a new beginning. ( complete)

chapter 7

tonight is my first date with neal and I'm freaking out. right now addie, sadie and I are leaving the ice cream shop headed back to my house to pack her a bag. addie is gonna watch her at her place, she says just in case we need a place to go but that makes me even more nervous. I've spent the whole day with them and trying to calm myself but nothing has really help.

once we're back at my place I grab a shower and put some product in my hair to try to take it a little, I'm standing there in my robe looking at my clothes and I'm lost. addie comes up behind me she grabs my black dress and purple heels and set them on the bed, " addie I'm a mom I really don't think this is a good idea" I say

" yes your an awesome mama but that doesn't mean you can't go out and enjoy yourself honey!" I sigh and but on my make up when I'm done I look over at the dress she has laid out I haven't ever worn it before as I put it on it fits perfect, it has small lace strap and flows out and stops a little before my knee I turn to her " how does it look" she winks at me " I definitely take you home" she says and ed laugh. I slide my shoes on and go grab a few things for sadie

" I will have my phone on me at all times if anything happens call me"

" yes I know this" she rolls her eyes at me. I love on my little girl and hold on to her for a moment before she's done and ready to go. I hug addie

" you will be fine you've hung out with him before so stop worrying" she says and I just look at her and blurt out " we had phone s*x last night and now I'm scared to face him!" she just out laughing I just stand there with my hands on my hips" oh my goodness that's amazing! just get laid tonight and worry about the rest tomorrow" I roll my eyes at her and they leave which leave me alone with my thoughts he said he'd be here by 5 and it's 4:50 now. I make my way to the kitchen and pour myself a shot of whiskey to try to calm my nerve. then the door bell rings damn it he's early, I make my way to the door and when I open it my breath is taken away he looks amazing. grey button down, tight pants ambit best if all his hair is down it does to his shoulders and f**k he looks hot! I stand there drooling for I don't know how long until I realized he's smirking at me " uh sorry" I say trying to collect my thoughts he chuckles " like what you see babygirl?" and I blush

" I haven't ever seen you with your hair down, I like it" he peeks my lips and gives me a hug and I'm intoxicated with the smell of cinnamon.

I lead him to the kitchen where he sees the whiskey bottle out and raises a brow " trying to calm my nerves" he chuckles and wraps his arms around me " I promise you will have a good time." I just nod " you look absolutely stunning if this wasn't our first official date I'd have you bent over this bar by now"

my whole body feels like it's been set on fire by his words. " come let's enjoy the night" he says grabbing my hand and leading me to a truck I start laughing " glad you didn't bring your bike but I didn't know you had a truck" he chuckles

" I know girls don't like to mess their hair up but I will definitely be getting you on the back of my bike very soon" he winks at me " but yes I also have a truck, I just don't drive it much"

neal.

on our way to the restaurant I can't help but steal glances at her, she looks absolutely breath taking tonight. I've got on a long sleeve to hide most of my tattoos expect for the ones that peak out I was trying to look decent in order to impress her because honestly any one can see she's too good for me. as I steak I glace at her I see she's alright looking at me smiling I take one hand and lay it on her exposed thigh and rub small circles with my thumb. we make small talk about our day and I try not to express how nervous I am.

once we pull up to the restaurant I see her eyes go wide, I made reservations at a nice italian place.

as I park I look over at her expression and start to get worried " I've heard it's the best in the city so I figured you'd like it" I say rubbing the back of my neck

" it looks extremely fancy"

I nod my head " yeah you deserve to be treated like a queen for the night"

she just nods her head. I help her out of the truck and we make our way into he restaurant hand in hand, I let the guy at the front know I have reservations for Yates he nods his head but his eyes never leave piper I pull her in closer to me. seated he tells us about their wine and in the middle of him talking piper bust out laughing both me and the waiter look at her, she covers her mouth " I'm so sorry" shaking her head and looking at me she grabs my hand " this isn't us, let's get out of here and find some where that has tacos and beer" I'm shocked, most girls would be over the moon and even though I'm not comfortable in here I was willing to get through it and just enjoy my time with her. I squeeze her hand and look in her eyes trying to figure out if she's just doing this for me

" are you sure? I've been.." she cuts me off by waving her hand " I'm sure it's lovely really but this isn't us, I don't want forced conversations. I don't even drink wine and I know you certainly don't" she giggles and I can't help but laugh the waiter is standing there looking shocked

" I assure you will have a lovely evening if you just stay and try the wine" he says looking over piper she stands and takes my hand " I'm sure if we were difference people we would enjoy all this" she's waves her hand around " but honestly it's just to stuffy in here for me"

the guy looks me over as if he hates me it's a look I know well being a biker. she starts to lead us towards the door and I wrap an arm around her shoulders " babygirl you don't have to do this we can stay" she shakes her head " I want beer and tacos and whatever else you have planned but this isn't you neal and it really isn't me you don't have to do all this to try to impress me" my eyes are wide in shock I never really thought I'd hear a girl say that once they figure out I have money that's all it's about for them. I'm speechless. as soon as we make it out the door she turns and takes both my hands " let's go find some real food" she sends me a wink and turn back around but I'm stopped in my tracks when a voice I'd hoped I'd never hear again calls out " gunner baby is that you?" like nails on a chalkboard piper stops walking and raises a brow at me and I slowly turn to come face to face with my ex and another girl " didn't think I'd ever see you some place like this" she says rolling her eyes. she always hated the fact that I wouldn't dress up and act like someone I wasn't, she was only impressed as long as she had my credit card in his hands. " never thought I'd see you again in my life after I found you with nathan's d**k in your mouth" I look her over still as fake as ever right dress hardly covering her fake breast and her face is caked with more make than ever " still using him for his money or he wise up too?" I question and she rolls her eyes again " oh don't be like that gunner, last is the past. I see you took my advice and finally started wearing decent clothing now if you'd do something with that hair you'd look much better"

ugh! I don't even know why I ever thought we'd work out she hated everything about me but the money and honestly I don't know what I saw in her. I feel pipers small hand make it way into mine and before I can speak she does " headed not changing the hair but we've got to get going now" she says politely and my ex's eyes go wide " oh sweetie you do realize he's in a gang right? " my ex says and I look at piper waiting for her reaction she rolls her eyes " I'm very aware of how be spends his time."

" you won't last, trust me the money is fun but he only has time for his biker friends so do what I did find someone decent that has money and doesn't care what I do in my free time"

I'm pissed off because I know it's true piper deserves so much better than I am. I'm shocked when she busts out laughing again

" so the new guy doesn't care you sleep around then? okay have fun with that, I've been promised tacos so we've got to get going"

she turns and starts pulling me in the direction of the truck I'm in such shock i just blindly follow. once the truck she turns and looks at me

" I get really cranky if I don't have food and I haven't eaten since lunch" she pokes her bottom lip out pouting and I can't help but laugh at how cute she is. I help her in the truck and we find us a taco place. we ride there in silence and I can't help but over think the whole situation, this is probably my one and only date with her after that.

we get int eh restaurant and get seated as soon as they bring the chips and salsa she digs in and she does a little happy dance " this is my happy place" she says drinking some beer

" I'm really sorry about all that with my ex and I guess the restaurant as well, I just wanted you to enjoy yourself" I say looking down waiting for a reaction. waiting for her to scream at me or walk away anything. but to my surprise she scoots into the booth closer to me and take my hand " trust me I know all about ex's and as for the restaurant don't worry about it" she shrugs " just please don't try to be someone else I like you and I can't handle fake people I've got enough going on so just be honest with me and yourself" I kiss her it's hit and heavy and completely inappropriate for a restaurant full of people but I don't care at the moment. I need her to know how much what she said means to me and I don't know how else to say it, she responds to the kiss just as heavy as me but we're brought from our moment when s throat clears, I slowly pull out of the kiss and see her blushing the waiter says " uh sorry would you guys like to order or do you need a minute" I shake my head and places our order he just nods and walks away

after we finish off our food I lead her to the truck " so if you're up for it I was thinking a walk on the beach?" I question and she smiles

" sounds perfect"

we make small talk to the beach and once we get there she pulls her shoes off and heads to the sand before I can even help her. I meet her at the edge of the water where she's standing letting the tide wash over her feet, I wrap my arms around her small waist and just look out into the water.

" you know my body won't compare to hers right? I've had a kid" she says softly I turn her in my arms her hands rest on my chest and mine in her hips I gently squeeze before saying " babygirl you have no idea what your body does to me when you have clothes on so I can't even begin to imagine what it's gonna be like to see you naked" I place a small kiss on her lips " most of her is fake" her eyes go wide and I chuckle " can I ask why you were with her?"

I let out a sigh " honestly felt like I couldn't do better but her cheating was the end for me. then you came along and for the life of me I can't figure out why you even want to give me a chance"

she shrugs a little

" your eyes. and you make me feel safe when your around. honestly when I first saw you I thought you were bad news but then when you finally spoke to me I realized you can look sexy as sin and still have an amazing heart" she turns and starts walking so I follow she lightly kicks some water at me giggling " so please don't break my heart or let sadie get attached to you if you don't plan on staying around" I splash her back " you and that beautiful little girl already have me wrapped in here as long as you will have me"

she smiles and nods

we enjoy our nice Walk on the beach and once we make it back to her house she's standing there against the door with her shoes in her hands I've got my hands propped by her head looking down into her eyes. I'm not ready to leave her but I don't want to rush her either

" I had an amazing time with you tonight babygirl"

she smiles " I did too next time don't over think it" she says making us both chuckle

" so that means I get another date then?"

she runs her hands up my chest and through my beard then they stop in my hair as she pulls me in for a kiss. our tongues are dancing and I'm losing because she lets out a small moan that goes straight to my d**k I softly bite her lip and pull back resting my forehead on hers.

she bites her bottom lip

" will you stay with me tonight?"

that's all I needed even if I don't get f**k her at least she's in my arms I pull her back into the kiss once again it gets heavy

" I'll do anything you want Piper" her body shivers and I smirk. it's gonna be a long night