Hope,’’ she sniffles, looking over at the baby in my arms.
“He’s fine, but Kennedy, she was in an accident and is critical in the hospital. Lexi is on her way, so we should go.’’
“Oh no!’’ she panics, but Mason whispers a few soothing words we can’t hear. “Okay,’’ she says, then it’s like mayhem in the room. The brothers all stand at once, arguing about who’s going and who’s not. Maverick ends up offering to drive them as the storm outside is getting worse. It’s not stopped raining all day. It’s been dark and gloomy with thunder and lightning coming and going.
“We’ll stay here with Hope. Call us if you need anything,’’ Max says as he gives Denny a hug. Harlow rushes in the room with some bags and everyone looks at her in confusion.
“Going somewhere without me, babe?’’ Malik, the quietest of the brothers, asks as he stands tall by the door with his arms folded across his large chest. He’s a scary motherfucker but I can tell with the softness and the love he shows his girlfriend that all that hardness is just on the outside.
“What? No! I just got a change of clothes and stuff for Mason and Denny,’’ she tells him, smiling.
“How come?’’ Mason asks, walking back in the room, pulling Denny under his shoulder.
“In case you’re there all night. I don’t know what’s going on, but you need to be there. Plus, I just looked at the weather forecast and the weather is getting worse. You need to hurry if you want to get there safely.’’
Mason gives her a gentle smile before taking the bags off her. He bends down giving her a gentle kiss on the forehead, earning a growl from Malik.
“Thank you,’’ he tells her, then quietly they all walk out leaving me sitting alone with baby Hope. None of them know me so it has kind of shocked me that they would leave their daughter with me. They all seem like a tight bunch who take care of each other. I never had that with my brother. Thinking of him hurts and tears sting my eyes.
A few minutes later the front door flies open and everyone, minus Mason, Maverick and Denny, walks back in. They’re all shaking the rain from their hair and coats and I have to be thankful it was me who was handed Hope and got to stay inside. It makes me sound selfish but to be fair, I’m kind of a baby when it comes to rain or snow. I hate being cold. It’s been a nightmare since I left home, living under any shelter I could find and not having a warm, cosy, safe home to stay in. I guess that’s another reason I don’t want to get used to the luxury that living at Joan’s brings. It took me months to get used to fighting the cold. Not that I ever really got used to it.
“Hey, want to play spin the bottle?’’ Max winks as he jumps on the sofa next to me, nearly waking a sleeping Hope up.
“How about you go outside and play by yourself?’’ I tell him dryly.
Not knowing where to look, I look back up at the paused movie, and find it paused on the part the girl is pinned to the shower wall. Jesus, Scott Eastwood is so hot. I look away, quickly feeling embarrassed for ogling.
“Aww, don’t be like that, babe. You could always spin on something else,’’ he winks and the gesture awakens my body. Why he affects me so much is beyond me. One minute I want to strangle the dickhead; the next I want to kiss his face off.
“How about you spin on this?’’ I tell him, giving him the middle finger.
“Now you’re just turning me on,’’ he tells me, then shocks the fuck out of me when he takes my hand, sucking my finger into his mouth. His full lips wrap around it sending tingles all the way to my toes. God, how can something so frivolous turn my body to liquid? I snatch my hand away quickly. A cocky grin spreads across his face making me want to smack the smile off it.
“Hey guys, Malik and I have um... We have...’’
“To go and fuck each other’s brains out?’’ Max finishes unashamedly.
“What? Of course not,’’
“He’s fine, but Kennedy, she was in an accident and is critical in the hospital. Lexi is on her way, so we should go.’’
“Oh no!’’ she panics, but Mason whispers a few soothing words we can’t hear. “Okay,’’ she says, then it’s like mayhem in the room. The brothers all stand at once, arguing about who’s going and who’s not. Maverick ends up offering to drive them as the storm outside is getting worse. It’s not stopped raining all day. It’s been dark and gloomy with thunder and lightning coming and going.
“We’ll stay here with Hope. Call us if you need anything,’’ Max says as he gives Denny a hug. Harlow rushes in the room with some bags and everyone looks at her in confusion.
“Going somewhere without me, babe?’’ Malik, the quietest of the brothers, asks as he stands tall by the door with his arms folded across his large chest. He’s a scary motherfucker but I can tell with the softness and the love he shows his girlfriend that all that hardness is just on the outside.
“What? No! I just got a change of clothes and stuff for Mason and Denny,’’ she tells him, smiling.
“How come?’’ Mason asks, walking back in the room, pulling Denny under his shoulder.
“In case you’re there all night. I don’t know what’s going on, but you need to be there. Plus, I just looked at the weather forecast and the weather is getting worse. You need to hurry if you want to get there safely.’’
Mason gives her a gentle smile before taking the bags off her. He bends down giving her a gentle kiss on the forehead, earning a growl from Malik.
“Thank you,’’ he tells her, then quietly they all walk out leaving me sitting alone with baby Hope. None of them know me so it has kind of shocked me that they would leave their daughter with me. They all seem like a tight bunch who take care of each other. I never had that with my brother. Thinking of him hurts and tears sting my eyes.
A few minutes later the front door flies open and everyone, minus Mason, Maverick and Denny, walks back in. They’re all shaking the rain from their hair and coats and I have to be thankful it was me who was handed Hope and got to stay inside. It makes me sound selfish but to be fair, I’m kind of a baby when it comes to rain or snow. I hate being cold. It’s been a nightmare since I left home, living under any shelter I could find and not having a warm, cosy, safe home to stay in. I guess that’s another reason I don’t want to get used to the luxury that living at Joan’s brings. It took me months to get used to fighting the cold. Not that I ever really got used to it.
“Hey, want to play spin the bottle?’’ Max winks as he jumps on the sofa next to me, nearly waking a sleeping Hope up.
“How about you go outside and play by yourself?’’ I tell him dryly.
Not knowing where to look, I look back up at the paused movie, and find it paused on the part the girl is pinned to the shower wall. Jesus, Scott Eastwood is so hot. I look away, quickly feeling embarrassed for ogling.
“Aww, don’t be like that, babe. You could always spin on something else,’’ he winks and the gesture awakens my body. Why he affects me so much is beyond me. One minute I want to strangle the dickhead; the next I want to kiss his face off.
“How about you spin on this?’’ I tell him, giving him the middle finger.
“Now you’re just turning me on,’’ he tells me, then shocks the fuck out of me when he takes my hand, sucking my finger into his mouth. His full lips wrap around it sending tingles all the way to my toes. God, how can something so frivolous turn my body to liquid? I snatch my hand away quickly. A cocky grin spreads across his face making me want to smack the smile off it.
“Hey guys, Malik and I have um... We have...’’
“To go and fuck each other’s brains out?’’ Max finishes unashamedly.
“What? Of course not,’’
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