Chapter 16 – Brenna
Walking into the hospital, I look at my watch, thankful that I wasn’t late again. Usually if I’m a few minutes late it’s not the end of the world, but today the duty nurse is Eloise and she is not my biggest fan.
I stopped at Starbucks on my way in and grabbed a breakfast sandwich and so far, thankfully, it stayed down. Maybe my morning sickness was over, one can hope right?
The day was bound to drag out. Cody wasn’t on today and we were usually able to make the day go by quickly. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my job, but you need to enjoy working with your coworkers and Eloise made it hard to have an enjoyable day.
Walking up to the nurse’s station Eloise was already there, looking down at her watch as I came behind the desk. I put a smile on my face, trying not to antagonize her. “Good morning Eloise. How are you today?”
She nodded at me before walking away. I grabbed up my list of patients and started doing my rounds, making sure all of the kids were stable and didn’t need anything.
The morning went quickly, the kids were all doing well. I took a quick trip back to the nurse’s station and grabbed up my cellphone, shooting Beast a text to let him know what time I would be able to go for lunch.
Brenna: Hey. I hope your day is going well. I should be able to catch a break around 11:30. That work?
He didn’t answer right away, so I put my phone away and got back to work. The next time I came back to the desk it was almost 11:30 already so I grabbed a peek at my phone and noticed that he still hadn’t gotten back to me. Oh well, I’m sure he was busy. I would just send him another message to let him know I was just going to go to the cafeteria for lunch.
Brenna: I’m guessing you’re busy. I’m going to head down to the cafeteria and grab some lunch. Feel free to join me. I get an hour for my lunch.
I hit send and seconds later I heard the ping of a phone. I checked my phone, but the ping didn’t come from it. Looking up, I saw Beast standing at the corner of the desk smiling at me.
“Hey Baby Girl. You going to go out for lunch without me?”
I smiled back at him and grabbed my purse before walking over to him. “Yeah, I figured you were busy since you didn’t respond to my other text so I was just going to head down to the cafeteria and grab something and relax.”
“Sorry, I was busy so forgot to text back. I picked some food up on my way over. It’s a nice day, how do you feel about eating outside? Are you able to leave the building?”
“Sure, that sounds great. Let’s head out.”
He grabbed my hand and pulled me into his side, putting his arm around my waist as we walked to the elevator.
When we got outside I saw that his bike was parked just outside the exit and it had two helmets waiting on the seats.
“We’re going to ride the bike? I love riding!” I exclaimed. I had only ever been on a bike once before, and that was with Beast. It was exhilarating and I didn’t think I’d ever get to experience it again.
He smiled at me indulgently, seeing me bouncing on my toes excitedly. “Yeah Bren, I figured we would take the bike while we still can. Soon you will be too far along for me to feel comfortable with you out in the open. I thought we’d ride to the park and eat there.”
I took my eyes off his bike and turned to look at him, my mouth dropped open. “We’re going to have a picnic?” I was trying to hold back a giggle, but it was really hard. He did not seem like the type of guy to do something romantic, but I loved it.
“I wouldn’t call it a picnic, but I figured it would be nice to go somewhere semiprivate so we can get to know each other better.”
He handed me a helmet and helped me strap it on. I’m sure I could do it, but I figured I would indulge him.
“Okay, do you remember how to get on the bike?”
He got on the bike and I just stared at it sitting there. He made a sexy as hell picture. I’ve always had a fantasy of being fucked while lying back on a motorcycle. Seeing him sitting there has me getting all hot and flustered just imagining him taking me on the back of it.
“Baby, you okay?”
I came out of my trance and focused back on Beast. He was giving me a sexy grin like he knew exactly what I was thinking. “Oh yeah, I’m great. Just thinking of possibilities for a different day.”
“Ohhhh, you keep thinking up those possibilities Bren and we will fulfill every fantasy you have.”
I walked up to him and put my hand on his shoulder, swinging my leg over and settling on the bike, my feet on the pegs. I held onto his shoulders and thought I was ready to go, but he took my hands and moved them down his body so that they were on his stomach. He then grabbed me behind my knees and pulled me so that my boobs were squished to his back. I tightened my arms around him and gave him a squeeze.
“You ready baby?”
“Oh Beast, I’m more than ready. Let’s go!”
He started the engine and pulled out of the parking lot, turning right to go a couple of blocks down to the local park. When he parked, he tapped my hands letting me know I was good to get off.
Opening his saddle bags, he pulled out a blanket and a couple of bags of food from the local diner. “I thought you said this wasn’t a picnic?”
“It’s not a picnic. I just figured we would need something to sit on. I want you and the baby to be comfortable.”
I grabbed the blanket from him and wandered over to set up beneath a tree that would give us plenty of shade. It was quite a warm day out and I didn’t want to get all sweaty before heading back to work.
I sat down on the blanket and grabbed the bags from Beast, opening them up and diving right in. I was starving. I pulled everything out and set it in front of us.
Beast sat down beside me and leaned back on his hands, watching me. “You hungry Bren?”
“Your child makes me hungry all of the time.” I opened one of the take away containers and shoved the cheeseburger in my mouth. When I looked back at Beast he was still leaning back just watching me. “Aren’t you going to join me?”
“Oh I’m just enjoying watching you eat. Just making sure you don’t choke with how quickly you’re scarfing that down.”
I took the burger away from my mouth and put it back in the container, slowing down my chewing.
“So, tell me about your family. Brothers, sisters, mom, dad?”
“Just gonna dive right in huh baby?”
“Well I figure since we are going to be in each other’s lives for years to come we might as well get to know each other a bit better.”
“How about we go back and forth? To answer your question, my dad Andrew died when I was 16 and that left just me and my mom Marie.”
“Are you and your mom close?”
“Nuh uh. My turn. How about you? Same question.”
I picked up some fries and dipped them into the ketchup and stuffed them in my mouth before answering him. “Well, I come from Irish immigrants. My dad is Connor and my mom is Shannon. I have an older sister named Danielle and a four year old niece named Inara. What made you decide to join up with the Death Dealers?”
“Well, I joined the Navy right out of high school. My dad had been in the Navy and I looked up to him and missed him so much that it felt like a good way to keep a part of him with me. I moved into Special Ops pretty much right away and became a SEAL.
Once it was time to get out, I came back home and didn’t know what to do with myself. I was so used to being a part of a team and group of brothers that regular civilian life wasn’t for me.
I had heard about the MC when I was in the service since some of the men I served with were already members so I decided to hang around and see if I liked it or not. Joker decided to come with me and once we hung around for a bit we decided that we liked the sense of family and brotherhood and became prospects. And the rest, as they say, is history.”
I had stopped eating while he told his story. I was impressed. I had no idea that he was in the Navy SEALs.
“Wow, that’s impressive. How long have you been with the club?”
“I’ve been with the club for the last 10 years. My turn. What made you decide to be a nurse?”
“I’ve always loved kids, but knew I could never be a teacher. I don’t have the patience. I love my job though.”
We kept chatting until it was time for me to head back to work. It was actually the best date I’d ever had.