I decided I needed to speak up first and at least address Cooper, who had no valid argument.
“Look, I know you guys don’t like the idea of me and Hunter. But Coop, you can’t get upset since Hunter knows you’re with Jaylinn.” I’m all worked up over this conversation. “From the day he found out about you and her, he hasn’t treated you any differently. And now, you’re going to start shit because we are together?”
Cooper sighed. “I know. And I know he’ll treat you right. But he broke your heart once before.” His eyes narrowed on Hunter. “You’re like a brother to me. Don’t break my sister’s heart and we won’t have a problem.”
Hunter nodded. “Same goes to you.”
I gestured for Jackson to speak. He frowned.
“Look, I don’t have a problem with this. You’re already family. I don’t have to worry about someone looking after her now.” He shrugged. “We aren’t your problem. Mason is. He hates this. We tried to talk to him, but he’s not hearing us. Maybe if you talked to him one-on-one he might listen.”
“Yeah, alright, I’ll try.” I gave Cooper and Jackson a huge hug and a kiss on the cheek before taking Hunter’s hand.
“Two down, one to go,” I said.
He scratched his head. “Make that two to go. Your dad still hasn’t said a word to either of us.”
Jackson chuckled. “He’s easy. Just have Kenzie bat her eyelashes. Always works.”
I laughed. “Shut up, you’re just jealous.”
We returned to the table. Mason was still missing. Hailey mouthed, “Sorry.” I shrugged. There was nothing she could do. She gave me my weekend alone with Hunter, and I couldn’t ask for anything more than that.
After dinner was all done, the girls and I cleaned up and started the dishes. The front door opened and slammed shut.
Mason.
Hailey dried her hands and took off after him. I waited a few minutes before following her out.
Chaos descended on the living room. Mason and Hunter were nose to nose. Jackson and Cooper had a hold of them so no one would take a swing. Both were yelling at each other. My dad jostled between them and broke the fight up.
“Mason, walk away now!” He yelled at Mason.
“This is my fucking house. I’m not going anywhere. He can fucking leave!” Mason pointed over my dad.
Hunter shoved Jackson’s arm off him. “Fine, I’ll fucking go.”
“Wait, Hunter, don’t go.” He wasn’t stopping. I ran after him. “Wait, I’ll go with you. Just let me grab my shoes.”
I ran to get my Uggs and hopped down the hall, slamming them over my toes. Dad cornered Hunter. Mason shouted from the other room.
“Daddy—”
“Baby girl, go upstairs.” He yelled at me.
Well, he was still calling me Baby Girl, so he wasn’t pissed at me. Not wanting to push him any further, I walked off towards my room. Dad was pissed enough. I backed off and mouthed a quick ‘I love you’ to Hunter.
Hailey found me a few minutes later, collapsed on my bed, and just stared at the ceiling.
She laid down next to me and sighed. “I’m sorry he’s being such an asshole about this. He ruined the whole weekend once he figured out that you and Hunter were together. When he saw the text, he just lost it.”
“It’s ok, I shouldn’t have responded.” I turned to look at her. “Thanks for helping me though.”
She sat up and had a huge smile on her face. “So, tell me everything!”
“Oh my God, Hails, it was perfect; he was perfect. I’m so glad I waited for him. I can’t even explain to you how I feel about him now after this weekend.”
“Aww, I wish the asshole didn’t ruin my weekend though. I had plans for us.”
Groaning, I said, “Please don’t, I don’t want to hear it.”
She laughed. “See we can get along, why the hell can’t they?”
Shaking my head, I replied, “I don’t know. I knew this was going to mess shit up with Hunter and me though. I hope he doesn’t choose them over me.”
“Don’t even think like that, Kenz. Seriously. If he wasn’t serious about you, he wouldn’t have gone away with you, and I’m pretty damn sure he would have left by now.”
“Yeah, I guess you’re right.”
Hailey and I talked about everything we did during the weekend for a while before my dad appeared in my doorway. Damn! I wonder how long he has been standing there. I hoped not that long, or he would now know that Hunter and I