Chapter 8

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Edited: 5/21/2023

This is going to be the most difficult conversation to have with this damn man.

"I... Um..." I started.

"Why did you fucking leave?" He starts off.

"Because?" I question his question with a damn question.

"Answer me Mac." He snaps.

"Because my dad wasn't my damn dad! And you with your damn whores on you every single day. It was hard." I start off saying.

He stares at me with a blank expression. So, now I have to try to jog this fucker's memory. Just peachy.

"You remember the night you told Tomahawk something and he left without talking to me again?" I ask. Trying to jog his memory.

"Yea, I pulled you into the hall." He answers.

"We argued and I gave you something sacred." I start off.

Seeing as he looks confused I start again.

"You took my damn virginity. You didn't remember it. You were that shit faced." I sound broken.

Before he could even deny anything I continue.

"That doesn't matter anyways. When I heard you talking to Kaiser I knew I was right. You didn't remember. It was hard trying to pretend nothing happened. I could remember everything while you couldn't even remember a thing about that night. It got harder and harder. I just couldn't breathe, I couldn't think. So I went from online classes to classroom classes." I begin to say.

"You just took off." He says.

"Because it was all too much for me. Because.... I felt something that you obviously never did." I answer.

"Did you leave knowing you were pregnant." He asks.

"No, I never found out until months later." I answered looking up at the sky.

"Why didn't you just come back. Why did you hide it?" He questions.

"If they came out without resembling you I was going to come visit. Eventually would have told you. Maybe. When our son was born I knew I couldn't. I just couldn't get the courage to even tell you. I didn't want to get hurt again. I didn't want them to get hurt. I was trying to do what I thought was the best." I answer.

"What are their names?" He asks.

"Everleigh Jolene Archer-Creed and Blade Onyx Archer-Creed." I whisper out.

Praying to God he doesn't kill me.

"Their last names are??" He says stunned

"Creed. It's their rightful last name. I couldn't take that away from them or you." I explain. Hoping he doesn't get anymore pissed off.

"He has my middle name?" He asks.

"I... Yyyy-yye-ee-s." I start to stutter.

"She has my mom's name? As her middle name?" He asks again.

All I could do was nod my head yes. I began to walk off towards the bar. I needed my children.

"Did you ever love me?" He calls out while walking after me.

"Never stopped loving you." I whisper out.

I make it to the door and I felt his hand on mine.

"Can I meet my children? Please?" He begs.

I nod my head because more than anything in this would; I would love for him to officially meet our children. With my nod, he grabs my head and we're on the hunt to find our babies. Before we got there I wanted to make sure he couldn't just walk into their lives and pick when he wants to walk out it.

"Please, don't hurt them. Don't go all dad mode and then one day decide you don't need them or want them. I can't watch them get hurt. You can hurt me all you want just don't hurt our children." I whisper next to him.

He pulls my hand and stops me from moving.

"I had some sense knocked into me. Quite literally. Kaiser told me I should get to know my children. Dawson even said I was missing out on some special children. Dylan said I've missed out on some of their life don't miss out on more. You'll regret it in the end. The day I stormed out this bar I was pissed but when I saw them I wanted to hug them to death. I didn't because I was scared and pissed off. I wouldn't even hurt our kids." Draven says to me while looking in my eyes.

I nodded my head not finding words to say. Like they're lost in the back of my throat. We round the bar and I spot them on the dance floor. Dylan has Everleigh on his boots and he's dancing with her. Kaiser has Blade on his shoulders spinning him around next to my parents, who are dancing away into the crowd. Kaiser notices us walking towards them and he taps Dawson, who taps Dylan. Dylan does some crow sound in the middle of the dance floor and it gets my grandparents and parents attention. The crow noise is our sound. Our safe code if you will. Everyone walks towards us and I nod my head to the front doors. Everyone is following behind us. I drop down to the steps on the bar's porch and Draven sits two steps down from me. Everleigh and Blade hauls ass to me.

"Mummy Unc Dill was teaching me how to dance! Did you see? Did you see!?" She screeches out.

This causes all of us to laugh.

"I saw! You did perfect baby!" I respond to my almost 5 year old.

"Hi, I'm Everleigh! Mom calls me Eve. Uncle Kaiser  calls me Evie. Papaw said I am his second princess. What's your name?" She asks her father.

"He looks like the pictures mum has! Mum! He looks like me. I look like him?" Blade says stunned looking at his dad.

"Everleigh. Blade. I am Draven. Nice to finally meet you." Draven says to his little angels.

"How do we look a like?" Blade asks.

"Because he's..." I pause and let Draven decide how to finish the sentence.

"Your dad." Draven finishes.

"You're our dad?" Blade questions.

"Do we get to call you dad?" Everleigh asks.

"Yes I'm your dad. And yes if you would like to call me dad. If not until you two are comfortable with me you can just call me Draven." Draven answers.

"Do you have a Harley like mummy!!??" Blade whisper yells.

This causes everyone to burst into laughter.

"Yes I do. You want to go see it?" He asks his children.

Everleigh jumps up and down and runs grabbing his hand and nearly tackling Draven off the porch. Draven walks down the steps with Everleigh. Blade is the last one to take off running; runs and grabs ahold of Draven's other hand. I couldn't help but take a picture from behind them of Draven holding their hands.

"Mum can I get on his bike?" Everleigh and Blade both ask.

"If he allows it. If not you can get on Unc Dill's after you ask him of course." I respond.

We all watch as Everleigh and Blade are lifted on top his bike and Draven hops on behind them. He starts his motorcycle up and slowly rides next me.

"I'll just take them around the yard, if that's is okay with you." He says.

I just nod my head and my mom starts to video Draven finally being with his children. We heard Everleigh squeal and Draven laughing at his daughter.

"I haven't heard that man laugh in 6 years Mac." Mom says.

"Think honesty he just needed those two." Kaiser says with his arm over my shoulder.

"Yeah but how long will he stay around before he leaves them for good?" I question out loud.

I had forgot and suddenly realized that that question was now on several phones.

Fuck, they're all recording.

"Those two are what he honestly needs. He's not going anywhere. Trust me." Kaiser says kissing my temple.

Draven pulls up beside us and Blade is picked up by Kaiser. Everleigh gets picked up by Draven and he gently puts her on the ground.

"Everleigh go play with Blade and Unc Dill for a minute." Kaiser says.

Everleigh and Blade run and jump on Dylan. Dylan gets out of their holds. Dylan and Dawson start to run as the kids chase them around the backyard of the bar. The rest of my family is laughing and watching the twins chase after their uncles.

"Can I make two of my spare rooms theirs'?" Draven asks.

He takes my silence as a rejection but he starts to explain and I can hear the sheer panic of me rejecting the idea in his voice.

"I want to be apart of their lives. I want them to stay the night with me when they want. Or when you need a break. Please? I missed out on a lot."

"I would love that." I respond with tears in my eyes.

They chase them back towards all of us.

"How old are you two?" Draven asks.

"We'll be five on June 15th." Everleigh says while holding 5 fingers.

"June 15th huh?" Draven says with his brow raised.

"Yup!" Blade calls out. Popping the p.

"That's my birthday too." Draven says with a smile.

"Really?" Everleigh asks.

"We share our birthday with our dad?" Blade says shocked.

Blade's comment stuns us all. I'm standing here shocked like he just willingly called Draven his dad.

"Yes little man. You share the same birthday as your dad." Draven says with the brightest smile on his face.

"If you can't melt his cold exterior and break through his walls. Those two right there will in no time." Kaiser whispers in my ears.

"Can dad tell us a story and put us to bed tonight mummy?" Everleigh asks.

"Uh well that's up to..." I went answer.

"I would love too princess." Draven answers for me.

Once we closed the place down at midnight. It was opening day so I done it from 4 pm to 12am. So it was a shorter day. Dad and mom kissed their grandchildren goodbye. Followed by grandpa and grandma. My brothers kissed their cheeks and walked off towards their own bikes. Leaving us four standing in the middle of the parking lot. Blade and Everleigh jump onto Draven's bike.

"Looks like they picked their dad to take them home." I called out.

I jumped onto mine and watched as Draven rode off with our children. I pull up last at my house. Draven had already got the kids off the bike and was on the porch waiting. I opened the door and went  to Everleigh's room first. I quickly changed her and went to Blade's room to change him. We pile up into the living room where Draven was still standing. The children grabbed their blankets off the back of the couch and curl up on to the couch. Draven sat in between our kids and I take my residence on the other couch.

"Story?" Everleigh asked.

I thought he would tell a Cinderella story or some shit. No, he tells a story about our life. Shoot me now..

Word count: 1771


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