“You lucky mother fucker” Jensen growls, before chuckling.
The others make sounds of agreement and I’m too fucking tired from two orgasms and excellent sex to do anything but walk towards the bed with a smirk on my face. Right now I’m thankfully too tired to really think it through, instead of sitting in the middle where they’ve left a space for me. I crawl up Jensen where he’s lying down on one side, completely stretched out.
I’m sure tomorrow I’ll think about how weird it might’ve been that I’ve just had sex with Trick and now I’m laid down on top one of his best friends but my brain is in an orgasm fog, it doesn’t give a flying fuck right now.
I decide half way up him that it’d probably hurt him if I laid on him how he lies on me, you know because he’s got a dick, so I crawl further up, straddling him before settling down on top of him. He’s so much bigger than me that my head ends up on his chest tucked under his chin. He immediately wraps his arms around me as he kisses my forehead.
“Hey Angel” he says softly.
I murmur something unintelligible as I snuggle down and my eyes fall close, someone lays a blanket over me and Jensen and I sigh happily.
“Sweet dreams, Baby” Rafe chuckles as he bends down and kisses the top of my head.
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I slept so freaking well last night, but we are up and out of the door before even Jenny is up to make breakfast. I ended up grabbing a granola bar from the kitchen quickly before we left. Apparently, the only time the cops had free to get my statement today was at eight in the freaking morning. We stop off at the drive through to get coffee on the way, mainly because there is no damn way I am going to get through this without coffee and then pull into the station parking lot. The guys have a brief conversation about who is going to go it with me since they can’t all come before I remind them that it was agreed that Rafe and Riot would, making Jensen and Cash pout.
“Don’t worry pouty twins, I’ll be back before you know it” I grin as I get out of the truck making the guys all chuckle.
Riot and Rafe enter the police station behind me standing like guards at my back. The same cop as before stands behind the desk and smiles kindly as soon as she see’s me. She calls over someone to man the desk and then turns to me.
“Hello Ever, we should get this done quite quickly today, I do need to take pictures of your injuries just like last time though. I’m sorry” she apologise obviously knowing how difficult that will be for me.
I am not looking forward to it.
“Ok, I can do that, but can they come with me please, it’s not easy for me to tell it” I reply pointing over my shoulder at Riot and Rafe.
“Of course, come on” she replies, and the guys grab one of my hands each, squeezing them in reassurance.
The cop leads us to a private room and then ask’s me to tell her what happened from the beginning. I explain it all, being careful not to mention why the guys had those cars and how they were so quick to follow me.
My skill of telling the truth but still leaving information out is coming in handy again and I feel the guys relax slightly either side of me. If I had known they were worrying about that I would of explained before how weaving the truth between lies is a skill of mine.
Oh come on guys, please, a little more faith in me.
I almost grin but that would be highly inappropriate right now.
As promised the whole ordeal is over really quickly and it’s not long until we’re walking out to the truck again.
“Are you ok Baby?” Rafe asks as he gently pushes me against the car, I only have time to nod before his mouth covers mine, I gasp at the suddenness and his tongue slips into mine caressing my tongue and making my toes curl, he smirks as he steps back and I’ve barely caught my breath before Riot takes his place, his kiss is all fire and need and leaves me gasping for air and craving more from both of them.
“Is it wrong that I find it so fucking hot that you know how to tell the cops just enough information to be true but nothing that would give them more information than they need?” Riot grins as he pulls back.
I smirk at them both as we get in the car.
“You really should have more faith in me” I chuckle.
“Always, sunshine” Riot says leaning forward from the back of the car and kissing my cheek before kissing Rafe’s too, making us both grin.
“How’d it go Sweetheart?” Trick asks gently pulling me further into the truck and wrapping his arm around me as I lay my head on his chest.
“It wasn’t too bad. They said they had everything they needed and that he should be going away for a while, so that’s good I guess” I shrug and lean into him, he bends down and place he kiss on the top of my head.
My body heats as I remember him moving inside me yesterday, I want to do it again and soon but now I’m not in orgasm haze I realise I may have made a huge mistake. I don’t regret sleeping with him, I would never regret that, but I may have made everything even more complicated than it needed to be by having delicious, amazing, hot as fuck sex with him.
Stupid brain, I curse.
The guys seem to be handling it fairly well, they obviously guessed what happened between us last night. I was too tired and blissed out to think about it yesterday. It would be amazing if they really were all ok with it but at the same time, really fucking confusing. It is also going to hurt so much more if he reacts badly when I tell them all how I feel.
I’m an idiot but I can’t take it back and if I'm being completely honest I don’t fucking want to, so I push the turmoil away.
When we get back to the house, it’s completely different than we left it. There’s Christmas music blasting from somewhere, Jenny is singing full volume in the kitchen and the breakfast smells wafting out of it are amazing.
“Oh good you’re back, breakfast is nearly ready” Jenny says almost as soon as we walk through the door.
“Ok, we’re just going to put our stuff upstairs and then we will be back” Trick says.
We quickly dump our coats and shit and Trick pulls me in for a cuddle just before we go back downstairs he bends down and gently kisses my neck making me shudder and Trick chuckle.
“Come on, I’m hungry” Jensen whines as he pulls me out of Trick’s arms and shocks me with a searing kiss that ends just as quickly as it starts and leaves me dazed and wanting more.
Jensen’s kisses are dangerous.
I start to follow them out of the room when the phone in my hand starts to buzz and I glance at the screen not recognising the number.
“You ok?” Cash asks making the others turn back towards me.
“Yeah someone’s calling, I don’t recognise the number, but it could be the detectives” I shrug deciding to answer it even though my heart pounds in my chest.
“Put it on speaker?” Rafe asks and I nod in agreement, pressing the answer button.
“Hello, Everleigh, it’s Detective Reynolds, I work in the same division as a detective called Jim?”
“Yes, I remember him. How can I help you?” I ask politely, my heart pounding in my chest, Jensen reaches out and grabs my hand and I cling on to his tightly.
“We’ve just gotten the report about Jeremy and that he’s followed you up from Fresno. At the moment we’re undecided on what the best course of action would be. We’re going to leave it until after Christmas and then we’ll let you know. You need to prepare yourself to move though Everleigh” he says firmly but kindly.
My panicked gaze lands on the guys and I remember what they told me, I take a deep breath and steel my spine.
“If you move me, I want Trick, Riot, Cash, Rafe, Luc and Jensen to all be moved with me. I know it’s a lot to ask but I refuse to leave them again and I won’t testify against any of the men my dad worked with unless they move with me” I say trying to sound firm and not at all sure I pull it off since my voice wavers towards the end.
“Now I understand that it would be difficult to leave your friends but I really can’t justify moving seven of
you” the detective starts to protest.
My heart falls as tears well in my eyes, before they can fall Luc takes the phone out of my hand and leans forwards kissing me softly.
“It’s ok Ever, you aren’t going anywhere without us” he reassures me.
I glance at him in confusion.
“Are you sure brother?” Trick asks placing a hand on Luc’s shoulder.
“For her?” He asks quietly staring back at me, “abso-fucking-lutely, it’s about time I bought the bastard down anyway.”
Luc takes the phone out the door and I glance around at the others.
“His story to tell, il mio Cuore” Cash says gently and despite the burning curiosity I push the questions down, as we wait tensely for Luc to get back from saying whatever it is he’s saying. Cash crouches down in front of me and I’m mildly curious about when I sat down in the first place.
“Ever, even if Luc doesn’t convince the detective which is unlikely. We are not going to let them move you!” he says fiercely, and I nod. He gently kisses me, and the door opens we all turn to Luc.
“He said it’s only a possibility that they have to move her at the moment, but he’ll keep in mind what I told him” he comes towards me and hands me back my phone.
“You know I told you my fathers in the oil business?” He asks without prompting and I nod. “Well he is but recently he’s been venturing into less legal business deals, he thinks I don’t know. He’s an idiot” he rolls his eyes and smirks, “I merely mentioned some things to the detective and then warned him that we had no intention of letting you go anywhere without us and if they refused to let us come with you, we would simply follow. I pointed out that I had the means to follow you anywhere and it was probably in everyone’s best interests if he accepted that we were coming with you” he finishes and I gape up at him, that’s some really fucking interesting information. Before I can say anything, he turns to Trick. “We might have to ask Atlas for a favour when we see him, he’s got the connections” I open my mouth to ask what that means but freeze as I see the worry in Luc’s gaze. It takes me a second to understand why and then I get it, he just admitted his father was into some dodgy shit, and threatened/warned a detective what would happen if they tried to take me.
None of which is illegal.
I chuckle and the guys freeze, a glance around shows they’re all worried about my reaction to this new information, the latest hint of their darkness. This is more than a rivalry with another school, my men are dangerous.
I fucking love it.
“You should know by now that I’m not normal, I love that you did that in order to protect me and keep us together. I’m not afraid of your darkness guys, I fucking love it” I grin savagely and Luc swoops in pushing me back onto the bed and kissing me senseless.
“Guy’s breakfast!”
Me and Luc reluctantly pull apart and as soon as I’m standing, I’m pulled into Jensen arms, he lifts me up and carries me out of the room his lips on mine.
“Put her down Jensen, you’re clumsy enough as it is, lets not tempt fate by having you walk whilst distracted and carrying our Dragonfly” Trick chuckles and Jensen grunts before reluctantly putting me down, his darkness plays in his eyes as he rests his forehead against mine. The guys streaming past us to get to the kitchen.
“You are absolutely perfect for us, Angel” he says sincerely.
My stomach bursts with butterflies as my chest warms with emotion. Emotion still makes my insides squirm, so I smirk and kiss him again, trying to show exactly how much his words mean to me, then dart past him.
“I’m going to eat all the bacon” I chuckle.
Sprinting into the room the guy’s all stop plating up and watch me as I quickly take my seat, Kat and Rob watch me with their eyebrows raised until Jensen comes careening around the corner.
“Don’t you dare eat all the bacon, Angel” he yells before his socked feet hit the smooth wood flooring in the dining room and he lands on his ass. Everyone immediately bursts out laughing.
“Here you go, gorgeous” I say feeling bad although still giggling as I hand him a piece of bacon, he winks at me still on the floor and hops back up taking his seat next me.
Breakfast is a loud and quick affair and afterwards we all help Jenny clear up as everyone starts to arrive to decorate the tree. Jenny’s already reloaded the table with buffet style food for people to pick at throughout the day since the dinner at Cash’s is supposed to be legendary and everyone wants to save their appetite. Kat, Rich and Marc all arrive together and I grin happily when I see them. A quick glance around at the guys shows I’m not the only one that notices, Jensen smirks. He kisses me softly and the walks over to his dad pulling him off to the side.
I give them the privacy to talk and follow everyone into the living room, it’s a good job Trick doesn’t have a small house, there’s a lot of us in here especially now that all of the guys parents and Riot’s aunt have arrived. Thankfully Trick’s house isn’t small and it doesn’t feel cramped. Luc’s parents are obviously nowhere to be seen and after everything that I’ve learned about them I’m freaking glad. Walking into the front room I can’t help the way my eyes widen at not only the size of the massive real Christmas tree but the multiple boxes of decorations.
I do my happy dance before I’m even aware I’m doing it and Cash swoops in wrapping his arms around me and swaying with me before he spins me out and back in dipping me and making me giggle as my heart soars in my chest he quiets my giggles by grinning and then placing a soft kiss on my lips before standing me up again. My grin is so wide it makes my cheeks hurt as I gaze up at him, my hands gripping his t-shirt and his smile softens as looks at me.
“What was that for?” I ask quietly.
“I couldn’t help myself, il mio Cuore” he says sweeping his hand across my cheek and tucking my hair behind my ear.
The room erupts in applause and cheers and I duck my head, shit I completely forgot everyone was here. When I peek up at Cash, I see two dark pink splotches on his cheeks as he blushes, seems he forgot too. I catch his eye and wink him, making him chuckle.
“That’s my boy” Marc yells making everyone laugh.
“Dad!” Cash groans swiping his hand over his face.
“Leave them alone” Kat scolds mildly as she lightly smacks her hand against his chest, “time to decorate, you kids make the popcorn and dried fruit garlands” she orders and she soon as everyone including the adults organised and doing their jobs.
The Christmas music gets turned up and everyone sings along including my guys, some of whom, erm Jensen, can’t sing at all, not that he seems to give a flying monkeys as he enthusiastically sings at the top of his voice. We’ve been decorating for a while and I take a break leaning back and just watching everyone around me. They are all laughing and joking, singing and dancing and just enjoying each other’s company.
It couldn’t be further from what Christmas was like back in Fresno. Back there it was just an ordinary day and some years went by when I’d even forget it was Christmas eve at all. Sometimes though, if I could escape for a while, I’d go to the mall and look at all the pretty decorations, imagine what my boys were doing and maybe even treat myself and get a hot chocolate if I could afford it. That was it, that was my Christmas eve. I am so unbelievably happy that I’m here.
“You ok, Sunshine?” Riot asks as he puts an arm around my shoulder, I lean my head on his chest and sigh happily.
“I’m perfect, this is awesome” I grin and Trick winks at me from across the coffee table where he’s threading popcorn onto strings, with little red, dried out berries.
“If you think this awesome, Angel, wait until we get to Cash’s for the party. His parents go all out it’s incredible” Jensen grins bouncing excitedly.
At somepoint Rafe gets asked to make his hot chocolate for everyone, I’m obviously not the only one who thinks it’s epic. The afternoon goes by quickly and when we’re done the tree looks stunning and there are decor
ations all around the room too. I feel weirdly proud that I helped create this beautiful vision and sad that it’s over, I really liked decorating.
“Right, we’re off to get ready we’ll meet you at ours in about an hour” Kat announces to everyone and just like that’s everyone’s following her out the door and to their cars. The woman has some sort of super power for getting people to either follow her or do what she says.
“Your mom is a force to be reckoned with” I stage whisper to Cash and he lets out a loud laugh.
“You have no idea il mio Cuore” he chuckles.
“Right come on you lot go up and get changed, not only do I not want incur the wrath of Kat if we’re late but I am really looking forward to the meal” Rob chuckles and we all head up the stairs and to our separate bedroom.
I search through the boxes I received yesterday and stored in the back of closet, along with all the other boxes I still haven’t unpacked, finally finding the right one. I pull out the package and grin. I absolutely picked the right dress.
I get dressed quickly pleased that although it’s short It covers the majority of the scrapes on my leg. I put on my combat boots leaving them loose since if I pull them tight they’re going to hurt my ankle. I leave the leather jacket on the bed and find the make up mirror I bought so I don’t risk the guys seeing my outfit. I put on my usual, eyeliner and mascara, add a line of liquid eyeliner on my lids and pull out my new red lipstick that matches the colour of my dress perfectly.
I suddenly remember that I bought straighteners too and search until I find them, they’re really good quality ones so it’s not long until my dark hair falls down my back in a silky straight sheet that finishes at the bottom of my back just above my ass.
Damn my hair got long.
Grabbing my jacket I look myself over in the mirror and I have to admit I love this look. The red dress with my combat boots and leather jacket combined with my red lipstick and for once straight hair looks pretty damn good even if I do say so myself. I grab my phone and make my way downstairs where I can hear the guys.
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