Fates Chains

Chapter 2

My precious little bird. My happiness really depended on her. I pulled up to the park where we first met. She was still comfortably pressed against me. I didn't move. Her hands were wrapped around waist still. My heart was beating so fast.

"You ready to get off the bike" I asked.

"Yes" she says slowly getting off the bike.

Her chest brushes against my back. I felt myself for the first time blush a little. When she finally got fully off the bike. I sat a little longer waiting for my heart to stop beating so fast. I looked around to see her sitting a picnic table with my helmet still on. Her bag sitting beside her. This sight of her made my heart start beating faster. It felt like my heart was going to burst out of my chest.

"Do you want help taking that off" I said walking over.

She nodded. I sat down in front of her. Her legs between mine. I gently reached up to take off the helmet. As I took it off I was met with those eyes I remember so vividly. My heart aches. All I've thought about was finding her again. I stared at her for a moment. I didn't realize my hand had moved by itself to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Asher" she spoke my name so quietly that I stopped what I was doing.

"Mare" she blushed.

"Hey you b***h" I knew that voice anywhere.

"Marie what do you want" I growled at her.

She thinks I'm here. I've never even been with her.

"I'm here to take what's mine Asher and that's you" she smirks.

I was standing between her and my little bird.

"Asher" her face barely visible from my shoulder.

I felt her hand gently squeeze my shoulder as she stepped out from behind me.

"Marie was it" Mareena says.

"He's mine" Marie spats crossing her arms.

"I don't see your name on him" she says lifting my shirt and slowly running her hands over my abs. She turned me around and start running her hands up my back.

"Stop touching him now" Marie says getting closer to her.

"And if I don't" she smirks slyly at Marie.

She touched my arm and I tried not to enjoy her touch. It was like she was taking every inch of me.

Marie lunged at her and with ease she side stepped her.

"That was your first chance" she says smiling.

"You b***h" Marie tried again.

I watched as Marie landed on the ground. I chuckled to myself.

"Second chance, maybe the third try you'll actually hit me" she giggles.

"Now I'm done playing around" Marie says.

I had no idea this quiet shy little bird meant what said ten years ago.

"Last chance" she says standing as still as possible.

Marie whistled and two more girls stepped out. I sat on the table watching.

"Grab her" Marie smirks.

The other two girls lunged for her. She let them grab her.

"Oh no you've caught me" she says sarcastically.

Marie swung at her and her moved to the side quickly as Marie ended up punching her friend in the face.

"You just hit me" the girl says holding her nose.

"Sorry" Marie says trying to hit Mareena again.

She pulled the other girl right in front of her with ease. Marie hit her too.

"Really you couldn't hit her again" the second says walking away.

"You b***h" Marie shouts

"That was your last chance" She says as Marie attempting one more time.

She grabbed the back of Marie's head and brought her knee up connecting with Marie's stomach. Marie let a pained scream then fell to the ground. I watched as my little bird just took out three girls by herself. I was smiling ear to ear.

"I think you broke a rib" Marie says slowly trying to get up. The first girl who stayed helped her up and to her car.

"Marie it seems this is the second today you've got beaten. When will you learn. He obviously doesn't want you" She says calling after her.

"f**k you" Marie says slowly sitting down into the passenger seat. Her friends looked just as defeated as she did as they drove off.

"I'm sorry for causing trouble Asher" She says sitting on the bench beside me.

Her shy demeanor returned. She kept looking at her feet slowly kicking dirt around. My little bird, my precious little bird.

"I just watched you kicked three girls asses at once and you don't have a scratch on you" I say smiling.

"I remember telling this boy years ago that I would be fine for now on" She says still kicking dirt around.

I was the boy from all those years ago. She remembered me. I smiled. Did she look for me to? Oh fates are cruel if she did.

" What do you remember about him" I asked.

"He was fearless for taking in two older kids. I went back to grams covered in dirt and she seemed worried. I remembered telling her I wasn't hurt and it wasn't my blood. She seemed relieved. She asked what happened and I told her about this boy that helped me" She says slowly dragging her foot on the ground kicking up some dirt.

"May I call you little bird" I asked.

"Why that" She asked.

I couldn't answer her. My words got stuck in my throat.

"Because it seems like it a fit for you" I say slowly sitting on the bench beside her.

"What should I call you then" She asked looking right at me.

I blushed. I noticed she seemed more confident.

The sun caught her just her eyes and I begun to feel more comfortable with her.

"Anything you want little bird"

"I like your name. Asher" She says smiling at me.

Damn it my little bird made my obsession for her worse.

"Little bird" the more I said it the more I slowly leaned in.

She looked at my lips and bit her bottom lip slowly. God something started to stir inside me. The closer we got the more I desperately wanted to feel her lips on mine.

"Mare, Mare, Mare" a little boy came running up to us.

"Sammy" She says hugging him.

"Who is this" I asked.

"Hi I'm Sammy. I'm only 10. Mare is my older sister" He says smiling.

"Hi sammy. I'm Asher" I say holding my hand out.

"Hi Asher" He says shaking my hand.

"Does gram know you're here Sammy" She asked putting him down.

"Yes. Since I don't start school till tomorrow she told me go play since we're only a block away" He says taking off towards the play ground.

"Little brother" I asked.

"I'm sorry we had to move in with our gram" She says looking away.

The sorrow in her look made my heart ache.

"What happened"

"I really should keep an eye on Sammy. Thanks for today Asher" She says getting up and grabbing her bag.

I watched as she walked over the playground. She just shut down. What the hell happened that seemed fine then s**t down of a sudden. Should I stay incase something happens. She had proven she can take care of herself. I slowly got up from the bench and grabbed my helmet. Putting it on. I stared at her through the visor. She sat on the swings watching Sammy play. Two cars suddenly pulled in. Black cars with tinted windows. I called Maybell.

"Asher what's wrong"

"Park now bring the others" I said hanging up.

Four more cars pulled up. Maybell spotted me and realized there was a situation happening.

"What's going on" She asked putting her hands behind her back.