Part 14 (2/2)
After this, I crashed in front of a Christmas movie but my sleep was short lived when the doorbell rang.
A man who had more tattoos than both Jonah and Denny put together started setting things up in the kitchen.
”What's going on?” I asked putting my arms around Jonah's waist.
”Jake owns a tattoo shop; he owes Denny and me a favor so he agreed to come to us.
”Okaso what is he here for.”
”I'm going to tattoo Denny's new tattoo on.”
”Really?” I asked panicking a little, surely you didn't just tattoo someone; didn't you need some kind of skill?
”Who do you think did the tattoos he already has?”
”You?”
”Yeah, I've done all of his and he's done all of mine.” Jonah said smiling at me over his shoulder.
”I don't let just anyone touch this beautiful body.” Denny said gesturing to his body.
”You should really take that same approach to s.e.x, might keep you from getting a disease.” Circling around to Jonah's front I laid my head on his chest. ”Will you tattoo me one day?”
”No.”
”What, why not?” I screeched.
”Olivia baby you can't take pain, you stubbed your toe the other day and cried for like an hour.”
”It hurt.”
”Point being, I could never do anything that might make you cry.” He whispered as that haunted look I hated came into his eyes.
”I'll do it!” Denny yelled giving me an evil smile.
Shaking his head Jonah sighed, ”Come on let's get this done I still have a surprise for Olivia.”
”What surprise?” I asked.
”Later.” He said brus.h.i.+ng his lips against mine.
I was going to go back to my movie and fall asleep but I was fascinated watching Jonah work. The look on his face as he drew the art onto Denny was a look I cherished. You could tell he truly loved tattooing, and he was good at it and as I'd had an up close view of all Jonah's tattoos, Denny was pretty good too. ”Why are you guys working at a club and not as tattoo artists?”
Both Jonah and Denny looked at me with a mixture of anger and sadness.
”Maybe one day.” Jonah whispered.
For some reason the men in the kitchen had all turned into brooding moody types. Feeling I was to blame I left them to it and went back to my movie.
After dinner just before night darkened the world, the snow started to fall harder and Jonah brought me my jacket and boots mumbling for me to put them on and come into the backyard.
Doing as I was told I opened the kitchen door to an empty backyard except for a huge pink box in the middle of the gra.s.s. Walking across the deck I looked around waiting for one of the boys to jump out at me. ”Jonah?” I called and got nothing.
Well ok then.
A whimper came from the box, that had me running towards the box, I didn't care if one of them jumped out or hit me with a snow ball there was something alive in that box. Not wanting to scare whatever it was I opened the box carefully and just stopped myself from screaming.
Standing in the middle of a fluffy pink blanket was a tiny German Shepherd puppy. Yelping at me I pick the mostly black fluff ball up, her little pink tongue timidly coming out to lick at my face as I hugged her gently to my chest.
Arms came around my waist and a head leaned onto my shoulder, ”I think she'll do for your first pet.”
”You got me a puppy?” I whispered.
Letting go of me Jonah picked up the pink blanket wrapping it around my new little puppy and me. ”Yes.” He said simple.
”How did you know I wanted a puppy?”
”Just a good guess.” Jonah chuckled.
”Thank you Jonah, but where am I going to keep her my apartment doesn't allow pets?”
”That brings me to my next surprise, come baby.”
Back in the house I found out why Jonah gave me the dog outside, Mason and Denny had decked out the house in dog things, a pink food and water bowl was in the corner, toys lay all over the floor and a princess bed that matched the blanket was on the table with a big ribbon around it. Lying in the middle of the dog bed was a key. ”Move in with us?” Jonah said taking the dog from my arms and putting her on the ground where she went straight to attacking the toys.
”Jonah,” I said pulling my eyes off the dog so I could look at him, ”I can't move in with you it's too soon.”
”Who says it's too soon?” Searching for an answer I dropped my head on to his chest.
Tilting my head up with his fingers under my chin Jonah kissed my forehead, ”Don't answer yet, I'll give you till New Years to decide.”
Was it too soon? Could I really move in with Jonah?
The New Year party at Club Risk was always the place to be for New Years, this year even more so as the hit rock band Seduction was playing live. The club was packed, every employee we had was working their a.s.ses off, Denny was running around like a chicken with his head cut off and I was sitting in a booth trying to get Darcy drunk enough to tell me all her secrets.
It was a big risk for a couple of different reasons, one it could back fire she could see through my game and out me, Olivia could catch on or the worst one Vinnie would come in and see me not doing my job on Club Risk's busiest night.
Olivia, Ty and Mason were out on the floor dancing and Darcy was with Cole a'who I'd pulled into my schemea' doing shots at the bar.
Sipping on my drink I watched Darcy walk back to the booth giving me a tight smile as she sat down, at least she'd lost the glare in the last hour. Bordering on being drunk I think so.
”Tell me Darcy, how come you're friends with Olivia and Ty, you don't really seem their type?”
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