Their laughter sounds relieved.
Jensen though is still freaking out, so he doesn’t hear me. He just hears them laughing and think’s they aren’t taking the situation seriously enough.
“What the fuck, do you fucking fucknuts think is funny about this situation?” He curses still panicking.
He’s so deep in his own panic that he doesn’t notice that not only am I not crying any longer but I’m also watching him pace the length of the room as he tugs at his hair.
“Our girl is crying. Someone fucking fix it!” He demands.
My heart jumps into my throat, our girl?
OUR girl.
“Er, Ever I think you better do something about his little freak out. The doctor will be back in a minute and I don’t want him admitting Jensen because he’s having a breakdown” Trick chuckles.
“Yes Sir” I say mockingly saluting Trick.
His eyes instantly heat.
“Careful there, Sweetheart” he warns his voice husky.
Luc chuckles from the bed as the others smirk, I file that away for later. Hot damn, Trick likes being called Sir.
I stick my tongue out at him and he growls but before he can do anything else, I step away from Luc and therefore out of Trick’s reach. I walk to the end of the bed standing directly in Jensen’s path but he just steps around me and continues to pace muttering about crying females. I shoot an incredulous look at the guys who all burst out laughing, the loud sound doesn’t even stop Jensen’s pacing although it does cause him to trip over nothing, his arms flailing before he rights himself and then carries on as if nothing happened. His muttering now including stupid fucking friends too.
“Oh my god” I mutter.
Much like I did with Cash, I wait until he is on his way back towards me again and I run and jump at Jensen, my legs go around his waist and my hands burrow into the gold strands of his hair. He staggers back not expecting my sudden weight and slams back against the wall which was fortunately behind him, or we would’ve ended up on the floor. I maybe should’ve thought about that before I jumped. Oh well too late to worry about it now.
I tug his hair hard and his eyes snap up to mine.
“Hi” I smirk.
“You’re not crying?” he asks suspiciously studying my features as if to reassure himself.
I grin and shake my head.
“Thank fuck for that” he breaths out relieved.
He covers my lips with his and kisses me thoroughly before he puts me back down on my feet. I shoot a worried glance towards the others but they’re still chuckling at Jensen’s expense. None of them look angry or jealous even though they clearly just witnessed me kissing their friend and I have kissed all of them.
Shit my head hurts. I fucking told you it would!
“Aw, can’t handle crying girls, Jensen?” Riot teases.
“Not when that crying girl is Ever!” Jensen retorts completely unashamed.
I grin.
The doctor comes back in and has Luc sign all the relevant paperwork so he can get out of here. He warns him to take it easy with his arm, he can take the sling off after a few days and he can resume most activity within two weeks but needs to avoid heavy lifting and sports for the next three months. I had no idea that it took so long for a dislocated shoulder to heal. They never show that in the movies.
“Do you have somewhere to stay tonight? I’d rather that you have someone with you who can keep an eye on you. Although we ruled out a concussion you did bang your head pretty hard” the doctor says.
“He’s staying with us” I glance around to Trick to make sure it’s ok and he smiles softly before nodding once, I turn back towards the doctor.
“Good. Here is a leaflet about what to look out for with head injuries” he says passing me a pamphlet. “You’re good to go, I imagine the police are going to want to follow up with you at some point over the next few days” the doctor says.
“Cops don’t usually follow up with normal traffic accidents.” Trick says studying Luc his features suddenly stern.
“Later?” Luc asks tiredly, “I just want to go home.”
“Of course, man come on” Trick says stepping up towards the bed and helping Luc stand.
When we get home the guys help Luc upstairs and into the bathroom. When we first got here, he insisted he was fine and then got dizzy and nearly went down, so the guys wouldn’t hear any of it after that. I run to the room he was sharing here with one of the others, to get some clothes for him. His room here seems a bit more permanent than the other guys rooms do. He has more personal touches dotted around the room like, trophies and a couple of posters on the light blue walls, a pile of books on the nightstand by one of the beds. That sort of thing, it occurs to me that he probably spends quite a lot of time here since his parents are such dicks.
I also distractedly note that I was right earlier, and he did already have stuff here and didn’t need to go home to get clothes like he had said when he left. He only left to give me and Cash time together so Cash could ask me to the Winter Formal. I hand the clothes I grabbed for Luc off to Cash, who passes it through the door of the bathroom to him.
“Dude if you feel dizzy at all, yell and one of us will come help. Don’t be a proud idiot” he yells through the door and Luc grumbles back a reply.
I chuckle and needing something to do to distract myself from my spiralling emotions, I go downstairs and start to pull out cups to make hot chocolate. It’s not going to be as good as Rafe’s but the action of doing something and keeping busy is helping me stay calm and not lose it again like I did in the hospital. Once I have the mugs filled and on the tray, I carefully carry them up the stairs. I listen as I get to the top of the staircase unsure where everyone is until I hear the TV going in my room, I don’t know why it makes me so happy that they’re all in my room but it does.
I kick the closed door with my foot to get their attention and Riot opens it with his eyebrow raised, he glances down at the tray as he goes to take it off me.
“I was just about to come find you, Sunshine” he grins before he swoops down and pecks me lightly on the lips making my heart soar.
I smirk as I follow him into the room.
Luc taps the bed between him and Cash and I slowly crawl up from the bottom of the bed, so I don’t jostle any of his injuries.
“Damn Ever” Rafe growls behind me.
I stop halfway up the bed and glance over my shoulder at him, confused, only to find Riot, Jensen, Trick and his eyes all on my ass. I chuckle quietly and shake it, before continuing up the bed. Before I get very far on my journey up the bed, which is already taking far longer than it should, a sharp sting hits both of my ass cheeks simultaneously and I yelp. Heat pools in my stomach as my underwear gets damp, fucking hell.
I slowly glance back seeing Rafe stood on one side of the bed and Riot on the other, both of them with naughty as fuck grins on the faces. I crawl up the rest of the bed to give myself time to find some composure and calm my raging hormones. I sit down, my legs stretched out and my back resting against the headboard.
“It’s not nice to tease a girl unless you’re going to follow through” I smirk raising my eyebrow, “thought I’d already told you that Riot?” I chuckle.
They share a look and their grins turn truly wicked as they turn back towards me and step forward.
“Not now you two, we need to know what happened in the car accident.” Trick scolds Riot and Rafe but his eyes smoulder as his gaze stay’s locked on me.
Riot and Rafe both grumble before sitting at the end of the bed and facing us, Jensen does the same crawl I did up the bed and my legs automatically open as he gets closer, he flops down on top of me with his head on my stomach and his arms wrapped around my waist. As soon as he’s settled, he sighs happily, and I chuckle running my hands through his hair as I look up waiting for Luc to tell us what happened. The others are all staring at where Jensen is lying on me and I start to worry that this will be the thing that break
s whatever rhythm we’ve sunk into.
“How come he always ends up in the best positions?” Cash chuckles from besides me.
“Planning dude, besides, you guys are always too slow” Jensen answers as he chuckles into my stomach.
I tense slightly at the sensation and with no reservation at all Jensen settles back down again this time sliding his hands under my top and wrapping his strong arms around me again, the action pushes my top up so it rests just under my boobs, he puts his head on the bare skin of my stomach and gently bites down.
“Son of a bitch” I hiss at the pleasure, pain sensation he’s just flooded my body with. “Behave yourself, you cheeky fucker. I want to know what happened to Luc” I tell him, and he smirks up at me.
“Dick” Rafe growls with amusement in his eyes.
Jensen just smirks, Trick climbs on the bed and sits himself at the end in between Riot and Rafe.
“Need to get a bigger bed” I mutter to myself.
The three guys at the top of the bed chuckle quietly, the others not hearing me.
“What happened?” Trick asks Luc.
Luc’s frame tenses and I reach out a hand and twine my fingers with his.
“I decided to just go for a drive since Cash had his thing planned and I rarely actually get to drive my car since we all tend to go places together, so we have to take Trick’s truck. I was out on the road by October farm where our track is and this truck appeared behind me, not one I recognise, it was a green Ford F150. I ignored it for a little bit but it stayed glued to my bumper and I started to get suspicious, I was going to call one of the guys but before I could the truck rammed me hard. It sent the car into a spin and my shoulder smacked against the side of the car awkwardly and it dislocated. When the car stopped spinning the truck was idling in front of me and stuck to the back window was a sign that said stay away from my Ever Rose” he says and several growls sound around the room as I gasp. “I kept slipping in and out of consciousness and then before I knew it I was at the hospital. I’m not even sure what happened to my car, the cops came, and I told them what happened. They said they might need to follow up in the next few days and that Ever should be informed, I told them I’d do it” Luc finishes taking a sip of hot chocolate.
“Fuck” I state, “I’m so sorry.”
“What in the fuck are you apologising for it’s not your fault you have this psycho after you. We need to try and work out who this asshole is so we can keep you safe” Riot says firmly.
“Not just me, you guys too now” I tell them.
“She has a point, from now on, until this guy is caught no one goes anywhere by themselves including home” Trick orders and the guys nod in agreement.
“We need to be extra careful at the dance tomorrow night, with that many people around it would be easier to try to take Ever without bringing too much attention to himself if he somehow manages to subdue her. No one take their eyes off Ever” Jensen growls his head still resting on my stomach, tension strumming through his body.
I gently run my hand through is hair and then over his neck and back as much as I can reach anyway trying to sooth him, the tension eases in his body as he lets out a harsh breath, tickling my stomach.
“Good point, he’s already tried once to take you” Luc agrees leaning his head down and resting his cheek on the top of my head.
“We should also be careful when we drive up to the cabin and make sure we aren’t followed, especially if Atlas does show up, he’s already got something shady going on we don’t want to involve him in this too” I say.
“Well we are already going up in the same car, and since we’re borrowing the trailer for the snowmobiles there’s plenty of space for luggage. With all of us keeping an eye out, we should be good” Rafe says.
I smile proudly up at him, that is by far the most he’s said out loud. I have a feeling he may never say much in front of other people. He’s always preferred to observe anyway but I’m so glad he’s talking more around us; he shoots me a wink. Riot smiles softly at Rafe and when he catches me watching I wink at him, chuckling quietly as his cheeks tint ever so slightly, damn that’s adorable.
With a plan in place we all watch a couple of episodes of the Big Bang Theory before the guys all start to say goodnight. Jensen grumbles and blows a raspberry on my stomach in retaliation for making him move and I squeal before giggling, which makes the guys fall about laughing. I grumble under my breath, but I can’t help the smile that lights up my face. All the guys but Luc and Cash leave, I’m glad they’re both staying with me. I don’t want Luc out of my sight right now. I know he’s ok, but I’m still rattled by the accident and the fact it was because of that stupid fucking stalker. Stalking me is one thing but threatening and hurting my guys, that crosses another fucking line altogether and I’m out for blood.
My anger simmers, I held it off for as long as I could.
I go to my closet and rummage around for some pyjamas and clean underwear. Hoping a shower will help to calm my rage.
“I’m just going for a shower” I mumble to the guys, avoiding eye contact.
“Are you ok, il mio cuore?” Cash asks.
“Yeah I’m fine” I say trying to reassure them.
I take a long shower, but it doesn’t do much to calm my anger at the stalker fucker and if I’m being honest, I’m angry at myself too for getting them into this situation in the first place. I get dressed and stomp my way back to my bedroom, as soon as they see the look on my face Luc and Cash are instantly up and striding towards me. Luc is a lot steadier on his feet now he’s had a small time to rest. Cash slides behind me and wraps his arms around my waist and Luc steps close to my front and gently places his large rough palm on my cheek. His chocolate brown eyes study mine and whatever he finds has his eyes widening slightly.
“What’s wrong Ever?” he asks softly.
That’s all it takes for me to detonate.
“What’s wrong?” I ask incredulously trying not to raise my voice. “That fucking stalker dick has been a pain in my fucking ass since I fucking got here, hurting me I can fucking deal with” the guys growl but I continue too worked up to stop now that I’ve started. “Let’s face it the simple truth of it is, I’m fucking used to it!” Luc’s eyes flash dangerously, and Cash’s arms squeeze me tighter, “but threatening you guys, hurting you!” I growl absolutely seething. “That’s mother fucking crossing a god damn line!”
Suddenly all the anger drains from my body.
“We could’ve lost you” I whisper brokenly as I stare up at Luc, tears making their way down my cheeks rapidly, when did I start crying?
“Oh Firecracker. I’m ok, I’m right here. Look” he grabs my hand and places it against his bare skin of his chest, his heart beats steadily underneath my palm and reassures me. “See Firecracker I’m ok, it’ll take a lot more than that to get rid of me and besides, we’re taking all the precautions now remember?”
“He’s right il mio cuore. We have a plan, nobody is going anywhere alone, and we aren’t exactly defenseless guys. If the fucker tries something, he’s not going to know what hit him, especially since he’s been threatening you. We don’t take too kindly to that; I hope for his sake he doesn’t try anything else.” Cash growls.
Their words reassure me, and my tears soon dry up, of course as soon as they do, I start to notice things I hadn’t before my little break down. Like for instance the fact that Luc is stood in front of me shirtless and only wearing a tight pair of boxers that leave nothing to the imagination. My gaze runs back up the dips and groves of his abs and up over his broad shoulders.
Wow.
I glance over my shoulder and my eyes greedily run over Cash’s strong chest, he’s not as defined as some of the others, but his chest is wide, and his muscles taught. I lick my lips as my eyes switch between the two gorgeous men. They groan simultaneously and my eyes widen at the duel vibrations caressing my body from in front and behind, and that conjures up and entirely different scenario in
my dirty mind.
“Firecracker, you need to stop looking at us like that” Luc warns his voice saturated with heat.
“We need to get some rest; the dance is tomorrow, and Luc needs to get a decent amount of sleep in” Cash reminds me reluctantly.
“Spoil sports” I smirk.
I shimmy my way out from in between them, as much as I’d love to explore my dirty mind with them, they are right and I’m exhausted. We do have a big day tomorrow and as much as I’m looking forward to the dance, I’m more looking forward to winter break, the cabin and getting to meet the mysterious Atlas.
Although I can’t wait to dance with my guys.
Luc and Cash climb into bed either side of me and wrap me in their arms, as soon as sleep drags me under, I know that I’m in for one hell of a night. I fight to wake back up again but it’s no use, I’m simply too exhausted and I’m pulled into oblivion.
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I’m sat in Luc’s gorgeous car as we nip through the backroads out by October farm, suddenly a force hits us from behind and the car flips and spins, metal screeches against metal, the sound deafening. My body screams with pain as we’re flung about inside the cramped confines of the vehicle but as quickly as it started the world suddenly stills. I groan in pain feeling blood trickle down from my head. As soon as my head clears enough, I frantically search the car for Luc and when I find him, I panic, his head is tilted at an odd angle and his eyes are glassy. A scream gets caught in my throat as I glance down seeing a steel bar protruding from his chest, blood bubbling up from around the wound. The trapped scream suddenly breaks free and I sob begging him to be ok but knowing it’s a useless plea.
Suddenly I’m at a cemetery as they lower Luc’s dark, gloss wood casket into the ground. My tears stream down my face as I wrap my arms around myself, I’m stood all alone and as I glance around, I spot them walking towards me, a slither of relief slides through me until I see the sneers on their faces and the rage in their eyes. They have never looked at me this way.
They circle me predatorily as Trick comes to stand in front of me.
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