Secrets Worth Keeping (Finding my Home #2)- Nikita Parmenter Page 0,12
his hands land on my hips as he looks down at me. I get the feeling that he wants to kiss me right now but although all the parents know that all of the guys took me to prom, they don’t know the nature of our relationship so it might not be a good idea.
“Thank you, for not being normal. Thank you for being dangerous men, if you’d done it the conventional way I wouldn’t be standing here right now” I say softly, catching all of their gazes so they can see how truly grateful I am.
“You’re perfect for us Sweetheart, and I promised you that we would always come for you, I don’t make promises I don’t intend to keep, none of us do” Trick says firmly and the last of the flimsy walls protecting my heart crumbles to dust as I stare at them all.
Fuck.
“Come on boys, lets get Ever home” Jenny says from somewhere beyond the ring of guys surrounding me. “I’m assuming that you are all staying at our house tonight?” Jenny asks, her tone amused as the other parents chuckle.
“You assumed correctly” Jensen turns and grins cheekily at her.
She sighs like she’s exasperated but I can see the start of a grin playing around the edge of her lips. Jensen really is just that loveable. We all walk out the front doors on masse and over to the boys cars.
“Boys, do I want to know why you are driving cars that aren’t yours?” Kat asks firmly.
“Well we didn’t have ours with us mama” Cash starts to explain.
“Don’t worry though, we asked permission, we’ll drop them back tomorrow” Riot says.
“Hmm ok, but if I have the police knocking on my door at god knows what time this morning I will not be pleased” Jenny threatens adopting the same look as Kat.
The guys all nod and we all load up in the cars, I move very slowly, everything stiff as I try to fold my battered frame into the car. I seriously hope that a couple of days rest is going to be enough to get rid of this stiffness because I do not want to go to the cabin feeling like this.
The journey home is a blur, exhaustion truly setting in. Once we arrive back at Trick’s place, Rafe opens my door.
“Let me carry you Baby?” he asks, “it was painful just to watch you trying to get in the car, let us help you” he practically pleads.
“Sure thing Big Guy, walking is overrated anyway” I joke as I lift my arms up.
He easily scoops me up and out of the truck, striding towards the house like I weigh nothing. In my exhausted state I immediately start to wonder about other situations where he could support my weight, like against the wall, in the shower. I slam the door shut on those thoughts.
“Shit” I mutter out loud, now is not the time to be having those sorts of thoughts.
“What’s wrong Angel?” Jensen asks sounding slightly panicked as he hovers beside me.
“Nothing I’m fine.”
Rafe and him share a look.
“Really guys, I’m just tired can we please go to bed?” I ask as Rafe carries me up the stairs the others going ahead, they each duck into their own rooms and by the time Rafe places me on my bed they’re all back in their pjs or lack thereof in Jensen and Luc’s case and making up beds with quilts and pillows on the floor in my room. I raise my eyebrow as I slowly get up and make my way to my closet to get changed, just before I shut the door behind me Trick calls out.
“You didn’t really think any of us were ok with letting you out of our sight did you?” he smirks, “we all need to keep you close tonight, Sweetheart” he adds and I grin as I shut the door.
It’s a slow process trying to get out of my now ruined dress, not that I would’ve wanted to wear it again after tonight. It now has too many horrible memories attached to it. I am grateful I’m not trying to take off jeans and lift my arms to take off my top though because once I finally do manage to undo the zip on the dress, it just drops and pools down around my feet. Leaving me stood in my panties and tit tape. I look down at the tape stuck to my boobs eighty percent sure it should’ve stayed stuck to