I swallowed hard as I nodded. As they always seemed to do when he was using magic, the grey in his eyes seemed to swirl. I found myself leaning toward him. When I noticed, I jumped back, settled into my seat and cleared my throat. “So, uh, if everyone is done, I will help Janelle clear the table and do the dishes before we have a movie night.”
She chuckled. “I could use help with clearing the table, but you don’t need to help do dishes. The boys will be waiting for you to pick out the movie.”
We got up and quickly had the table cleared and cleaned. She pointed the way to the man-cave, while still chuckling at me. I think she was enjoying watching me flounder with the relationship between the guys. What was I going to do?
Chapter 3
I made a conscious decision not to worry about it right now. I would need to face it sooner rather than later, but we deserved a break for a little bit. I walked down the hall to where Janelle had said the media room was. When I opened the door, Kait, Travis and David all had their heads together and were whispering. They all looked at me, guilty expressions on their faces, except for Kait, who just looked smug. Great. They were probably deciding how to gang up on me. I huffed and walked past them to the big wall of movies. Looking over the selection, I randomly picked a comedy that I had seen once.
I handed it to Travis, who got up and put it in the Blu-ray player. After I settled into my seat, David came over and put his head on my right shoulder. Kait sat next to me on the left, and Travis sat down in front of me on the floor and leaned against my leg. We watched the movie almost in silence, only breaking it with our laughter. By the end of it, I was feeling a little better.
We headed out, and I grabbed my pajamas and headed to the bathroom. I changed, took out my contacts, then headed back to the room. When I opened the door, David was sitting on the bed, waiting for me.
“It’s my turn tonight. Do you want me in the bed or on the floor?”
“Bed is fine. I can’t make you guys sleep on the floor.”
“Okay, I’ll be right back, I’m just going to go change.”
I got into bed and took out my book. David was back in less than five minutes. He climbed into bed next to me and took out a book as well. We laid there in silence, both reading for a while. Eventually, I sighed and put my book on the side table. David looked at me.
“David, can I ask you something?”
His eyes widened a bit as he said, “I guess?”
I stifled a laugh, although my question was serious. He just looked so scared, it was amusing. “Why have you been glaring at Travis recently? I don’t want to jump to any conclusions, but it feels like it has to do with me, so I needed to ask.”
He stiffened, then slowly reached for me. When I didn’t pull away, he gently cupped my face. “I am having problems wrapping my head around us all bonding with you. I do my best to not get mad, but it feels a little unfair. We have known each other for 6 months, and you have continually shut me down. They come into your life, and suddenly you are almost kissing them.”
I sighed. “David, I understand. There’s this pull, to touch you and them, to spend time with you all. It’s almost irresistible. I don’t know what to do. It’s not like I bonded to everyone on purpose…”
"Sugar, I’m not blaming you at all.” He sighed and ran his hand through his hair. I scooted a little closer to him and ran my hand over his cheek. “It’s something that is totally on me, and I have to work through it on my own.”
I leaned forward and brushed my lips against his cheek. “I thought that was the problem. What can I do to make it easier on you?”
“I don’t know, Sugar. I know you feel the same for all of us, I can feel it in your mind. I just wanted to be special to you.”
My heart was breaking. “You are special to me.”
He kissed my forehead. “I know, Sugar. Roll over, let’s go to sleep.”
I didn’t want to leave it like this, but I could tell from the look on his face that he wasn’t going to talk anymore tonight. I sighed and rolled away from him, then scooted back until my back was pressed to his front. He didn’t move at first. I started to move away from him, but he wrapped his arm around me, and pulled me back up against him. He rested his head against me, and I felt his lips softly press a kiss against my neck. I froze as a thrill ran through me. He chuckled and did it again, while laying his arm over my side. His fingers found my nipple and lightly rubbed it through the fabric of my shirt. I gasped as my nipple hardened and he pinched it softly, lightly biting my neck at the same time.
“Do you like that?”
His words made the door in my mind where I had imprisoned all those experiences from HIM fly open. I could hear HIS voice asking
