CHAPTER 35

The glow stick is still in his clothes but Jun is down to his slacks as Smitty takes the center to get everything started. The girls are expecting a beating from the comments I'm hearing behind me and so am I. But I know more than most about my crew and apparently I'm not the only one as Lilly is standing patiently holding her man's clothes.

The kid looks like he's going to box but I watch as Jun places both of his palms together in front of his lightly muscled chest and bows his head before turning sideways and pulling up his pant legs a little for movement. Both look ready and Smitty raises his hand and steps back quickly, the first shot happens fast enough that even Smitty is startled a little bit as Jun does a quick sidestep and plants his foot in glowstick's chest knocking him on his ass. Jun steps back moving his feet in a slow and bouncing shuffle before settling down and bringing his hands up keeping them closed but not tightly and waiting. Glow Stick gets up and staggers a little before finding his composure and you can hear the crowd is stunned as he starts to approach Jun again. Glow Stick swings wide at Jun and he barely gets out of the way from the first shot but a second one catches my computer expert flushing and he staggers a bit. Ever have that moment in the movies where the good guy sees his own blood and the rage boils over, this is one of those moments and I could never feel more proud of Jun than right now.

"Jun, tear him a new asshole," I yell loud enough to hear over everyone.

Glow Stick starts to move in again but Jun is faster this time and instead of sidestepping Jun puts a straight right into glowstick's guy hard, then a standing back fist to the face followed by a palm shot to the chest winding him. I watch as glowstick staggers to catch his breath and by that time it's too late as Jun takes flight and does a full extension kick right into glowstick's face ending the fight in an overly dramatic fashion. You could hear a pin drop for just a moment before the crowd erupts and while I'm grinning like the Cheshire cat I turn and see my girls are stunned. I head around and collect the bet that I placed which at only three hundred dollars with five to one odds I'm sitting pretty looking at fifteen hundred dollars and as I walk back over to my girls I'm being demanded for an explanation. I continue smiling as I head over to Jun who has Lilly fawning and fussing over him in equal measure and I gesture to my women behind me and lean against Carlos's car.

"Okay explain to me how the guy who can't even punch like a man does that shit," Katy asks confused.

"After what happened last year, with the moralists you said that I couldn't fight. I've been doing training at a school four times a week every week since then," Jun says smiling.

"And it cut into our personal time like crazy," Lilly says before smiling," But after that it was worth it baby."

I let the lovebirds have their moment and Carlos's crew are loving their winnings as I step over to Imelda and hand her my wad of cash. She looks like I just gave her a ring and I'm being rewarded with affection from all my girls and watching as things start to return back to normal with dancing and people having a good time. I watch as Jun gets handed a pile of clothing and a pair of whitey underpants by Smitty who just chuckles as he hands them off and steps away. We're still hanging around for another couple hours and I lost track of the girls taking care of a few things for the Old Man. When I get back to the crew I see something that makes me sink with memory and regret. Most of my people save for Rachael and to a lesser extent Imelda have been drinking. When I approach, all of them see me and start laughing at some joke that I didn't hear. The disappointment must be all over my face as Kori and Katy are the first to pick up on why I'm so upset, I hate drinking. Loretta used to drink and gave me a shitty childhood, now everyone I care about is drinking or drunk damn near and while Carlos is confused I'm pissed.

"Oh shit baby we're so sorry," Kori says getting up and almost stumbling into me in her heels.

"Guy, we were just having a few drinks," Katy says staggering.

"And a few shots," Imelda adds chuckling.

"Carlos get your people together and take them home," I tell Carlos as I start to walk Kori to one of the cars.

"Baby you're not coming with us," Kori asks as I start to put her inside.

"I will try to but I have to go tell the Old Man that I have to leave because my girls have been drinking and need to be scolded," I say with no hint of playfulness.

"I'll take care of them Guy, you just meet us back home," Rachael says, giving me a kiss on the cheek.

I watch as my crew piles into the cars and Imelda gets on her bike before I turn and head back to the Old Man and get asked to stay even further as he needs my nonUnion hands and I head back to tell Carlos before they leave. I am however stunned to see that not only has everyone left but my bike is missing too. I am scrambling around to see if anyone took it when a hand grabs my sleeve and I turn sharply to see Marta holding on to me.

"What happened," She asks, concerned.

"My whole group left with your brother and his people and I hope they took my bike," I say frustrated," Everyone was drinking and I thought my friends knew how I felt about that."

"Maybe they just forgot," Marta says trying to calm me down," people just want to relax and be free sometimes."

"Then talk to me about it dammit, don't just do shit I hate and expect me to be cool about it later," I tell Marta fuming," To make matters worse my bike is gone."

"No it's not; one of Carlos's boys took it back. I thought I heard Imelda say they wanted it back safely," Marta tells me trying to improve my mood.

"Well now all I have to do is find a ride home," I say frustrated.

"I have my car," Marta says with a helpful smile," I'll wait to go home till you're done and then I can get you home safely. But I want something?"

"Oh crap what do I have to do to get a ride home," I ask in a deadpanned tone.

"I want to talk to someone. I have been dealing with every one of my brother's friends for the past year. I can't talk to new guys and can't date anyone and I'm going a little stir crazy. I had to go with my mother to buy this dress. The only reason Carlos knew I was here tonight is because I saw you and thought 'what is the worst that can happen'," Marta says with a little desperation in her voice.

"You just want to talk, that's it," I ask, feeling a little better and a bit confused.

"Yeah, but you have to be honest with me and not hold back," She says with a little firmness in her voice.

"Same to you, beautiful," I say complimenting her.

I get her to blush a little and head back around to the Old Man and Smitty who have more light work and talking to people on their behalf for me to do. I check my phone and see it's almost midnight and I have several messages on my phone from the girls apologizing and asking me to come home. I do a reply all saying that I'll be home when I'm done and that I'm not happy before putting my phone away. I start to look for Marta to leave and as luck would have it she's been keeping an eye on me and is ready immediately. I find her small car a bit familiar as I hop in the passenger side and we head back towards home.

"Okay so here we are finally getting the date you wanted," Marta says, smiling big.

"Carlos told you," I ask, watching her as she drives.

"No I figured it out when I was still with Romeo," She says before patting the steering wheel," And this is all that was left that I wanted so Carlos and the boys fixed it up and now Gremmie is all mine."

The car did seem familiar, it's the car Romeo had when I chained him up in the desert. I almost wonder if there is any blood on the front but I keep it to myself. We stop at an intersection and I watch as Marta digs around in the backseat giving me a near faceful of her cleavage before coming back with two bottles and twists the top off. I take it and stare at her for a moment as she takes a pull off hers.

"It's a sports drink, I don't like alcohol either," Marta says smiling.

I nod and smile, it's nice to sit and talk and I get through about half of the drink in the next few lights realizing that I'm really thirsty from all the walking and talking I had to do. I'm feeling nice as I can see Marta has some thoughts running through her mind.

"So would you have made me one of your girls instead of Imelda if I was single back then," Marta asks, going for the big questions.

"I don't know, I thought you were pretty and at the time I just thought about getting to know who you were. What happened with me and Imelda was just fate," I tell her, getting an accepting nod.

"Yeah but I look at how happy she is now and I kind of wonder," Marta says a little down.

"I'll do you a favor," I tell her as we get to another stop light," I'll talk to Carlos and tell him he needs to back off and let you breathe. Deal?"

She nods again and I can see something is bothering her as we continue down the street. We're not on the freeway and it's got me a bit confused and then I am starting to feel a little goofy as I finish my drink. I'm kind of tired and very much enjoying myself when I should be an angry about my girls getting drunk and fucking around but I honestly don't care right now. I'm a little warm and my clothing feels wonderful, so much so that I'm sporting a bit of an erection as we head down the road.

"I'm really happy right now," I say chuckling," I shouldn't be this happy with everyone screwing around with me tonight but I am."

"Maybe it's me," Marta says smiling.

"I wish I had gotten to know you sooner," I say resting my head on the head rest behind me.

"I wish we could have hooked up a year ago, maybe even before you had girlfriends," Marta says in a serious tone.

"I like you Marta. I think I should take you out on a real date. I mean that way we can get to know each other and maybe we'll enjoy ourselves," I tell her, rolling my head to look at her.

Her hair is wavy and all the lights are brighter but it just shows off on her jewelry as sparkly. I am staring hard at her body in the tight black dress and remember that my girls are home and I should focus on that. I shake my head and roll the window down a bit to get some cool air in.

"Guy, are you feeling okay," Marta asks, glancing over to me.

"I don't know, I just feel really funny right now. Like everything is just, I don't know, just more," I say trying to explain.

"You could be tired," Marta says, checking me at a stop light," Look at me."

I do and god she is pretty, I didn't feel this way before but now with me being running around and taking care of everything at the meet but now I'm really into her. I can see she's got no bra on and it just makes things more difficult to focus as she puts my head back and continues driving. We get to the gate and I tell her the code and she gets it open before bringing the car slowly inside. Once stopped I stagger out of the car and Marta catches up to me in her heels, I fumble around and remember my door key is on my bike keys.

"Okay so let's get you in this," Marta says, guiding me to the tour bus.