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.It hadonly been about thirty minutes or so whenhe came walking back through thedoorway. All right, girls, take a look at what Ihave for you. He held out what he haddrawn up from our requests.Jessi s was just beautiful, and fit herwell.When it came time for him to see mine,I was full of nervous excitement.I wasn tsure how he would interpret what I hadtold him, but my hand flew straight to myheart when he laid that paper out in frontof me.It was perfect.Exactly how I hadimagined it. I love it, my voice cracked on the lastword.I was so happy Jessi talked me intodoing this now.I couldn t wait to havethis beautiful piece on my body inremembrance of my mom. All right then, follow me this way.Wewill throw some stencils on ya and get towork.We followed Lucas down the hall to aroom with dark blue walls covered ingorgeous, vibrant paintings.Each one in athick black frame.I walked up to thenearest painting and took it all in.It wasbeautiful.The girl in the painting wascrouched on the ground, hugging her kneesto her chest.She was surround by a roomfull of faceless, blurred people.And eventhough they encircled her, the emotion onher face, in her eyes, let you know shewas alone.Like me.It was beautiful, and my chest tightenedwhen I looked back at her sad eyes.Shestared at me like she knew what sorrowwas in my heart and for some ridiculousreason I knew she felt the same pain asme & like she understood me. You like? Lucas voice drew myattention away from painting. Yes, very much so.Who is the artist?They are beautiful.He laughed softly,  I am.Oh, that was right.Landon had toldJessi that his brother started out drawingand painting.I should have known hewould have some of his own workdisplayed in his shop. They are really beautiful, I told himagain as I turned to take one last glimpseat the painting.He thanked me, and then started gettingeverything set up for the first tattoo.I haddecided Jessi would go first since thiswas all her idea; but after Lucas hadprepped and the stencil was on her foot,she began nervously tapping that footagainst the table.She quickly scooped myhand up in hers and squeezed. Jess, I love you, but you re kind ofhurting me. I glanced down at our lockedhands mine was turning a deep shade ofred from the death grip she had on me.She immediately let go. Oh, sorry! I ma little nervous. Obviously  I smiled at her  It sgoing to be fine, Jess.Remember?She nodded her head profusely beforetaking a deep breath and looking at Lucas. You ready? he asked as he wheeledhis chair over to where Jessi was sittingon the table. Let s do this! she exclaimed as sheflung one hand over her eyes, the otherreaching out for me again.The second the needle touched her I felther tense up.She was taking it wellthough; at least there was no screaming ormoaning on her part.Just the occasionalsqueeze to my hand that was strong enoughto make me flinch.We were about halfway through Jessi stattoo when we heard loud voices comingfrom the front of the shop.A few momentslater, Landon and Kane appeared in thedoorway to the room we were in. How s she doing? Landon looked atme and smiled.I gave Kane a small smile when hefollowed Landon silently into the room,before turning to look at Landon. Readyto switch? I don t know how much moremy hand can take, I joked and pried myhand from Jessi s, earning me a glare, asLandon made his way around the table totake my spot. Damn you weren t kidding.She hasone mean grip. Landon cringed at theforce of Jessi s hold making everyone inthe room laugh.I walked over to Kane and leanedagainst the wall like he was.He lookeddown at me and absentmindedly flickedhis lip ring.I loved and hated when he didthat.Loved it because it was so hot, andhated it because it was so damn hot.Kanemessing with that lip ring made my bodytingle in places I never knew it could. So you still getting one? he asked andraised an eyebrow at me as he waited formy response. Yup. I dug my hands in my pockets. Really now.What did you decide toget? Can t tell you.It s a secret.You willjust have to wait and see. I playfully bitmy lip.I noticed his eyes zero in on mymouth, and that also for some reason mademe tingle all over.Oh my. You re going to get my name tattooedon your ass aren t you? he said, and gavea sly smile. HA! Keep dreaming big boy, Ilaughed.At least he seemed to be in a bettermood than when I d seen him earlier.Thiswas the Kane I had come to know. All done, Lucas voice filled theroom.He wiped the excess ink from Jessi stattoo, and we all gathered around thetable to take a look. It s beautiful, Jess.And it s so you. Yeah, I guess it was worth the pain,she said as she twisted her foot back andforth to get a better look at her new tattoo. Let me go over the care instructionswith Jessi for a quick second, and then wewill get your stencil on you, Kelsey.I nodded and began to gather my longhair into a messy bun on the top of myhead.It was a good thing it d been a warmday and I d happened to wear a halter-top.This way I wouldn t have to take my shirtoff.After Lucas had gone over the careinstructions with Jessi, he placed thestencil on my shoulder and neck andhanded me a small hand mirror.Afteragreeing on the placement of the tattoo, Ilaid down on the table and braced myselffor the pain.I heard the wheels of Lucas stool getcloser and held out my hand for Jessi totake, but the hand that grasped mine wasmuch larger and rougher than I d beenexpecting.I glanced up to find Kanesmiling down at me. I got you, Kelsey.It s going to beokay.His words soothed more than just thenervous jitters I was feeling about thetattoo.When he said those words, I feltthem to my core.Like he already knew allabout my past, and was telling me itwould all be okay in the end.I smiled athim before laying my head back down onthe table for Lucas to begin on my tattoo.The sting when the needle firstpenetrated my skin wasn t as bad as Ithought it was going to be.Don t get mewrong, overall, the whole experience hurtlike hell & I m not even going to play likeit didn t.But every time I thought the painwas beginning to be too much, Kane wasthere whispering words of encouragementin my ear.Letting me know that it wasalmost over and that it would be worth itin the end.After what seemed like forever, thetattoo machine finally shut off and I feltLucas pour the cool, cleaning solutionover my raw skin before applyingointment to the fresh ink.I couldn t wait tofinally see it [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]