Together Forever (8 page)

I sigh. “I know. What about mother? Does she know?” I’m almost nervous for the answer. “Not like she’ll care or anything,” I whisper.

All my life I wished for a mother who showed me love. I know Paxton knows how I feel. Neither of her parents act like they give a shit what she does, where she is. That’s why we have always been so close.

I hear a gum bubble burst. “I dunno. Hey, I just finished a modeling gig and need some time away. How about I hop on a plane and come to see you? I need some time with my baby girl. I wanna meet Shane and Cassie anyway,” she says excitedly.

“But, Pax, it’s Christmas Eve tomorrow. Don’t you need to be home? Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see you, but—” And as usual she butts right on in.

“Ha! You think my parents give a shit if I’m here or not at Christmas, yeah right! You know better than that! Hell, they probably won’t even know I’m gone. Plus, I’m bored and need my girl time!” She laughs.

As we talk I see a note on the night stand from Shane telling me he went to the gym. Ah! Now it makes sense why Lana is here. He’s so sweet not wanting me to be alone. Sigh. I love my sexy man so much! How did I get so lucky?

Paxton and I talk for about an hour. I guess my bestie is coming to see me! I’m so excited! Good thing I didn’t get a chance to mail her Christmas present, now I can give it to her in person. She insisted that she get a rental car to get here from the airport. I couldn’t talk her out of it.

Lana and I talk the morning away. Shane walks in as I am making lunch. He’s all sweaty and so HOT! I can’t believe he’s mine. After he takes a shower, he immediately he comes to me, putting his arms around me and kisses my throat gently.

“That’s my cue to leave you lovebirds alone,” Lana says smiling. She gives me a kiss on the cheek and leaves.

Shane smiles. “Hmmm. How you holding up, love? Your throat’s still a little red and purple, but not as bad.” He is rubbing his fingers lightly over my throat. He’s so sweet.

I smile back and run my fingers through his hair. “I’m good. My best friend called me today. I haven’t seen her in so long. She, um. She wants to come here tomorrow and spend a few days with us. Is that ok? I mean. I know that it’s Christmas and we just moved in together—”

He places a finger over my lips to hush me. Quickly, his finger is replaced by his lips. His warmth envelopes me, making me feel loved and cherished. He finally breaks our kiss but strokes my cheek with the back of his hand. “Love, you can invite whoever you wish. If she’s your friend, I’m sure I will love her.”

I sure hope so. Maybe she’ll be on her best behavior? One can only hope.

We spend the day together since Shane took off work due to what happened last night. We lounged around, made love a few times and got our things ready for Christmas Eve at Jesse’s tomorrow. Night comes soon and we are in our favorite position, in bed. It doesn’t take us long to fall asleep.

BANG, BANG, BANG! DING DONG. DING DONG. “Ugh! What is that?” I say with a big yawn. Shane stirs behind me. He leans over me and looks at the clock.

“5:00 in the fucking morning? What the fuck!” He kisses me on my head, starts getting out of bed and puts on his jeans. He turns and points a finger at me. “You! Stay put! Do not come out there until I see who the fuck it is.” I pull the covers up to my chin and nod.

BANG, BANG, BANG! DING DONG. Holy shit I’m getting scared. Wait! No one would bang on the door and ring the doorbell if they were here to hurt us. I relax.

“Get outta my fucking way!” Paxton? I quickly get up, throw on a robe, run out of the bedroom and down the stairs. “Shane is it? Get my bags, I’m dreadfully tired, where do I sleep?” Oh, lord! Well, I see she’s in a good mood. I run down the hall and crash right into her. “Oomph!” We both yell. We both rub our heads and break out laughing.

“Baby girl!!!!” She screams and throws her arms around me, squeezing me to death. “Let me look at you,” she says, pushing me back to arm’s length. “Oh, look at your neck. My poor baby girl.” She grabs me again, throwing my chest into hers. Ouch! She turns her head and looks at Shane, who is just staring at her like she’s the she-devil herself. Hmmm. “Have they caught that mother fucker yet?” She asks Shane. He shakes his head no, still wide eyed.

I remove myself from her and clasp her hand. “Paxton, this is Shane. Shane, Paxton,” I say smiling. He blinks, then holds out his hand to her.

“Paxton, nice to meet—”

She grabs his hand, shakes it once, then turns to me. “Baby girl, I am exhausted. Where can Shane put my bags so I can get some shut eye?” She asks smiling sweetly.

I giggle and turn to Shane, who is not very happy so I stop, quickly. “Shane, darling. Can you put Paxton’s bags in the guest room, please?” I put my sweet smile on again.

He simply nods curtly and goes out the front door to get her bags.

She smiles and puts her arm through mine. “What a nice fellow. Now, show me my room so I can get my beauty rest on as soon as he brings my things.”

And that is how Shane met Paxton. Lovely.

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Once I got that sweet bitch’s bags into her room, I headed for the kitchen. Fuck, after that I need more than just coffee but it’s too early in the morning. Don’t think I’m not tempted though. I’m setting up the coffee pot and feel arms around my waist, hands moving up to my chest.

“I guess I should have told you a little more about Paxton.” She rubs my chest, up and down, while her body rubs against my backside. She lays her head on my back. “I should have warned you, darling. I’m so sorry.”

I hit the ON switch to get the coffee going and turn quickly around, catching her off guard. I lift her up and place her on the counter and move in between her legs. My hands go into her hair, and I turn her head to the side then smash my lips against hers. “Mmmmm,” I mumbled into her mouth. “That’s ok, my love, I forgive you. I figure I’d better get some lip action in while our ‘guest’ is resting.” We continue to make out like long lost lovers until the coffee pot dings. I pull away, reluctantly, and wink at my love.

As she makes her latte, I scramble us some eggs and pop a couple pieces of bread in the toaster. I am stirring the eggs and turn my head her direction. “So, yeah. She’s quite the piece of work, huh? How in the hell are you two best friends? You’re like night and day, she-devil and angel, fire and—” She cuts me off with a finger to my mouth.

“I got it. I got it.” Her finger leaves my mouth, too soon if you ask me. I was about to bite it. “She has to get to know you, ya know? She’s like that to everyone, don’t take offense.”

I laugh. I mean hysterical laughing. My eyes blur with tears from laughing so hard that I can hardly see what I am doing to the poor eggs. She smacks my arm.

“Shane. She may be a little stuck up—”

I turn to her, spatula in hand, flinging eggs across the kitchen. “A little? Seriously?” I say with a raised eyebrow.

She takes the toast, butter and her latte over to the table and sits. Buttering the toast, she looks my way. “Ok. She’s a lot stuck up. But once she gets to know you, she will love you. Give her a little time, ok?”

I dish up our eggs and take the plates over to the table. Sitting next to her, I take her hand and kiss it. “Ok, love. For you. Only for you would I do this.” I must be fucking crazy.

After breakfast I go take my shower while Allie is wrapping the last of our presents. The guest room is quiet, thank God! I think this will be a very long few days. I am looking forward to getting away to Jesse’s later. I need another man around and at least Jesse knows the she-devil. Maybe he will run interference, throw her a bone, throw something.

Just to get the hell out of the house, I volunteered to run to the store to get some items Allie needed to make her casserole dish that she is taking tonight. Since Allie and Paxton are meeting me at Jesse’s in about an hour, I take the item’s home, and I go over to the tattoo shop to check on things. Buck’s only opened for a half day today, being Christmas Eve and all.

I walk in to find Tuck ringing out a customer, he grins at me and finishes telling the customer goodbye. He follows them to the front door, locking it behind them. While I wait I text Allie quickly and am done by the time he approaches me.

“Hey, mate. All finished with the day?” I ask him.

He stretches his arms up over his head, sweeping his hair out of his face. “Yup, just finished. What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be with Allie,” he says, his eyebrows waggling.

I laugh. “Well, ya see, her best friend showed up early this morning and is now crashing in the guest room. I got the hell outta dodge and got some groceries for Allie and took them home.”

His hand smooth’s over his chin, thinking. “Best friend, huh? What’s she like?” Again with the eyebrows, sheesh. He has no idea.

I pat him on the back and lean in, him following my lead. “Well, she’s fucking gorgeous, model quality, ya know? Nice sized boobs, ones you can use as a pillow. Long blonde hair, long legs, you know,” I whisper.

“Fuck, yeah? Shit, wish I was going with you then,” he says rubbing his hands together. “I could go for some fresh meat. My cock’s already hard just picturing her.”

What he doesn’t know won’t hurt him, right? “My man. This is your lucky day! You don’t have any plans for tonight and tomorrow, do you?” Inside I am dying. It’s so hard not to laugh my ass off right now.

“Funny, mate. You know I have nothing going on. My ole man being dead and my ole lady in prison. Fucking funny,” he scowls.

I pat his shoulder again. “Sorry, mate. Not a very good joke. You’re coming with me over to Jesse’s. We’ll meet Allie and her friend there in an hour and will be spending the night there. You’re invited. You’re our family too, ya know?”

He smiles and pats my shoulder. “Thanks, mate. Can we stop by my house on the way to get some stuff?” I nod as I put my arm around his shoulder and we head out. Oh, this is gonna be fun.

We are getting ready to head over to Jesse’s. Paxton can’t wait to meet Cassie and coo over the twins. Shane texted me that he invited Tuck. I’m really excited that he will be joining us. I hope Paxton doesn’t kill him before the night is over. Thank goodness Tuck will sleep upstairs in the extra room so that Paxton can sleep in the guest room downstairs by us.

Dad called and said he wasn’t able to join us but would see us after the New Year. Thank God! I am not ready to have the big conversation about Shane and me with him yet. Besides, he’s still mad at me for moving here in the first place and now with Paul on the loose it will send him completely over the edge of no return. UGH!

And mother, well, I think she was relieved she wasn’t coming but has threatened me she will be coming up in the next week or so. She said she must see my condo and the man that has taken me away from her. Oh, my! Can’t wait for that. Paxton is like a kitten compared to my mother’s claws.

Paxton and I walk in the door at Jesse’s and hear laughter coming from the kitchen. We walk in to find Shane, Tuck, Cassie and Jesse sitting around the table drinking. Well, Cassie is drinking water to their beers. She is still breast feeding the twins. I’m sure after tonight, she may pull them off and give them store bought so she can have some drinks.

I smile as I walk to Shane and sit on his lap, kissing him quickly. I see Paxton still standing in the doorway and I turn to everyone. “Cassie and Tuck, this is my best friend, Paxton. Paxton, this is my family.”

The chair screeches when Tuck gets up and walks to Paxton, his hand out in the air in front of him. “Tuck here. You must be the gorgeous Paxton I’ve been hearing about.” I watch as her eyes roll and she walks right past him, not giving him the time of day. She walks straight for Jesse as he rises from his chair. He picks her up and swings her around as they hug.

“Jesse! So good to see you! It’s been way too long.” He sets her down and they begin chatting.

I see Shane, with his mouth open. I laugh and walk over to Tuck, putting my arm through his. “Don’t feel bad. She did that to Shane too. It’s just how she is. Maybe if you’re lucky she’ll actually talk to you before the nights over or tomorrow.” I snicker.

His head turns to me with a cocky grin. “She’s fucking beautiful. I must have her.” He looks back to her and licks his lips. “I will have her. May not be tonight or tomorrow but some day, she will be mine.” I pat his chest and smile.

We have a great night sitting around the Christmas tree, talking, drinking and sharing the babies. I can’t believe how big they’ve gotten in just seven days. I peek at Shane from time to time watching him hold one of the twins. How sweet and gentle he is. You can tell he genuinely loves kids. He would be a great father. I smile.

Paxton only fake smiles at Shane and Tuck but talks up a storm to Jesse and Cassie. This is going to be a very interesting visit. The night after Christmas we will go to The Sweet Café and exchange gifts with Lana and all our friends who work there. I hope she is a little friendlier there. One can only hope, fingers crossed.

Paxton is upstairs with Cassie helping her out with the twins. Jesse brought her bags down to the guest bedroom earlier. Yes, bags. Seriously, she can’t even spend one night without all three of them. Sigh.

Before midnight Shane and I head downstairs to my old room. We share the bathroom, getting ready for bed. I had just put my toothbrush down when he grabs me, lifting me over his shoulder like a caveman. I squeak and slap his cute butt.

“Shane! What are you doing? Put me down.” I yell as I am smacking him continually. He keeps walking until I hit the bed with a thud. “Oomph.” My eyes close with the impact. I open them to see Shane hovering over me, the look of lust filling his eyes. “Shane, no. We can’t. Not here,” I giggle.

His mouth meets mine and it opens instantly, feeling for his tongue. I am not disappointed. His hand reaches under my night shirt and starts playing with my breast. His fingers’ rolling my nipple until it’s peaked and hard. I arch my back in an automatic response to his touch. His other hand slides down my body, pushing it through the top of my underwear until it finds my hot, wet sex. “So, wet. Fuck, you’re so wet.” He whispers in my ear. He rubs up and down my folds, then inserts a finger inside, then another. My hips move with his fingers, unconsciously. I am panting, my body sweating as my internal heat flushes me.