For the love of speed.

Chapter 8: Saveen

I pull myself out of bed at 5:30 in the morning. I did not sleep a wink last night. I was tossing and turning the whole night because of Killian. Like, who does he think he is? He is the one who left without a note, a text, or even a word to anyone. As I walk into my kitchen and start my espresso machine up, Kyle walks in with a yawn. I reach down and pet my Doberman and scratch behind his ears. "Hey, baby boy, you need to go potty?" He walks over to the door, and I let him outside. I go back in and make my coffee. The sun isn't even up yet, but I'm up. This is annoying, but sleep isn't coming anytime soon. My once peaceful life, I just know, is about to be a hurricane. I grab my coffee with a sigh and go sit out on my front patio furniture; I love living out here. I bought this house last year, and it comes with 5 acres of land. My neighbors are super friendly, and it's peaceful out here. I hear a meow and look over to see Tinker coming over. " Hey, Tinker, I didn't mean to wake you. How was your night out, field mouse hunting?" I reach down and scratch under her chain, and she purrs. When I stop, she just jumps into my lap and lies down. Kyle comes up and lies down next to me, and we sit back and watch the sun come up. Just as I finish my coffee, I hear the rumble of a motorcycle. I smile, waiting to see who is driving by the house. It's a Sunday, so it's not very surprising that people are waking up for a drive. Today is supposed to be a beautiful day, so I should probably take a ride myself. I'll be back in time for Momma Tots' Sunday dinner.

I’ve had a standing order since I was 16, from when she first met me when Asher dragged my body in her house to get patched up one Saturday after my father hit me a little too hard. I got 3 stitches in my eyebrow and had a concussion to prove it. From there, I am not sure if she just saw me as the daughter she always wanted, or if she pitted me, but was told that Sunday dinner is always at 6 pm, unless the girls are going to bingo, and she will have it sooner. I'll never forget what she said, " Baby girl, you are to be in that seat, if not imma send my boys to come and get you. If that mean ol’ daddy of yours does anything to you about it or to my boys. I will kill him, and it will look like an accident or natural causes. Autopsy will never be able to show anything." She only had to confront my parents one time, and honestly, I don’t know if it was her threats that scared them or if it was the Los Diablos brothers behind her that scared them more. See, you don't mess with the Los Diablos biker gang, and Momma Tot was not only their doc but their biker mom, and in this town, people knew it. That was the second-worst beating my dad gave me, and I had to hide it from the guys for a month. He didn't like feeling powerless, and for him to feel powerful, he took it out on me. The amount of bruise on my body was ridiculous, and I could have sworn he cracked a rib while kicking me. However, Momma Tots house was like my real home. I felt welcome there and I never didn't feel loved. I saw Raymond on his Harley drive by, waving at me, and I waved back with a smile. Yeah, a good ride will help me take my mind off stuff. I dumped Tinker out of my lap, and Kyle trails after me. After a quick bite of avocado toast and a fried egg on top. I got dressed. I put on my bike gear, with Kevlar coating because safety is always first. I grab my pistol and holster it in my side, seriously, safety first.

I grab my wallet, keys, backpack, helmet, and gloves, and head out the door. As I swing my door open, I let out a scream, because Killian is standing in my door with Dexter about to knock. Kyle came running out of my bedroom, ready to protect me as I had him trained to do, "Zurücktreten!" I yell at Kyle, who stops dead in his tracks, but I'm looking right at Killian. "What the hell are you doing here!?" I yell at Killian, and Dex just looks around him. " We were coming to see if you wanted to go for a ride before we head to Momma's today, but I can see you already thought of that." Killian is glaring at me in my all black, skin-tight bike outfit, that hugs me in all the right places and so much more. Any time I have this on, no matter how self-conscious, I always feel hot and like a badass in this outfit. "Was that German?" was all Killian could get out. Kyle growls like a good boy, he is. "Lontana." I send Kyle away, and he backs off immediately and goes to our bedroom. "Yes." I push Killian out of the way and turn around to lock my door. In doing so, I had to push up against him to even close my door. " Can you move so I can lock up my house!" he backs away after a second, and I get my house locked. I turn around to face Dex, who is grinning from ear to ear. " God, lord women, why do you have to look so damn good in that outfit! You do things to my body that you shouldn't be doing," Dex says and puts his arm around my shoulders. I am giggling when I look over, and Kill's face is dark. I run my hand up Dex's chest and said, " Oh, but the thing you could do to my body huh, killa." I say with a sexy tone, with a wicked grin on my face. Dex looks down and hisses, " Oh yes, but something tells me you are someone I would have to bring home to my momma, and I can't have that." his goofy ass grin that did me in, I busted out laughing, and Dex joined me. "Are we going to go for a ride or not!" growled Killian. Which stopped me from laughing almost immediately. " Oh, is poor kill upset because I'm not giving him any attention, pore pore entitled, spoiled rich kid." Killian hated it when I brought that up and flashed me a warning look. I brushed right past him and didn't even spare him another look.

I walked to the side of my house and opened my 3-car garage. This is what sold me on this house, well, the land too, but the garage, that is what got me. The guy I bought it from was originally a moonshiner and put a machine shop in his garage so he could keep his cars in tip top shape, so he could keep up his runs and could outrun the law. I walk over to my Ducati and flip my leg over. I put the key in the ignition and turn her over. God, I love her purr. I put on my helmet and gloves and drive out. Stopping just in front of Killian and Dex. Dex is grinning like a teenage boy, and I just roll my eyes at him and Killian. I can't pinpoint what look he has on his face, but it pulls a shiver out of me. Dex whistles at me, and I giggle. "See if y'all boys can keep up, because I want to go fast and hard. I have some frustrations to work out." This time, Killian face darkens more, and it's almost like I see lust on his face. I flip him the bird, turn on my music, and speed off. Knowing damn well that Dexter's Crighton can keep up, but I have no idea what Killian is driving, and I don't care. He could get lost for all I care. Why is it that everywhere I have turned in the past 24 hours, he is there? I speed off to Hillsides Pike and just lose myself in the ride, rush, and music. I caught out of the corner of my eye a hot pink bike that was coming in hot on Dex and my tail. Just as I looked over my shoulder, that hot pink bike turned out to be Killian on a Suzuki Hayabusa flying by me. He hits the brakes a little too hard, does a front wheelie, and lets go of it just as I get next to him. I can't help but laugh that Killian is on a hot pink bike and a Bunny helmet. I click over to the walkie-talkie we have in our helmets, still laughing. “ Killian, you look ridiculous.” Still laughing. “ If me looking like this gets you to laugh like that again, I will always look ridiculous for you. I’ve missed hearing that laugh, Saveen.” I look back at the road and click back over to my music. He missed my laugh? I mean, don’t get me wrong, we always had great times together, but he missed my laugh. Does that mean he missed me? I shake my head and speed up. There he goes messing with my head, and it's only 8 in the morning. I push everything out of my mind and just focus on the ride. The sun is shining, and we are seeing some beautiful hills, and at the top, you can look out over the town. However, why does it seem like I'm seeing all this for the first time again?