U pstairs in the kitchen Deidra was busy with the blender and Willie was sorting through her albums looking for music. It was a pleasant sight and the two men grinned at each other. Willie and Deidra seemed to get along well. It really was a good idea to split the rent and until they could find out what Roberta was doing with the Filthy Fiends it was safer for Dee, Willie and Black Dog too. They grabbed two cold beers as Dee added vodka to the blender and some ice. One of the girls had set out some cheese cubes, crackers and a bowl of pretzels. Willie had put on Jethro Tull’s Aqualung album and as the music filled the apartment, Black Dog walked over to the stereo and turned it down a bit. “Too loud to hear ourselves talk, “he explained. “Willie, how would you feel about Jack and Dee sharing the apartment with us? It would save on money and be safer for everyone if Roberta was the chick you saw on the back of that Filthy Fiend’s bike.” Willie looked at Deidra to see how she felt about the idea and was happy to see a smile on her friend’s face. “It sounds perfect to me and a lot of fun. Dee, are those drink’s ready? We can toast to new friends and being roommates!” Dee poured the drinks into two glasses and was happy she and Jack had a place to live without the hassle of buying everything. As much as she liked Jack’s family she didn’t feel like she belonged there. “Jack, can we move in today? It is early enough to get everything and still be able to grill later. Of course if that is okay with Willie and Black Dog.” Jack could hear how much it meant to her to be out of his parents house. “Willie, is the bedroom ready for us?” Mad Jack inquired. Willie nodded yes. “Deidra, you’ll have to drive our stuff back in my car because I want to have at least one of my bikes here.” Black Dog looked at Willie, “I need to put my bike in your garage and go and get my stuff. Guess we need to make some extra keys too. I’ll need to drive your car Willie; I’m not leaving you alone until we find out where Roberta is. I need to call Darko about that matter too. So drink up and let’s get going.” Willie went to her pocketbook and took off four keys and handed them to Mad Jack. “You might want to ask your dad to lower the rent, he just bought this place. There are two empty lots I think he plans to build on. One key is for this door and the other is for the garage doors and the side door to downstairs. “The door to the garage and room downstairs, is this key, I felt safer getting a lock put on it. I’ll stop at the hardware store and get more keys made for BD and Deidra.” She didn’t even notice she had slipped on the name again until she heard Black Dog growl, “Rule broken, you know what that means Willie. We’ll deal with that later.” “Oh no, that was never a rule, you said I could use it in private and it was never a rule. I think this apartment is private and you can’t go adding to the rules. That isn’t fair at all.” Willie was staring Black Dog down and he finally grinned at her. “No BD outside of this apartment,” he glared at Mad Jack, “You don’t get to call me BD either, brother. I better not hear that name going any further then these walls.” Mad Jack held his laughter in and Dee smiled. “Not a problem bro. I don’t want to be called MJ either, Willie”. Mad Jack joked. They all left together and Willie locked up. Life was certainly looking brighter than it had started out this morning for all of them.
R oberta was shocked when Wolf had pulled alongside of Willie’s car. The last thing she wanted was her little sister catching Wolf’s attention and she didn’t want Willie to know about her association with the Filthy Fiends MC. Roberta knew damn well if that got out in Ocean View she would lose all respect she had with everyone she knew. However Wolf provided her with thrills she had