Easy to Love You (14 page)

CC, Ryder and I hung out together most of the day. Everyone would be showing up soon and we were just waiting on them. The plan was to meet here, have pizza, and then CC’s parents were going to take Ryder and Alex back to their house for a sleepover.

Everyone had shown up, except for Hailey, so far. I kept looking at Mason when I knew CC was occupied, he just shook his head. I knew things were rough with them but this was for CC, she could put that shit aside for one night. Just as I was about to call her, she showed up with a big ass bottle of vodka.

When CC noticed Hailey, her face lit up. “It’s about damn time.” She said, joking around with her friend.

“Don’t even start,” she giggled, “My ass has been at work since seven this morning. Damn inventory control.”

I walked over and took the bottle from her and she threw her arms around CC. “I miss your face bitch.” I heard Hailey’s muffled voice.

“Miss you too.”

CC, Jackson, Chloe and I, all said goodnight to our boys before they left with their grandparents.

CC spoke up from her seat in the recliner, “Now listen to me. I don’t want to hear one damn word about the shit that’s gone down these past few weeks. Not. A. Word. Tonight’s going to be fun. Us girls are letting our hair down, so hold on to your hats boys.”

All the guys raised their eyebrows and shook their heads; the girls looked at each other and winked. We were in for a ride tonight.

I was determined to have a good time tonight; I hadn’t taken any of my pain medicine so I’d be able to drink with everyone. Mom and Dad promised they’d be fine with Ryder for the night and I’d told myself there’s nothing I needed to worry about.

“Kenz, shot?” Hailey asked me on the way to the kitchen.

“Hell, yes!” Hunter was watching me; I smiled and blew him a kiss, causing Cooper to throw a pillow right at the back of his head.

“Knock that shit off.” Mason groaned.

Hailey reappeared with eight shot glasses, a lemon, knife, cutting board and my sugar bowl. She put everything down on the living room table and chucked the lemon at Mason. “Make yourself useful, Ace.” Hunter, Jackson and Cooper started hooting and hollering. Jaylinn, Chloe and I threw our heads back and started laughing.

As Hailey started pouring the shots, she informed us, “We’re playing a game. It’s called Ask Me About…” Hailey and her games. I shook my head, shit never ended well with her games.

“How the hell do you play that?” Jackson asked as he adjusted Chloe’s legs across his own.

Hailey smiled at him, “You ask one person about something, anything at all. If they don’t answer they have to take a shot.” She chuckled and rolled her eyes. “I have a feeling there is going to be a lot of drinking tonight. I’ll go first.”

Hailey was giving Mason the evil eye; this was not going to be pretty. “Mason. How many girls have you slept with?”

See!
He was staring her down; I didn’t think he was going to answer. “Eleven.”

Cooper coughed out the word “bullshit.”

Mason diverted his eyes to Cooper. “My turn,” Mason said.

“Jaylinn, did you hand in your v-card yet?” Jaylinn cringed and Hunter went stiff as a board next to me. I needed to fix this so things didn’t get out of hand and ruin my night. I reached over and ran my finger up his thigh, on a path to his zipper. It’d been more than a month since Hunter and I had made love. I knew he was trying to patiently wait those six weeks. I was going to try and push those boundaries tonight, even if I was secretly doing it for Jaylinn.

When I reached the zipper he sat back and pulled the covers that were draped over my legs over his lap. Now he’s getting it. I shifted so I was angled towards him and reached for his zipper. He looked at me, eyes hooded.

Jaylinn answered, “No.” Hunter sighed, so much for my plan. Oh well, it was fun anyway.

“Kenzie, have you ever been caught having sex?” Jaylinn asked.

I rested my head on Hunter’s shoulder for a second, trying to contain the laugh that was bubbling up. “Hell yeah,” I glimpsed over at Hailey as she shuddered. “How many times now Hails?”

She picked up a shot and downed it, “Too many to count.” She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. “I’m still trying to figure out how you were bent over with your stom—” Three pillows were thrown at Hailey cutting her short, while Hunter and I laughed hysterically.

After I was finally able to calm down enough to talk, I knew who I was going after, I just hoped she kept it clean for my sake. “Hailey,” she smirked, “craziest place you’ve had sex.”

Her mouth fell open, oh shit, here it comes. She didn’t look in Mason’s direction once, no eye contact, no nothing. Something was going on with them. “In my Jeep, while we were driving.”

“How the hell did that work?” Jackson asked. Clearly he was thinking really hard about this.

Mason piped up, “It just does.” Hailey still never looked in his direction, while he stared a hole right into her.

“He’s right, when you want it enough, you make it work.” Finally she glanced at him, but only for a second. That statement had so many meanings, especially for those two.

“They’re just lucky enough their crazy asses didn’t get pulled over when the cops passed.” Jaylinn said in a fit of giggles.

This is what I missed; no one had a care in the world right now. I wanted to bottle this time up because I knew it was going to be short lived once the night was over. I was content in Hunter’s arms, these people were my family. Some might not be blood, but I loved them just as much.

“Chloe, you’re up girl.” Jaylinn said. Chloe’s eyes widened. I didn’t know why, she knew how crazy things were going to get. “Have you ever faked an orgasm?”

Jackson narrowed his eyes at Jaylinn.

Chloe didn’t answer at first, she looked at Jackson and the answer flashed across her face. She looked at me, then reached for the shot glass, dipped a lemon slice in sugar, and downed her shot. Everyone was quiet until Cooper snickered first, and then everyone lost it. I had pains in my stomach from laughing so hard. I’d pay for that tomorrow.

Jackson picked up a shot and downed it, “You couldn’t have just answered the question?” He slammed down the glass on the coffee table.

“Hell no! No one wants to hear how many times that’s happened.” Chloe said with a straight face. I was about to wipe my tears away, but stopped midway to my face and gawked at her. Then I saw the red creeping up her neck and she burst out laughing, while Jackson just sat there stunned. After a few minutes he turned his glare on Hailey and she gave it right back. Hailey had known what she was starting and she wasn’t going to be intimidated by Jackson.

“Alright Hunter,” Chloe smirked. Most of the time this girl was prim and proper, but sometimes she let her hair down, and tonight was one of those nights. “Most daring place you’ve had sex.”

Hunter swore under his breath and shifted his body towards me; I reached over and started for his zipper again. His eyes snapped to mine and held my gaze. I knew he was thinking about that night, that night was heaven for me.

He kissed the tip of my nose and looked over at Chloe; I noticed he wasn’t making eye contact with my brothers because they were going to hate this answer. “On the bike in Bentley’s garage.” That night came rushing back to me; he made me feel things I’d never felt before. You would’ve thought it would’ve been awkward with trying to keep the bike steady, but it wasn’t at all.

My brothers all cursed at the same time while giving Hunter a death glare, I’m so glad I’m wrapped in his arms right now.

“Alright, Coop,” Cooper nodded his head, “Have you and Mase ever tag teamed?”

It felt like someone sucked all the air out of the room. Everyone was waiting for the pin to drop. Cooper looked at Mason and they both smirked, just slightly, and only for a second, but I caught it. I was a wiz at reading them both. The bigger question was, with whom? I observed Hailey and Jaylinn who were sitting next to each other on the floor. Both of their faces were unreadable, which was shocking, because Hailey was the easiest to read. At the same time, both girls picked up a lemon, dipped it in sugar, picked up a shot glass and raised it above their heads to Mason and Cooper. Hmm, they either already knew or they didn’t want to find out.

Mason and Cooper didn’t reach for the glasses though, only the lemons. They put them skin side into their mouths then reached for the shot glass and pulled the girls back to their laps. At the same time they poured the shots in the girl’s mouths and then bent down and gave them the lemons. I groaned, wanting Hunter to do that to me. He must have been thinking the same thing because he cupped my chin and tilted my head up to kiss. Gently at first, then his tongue was seeking more, when it collided with mine I moaned and it only made him deepen the kiss. This was our first kiss like this in front of my brothers; most of the time Hunter was respectful of them, and they appreciated that.

“You’re going to get pregnant like that, oh wait, you already did.” Jackson deadpanned.

Hunter and I tore our lips apart, he rested his forehead against mine, leaving us both breathless.

“Well?” Chloe asked Mason and Cooper.

Both shrugged and eyeballed Hunter.
Wait a minute!
I sat up straight and eyed both of my brothers and then Hunter. Hunter was like stone, no emotion. I looked at the girls, trying to put the pieces together but nothing was connecting.

Cooper playfully punched Mason in the shoulder; both of them were lounging on the sofa, “First girl you slept with.”

“Dude, you know the answer already, Lily.” Cooper glanced at me, very quickly. Mason started coughing.

That was it, my missing piece. I narrowed my eyes at Hailey and she looked away. Then I did the same to Jaylinn and she narrowed her eyes right back at me. Then I studied Hunter, he was still stone, no emotion. He never flinched when I was scrutinizing him.

A laugh bubbled up from deep inside me, “Are you fucking kidding me?” My head fell back and I laughed my ass off. Everyone lost their virginity to Lily, and then it sunk in. They’d all slept with her on the same night, at the same damn time. What the fuck?

After the laughter subsided and realization had dawned on me, Hunter reached behind my neck and brought me towards him. He talked low into my ear, “I didn’t sleep with her that night, but they don’t know that.”

I breathed a sigh of relief; I turned my head slightly and kissed his cheek.

The rest of the night continued the same way, everyone was pretty tanked by the end of it. Jaylinn had curled herself up on Cooper’s lap and was passed out. Jackson and Chloe were talking quietly to themselves from the recliner they were perched in. Chloe was a lot of fun tonight, most of the time she was quiet and stayed to herself, but I loved it when she really let go with us. Hailey was snuggled up in the corner of a recliner on the opposite side of the room. Mason lay on the side of it, knees bent, arms crossed over his face.

“Psst.” Mason dropped his arms and looked in my direction. I nodded my head towards Hailey. “Go get her. The extra bedroom is yours for the night.”

He didn’t move right away and put his arms back over his face. I shrugged my shoulders at Hunter. A few minutes later he groaned, I looked up into Hunter’s eyes and he winked at me. Mason climbed off the floor and went to Hailey. He didn’t say anything to her, I’m not sure she would have heard him anyway, she was pretty toasted. He collected her up in his arms and went down the hallway to the stairs.

I sighed and Hunter did the same. We sat there a little while longer before my eyes grew heavy. Hunter followed Mason’s lead and took me upstairs, where he undressed me and settled us in bed. He kissed me on the lips, then my neck, shoulder, the valley between my breasts, and continued all the way down my stomach. He stopped and looked up at me; tears were pooled in my eyes.

“I love you, everything about you, CC. Never doubt that.” Hunter said in a husky voice.

He kissed me where my bandage was from my C-section and the tears spilled over. He left me breathless.

It was a perfect ending to a perfect night.