Chapter 3

~Ash's P.O.V.~

About 15 minutes later we pull into the driveway of my house. I open the garage door, pull in, park, and kick my kickstand down. I wrap my arms around Mickie and swing my leg over to get off. Once off I put her down and unclip her helmet. I put her helmet in my saddle bag, grab her hand and lace our fingers together as I lead her to the door to enter my house. I smile as we enter the kitchen and I look down at her and smile wider as I ask, "Would you like to watch a movie?" "Sure. Do yous has Fwinding Nwemo?" she asks with a giggle and a blush. I smile at her beautiful blush tinted cheeks as I lead her to my living room and sit her on the couch as I tell her "Yes I have Finding Nemo love. Make yourself comfortable and I'll put it in for you" with a smile and walk to the entertainment center to look for Finding Nemo. Once I find the movie I put it in, take off my kutte, and I hang it on the hook by the door. I turn around to see Mickie on the couch with a blanket over her legs, her shoes in front of the couch, her legs crossed on the couch, and a little stuffed wolf in her lap. I smile as I walk over to her, take my boots off, settle down next to her, and ask, "Who's this Little One?" as I point to her little wolf. "Tis is JoJo and she my bwestest fwiend. Say hi JoJo" she says as she makes JoJo wave. I wave back at JoJo and push play on the movie. About 3 minutes into the movie I feel Mickie move closer to me so I look over at her and see her looking at me with puppy dog eyes so I lift my arm up and allow her to snuggle into my side. I smile as I tighten my hold on her and JoJo and press them further into my side. About half way through the movie I hear her softly snoring so I look down to see she's asleep. I smile at her sleeping face as I unlatch her hold on me and carefully pick her and JoJo up and walk up the stairs and into my bedroom. I gently place her on the bed and as I start to walk away I feel her grab my hand and say, "Pease stway" in her sleepy little voice which is adorable. I smile wide as I take my shirt off, scoot her over a little, and climb into bed beside her. I wrap my arms around her waist as she turns around to face me and snuggles into my chest and falls back asleep. I just watch her sleep because she looks so peaceful and angelic. A couple of minutes later I drift off to sleep with a smile on my face and my beautiful soon-to-be woman and baby girl in my arms. About an hour later I feel someone poking my cheek so I open my eyes and see Mickie smiling a toothy grin at me. "Hello beautiful. How was your nap?" I ask with a smile. "Me swept well tank yous" she replies with a blush and a wide smile. "Would you like to go get something to eat?" I ask with a wide smile as I softly caress her cheek and right as I finish my question I hear her stomach growl. I look down to see her blushing a dark red "I guess that answers my question then" I say with a laugh. She smiles and nods so I sit up with her still in my arms and say, "Well let's go then Little One. Go get your shoes on." She nods as she gets out of the bed to get her shoes. *I'm going to ask her to be my old lady and babygirl today* I think to myself. I smile as I get out of bed and head downstairs after her. Once I get downstairs I see Mickie sitting on the couch with her bodybag across her body with her phone on the table and her shoes in her hands with a frustrated look on her face. I walk into the living room, put my boots and kutte on, walk over to her, and ask, "Do you need help Little One?" as I kneel down in front of her. "Wes pease" she says with a blush and a pout. I smile at her and help her put her shoes on and tie them for her. Then I look up at her and smile when I see her already looking at me. "Do you want to take the bike Little One?" I ask her with a smile. "Of cwourse. It fwuns to wides wif yous" she replies with a dark red blush and a giggle as I grab her hand with a smile and lead her to the garage. "Where would you like to go then?" I ask once we stop by the bike and I look at my phone to see it's only 3pm. "We cans gwo bwacks to mey pace ands me cans orders in for yous if you wike" she replies with a blush while looking down. I put my finger under her chin to push her head up and make her look at me as I reply, "I'd like that very much Little One." She smiles as I climb on the bike, grab her helmet out of the saddle bag, and clip it on her head. Once her helmet is on she takes off her bodybag and hands it to me with a smile so I smile back at her as I take her bag and put it in my saddle bag. I get on the bike, scoot back as far as I can, and help her on in front of me. Once we're both settled I push the button to open the garage and I drive out. I stop half way down the driveway and push the button again to close the garage door an once I see the garage door close I start to ride off again. About 30 minutes later we're pulling into Mickie's apartment complex. I park in front of her complex, turn off the bike as I kick my kickstand down, take my helmet off as I wrap my arms around Mickie, and swing my leg over to get off and once we're off I put her on the ground and unclip her helmet. "Tank yous Ash" she says with a giggle. "No problem beautiful" I reply with a wide smile as I lace our fingers together and lead us towards the apartment complex. "Lead the way then pretty lady" I reply with a wide smile. She blushes again as she starts to lead the way up the stairs. Once we get to the top of the stairs she stops and tenses up so I slowly turn her around to face me and I see that she has tears running down her cheeks. I pull her to me, pick her up, wrap her legs and arms and me, and bury her head in my neck. I start walking when I see a man looking directly at Mickie with anger in his eyes and I tighten my hold on her as we walk past him. He's the reason she's crying and terrified and I'm going to find out why. As I get to her apartment I see the door ajar so I push the door open to see her apartment trashed. I put Mickie down and cup her face to make her look at me as I ask, "Who is he baby?" She starts crying harder as she stutters out "J-James. H-He's my e-ex." I wipe her tears away as I ask, "What's his last name baby girl?" "H-Hayes." "OK baby. I have one more question. What did he do that has you so terrified?" I ask in a soft, gentle voice. She starts to cry even harder as she stutters out "H-He a-abused m-me." I clench my jaw as I start to think of all the ways to kill him. "Go pack a bag baby. I don't want you here alone" I tell her. She nods as she grabs my hand and leads me to her room. As we enter she gets her duffle bags out and packs her clothes and essentials. About 30 minutes later she's done packing so I take her bags in one hand, grab her hand with my other, and lead her out of the apartment and to the bike. I strap her bags on my bike, clip the helmet on her, and ask, "Are you little or big baby girl?" "Me wittle" she replies with a sniffle. I look into her eyes and say, "OK baby girl. I'm going to protect you OK" I tell her with a look of determination on my face and she nods and smiles a little. I smile back as I get on my bike, scoot back, and help her on in front of me. Once she's comfortable with her legs around my waist and arms around my stomach I start the bike and we ride off. Along the way I feel her tighten her hold on me.