Killer

05

I wake up, feeling my arm being tugged.

"Mm."I groan.

"Mommy the buss!"Zac yells.

My eyes snap open and I sit up, quickly looking at my watch.

"Oh my god I'm late for work!"I say.

....

Damien rubs his eyes, opening the front door and walking out towards the end of his driveway for the newspaper.

As he bends down to pick it up, he sees Sky rushing out of the house, car seat and all.

"Mommy you gotta eat!"Zac says, holding a sandwich out towards her.

"Sweetie let's just get you to school okay mommy will eat when she gets to work."Sky says.

.....

"Hey!"I hear.

I turn around, seeing Killer standing shirtless in the driveway.

"I can take him to school."he shrugs.

Zac's face lights up and he looks up at me.

"Really! We can take the motorcycle?!"he asks.

"Fat chance. We're taking the car. Let's go."he says, turning towards the garage.

Zac chuckles as he releases my hand and runs after him.

"Hey! Wait!"I say, following after them.

I find him coming out of the house, pulling a hoodie over his tattooed body.

"Damien, you really don't have to, i-i was just going to drop-"he cuts me off by taking the car seat from my hands.

"Don't you have somewhere to be?"he asks.

My lips quiver as I look at him.

"Really?"I ask.

He nods.

"Go on to work now."he says, shooing me away.

"Thank you."I say softly before turning back towards the car.

...

Killer turns back towards Zac as she walks away.

"Let's get you to school."

.....

Killer slowly pulls up in front of the elementary school.

His hood up and sunglasses on.

He looks at Zac who was peering out the window at a group of kids.

"Alright, go in."he says.

Zac looks back at Killer and then huffs, shaking his head.

"I don't want to get out right now."

"Why?"killer asks.

"Because Tommy Faeder is out there. He keeps saying his daddy is going to bang my mom. I don't know what that means."he says.

"He says what?"Killer asks in shock.

"He says his daddy wants to bang my mommy. And Tommy makes fun of me because my daddy got squished."

Killer instantly feels a surge of rage and looks out towards the kids.

"Which one is he?"Killer asks.

Zac sits up and looks into the crowd.

He points towards a taller, blonde kid with a buzz cut.

"That's not a child, it's an ogre. He's picking on you? Have you told your mom?"he asks.

"..no? She's sleepy all the time. And she forgets to eat. So I just tell the teacher sometimes."he shrugs.

"Damn. Tell you what. If he messes with you again, your friend killer is going to break his legs."

Zac chuckles as killer offers him a fist bump.

"I mean it, that's what you say."he says.

"Okay."Zac smiles, bumping his fist against Killers.

He opens the door and gets out with a smile.

"Have a good day."he says before Zac closes the door.

Killer then turns around, checking in the sleeping infant in his back seat.

....

After dropping off Zac, Killer brings Tiana back into his home where his biker buddies Spike and Drift waited.

"Yo."Killer says, entering the house with car seat in hand.

"What the fuck is that thing?"Spike says, standing up.

"Um, it's a baby."he says, placing the car seat on the couch and stepping away.

The three men step back, staring in confusion at the baby.

"...what do we do with it?"Drift asks.

Killer shrugs.

"Um. Feed it. Change it. Um...burp it?"

Suddenly Tiana smiles a beautiful gummy smile and giggles at them.

"....I would fucking die for this thing."Spike says, looking up at the other two.

"Me too."Drift says.

"I thought I was the only one."killer says, running his fingers through his hair.

"Dude can I hold it. I want to hold it for some reason."Drift says.

"I-i mean I don't know."Killer says.

"Should we wash our hands?"Spike asks.

"That's smart."Killer says.

The two men quickly hustle to the kitchen, begining to wash their hands.

"Guys I think I bit off more than I can chew with this. Oh God I don't know nothin about kids man."Killer says.

"You think we do?"Spike asks from the kitchen.

"With all the shit we've done learning how to care for kids didn't really fit into the picture."Spike says.

"Yeah especially you Killer."Drift says, drying his hands.

"I was just trying to help her out man. She's all tired, and she works long ass shifts and then stays up to watch the kids. All alone. Kinda reminds me of my ma."Killer says.

"You really are a changed man aren't you, killer?"Spike teases.

"Well, what would your mother do?"Drift asks.

"My mother would leave me at the house for days at a time I doubt we should take parenting advice from her."Killer says.

"Well, what do we do now then?"Spike asks.

Tiana smiles again, raising her small hands and grabbing towards Killer.

"...I'll slaughter anyone that hurts her."Spike says quietly as Killer leans down, carefully taking her out of the car seat and picking her up.

"Um, you kinda need to hold her like this, support her head."

....