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A New Beginning

Sons of Havoc Originals PrequelClaire Shaw

1 BJ

Summer 1981

The Texas summer heat was bearing down on us as we watched the prospect load the van up with coolers and shit for a summer day out at the lake.

I was in a foul mood after ending things with Emma Lou the previous day. Emma Lou had been my girlfriend for a while now but god, did she drag me down. More than once my dad and the brothers had commented that she made me a miserable, grumpy son of a bitch.

I had to finally admit it was true, she really was making me miserable. Always getting at me to spend time with her and not my brothers or the club.

Telling me when we settled down, I’d need to grow up and leave the childish boys only club as she called it.

Bitch has no clue what the club means, what it truly meant to each of us.

My dad started the club with his buddies when he came back from Vietnam and was looking for a place to belong. The club grew from there and now we are a family.

My brother, Pete, and I prospected as soon as we were able and our friends soon joined us, my best buds Frank aka Bull, as he was bullheaded, and Jimmy aka Reck, as he was the reckless one of the group.

I was sitting on my bike watching the hive of activity around me when my brother, Pete, pulled up next to me.

“Fuck, this heat is killing me, can’t wait to get to the lake,” he says, wiping his head.

“I hear ya, where’s Doris?” Looking around for my brother’s ol’ lady.

Pete and Doris have been married for a while now.

“She went to pick her friend, Pip, up, they should be here soon.”

That got my attention, Pip and Doris had been friends for years, so she’s been around now and again.

She was gorgeous, with curly dark blonde hair and beautiful curves but she was also funny. That woman took no crap and could definitely handle herself, but she did it all with the grace of a lady.

Doris’s car pulls into the compound a few minutes later and the stunning vision gets out the passenger side.

Toned legs come first, followed by her ass encased in a pair of denim cut offs and cami top over her bikini.

Sunglasses cover her beautiful blue eyes and her hair is pulled into a ponytail.

She looks amazing without even trying.

So lost in my head I don’t realize she’s standing right in front of me.

“Hey, BJ.”

Her voice is soft and she has a blinding smile on her face.

“Pip, ready for the lake.”

“Yeah, will be fun, perfect day for it.”

Before I can say more, Prez shouts to mount up.

Doris grabs Pip’s hand and leads her over to the van the prospect is driving.

I look at Pete in question as to why the girls aren’t riding with us.

He just shrugs and starts his bike.

Mounting up we head out in formation with the prospect following behind with the girls.

It doesn’t take us long to reach the lake and park up.

The prospects start emptying the van and getting the grills up.

A few brothers are already in the lake and the rest are moving the picnic tables into position and passing out beers.

Pete and I head over to the girls where they have laid the blanket out.

“Are you going for a swim?” Pete asks Doris.

“Yeah, let’s go. You coming, Pip?”

Pip lifts her head and smiles at Doris.

“I’m good for a bit,” she says.

Doris just shrugs and strips to the bikini she already had on under her clothes. Pete grabs her hand and they make a run for the water diving in.

“You don’t like the water?”

She shrugs her shoulders again.

“Not much of a water baby plus not that strong of a swimmer, either. But if you want to take a dip, go for it,” she replies as she nods toward the water where some of the brothers are messing around.

“Nah, I’m good right where I am.”

I can’t see her eyes for the sunglasses but the corner of her mouth lifts ever so slightly before she schools her face again.

We sit on the blanket quietly watching everyone in the water for a while before she breaks the silence.

“Tell me, BJ, why are you always moody?”

I turn to look at her. Wow, she really isn’t holding her punches.

“I’m not moody.”

Her giggle hits me straight in the gut.

“Yeah, you are. Every time I see you, you’ve got a scowl on your face. Smile, BJ, you have a nice smile,” she tells me as she faces back to the lake and tips her head up to the sun.

Fuck she really is beautiful. Plus, she’s right, I do scowl a lot as that bitch of an ex was dragging me down.

“I guess you’re right. Things were not great with my ex, Emma Lou, she was always getting on me to leave the club or something she felt I’d done or said wrong.”

I can’t believe I’m telling her this. Pip has one of them faces and personalities that you feel you can just tell her anything.

“Love the man, love the club,” she mutters.

“See, you get it.”

She laughs again.

“Yeah, I get it. I remember Emma Lou from school, always thought she was better than everyone else.”

“Well, she’s in the past now, so maybe I’ll smile more,” I reply, giving her my biggest smile.

I stand and turn for my bike.

“Think I’ll take a dip.”

I head for my bike, which is close to our blanket, and start rummaging in my saddlebags.

“You lose something?” Pip asks.

“Can’t find my bloody swim shorts. I know I put them in here with my towel. But towel’s here and no shorts.”

I keep looking.

“Maybe they fell out on the way to your bike. They’ll be laying in the clubhouse somewhere, maybe one of the brothers has a spare.”

Nodding, I go to ask a few brothers, no spares.

I flop back on the blanket, I really wanted to