told me that she and some of her girls
were headed to this 18+ club across town tonight. My plan was to meet up with
them there.
Trigger had said
we could do whatever I wanted so if by some miracle he did show up here I could
make him take me to the club. Then once inside I could ditch him and be with my
girls for the night.
I studied myself
in the mirror, looking me up and down. I had never been to a club before. I had
no idea what to wear, but my mom had helped me get ready. Blowing my long black
hair out and straightening it with the iron and lending me a short black dress
that made my butt and hips look thick and my stomach small. My makeup was
simple but present. I couldn’t help but admire myself in the mirror. It had
been a while since I had put much effort into what I looked like. I preferred
having little attention on me, never wanting to attract the wrong kind of
attention.
I looked at the
clock again. Ten minutes until nine. Trigger could be here any second if he was
actually showing up. I walked toward the window in my bedroom and glanced out
the window.
His black infinity
was pulled up next to my house.
My heart started
pounding.
I couldn’t believe
he was actually here.
I raced out my
bedroom door and toward the front of the apartment before he got any ideas
about coming in to get me. The last thing I needed was my mom seeing me hanging
out with a Blazing Devils member, especially one that was a Ford brother. I
didn’t know what she would think. Especially since I was pretty sure she used
to score drugs from one of them.
I ran into the
kitchen as fast as my heels would carry me without dropping me on my face. My
mom was sitting at the kitchen table reading the newspaper and sipping a cup of
tea.
“Okay,” I said
slowly. “I’m going now. Are you sure you don’t need me to stay?”
She brushed me
off. “Go ahead, baby. I’m fine, the girls are in bed and I’m going to follow
soon enough. You go have fun, you deserve it.”
I leaned over and
kissed her on the cheek. “Thanks, I love you.”
“I love you, baby.
You look beautiful.”
I felt my face get
hot at the compliment, even if it was just from my mother.
“Thanks.”
I reached the door
before she called after me. “Make sure you text me if you’re going to be late.”
“I will.” I shut
the door behind me and took the steps down to the lobby two at a time, praying
that Trigger hadn’t decided to come inside and greet me at the door. He didn’t
really seem like the type to make a big show of walking a girl to the car but
you never knew , guys like Trigger were unpredictable.
To my relief when
I reached the lobby he was nowhere in sight. I reached the door and peeked
outside at his car. Windows down, night sky shining in through the sunroof of
his car and his beauty still struck me.
Why was I even
doing this?
How had this
happened?
Hours ago Trigger
Ford hadn’t even known I existed and now he was here, wanting to take me out on
a date. This was a date… wasn’t it? I wasn’t sure anymore, I wasn’t sure about
anything. I just knew that somehow I couldn’t stop myself from wanting to go
with him.
I took a deep
breath and pushed the doors open then stepped outside.
Trigger got out of
the car as soon as he saw me and I practically gasped at how good he looked. He
was wearing a pair of dark jeans and a tight red t-shirt that showed off his
perfect arms and layers of tattoos up and down his neck. Trigger looked amazing
in red, he always had, even in high school. I knew they were The Blazing Devils
club color so it made sense he always had a splash of it somewhere on him.
Black boots, a loose chain with his club symbol hanging off the end for the
world to see, and a diamond watch shine off of him. He really didn’t mess
around when it came to looking good.
Suddenly I felt
even more nervous than I had a second ago.
He looked me up
and down and let out a low whistle. “Damn.”
I allowed myself
to smile and looked