Love Begins with Fate (11 page)

Parker
had lifted Kelsey up into his arms. He couldn’t believe her brother had gotten her so drunk but she still kept the secret of his mystery girl locked up tight. The girl in his arms was amazing. He felt so lucky now to know the secret, but what would he do about it, he wasn’t so sure.

She was his best friend’s sister…
Parker shook his head, no… this little temptress he had fun with at the club was definitely the girl he wanted. She was so sweet and shy but had to be an amazing vixen in the bedroom. He would have a lot of work to do to get Ryder on his side.

He brought Kelsey over to the large bed in the center of the room and tucked her underneath the covers, she had fallen asleep in his arms, and she looked so sweet.
Parker leaned down and kissed her forehead before walking away.

Parker
stretched as he walked over to the couch and curled himself into the pullout bed there. His eyes were just about to fall asleep when the bedroom door burst open. Ryder stood furiously staring in. “Dude?” Parker questioned. “Is something wrong… you’re going to wake your sister.”

“Oh uh… no,
” Ryder mumbled “Sorry.”

PJ
shook his head lightly before closing his eyes and falling to sleep.

Chapter 16

Kelsey woke with a massive headache. She groaned pu
lling the covers over her head, hating how the sunlight was pouring in the room. “Here,” A voice said. “This should help.”

Slowly and cautiously
, Kelsey pulled the cover back and looked up into the beautiful blue eyes of a man. “Huh?” she mumbled.

“Hang over.” He smirked. “Here”
Parker said holding out a bottle of water.

“Thanks.” Kelsey grumbled as she slowly sat up. “Why do I have such a hang over?” She moaned, rubbing her temples.

“Ah…” Parker chuckled. “Blame the brother.”

“Stupid boy
,” Kelsey hissed.

“Hey he was just trying to
find out our secret,” Parker shrugged.

“Didn’t work though
, did it…” Kelsey smiled softly.

“Nope
, but I think it helped him score some tail.” Parker smirked.

“AH!” Kelsey screeched quietly. “Don’t want to know!” She covered her ears and closed her eyes.

“Kay kay,” Parker laughed. The girl was too innocent and cute for her own good. He pulled her hands down and kissed her softly and quickly, pulling away before Kelsey could say anything.

Kelsey downed half a bottle of the water then looked back up at
Parker. “I think I’m going to get something to eat.” She yawned slipping her feet from the bed.

“Remember, something light, or you might be in for a bathroom run.” He reminded her as Kelsey made her way toward the door.

Parker chuckled to himself as he repositioned himself on chair; feet propped up, and book in hand, he had one more page to go.

Kelsey padded her way through the
room; she went into the bathroom and tugged on her bikini then pulled her jersey pants and tank back over top. She hadn’t really remembered going up to the room last night, nor did it really bother her, but what did bother her was the fact her brother had gotten her drunk. “I’m going downstairs.” She called over to Parker.

He nodded
“Meet ya down there” he told her standing up so he too could change his clothing. Kelsey stormed down the stairs until she came to the kitchen. “Hey Kels,” Hannah beamed. “Finally you’re up…”

“Hey sis.
How was your sleep?” Ryder asked. “PJ kept to himself right?”

“Don’t ‘Hey sis’ me!” Kelsey yelled but then her voice turned into more of hiss from the hangover headache.

“What did I do?” Ryder grinned slowly standing up from his position at the table. He knew Kelsey was dangerous when she was angry. “Guys…” Ryder said slowly.

“You can’t hide behind them!” She growled stalking forward. “How dare you get me
drunk!”

“Hey, you willingly
participated.” Ryder argued with a smirk.

That was it Kelsey snapped “
Gah!” She yelled as she lunged.

Ryder jumped out of the way and took off running toward the door. Kelsey had been wearing her
jersey pants, a tank, yet was barefooted. Ryder chuckled as he slammed the door. Kelsey grabbed the door and yanked it open then raced after her brother. Chorus of laughter followed the twins out.

Ryder had r
un toward the water, tossing his clothing as he ran. “Come and get me!” He laughed as he jumped off the dock.

“You are going down!” Kelsey screamed. She began to tug her pants down then she took menacing steps forward. “I am
gonna kick your sorry ass. I am not ever going to tell you who the girl is! Drunk or not!”

Whistles and hoots behind her made Kelsey turn and glare. “Don’t start with me.” She snapped as she lifted her shirt up. Ryder’s laughter died and the guys behind her were silent.

“What the hell?” Ryder hissed as he swam back toward the dock. He had forgotten that he was running from Kelsey, she stared at him confusedly. “When did you get that?” He yelled as he hoisted himself up onto the wooden platform. He remembered PJ mentioning a star tattoo on the girl of his dreams and was dreading it was his sister.

“When did you get that
?” He questioned again this time poking her in the ribs.

Kelsey gulped. Then she looked up at her brother.
“What?” Kelsey questioned ignoring her brother’s question and raced toward the water. Maybe if she reached the water; she could change the subject.

“Kelsey
Ashlyn Lodge!” Ryder yelled. She could tell he was angry now, but she didn’t want him to catch her. She raced harder toward the water, away from her brother, and jumped doing a double flip into the water, diving deep, and swimming away.

When she rose back up, Ryder was scowling in her direction
with the ‘we will discuss this later’ stare. Kelsey dove back under the water and swam away. She swam until she couldn’t breathe, rose up then dove back under again.

There was a small dock out in the middle of the lake. Normally it wouldn’t be one for many to actually swim out too but she wanted her time away. When Kelsey finally made it to the dock she
tiredly pulled herself up onto the small dock, dropping herself onto it with a heavy sigh.

She looked back toward the shore w
here some of the guys had started to play football. Her brother, Parker, and Hannah were nowhere in sight. She had hoped her friend would keep her promise, but as the minutes passed, she heavily doubted it.

“Is the girl he’s looking for
, my sister?” Ryder hissed. He had stomped up to the cabin, grabbed Hannah by the hand and dragged her to the living room telling her to sit down. He was now gesturing toward PJ.

“I can’t…” Hannah began.

Parker walked out of the kitchen yawning and stretching. “Hey what’s up?”

“Don’t you hey what’s up me!” Ryder hissed. “You’re trying to get with my sister?” The words came out in more of a question than Ryder had meant
it to and PJ just stared at him confused.

“Man
, I swear I didn’t touch her…” Parker backed away with his hands up in self defense.

Ryder jumped up. “I told you to keep your distance!” He rushed PJ flipping him over the back of the couch.

Hannah yelped as the two guys crashed to the floor in front of her. They were wrestling and punching each other. “Guys!” Hannah screeched.

The commotion could be heard by some of the closest guys to the cabin and they came rushing in.  “Wow, wow, wow.” Jeremy said as he grabbed hold of PJ and pulled him up off of
Ryder. “Ease off the guy, Parker.”

“He’s the one who started it!” He growled shaking Jeremy off his shoulders. Ryder took that chance
to rush him again, tackling PJ.

“Get some help
, Hannah!” Jeremy yelled at her as he struggled to pull the two guys apart.

Hannah scrambled to her feet and raced toward the door. “Guys help!” She screamed.

Multiple guys scrambled from their positions to the door. As soon as they saw the two guys rolling around, they reached for them all. “Hey stop!”

Will, Colt and Jeremy pulled Ryder out of the mix
, while Quinn and Brandon put themselves in front of PJ. “What is going on here?” Jeremy yelled at Ryder. It was more than obvious that Ryder was attacking PJ because he was struggling to get free and attack again.

“What’s the girl’s name PJ?” Ryder hissed.

PJ thought for a moment. “What do you need to know that for?” PJ evaded trying to ignore the question.

“The girl
you’re looking for is my sister, isn’t she. You know…!” Ryder snapped as he struggled to get free again.

“Nah,
” PJ chuckled. “Your sister doesn’t have any tattoos man…” PJ lied. She did have tattoos and he was just hoping Ryder didn’t see them.

“
She’s got a tattoo, I just seen it.” Ryder snapped as turned his gaze over to Hannah. “You knew, you both knew!” He stated dryly. “How long have you known?”

Hannah dropped her gaze to the floor not wanting to meet his eyes.

“Don’t snap at her!” Parker barked. “The amazingly beautiful girl I shared a room with last night, is the very same one… I danced with at the club.” PJ began. He couldn’t help the smile that was forming on his lips. “She’s the very same one I shared my first kiss with. The one I have loved for years from afar.”

“
You better not have…” Ryder snarled.

“Honestly, all we did is kiss.”
PJ admitted.

“
She’s too good for you, get this through your thick head, you are not going to go out with my sister. You’re not going to sleep with her, and you’re not going to have anything to do with her!” Ryder hissed.

“She’s too good for me?” PJ scoffed. “I never thought I would hear that from you…” PJ rolled his eyes. “What a great friend.”

“You are not my friend if you go after her you hear me!” Ryder snapped as PJ slowly stalked past the group. “You stay away from her!”

PJ
turned his head and smirked at his old friend. “I think I am just going to let her decide that…”

Ryder growled out as he tried to get away from his
other friends. “Let me go!” He snapped.

“You go up stairs and cool off. Kelsey will be okay. Let her and PJ talk…”

Chapter 17

Kelsey had fallen asleep on the small dock. She was intent on not returning back to the shore for a while. She was unsure of what she would do
, so she figured she would stay there until she figured it out.

PJ
had a grin on his face from the moment he knew his girl was here with him. He knew she had run outside chasing Ryder at one point but now he was looking around. When he spotted her, he took a deep breath, pulled his shirt off, and ran off the end of the dock.

Launching himself as far into the lake as he could
, Parker swam toward the small dock where Kelsey had been laying. She had yet to see him coming and he hoped she wouldn’t get upset with him.

“Kelsey?”
Parker said slowly as he lifted himself up on the ladder of the dock.

Nothing but silence answered him. For a moment he slightly panicked but then realized she must have fallen asleep in the warmth of the sun.
Parker smirked. He was going to show off now, since he had her just laying there. Parker pulled himself up on the dock and pushed himself up into a handstand above Kelsey’s head, looking down on her.

“Kelsey.” He said once again
, watching as a drip of water from his hair dropped to her face.

“
Mmm…” Kelsey mumbled, the dribbles of water that had hit her face were tickling her skin; Kelsey reached up to rub them away.

“Kelsey…”
Parker chuckled softly.

Kelsey’s eyes opened and she screamed.

Parker laughed as Kelsey squirmed to get away. He had surprised her and it was funny, he thought. Parker rolled himself to the dock then turned his head to look at her.

“Still think that
tat is cute on you.” Parker smirked as he gently reached out and stroked Kelsey’s side.

“Don’t touch.” Kelsey choked.

“Awe, you don’t sound too sure of yourself.” Parker smiled.

“What happened to your eye?” Kelsey questioned
as she gently reaching up and stroking Parker’s face “are you alright?”

Parker
sighed. “It’s nothing. Why didn’t you come to me when you seen the poster?”

Kelsey stood up, slowly walking toward the edge of the small floating dock. “Goodbye.” She said as she dived into the water.