This Beautiful Thing (Young Love Series) (13 page)

“It’s cool baby we won’t get caught or tell anyone else okay?” I hold back a laugh. “Besides Jaden told me about that once. He said that it’s your step-mom who caught him not your dad, said she beat him black and blue.” Now I do chuckle at the look of shock on her face.

“Geez Jessica said it was dad. I just never thought Sarah would do something like that but I wouldn’t put it past her. She has to deal with the six of us and the kids down at the shelter on a daily basis. She’s a tough cookie.” She smiles and shakes her head. “Well then I guess if you stay out of my room then we should be fine.”

“Yeah but will you stay out of mine?” I ask with a raised brow. I swear to you she is just as horny as me. What’s even hotter is that she’s not afraid to admit it.

“Hmm I don’t know. You look all hot and stuff in this pink room. It just makes me all hot and bothered. I mean you even have ruffles on your bed that is so sexy.” She laughs with that sexy throaty sound and my dick twitches. Yeah this week I will be taking quite a few cold showers.

“Yeah I thought it might get you turned on. You have some weird fetishes there.” We both laugh hard. I never used to laugh like this with anybody. I guess she brings the goof ball out of me.

I pick her up and let her slide her legs around my waist as I nuzzle my nose into her sweet smelling neck. Her arms go around my neck and before I know what has happened my ear lobe is in between her teeth. Fuck that feels good. I let out a groan and move my hands to grab her butt and squeeze.

“Baby don’t do that. Jesus.” My voice sounds all breathless and I can’t seem to care.

“Mmm” is the only response I get before she is bringing her lush lips up to mine. She opens quickly for me and our tongues dance making me wish I had her in a house where no one else was home. I can’t help myself as I back up to the bed and fall backwards with her landing softy a top me. The kiss never ends and before long I feel like I’m being devoured by her. She tastes so good with her spicy sweetness. I could do this all day long but she has other plans.

Her hand is undoing my jeans and pulling my zipper down. She reaches in and starts rubbing my hardness with her soft warm hands. I groan around her lips and I feel her smile. “Fuck that feels good baby.” I didn’t want it to go this far but she has a mind of her own and there’s no telling her no to anything.

“I bet it does.” She wraps her small hands around my girth and her fingers don’t even wrap all the way around. It’s still feels amazing as she pulls them up and down. She chuckles as I throw my head back and arch my back.

“Okay if you want to play that game.” I say as I grab her hips. I reach to unbutton her jeans and move my hand down inside her panties. My hand reaches her bare skin and warm heat where I rub my thumb across her nub of nerves. She lets out a beautiful moan that I shallow with my lips. I slip one of my fingers into her wetness and almost come from the intense reaction it brings out of me. I make her into this beautiful creature. I make her this wet. Me. You don’t understand the power that has over me. This wonderful lovely girl wants me and I still don’t understand that sometimes.

“Declan.” She pants and it brings goose bumps across my skin. I thrust my finger in and out of her faster. I can’t wait to see her face when she comes. It’s the most beautiful thing ever.

My eyes are focused on her until she starts jacking my dick again. If she doesn’t stop that I’m going to miss the best part because my eyes are crossed. “Fuck fuck fuck.” Why is she doing this to me?

Her hips start to push back onto my hand and I know I’m thrusting up into hers. Yeah we aren’t going to last long. “Look at me when you come.” I tell her. Her green eyes met mine as she lowers her head to mine where our lips meet in a crushing kiss. Our eyes never leave the others. I thrust my finger into her even harder and rub her nub even faster. Before long she breaks the kiss to cry out her pleasure, her eyes never leaving mine. Yeah that’s when I can’t take anymore and blow my load onto her hand.

She falls down to my chest where I hold her to me. I run my fingers through her beautiful hair and say “We have to quit meeting like this Beautiful.”

She chuckles and I smile at the sound. “I personally hope we meet like this every day.”

Chapter 15

Teagan

After our sexy encounter in Maries old bedroom things slowed down. We hardly got to see each other because my brothers kept him busy. They were either all outside playing football or inside crowding the living room watching stupid movies. I guess if I would just come clean to Jaden we wouldn’t have to hide the fact that we are together. I just can’t bring myself to do it. I love my brother to pieces and I don’t want to hurt him. Sarah brought up a good point with the whole he’s dating your best friend so why can’t you date his. I don’t want it to be a rift between them. Jaden doesn’t have a lot of friends and I don’t want to be the reason he stops being friends with Declan. And that’s what would happen. He will be so pissed off about he’d probably never talk to him again. Who am I to do that?

I’m lying in my bed staring at the white ceiling hoping it will solve all my problems. I can smell the food being cooked down in the kitchen. My stomach rumbles. Sarah likes to start earlier and since both Marie and Jessica are married now they have to help. I think they would kick me out of the kitchen if I went down to help. I can’t cook for shit. I even burn the water while it’s boiling. I’m not going to make a great housewife.

Sarah is a wonderful cook. Over the summers she made us three meals a day and when we were in school we got breakfast and dinner. Her food will melt in your mouth with rich favors and have it watering for more. Mmm I smell bacon!

I rush out of bed and through a shower putting on black yoga pants and a pink tank top. I brush my hair up into a messy pony tail as I run down the stairs to get to the food before one of my brothers eats it all.

As I make my way to the kitchen I hear Declan’s deep rumble. That’s strange. He is not a morning person by any means. I stop short as I enter the huge decked out kitchen. He’s standing over the stove wearing nothing but a pink apron and sweats. No shirt to speak of. Jessica and Marie are already here and they are drooling over him. Sarah is standing by the coffee maker smirking at their reactions.

“How did you want your eggs Mrs. Harper?” his voice sounds scratching and totally sexy. I love it when his voice is like this. It’s the one you hear only in the mornings shortly after he has gotten up.

“Over easy. Good morning Teagan. Declan here was kind enough to offer to make breakfast. Do you want some bacon?” Sarah asks me with a twinkle in her eye. I’m starting to think that I never knew my step-mother at all. When Declan turns to say good morning to me her eyes strayed to his butt and didn’t leave it.

When I finally rake my eyes over Declan I almost fall on the floor laughing. I guess I didn’t realize that he was wearing Sarah’s favorite apron. It says “Kiss the Cook”. He looks at me puzzled so I point at the apron. He looks down and he realizes why I am laughing so hard. He walks over to me and points to his cheek. So I stand on my tippy toes and plant one on his beautiful mouth. I hear gasps from the other girls in the room but I don’t care. He’s mine and they better get to know it.

“That was unexpected. But thank you.” He smiles slyly at me and walks back over to the stove to finish cooking whatever it is he is cooking.

“So Declan why don’t you have a shirt on?” I probe. I wonder if one of my sisters talked him into taking it off. This pisses me off beyond belief.

“Well I was sleeping in only my sweats when I woke up to the smell of smoke and ran down stairs. That’s when I realized that Marie had burnt some bacon. I told them I could cook so they threw this apron me and I got to it.” He says all this without looking at me once but I can tell he’s trying not to laugh by the way his shoulders slightly shake.

“And imagine my surprise when he actually made something good. I haven’t ever met a man who could actually cook. He puts my prize winning bacon to shame.” Sarah says taking a sip of her coffee.

Curious I pick up a piece from the plate sitting on the black marble counter top. Yeah that’s freaking good. “How is it I didn’t know you could cook Declan?”

“Oh that would be because I haven’t ever had the chance to cook for you, Beautiful.” He replies from his place in front of the stainless steel stove.

Jessica who is sitting on one of the stools that Sarah has next to the center island looks at me and mouths “Beautiful?” I nod and sit next to hear whispering in her ear it’s one of my nicknames. I guess he let it slip. He’s going to have to watch that.

Before long the twins are down eating everything in sight. It doesn’t take long for Sarah to put all the young men to work. I hurry out of the kitchen into the living room before I have to pill potatoes or stuff the turkey.

My dad is sitting in his favorite chair watching the parade on TV. This makes me smile. We used to curl up in his chair every year since my mom died and watch it. So that is exactly what I do. “Why didn’t you come and get me?”

“You were busy in the kitchen eating. I knew you would find your way here before long.” He says tucking me under his arm as I curl against his chest. My dad likes to run so it keeps him in shape. There’s no fat on him and his blue eyes are still full of life even though his hair is starting to turn grey.

“That is no excuse! We always watch the parade together.” I pout.

He squeezes me to him and kisses the top of my head. “I know baby girl. I didn’t have the heart to pull you away from your boyfriend in there.”

I stiffen up. “How did you know he is my boyfriend?”

He chuckles. “Because you two can’t keep your eyes off each other when you’re in the same room. That boy looks up the second you walk into the room like he could feel you coming. That’s a real connection right there. I don’t want you to pass that up.”

“Wow daddy I didn’t realize you were so deep.” I give him a shit eating grin.

He smacks me on the arm. “Well I didn’t do horrible things to Sarah and get her to stay with me, without being so deep as you say. You still have to keep up the charm and cleverness to be with a woman like that.”

“I always wondered how you got her to stay with you. I don’t think I could be that strong and forgive anybody for what you did.”

“You would be surprised the things you would do for those you love. Maybe one day you will hear her side but mine is good enough for now. I may have slept with someone else outside of my marriage but I still loved Sarah. I will love that woman till the day I die and nothing will ever change that. We had several problems going on at the time baby girl. Your mother was just a comfort I took and look where it got me? You and I couldn’t ask for anything better. You’re the reason alone I would never regret my actions. I just regret what I put Sarah through.”

“So are you saying that it’s her fault?” I ask confused.

“No baby girl. It’s my fault that I slept with someone else. I’m human and every human makes mistakes. It’s just up to the person who made that mistake to let it rule their lives or put it behind them and go on. We couldn’t ever just forget it though because there is you. But we did work past it and now we are stronger than ever.”

We fall into a comfortable silence and I can’t help but think if it’s a mistake or not to keep my relationship with Declan secret from Jaden.

Declan

I spent all Thanksgiving day in the kitchen helping Mrs. Harper and her daughters cook dinner. Jaden, Caden, and Marcus helped but mostly they did the stuff we didn’t want to do. I haven’t seen much of Teagan or Grace for that matter. Caden got covered in flour at one point and went to take a shower and came back in the weirdest mood. Normally he is talkative and playful after that he was silent and lost in thought. I seemed to be the only one who noticed.

An hour or so before dinner was served three older guys came in. Two holding babies. The little girl had to be Hailey. Teagan talks about her all the time. Which means the blonde is Forest her oldest brother. He certainly doesn’t seem to get the giant gene like Jaden and Caden did. He is slender and slightly muscled. The other two guys must be Max and Cody the in laws. And the little boy would be Jessica’s boy Jason. I haven’t had much experience with kids so I didn’t take much interest in them.

Before long every male in the house ended up in the living room watching the game. Mr. Harper kept giving me weird looks and I seriously can’t tell you what that was about. I hope he doesn’t know about his daughter and I.

Now I find myself sitting at this huge mahogany table in the dining room, which I might add sits about twelve which is one more than we need. I got seated across from Teagan which is fine by me. I can look at her all night. Then of course I had to sit in between the twins who aren’t even talking to each other now. The tension between those two is coming off in waves and I really don’t like being in the middle of it.

“So Declan what are your plans for after college?” Mr. Harper asks me from the head of the table.

“I plan on being a lawyer sir.” I tell him hoping that is a good enough answer. Though I have no idea why I’m the one being questioned.

“That’s a good profession to go into. How serious are you about it?”

“I have wanted to be a lawyer for a while now sir. I want to work in the district attorney’s office and help out those who can’t afford a high paid one.”