A pair of soft, warm lips kissing at my neck was what caused me to flutter my eyes open and awake.

Ashton's body was hovered over mine and I let a hand go to his hair as he continued to nip at the skin of my neck.

I let out a content sigh as he dragged his lips down my body until he reached the place I needed him the most, this sending us off on another trip to euphoria in the light of the early sun.

After our early morning love making session we both laid in the bed, basking in the afterglow and trying to settle our racing heart beats.

"I'm going to go take a shower." I said, knowing I had to get up and I couldn't go downstairs with the scent of sex on me.

"Okay." Ashton smiled dreamily at me and reached out to touch my arm as I wrapped the bed sheet around my bare body.

I made my way to the bathroom with wobbly legs and started the shower, dropping the sheet on the floor and getting under the water.

As I was washing off I heard the bathroom door bang open and Ender walked in.

"Car, don't use all the hot water."

"I won't, now get out." I scolded him.

"Why is the sheet on the floor?" He asked.

"Because." I replied, not knowing what to say. "Get out please."

"But-"

"Ender, get out!" I yelled at him and suddenly I heard Gracie's little voice.

"Where's Mommy?" She asked.

"In the shower." Ender answered and now very annoyed, I pulled back the shower curtain so I could poke my head out.

"Seriously? Get out." I told the both of them.

"What's going on here?" Ashton's voice resonated through the bathroom next causing me to groan. Thankfully he was wearing boxers.

"Why are you all sweaty?" Ender asked and I knew what was about to happen next. "Wait, did you two have sex?"

"Oh my God, Ender!" I shouted, completely mortified.

"We are not talking about this." Ashton said.

"That means you did! You two had sex!" Ender gasped and I dropped my head into my hands.

"Sex?" Gracie asked and my head snapped up, my jaw dropping.

"Okay, both of you out of the bathroom. Now." Ashton led them out and closed the door.

Leaning my head against the bathroom wall I let out a groan. This was not the conversation I wanted to have with my brother at six in the morning.

I finished my shower and then Ashton took one while I got dressed. Downstairs I started the coffee and carried Gracie around the kitchen, her dozing off for a few more minutes.

Ashton and Ender came downstairs, taking seats next to each other at the bar.

"So did you guys have sex or not?" Ender asked and I smacked the spatula I had in my hand down on the counter.

"Can you stop talking about that please?" I snapped at him.

"What's sex?" Gracie asked and I turned my head to her.

"Don't say that word Gracie." I scolded her and she nodded her little head.

"Sex is-" Ender began and Ashton quickly clapped a hand over his mouth.

"Nope." Ashton shook his head. "Nope."

Rolling his eyes, Ender finished his breakfast and then ran upstairs to finish getting ready.

"Is it already time for me to have the talk with him, we should still have a few years right?" Ashton asked me.

"I don't know. Google it?" I shrugged and so did he.

Finally we got Ender to school and then Ashton took us back home where Gracie proceeded to show me all of the toys Ashton had bought her yesterday.

He had purchased enough things to keep her entertained till Christmas.

"That little girl is spoiled rotten." I said and Ashton's arms came up behind me, holding me to him.

"Aw." He kissed my cheek. "I can spoil you too. Do you want me to take you to the store and get you a doll as well?"

"No. You being you is enough for me." I turned around so I could kiss him and he let out a cute laugh.

I decided to spend my day off by spending as much time as possible with Ashton and Gracie because I felt a little guilty for not spending my day with them yesterday.

We started off by playing with Gracie's new toys for a long time, and then after lunch I set Gracie on the counter to help me make a batch of cookies.

I was helping her mix the dough when I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned only to have Ashton swipe a line of flour down my nose.

"Really?" I asked as he and Gracie both burst into laughter and he took a picture of my face.

"Just for that, you don't get any cookies." I stuck my tongue out at him.

"That's okay, I'll get my dessert in a different way." He winked and I gasped, smacking his arm for making a sexual innuendo in front of Gracie.

"You're horrible." I shook my head but he just pressed a few kisses to my face with a large grin.

"You love me though." He nuzzled his face into my neck.

"I know." I smiled and he let me go so he could help me and Gracie finish getting the cookies baked.

I thought Ender would love the surprise treat when he arrived home from practice, and he did, devouring half the plate before dinner.

The rest of the night went by smoothly as I fell asleep happily in Ashton's arms, his lips brushing against my skin being my ultimate demise into unconsciousness.

In the morning I was in another rush to get ready for the practice today. Packing my duffel with clothes and my shoes.

Ashton was taking care of Gracie again and they were going to wash his jeep and then Ashton had some work to do for the band.

Running upstairs I went to grab my toothbrush and toothpaste when I noticed my makeup bag open on the counter, and I hadn't used makeup today.

Then I knew what had happened.

"Parker Grace!" I called, my voice resonating through the house until her little feet arrived at the bathroom door, lipgloss, mascara, and concealer all over her face.

I folded my arms across my chest and gave her a cross look.

"Did you get into my makeup bag?" I asked her and she sheepishly nodded, her face in a pout.

"Gracie, you can't get into Mommy's things. No more make up." I told her and she nodded.

"Are you going to get into my make up again?" I checked and she shook her head no.

"Good girl. Now let's clean you up." I set her on the counter and was getting a wash rag wet so I could wipe off the makeup when Ashton walked in.

"Woah, what happened here?" He asked.

"Someone got into my makeup bag." I responded.

"Ah." He nodded. "Wait, let me get a picture."

He took a picture of me wiping the makeup off her face and then reminded her not to do that again.

Once she was all cleaned up and smiling again, I finished getting ready and then we all headed out to the jeep.

"Hey, so when are we going to go on our date?" Ashton asked me as we drove to the school.

"What about tomorrow night? I'll call Ari later and see if she can watch the kids." I suggested.

"Sounds great." He smiled, reaching across the front seat to take my hand.

When we pulled up to the school he got out to hug and kiss me goodbye and then he and Gracie left to get their day started.

I walked with Ender into the school and dropped him off at his class before heading to the athletic building.

"Hey Chase, heard you worked those boys pretty hard Tuesday." Coach Robin said as he saw me walk in.

"Yes Sir." I smiled.

"Keep it up. I want to see improvement." He saluted me and I nodded, making my way to the girls locker room.

I dropped off my bag and then loaded up the equipment cart with what I needed and rolled it outside.

I went back in to change into my spandex shorts and jersey before going out to write out my drills on a white board.

Once that was done I started to set up, placing orange cones in lines and different patterns across the field.

I was setting up a passing drill when I heard a small voice.

"Mommy!" I turned to see Gracie running across the field to me and I picked her up when she reached me. Glancing up I saw Ashton following her.

"Hey Gracie, what are you doing here?" I asked her.

"We wanted to bring you lunch." Ashton said as he approached and I noticed the large brown paper bag in his hand.

"That was so sweet of you, thank you." I smiled up happily and kissed Ashton's lips.

I led them over to the bleachers where he pulled out two salads for he and I, and then a box of chicken nuggets for Gracie.

"So did you help Daddy wash his car?" I asked Gracie and she nodded excitedly.

"She sprayed me with the water hose!" Ashton exclaimed and I laughed.

"Good job." I gave Gracie a high-five and Ashton rolled his eyes playfully at us.

"What else did you guys do?" I asked.

"We took Bear on a long walk and I got some emails done, so we thought it would be fun to bring you lunch and then stay for the practice if that's okay with you?" Ashton said.

"Sure that's fine with me, but I'm going to be working."

"I know. I like watching you work, you're really passionate about it." He gave me a dimpled smile.

"Just like you and the band." I matched his expression and he reached out to take my hand in his.

After we had eaten lunch, Gracie tried to help me set up cones which was really cute, and then Ashton got her doll that she'd brought with her from his jeep and set her up in the stands so she could play and not get in the way.

I slipped off my jersey as I began to stretch, leaving me in just my sports bra and workout shorts, Ashton clearing his throat behind me.

"Shut up." I laughed and he just grinned while I finished warming my self up.

Once I was done I put back on my shirt and stood by Ashton while I waited for the team.

"So tomorrow night, is there anything special you want to do?" He asked me.

"I just want to know more about you and the band." I replied and he nodded.

"I can make that happen."

"Good."I beamed up at him.

"You know what else I can make happen?" He asked, a slight hinting in his voice?

"What?" I asked, playing dumb.

"This." He answered and connected his lips to mine.

Smiling into the kiss I brought a hand up to rest on his cheek while the other went to tangle itself in his hair.

We took a breath before he deepened the kiss, his tongue swiping against mine in the most sinful of ways. His hands came up to cradle my face and my body leaned into his.

Our lips glided gracefully between each others as we made out on the edge of the soccer field. His hand left my face, sliding down to the bottom of my jersey and underneath the fabric, fingers running over the skin of my abdomen.

I was so entirely lost in the feeling of his lips on mine that I didn't notice the entire team walking out of the locker rooms.

Suddenly I heard cat call whistles and Ashton and I both began to laugh, our mouths regrettably parting.

I glanced to my right to see the team walking towards us

"I've gotta go." I poked out my bottom lip in a pout and he smiled before ducking back in to pull my pouting lip in between his for another kiss.

"I love you." He said, rubbing his nose against mine.

"I love you too." I smiled up at him and dropped my hand from his face so I could walk away but a flash of silver caught my eye.

"Oh, wait! Ash, hold onto my rings." I said as I slid them off my fingers and placed them in his hand.

"Why are you taking off your engagement ring?" He questioned me.

"Because I don't want it to get broken or lost, it's special to me." I gave him a half sided smile and he placed the rings into his pockets.

"But how will they know that you're taken?" He asked me with a playful little frown.

Quickly I stood up on my tiptoes and locked my lips to his for a kiss that would show anyone in the world that I was taken and loved by the most amazing man in the world.

My head leaned back as he pressed forward and I started to laugh when a smile came to my lips.

"I think they'll know." I smirked and he chuckled.

"Alright, good luck." He pressed one more kiss to my lips and then let me go so he could walk back to the stands where Gracie was.

My cheeks were blazing as the boys approached, all of them giving me smirks and smug looks.

"Okay." I said more to myself to calm myself down from my heated kiss with Ashton.

I made my way to the metal bench and stood up on it, the guys gathering around. I saw Wyatt and he waved at me.

"Well I hope Tuesday made you realise I'm not here to mess around. Speaking of which number 15, how did clean up go?" I called out to the boys and then directed my look to Collin who rolled his eyes as a few of the other guys laughed.

"Anyways, let's start warmup I want five sets of lunges, twenty push-ups, twenty sit-ups, and like Tuesday if you wimp out I'll make you do it again, go!" I clapped my hands and they spread out to start their warm ups.

"Number 20, do it again!" I yelled at a boy who did a little baby push up and he groaned.

Once they were done they huddled back around me and I explained the passing drills I wanted them to do and set them off on rotations.

"18, you're using your heel when you pass, use more of the middle to toe part of the side of your foot."

I went around making the corrections and changes I wanted.

"Okay, goalies, let's hope you've improved since Tuesday!" I called out and Wyatt and another boy named Jordan jogged up to the goal.

Wyatt went first and I positioned myself in front of the ball and kicked it into the goal, grazing the top of his fingers when he went to block it.

"Getting better but not good enough!" I called and kicked again.

He managed to block four out of the ten times I kicked and I could tell he was starting to take my advice.

Jordan, however, sucked. I would need to work with him more.

"Okay, go get some water and we'll finish off practice with a scrimmage, shirts and skins, same team as last time." I called out and they went to get water while I took a swig from my own water bottle and then slipped off my jersey.

The bruise was mostly gone but still a bit visible on my tanned stomach and Wyatt took notice.

"Nice bruise." He nodded with a lopsided grin.

"Should've seen it on Tuesday." I laughed and he joined in before running off to his place at the goal.

As we started the scrimmage I noticed the shirts team that consequently had Collin on it was being pretty rough. I got slammed into from the side five times in four minutes, causing me to fall to the ground each time which only pissed me off and I shouted at everyone to stop what they were doing.

"Hey! This isn't a tackling sport, back off!" I yelled and they retreated from touching me for a bit allowing me to score a few goals.

I was on my way to make another one when out of the corner of my eye I saw Collin running my way with a vengeance.

I passed the ball to one of my teammates right before Collin crashed into me, his hands at my sides as he fell down on top of me, knocking the air from my lungs.

I shoved him off of me, beyond angry, and got on my feet.

"You want to play rough?! Fine. Let's play." I growled at him and marched off back to my team.

I glanced up at the stands and saw Ashton watching me with a pensive look, he knew I was pissed.

We started up again and this time I didn't hold back. When I saw anyone on the shirts team come towards me I quickly darted out of their way and circled back around them to hit them from the side, knocking them over like they had done to me.

They seemed to figure out that I was angry and backed off, my team ultimately winning the game.

Wyatt came up to high-five me when we won and I faintly smiled before making my way to the bench, the guys gathering around.

"You've improved but not enough. I want to see progress tomorrow do you understand? Skins, you can clean up the field. Shirts, five laps just because you pissed me off." I jutted my chin at them and they started to whine, but Collin and his friends that had purposefully been knocking into me looked mad.

"Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean you can push me around. I'm here because you need my help, so get over the fact that a girl is better than you and work hard to prove to me that you actually belong on this team." I said and a few of them nodded.

"Now go, and gather back around when you're done."

I stood there watching them clean up and run their laps, trying to calm myself down.

Once they gathered back around me I sighed.

"Okay, I know what you guys need to work on, but is there anything you feel like you want to practice so I can put it on the schedule for tomorrow?" I asked.

"Passing." One of the guys raised his hand and said.

"Already on my list. Anything else?"

"Offence needs new plays." Another boy called out.

"Okay." I nodded and made a mental note.

"Any more?" I asked and didn't get response. "Alright, then we're done for today. See you guys tomorrow."

I had just jumped down from the bench and the team started to talk amongst themselves when I heard Gracie's voice calling out to me.

"Mommy!" She beamed as she ran towards me and hugged my legs.

"Hey baby girl." I gasped playfully as she squeezed my calves.

The boys around me stopped to look at the spectacle, most of them with wide eyes.

"You're a mom?" Jordan asked me, looking up and down my body and gawking. "Damn, you're fit."

"I'm not her biological mom, she passed away a few months ago so Gracie is now mine."

They nodded in understanding.

"Okay enough about my personal life, go shower." I laughed and the guys gave me and Gracie smiles as they walked past me to the locker rooms; the moment they were gone my face went back into a frown.

Ashton appeared at my side and placed a hand on my shoulder.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Nope." I answered and moved to grab my things.

"Are you hurt, they hit you pretty hard out there?"

"I'm fine. Im just pissed." I replied. "Let me go shower and calm down." I pressed a kiss to his jaw and began to walk off when he stopped me.

"Wait, don't forget these." He pulled me back to him and slid my engagement and promise ring back on my fingers. Then he moved down and pressed a sweet kiss to my lips.

"Thank you." I smiled partially and then made my way to the showers to clean up.

Once I was dressed I slung my duffel over my shoulder and walked out at the same time as Wyatt again.

"You looked pretty pissed out there. You good?"

"Fine." I sighed.

"The rest of the team didn't believe me when I told them you were engaged. And they didn't believe he was famous either, I had to google him to prove it."

I let out a laugh.

"You broke a few hearts today, some of the guys had a thing for you, that's why they were acting up." He explained.

"So first they have a crush on me and when they find out I'm taken they throw me to the ground like a rag doll, that makes perfect sense." I said sarcastically and Wyatt laughed.

"Hey what are you doing tomorrow night?" He changed the subject.

"I have a date with Ashton." I answered.

"Well the team is having a party at my place of you want to drop by." He offered.

"Thanks, but I don't think I should be seen at a party if I'm coaching you, and besides I don't party."

"If you change your mind just know you're invited." He smiled.

I nodded and then turned the corner to find Ashton waiting for me.

"See you tomorrow." Wyatt waved at me and walked off while I waved back and then went straight for Ashton's arms.

"Come here, love." He pulled me into his embrace and I rested my head against his chest.

"I'm so angry." I sighed.

"I know. How about we go get dinner and then we can go home and you can relax." He pet my hair.

"Okay." I mumbled and he ducked down to kiss my lips.

"I love you." He murmured.

"I love you too." I said back softly and then proceeded to get into the jeep where Gracie and Ender were already in the back seat.

Ashton drove to the Chinese restaurant on Main Street and we ate there before he took us home, my physical and mental state sagging.

"Go lay down, I'll take care of Gracie and Ender tonight." He said and I nodded, not even going to argue with him.

I trudged upstairs and collapsed onto my bed, closing my eyes.

Practice had been miserable. Most of those boys didn't respect me, and their tackling of me today had really taken it out on my body. My sides felt sore and every time I inhaled I wanted to cry. I hoped tomorrow would be better because I didn't know if I could handle another day like today.

Yes I wanted this job, but if I was going to be disrespected like I had been every day then it wasn't worth it.

I heard Gracie's joyful little squeals and Ashton's laughs as he gave her her bath and I smiled to myself. I really was extremely lucky to have him.

About ten minutes later I heard noises outside my open bedroom door and opened my eyes to see Gracie, Ashton, and Ender walking in.

"We brought you some tea." Ender said and gave me a smile, setting the steaming mug on the nightstand.

"Thank you." I smiled at him, sitting up.

Next Gracie climbed up on my bed and wiggled her way into my arms.

"I love you mommy." She beamed up happily at me in her purple onesie and hugged me.

"I love you too Gracie." I hugged her back and I felt a few tears come to my eyes. I was extremely emotional at the moment and the kids kindness towards me made me incredibly happy, even though I knew Ashton had probably put them up to it.

Ender got in the bed to sit next to me and I leaned my head on his.

"Babe, do you need anything?" Ashton asked sweetly.

"A pain pill would be great." I looked up at him and he nodded, going back downstairs and bringing me up a pill and a glass of water.

I swallowed it and then watched as Ashton climbed into the bed too.

Gracie curled up, using me as a body pillow as I scooted down in the bed to get comfortable. Ender moved to my side as well, cuddling himself in.

Ashton moved closer to us so he could reach his arm across all three of us, and began to stroke the skin of my arm with his fingers.

Gracie eventually fell asleep against my chest and I followed soon after; tired, in pain, but feeling completely loved.

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