Always (Next Generation The Skulls 1)

I’ve got to go. I might not get a chance to write for a while but we can talk. You know I’m always here.

Love you,

TabbyChapter TwoSixteen years old

“Please, Anthony. Please, please, please,” Tabitha said, begging. She normally didn’t beg, but right now, she didn’t see any other choice. She would’ve asked her twin, Miles, but he could be a royal pain in the ass with his completely unnecessary demands, and he never kept his mouth shut either.

“I’m not helping you. You get caught, I’m the one who gets screwed.”

“We won’t get caught.”

“Why can’t you just see him tomorrow when everyone can watch you?”

Tabitha rolled her eyes. “Seriously, you’re going to play that card?”

“No. I’m not doing it.”

He continued to eat his Chinese food, and it just pissed her off. “I’ll talk to Daisy,” she said.

This made him pause, but he didn’t say anything. He truly believed his feelings for Daisy were a secret. She knew exactly what to do to make him comply. Daisy had become her playing card with Anthony when she wanted something.

“No one has asked her out for the Halloween party, and I can probably make sure she goes, and you know, dances with you?”

Anthony glared at her. “I can see Daisy any time.”

“Sure, sure, but you’re on friend terms. What if I, you know, gave her a little encouragement to see you as something more?”

“You’re going to use your friend to go see the Chaos asshole?”

She glared at him. “I’ll tell her that you’re an asshole who is totally screwing three girls in high school, and probably has a sexual disease. You won’t even get to hold her hand!”

Anthony continued to frown at her. “You know I hate you?”

“You don’t, but come on, help me out.”

“Fine! I’ll cover for you, but I better get a dance and a fucking smile.”

She leaned over, kissed his cheek, and smiled. “You will.”

Tabitha didn’t know what was going on between Anthony and Daisy, but either way, she was willing to help both of them out if it meant she got a few minutes alone with Simon. Sneaking out of the house was easy. She pulled her jacket around her, leaving The Skulls’ compound and making her way toward the old park.

It wasn’t safe anymore, and there was some kind of argument over the land being bought up, with houses built on it. She didn’t know what else was going on with that, and she didn’t really care.

Chaos Bleeds were in town, but they weren’t staying at the clubhouse, at least not Simon. She figured it had something to do with her being sixteen and him pretty much seventeen and knowing all about sex. Simon had been the first one to find out about a blowjob, not that they’d done anything. Their parents didn’t have to worry. Simon was the perfect gentleman with her. Either way, it didn’t matter. Simon had texted her that he’d be waiting for her.

Ever since she’d grown boobs and started to ask sexual questions, Tiny, her dad, had become overprotective. She knew about sex and guys. Most of her life had been spent at the club, and even though they tried to stay on their best behavior, it didn’t always work out. People talked and most of the time kids got forgotten about, which meant they opened their mouths frequently.

As she entered the park, it was too dark, and there wasn’t much light. She couldn’t make anything out.

Someone placed their hands over her eyes, and she smelled him before hearing him. “I didn’t think you’d come.”

“I had to blackmail Anthony.”

Simon chuckled. He stood so close, she felt every inch of him pressed against her back. Even with his hands covering her eyes, she closed hers, basking in his closeness. They rarely wrote to each other now since she was given a phone. They didn’t text, but they called all the time.

“What did you have to blackmail him with?”

“Daisy.”

“Good.” Simon released her, spinning her around, and she finally got to see him.

Cupping his face, she stared at him for a few moments, just taking him all in, before she went onto her toes to kiss him. He was way too tall for her. One of his hands gripped the back of her head, holding her close. He was getting bigger by the second. Tall, muscular, he owned the place. Gone was the puny little boy who’d tried to pick on her so many years ago. Not that it had lasted all that long.

“I’ll have to be careful around you. You seem to have a way of getting what you want.”

“I’ve learned from the master.” She thought about her sister Tate who was much older than her. Tate had given her a few pointers on how to get what she wanted. Tabitha was happy to do most things so long as it didn’t hurt anyone in the process. She couldn’t stand the guilt. “I’ve missed this. I’ve missed you.”