“Lance wants to marry me,” she said quietly.
“Yeah? Did he ask properly?”
“He did. He has a ring and all. I think it cost him everything he had in his savings account.”
“What did you say?”
She let out a frustrated huff. “I don’t want to get married just because I’m pregnant.”
“Is that why he proposed?” I asked.
She shrugged. “He wouldn’t have proposed to me now if I wasn’t pregnant.”
“You’ve escalated the timeline, kiddo. Things don’t always happen in the order they should.”
“He’s not trapped with me. He’ll have full access to me and the kid.”
“Then he didn’t have to propose, did he?”
She stopped and covered her face with her hands. I heard the first sob and instinctively wrapped my arms around her and held her. “Hey, now, what’s this about?”
She cried for a while in my arms before she answered. “I want to be a good mom, but I know even less about being a wife. He’s going to the Middle East and I have to finish high school. I still want to be a doctor. I don’t want our lives to stop because we got pregnant. And I don’t want to stick him with me. What if what everyone says is true? We’re too young to be in love and get married? What if it all falls apart?”
“Sis, I hate to inform you, but all that can go wrong no matter how old you are. You don’t have to marry him. But don’t make it about him. He knows what he wants. He proposed to you. The question is, what do you want?”
“You know, I never pictured myself getting married,” she said quietly. “I pictured myself as a doctor, doing all the things I wanted to do, but I never pictured myself with anyone.”
“Rachel, you can do anything. I know you can. And now you get to choose who stands by your side while you do.”
25
Matt
We walked back to the house, enjoying the quiet snowy day. Rachel grabbed my arm and pointed to an unfamiliar car in the driveway. It had a red license plate, meaning it was a rental.
“I thought everyone was here,” she said.
“Me too.”
We picked up the pace, heading back to the house.
As we were knocking off the snow and then toeing off our shoes along with shedding our coats, Mom sauntered into the foyer.
“There you are.” She put her hands on her hips. Mom and Dad were both unlike any other Hollywood couple. They were aging gracefully and not letting the glamour life get to them. Their careers were still piping hot and they were still hot for each other, too.
“I am here. What’s up?”
Rachel’s eyes grew as big as saucers; she was looking down the hall that led to the kitchen.
“You have a guest,” Mom said mysteriously.
“A guest?”
And then like magic, Hayley was standing behind my mom. Her brown eyes didn’t quite meet mine at first. I stood there like an idiot, gaping at her.
Mom sidestepped so she wasn’t blocking Hayley anymore.
I saw Rachel in my peripheral look at me and then look at Hayley.
“Hi, Hayley!” She threw her arms around the woman.
I just kept staring at her.
“Hi, Rachel.” I saw Hayley squeeze her a little extra. “I can’t believe how much you’ve grown up.”
I took a few steps closer to Hayley once Rachel stepped back, and that’s when I saw the rest of my family all scrunched together in the hallway behind Hayley.
I closed my eyes and wiped my hand over my face. “Real subtle, guys.”
Hayley’s gaze flickered to them and then back to me. “Could I talk to you…alone?”
“Yeah, let’s get away from these freaks,” I said.
There were a few groans of disappointment. I flipped them off over my shoulder.
I instinctively took her hand and led her to my room. She didn’t pull away. In fact, she stayed close to me as we walked. My room felt like it was a million miles away.
I pushed open the door and gestured for her to enter. I followed her inside and closed the door behind me.
“You’re here,” I said.
She chewed on her lip. “I wasn’t sure you’d be happy about that.”
“I’m really not sure what I am, right now. I guess it depends on what you have to say.” I folded my arms across my chest.
“I’m an idiot. And you’re an idiot.”
“Ouch.”
“I should never have left you the way I did. Or at all. I didn’t want to leave. I wanted to stay in that bed with you wrapped around me until the end of time. But I convinced myself you didn’t want to be there forever. That somehow, I was just a holding place for you. Someone to help you through the grief of losing Derrick.”
“The timing wasn’t ideal. But I didn’t go down there to distract myself.”
“I figured that out,” she said. “I spent a lot of time making sure I never fell in love and never got hurt. I never asked myself why it was so easy. I want to kick myself when I think of all the time we’ve lost. It was easy to kick all those other guys to the curb because I was already in love. With you. I was afraid to admit that because of all the things it meant, and I had no idea how you felt about me. Even though you told me over and over again you wanted to make this work with me, I didn’t believe you. And I don’t know why.”
“And now?”
“And now, I’m here. My mother is here too, which is completely strange all by itself. Your mom put us up in a beautiful room with two double beds. It’s like our own little suite but I really hope you’ll keep me in your bed instead. And once we ring in the New Year, maybe you’ll take me home with you.”
“What about Mexico?”
She shook her head, tears filling her eyes. “I don’t know. I’ve been thinking for a long time that I wanted to get back into acting. But I don’t know. We have a lot to figure out.”
“We?” My stomach was twisting, and my heart was racing. Was she really here for me?
“We,” she said quietly. “Matthew, I’m so sorry. I couldn’t be more sorry….”
I strode across the room in three large strides and cut off her words as I crashed our mouths together in a very heated kiss. I’d intended for it to be a reunion kiss, but it quickly burned out of control, until Hayley pulled my sweatshirt up over my head. Her hands slid down my chest, her eyes hungrily taking in every inch of me. Her fingers landed on my waistband, quickly finding the button and popping it out of its hole all the while she kept inspecting every inch of me.
This wasn’t the Hayley from Mexico. She was taking her time and taking it all in. There was definitely a shift in who I was spending time with now.
The zipper went down next and then her hand plunged inside my jeans and boxers, wrapping around my girth with a healthy squeeze. I was already rock-hard listening to her tell me she loved me. My cock and my heart were on the same page. Now that she was willing to admit she loved me, I was ready to have her body and soul.
I gripped her wrist and pulled her hand out of my pants. “Hayles, if you keep that up, I’m going to have to spend a lot more time eating you out until I’m hard again.”
She bit her lower lip like she was contemplating that.
I chuckled and bent down and pushed her onto my shoulder so I could heft her over to the bed. “I promise, Hayles, I’ll be eating you out plenty.” I dropped her on the mattress, and she gave a bounce. I shoved my jeans and socks off and climbed onto the bed after her. She was still fully clothed, but I was going to enjoy torturing her a little bit. I positioned myself between her legs and lay across her, claiming her mouth again.
Hayley put her hand on my bare chest and gave me a little push. I looked down at her.
“You don’t think your family is right outside your door, do you?”
“I wouldn’t put it past them. Hopefully, they’ll get the hint and leave when they hear you screaming my name,” I said as I reached between us and cupped her through her
jeans.
She rocked her hips hard against my hand.
“Are you wet already?”
Hayley bit her lower lip and nodded.
“Do you want me inside you?”
She nodded again.
“Tell me.”
“I want to feel your big cock inside me,” she purred.
I grinned. “Oh, you will.”
I pulled her big fluffy Christmas sweater off and tossed it onto the floor. She was wearing a lacy silver bra beneath it. Her nipples pointed at me. I leaned down and pulled her nipple into my mouth through the fabric. She hissed and arched into me. I sucked hard, grazing my teeth over the sensitive nub. Her hips rocked against mine, making my dick ache even more.
Maybe I wasn’t going to be able to torture her as much as I wanted when she was torturing me back.
With one hand, I undid her bra and quickly got rid of it too. I rolled off her and started to undo her jeans, but Hayley was far less patient. She wiggled out of them in record time and shoved them off the bed.
I chuckled. “Someone’s in a hurry.”
Now, clad only in a pair of light pink panties with me in my black boxer briefs, she rolled over and straddled me.
“I’ve been thinking about you for days and days. And when I wasn’t heartbroken and frustrated at everything that happened, I was horny and thinking about all the hot sex we had. Now, if you don’t mind, I would like to get back to the hot sex before we have to go back out and face your giant family and my nosy mother. Since everyone is going to assume we’ve had sex anyway, I at least want to get some before the embarrassment settles in.”
I grabbed her hips and rolled us so she was on the bottom again. “If you think we’re leaving after one round, you’ve got another think coming. It’s Christmas Eve’s Eve, nothing happens today. Tomorrow and Christmas Day we’re going to be wrapped up in family tradition, so we’re going to stay in here until we’re both unable to walk and then maybe we’ll consider going back out there.”
“Then why aren’t you inside me yet?”
I kissed her hard while I worked on the flimsy material of her panties, ripping them off and discarding the destroyed fabric. I shoved my boxers down and off my feet. They might have remained looped around one ankle, but I didn’t care. Needing to be joined with Hayley had become a pulsing need.
I grabbed her thigh and spread her wide while I lined my cock up at her core. I could see her juices making her cunt slick and wet for me. I pushed inside her until I was seated fully, balls deep, making us both groan.
She hooked one of her long legs around my hip, her heel digging into my ass as I slowly pulled out of her, just to slam back in. Her pussy clenched around my swollen cock and I gritted my teeth, holding on, trying to keep everything from being over way too fast.
“Matthew,” she moaned.
I looked down at her and watched her as I slowly thrust in and out of her cunt. Her eyes met mine and for the first time I didn’t see worry or fear blazing at me; only lust and desire. And there was something that had always been there: love. I knew my expression mimicked hers.
I was finally home.
I didn’t know what the future held for me and Hayley, but in that moment, I knew I didn’t have to worry about it anymore. We would work together to figure out what was best for both of us. And it would be amazing.
I claimed her mouth as my thrusts grew more intense and faster. The need was building in us both. She was meeting me thrust for thrust, her fingers digging into my back. Her moans grew louder as she arched into me. Her pussy pulsed around me until it clamped down hard on my pumping cock. I couldn’t hold out any longer. Her pussy milked my cock for my release and got every last drop.
We lay together for some lost amount of time, panting and enjoying being connected. As I slipped from her, I rolled onto my side and I pulled her snuggly against me.
“I think that’s the first time I really allowed myself to enjoy that,” she said, breaking our silence.
“It’s the first time I felt like you were fully there with me,” I replied.
“I’m sorry.”
“Shhh, no more apologizing. I’ve realized over the last few weeks I’ve been such an idiot. If I knew myself better, knew what I wanted, I would’ve courted you back when we were still living in the same city.”
“We were sixteen,” she said.
“I know, but looking at my little sister with the love of her life…”
“Love of her life? You know who the father is?”
“I do. Neil’s best friend, Lance.”
“Whoa. Older man, huh?”
“Not so much older.”
“You sound a lot happier for her than you did the last time we talked about it,” she said.
“I am. Rachel is a sweet smart girl. She’s one of the more level-headed Wrights. She’s too young and has too much to do with her life but she knew the consequences and she’s handling it like an adult.”
“Aw, big brother is proud.”
I buried my nose in her hair, enjoying the lilac scent floating around her. “I am. Not that she got pregnant, but how she’s handling it. Though, I don’t look forward to the rest of the family finding out if they’re going to react at all the way Neil did. He wasn’t exactly thrilled.”
“How would you feel if it had been Derrick? Forgetting the age difference for a second…”
“Ah, yeah, I would’ve killed him.”
“Exactly.”
“Sometimes I’m surprised at how much you seem to know about siblings when you don’t have any.”
“I’ve spent enough time with all of you to know a little something.” Her fingers traced over my arm.
“I’m really glad you came here,” I said.
She turned around in my arms. “Me too. And if it’s okay with you, I don’t want to leave for a long while.”
“What about Bryssa?”
“I’m not the only guide in Mexico. She’s got Hector. She said she was happy I finally got my head out of my ass.”
I laughed. “She’s a cheeky little thing, isn’t she?”
“That she is.”
“Then I’m happy to keep you with me.” I leaned in and kissed her.
26
Matt
Christmas morning, I sat in the corner chair with Hayley on my lap. Everyone was still in their pjs and had some form of breakfast with them. Hayley held our Danish and our coffee was on the end table next to us.
Paper rattling, laughter, and chatter filled the room as Bex handed out presents.
Mom and Dad sat by the Christmas tree with joyous grins on their faces watching everyone else unwrap presents.
Bex handed Mom a box, only this present wasn’t in Christmas wrapping paper. It was covered in baby rattles.
“Who is that from?” Bex asked.
Mom shook her head. She looked over at Chuck and Aubrey who were laughing about something.
Oh, God, Rachel, why would you do it this way?
I watched Mom open the present as Dad watched on with narrowed eyes.
Rachel stood quietly behind the couch, her gaze locked on Lance. He was sitting next to Neil, and Neil looked rather sour about the present in Mom’s hand.
Mom pulled out a white onesie and held it up. Dad angled the garment toward him, probably to read whatever was on it.
“Chuck? Aubrey? Is this from you?” Donna turned it around for all of us to read.
It read: “Number One Grandma.”
Chuck’s brow furrowed. “Um, Mom, we’re not quite there yet.” His eyes quickly scanned the crowd.
Rachel moved around the couch and I tapped Hayley’s leg so she would get up. I was sure she’d guessed by now what was happening. I stood, not knowing what Rachel would need from me.
Mom’s eyes moved to me. “Matthew?”
I shook my head. “No, Mom.”
“Mom, it’s from me,” Rachel said quietly. But it was so silent in the living room, everyone heard her.
I watched my dad’s expression darken. Mom looked down at the onesie and then back up at Rachel. “Oh, honey,” she said.
“I didn’t know how to tell everyone. I wasn’t sure how to get the words out and for it to be followed up by your grave disappointment.”
To Mom and Dad’s credit, they remained silent while they digested what was happening.
My siblings however…
“Rachel, you’re pregnant?” Bex blurted out. “Who’s the father?”
Rachel didn’t reply at first. She met her triplet’s eyes and managed a weak smile.
“What the hell? Who is the father?” Broderick barked.
“Back off, Rick,” I snapped.
Rick’s gaze met mine. “You knew?”
I nodded once.
Rick shook his head. “This is bullshit. She’s sixteen years old.”
Alicia stood up and gathered Rachel in her arms and escorted her out of the living room. Mom and Dad got up and followed. I made a beeline for the path and blocked anyone else who wanted to go. Except Lance. Brave man. He zipped past me.
“Why did you let him go?” Zane asked.
I met my brother’s eyes and then understanding dawned on him.
“Wait, that punk is the father?” Rick said.
“Can everyone please relax and take a fucking breath?” I said. “She’s our sister. She doesn’t deserve to be yelled at.”
“The hell she doesn’t,” Rick said. “That kid has the highest IQ in the house. She forget about birth control? I know Mom and Dad had that talk with all of us at one point.”
“Yeah, and birth control is one hundred percent,” I said. “This could’ve happened to any one of us.”
“But it didn’t,” Rick yelled.
Isabis grabbed Broderick by the collar and yanked him toward the front door. He was smart enough not to challenge her. She manhandled him out the door to help him cool off. Zane and Neil quietly followed. It wouldn’t surprise me if he ended up in a snowbank.
Gio and Jonah sat on the couch unsure of what to do next.
Raphael and Bex were both standing hip-to-hip, worried about their third counterpart.
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