Chapter 2
Harlow's POV
Once inside the tattoo shop I headed over to the chick at the counter and told her who I was, she instructed me to take a seat and that my artist would be out soon. The walls were covered in different stencils of tattoos and there were photo books on the coffee table which had custom designs in them, I was currently flicking through. "Harlow" someone called out, I looked up and there was a guy standing near the counter so I got up and walked over to the counter.
"Hey I'm Brett, I'll be doing your tattoo today. Your aunt dropped all the paperwork yesterday but didn't tell me what you were getting done. Have you got a design in mind?" Brett asked me. "Yeh I want the word free in script with a butterfly flying off the end of the last 'e'" I replied before pulling up some pictures of butterflies I liked on my phone. "I kinda like these with the bright colours. I also want the tattoo on my back, left shoulder blade kinda at an angle with the butterfly heading towards my shoulder" I told Brett. "Cool I'll draw it up and then we will go from there. Give me 20 and I'll show you what I got" Brett said heading back to his chair.
The 20 minutes passed quickly with Callum and Toby chatting away with me. Toby had his arm around my shoulder, my leg was bouncing, I was nervous. This was my first tattoo and I was scared it was going to hurt. Toby pulled me into him more and kissed my forehead "you know Harl's we can leave now" Toby started but I cut him off. "I'm getting this done Toby, I need to do this for myself" I replied. Toby nodded his head before Brett called me over to show me his design based off my idea. Once I saw it I knew it was perfect "I love it, let's do this" I told Brett. "Right come on round Harlow. I need you to take your top off so I can get to you back and straddle the chair with your chest resting firmly on the back of the chair" Brett said. I nodded before going round the counter and following Brett to his chair. "I was thinking purples and green mainly in the butterfly" Brett said. "Sure" I replied before lifting up my shirt and straddling the chair.
"Show us your tits Harlow" Callum screamed from the counter. I just flipped him off getting comfortable in the chair. "I'm going to place the stencil on and let you see the positioning let me know if it's right then we will start" Brett told me. I nodded my head and settled into the chair. Brett put the tattoo stencil on and then handed me a towel "hold that in front of yourself and check the mirror over there to see if you like that" Brett said. I grab the towel putting over my chest and headed to the mirror to check if I liked the position. "Perfect" I said to Brett before heading back to the chair and getting comfortable again.
"I'm going to start with the outline, if you need a break let me know" Brett told me. "All good" I replied before Brett got to work. The tattooing started and it didn't really hurt at all. It was annoying more than anything. "You good?" Brett asked after a while. "Yep" I replied popping the p. "I'm almost done with that outline, then I'll colour the butterfly and your done. I have had grown men in my chair who sobbed getting tattooed and you are here falling asleep on me" Brett laughed out. "Well it's relaxing" I replied.
Another 30 minutes later and I was done. Brett cleaned me up and told me to go look in the mirror at the finished product before he would wrap it up. I got up and headed to the mirror forgetting the towel. "I love it. Thanks so much Brett" I stated before we heard "holy shit, you got a rack Harl's" bloody Callum yelled before we heard a smack which I'm assuming was Toby hitting him. I walked back over to the seat so Brett could wrap up the tattoo and tell me how to keep it clean and care for it.
More people were entering the shop now but I was still listening to Brett telling me that I could take the cover off later today but not to go swimming and to use the cream which he gave me to keep it clean. "Harl's flash us your tits again or let's get going" Callum called out. "Fuck off Cal, Brett is just wrapping it up and we can go" I called back. "The fuck" someone else said.
I looked up and saw two people I never wanted to see again in my life, Jett and Jax. I pretended I didn't know them but inside I was panicking, what the fuck were they doing here? There was no denying it, they looked exactly the same, maybe a few more tattoos but nothing else. "All done Harlow, come back and see me if there is any problems" Brett said. "Thanks again Brett, hopefully I'll be back for more soon" I replied grabbing my top and putting it on. I grabbed the cream from Brett and attempted to walk out of the shop. Jett grabbed my arm "what the fuck Harlow. Brett she is fucken 16, we don't tattoo 16 year olds" Jax spat out.
I looked at Toby and Callum who were staring wide eyed at the twins and me. 'GO' I mouthed at Toby who nodded his head and they both left the store. Toby looked back at me and mimed like he was driving, I nodded my head knowing he would be waiting at the car for me. I just had to get out of here.
"Jax I have permission from her guardian and it was paid for by her as well. I know my job man" Brett stated not knowing he had just tattooed his big boss's sister. "Sorry who are you both?" I said pretending I didn't know them. "What? You don't remember us? Come on Harlow" Jett replied dropping my arm looking like I kicked his puppy.
"You know each other?" Brett asked and both the twins turned to look at him which gave me my chance to get the fuck out of here. So I did what I do best when shit hits the fan, I bolted out the shop heading for the car hoping that Toby was ready to take off when I got to the car.