting the students. Amy carries a sign with her name and room number. I take everything in. Oh, how I wish this was me holding my own sign and getting my own classroom. We stand here as parents begin walking their kids over to us. "I hate that there is a shortage of teachers" Amy comments. "Is there?" I ask and she nods. I need to speak to the principal. Maybe I can apply for a classroom if there is a shortage of teachers. Finally, all of the students show up and we begin walking to the classroom.

The day goes by smoothly and when the bell rings, we take the kids outside to meet their parents. I feel so bad for one of the kids, she showed up with dirty clothes and dirty shoes. During breakfast and lunch she ate her food quickly and at lunch she asked if there was any fruit or leftover food she could take home. Now, her parents are not here. The teacher tells me she has to go and if I can stay with her. I tell her it is not a problem. I wait and 20 minutes later a girl shows up. The girls eyes light up when she sees the other girl. "I'm so sorry I am late sissy. I got detention." she says. The other girl looks just as bad as the one in my class. I can tell they don't have much. "Hi" I say. "This is Miss Victoria" she tells her sister. "Thank you for staying with her. I promise I won't be late tomorrow." she tells me. "Where are your parents?" I ask and they both stare at each other. "Umm, working. I am the one who picks her up." she says, and I have a feeling she is lying about her parents working, but it is not my business, unless I feel like she is in danger, so I nod and wave them off. I then hurry to the office. "Can I speak to Mr. Robertson?" I ask the receptionist. At that moment, he walks in with Eric, the mayor and the one person's face I will never forget. I didn't know him, but after he attacked me, his face became more clear as the days went by and my mind cleared some. I can feel the tears building, but I can not allow them to fall. I hear a woman's laughter and I know it is his mother. I never forgot her voice either. She walks in behind them. I do not hate people. Mom and dad taught me not to hate anyone, but if these 4 caught on fire, I would not throw a bucket of water at them. "Tori", Eric says, and I notice Nathaniel staring at me. "Hello, Mr. Robertson, may I speak to you?" I ask, and direct all of my attention to him. "Sure, how was your first day?" he asks me. "Great. I would like to speak to you about the teacher's position that is still available with the other 1st grade class." I say. "Sure, excuse me, thank you for your donation." he tells the mayor and I follow him into his office. All of a sudden, there is a knock on the door. Nathaniel's mother walks in and whispers something to the principal, who looks uncomfortable. "Let me deal with this. We do donate a lot to the school," she says, and he nods, gives me a sad look and walks out. "Wait, what is going on?" I ask. "Oh, nothing much dear. You want the teacher's position. We know you are the most qualified. Your father has bragged to us about your accomplishments and college degree. The position can be yours, as long as you go on a date with Nathaniel. He hasn't gotten over what happened to you. He always says he wishes he could make it up to you. We run this school as well as all of the ones in town. The money we donate makes everyone do what we want, so if you want the teacher's position, you know what you have to do. I will give you a couple of days to think about it." she says, and walks out. I sit here, not believing what just happened. First, Eric bragging about me is shocking. Second, Nathaniel wanting to go on a date with me is bizarre, and third, these people are all nuts. I stand up and walk out and past them all. "Bye Victoria" I hear his disgusting voice, but in reality all I can hear is. "Hey you, dumb b!tch, what are you doing here?" or "Think about the consequences next time you give me the wrong answers to the test." I hurry to my car and go home.

I shower and get into comfortable clothes and sit on my couch and just think. I already know I won't go on a date with him. I physically can not do that. I could barely stand in a room with him, with all of them today. Even Eric, you would think he is related to them and not to me, the way he acts with them. I don't know what kind of cruel joke Nathaniel is trying to play on me with all of this, but I don't like it. Maybe he wants to finish what he started and k!ll me off? I begin picking at my shirt. A habit I picked up and do when I am nervous. I have no idea how long I have been sitting here, but I jump when I hear the doorbell going off. I get up and check the cameras. I sigh. It's Lincoln. I open the garage and head out and tell him to park his bike in there and then we come inside. He pulls me in for a hug and he sniffs me. I laugh. What is it with him and smelling me all the time? "You smell really good." He says. "I just took a shower." I say. "Mmm, would you believe me if I told you that all I did was think of you today?" he asks me and I shake my head. "Well, it's true. Please tell me you have food." he says and I laugh. "Yeah, come" I say. "That's after food" he says, wiggling his eyebrows at me. He is a dork. I pull out some containers and he serves himself whatever he wants, warms it up and eats. I sit there and listen to him talk about his day, how he is helping with the construction and electricity of a new building. I smile at how into it he gets. He looks so cute, telling me everything. "I love that you love what you do." I tell him. He blushes. "I never had time to work these kinds of jobs, so this is all new and I am loving it so far and it is just my first day." He says. He finishes eating and picks me up and brings me to my room. "You in a hurry?" I ask and he nods. "I need to feel your naked body." he says and strangely, I feel the same. I have felt safe with him and after today I just want to feel something besides being afraid. Afraid of losing my job, being under the control of these horrible people. I don't want to involve my parents, but I know I can't go to Eric. He will side with the mayor and his family. I will eventually have to tell dad and I know sh!t will pop off. I decide to just enjoy the now. Lincoln makes me feel good and this with him, whatever it is, feels so right. We take our clothes off and he is inside of me right after.

We lie in bed. I can't fall asleep though. Lincoln made me forget for a bit. I asked him to sleep over, because I feel safer with him here, but urrghh, now knowing that they "own" the school because of all of their donations and that they can come and go and do as they please makes me nervous. "What's wrong?" Lincoln asks me. I look up at him. His beautiful eyes staring back at me, wanting answers. I thought he was asleep. I just hug him. "Victoria, talk to me. I can feel you off since I got here." he says. I don't know why, but I feel like I can trust him, so I tell him bits and pieces of what happened. "When I was 16, I was attacked by the Mayor's son. He hit me with a ball and he kicked me. It resulted in me needing plastic surgery because he broke my nose and the attack left me blind from my left eye. I got some of my vision back eventually, not all of it. That is why I have to wear glasses. They help." I say. "What the f*ck" he says and grabs my face and lifts it so he can look at me better. He kisses my lips and hugs me closer. "I'm sorry you had to go through that. It sounds horrible. Is that what this scar is from?" he asks, touching my face, and I nod and continue telling him what happened today. "Well, he never got in trouble for what he did. Guess being the mayor's son means you get away with everything. Well, today, when I went to ask the principal of the school if I could apply for the teacher's position because I am qualified for it and I want my own classroom and there is a shortage of teachers, the mayor, his wife and son were all in the office, making a donation to the school and the mayor's wife basically told me that they run the school and all of the schools in town so if I wanted to become a teacher, then I would have to go on a date with her son. My attacker Lincoln. I can't go out with him." I say, and he hugs me closer. "I ran out of there. I feel so stup!d, but I couldn't even stand to be in the same room as them." I say. "Hey, you are not stup!d, don't ever say that. I'm here now, you don't have to worry. I won't let anyone hurt you, okay." he tells me and kisses my head. I finally calm down enough to fall asleep.

Lincoln's p.o.v

A couple of days passed and every evening, I spend it with Victoria. She is literally nothing like what I am used to. The people I grew up with. People in the club before I moved here, just completely different than anyone. She is good, clean, pure. She smells so good and I always have to tell her. She doesn't smell like trash, which is what our house smelled like growing up, after mom died and dad left us, or like cigarettes and alcohol like my dad and uncle did, or even like cheap perfume like Caila. I feel like certain scents have been ingrained into me. Having to smell this daily just did something to me. Maybe trauma. I have no idea, because I am not a therapist, but I know that anytime I smell any of these things I cringe and want to run the other way. This is mostly why I stay away from the clubhouse and only go unless I have to and why Dani and I keep our house really clean. But, this chapter does keep the clubhouse cleaner than my previous chapter did.

Spending time and getting to know Victoria has been wonderful. She is an amazing woman. Every night we have s3x and I sleep at her house. We both get ready together in the morning and head to work. It is weird that it feels right, normal even. I feel like if I have known her my whole life. We are so different, yet it seems like we complete each other. Today it is Friday and we have officially known each other for 1 week. 1 freaking week. She asked me to go to the beach with her. I know Friday's are party days at the clubhouse. I still haven't went to one and I don't think I want to. I'd rather spend my night with Victoria.

I stand behind her, taking the waves in. "Where do you want to be in a year from now?" she suddenly asks. "Well, I really like it here, so I think I am going to stay, but I want to buy a bigger house. I want a wife and a baby" I say. She looks at me. "You want that in 1 year? Not in 5?" she asks and I shake my head. "In 5 years, I want 3 kids." I say and she looks at me like I am crazy. I don't think she believes me. "What about you?" I ask her. "I really want my own classroom. I applied. The principal promised to go over my application himself. He said it will take a couple of weeks though, but hopefully, soon I get good news." she says with a big smile on her face. God she is beautiful. "Did the mayor's family mess with you anymore?" I ask her. "I saw the mayor's wife at school, but she was talking to some administrators and I left home right after. I have been avoiding them at all cost." She tells me. These people in power seem horrible. I need to remember to ask Monster about them. We sit on the blanket and she cuddles up to me. We talk about motorcycles and I am surprised that she knows about them. "There are a lot of things you don't know about me. Surely you would be surprised if you knew certain things," she says, and that peaks my interest. I want to know everything. Eventually, we head back to her house, where I spend the night again. I have to go out of town for supplies with Monster, so I tell her I won't see her until Monday and she says she will take the weekend to spend time with her mom and sister since her dad is also traveling for work and she doesn't want to leave her mom alone.

The next day, Monster and I get a truck and head out early. I am sure I have a huge smile on my face, because Monster asks me what has me so happy. I can't help it, I tell him that there's this woman who has me going crazy. He smiles and congratulates me. He tells me he fell in love with his wife since the moment he set his eyes on her and how their love evolved quickly. Hearing his story makes me not feel as crazy for feeling all of this for Victoria, especially so soon after what Caila did to me, but if I am being real with myself, meeting Victoria made me realize that I just wanted someone and, sadly, I almost chose the wrong woman. I realize how lucky I am though. I was betrayed and lost so many people I thought were family and I also got rid of a horrible woman, but look at what I gained. Victoria alone is worth more than everything I lost. My new brothers here are just a bonus. Everyone is so welcoming and the work here is legal and pays the same as my illegal runs used to. I have no idea how this is possible, but I will not complain. I don't have to make any more runs and involve myself in illegal activities to make money. I text Victoria throughout the weekend and come Monday evening, I am at her doorstep like a lost puppy who just found his way back home. She opens the door with a huge smile. "Hi" I say and she jumps into my arms.

Another week passes and we have been doing much of the same thing, getting to know each other and having a lot of s3x. I spend Saturday with her, but she is on her phone. "I have to spend time with my family tomorrow. My brother-in-law, uncle and brother are all returning from work and it's family day. Maybe we can hang out after?" she asks. I nod, feeling sad. I don't have no-one but Dani who I haven't seen much of. She said she has been hanging with that girl she met the night I met Victoria. The following morning, I get up and go home. "Hey, I'm surprised to see you here." Dani says and I just laugh. I have been spending so much time with Victoria. "Lets go to the club today. It is family day anyways." she says, and I nod. I could spend some time with other people and out of Victoria's a$$.

Victoria's p.o.v

Today the men in our family return from their trip and they are having family day at the club house. I am not sure if I can make it, because I promised Amy I would help her with the lesson plans, because she had to travel for a friend's wedding and didn't have time to do them before. Instead, I decide to visit mom and dad at home before they head off to the clubhouse. I hate missing out on family day, but I promised to help Amy. Growing up, family day was always my favorite day. "Hey girly, how are you? I haven't seen much of you lately." dad says, and I blush. "I have been real busy with work." I say, because I can't tell him I have been spending time with Lincoln. "You work too hard. Any luck with getting a classroom?" he asks and I shake my head. "hmmm" is all he says and goes back to what he was doing on his phone. I spend time with them and later Valeria shows up with my niece and they are all bummed that I have to miss out on family day. She and Delilah are so excited to see Anthony. I smile, hoping I get this lesson plan done quickly and I can see Lincoln. I really want to tell my twin about him, but it is very new and I have no idea what we even are, so maybe it is best I keep it to myself for now. Well, Vanna knows about him, but that is only because she is dating his sister. A couple of hours later and they are off to the clubhouse while I return home. I get in and start on the lesson plan right away. It takes longer than I expected for me to figure out exactly how I want this lesson plan to go. I get it done, I print paperwork and homework for them to do. Once everything is ready, I put it all away in my bag and grab my phone and text Lincoln, but the text doesn't go through. That's weird. I go to call him and it goes straight to voicemail. I try texting again and it just tells me there is an error and message can not be sent. I sigh. I could really use his company right now, but oh well. I will just wait for him to show up or call or message me. Maybe he lost his phone or it is just off. I decide to cook myself some dinner and I eat and go to bed. Excited about the lesson plan. I hope Amy approves of my hard work.

Lincoln's p.o.v

Daniela and I arrive at the clubhouse kind of early. Club girls are bringing food out. "I wonder if they party and spend family day with the old ladies and families?" Dani whispers to me. I shrug. I haven't been to a family day here yet. We help get coolers set up. Dani sets up the tables and chairs. Some families arrive early. There's a play area off to the side, so the little kids run over there. Some bikes pull in and one of the guys is Monster's son, Runner. He walks over to us and introduces us to the other men. His brother-in-law Ant, his uncle Buck and the lawyer of the club, Law, and some other guy, Diablo. We grab some beers and shots and the party begins. These people like to party. Watching all of these families makes me miss my dad so much. I am going to go look for him soon, because he hasn't called or came looking for us and I haven't checked in with him since we came here. Geez Victoria has been taking up a lot of my time. Not that that is a bad thing, I love spending time with her. A truck pulls up. "Finally", I hear Ant say.

I watch Monster get off and open the doors and a woman who I guess is his old lady gets off. She looks familiar, but I am sure I have never met her before. Monster opens the back door and a little girl hops off and I am shocked, Victoria gets off after the little girl. She walks towards us. Dani elbows me to look, but I am already looking. She looks different. Her clothes are s3xier or something. I don't know. She turns around and bends down to tell the little girl something and I notice that the patch of gray hair on her head is missing. What the f*ck. Did she change her hair color? No. She gets back up and the little girl runs to Ant. "Daddy, you're back", she says, and hugs and kisses him. Victoria has a big smile on her face. She walks over, and I am about to come forward to hug her. This is a great surprise. I never told her that I am in a biker club, not that I am ashamed, but it just never came up. As of now, she just knows about my job, but if she is related to the people here, then we have way more in common than I thought. She doesn't even look at me though, instead she runs into Ant's arms. "Hi baby" she says and they kiss. "Sick, that is my sister" Runner says. Dani and I stare at each other. "Hey, this is my wife".... Ant says, but I am not longer listening or I can't even if I wanted to, because my ears are ringing loudly. She won't even look at me. She is too busy staring at him with googly eyes. Like someone in love looks at their person. I feel sick. I could have sworn she was looking at me like that. She pulls him away towards the clubhouse and everyone else besides my sister go their own ways. "What was that? Did you know she was married?" she asks me, but I shake my head. "I need to get out of here. This can't be happening again." I say. I hop on my bike and go to the beach instead. I pull out my phone and I want to text her and ask her why. I mean How? How is it even possible? How did she lie to me? I felt her, there's no way she could lie about that. About everything, but I saw her with my own two eyes. I pull up her number and block her instead. It's only been 2 weeks. If I got over Caila, which I was with for a year, this is nothing. If she is married to a brother, then I want no problems. I came here to start over, but not start over with problems. F*ck, how could I be so blind? Of course, she was available after work. Her husband was away at work. Oh god, did we have s3x on their bed? Where was their kid this whole time? The house wasn't even fully decorated. She had boxes in different rooms. She said she was moving in, but what if she was actually moving out? No pictures, no clothes of a man or kid, no toys lying around. My head begins hurting. I decide to go home and hopefully some sleep will help me figure things out. All I know is that I will have to stay away from her. Guess every woman is the same.