Reeve (The Phoenix Boys #3) (14 page)

“Boys,” Juicy says.

“Girls,” Rafe replies.

“So this is how today is going to go. I am taking a count of cars since I cannot do much else. Every time you finish a car, hand over a color slip to the driver and they will hand the slip to me near the exit. I will count the pink and blue slips at the end of the day and we will see who wins. Since Miss Demi threw the challenge down, there will be no loser activity. You all clear on the rules?” Everyone nods. “Ok then, let’s get started.” Everyone walks over to their ports but Lipsy and I stand there, staring at each other.

“Lipsy.”

“Phoenix.”

“I want to say that I am sorry about everything yesterday, it was a shitty day and I want today to be a fresh start.” I step towards her. I was expecting her to step back but she doesn’t. “I went to the studio last night and did a lot of thinking. Lipsy, I want to be somebody to you, I want to be somebody that is good enough for you. I have fallen also, Leah. I fucking love you, Leah Adams. I don’t know when it happened but fuck it did and I am so damn happy it did.” I look around when I hear a gasp. Everyone is standing around listening to me pour my heart out to my girl. My eyes meet Skeet’s and he nods with a big ass smile on his face. Taking a deep breath, I continue,

“You Leah Adams, are my Inside Noise.” I don’t let her speak; I kiss her, and I kiss her hard. “I love you baby,” I say breathlessly into her mouth.

“I love you too, Reeve.” A beautiful smile graces her face. She truly lights up my life. Corny I know, but I don’t give a shit; I have my girl back.

Music blasting through the speakers makes us all jump and laugh. Maroon 5’s ‘Animals’ starts playing. We have a DJ playing in between our live bands.

“It’s go time people. Boys, let’s move out,” shouts Ryder. I kiss Lipsy once more and turn to join my brothers. I high-five Kurtis as I reach the boys.

“Damn, Reeve she is fine piece of…” I slap him up the side of the head and warn him.

“I dare you to finish that sentence, boy. That’s my girl you are talking about.” He shrugs his shoulders and walks off laughing to himself. We all follow Kurtis over to our blue port. Why couldn’t it be black? I look over towards the girls and see Letty placing Demi’s hat back on her little head; I have no doubt that she is plastered in sunscreen. I hear a loud cough and look to my left, only to see all the boys staring in the girls’ direction. I whip my head in the girls’ directions and see them all slowly peeling away their clothes to reveal their bikinis underneath.

HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT

My eyes focus on Lipsy as she bends over and slowly, ever so fucking slowly, she slides her linen pants down her slender legs. I can feel my dick getting hard, which is not a good idea with all the people that are standing around. I look back at my boys and they are all drooling and adjusting themselves in their board shorts.

“What the living fuck? That’s cheating. She knows what her body does to me. Damn it to hell,” says Ryder as he turns his back on the girls. We all chuckles but I know damn well we all feel his pain.

“Thank God that my girl is in a dress and sporting my baby in her belly, so no fucker will be eyeing her up today, even though she is the sexiest pregnant woman ever,” Rafe says, not really helping the situation. We need pay back.

“Well boys, if they want to use their bodies then we can use ours too; what do you say? It’s time for some Phoenix skin.” I wink at my brothers and we the all crack up laughing. We all turn back to the girls and Oscar places his fingers in his mouth and wolf whistles out loud. Everyone turns, not just our girls.

“Our turn. Ladies, you ready for some Phoenix skin?” The ladies that are waiting in their cars all scream. We are a sexy bunch of guys if I do say so myself. I wink at Lipsy and she winks back and picks up a wet sponge from the bucket at her feet. Mom stands between us all and speaks.

“We, at Phoenix Records, thank you for coming out and supporting us today. All the money will be raised today will be divided up between a number of charities that we support. So, how about we get some cars washed? As you can see, we have a little family challenge today, boys versus girls, thanks to my granddaughter.”

“That’s meeeeee!” Demi screams and everyone laughs.

“So choose wisely. We have music and food over there under the tents, so have fun. I declare this year’s Phoenix Records Car wash OPEN!!!.” Mom shouts the last word and we all get to it. Kurtis is on water duty, making sure that our buckets are always full and I know that the girls are using Tru for that job. The music is blaring and the cars start rolling in.

I try to keep my eyes on the car I am washing but they seem to have a mind of their own and they drift over to my girl, who is currently bending over an Audi. I drop my sponge and make my way over, only to be stopped my Gunner.

“Don’t do it, it’s what they want. They want us to stop and stare so they can wash more. Don’t do it, dude.” Shit, he is right. Leah feels me watching her and she turns her head to face me, with her wicked smile on her face. I point to her.

“You will pay for that, baby. You mark my words.” I turn with Gunner, who is now watching Maisey.

“Hard, isn’t it?” I smile at him. He reaches down and tugs on his dick.

“Yeah, man it is.” He smirks at me and we join the others, laughing.

This goes back and forth for an hour or two, but I see that the girls are using their secret weapon, my Ladybug. They have called in all of Demi’s daycare parents to help out. Ok, if that’s how they want to play. Then let’s play. I drop my sponge and make my over to the DJ and request a song. We have had plenty of college girls bring their cars into our port but I see some women in cars with their kids. Bet they could be nicely persuaded to drive around to our port instead. I explain the plan to the boys and they are on board.

The song starts and so do we. 5 Seconds of Summer’s ‘Don’t Stop’.

We start dancing and singing to all the women that are lining the parking lot, waiting for us. We all dance and wash cars, but at certain parts of the song, we put a little more sexual effort into the dancing, grinding our hips and laughing at each other. The cars soon start moving from the girls’ line over to ours. The girls are not happy but we carry on, singing about three songs. Our line is now far bigger than the girls. Demi comes strutting her little butt over to Ryder. Wow she looks pissed, even for her age.

“No fair, Daddy. You are cheating and stealing our cars. Mama said that you are now going to pay, so…” she pokes her tongue out at him and runs back to the girls. I see Leah walk away from the DJ, oh so they have a plan also. Great, why do I get the sinking feeling I am not going to be happy and neither are my brothers?

God help us men, we are all going to hell.

Chapter 15

Leah

Bloody Phoenix boys.

Well, two can play at the game, boyo, I thought to myself as I made my way to the DJ box and asked him to play a song that us girls can dance to and pay the boys back for stealing all of our cars. The girls love the idea since the boys have stolen quite a few cars, all being driven by women who think they have a chance but they will soon learn. The boys here all have someone or in Skeet and Oscar’s case, they want something. Oscar has his eyes on Loren who works with Letty at the coffee shop. And well, Skeet has been giving Quinn the come-to-bed-eyes but it isn’t working, she keeps turning away. I thought something was there; I will have to have a talk with her.

The song starts and we all start dancing around the cars, swaying to the music, rubbing the wet sponges over our bodies, being all sexy like. We have a car full of college boys. We dance around the car, washing as we go. I throw a wink to the passenger, who is a cute lad; he reminds me of Jackson Avery from Grey’s Anatomy.

“Hey sweetness, what are your plans after you finish here?” He asks me. He looks at my boobs and I roll my eyes, typical lad.

“Sorry, I have plans with my boyfriend.” I point to Reeve, who is throwing daggers in our direction. I walk away from the car and over to Quinn and Sophie. Out of nowhere, the three of us get pelted in the back with the hose pipe. We all screech as the cold water coats us. I turn to see Kurtis, Reeve’s cousin, laughing his head off. The little shit. He soaks every one of us girls, but to be honest it feels bloody amazing, it’s so hot outside today.

“Well thank you boys, we now look even sexier since we are all wet,” Loren shouts over to the boys and their loud, annoying laughter stops. That makes me laugh, so I high-five Quinn and Sophie. Oscar runs over with a large towel to cover Loren up but she battles with him and laughs as she walks away.

“Hell no. Sunshine, you had better cover up, before I get arrested for beating some ass into the ground for giving my girl his fuck-me-eyes,” Ryder shouts over to Letty.

“Baby, you are the ones who wanted Kurt to get us girls alllll, wet.” She sends him a saucy smile, go girl.

“Fuck,” he mutters.

“So, are you boys going to stop all this bitching and get back to work? We have cars to wash.” Kenzie pops her hip and smiles sweetly at our men.

Skeet comes running from behind the boys with a large pink storage box that I have seen in Demi’s bedroom. Reeve and the boys scatter around the cars and head towards Skeet, each grabbing a water gun from inside the box. Kurtis fills the pink box with water so the boys can refill. Bastards, they had this planned. We all look at each other and run for cover. I see all the girls laughing but hiding between the cars. Demi is taking a nap under the tent by Lucy and Mrs. Dawson, so she won’t get wet or hear us. She has worked her little arse off. I can hear the flapping of flip flops that some of the boys are wearing, so I know they are close.

“Girls, get over here...Now!” Amy shouts. We don’t hesitate and all run in her direction, seeing what she has when we get to her.

“I overheard Nix talking to Brax last night, so I went shopping first thing this morning and came prepared for us all. We cannot let the little shits win. Plus, we get the added bonus of getting them wet, totally worth it. Oh boy, I love watching Nix in the shower, all that wet smooth, yet hard muscles. Oh he…”

“Ok, girly, we get it. Our boys are fucking hot when wet and damn it now, thanks to you, I have a visual of Nix all wet and sexy. Damn, Zack is gonna be pissed that I need to get Nix wet.” We all laugh including Amy; she is such a good sport. She fits in well this Phoenix family.

“On three. One, two, three. Go go go!” Letty shouts. I break from the girls and run around the cars, shooting water at the boys, who return fire.

Everyone’s shouts and commands almost drum out the sound of the band that is now playing on the stage what was set up for us. Ren signed ‘Summer Vinyl’ a few weeks ago and they are pretty good. It’s nice to see an all-girl group up there on the stage.

I come up behind Reeve but he spins at the last minute and grabs the back of my neck and kisses me hard. Shit. He lets me go and hits me in the stomach with freezing cold water from his water pistol. Bollocks.

“Catch me if you can, baby.” He runs off, squirting water at Sophie as he does. Kurtis is shouting for refills. That little shit is gonna get it big time. I run towards Kurtis, getting Beck with my water gun. He turns and laughs at me. I smirk and carry on running. Kurtis sees me and raises his big, red, yellow and blue plastic gun. We are in a standoff.

“So what are you gonna to do, Welshy?” Cheeky shit.

“Well first off, I am going to cut off your supply of water, and then I am going to beat you lads. Because girls are better than boys, boyo. It is a known fact.” I aim at his face and pull the trigger, water hitting him right between the eyes. I laugh at him as he fakes being injured and falls to the floor. I hear laughter and shouting behind me.

“Man, down, well boy down. He needs our help. Team Phoenix, go!” Rafe shouts. I stand guard of the big water barrel and all the boys come to a screeching halt. I stand there in my black bikini, my hair half wet and looking like God knows what. I stand with my legs apart, with my large plastic purple water gun resting on my popped out hip. I give Reeve my come-fuck-me-eyes.

“Baby, put down the gun. We all know who will win in the end.” He winks at me. What I don’t give away is the fact that all my girls are lining up behind them.

“Aww babe. I thought you liked me all wet, so if I let you win, then I say that I win as well, because all of your boys will get me soaked, dripping.” I wink in the boys’ direction, not really aiming it at any of them.

“Baby, I am the only one who is allowed to get you wet.” Reeve growls at me. He turns to the boys and smiles, “Sorry boys, I am waving my imaginary white flag. I am the only guy who gets to get my girl wet.” He stands by my side.

“Let’em have it, ladies,” I shout. The girls open fire on the boys and water flies everywhere. The girls scream and the boys laugh. They all start running around chasing each other again but Reeve pins me to a car, brushing the wet hair off my face and smiling at me. He kisses me but pulls back too quickly. Bugger.

“Lipsy, what I said earlier, I meant it. I love you, Leah, always baby.” I nod and smile back at him. I lean up and kiss him again, when I hear Mama Phoenix clear her throat.

“Ok you two that’s enough, I am all for young love and all but we need to get back to washing cars. We have people waiting.” Hayley nods to the line of cars waiting.

“Ok, Mom. I will get them back to work. You go and relax with Juicy and Demi. Have some food and a drink to cool down.” God, this boy melts my heart every time he says something sweet. His Mam is everything to him. With a knowing smile and a nod, she walks over to see Juicy and Demi, who has slept through all the water fun. 

We spend most of the day catching up the line of cars that we left when we had the water fight. We finally catch up with the cars and we are knackered. Demi finally woke up and missed most of the fun but she enjoyed what she part took in.

Lucy and Mrs. Dawson sold all the baked goods and all the food that was donated so I know that they made a mint just with the food and drinks. I love how the local businesses have all donated items for today’s event. Once the cleanup is finished, we all head over to Hayley’s house. Brax fires up the grill and we have a BBQ. Everyone is just relaxing, sitting around the pool. Demi is in the pool with Oscar and Loren. They seem to be getting along great; I did see them sneak a quick kiss in the kitchen earlier. I don’t see why they just don’t tell anyone. Beck is sitting talking to Ryder and Letty and Beck looks upset. I know it’s because of an email from Trinity. I am not sure what was written in it but from the look on his face, it can’t be good.

Skeet and Reeve are talking to Brax and Nix over by the grill. I smile at my man, taking in his sexiness. He has changed into Converse and denim boardies. He is wearing nothing on the top half of his body except for his black leather Phoenix wrist cuff. I love how all three Phoenix boys wear it. Well I say all three, Brax and Nix wear them as well and Ren has a girly version. Speaking of Ren, she surprised all the family this morning when she arrived hand in hand with Kyle, the bouncer from Max Point. They arrived looking like a ready-made family, Kyle bringing his eleven year old son, Spencer. He is pretty cute if you ask me, I think Miss Demi has a crush on him.

Amy walks over to the boys and wraps her arms around Nix’s waist. Lucky lady. All the Phoenix men are freaking hot. But I have the best of the bunch, if I do say so myself. Reeve catches me looking at him and he winks at me. I mouth ‘Love you’ and he returns it. A shadow casts over me and I shade my eyes to see Ren take the seat next to me.

“Hey, sweets.” She smiles at me.

“Hi, you doing ok? You look wrecked.”

“I am, I am so freaking tired. All this traveling and spending time with Kyle and Spencer but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” She looks over to where her boys are and a smile graces her face. Pure love and adoration crosses her face. She looks so much like them; all four Phoenix kids look just like their dad. Hayley didn’t get a look in.

“Can you keep a secret, Leah?” I nod my head.

“Of course.” I offer her a warm smile.

“Only Kyle and I know. Umm, I’m pregnant. We are worried about what people will say because we haven’t been together long. Well, to some people we only got together today, but we have been dating for a little while now, before Lucy got pregnant. But because of Spence, we kept it quiet.” I nod in agreement. But before I can say anything, an excited scream comes from behind us.

“You are pregnant and you never told us?” Lucy screams. I swear to God I jump right out of my skin.

“Lucy, we were waiting to tell everyone, but I guess you and your big mouth just did that for us.” Kyle jogs over to Ren and kisses her head, smiling at her.

“Babe, we knew it was going to come out soon, so what better time than now, when all the family is here?” He kisses her again.

“I am going to have a brother or sister?” Spencer asks them, but he has a big arse smile on his face.

“Yeah, Bud. Are you ok with that? I know that it’s quick and neither of us planned it but we both want this very much.” I give Ren a cwtch and then Kyle. Hayley, Ren and Lucy have tears in their eyes as everyone offers their congratulations.

I nudge Spencer’s shoulder, “You ok, boyo?”

“Yeah, I think it’s pretty cool. I know that my dad loves Ren and she him, so it makes sense.”

“How do you feel about Ren?”

“I like her; she is nice to me and my dad. My mom hates her but she is nice, so I am happy for them. Plus, I can only hope that I get a baby brother.” He smiles proudly. 

“You will be a great big brother, Spence. Just you wait.” I hug him to me and we watch everyone hug Ren and Kyle.

I leave Spencer with everyone and walk into the house to get another drink. Before opening the fridge, my body tells me that I need to pee. I know where everything is now, thanks to Hayley and Lucy, who is constantly peeing; poor Juicy. She can’t wait until baby Phoenix arrives, so he or she won’t be pressing on her bladder. I open the door to the bathroom and come face to face with a very sexy, toned arse pumping away. I clear my throat and a very shocked Loren looks over Oscar’s shoulder.

“Umm, maybe next time you two may want to lock the friggin door. It could have been Demi or Spence walking in and can you imagine explaining what you are doing to Demi?” I turn to leave but turn back to them, “Why don’t you just tell people that you are together? Oh and Oscar, nice arse by the way. Lucky Loren,” I say closing the door. I hear them both laugh. I walk down the hall and find another bathroom. I do my business and head back out to the garden.