Jax is hunched over the table with tears falling from his eyes he’s laughing so much.
“How about we share her Donny?” Drake asks his brother in a softer voice.
“Hey! Don’t I get a say in this?” I ask Drake. “There’s only one boy I want! And that’s you!” I poke Donavon’s tummy and he giggles, I tickle him then let him go eat his dinner.
“Drake your brother is adorable.” I say as we eat our dinner. “Dah…he’s related to me! Of course he’s cute.” Drake chuckles.
The parents make small talk with me about how I like “their” town and how I’m enjoying school. It reminds me of Alex and Johnny’s pack, it’s as if they are one big happy family. I learn that Ronny’s mother was killed in an accident when she was still a baby and her father preferred to be single so he never remarried. Everyone is quite close and friendly, apart from Jax with his father, there was some tension and I don’t know if any of the others noticed this.
“Jax, how’s things going at school? You doing better in your classes? I don’t see you that often so thought I’d ask while you’re around.” Frankie asks Jax, I knew Jax was battling with Mathematics but he seemed fine in his other classes that we shared. I wasn’t aware it was such a big issue that it had to be brought up in front of everyone during dinner as if he was trying to belittle Jax.
I see Jax’s shoulders slump in the corner of my eye as if in defeat, “I’m passing most of my classes, I’m still battling with math’s…” he trails off as if he doesn’t want anyone to hear him announce this.
“Make sure you sort that shit out! You WILL pass do you hear me Jackson?” Frankie’s voice booms over the chatter of the table and I feel Jax tense next to me and nod. I didn’t understand why his father is acting this way trying to embarrass him like that in front of everyone, I had to do something and make him feel better.
I put my hand gently on top of his leg under the table, I feel his body relax, then he slips his hand under threading his fingers with mine.
“Jax, I’ll help you with your math’s okay?” I whisper so only he can hear me, he looks at me and smiles and mouths thank you.
I look back to see Jax’s mother smiling at me, she should’ve said something to her husband instead of sitting there and letting him humiliate her son.
“Jackson why don’t you invite Alexia over to our house this weekend and all of you can enjoy the new theatre we built? Maybe put it to use?” Frankie says as if trying to break the tension at the table and put Jax in a better mood, the whole table goes quiet and they stare at him in confusion. Maybe they don’t want me at their house…
“Really? It’s okay if she comes over?” Jax asks his father with a bewildered expression.
“Of course son! I’ll talk to the others and make sure they’re on their best behavior for Alexia.” Frankie teases and then he’s silent and they’re looking at each other as if they could read each other’s thoughts, it’s rather weird.
Uncle Mike breaks the silence as soon as I start to get uncomfortable. “Drake you better keep an eye on her, the older boys might steal her away from you since there’s fresh meat in the house.” He winks at me and the other adults laugh and I join in when I see Drakes expression.
“Oh don’t worry; I’m not going to let her out sight! And I will make sure they know who she belongs to… ” Drake winks at me and I feel Jax squeeze the hand I forgot he was holding. I squeeze back and he smiles at me.
The parents decided to go home after dinner leaving us behind, I get hugs from everyone and little Donavon kisses my cheek saying goodbye. Too cute…
We decide to sit at a smaller booth on the other side of the bar, Ronny is telling jokes and I swear Rachel is close to peeing herself she’s laughing so hard. Wiping the tears from laughing, Jax asks me, “So are you going to come over tomorrow then?”
I look around at each of their expectant faces, “Umm…. I kind of have plans tomorrow night? What about Sunday?”
“What plans do you have?” Jax asks me.
“Well, Alex asked me to stay over at her place tomorrow night so I'm leaving early tomorrow morning to spend the day with her.” I tell them.
“What the hell Lexi?” Drake barks from the side of me making me wince and move closer to Jax looking for protection in case Drake lashes out again. Jax shoots Drake a death glare.
“Drake we spoke about this after….” Afraid to bring it up in case the memories flood back in I avoid saying the rest.
“You said it was fine and you wouldn’t bug me about it, she’s my friend and I’m going to see her okay?” finding the courage that was hidden somewhere inside me I finish the sentence ignoring the shocked look on his face because I’ve never really stood up to him in front of everyone.
“I’m not going to argue with you Drake, I’m going and that’s it!” I say looking straight into his eyes.
Jax pats my arm that’s resting on the table and smiles at me as if to say he’s proud of me.
“It’s okay Lexi you can go see Alex just let us know you are safe, right Drake.” Jax says but it doesn’t come out as a question more of a statement informing Drake that he doesn’t have a choice but to accept it.
“Okay okay!” Drake puts his hands up in defeat, “but on one condition?”
“Yes?” I roll my eyes at him.
“You have to stay over Sunday night.” he says as he takes my hand and kisses it, then gives me a big toothy smile.
“Oh YES! Slumber party!” Ronny shouts out, very unlike her.
“I’m so excited!” Rachel shrieks, “Finally another girl in that boy infested house!”
“And we can paint our nails and ooh! Gossip about boys! Don’t forget the scary movies, from what I hear Lexi loves ‘em!” Jax says in a girlie voice which just makes the group laugh.
“Okay guys, deal.” I tell them and they all cheer with excitement, you’d swear they’ve never had a sleepover.
After talking about our plans for Sunday night, we decide to head home since it was already nearing midnight.
Drake is driving slowly home, obviously trying to get as much time with me as possible.
“My parents love you already.” he exclaims with a big grin on his face.
“You think? I know your brother is head over heels, that’s for sure.” I tease him.
“Yeah my mom and dad spoke to me as soon as they met you, you gave them quite a first impression, I swear Scarlet and my mom are probably already planning our wedding.” He jokes and I can’t help but wonder why I don’t feel all that excited about Drake.
“Of course Donavon is in love! I was head over heels the first time we met ….literally!” He winks and I giggle at our inside joke.
“But don’t forget who you belong to! I’m going to be kicking plenty of ass when you come over on Sunday, I can’t wait.” he gives me a naughty smile and I want to kiss him all over. He puts his hand on my leg as he drives.
“Why is everyone saying that? You would swear I was a model fresh off the runway…” I mutter more to myself than him as we get out the car. He stands in front of me and pushing me gently against his car as his hands cup my cheeks.
“You don’t really know how beautiful you are, do you?” He obviously see’s that I'm shocked at what he's asking me because he continues.
“Lexi, you are the most beautiful person I’ve ever met, inside and out. There is something about you that draws people to you and the fact that you don’t even know how gorgeous you are makes my job as your boyfriend REALLY difficult. You don’t know how many asses Jax and I had to kick to get the guys from school to stay away from you. There are even guys from college that live by us that were talking about you, I don’t know how or when they saw you but everyone just wants you…”
He stares at me with those sparkling brown eyes then he puts his lips to my ear and I can feel them touch my ear lobe sending shivers down my spine.
“They can’t have you though, wanna know why?” He whispers and I nod slowly, “Be
cause you are all mine...” Drake growls possessively in my ear before his mouth devours mine.
CHAPTER 19:
I walk into the house as Drake drives away, Georgina is at her boyfriend’s house again. It’s as if she’s trying to avoid me at all costs.
I put the lamp on in the lounge and use my phone to light my way to my room. Flipping on lights as I go ,stepping into my room I put the lamp on that’s next to my bed and scream as I notice Jax sitting on my windowsill.
I fall on my bed clutching my heart trying to regain my breath. Jax is laughing his ass off, falling on the bed next to me clutching his stomach and rolling around like a kid.
“Jax! What is wrong with you! You scared me!” I say through deep breaths and smack his arm.
“Sorry Lexi, I didn’t mean to but you were in your own little world and I was enjoying the view.” he smiles up at me as I’m sitting on the bed and he’s still lying comfortably.
“What you doing here Jax, what’s wrong?” I ask him as I get up and dig through my cupboard for clothes.
“I just wanted to talk to you without the crowd around, we haven’t really hung out alone since last weekend and I.. I just missed you.” He mumbles and I smile to myself because I missed him too.
I walk up to the bed and lean on the side where he’s now sitting.
“I missed you too but we’re going to be spending a lot of time together from now on because I’m your new math’s tutor, remember?” his face beams with a big smile.
“You look so beautiful tonight baby, thank you for everything with my dad. My parents love you and my dad is so fascinated by you. You know he doesn’t hug anyone apart from my mom, he’s just not a touchy type of person but with you he seems so much calmer. You seem to make everyone fall in love with you.” he whispers as he leans his face forward and instead of kissing my cheek like he usually does he kisses the corner of my lips.
Oh god his lips are so soft, Jax gives me butterflies and tingles just like Drake does but for some reason with Jax everything is more intense. I need to stop my thoughts so I tell him I’m going to change and rush to the bathroom after quickly grabbing underwear and a shirt.
I don’t know why I’m feeling all these feelings for Jax when not even half an hour ago I was making out with Drake and thinking about how much I’m in love with him.
After washing the make-up off, pulling my hair down and putting on my dad’s long gym shirt. I get the underwear I snatched from my drawer and see this tiny piece of black lace fabric. Really Lexi? Really?? I HAD to pick THAT out of all the underwear in there! Luckily the shirts long so you can’t see much apart from my legs.
Walking to my room, I see that Jax isn’t there, he must have gone home. I can’t help but feel a little sad that he’s not here anymore.
I climb under the covers and face the window. Through the window I can see the hill where my friends stay, it’s not too far away but it’s surrounded by thick trees so you can’t see much of it except the roofs sticking out.
I hear footsteps and I see Jax walk into my room closing the door behind him.
“Hey I thought you left?” I ask him as he walks over to the other side of my bed putting off my lamp that was on so now the only light that can be seen in my room is from the bright moon through my window.
“I was just putting the other lights off and making sure you locked the door.”
He starts taking off his shoes, jacket, jeans and then shirt. I swallow as I stare at him pulling his clothes off leaving him in black boxers, his body is so gorgeous, his abs hard as steel, I can see the ripples on his stomach of his muscles and I just want to run my tongue down them. He opens the covers and starts to climb in.
“Jax? W…What are you doing?” I whisper trying to hide the fact that I was drooling over him a few seconds ago.
“What does it look like? You honestly don’t think I’m going to leave you here alone? I know your mom isn’t here…” he says as he climbs and pulls my hips so that my back is flush against his warm chest, he spoons me. He pulls the blanket over, tucking me in and I can’t help but look at his muscles on his forearms and biceps as his arm moves.
He laces my fingers through his that’s resting near my head, just as I did with his hand the first night he slept next to me. He moves his other hand over my shirt by my belly button. I instinctively move my bottom closer seeking more warmth, he lets out a small sigh.
His hand that was near my stomach starts to move toward my hip where my shirt has risen up, my underwear can be seen and felt. I know it doesn’t cover much, because I can feel the bottom of my ass cheeks sticking out. His hands slowly move to my hip as he feels the lacey underwear I hear him take in a sharp breath when he notices I’m only wearing underwear and a baggy shirt. I feel him stiffen against me, he moves his hand toward my ass and I can feel him touching the fabric of my underwear. I suddenly have goosebumps down my back and arms. His giant hand is resting on my ass before he grabs it and pushes himself against me. I let out a soft moan and close my eyes enjoying his touch even though I know I shouldn’t do this to Drake.
“Baby, you’re driving me crazy, your skin is so soft I just want to feel it all over…” he whispers against my ear and I can feel his lips on my neck driving me crazy.
“I know Jax... I don’t know why I’m feeling like...I’m just so confused because I think…I want you too.” I whisper back to him.
I feel his smile against my neck as he holds me closer. “Oh baby, you already have me…” he whispers directly in my ear and then he kisses my neck gently.
I turn around to face him; he puts his one hand on the base of my back and pulls me closer to him so that my chest is against his.
“Jax, I feel like I’m betraying Drake. I can’t do this to him…” I see his eyes falter but I continue. “I know it’s like I’m stringing both of you along but I don’t want to lose you either Jax. I don’t know what it is but it’s just that I know I need you...” I say looking into his eyes as they shine in the moon lit room.
“Lexi I need you to, I’m just happy you finally realized it though. I know you are with Drake and I know we can’t do this to him behind his back and we need to stop but I just can’t stay away from you. I need to touch you and be around you. I know deep down though that fate has everything planned. I want whatever that is between us to happen but it has to happen the way it’s meant to and we can’t rush this. I don’t want you to resent me for breaking you and Drake up.” He takes a deep breath and runs his hand through his hair as he looks at the ceiling then he looks at me as he says. “I think it’s best if we continue as if none of this happened, I’m not going to lie though... it does hurt when I see you and Drake together and just the thought of you two hooking up breaks my heart but I just want you happy Lex. I’ll do anything for you…“ He says as he kisses my cheek and I can see the pain in his eyes so clearly.
“Jax I swear I’m not the whore that I seem to look like these days, I’ve never been in this situation before. I’ve had a couple of boyfriends before but I’ve never really had such an attraction to them like I do with you guys, it’s just when I’m with you I go crazy and just want more. I’m so sorry for putting you through all of this. I don’t ever want to hurt you Jax. It's not as if I sleep around. Drake and I haven’t had sex yet….I mean… I haven’t... I… I’m still a virgin.” I tell him and his eyes widen and a grin appears on his face.
“You guys haven’t had sex yet? You’re still a virgin? Really baby?” he asks me his face filled with awe.
“Yeah we haven’t, I just haven’t met the right guy yet and I at least want to get to know the guy before I jump in bed with him, you know?”
“Babe you are amazing you know that?” he pulls me tighter into his arms, “You are unlike any girl I have ever met.”
“Thanks Jax…You're pretty amazing yourself.” I yawn and snuggle into his big warm body. We fall into a deep sleep against each other.
In the morning after Jax leaves, I quickly
pack a bag of clothes and head for the car. I send Drake, Ronny and Jax a text saying I’m about to leave and that I will text them when I get there.
Then I send one to Alex telling her I’m on my way, she replies instantly telling me how excited everyone is to see me.
Since todays a sunny day and the weather is great outside I wear a pair of shorts with a plain navy shirt and my converse shoes. My hair is in its usuall messy braid that falls over my shoulder and reaches just above my belly button.
I park the car where I did last time near the other expensive looking cars. The car is not even switched off when my door flies opens showing a toothy smile from Tyler, I jump out the car and he grabs me in a tight hug.
“We missed you so much love, the days have just dragged on without you. Shit…Talon and I even contemplated sneaking into the other packs territory to come and see you.” he tells me his voice laced with excitement.
“I’m glad you didn’t do that. I don’t want to cause any trouble.” I tell him and he still hasn’t let me go.
“We wouldn’t have minded. We will do anything for you Angel.” I hear Talons deep voice from behind.
“Well…can you um...put me down?” I ask Tyler.
“Oh! Yes! Sorry!” he laughs and I see blush creep up on his cheeks and neck.
“Thanks.” I smile at him as he lets me go only Talon pulls me in for a hug but luckily doesn’t hold me up for too long.
They help me grab my bag as I type a message to my friends letting them know I arrived safe.
Alex runs out from the main pack house where she lives and gives me a hug. I hold her tight and relish in the comfort of her affection, reminding me of how much I miss my mother’s hugs. Alex smells of citrus and fresh fruit, it calms me.
“Oh Angel…we missed you so much, I think you’re going to have to visit us more often. These two wouldn’t stop talking about you!” She says pointing to a blushing Tyler while Talon just avoids looking at us as if it doesn’t faze him. I smile at her thinking about how these grown men are blushing from such a simple comment.
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