No Where to Run (The Story of Alexis Rose)

by Raven K. Asher

  I watch her disappear and look to Lucca. He sighs and walks over to sit on the swing next to me. He puts and arm around my shoulders and pulls me toward him. I slowly lower my head to his shoulder and my eyes grow heavy. Lucca takes the cup from my hand and places it on the floor.

  “Don’t worry pumpkin’ you can close your eyes. I’ll keep watch and let you know when they arrive home.” He kisses my head and I swiftly drift off.

  ****

  “Wake up, Lexi.” Lucca shakes my body. “Wake up pumpkin’. Hunter and Kane are home.” He states joyously as he shakes me awake. My eyes quickly pop open and I spot them riding up the driveway. I jump to my feet and run down the steps toward them. I don’t notice the rough grass on my bare feet as I run to Hunter. He quickly dismounts and holds his arms wide as I run into them crying.

  “I thought I’d never see you again.” I cry into his chest.

  “I’m sorry, sweetheart. I’m back now. That’s all that matters.” He pulls back and raises his hands to my face to wipe away the tears. I look to his lips as he grins. I quickly lean up and kiss him, catching him by surprise but he quickly kisses me back harder.

  Hunter pulls back as Lucca clears his throat behind me. Lucca stomps toward Hunter. I think he’s going to hit him and I start to move to stop them from fighting but Lucca grabs Hunter in a hug and slaps Hunter on his back in a friendly manner.

  “Shit man, you guys scared us.” He laughs out and pulls back. “I’m glad your back.” He slaps his shoulder before moving on to talk to Kale.

  Wait Kale? I look on in disbelief and he grins at me. “What, you really thought some dead guys with the munchies were really going to get the best of me?” He points to himself. “I thought you knew me better than that, babe.”

  I run to him and he opens his arms for a hug. He holds me tightly as he swings me around. I laugh out and he places me back on my feet. “Nothing can kill me off babe, nothing.” He gently taps my chin with his knuckles.

  Kale looks past me as Mel runs to him. “Mel.” He chokes out as he hugs her tightly.

  We all stand quietly when we hear vehicle engines. Hunter grins. “That would be Tank and his wife, Kane too.”

  Lucca comes up next to me as we watch a huge black semi truck pull up the driveway with an animal trailer attached. Next is another gray semi with a box trailer and finally Kane trails behind them with an RV.

  “That.....” Hunter gestures with his hands as he comes up beside me. “....Is what took us so long.”

  I laugh out and he wraps his arm around my middle as Lucca holds my hand. “I’m glad your back, Hunter.”

  “I’m glad I’m back too, sweetheart.” He states then grabs my hand pulling both me and Lucca towards the trucks.

  We come to stand in front of a big burly man. He’s tall and wide with muscles. His arms are covered with various tattoos and he has a bandana wrapped around his bald head. He grins to me and holds out his hand.

  “You must be Lexi.” He looks to Hunter. “She’s just as beautiful as you described.” Hunter blushes a deep red and the man barks out a laugh. He looks back to me. “My names Chester, but everyone calls me “Tank”. He looks away to a woman carrying a small child. “That there is my wife, Ruby. She’s holding little Ace.”

  She steps up to us, as Lucca is shaking Tanks hand. She’s much smaller than Tank with dark gray hair. She places Ace to the ground and he rushes to hide behind her legs. She holds out her hand and I shake it.

  “My, my, you are a pretty little thing. Hunter here hasn’t stopped telling us about you.” She laughs at Hunters even darker blush. She holds out her hand to Lucca next. “And you must be Lucca?” He nods.

  Kane steps up to us and wraps his arms around mine and Hunters shoulders. “So what do you think about my girls place?”

  “It looks damn good. We’ve been searching for a safe place for days. I’m happy you guys are willing to take us in.” States Tank as he looks to me gratefully.

  Kane lets us go and kneels down to the ground with his arms open wide. “Come on Ace. Let’s go see if we can find us some chocolate like I promised you.” The little boy runs into his arms and Kane carries him off. We all watch silently as they walk off.

  “Poor thing, he’s really taken to Kane. I don’t think he would have made it another day if we wouldn’t have found him. He still hasn’t said a word yet, though.” Ruby mutters watching them walk away.

  “You found him?” I ask.

  “Yes, we found him hiding in a cupboard in an abandoned house. His mom was killed by the dead.” She states sadly.

  Kale and Mel walk up and they introduce themselves. Lucca and Tank walk off to the animal trailer and I decide to follow. “So, how many animals did you bring?” Lucca asks.

  “We brought twenty or so chickens, five goats, two pigs, and a lama.” Says Tank as he counts them off on his fingers.

  “That’s awesome.” Lucca laughs. Hunter walks up behind us holding a rope with horses tied to it.

  “That’s not including the seven horses and five cows.” Hunter states.

  “Where are we going to put them all? There isn’t enough room in the barn for them all.” I state.

  “Ah, that’s where the second truck comes in. It’s filled with enough supplies to build a second barn and any other building projects we may have.” Hunter grins. “It also has beds, food, gas and water, among other supplies. The animal trailer has enough food to feed them all through the winter also.”

  “That’s great.” I reply happily.

  “Want to help me put these guys into the stalls?” Hunter gestures to the horses behind him. I nod and take his hand. I glance back to Lucca who smiles at us and continues to talk to Tank.

  ****

  Soon we get the animals situated and we unload most of the supplies from the trucks. Tank parks his RV near the barn and we park the semi trucks to the far side of the house. We all sit down at the dining room table and make plans to what duty each of us will have over the next few days.

  “We are defiantly going to need to get rid of those trucks. I don’t like them being near the house. If anyone stumbles across us, it will be a dead giveaway that we have supplies.” Lucca recommends.

  “I agree with Lucca.” Kane, states.

  “I think we should keep them nearby though, just in case we need to leave here.” Hunter chimes in. I nod my agreement.

  “We could park them on a nearby road. Maybe make them look as if they were abandoned.” I suggest.

  “That’s a great idea little missy.” States Tank with a grin. “Kane and I can drive them and leave them tomorrow after we unload the rest of the supplies.” We all nod in agreement.

  “It’s getting late and we are going to have an early morning. We better all get off to bed if we are going to have any chance at sleep.” I yawn out.

  “That sounds good, sweetheart.” Hunter says with a yawn of his own. Everyone says their goodnights and heads off into their rooms. We had to move a lot of stuff around and add new beds to the rooms so everyone had a comfortable place to sleep.

  “Let’s get to bed, you two.” Yawns Lucca. We stumble up the stairs and head into the master bedroom. I strip and slowly climb into bed in only my panties. I shut my eyes but open them when Lucca laughs out. “Dude you should see your face.” He shakes his head still laughing. “This is priceless.” He laughs as he strips down to his boxers and slips into bed next to me. He buries his head into the pillow and snorts out another laugh. I look to Hunter who still hasn’t moved. He has a mixed look of want and absolute horror. It’s adorable. “Come on man, just come to bed it’s not like this is a first time for us.” Lucca barks out. “I promise I won’t bite.” He laughs again and I can’t help but laugh too. Hunter laughs and strips but doesn’t make a move to come closer. Lucca’s laughter dies down and I pat the bed next to me.

  “Come on, Hunter. Come to bed.” I smile as he finally makes his way over and slides in behind me.

  “By the way guys w
e are going to discuss that kiss you two had earlier. I’m not mad about it, even though I think I should be, but we need to discuss what this is going to be, between the three of us. For now, let’s get some sleep.” Lucca says quietly. Hunter and I both agree and soon we are all fast asleep. Before I fall asleep I send up a little thank you prayer. Thank you, god for bringing them home safely.

  Chapter 11

  Day 22

  The next morning I wake to an empty bed. I hurry and dress, sliding a hoodie over my tee shirt. With fall taking hold it’s been getting chilly during the day. I make my way to the kitchen where everyone is sitting around the table eating. They all greet me as I walk in and Hunter pats a seat between himself and Lucca. They already have a plate of food waiting for me. I slide into the chair and both men lean in to kiss my cheeks. I blush and glance around the table seeing everyone else watching us. Hunter clears his throat and laughs nervously, but soon everyone returns to eating their food. Well that was awkward. Lucca smiles at me and I grab his hand under the table before eating the food on my plate.

  “This is good cooking.” States Kane while shoving in another fork full of eggs into his mouth.

  Everyone nods in agreement “Ruby and I owned a nice little dinner a few towns over. Ruby’s the best cook around these parts. The best damn nurse, too.” Tank states proudly and Ruby blushes.

  “Well you can cook for us any day you like, Miss Ruby.” Hunter says between bites.

  The rest of breakfast is eaten in silence. One by one as we finish we go off to start our jobs for the day. The men have decided to start building the addition to the barn this morning after they unload the trucks and drive them away. Since they are busy Mel and I decide to do the rounds to check the fences. We both grab a few guns from the gunroom and make our way out to the barn. We meet Hunter there who already has two horses saddled for us.

  “Thanks, Hunter. You really didn’t have to do this.” I point to the horses.

  “It was nothing. Kane didn’t want you two saddling up the wrong horses. We haven’t checked to see if they are all trained. I’d rather you not get hurt sweetheart.” He kisses my cheek and hands over the reins before walking off.

  “He’s so sweet, Lexi. You’re lucky you got two hot, sweet guys after you.” Mel smiles sadly and hops up onto her horse. I glance in the direction Hunter went off and sigh. I am a lucky girl.

  “I don’t know what we are. How can the three of us be in a relationship together? It’s weird right?” I ask her.

  “Yeah, it’s a little weird but in this crazy world we’ve been shoved into, I don’t think it matters. If you love them both, then love them, hold on to it because it’s not always guaranteed to last. Don’t let anyone make you think otherwise.”

  “How did you get so wise?” I smirk at her and she sticks her tongue out at me. We head off to start our round.

  ****

  Over an hour later we make finally make it back to the house. Mel and I dismount at the barn and quickly take care of the horses. We had to kill over ten dead on our round. I am alarmed that there has been more and more showing up. Many of them we recognized as people we knew from town. On our way back both of us had silent tears running down our cheeks. It was defiantly a cruel world we lived in.

  Once inside the house we part ways silently making our way to our rooms. I enter and strip my clothes off before laying facedown. I sob into my pillow and soon fall fast asleep.

  “Do you think she’s ok, Lucca?” I hear Hunters muffled voice.

  “Mel told me they had a rough day on their round. Guess they had to kill a bunch of dead that they knew.”

  “Damn, that sucks. Maybe we shouldn’t let her go out without one of us with her anymore.” Hunter says quietly.

  “I agree. This whole world has gone to shit. I wish there was something we could do.”

  “Lucca, I think we are doing the best we can and that’s really what matters. We are safe here.” The bed dips with weight and I feel a blanket being tugged over my body.

  “You go help Tank and Kane. I’ll stay with her till she wakes up.” Lucca whispers as he lies next to me. I curl into his warmth and let out a sigh.

  “Yell, if you need me.” I hear footsteps and then the door closing.

  Lucca softly strokes my hair. “I know you are up, pumpkin’.”

  I sigh again and turn my head to look up at him. I force a smile. “I had a rough morning.”

  “I heard it was bad. Why don’t you tell me about it? It might help to talk about it. I know things are messed up, but we have to do what we can to survive.” He rakes his hand through his hair and plants a kiss on my forehead.

  “I really don’t want to talk about it, Lucca. Its better if I just act like none of this is happening.”

  He lets out a low growl. “You can’t think like that. If you do, it might end up hurting you worse in the end, Lexi.”

  “I know. I know. I just don’t know how else to process this all.” I gesture around with my hand. “Everything we know is gone. It’s all so messed up, like some horrible nightmare.”

  “That’s all too true, Lex. As long as we stick together I believe we will be alright.” I snuggle my face into his chest and he lets out a low sigh before kissing my head. “Go back to sleep pumpkin’ I’ll still be here when you wake up. We still have to talk about us.”

  I glance back up at him. “What about us?”

  “Yes, this whole thing between me, you and Hunter.” He points to me and himself.

  “Oh, I suppose we should huh.” I let out a giggle. “What exactly is going on, Lucca?”

  He sits up and runs his hands roughly over his face. “I’m not sure what’s going on here Lex. Hell, I should hate him for even being anywhere around you, but……..I kind of like it, watching you two together is hot.” He groans. “I know it’s not right but I feel like maybe we all belong together, you know?”

  I nod sitting beside him. “I know exactly what you mean. I never thought I’d ever love anyone as much as I love you, but I do…..I love Hunter and you both equally.”

  Lucca looks to me and I can tell there is something more he wants to tell me. “Is there something else you want to say, Lucca?” I try to persuade him to talk.

  He opens his mouth but he doesn’t get a chance to say anything before the door swings open revealing Hunter in nothing but a towel.

  “Am I interrupting something?” He asks.

  “No, we were actually talking about us.” Lucca stands up and walks over toward Hunter.

  My brow creases in confusion. I look to Lucca and see want all over his face but he’s not looking at me. Oh my god he’s not looking at me, he’s looking at Hunter. Oh. My. Gosh.

  “What aren’t you telling me, Lucca?” I demand standing to my feet.

  They look to each other. Both grin, bow their heads and let out laughs. I’m getting mad.

  “Damn it, Lucca you haven’t told her?”

  “I was just about to, before you walked in.”

  I growl. “Someone better tell me before I decide to kick both of your asses.”

  “Do you remember a certain conversation we had back when we first started dating?” Lucca questions and I instantly think back, thinking of a conversation that had something to do with this. I curse silently as it finally clicks into place. It had been a conversation about our new relationship. He had told me that he thought that maybe he was bisexual. He had been worried that I wouldn’t approve, but I never cared. It just made it more fun when we both thought a guy was hot. I can’t believe I forgot all about that.

  “Yeah, I remember now.” I state as I bite my lip before I ask my next question. Even though I already know what the answer is going to be. “So what does that have to do with any of this?”

  They look to each other again. Lucca grins and nods slightly. I’m in complete shock when they kiss. I didn’t see that coming.

  “Wow.” Is that all I can say? I’m shocked, but at the same time it turns me on. I clear
my throat and they slowly step away from each other, smiling. “So, when did this happen?”

  “We were out doing rounds, before I left to get more horses……….. And well one thing led to another and we ended up kissing. Then we talked things through but we weren’t sure how to tell you.” Hunter states as he walks closer to me.

  “So, you two hid this from me? Why?” I cross my arms in front of myself. Is this where they tell me they don’t need me? I bow my head.

  “We never wanted to keep it from you, sweetheart.” He puts his hand under my chin so I have no choice other than look up to him. Lucca is standing right next to him.

  “Pumpkin’, we were more worried about what you would think. We both still want you.” He smiles at Hunter. “But we want each other as well.”

  “I don’t understand, Lucca. You told me you that you liked guys, but you never told me you actually wanted to be with one.” I whisper.

  “Lexi, I do like guys and I never thought I’d want to be with one either, but for some crazy reason I can’t help myself around him.” He sighs and rubs his knuckles across my cheek. “I love both of you and you both make me so crazy. I want you both badly.”

  I look to Hunter. “What are your thoughts on this?”

  He lets out a sexy growl before lifting me up in his arms and throwing me onto the bed. He grabs Lucca by the back of his head roughly and kisses him. I watch them kiss silently but soon they are both stalking toward the bed. As they both slide onto the bed, Hunter kisses me and Lucca starts undressing me.

  “I love you both.” Hunter pants, between kisses. “I want to make love to you both. Will you allow me to do that?” I nod and he grins as he slips his towel off.

  Soon we are all a tangle of arms and legs, moans mix with screams of ecstasy. We make love and in those moments my heart feels whole again. I have so much love for both my men and they have almost completely healed my heart. I don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but with them both by my side I finally have hope.