Whiz (Book 1 of the Hell Raisers MC)

7 YEARS AGO SABBIE "What are we going to do on my 18th birthday?" I asked looking up from the kitchen table. We had Bellamy and his wife Sienna over. They were here to tell us that the wedding would be just a couple months away, they were actually having a ceremony instead of a Justice of the Peace. "When you're 18, you stay here." Ms Gina told me and I just shook my head. The county wouldn't allow that. "You need to help the others Ms. Gina. You can't keep me here." I told her and I knew what Bellamy had to do when he was 18, he moved out, he found a way to support himself. I would have an allowance to do so from my grandmother. Even if she was already passed on. "You, little one, are still in school." "I can go to school somewhere else." I told her and she just shook her head. "I have to Ms. Gina-" "You don't have to." She scolded and she raised her voice enough to have caught Sienna's attention. "What's going on in here?" She asked with a smile and I sighed. "When I turn 18, like Bell did, I can't stay here." "Yes you can. You're still in high school." Ms. Gina tried to tell me but I knew she would lose the opportunity to be a foster mother. "You can always stay with us. We don't mind." Sienna tossed it out there and while that was a good idea, I knew they only had a one bedroom apartment. "We have that pull out couch, it can be your little area, we can start looking for something bigger, we were going to do that anyways so we could.... um." She stopped and she shifted her eyes from me to Ms. Gina before she just took a deep breath. "We were going to look for a bigger place because after we get married we were going to try for babies." "Babies?" Ms. Gina asked with a loud squeal and that was the moment Bellamy rounded the corner from his bathroom break and paused. "I thought we were going to tell them together Doll." He used his little nickname for her and she smiled like she did every time and he came closer. "That was before I almost spilled it anyways." She looked back at me and I just bit my lip and looked away. "Someone... is coming to live with us after she turns 18." "Who?" He asked and she brought her elbow to his gut right away. "Oh... you're going to have to take the pullout couch until we find a bigger place-" "I don't want to just get in your way-" "You won't be. You're family Sabbie." He had given me the nickname and now that was all he called me. It took me a long time to open up, to be ok with what was happening around me as Ms. Gina took me in. I used to be the biggest b***h whenever he was around and when it was just me and Ms. Gina I was silent and did as I was asked. She did save me after all. "And if you stay with them you can finish school." Ms. Gina told me and I nodded slowly and focused on my nails again. "We still have two months to even worry." Yeah... Christmas eve I would be shoved out the door and living on a couch. "And that gives us two months to find a bigger place and-" "Doll, I have to go up north for a month." He reminded her and I knew he was leaving in a week to head back up to help the Hell Raisers, there was some war going on and he and a few others from the Razorbacks were going up to help Noelle's cousins. She was the sweetest woman. She took Bellamy in as if he could be her younger brother and when she met me and Ms. Gina we were her family too. She invited us to dinner and kept me with her when Ms. Gina wanted to go to all day services and I got to help out with baby Roman and now that she was pregnant again she was needing a bit more help. "They're up by Berkeley right?" I asked and he nodded. It was a good 5 to 7 hour drive depending on traffic and he hated the distance but he knew he was the right guy to help. "You'll be back for that Thanksgiving-" "I will Ms. Gina, and I will be around the day after but then I have to shoot back up." He told her already knowing what she was going to ask. This time last year he and I were still unruly towards one another so when he came over for Thanksgiving I may or may not have accidently poured gravy in his lap. It was mostly accidental... the amount anyway. I thought a small dash would make him stop asking me so many things but then it really did slip and fall all over his lap. "Good... then it's all sorted. I will help you find a new place to live, when 18 comes... you'll move in with them, finish high school and then we can see about college." Ms. Gina announced and I just sighed and nodded along with the plan. And... that's what they did. They worked hard finding a suitable place for us all to live in, but there was always something wrong. Mold, leaks, no parking, dangerous neighborhood, not to mention the other tenants and how it was too far from my school and I would have to transfer. Which wasn't good on college applications. By Christmas break while Sienna did her big catering gigs I was at Noelle's she was just starting to show, Roman was walking and babbling and carving his teeth into anything he could get his hands on. I sat on their couch with her as she told me about her hectic family and how she was glad she could buy things... so I asked her opinion on cash. "What do you mean?" She asked and I just gulped. "You're rich... and you like to spend it however you want. If you could be me... life at your feet with years to go... what would you do?" I asked and she paused as she stopped folding some towels. "I would probably go to business school, invest, make more money. I'd start fundraisers and work on those... give back as much as I could." She told me and I just nodded slowly. "What is your plan?" She knew about my trust, my money. She had millions... I had billions just waiting for me to turn 25. I had as much as I could at my disposal for college, anything I would need would be taken care of for it. I'd have an allowance after 18 for room and board and cars and gas and groceries, but I wouldn't get large amounts until I was 25. "I've always wanted to help something... give back. Like to Ms. Gina, and you guys and Sienna." I added and she smiled at me and nodded slowly. "I want to do something I like." "That's why I teach." She told me and I nodded. "You turn 18 in a few days... what are you going to do to celebrate?" "Cry my eyes out and sleep." I whispered and she sniffled and I hated that I could make her cry without even thinking about it. "I didn't mean that... it's just I have no plans. I know I will have to move out of Ms. Gina's and I move in with Bell and Sienna, but it's just the fact it's temporary." I told her and she nodded and looked up to stop the tears that were forming. "Where do you want to go to college?" She asked me, and I wasn't sure why, maybe to just change the subject. "Berkley." I mumbled around the word knowing up there I would be away from Ms. Gina and Bell but it had the programs I wanted. The business and the other stuff they could offer me. "I could technically graduate next month and go to the classes up there early since I have all my high school credits." "Come here." She put down all the clothes and patted her lap and I just took a moment before moving closer and her hands went to my hair and she gently pushed my head down to her lap. "I can make that happen... do you really want it?" I nodded and closed my eyes, even if that meant leaving everything here, if I could get through school and come back it would be perfect. NOELLE's POV: I felt her hot tears on my lap and wanted to cry for her. I ran my hands through her hair and smiled as Roman sat and started to watch the movie we put on a while ago. I pulled my phone up and told Ryan to be quiet when he came home and I made sure she fell asleep on my lap. If I could I would take her in here and wrap her in a bubble, but I could tell she already didn't want to move in with Bell and Sienna. She was asleep within ten minutes of me running my fingers through her hair. She snuggled into my lap and I leaned back forgetting about the laundry. Ryan came home and the moment Roman shouted for him Sabbie jerked away and sat up fast and wiped at her eyes. "I have to go to the bathroom." She told me quickly and I bit my lips as she took off. "I thought he would be napping." Ryan held Roman and I just sighed and shook my head before getting up. He snagged my belt loop and brought me in, despite Roman crawling on one side he opened the other and leaned down to kiss me. "What's wrong?" "I need to call Travis." "He's at the club..." "Cousin Travis." I cut him off knowing he was talking about our Travis. "Why?" "I'll tell you about it after dinner." I patted his arm and he narrowed his eyes, he was used to me telling him everything, and never having to wait, but for now... he would wait. I winked and smiled before turning to put the oven on. We were having an easy lasagna tonight with everyone coming over. I pulled it out of the box and bent over to get a cookie sheet. I stood back up and didn't even jump when his hands came around my waist. "She took him upstairs for me. Tell me." He kissed my ear and I relaxed back into him before looking up at him. "She wants to go to Berkley, and she's turning 18.... and she can take classes." I was listing things before my brain could catch up. "I think... if Travis can promise to watch over her, check in... she could find a place up there to go to college." I bit my lip and watched Ryan think about what I was saying. "If she can go she won't feel... like she's a burden. She cried thinking about having to be with Bell and Sienna because she thinks they are taking her in because they have to." I knew what she was feeling, my brother had to sit me down and tell me that he wanted me there before I ever agreed to move with him. "You want her-" "Not about me. She said Berkley, that's 15... 25 minutes from my cousins. If she could get a car, a safe place to stay, she could go to college, she has the credits-" "You stressing?" He asked me and I took a deep breath. "Only if it doesn't work out." I told him because I knew that as long as it could work... I could be happy that she was happy. "No stressing." He ordered and I just smiled. "You got my little girl in there..." He pointed at my belly and I just smirked. "Could be another boy." I told him and he shrugged. "Either way, our baby. No more keeping s**t from me. If you would have told me before I would have already called Travis for you." He told me and I just shrugged. "I can get him to do things for me... and this is for Bell too. He saved some of their people remember?" I asked and he nodded and clenched his jaw. "You and I will call together and make sure it's possible. If it is, then we tell Bell." He added and I just nodded. I would be able to get them to agree, to make it work. She needed this. Sabbie was a good girl with a hard shell and she needed to open up on her own terms with new people that she didn't feel like she owed things to. When it came to dinner being served I made a green salad, put out the dressing, set the table and Ryan made sure to get the food out of the oven before we were all sitting down. Sienna and Bell walked in a little late but we had heard his bike so while they both came in to wash up I zipped my mouth so I wouldn't just tell them my plan. We ate, we said good night, and the second the door was closed I turned and went to grab my phone. I was dialing before I could even sit back at the table. "Noelle?" Loud music was behind his voice and I knew I had to get him some place quiet. "Hey Trav. Can I talk to you about a favor." I called and I watched Ry glare at me but I just winked and I heard Trav ask for a minute. "Ok, what's going on? You need to get away from that man of yours?" "No!" Ryan shouted out for me and I giggled. "What's going on Noe." "Well... you know Bellamy?" "Yes Noelle. I know Bellamy." He said finally when he realized I wasn't going to go on when he didn't say anything. "He need help?" "In a way. I know you owe him a favor." I said and he grunted. "He has a foster sister. Sabrina. She's a really good girl, she can get into college in Berkeley but she needs to be protected... and watched over just in case while she's up there. She's been Roman's baby sitter and helping me-" "What are we going to do with a kid?" He asked and I sighed. "Maybe give her a place to stay until she can get her own apartment, she can pay you rent, and she just needs the protection." I told him and he was quiet. "This is for me and Bellamy. Two favors in for this sweet young girl just wanting to go to college-" "What's wrong with her?" He asked and I sighed. "Like I said she's in foster care, and she can pay you. She just needs to be watched so Bellamy will let her go up there on her own. The protection... the payment, the two favors-" "What's the catch, if it's not her, then why does she need protection?" "Her uncle tried to take her money, but as long as she's alive and over 18, which she will be, he can't take her money at all. She's got herself all figured out, she just wants to start college early." I waited, and kept waiting as he seemed to think about it. "How much can she pay in rent?" He asked and I just bit my lip. "I don't' know for sure but upwards of 1500." If she couldn't get that I would help. "We can clear out a whole room with an attached bath upstairs here at the compound, and as long as she listens we will keep her here in protection, and even help her move to an apartment when she wants it. She causes trouble she's going back down to your guys." He told me and I smiled wide. "Thank you Travy." I cooed and he grunted. "You're lucky you and Bell are like family. She is welcome here as long as she can pay, and she is young so no brother here will touch her. She pays, she is nice, and she is respectful we won't have any problems." He told me and I just smiled up at Ryan who groaned. "What's his problem?" "Now we get to tell Bell." I told him and he laughed on the other end. "You mean you didn't tell him this was the plan?" He asked through chuckles. "Nope... I needed to tell him it was all planned and that all of us were on board." I told him adn he kept laughing. "Let me know if this is even going to happen. I will talk to you later Noe... let me know about the baby shower and me and Johnny will head your way. Boy right?" "Girl." Ryan shouted and I rolled my eyes. "We don't know yet. We're keeping it a surprise." I told him and he huffed like that annoyed him. "Ok... keep me in the loop if and when this will happen we can have a room ready for her and the brothers will be around the help her move in." He was quick with the goodbye and I just walked over to my husband and wound my arms around his neck and he caged me into the counter. "How about I say thank you and hop in the shower with you?" I asked and I loved the look in his eyes as he nodded. He loved me went and slippery. BELLAMY'S POV: "What the f**k! What do you mean?" I shouted and looked from Sabbie to Noelle as she looked at the birthday gift of tape. Apparently the meaning behind it was that Sabbie could move and go to college because Noelle worked some things out with her cousin and they were going to allow her to stay? Who the f**k asked me permission? "I... I can go to college early. I found out I had all my credits and the winter term starts three weeks after I could get the funding together. I can go to college early." Sabbie smiled and did a little bounce on her toes like she was excited and I f*****g hated that I wanted to take that away from her. She hadn't been happy since she realized at 18 she was out of Ms. Gina's house. "Sabbie... you can't just move up there, you're with us..." I pointed to Sienna who was smiling all soft and s**t and I knew she was going to be happy for her. "Fuck." Three women against me. Probably four if Ms. Gina knew about this. "I made sure she would be safe, she can go up there... the faster she goes through college the faster she moves back." Noelle said and I just worked my jaw. That didn't make s**t better. She was only 18 today. I took a breath, took another and just calmed down before nodding slowly and moving to step out. I was sitting on the back deck I had made a year and a half ago and continued to calm down. I heard two people joining me and I just glared at the grass. "You can't keep her on a leash." I heard Razor and I turned my glare at him. "If you could keep your sister under control then I would have done it with Sienna." he admitted and I just huffed and shook my head. Sienna was older than 18. "She's 18 today. Not 25." I mumbled as I put my fist to my mouth. "I know this is hard brother... but think of it like that. Sienna knew what she wanted with you, and Sabbie isn't going after a man. She's going after school and an independent life. That's good for her." "You going to let Cami go away for college?" I turned and asked Lucien when had a 8 year old now. "In ten years is she going to go to f*****g Berkley or NYU or wherever she wants?" I asked him and I saw the heat in his eyes and he took his own deep breath and nodded. "You f*****g for real?" I stood, turning to them, wondering if they were lying to me. "If she wants it like Sabbie wants it, if she can get in early, if she can tell me why she wants to go there... she can have it. And like Sabbie, she will come back when she's done." Lucien let his fists relax and I just f*****g felt like an even bigger pile of s**t. "She wants this?" I asked them and they both nodded. "And I should let her take it?" "Yeah." Razor told me and I just grumbled about how it would be fine as long as I got to see her and they both clapped me on the back and I sat outside a little longer until they left me out there. I jumped when I felt hands wrap around me and I relaxed when I realized it was Sienna. "She needs this." "I know." I mumbled and she kissed my neck. "I'll drive her up after the holidays." I mumbled and I heard another squeal before another pair of arms wrapped around me and this time Sabbie was in my side and repeating thank you over and over. "There will be rules." "I know. And I will do them all if it means I can go to college early." She sat beside me and I just took another deep breath. "Lay it on me." "No boyfriends." No way would she fall in love and be suckered into a life with some douche. "Can I have dates?" She asked and I glared. "Nothin serious unless I meet the fucker." I told her and she nodded. That was an easy one. "You stay at the compound until you graduate college." I added and she seemed hesitant but nodded. "You make time for us when you can, you come back and we can come and drop in on you to make sure you're ok and not too stressed." "Ok." She nodded again and I smiled and leaned in and knocked my head into hers and she laughed. "You stay out of the Hell Raisers business, I don't want you around them if they get into another turf war. You can't just butt in like you can here. We're clean here, they aren't." I told her and she seemed to pause before nodding. "I understand that. If it gets too bad I can come back until it's settled or maybe find an apartment at that point." Sabbie told me and I nodded. "You listen to Tank and you pay on time, you get your own car and I don't want you in a nice BMW or a Mercedes... I want you in something you can afford at first." "I will." She clasped her hands on mine and I just looked to my other side as Sienna wrapped her arms around me too. "Anything else?" "You call Ms. Gina every Sunday." That had to be done, if I didn't see the woman on a Sunday she would call me like I was lying in a ditch somewhere. "Given." She told me and I just worked my jaw. "For now... that's all I have, but there will be more." "Don't I know it." She mumbled and I just narrowed my eyes. "You can't put me in a bubble, one day I won't want to follow a rule but I respect you enough as my foster brother to care about your rules and opinions... but I won't be 18 forever." I wasn't ready for her to be anything but 18. "You're the big brother I always wanted Bellamy. And I have you now... there's no way I would betray that." "Good. You're my little sister, blood be damned Sabbie. You're my sister... my responsibility." "Ok." She nodded and in the next spurt of energy she was up and running in to tell Noelle she could go and that I was ok with it and that I had rules and then she was hugging Noelle and I started to feel empty. "You're going to be a good daddy one day Bellamy." "We better not have girls." This s**t was hard enough.