Garrett chewed the inside of his cheek for a moment as he regarded the sudden outburst. Then he nodded in approval. "I like you. You speak the truth. Inappropriate, but the truth."
Logan puffed out his chest. Then the smirk dropped from his face and he clipped out, "Good. Then leave Sam and Mason the f**k alone. You've screwed up our lives enough."
Mason slid him a look. "I was going to get to that. I was waiting for the right time."
Logan looked annoyed. "Whatever. I had enough being quiet."
I slid my eyes towards him and he saluted me before he dropped back on the couch. "Continue on as you were…" He pretended to bow to them as he opened another beer, and passed one to Mason.
I caught mine as I sat on the couch with him.
Mason slid down beside me and Logan curled an arm around my shoulder. He drawled against my cheek, "It'll throw them off. Their visionary senses will tell them we're screwing and they'll get confused." His hand slid down towards my breast.
Mason warned, "Don't even try it, Logan. I'm the fighter, remember?"
His hand slid back up to my shoulder. He gave me a pat. "Threesome fearsome. No one stands a chance."
I grinned at him. "What about Nate?"
He tapped his beer with mine. "When he's around, it's the foursome fearsome. You can add any 'some to that name. Thank goodness, huh?" Then he groaned. "I really need to get laid tonight."
Mason tipped his head back. I felt the tension in his body and reached for his hand.
Logan leaned forward. "We might be having that party in your suite." Then we looked at the room as their voices were raised at each other. "Something's telling me the adults aren't going anywhere tonight."
My mom chose that moment to lift her hands in the air. "I don't care what you think I've done wrong in my parenting. I've been the one there for her all her life."
I closed my eyes. It was going to be a long night. I already knew it.
CHAPTER THIRTY NINE
The adults remained in the top suite so the party was moved down two floors when Logan paid for the other suite on Mason's floor. Text messages were sent out and soon the elevator had started to ring its arrival. The two doors were left open and it wasn't long before a swarm of people filled the floor. I had been with Mason and Logan for awhile until their public friends started to show. After Ethan sent me a few frowns and narrowed glances, I took my exit and it wasn't long before I heard Becky's excited voice.
She squealed somewhere, "I can't believe this! This is awesome!"
When I stepped on a chair, I saw them inside the doorway and sent a text that I was near the kitchen. It wasn't long before Becky and Lydia pushed their way to me and landed with flushed faces.
"Hey, guys." I narrowed my eyes.
Lydia let out a silent burp and tugged her skirt down to flaunt her hipbones.
"You guys are drunk."
Becky flung herself at me for a hug. As she fell against me, she gurgled out, "Am not. Spoilshoret."
"We're not drunk." Lydia pulled her back and linked their elbows together. She puffed up her chest and flipped her hair over her shoulder.
"You are. I know what you look like when you're drunk and I can smell the booze on Becky's breath."
"So what if we're drunk?! It's Friday night. We're allowed." Becky seemed sure of herself. "And besides we're celebrating your awesomeness. Oh yeah. You're awesome. You're the queen of being awesome. You are a god-dess, you are." Her head bounced up and down with each word and her smile grew at each nod. "And you're my friend. I'm so glad you're my friend."
"Mine too." Lydia beamed.
"Oh boy." I sipped the beer Logan made me take. "How are you getting home?"
Becky pointed a finger at me. "How are you getting home, missy? Or are you sleeping here…with your boyfriend?!"
"Yeah. Your boyfriend." Lydia giggled at Becky, who bumped heads with her.
"Don't worry," Adam's voice came from behind me. "I promised Becky's parents that I'd watch out for her. They weren't keen on letting her attend a Kade party, but I persuaded them. Plus, I think Lydia's staying at Becky's tonight anyway." He gave me a small smile, but I caught the apprehension in his depths.
"Thanks," I said lightly.
Lydia had been watching us and cooed, "You guys will make a great couple."
Becky nudged her.
"I mean, someday…maybe…not." She hung her head, but snapped back up with a bright smile. "I forgot to tell you. Jessica's hating you right now. She's so jealous of you. You got Logan Kade. Can you believe it? Well…I guess you can, but still—you're dating Logan Kade."
An arm was thrown around my shoulder and I closed my eyes. Speak of the devil…
I didn't need to look to know a very smug smirk was on Logan's face as he drew me against him. "When did this phenomenon happen?"
Becky's eyes went wide, but Lydia edged closer with a secretive smile. "Maybe about the time you realized you couldn't ignore her phone calls. I mean, she lives with you, right?"
Logan drew back with a frown. His arm tightened around my shoulders. "You're saying that I'm stuck with her?" He threw me a look. "Your friends suck."
Lydia flushed and moved back again.
Becky's mouth dropped open before she got red in the face. "Hey, I'm sick of people saying that Sam doesn't have good friends. I'm her friend. I'm her best friend, even if she doesn't know it, but I know I am."
Adam added, "She is. I've seen her in action."
Her finger jerked back up. "And you better treat her right, not like her last boyfriend. He sucks." She pounded her chest with a beer in hand. "I know. I'm his cousin. I can say that. And he cheated on her. He was a fool. You better not cheat on her, Logan Kade."
A look of admiration took root in his eyes, but he deadpanned, "And if I do?"
"I'm going to come for you."
He chuckled. "Really?"
She stepped forward and bumped her chest to his. The movement wasn't smooth and she would've tripped if Adam hadn't caught her elbow.
"You're right. You have ninja moves," he encouraged her.
Logan puffed out his chest. Then the smirk dropped from his face and he clipped out, "Good. Then leave Sam and Mason the f**k alone. You've screwed up our lives enough."
Mason slid him a look. "I was going to get to that. I was waiting for the right time."
Logan looked annoyed. "Whatever. I had enough being quiet."
I slid my eyes towards him and he saluted me before he dropped back on the couch. "Continue on as you were…" He pretended to bow to them as he opened another beer, and passed one to Mason.
I caught mine as I sat on the couch with him.
Mason slid down beside me and Logan curled an arm around my shoulder. He drawled against my cheek, "It'll throw them off. Their visionary senses will tell them we're screwing and they'll get confused." His hand slid down towards my breast.
Mason warned, "Don't even try it, Logan. I'm the fighter, remember?"
His hand slid back up to my shoulder. He gave me a pat. "Threesome fearsome. No one stands a chance."
I grinned at him. "What about Nate?"
He tapped his beer with mine. "When he's around, it's the foursome fearsome. You can add any 'some to that name. Thank goodness, huh?" Then he groaned. "I really need to get laid tonight."
Mason tipped his head back. I felt the tension in his body and reached for his hand.
Logan leaned forward. "We might be having that party in your suite." Then we looked at the room as their voices were raised at each other. "Something's telling me the adults aren't going anywhere tonight."
My mom chose that moment to lift her hands in the air. "I don't care what you think I've done wrong in my parenting. I've been the one there for her all her life."
I closed my eyes. It was going to be a long night. I already knew it.
CHAPTER THIRTY NINE
The adults remained in the top suite so the party was moved down two floors when Logan paid for the other suite on Mason's floor. Text messages were sent out and soon the elevator had started to ring its arrival. The two doors were left open and it wasn't long before a swarm of people filled the floor. I had been with Mason and Logan for awhile until their public friends started to show. After Ethan sent me a few frowns and narrowed glances, I took my exit and it wasn't long before I heard Becky's excited voice.
She squealed somewhere, "I can't believe this! This is awesome!"
When I stepped on a chair, I saw them inside the doorway and sent a text that I was near the kitchen. It wasn't long before Becky and Lydia pushed their way to me and landed with flushed faces.
"Hey, guys." I narrowed my eyes.
Lydia let out a silent burp and tugged her skirt down to flaunt her hipbones.
"You guys are drunk."
Becky flung herself at me for a hug. As she fell against me, she gurgled out, "Am not. Spoilshoret."
"We're not drunk." Lydia pulled her back and linked their elbows together. She puffed up her chest and flipped her hair over her shoulder.
"You are. I know what you look like when you're drunk and I can smell the booze on Becky's breath."
"So what if we're drunk?! It's Friday night. We're allowed." Becky seemed sure of herself. "And besides we're celebrating your awesomeness. Oh yeah. You're awesome. You're the queen of being awesome. You are a god-dess, you are." Her head bounced up and down with each word and her smile grew at each nod. "And you're my friend. I'm so glad you're my friend."
"Mine too." Lydia beamed.
"Oh boy." I sipped the beer Logan made me take. "How are you getting home?"
Becky pointed a finger at me. "How are you getting home, missy? Or are you sleeping here…with your boyfriend?!"
"Yeah. Your boyfriend." Lydia giggled at Becky, who bumped heads with her.
"Don't worry," Adam's voice came from behind me. "I promised Becky's parents that I'd watch out for her. They weren't keen on letting her attend a Kade party, but I persuaded them. Plus, I think Lydia's staying at Becky's tonight anyway." He gave me a small smile, but I caught the apprehension in his depths.
"Thanks," I said lightly.
Lydia had been watching us and cooed, "You guys will make a great couple."
Becky nudged her.
"I mean, someday…maybe…not." She hung her head, but snapped back up with a bright smile. "I forgot to tell you. Jessica's hating you right now. She's so jealous of you. You got Logan Kade. Can you believe it? Well…I guess you can, but still—you're dating Logan Kade."
An arm was thrown around my shoulder and I closed my eyes. Speak of the devil…
I didn't need to look to know a very smug smirk was on Logan's face as he drew me against him. "When did this phenomenon happen?"
Becky's eyes went wide, but Lydia edged closer with a secretive smile. "Maybe about the time you realized you couldn't ignore her phone calls. I mean, she lives with you, right?"
Logan drew back with a frown. His arm tightened around my shoulders. "You're saying that I'm stuck with her?" He threw me a look. "Your friends suck."
Lydia flushed and moved back again.
Becky's mouth dropped open before she got red in the face. "Hey, I'm sick of people saying that Sam doesn't have good friends. I'm her friend. I'm her best friend, even if she doesn't know it, but I know I am."
Adam added, "She is. I've seen her in action."
Her finger jerked back up. "And you better treat her right, not like her last boyfriend. He sucks." She pounded her chest with a beer in hand. "I know. I'm his cousin. I can say that. And he cheated on her. He was a fool. You better not cheat on her, Logan Kade."
A look of admiration took root in his eyes, but he deadpanned, "And if I do?"
"I'm going to come for you."
He chuckled. "Really?"
She stepped forward and bumped her chest to his. The movement wasn't smooth and she would've tripped if Adam hadn't caught her elbow.
"You're right. You have ninja moves," he encouraged her.
