Reckless Redemption: A Bad Blooded Rebel Novel (Bad Blooded Rebel Series) (7 page)

“Come inside me, Beau. Let yourself go,” I purred as
I played with his hair.

His fingers found my clit again and he growled out,
“Together,” as I shattered into pieces around him yet again. He found his
release when I did and we fell over the edge together…

The
sound of a loud car chase scene from coming from the television tore me from my
thoughts. My heart was racing again and my cheeks felt flushed. I leaned my
head back against the headboard and sighed. There was no way I would be able to
be around Beau again without making a fool of myself. I’d reacted like a
teenager with a crush when I held his hand at dinner and now I was incredibly
turned on remembering the first time we’d had sex.

I
had to work this thing out with Beau once and for all. Not caring what time it
was, I reached for my cell phone that was resting on the nightstand and dialed
Beau’s number without pausing to think. My palms started to sweat as it rang
once, twice, three times. On the fourth ring, he finally picked up. “Danni?
Hello?”

“Hey
Beau, did I wake you?” I asked.

“Uh,
no, I was up,” he replied.

I
looked at the clock and it was almost two in the morning. I smiled. Of course
he was awake. He usually never went to bed until around three.

“Why
are you awake? You usually crash around eleven. Is everything all right?”

“I’m
fine. I was just sitting here thinking.”

“Thinking?
About what?”

“About
us,” I admitted, feeling butterflies in my stomach.

I
heard his breath catch on the other end of the line. After a few quiet seconds,
he spoke.

“And?”

“I-I
think we should hang out tomorrow,” I said.

“Danni-”
he said, starting to interrupt me but I stopped him.

“Look,
I know you said you didn’t want to talk about things but I think we need to at
least clear the air. We’ve both been so focused on your recovery since I came
here that we haven’t really gotten to talk about anything. I think that we
should spend the day together tomorrow and just try to work things out.”

I
could hear him taking deep breaths on the other end of the phone, and after what
felt like a lifetime he finally spoke.

“Do
you like baseball?”

“W-what?
Baseball?”

“Yeah,
I am a season ticket holder for the Reds. I haven’t been to a game in a while
and they are playing the Cubs tomorrow. What do you say? Do you want to take in
a game with me?”

I
smiled so widely that I thought my face might break. “Um, sure. I’d love to.”

“Okay
then. Make sure you’re hungry when we go because the hot dogs there are
amazing.” He sounded excited for the first time in what felt like ages.

“Oh
yeah? Are you going to buy me some souvenirs?” I asked, snuggling down into my
blankets.

“I’ll
buy you whatever you want, beautiful,” he said happily.

“I
have never been to a baseball game before. I think I’m actually excited,” I
said honestly.

“I’m
excited for you.”

There
was another loud explosion coming from my television set and Beau asked, “What
was that sound?”

I
hit the mute button and said, “Oh that? I was trying to find something on
television before I called you. I honestly don’t know what show it is.” I
stifled a yawn and I heard him chuckle.

“Well,
you sound tired. You should get some sleep, Danni. I know you are up way past
your bed time,” he said, trying to sound strict.

I
laughed and said, “So what, are you going to spank me for being up too late?”

He
groaned softly and said, “Yeah, I need to hang up now.” I giggled and he
continued, “Good night Danni. I’ll pick you up tomorrow around two o’clock. Be
ready and be hungry.”

“I
will, I promise. Goodbye, Beau,” I said sleepily.

“Bye,”
he replied, and we both ended the call.

As
I turned off the television and switched off the lamp next to me, I fell fast
asleep, happier than I’d felt in a while.

Beau

“Knock,
knock, big brother! I’m here!” I heard my sister Sadie calling out from the front
door as I was running a hand through my still-wet hair. I had gotten up early to
give myself plenty of time to prepare for my day with Danni…both mentally and
physically.

Danni
asking to spend the day together had me feeling like I’d gotten my birthday and
Christmas presents all in one phone call. I wanted to make this day fun for
both of us because I felt like we needed it. Earlier I had texted to Sadie, who
was always awake before the sun, to run out and pick up a few things for Danni
for the game today. Now I walked down the hall to meet my sister with a new
spring in my step. I really hoped this day with Danni would be the start of
something good.

“Well,
don’t you look handsome in your Reds tee shirt,” Sadie said to me as she walked
into the kitchen.

I
smiled at her. “Hey kid, thanks for doing this for me.” I pulled her into a
one-armed hug, dropping a kiss on her head.

“It’s
no trouble. I also brought you some breakfast,” she said, handing me a takeout
bag from McDonald’s.

I
grinned. “Thanks for this too,” I replied, setting the bag on the counter in
the kitchen. “So, did you find everything okay?”

Sadie
snorted out a laugh as she placed several bags on the counter. “We live in
Cincy, Beau. It wasn’t hard to find Reds gear, especially on a game day. I got
everything you asked for.” She pulled a hat, a gray V-neck tee shirt with the
Red’s logo on it, and a Reds jacket out of the bag. It was early in the season
and even though it was supposed to be nice out I didn’t want to take the chance
that Danni might be cold.

I
took one of the breakfast sandwiches out of the bag and unwrapped it. As I took
a bite, I walked over to Sadie and picked up the hat to look at it. “This is
perfect. She’ll look cute in this, don’t you think?”

Sadie
smiled at me and said, “Of course she will. That girl looks cute in just about
anything.”

“Yes
she does,” I said, taking another bite of my sandwich.

I
put the hat down, running my fingers across the tee shirt that would be hugging
her beautiful body later today and I smiled.

“You
look good, big brother,” Sadie said.

I
looked up at her and she was beaming.

“I
haven’t seen you look this good in a long time.”

I
shrugged my shoulders and ran my hand through my hair.

“Well,
I’m excited. We’ve not hung out like this since…well, shit, I don’t think we’ve
ever hung out like this before. When we met up again in Muncie we just started
sleeping together right away. We never really spent much time together with our
clothes on,” I said, snorting out a laugh.

“That’s
a shocker,” she replied sarcastically, pulling a hash brown out of the bag and
taking a bite.

“Seriously
though, don’t fuck this up. It’s taken Danni a year to get to this point. Don’t
blow it.”

“I
don’t plan to, Sadie. I love her,” I replied.

She
tossed a piece of her hash brown at my face and grinned.

“I
know you do. You’re my brother and I love you. If anyone deserves happiness
it’s you.”

I
put my sandwich down on the table and pulled her into a hug.

“We
both do, kid. So, when are you going to settle down and find a man to be with
longer than one night?”

She
shoved against me. “Shit, I don’t need any guy drama in my life right now.
That’s what toys were designed for,” she said, and I nearly choked.

“Jesus
Christ, Sadie,” I said, taking a drink of orange juice.

“What?
It’s okay for you to fuck around but not me?”

“First
of all, I don’t fuck around anymore. And second, you’re my baby sister and it’s
fucking weird.”

“Like
I said, I am not screwing anyone right now. Who the hell has time with me mixing
your latest album and beating the whores off of Jude with a baseball bat every
day? Both are full time jobs in themselves,” she said, rolling her eyes.

“I
thought you told me Jude stopped having his women come to the house when you
moved in with him,” I said, frowning.

Jude
and Sadie had decided once we came back from New York last year to become
roommates since they already hung out so much. Once Sadie moved her last box
into the house, Jude vowed then and there to quit fucking so many girls. He
said it was because he’d never lived with a girl before and it just felt
strange. Surprisingly, so far, he had managed to pull it off.

I
was happy to see him cut back on the amount of girls he had been banging night
after night since we signed our record deal, but it still worried me that they
were living together. It was pretty common knowledge that Sadie had been
harboring a crush on Jude ever since we were kids; luckily he’d always seemed
oblivious to her. I loved Jude like he was my brother, but I loved my sister
more, and if I ever found out he’d touched her in any way other than a friendly
hug I might knock his ass out.

“He
did, but that doesn’t mean women still don’t want to get into his pants. He’s
Jude Miller, Beau. Every rock slut wants to fuck him.”

“And
that bothers you why?” I asked her, cocking an eyebrow in suspicion.

Sadie
put her hand up and said, “Just don’t, okay? I am not trying to get into Jude’s
pants, I promise.”

“Don’t
tell me you wouldn’t give it up to him if he asked,” I said, furrowing my
brows.

“I
wouldn’t, Beau, no matter what you think. I realized a while ago that my crush
was stupid and that he’s better off as my friend than anything else. I love
hanging with him and I don’t want to mess up our friendship. I promise that
Jude and I will never be more than friends, but it’s still annoying to see women
practically shoving their vaginas at him every time we go anywhere.”

“Well,
he’s not going after it, is he?”

Sadie
shook her head and said, “No. He’s really been sticking to this ‘no girls’
thing but it’s only a matter of time.”

“Well,
Sadie, it’s been a year. I think the fact that Jude hasn’t slipped once in all
that time is a miracle in itself. If you are his friend, stick with him,” I
told her.

“I
always will, but it’s just irritating, you know? I don’t know how you guys
handle it, all those skanky girls screaming for you all the time.”

“You
get used to it, Sadie. It’s the nature of the business. It does get old after a
while though and you eventually just want to settle down.”

“Well,
lucky for you, Beau, you already have a girl you want to settle with, assuming
you don’t screw it up again,” Sadie replied.

I
reached out, tugging a piece of her hair, and she squealed. “I already told you
I won’t. She’s it for me.”

“Good,”
she said, taking another bite of hash brown. “Well, if you don’t need anything
else from me, I’m going to go back home and get some work done.”

“On
a Sunday? Sadie, take the day off for once.”

“No
fucking way, brother. I’m on a deadline for the track you guys just recorded,”
she answered.

“What
deadline? You’re our main producer now and Jessie runs the label.”

“It’s
my
deadline. I want ‘Trigger’ finished and in the can by the end of the
week, and I still have some mixing to do.”

I
wrapped my arm around her shoulders and said, “Always the perfectionist. We hit
gold when we got you, kid.”

Sadie
smiled. “Well, I would say you’re biased because we’re family but then I’d be
lying because I
am
pretty fucking talented.”

We
laughed and I hugged her tightly one last time. “Well you better get to work
then. Thanks again for your help today.”

“Anytime.
Let me know how it goes if you’re still clothed when the date’s over,” she said
and I laughed.

“Get
out of here, you brat,” I replied, shoving her playfully.

“Later!”
she called out as she left the kitchen and walked out the front door.

I
gathered all of the things for Danni and put them back in the bag. After I
finished my breakfast sandwich, I cleaned up all the trash and wrappers. I
still had a few hours to kill before it was time to get Danni, so I went into
my living room and turned on the television, hoping to find some kind of action
movie to distract me as the remaining hours dragged on.

“Where did Danni go?” I asked, looking around the
bar.