Timber's Fairy

CHAPTER 1 | Mina

CHAPTER 1 Mina

It was such a beautiful day today and I was glad I had decided to take a break from my computer to go have coffee with my best friend. Winter had been brutal this year with all the snow and ice. I didn’t really mind the weather too much. It was one of the things that drew me to this area a year ago. Seeing the snow covered mountains off in the distance no matter what time of year, took my breath away.

“Morning, Bella!” I called out as I walked into the local coffee shop.

“Hey, Mina, I’m glad you are finally here. I can use a break! Find a seat. I’ll get your usual and join you for a few minutes.” Bella was one of the first few people to welcome me into their little community. She owned and operated “Bella’s Brew”. Although we had only met 1 year ago, most people not from here mistook us for sisters. We were both slender, stood 5’4”, straight black onyx hair with blue eyes and 25 years old. Some of the local townsfolk called us the Pixie sisters.

“So what’s on your schedule today?” she said as she set our coffee down.

“I have a skype meeting with my editor later this afternoon but other than that there’s just a long boring day of retyping corrections. Why? Did you finally decide you are ready to go get drinks with me later?”

“Yeah, I have. My Mom is driving me insane since she moved in with me. I will be SO glad when she can finally find her own place.”

“So that’s what it takes to get my BFF to go out with me. Move her 3 times divorced mother in with her.”

“You are such a b***h some times.” She said as we both laughed.

“Bella, I know it’s hard but she’s your mother. Surely she’s not being that bad”

“Mina, I swear to God you have no idea! She did my laundry the other day although I have asked numerous times that she NOT go into my room. She did it anyway. Then when I got home she proceeded to inform me that it was really no wonder I was still a 25 year old single woman since I was still wearing what she referred to as granny panties!!”

“Bahahahaha! I am so sorry Bella but that s**t is hilarious! Your mom is a total trip. I think she’s fun to be around.”

“Yeah, well, you are not the one that has to live with her. The breakfast crowd will be rolling in soon. You want to meet me here at around 7:00 and we’ll go have drinks?”

Bella had no idea how much I envied her having her mom around. My parents had passed away 10 years ago leaving my oldest brother to raise a teenage girl. I checked my watch as I gathered my things to walk towards the door. “Sure, I’ll see ya at 7. Hope the town is ready for the Pixie Sisters again!” Both of us were laughing as we remembered our last drunken night out.

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I was late! Bella had already been texting my phone like crazy. I pulled up at Bella’s Brew at 7:40. Bella of course was waiting for me at the front entrance and tried to climb into the front seat before I even come to a complete stop. I couldn’t stop the giggle as I watched her struggle into my truck.

“I don’t understand why in the world you have to have such a tall a*s truck. Is it a “Southern Thang” as you like to say all the time? Or are you compensating for something?” She said with a smirk on her face.

“Ha-ha. Just shut up and get your seatbelt on so we can get on the road.”

“Whatever! It’s not like we aren’t already late anyway. Bet you were so into your writing, you never looked at the clocked. They make alarm clocks for a reason ya know.” She made it sound like she was put out by my lateness but the smile on her face told a different story.

“I know they do and that is precisely why I refuse to have one. I don’t like distractions while I am working. And you know this already which is why I know you didn’t actually start getting ready until 7:00.”

“Yeah yeah, so where do we want to go tonight?”

“I thought maybe we would go over to Blackcat Bar & Grill. We can eat before we get good and started on those shots we love so much.”

“I heard that some of the MC may be there tonight. They all came roaring through town earlier today. Blade, the vice president of the club, came in to get coffees for some of the guys. He mentioned it to me.”

“Blade, huh? Anything you want to tell me about this guy?”

“No. Why would you ask that?” she asks with a hint of a blush to her cheeks and annoyance in her eyes.

“No reason. Forget I asked.” I reply and decide to change the subject. “Kind of surprised we never ran into them ourselves last year the few times we went out for drinks. Do they ever get rowdy?”

“They don’t usually hit up any of the local bars. They have their own private bar at their clubhouse. They only mix with the town on rare occasions. I only know of a few instances where the cops were called because of a bar fight. Those were probably over a woman. Who knows?” she said as she shrugged her shoulders.

We pulled up into the parking lot and noticed how filled up it was getting. There was a long row of bikes lined up outside. “Well let’s go find a table if we can. Looks really crowded already.”

We walked into the bar and spotted a table near the back wall. A look around the room showed that it really was crowded in here already. So I was surprised there was an open table. As soon as we sat down, a waitress I recognized started our way. Sara Blackcat was a sweet young girl. She was just barely old enough to serve the drinks in here. Her dad, Paul, had let her start working part time after she turned 21 last year.

“Hey, you two, been a few weeks since we’ve seen you in here. Do the two of you always synchronize with each other with what you are going to wear?”

Bella was wearing tight blue skinny jeans with a white halter top and black boots. I was wearing black skinny jeans with a red halter top and black boots.

“Yeah took a while to get Bella to go out again. Think our last night out scared her straight for bit. And the dressing alike is always unconsciously done.”

“If you could remember that night Mina, it would probably have scared you straight too! And yeah the dressing alike is what got us talking to each other the first time she ever came into the coffee shop.” Bella said while laughing.

“Hahaha. I remember it just fine and it really wasn’t that bad!”

“Sara please remind her that threatening bodily harm to a man twice as big as she is while swinging a wooden chair drunk off her a*s, IS that bad.”

“Come on! He deserved it and you both know it. Besides, Paul got there before I managed to knock his head off anyway. Paul threw him out and told him to never come back. You can’t touch a female without permission and think you can get away with it.” I said trying to defend my actions.

“She has a point Bella. And we all know you didn’t actually want him touching you.”

“You tell her Sara! Now, how has school been going? Did you finally decide on a major?”

“Not exactly...” At the same time we all heard a loud whistle from across the room and turned in that direction. Apparently some of the motorcycle club needed drinks. “Tell me what you two will have. I need to go see what Timber and the club need.”

“Just bring us two beers and two shots of vodka to start. And bring us both a plate of the spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread. Thanks Hon’.” I watched her walk towards the men on the other side of the room. They were all wearing cuts that said Wolfsbane MC. As I watched Sara take drink orders I noticed one of the men staring straight at me. It was too far away and too dark in the bar to get a good idea of what he looked like but I could tell he was a really built man. Although I couldn’t see his eyes very well, I felt like a prey animal looking into the eyes of a predator.

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