The second choice(Hawk)

Chapter 7

I drove to my cousin's shop and got out.

"Come on, he's nice." I smiled.

Eli nodded and got out with hesitation.

We walked in and my cousin looked at us.

"What's up M dog." He came and hugged me.

"Nothing much." I smiled.

"So, what kind of work are we doing today?" He asked.

"I might get one later, but my friend here needs a tattoo." I gestured to Eli.

"Oh, what's up little man." He gave Eli a handshake.

"Hi, Rico." He stuttered.

"Is it his first?" He laughed.

"What gave it away?" I laughed.

"He looks nervous." Rico laughed.

"He is." I looked at Eli.

"So, what are we thinking for that tattoo?" Rico looked at Eli.

"I have no idea. Maddie you choose." Eli looked at me.

"I was thinking a Hawk on his back." I turned Eli around.

"I like it, and then we can put a mohawk on the hawk." Rico smiled.

"Yeah, let's do it." I was excited.

"You ready little man?" Rico led Eli to the table.

"Maddie, you're not leaving me right?" Eli grabbed my hand.

"I'm not going to leave you." I laughed.

"Ok, thank you." He let go of my hand.

"Alright, little man take off your shirt and lay on your stomach." Rico instructed.

Eli took off his shirt slowly. Dear lord, this man had abs, I couldn't help myself from starring.

"Maddie, can you come over here?" Eli pointed to in front of him.

I walked over to the front of him and placed a chair where I was going to sit.

"Alright let me do the stencil, and then we can get to tattooing." Rico was excited.

"M dog are we doing anything for you today so I can get that stencil to?" Rico stopped before he went in the back.

"Uh, you know what yeah. Let's do a rose bush with three roses starting from my rib going down to my hip." I smiled.

"You got it." He gave me thumbs up.

"How many tattoos do you have?" Eli looked shocked.

"I have four." I counted in my head.

"Where are they, because I never see them at school?" He asked.

"I have one of my ankle, one on my back, one on my hip, and one on my left side of my ribs" I explained.

"What are they?" He asked.

"The ankle one is a tiny horseshoe, the hip one is a small snake, the rib one says "bitch", and the back one says my last name." I looked at Eli who looked really nervous

"Did they hurt?" He looked worried.

"Depends where you get them." I shrugged.

"Did the one on your back hurt?" He looked over his shoulder at his back.

"Only where my shoulder blades were." I was being honest.

"How bad on a scale of 1 to 10?" He looked scared.