Chapter Six
Stryker
It's been a few weeks now and watchin' Colt with his son has me thinking about my Old man and what he was like when I was a kid. From the moment, my incubator told my Old man she was pregnant and didn't want me he's man'd up. He's always been there for me, not once has he ever mistreated me. He went to school meetings taught me about girls taught me and Colt how to be men and I'm so grateful for the Old bastard “Stryker, I need you Tiny and Blaze at the clubhouse at nine tomorrow night” Razor says to me as I sit at the bar in the clubhouse
“Ok boss”
“Hay dumbass you still helping me get the tree today” Colt asks me
“Yeah we takin' your truck”
“No, yours” he says
“Why? It's your fuckin' tree”
“I know but your trucks bigger”
“By a fuckin' foot” I tell him
“Right” he says again
“Fine whatever” arguing with Colt is like arguing with a rock
“Niya asked if you and Tiny are coming to ours for Christmas dinner”
“We go to your moms”
“Yeah but everyone’s coming to ours this year so you and Tiny coming or not”
“Fuckin' yes is there any question” Colt’s mom can bake the juiciest Turkey plus I don't have to cook
“Good I'll tell Niya later so come to mine after work and we'll go from there”
*
When we get to the tree lot its packed with people lookin' for their Christmas tree Dads never really been the Christmas tree sort of person. I remember one year we made the tree out of empty beer cans two grown men just don't do the decorating thing. As we make our way in the lot I hear a guy yelling at his Mrs and I know by the sound of the voice its Tank
“Fuckin' hurry up babe” he yells
“Hay Brother what you doing here?” Colt asks him
“What do you think dickhead?” I smile, I remember him grumblin' about pickin' a tree out last year with Lena, don’t know why the fucker just doesn’t get a plastic one so he doesn’t have to do this shit every year
“This one seems nice” I hear Lena and we turn and look at her (Dam she’s got a nice ass but she’s totally off limits bein’ a Brothers women)
“Fine that will do let’s go” Tank says through gritted teeth
“No, I think it's too thin” she says and I watch as his nose flares holdin’ his shit together
“Lena fuckin' hell we've been here for an hour” he says this time and I watch as the vein in his neck bulges (Fuckers definitely ganna have a stroke one day)
“And” she says lookin' at him and he does a loud sigh makin’ us smile at the torment he’s goin; through, my women will listen to every fuckin’ word I say that’s for fuckin’ shore
“Hay guys getting a tree” she says walkin' over to us
“Yeah Niya and mine it's our first tree together” Colt tells her and I see Tank rolling his eyes
“Well it better be good, Tank just thinks you walk in a grab the first one” I want to laugh my ass off but I stop myself
“Well don't ya” Colt asks her
“God, you men are hopeless, why do you think us women take forever to do anything” we all look at her and she rolls her eyes “Perfection takes time boys, even going to the grocery store us women are all sizing each other up, life’s a constant competition boys” she walks off lookin’ at another tree
“Brother” Colt says
“Don't I fuckin' know it, every fuckin' year I drag my ass here to watch her go through the entire lot” Colt and I laugh “Don't laugh fucker you’re lucky Niya's not here cause if she was this would be an all-day event with the women together” I thank my lucky stars I'm single
“Come on Stryker I seen one over there that'll do” Tank shakes his head
“Good luck and don't let Lena see ya she won't let you take a shit tree home to Niya” he yells at us than laughs walking away
“This one will do” Colt says and goes to pick it up
“What are you doing?” we hear and turn to see Lena standin’ there
“Gettin' the tree” Colt says
“That one” she asks frownin’
“Yes, what's wrong with it?”
“Colt it's not even look” she pulls him back a few steps and Colt looks at it
“Lena it's fine”
“Yeah I don't think so come on”
*
It takes another fuckin' hour for Lena to help Colt pick a tree while Tank and I stand back and watch as she drags him around. Lena finally picks one and I walk over and help Colt pick it up. We walk past Tank and Colt gives him the finger and he laughs “Yuck it up fuckhead she still hasn't found your tree” Colt says and gives him the finger we both laugh all the way to the truck
*
We pull up to the house and I help Colt untie the tree “Fuckin' lift it dumbass” Colt says
“I fuckin' am asshole” fuckin' branches are stickin’ in my hair and I smell like a fuckin' pine forest
“Where do you want it baby” Colt asks Niya
“Just in the corner, I placed the stand there” we carry it over to the corner and place the tree into the stand, Colt brushes all the pine needles off and walks over to Niya
“It's perfect Colt” she says but I still smell like a fuckin’ forest
“You can thank Lena for that baby she helped pick it out” Niya looks up at him
“Now I know why they took so long”
“Yeah she's fuckin' picky” she laughs
“Well Colt she does live by the words of Coco Channel”
“Coco who?” and I roll my eyes at him even I know who she is
“Coco Channel Colt she's a famous designer anyway Lena loves her and she lives by her motto’s one of her favorites is, A Girl Should Be Two Things Classy and Fabulous”
“Yeah well, I'm avoiding all shops if I know she's there” Niya laughs, the girls get to decorating the tree and we head into the kitchen to cook dinner
“You sure you don't wanna come tonight man” I'd rang Dad and asked him why Razor needed us and he told me tonight was the night we got rid of Pixie and I'd told Colt
“Yeah Brother I'm sure” I watch him from the corner of my eye he seems so happy and for the first time in my life I feel a little jealous of my friend. Niya comes into the kitchen and kisses Colt
“What was that for baby?”
“Because I can” she says and he pulls her in and deepens the kiss
“Oh god will you two get a room” Zoey say makin’ a gaggin’ noise and I laugh
“I know sickinin’ right squeak” she smiles and Colt bends down and lifts Niya up over his shoulder (lucky fucker) I’m happy he’s found a woman like Niya
“Sounds like a plan” he slaps her on the ass and walks down to their room, Brandy laughs but Zoey and I roll our eyes.
“Ok that’s me out, see ya later ladies” I tell Zoey and Brandy
“Night Stryker” they both say and I head out to my bike and back to the clubhouse to take out the trash.