Maze had just got home from work and was heading inside when the rumbles of a motorcycle caught her attention. Turning back to the road she watched Johnny ride down the road and stop in her driveway. Killing the engine he smirked at her.
“Ready for that date?” he asked her. She broke out in a smile nodding happily.
“Let me freed Hubert and I’ll be right back,” unlocking the door she shooed the dog inside before scooping out his food and heading back outside grabbing her leather jacket as she passed her coat rack. She had set it out there in anticipation of a hopeful date. She slipped it on and walked to the bike.
“So is there a plan to this date or are we just gonna go with it?” She asked straddling the bike.
“Just enjoy the ride Princesa,” he told her grinning as he pulled back onto the road and speeding off. Riding with Coco was different from riding with Harley. With Harley they had been about the same height allowing Maze to gaze over her friend’s shoulder as they drove, Coco was taller meaning that where they were going had now become a secret but she liked the closeness that it provided her to him. They rode on the highway for quite some time before pulling off at a retro dinner.
“You like Burgers right?” he asked as they got off. And headed inside. Maze nodded happily. One of the waitresses sat them both by the back and gave them menus before heading off. Maze looked over the menu feeling her stomach growl. Her eyes lit up open seeing the word shakes. A spunky waitress came over to take their drink order. Coco looked at Maze expectantly.
“I’ll take a chocolate shake please,” she asked for politely, Coco just ordered a coke before ordering his food, a double cheeseburger and fries. Turning back to Maze she asked for a double as well but plain with just ketchup and mustard with the cheese. The waitress left taking their menus with her.
“A shake? Really Princesa?” He teased her.
“Yes really. I love chocolate shakes,” She told him matter of factly. “They make every day better. There’s nothing like dipping a fry in ice cream.” She smiled swinging her legs under the table. Coco just smirked at her.
“If you say so,” He told her planning to try the idea out for himself. “How was work?” he asked looking out the window.
“Pretty boring, since the incident everyone seems to see me as some sort of hero or as a nutcase. So that’s been fun. Mike the warehouse guy that hangs out with me is out collecting donations for 3 days. And Cathy is just been going on and on about shit I couldn’t care less about.” She vented. Coco turned to look at her.
“Cathy’s that chick you told to stuff it when we came to get those supplies?” He asked vaguely remembering the stuffy woman he had seen. Maze nodded in confirmation. “She seems like she doesn’t know how to take a hint or keep her nose out of other people’s business.” Maze laughed at that.
“You have no idea how right you are. Last week she was giving me all this crap over being single at my age,” Maze said gesturing around like it was some outlandish thing. “She went on and on about finding someone and being an at home mom like that’s not an outdated frame of mind or anything.” She sneered. “And then she tries to get me to go on a blind date, and I’m the bad guy cause I told her to stuff it.” Coco stared at her, internally just enjoying listening to her talk. “Sorry, I want off on a tangent there,” she frowned and looked down at her hands.
“I like hearing about your day,” Johnny blurted out. Causing her to look back up at him. “It’s nice you know? Hearing about how normal your life is and the small things.” He fumbled with the words but their meaning shone through.
“I like hearing about your life too,” She told him softly. “I think it’s absolutely amazing that you live your life the way you do in the here and now.” She was interrupted by the waitress setting down their drinks and their food. The sudden movement caused a mew to erupt from Maze’s mouth. Coco laughed out right which caused Maze to blush.
“I make sounds when I’m startled and the like. I typically cover it up with cussing.” She said quickly, grabbing the shake and tossing the cherry at him.
“That was by far the most adorable thing I have ever heard.” He told her taking a fry and dipping it in her shake. “You’re right that is good.” He smirked at her appalled face.
“You took my Ice cream.” She pouted looking at the now dipped spot at the top of her glass.
“Who’s paying Princesa? I deserve a little sugar,” He smirked at her. she continued to pout before her stomach growled. He laughed as she dug into her burger. He smirked at her, before doing the same. Maze watched him her wheels turning in her head on how she could get him back. While he was distracted with his food, she gently poked her pointer finger in the cold drink and as quick as she could leaning forward and poking his face leaving a dollop of ice cream there on his cheek. Coco froze for a second before looking up at her meeting her playful face.
“Did you just?” he asked her gesturing to his face. Before whipping the drink off.
“You said, you deserved a little sugar.” Her eyes were full of mirth. “I just thought I would help out a bit.” She picked up a fry and dipped it in her drink. Before popping it in her mouth. His eyes never left her as she ate the fry. His stare caused her to blush, and look out the window. God she’s beautiful, he thought. He grabbed one of his fries and threw it at her and it landed in her hair. She shook her head causing the fry to fall out, as she turned to look at him again.
“Vengeance will be swift and it will be tasty,” she smirked at him as she grabbed a handful of her fries and threw them at him. Which he tried to duck unsuccessfully. He of course threw food at her just as fast. They both were laughing at the other one trying to attack and hide at the same time from across the booth. One of the waitresses came over and told them to knock it off. Which caused them to each throw a fry at her. She expedited their check and told them to leave.
“Did you see her face? She was so bothered that we were having fun,” Maze laughed out, as they headed to the bike.
“That’s because she has no life Princesa,” Coco told her pulling her close to him. He felt so calm with her everything from the club to Adelita it all seemed to settle when she was around.
“Yeah, You're probably right,” she agreed, throwing her arm around behind him. “Thanks for dinner. You have a way of making me feel like I’m not missing everything. Like I’m not as broken as I think I am.” Johnny stared at her. She felt broken, how could that be? She was the one that picked up on his broken pieces.
“You could never be broken Princesa,” he told her honestly. “You are absolutely beautiful,” he watched her pull on the sleeves of her jacket cover her scars up again. He caught her hand and pulled it so that the scars were showing. He rubbed his fingers gently over the exposed flesh. “Scars and all. These are proof that you fought your way here to the now. This is your truth, that you are a survivor, who didn’t let her past harden her. All it did was make you all the more kind.” Tears welled in her eyes as she heard him talk so passionately about what she did to herself. He looked up at her and frowned seeing the tears. “No tears Carina, you're beautiful.” He gently wiped her tears away. Maze wanted more than anything to kiss him, but held back. He was just being nice, after all no one could really want someone with as many scars as she had. He drove her back home and dropped her off at her door. He kissed her check before turning around and leaving again. Maze went inside and cried herself to sleep.
In the morning she got up and went to work the same as she did every day. Her phone dinged as she was making breakfast. It was a message from Coco that they would be going on a run for a few days and that he would be back soon. She stared at the message in confusion. Why was he telling her this? She wondered. Harley never told her when she had club business unless they had made plans. She shrugged before telling him the same thing she had told EZ about a week earlier. Stay sexy and don’t get murdered. Turning her phone on silent she went on about her life. If the guys were going on a run that meant she was on her own for lunch today.
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