***Eve POV***
"Breathe in....good Schätzchen. Now breathe out. Good. Now the important thing to remember is that this sort of thing is all about timing. When you are cornered or if you have someone charging you, it is important to remember to take a deep breathe and clear your mind of your fears. Yes I know that it's easier said then done, but an emotional shooter is a dead shooter. You must be able to take a step back and clear your mind so that you can make a clean shot." He mummers as he grabs my waist from behind and pushes me closer to the booth.
"Now you are a beginner. So it's unrealistic to expect for you to get a clean head shot anytime soon. In order for you to get that good, which you will be that good soon, it will require more practice. As you know with this unpredictable life, we may not have the luxury of shit to pop off once you get that good. So what want you to focus on now is aiming your gun at the stomach or chest of your assailant. In the moment, that someone will charge you, you won't be thinking clearly. Your heart will be so loud that you won't be able to hear much else. Your palms will get sweaty and your breathing will become so short that you will begin to choke from the lack of oxygen. Your eyesight will go blurry and your fear will feel as if it will consume you entirely. It is not realistic to assume that you will be of clear and sound mind in that moment. But baby just remember to aim for their gut. That way if your hands shake or tremble you still have a chance of hitting them somewhere on their body. You only need to hit them badly enough to distract them in order for you to get away." Alex lectures out behind me.
I shift nervously on my feet as I look at the poster target at the end of the lane. Alex's tattooed hands comes up and clasps over mine. I look at the poster skeptically as Alex's face rest next to mine. I take in a big breathe and exhale slowly before aiming with Alex's help. The loud bang of the gun is muffled by my ear plugs but the impact of the gun still kicks back causing me to stumble back into Alex.
A grin spreads across my face as I glance at the bullet hole in the middle of the target. "Whew! Omg Alex I hit it! I hit it!" I jumped up and down on my high heeled wedges. Alex deep chuckles rumbles out of his chest behind me in amusement. "I see it. Good. Now just remember next time to expect the gun to kick back. If you expect the impact of it kicking back, it won't be so bad. Soften your knees just a slight bit and stand hip width apart. That way it won't cause you to stumble back so badly."
I nodded my head and set my face into grim determination. I gasp and look back at Alex as he steps away. "I-I thought you were going to stand there and help me." I whine out. He grins out at me and shake his head.
"Eve you need to be able to practice some by yourself. When the time comes to protect yourself, you won't have someone there to help you hold a gun." Pouting, I turn back to the freshly wheeled in poster target. I can hear Alex, Bruno, and Bruce laughing in the background at my sulking. Squaring my shoulders, I chant off Alex's instructions silently to myself while I aim the gun once again. I fire off three times in a row and hear Bruce give a low whistle behind me.
A squeal of delight leaves my lips as I looked at two of the three shots that I had fired hit the target paper. Of course I wasn't nowhere near the circle on the paper but I still had landed two of the shot on the target! I bounce around in the both waving the gun around in the air causing all of the men surrounding me to duck and go for cover. "Damn woman! Point that gun elsewhere." Alex laughed out as he too was ducked behind a table.
"Oh." I replied blushing in embarrassment as I slowly turned and put the gun down on the table in front of me. Men's laughter surrounded me causing my blush to go even deeper. Soon Alex's big arms surrounded me and he gave me a big kiss on the forehead and lips, "I am so proud of you Schätzchen." He whispered out as he twirled me around. Laughter bubbles up out of my lips.
I never would have thought I would enjoy learning to shoot so much. This is my second shooting lesson this week at the private gun range that the organization owned and trained at. If someone would have told me that I would be in this situation two years ago, I would have laughed and cursed their ass out. I always had shunned any form of violence and I still like to think I do. But I can't help but think maybe my view on what violence entails is become more and more lax as I continue to have Alex in my life.
And to be honest I don't truly know if my changing view on violence is a good or bad thing. I frown at the brooding thoughts floating around in my head. "Alex do you really think I will need to even use a gun? I mean I have Bruce and Bruno. I also have you." I reason out all of a sudden feeling insecure. Alex face flashes to annoyance and then soften to warm affection when he notices my fearful expression.
His large hands takes my face into a firm but gentle hold. "Schätzchen, I work hard to keep you and our family safe. There is nothing more in this life that I want then for you to never have to pick up such weapons to protect yourself and our children. But we have to be all realistic here babe. What if the men and I aren't around you? You need to be able to shoot and fight in order to handle yourself. Now I won't start training you in hand to hand combat just yet because I know you still aren't comfortable with the idea. With that being said, you will need to start soon."
His words didn't settle the feeling of dread forming in my chest. Nor did It calm the fear clawing at the back of my mind either. "Eve look at me baby." I glanced up and begun to drown in the beautiful baby blue eyes that were identical my child's. "Even if we weren't together Schätzchen, you still would have needed to know these things. Besides Hurst, you and the kids are the only family that I do have. People will see that and try to hurt me through you guys. Learning to protect yourself will give you more confidence and allow me to rest easy that you know how to protect yourself." He soothed out while stroking the small of my back.
I nodded my head and stood up on my tippy toes to plant a kiss on the colorful tattoo on his throat. "I understand Alex. I am thankful don't get me wrong. I really am. It's just overwhelming sometimes." I mummer out against his throat. He gave me one last squeeze and slapped my ass lightly before stroking it. "I understand Eve. I sometimes forget how new this life is to you. Come. I think we will end the lesson on this note today. Let's go grab something to eat."
Grabbing my hand he leads me over to the rest of his men and bid them a farewell after giving instructions in German. I gotten good enough with my German to make out some of the words. The words; family, protection, and the phrase 'kill the bitch' was the only words I caught out of his rapid instructions. Alex squeeze me hands and smiled down at me, "I keep forgetting that my lovely Schätzchen, is getting better with learning my native tongue. Tell me Schätzchen, did you understand everything that I have said to my men?" All eyes on the room was trained on me. I swallowed hard and looked back at Alex nervously. He stared back with an amused expression on his face.
"No to be honest I only understood a few words. You were talking alittle too fast." I whisper out. Alex chuckled and kissed my hand that was clasped with his. "Good. Good." He said over and over as he lead me out of the building without another word to his men.
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Alex was holding me as I sat in between his legs in front of the lake in Central Park. "Schätzchen why do you love this filthy place so much? I could have taken you somewhere much nicer. Actually I was planning on taking you somewhere much nicer." He asked.
I shrug my shoulders and answer, "Yes some of the park is dirty, but I find most of this place to be beautiful. It reminds me of the country. I love to just come out here and be around nature. Besides you can't beat the hot dogs they sale out here either." I tease out as I bite into my fully loaded hotdog and moaned with pleasure playfully. Alex laughs and hugs me closer to him, "You are such a silly woman sometimes, you know that Schätzchen?...I miss us like this Eve. I miss it just being the two of us and both of us having a good time enjoying one another. Now don't get me wrong, I love our children to eternity and back. But I cherish these moments that I have with you." He says thoughtfully and clears his throat. I place my hot dog down on the ground next to us and turn in his arms.
Lacing my fingers behind his neck, I bring him in for a kiss. Moans of pleasure falls from my lips as his lips play across mine. I break our kiss and hug him to me. "I feel the same way." I say against his neck. We sit holding each other quietly for the next hour. Just enjoying each other's company. "I miss the kids." He blurted out after awhile. I burst out laughing.
"Me too. It's so funny how on some days I wish so much for a break but when I finally get that much needed break, they are all that I can think about." I sighed out with a smile. Ms. Cheryl was so kind to take care of Olivia for the night and Lucas was having a sleepover with Uncle Jason.
We don't get the much alone time with one another, so when Alex and I do get a chance of a free day alone; we make the most of it. Suddenly he pulls me to my feet. "Come on Schätzchen, let's get back to this 'roller skating' that you wanted to do so badly." I laugh and glide over to a nearby trash can once I get up to throw away the half eaten hot dog.
Earlier after the shooting lesson, I convinced Alex to come rollerblading with me in the park. I was so shocked to find out that he didn't know how to rollerblade! So of course I had to teach him. I turn from the trash can and laugh out loud as Alex wobbles over to me on his skates. His arms are stretched out as if he was attempting to fly as he slowly glides closer to me on shaking skates.
Once he reached me, I encircled his waist with my arms and kissed his chest. "Baby when you are good, you are soooo damn good. But when you are bad it's almost unbearable. Why can't you always be this good?" I mused out loud half serious. He shrugged his shoulders and smiled down at me mischievously as he held tightly onto me trying to keep steady on the skates. "Because being good all the time is boring Schätzchen." He whispered into my ear before sticking his tongue in it.
I squealed loudly from the wet hot sensation and jumped back, which caused us both to tumble down into a tangled pile next to the trash can. "Alex I'm going to hurt you!" I called out underneath him. He chuckled out softly in response.
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"I turn the Ritz into a pole house
It's like eviction number four now
Go 'head and ash it on the floor now
Girl go ahead and show me how you go down
And I feel my whole body peaking
And I'm fucking anybody with they legs wide
Getting faded with some bitches from the West Side...."
We sing and rap loudly at the top of our lungs to the song "Low Life" by The Weekend and Future. I burst out into a bout of giggles as we reached the stop light. Alex laughed loudly as he looked over at me, "Eve you never fail in surprising me. I didn't even think you listened to rap music like that!" Alex said with a grin on his face.
I roll my eyes, "Alex I listen to all kinds of music. But lately I just started getting into the rapper "Future". His songs are pretty nice. Babe you know who got me listening to Future?" I ask giggling because I knew he wouldn't guess right.
"Was it charity?"
"No! It was Lucus!" I squealed out with laughter tears running down my face. Alex face and mouth drops as he looks
over at me. He throws his head back and laughs loudly with me. "That god damn Jason!" He shouted causing me to laugh even harder. All of the rap songs thankfully where the clean versions on our son's iPod but we definitely will have to put a cork on what he listens to in the future.
Speaking of the devil. A text from Lucas chimes through to my phone. I smile at the photo that was sent, it was of Jason and Lucas doing body builder poses in front of the call of duty game playing on a tv screen. I wait until we stop at another light before showing Alex. A big grin is spread across his sexy lips as he looks at the photo and read the message that Lucas was kicking Jason's behind in call of duty.
Alex and I pose for a selfie at another stop light with faked sad and crying faces. Just as I sent Lucas the selfie, my head was thrown against the passenger window. The loud crash sounds out and causes a deafening ring in my head, as pain rips through my body. Black spots dance before my eyes. My last desperate thoughts before succumbing to the darkness that is drowning me was my children and Alex.
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Author's note:
*I know this chapter was hella short! One of my biggest pet peeves here on wattpad are stories with short ass chapters 😒 and yet here my dumbass is doing the same with this one.
*But for anyone who knows me, they know that I like to keep my word. If I would have stuck to my Normal 7000+ word chapters, I wouldn't have been able to
Publish a new chapter until tomorrow.
I strictly update atleast once a week, every week on this story with no exceptions. I promise you guys that I won't let you guys wait another full week to find out what happens next! Most likely a part two of this chapter will be up tomorrow night or early Tuesday morning!
*ALSO a huge reason for this slack ass short chapter is because I wanted to also post up another story that is near and dear to my heart. simultaneously with this one.
This new story is a werewolf story that is not the "normal cliche story"
and it's much more light hearted then this story. I have been busy working with the new story as well as this one to make sure you guys get good enough content.
So yes, I slacked on this short chapter but another update is coming extremely soon I promise. In the mean time, check out my new story "Good Doggy" if you will. I know werewolf stories aren't everyone's cup of tea so I am not expecting all of my readers to be interested. I am just putting it out there for you guys as a FYI ;) So please do not feel pressured to go read it.