back of a chair as he hopped towards me. "Yeah, I'm sure that'll be the case. What girl doesn't want a guy with a fucked up face who can't even walk straight? I'm a real fucking catch these days."
I rolled my eyes at him dramatically and he scowled at me.
"Are you gonna fuck off so I can get dressed then?" he asked. Man he was a grump this morning. But when he was a grump it usually meant he was in pain so I couldn’t be too angry with him.
"No," I replied simply. "I already told you we're running late. I have somewhere to be and you need a round the clock nurse. JJ has shit to do at the club today and Fox is off being all Harlequinish which makes you my problem."
"I can't leave the house, remember?" Chase muttered, making it to the bed and half falling down onto it while clutching his towel tightly in his fist like he was afraid a strong breeze might blow in and steal it. Which was massively unlikely seeing as all the windows were shut and the curtains were permanently closed in here. Supposedly that was to make sure no one saw him here, but I was pretty sure that it was at least half because Chase didn't want anyone to see him period. And I was done with that shit. Especially today.
"Yeah well, I never was one for the rules. And I have a date today which you're going to chaperone whether you like it or not."
"What the fuck are you going on about? You and JJ don't need me to-"
"Err who said anything about JJ? This is a much bigger deal than anything in the damn Cove. This is a live GPR signing event and I'm not fucking missing it because you need someone here to change your diapers all day." I folded my arms to let him know I meant business, but he just seemed more confused than ever.
"A what?"
"Green Power Ranger, duh." I flicked him in the forehead and he jerked away from me.
Understanding dawned and he shook his head with a grunt of irritation. "I'm not going out with you to some dumb signing with a dude from a kids show."
"That would be where you're wrong." I lunged at him with the green shirt in hand and managed to force it over his head before he could fight me off. He was left with no choice but to jam his arms through the holes and he growled at me as he wrestled me back, catching my wrists and pinning me to the bed beneath him with my hands above my head.
"I'm not going out," Chase snarled in my face and I sighed, the fight going out of my limbs as I pouted.
"Fine," I agreed with a sad sniff. "I just thought it might be nice to do something fun for once. I'm so sick of being miserable and afraid all the time. I only wanted to try and have some fun."
Chase frowned down at me as I gave up like he'd been expecting more of a fight and he drew back, releasing me.
I pushed off of the bed and headed for the door, sniffing loudly and swiping at my cheek as I went.
"Wait," Chase called just before I could disappear and I paused with my back to him, a smirk on my lips as I waited. "Is this really that big of a deal to you?"
"I'd give my right eye to go," I agreed, still not looking at him.
Chase coughed a surprised laugh "Wow, you really are an asshole, aren't you?"
"Yeah. But I don't think you'd want me any other way." I looked back over my shoulder, finding his gaze on me.
"Fox won't like it," he warned.
"He’ll hate it,” I agreed. “But you get off on going against him anyway."
"So do you," he pointed out.
"Well why don't we get off together then?" I teased. "Or do you prefer watching?"
"Fuck you," he replied, his gaze skimming down my body and making heat rush beneath my skin as I thought about what the three of us had done the other night. Or what we’d almost done. I still hadn’t quite figured out if Chase had sent us packing because he wasn’t into it or if it was his insecurities showing. So for now I was playing it by ear but I seriously couldn’t have said I would have minded if he’d chosen to get a whole lot more