- When They Have An Impromptu Get-Together -

Nina

"Hello hello!"

We whip our heads up when he hear Ginger; Elena's sister slash Lucien's receptionist burst into the apartment like she owned the place with a key in her hands, followed by what looked like a lovesick version of Lucien's friend JT.

Lucien takes one look at her and yells out in outrage, "For fuck sake, people! I gave you those keys for emergencies. Does no one here know the meaning of the word emergency!?"

The gang visibly shrinks back into their seats and looks at him with big, round innocent eyes and start passing up some comments about how maybe it was Lucien's time of the man-th.

Poke the hungry bear with a pointy stick, will ya?

Lucien, hearing those comments; transforms into a red version of himself and turns towards me; grabs my arms and lifts me up like I was a teddy bear and shoves his face into my neck and inhales deeply, as if trying to control his anger.

And like any good teddy bear would do, I wrap my hands around his shoulders and rub my cheek against his soft hair and coo happily, "Ah le le, hunny! Come to Mama!"

I feel Lucien's lip curve into a grin against my skin while the boys snicker at us and the girls burst into fits of giggles.

Well, then.

Lucien sighs out loud and drops backwards, plopping himself down on the couch with me - still in his arms and places me sideways over his lap; hugging me closer while I make myself comfortable and press my cheek against his shoulder; sighing happily.

"So Lev, are you gonna sit there and look pretty or are you gonna finally tell me what the fuck is everyone doing here or do you need me to spell it out for you? And while I'm doing that why don't I change your diaper too?" Lucien asks sarcastically, looking at his older brother with a soft mischievous look in his face.

Levi, unfazed my his comment just rolls his eyes and flips him the bird making Lucien's chest vibrate against me as he chuckles.

I elbow him over his hard abs making him let out a fake cry as he looks down at me and grunts with a deadpanned expression, "Gee, baby. That hurts so bad. You're gonna make me cry."

I roll my eyes and hiss out, glaring up into his humour filled eyes, "Be nice to your brother, you potato!"

He raises his eyebrow in amusement and reminds me, looking at me pointedly, "You call your brother 'Poophead'."

I blink twice and flush as he looks at me amused making me huff out and I cross my arms over my chest, "Just so you know I call him that in the nicest way possible."

"Mmh hmm. I totally believe you."

He so did not believe me.

He just wraps one arm around my shoulder and pulls me closer so that my cheek rested back against his shoulder blade.

I huff out loud and try to push away from him but to no avail because of his giant arm holding me closer, "Just so you know I'm tots thinking about murdering you in your sleep tonight."

He chuckles and dips his face closer and whispers softly so that only I could hear him, "You could try. But just so you know, I sleep with a pair of handcuffs under my pillow. So gorgeous, unless you wanna be bound and tied up underneath me, while I do dirty things to your body, much filthier than your filthiest fantasy..." His lips skim my ears and I feel him smirk against my skin, "I'm all game, baby."

I shudder against his hold making him grin at me as I blush furiously; squirming at the same time, looking up at him with a dazed look on my face.

"Don't know what he said but damn darlin', that blush looks so fuckin' enticing. I could just devour those sweet cheeks." JT flirts, looking at us with a lazy grin to which Lucien responds with a thunderous growl.

He frickin' growls.

Ginger rolls her eyes but I could see her eyes register pain at his words before she blinks and her eyes turn blank.

Damn.

She raises her hand towards JT with a menacing look on her face and pinches his nipple. Hard.

"Ow! Motherfu-" He cuts himself off and groans in pain, placing his hand over his throbbing skin and rubbing it slowly.

Just as Ginger opens her mouth to yell profanities at him; Lucien beats her to it by looking at JT with a serious look and murmuring in a threatening low voice, "No disrespect, man. I get you. I do. But that doesn't mean I have to like it. I know my woman's beautiful and any man would consider himself lucky if she even breathes his way. But you have to know that she's mine. Just like I'm hers. And therefore, as her man - I would hate it for her to be embarrassed for being herself and for havin' those sweet cheeks turnin' pink just 'cause I'm near her. And by pointin' it out, you're not only makin' her feel embarrassed but right now; you're makin' Ginger too. I don't know what's goin' on between you two; but you have to know you don't disrespect any woman like that by complimentin' other woman right in front of her. Ginger might not say anything about it and might easily brush it of like a joke; but we both know how much it hurts a woman to see her man do what you just did. You better hope for yourself that there won't be a next time. Because friend or not - I'll make you regret it. You hear?"

The crowd falls silent at Lucien's low voice and I look around to see everyone gaping up at Lucien in awe while Levi just stares at his brother with a proud grin and catches my eye, winking at me making me smile back.

Rachel starts fanning her cheeks; currently drooling over Lucien's badass words and sighing out dreamily, "Wowee wowee wowee!"

My woman's beautiful...

She's mine. Just like I'm hers...

As her man I would hate it for her to be embarrassed...

I suck in a deep breath and exhale slowly, tipping my head up to look at him. My hand curls itself around his; entwining them together as my thumb softly traces the back of his hand; caressing his skin softly.

Leaning closer to him, I brush my lips against his jaw and whisper against his skin, "You just might be everything I've ever needed in a man."

His hand spasms against mine as he inhales sharply; his eyes flaring as he looks down at me; staring at me for a beat and I see his features softening and a flicker of emotion passes through his eyes.

I flush under his gaze and immediately blurt out, "Although FYI, you calling me a woman instead of a girl is totally doing some major stuff to my ego right now."

I look up at him to see the corners of his lips quirking and he leans down and kisses my cheek; making me flush harder.

"Uh hum." Levi clears his throat out loud and looks at Lucien and I pointedly with a look that said, 'Behave, you horny monkeys!' making me dip my chin in embarrassment as I try to bury myself deeper against Lucien making him chuckle at my expense.

"On that note!" Elena starts, directing her narrowed eyes at Ginger and JT where they were cuddling with each other and whispering amongst themselves (Probably JT apologizing to her and Ginger giving him the much needed attitude) and continues, "When did you and JT become so cuddly-cuddly-coo-coo with each other?"

Ginger scratches the back of her neck and looks at her sister with a sheepish look on her face, "Um... last Friday?"

Uh oh.

"Last Friday!?" Elena yells out in her pregnant woman outrage, "Last frickin' Friday!? And I'm only learning about this now!?"

Ginger winces at her expression and shrinks back into her seat making Elena's expression soften before she asks quietly, "What the hell happened? I need the deets."

Ginger and JT catch each other's eye and give one another a nod before Ginger starts, "You know how I'm in love with JT for like ten years and I've been bitter towards him lately because I thought he didn't reciprocate my feelings?"

Whoa.

I tip my head up to look at Lucien and whisper to him in a hushed voice, "You know about this?"

Lucien looks down at me and nods; pulling me closer so that he could place his cheek against my hair as I feel him inhale deeply, "She has had hots for him since she was a freshman."

Ouch. That's a very long time.

I shift closer and curl my fingers against his tee over his pec and whisper, "Ten years? He sure be worth it."

Lucien grunts in agreement and gives me a squeeze; kissing the top of my head as I sigh dreamily against him.

"So anyway..." Ginger clears her throat and continues, "Last Friday I thought, 'Fuck it'. I've wasted ten frickin' years pinning on him and getting nowhere... I just... wanted it to be over. I realized the only thing I can do is move on. So when Danny asked me out; I said yes."

"Danny?" Elena looks at her sister in confusion just as Levi hooks his arm around her shoulder making her grin at him happily.

Ginger smiles shyly and mumbles, "From the office. An intern."

I suddenly sit up and look at Ginger with wide excited eyes, "You mean, Daniel Garcia?"

She nods and mumbles a soft 'Yeah'.

I grin at her, raising my thumbs up, "Atta girl! He's so cute! Plus I hear that he has a wicked sense of humour and everyone at the office says that he's da bomb!"

I feel Lucien tense against me making me turn to look at him to see him staring at me with narrowed eyes as he grits, "He's... cute?"

Hoo boy.

Someone's testy.

"Yes, he's cute. You gotta problem with that?" I stare back at him with narrowed eyes placing my hands over my hips.

I hear a few uh oh's from the guys while Rachel - the supporting bestie she is; yells out, 'You tell him, girl!'

Lucien places his hand over the nape of my neck and pulls my face closer to his and grunts, "Tell me I'm cuter."

I do a slow blink and squint my eyes at him and grumble with attitude, "Oh! So now you wanna be cute? You clearly didn't seem to get the memo when I called you cute before like seven hundred thirty thousand times to which - your reply; every frickin' time was, 'I'm not cute, woman! I'm sexy!' So no way, no how, buddy boy! Now you don't get be called cute just because you're jelly. It doesn't work that way!"

I hear a chuckle from the crowd at my retort making me puff out my chest in approval and I give myself a mental pat on the back.

Lucien blinks down at me and I see his lip twitch, the corners of his eyes crinkling, "Seven hundred thirty thousand times?"

"Hmph." I nod firmly, bobbing my head up and down; still looking at him with narrowed eyes.

His lips quirks into a grin when he asks further, amusement flickering in his eyes, "Jelly?"

I roll my eyes and mumble, pointing out helpfully, "It's a slang for jealous."

"Buddy boy?"

I huff out loud at his humour filled tone and grumble, "Words just flow out of my mouth when someone annoys me real bad."

"Ah." He replies and sits back, grinning widely at me, "You're so fuckin' cute when you're annoyed at me."

Damn.

I sigh out loud before turning to look up at the ceiling, grunting out, "Seriously, big guy? Out of billion males on the planet, you just had to hand me the one who finds my annoyance cute."

I look back at Lucien and harrumph in annoyance before slumping my shoulders down and burying my face against his throat in defeat; making him tighten his hands around me.

"Anyhoo!" Ginger yells out, getting our attention back and continues, "JT somehow found out about my date and barged into the restaurant; picked me up like a caveman and took me to his apartment where we professed our love to each other and then we banged."

As if on cue, we all blink at the couple who were smiling their cat-got-its-cream smile at each other making everyone in the room fake gag at them.

"And guess what?" Ginger grins, looking around the room with a mischievous smile, "Apparently I give a really good head." She reaches behind her and pats herself on her back.

Lucien and Levi immediately start choking on their breath; looking way too green to be healthy as if they could puke any time now.

Elena's eyes brighten as she looks at her sister excitedly, "Oh! Did you do that trick where you take him in your mouth and hum a random tune?"

Ginger nods her head enthusiastically and grins at the crowd.

Levi voice comes out more as a groan as he grumbles, "Can everyone please stop talking about blowjobs!?"

Lucien, JT and Colton grunt in agreement, crossing their arms over their chest and looking at the girls pointedly like they'd rather face a shark than witness this conversation right now.

I ignore them and look at Elena, "Seriously? Humming works? I thought only fictional men liked it." I feel someone's gaze on the back of my head making me turn back to see Lucien staring at me with angry narrowed eyes.

"What?" I look at him and grumble, "I have a right to be curious." I look back the crowd and wave my hand excitedly and squeak out, "Tell me more!"

I hear the guys groan out loud as if in pain and roll their head to the back of their seat; just as Elena mumbles, "Apparently when you hum with him in your mouth; the vibrations assaults his dingaling and it feels really good; like sending-him-over-the-edge good." She looks at me with wide eyes showing just how serious she was.

"Mmh." I hum in agreement and make a thinking face; trying to recall any more of such tricks that could turn a guy on to oblivion.

"Can we please please fuckin' change the topic?" Lucien grumbles, looking at us pleadingly and scrunches up his nose prettily and shudders against me.

Waving her hand at Lucien dismissively, Rachel sits up and chirps cheerfully, "What about swallowing?"

I see the guys cover their faces with their hands and shake their head and on cue, look up at the ceiling with a 'Why God why!?' expression on their faces.

I look at her, furrow in my eyebrows together and ask curiously, "What about it?"

She sighs out loud and mumbles, "I'm not talking about swallowing after the fact; I'm talking about doing it before."

"Huh?" I stare at her in confusion.

Ginger leans forward and looks at me with an expression like she was a thousand year old man with a thirty foot long beard sitting atop a mountain covered in snow and fog, "I think what Rachel actually means to say is - she's not talking about swallowing the mustard. She's talking about swallowing the tip of the hot dog."

I vaguely hear one of the guys grunt out, "Kill me, fuckin' kill me now!"

"Ah!" I mumble, sitting back and snuggling against a stiff Lucien and mumble, "I totally get it now."

Elena, Rachel and Ginger look at me and grin a Cheshire cat smile; making me grin widely back at them.

"Humming and swallowing." I sit back and whisper to myself trying to imprint it in my memory.

"Fuck, baby. You're killin' me right now." Lucien grunts under his breath as I distinctly feel his excitement poking my bum and I flush profusely.

"What did I do?" I squeak out; wiggling against him at the same time trying to control my blush.

He places his hands over my hips and holds me tightly making me stop my wiggling and grumbles under his breath, "What didn't you do?"

Before I could comment on it, JT sighs out, "Is it just me or is everyone else wondering why we are having this emergency get-together here today?"

Oh. Good point.

"Right." Levi starts, clearing his throat and continues, "Like I said, we have some news." He looks down at Elena and entwines their hands together.

Turning back to look at the crowd, Levi murmurs, "Since Elena's due date is in two weeks, we went to the gyno to see if everything's okay."

His lips tips up into a soft smile as he continues, "Turns out Baby B was hiding behind Baby A this whole time."

We all blink at them in confusion before the realization hits us and we let out our "Woo-hoo", "You deserve it, man!" and Rachel's "Wowee wowee wowee!"

Lucien's hands tightens around me making me look up at him to see him staring at the happy couple with a content look on his face just as he catches his brother's eye and gives him silent chin lift; a badass way of saying, "I'm happy for you".

Levi turns to look at me as I grin widely at him and give him a "I'm tots ready to babysit any time you guys wanna hump each other like monkeys!" look; making Levi grin back at me, his eyes twinkling with humour.

"So... another boy or a baby girl?" Rachel asks, smiling at the couple just as the hoots and whistles dies down.

Elena smiles and answers, rubbing her swollen stomach with a happy smile, "Boy. Two boys."

Ginger leans forward and shoots Elena a pleading look, batting her eyelashes, "Now that your due date is just two weeks away; can you please finally tell me the name of my future nephew?"

"Nuh uh!" Elena huffs out at her sister, "You're gonna have to wait till they're born."

"Oh! Boo!" Ginger boos, pouting prettily before sitting up straight and looking at Elena with squinty eyes, "You know what? I dare you to tell me his name."

Elena rolls her eyes, "You do realize we're definitely not playing Truth and Dare right now."

"Why not?" Ginger look around the crowd and hollers, "Everybody! Get your butts on the floor! We're playing Truth and Dare!"

"Is it really necessary to sit on the floor?" Rachel grumbles, looking way too lazy to even lift up her bum from the couch.

"No, it's not necessary." Ginger shakes her head and makes a thinking face, "I guess, it just feel more authentic to sit on the floor while playing the game."

Everyone grumbles under their breath but oblige and perch their bottom on the floor making a circle except Elena who was still sitting on the couch because if she sat on the floor; I'm pretty sure with her fat belly she won't be able to stand back up.

I gasp out loud when two large hands grab my hips and lifts me up; as Lucien drops me into his lap and hugs me closer with his chest to my back and places his chin over my shoulder and wraps his arms around my waist; sighing happily.

That sneaky bum.

Ginger looks at Lucien with narrowed eyes and orders, "Coop! Bring me a bottle of tequila from your kitchen." Giving the crowd a mischievous grin, she continues, "Let's make this interesting, shall we?"

"No, wait!" Elena yells out just as Lucien was about to get up and grins her Cruella de Vil grin, "Instead of tequila, anyone who doesn't answer the truth or completes the dare will have to drink this!"

She opens her purse and takes out a bottle of green liquid and announces, "This, right here, is the healthy mixture of broccoli, horse radish, funyuns, vinegar, basil leaves and celery."

On cue, everyone slam their hands over their mouth and make a gagging sound; shuddering in disgust.

I don't wanna play this game any more.

Lucien's hands squeezes mine as if he could read my mind and he places a reassuring kiss on my neck making me relax against him.

"Fine! You wanna do this? Let's do this!" Ginger declares looking at her sister then back at Levi, "Let's start with Levi, shall we?"

She narrows her eyes at Levi and challenges, "I dare you to tell me the name you've decided for my future nephew!"

Levi blinks twice and looks at the green liquid and then back at Ginger and repeats it a few times, "Um... I don't think I can."

"Why not?"

"Pooh. So busted." Elena sighs out loud in defeat before murmuring, "'Cause we still haven't decided on a name yet."

"I knew it!" Ginger proclaims, pointing her index finger at her sister.

"You know nothing, Jon Snow!" Elena proclaims back with a deep accent; terribly failing at trying to mimic Ygritte from Game Of Thrones.

Hee hee.

Sighing out loud, she continues, "I always thought, I would be one of those parents who'll have everything figured out. And when I didn't... I guess I didn't want you to find out."

Ginger's eyes softens and she asks around, "You surely have some backup names right?"

Levi bobs his head in a firm nod and mumbles, "A few."

Elena smiles and murmurs, "My first choice was Bonham. It sounds so suave. Like he'll grow up to become a hot professor or something."

The girls hum in approval and turn to look at Levi who looks around and says, "I was thinking Knox. It sounds badass."

That's when the guys grunt in agreement.

"Ooh ooh ooh!" Ginger yells out, "If you're naming one of them Knox; why not name the other Fort!?"

I blink twice and look at her wryly, "Um Genie? Do you seriously want them to name their kids Fort Knox?"

"Why not?" Ginger says defensively, "I have a friend who named her baby girl Vera and baby boy Aloe."

"Aloe Vera!?" Rachel sputters, "Seriously!? Who does that kind of shit?"

"I know, right?" Elena mumbles, rolling her eyes, "It's like they give birth to their child and then be like 'Hey! Why don't I smoke a doobie before naming my kid so that he'll live a lifetime being embarrassed of his own name!'"

I giggle softly hearing everyone chuckle at the same time as I lean back against Lucien and wrap my hand around his wrist which were resting over my stomach and I hear him grunt in approval.

"Bonham and Knox. Do you have more?" I ask, looking in the general direction of Levi and Elena.

Levi bobs his head and tips his thumb over to his fiancée and says, "Elena's pretty keen on naming him Isaac."

Elena nods enthusiastically, her eyes shining brightly, "It is a pretty good name."

Levi snorts and rolls his eyes, "She just thinks that because she believes naming our kid after Isaac Newton will automatically make him a genius prodigy."

"It could happen!" She yells at him, crossing her arms over her chest.

I hear Lucien chuckle before he quietly asks from behind me "Is there a name that you both agree on?"

Mmh. That's a good question.

Elena smiles softly and nods, "It's a pretty common name but it's the only one that we both like. Alexander."

I feel Lucien's arms convulse against me and I feel him stiffen because I knew the name meant great deal for him since it was kind of derivative of his own middle name. Xander.

"I like it." I whisper softly, smiling at them to show my approval.

I feel Lucien nod behind me and mumble a quiet, "Me too."

Levi looks at the gang and yells out, "Everybody! Alexander: Yay or Nay!?"

I hear all four of them yell out their 'Yay' in unison, nodding their head in affirmative.

"So Baby A is officially named Alexander Cooper!" Elena yells out, wrapping her arms around Levi's shoulder who was sitting on the floor in front of her.

"Now for Baby B..." Levi sighs looking around the crowd before his gaze turns to Colton, "How did you guys come up with your children's names?"

"Well, funny story." Colton starts, scratching the back of his head, "I made up a list of all the perfectly good names and showed it to Rachel. She crumbled the paper, threw it in my face and punched my nose and told me to stay outta it and let her handle this, because apparently she was the one who had to push the baby and hence, she was the one who got to name them."

The gang chuckles at his response and shakes their head at Colton and a sheepish looking Rachel.

Elena turns towards us and says, "So, Genie and Nina... you're my only hope. Please tell me you're like perfectly other normal girls in their twenties who have already picked up the perfect baby names."

I look at Ginger and shrug, smiling secretly and insist, "You go first."

"All right!" Ginger sighs out loud and mumbles, "Well, since my name is Ginger; I always thought I'd have kids with names like Pepper, Coco, Saffron... you know, shit like that."

Everyone looks at her with a horrified expression on their faces and almost yell out in unison, "Please don't have kids!"

"Geez, fine! No need to get all pissy!" Ginger raises her hands on surrender and turns towards me, "Your turn, pretty girl!"

Pretty girl?

Before I could question about it, I find myself cornered with seven pair of eyes trained on me.

"Fine." I huff out loud and mumble, "I just have two names. For a girl and a boy."

I feel Lucien's hands squeeze me as if telling me to hurry up because he couldn't wait to know what his future kids names were. Huh.

Well, then.

"If it was a girl..." I trail off, looking at the crowd and blushing shyly, "I'd name her Sica." Just as the name passes my lips, I feel Lucien's arms spasm around me.

"Sica?" I hear Rachel repeat the name in question.

I nod and mumble shyly, "Like Jessica. But just Sica. It sounds soft and feminine. Like I want my little princess to be."

The gang hums in approval and give me wide grins looking back at forth between Lucien and I and wiggling their eyebrows making me bite my lip to fight my smile.

"Boy?" I hear Lucien quietly whisper against my ear.

I take a deep breath and whisper, "Auden."

Elena's lips parts and she inhales sharply and her eyes widens, softly whispering back, "It's perfect."

I feel my body stiffen before I force myself to relax and smile up at her and shrug, "You can have it."

It was when I feel Lucien tense up behind me, his hand tightening around my stomach.

Elena gasps out loud in disbelief, "Really?"

I nod and smile up at her, "If you want it. It's fine, really. I have a weird brain. I'll come up with a bunch of other names without breaking a sweat."

Levi looks back at forth between Elena and me, still looking hesitant, "But it's your name." Taking a deep breath, he continues, "I may not be a woman but I know it means a lot to you. I'm not sure we can just take it away like that."

I shake my head and insist, "It's fine. The name means a lot to me. But so do you guys. Just don't forget to thank me in your will." I wink at him, teasingly.

Levi smiles back softly before looking behind me at Lucien and asking a soft, "Luke?"

I turn my head and soften my eyes shooting him a warm smile; making his green eyes roam all over my face before he answers Levi without breaking our eye contact, "It's yours. Take it."

I smile widely when I hear Elena squeak out happily and it was probably why I realized it too late when Lucien wraps his hand over the back of my neck and brings our faces closer.

Looking at me with heated, intense green eyes, he places his forehead against mine and whispers, "We're gonna have a Sica."

A gasp escapes my lips as I stare into his eyes disbelievingly, "I thought you didn't like it."

"Like what?" He whispers back, knitting his eyebrows together in confusion.

"The name."

"Why would you think that?" He murmurs quietly, his eyes studying mine.

I bite my lip and whisper softly, "'Cause I felt your hands spasm around mine and you got all tensed up."

Understanding crosses his features as he chuckles softly and dips his face, "That's 'cause the second the name left you lips; I pictured a raven haired, violet eyed princess in front of me; looking just like you; calling me Daddy and giggling in my arms."

Hot damn.

A soft gasp escapes past my lips and l stare at him wide-eyed feeling them tear up, "I... um... I... I'm scared." I blurt out, clenching my eyes shut.

I feel him kiss my forehead and softly whisper, "Me too, sweetheart."

"You are?" I peek open my eyes just as he nods and I whisper softly, "Why?"

His eyes softens as he quietly replies, "Like I said before, sweetness. You have the power to make a man feel like he has it all or make him feel like he has nothing."

I gasp out again and I feel a tingle building between my legs as I breathe out, "You're really good with words."

His lips curve into an easy, lazy grin as he replies, "I'm glad you think so."

"Sigh. They're so cute together. I remember when we were like them; all snuggly and cuddly." I hear the distinct voice of Rachel murmuring.

"Did you just actually say the word sigh?" I hear Colton snicker at her in response.

"Back off, boy-o! Mama says what she wanna say." Rachel bites out, snottily.

That's when I hear someone playing Sara Bareilles's Brave on their cell.

Say what you wanna say

And let the words fall out

Honestly, I wanna see you be brave.

I giggle when I hear Ginger siding Rachel as she bellows out, "I got yo back, sister!"

That's when I hear Levi sigh out loud and I could feel him rolling his eyes, "You both do realize that you can't talk street for shit, right?"

I hear multiple gasps as Ginger grumbles, "Dude! Just for once, can you be cool? Totally ruining my mojo here!"

I turn around just as everyone bursts out laughing at Ginger's pouty face.

"All right, people! Back to Truth and Dare." Colton yells out, slinging his arm around Rachel.

"My turn." Levi clears his throat and looks directly at JT with a smirk, "When was the last time you farted in public?"

JT smirks back and answers casually, "Fifteen minutes ago."

Everyone's stares at him before yelling out 'Boo!' and 'Gross!' and shuddering in disgust, scrunching up our noses as JT chuckles at our reactions.

JT turns to Rachel with a grin, "What's the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you in public?"

Rachel huffs out a breath and mumble, blushing hard and looking at the floor, "Colt and I went to this karaoke place near our apartment and I chose to sing Katy Perry's Peacock."

Everyone looks at her and burst out laughing making her blush harder.

She holds up her hands defensively and yells out, "I thought that song was about peacocks. It was after the song ended; Colt told me that it was actually about a girl who was desperately trying to see a guy's cock. Dear God! I sang a song describing some man's dingaling in front of fifty people!" She shudders with a horrific look on his face.

Oh my.

After the laughter dies down, I see Rachel looking at me with a mischievous grin on her face, before she looks at Lucien, "Describe the last sex dream you've had-"

Mmh. Maybe it's not too bad.

"- about Nina."

And... I spoke too soon.

I stare at her wide-eyed, my face turning redder that a fire brigade and I stare at Rachel with my iciest look to which she just wiggles her eyebrows.

"Well..." I hear Lucien drawl out, tightening his hands around me, "Let's just say it included a bottle of champagne, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, handcuffs, a mirror for a ceiling."

I feel his lips skim my ear as he rumbles out, "And a very naked Nina."

I make a squeaking sound at the back of my throat and I look around frantically, "Um... does anyone have a bottle of water? It's hot in here, isn't it?" I say, fanning my face with my hands making everyone grin at me knowingly.

Rachel passes me a bottle with a sly grin and winks at me. That hussy.

Lucien chuckles softly and turns to Ginger, "What's the worst pick-up line a guy's ever used on you?"

Ginger makes a thinking face before giggling softly and saying, "Ooh baby! Did you know you just turned my software into hardware?"

We all burst into laughter as Ginger turns towards me, "So... pretty girl! What's the naughtiest, wicked, carefree thing you've ever done in your entire life?"

"Uh..." I look around the crowd who were eagerly looking at me for an answer. I rub my face with my hands and sigh out loud, "When I was sixteen, I asked Nova; my sister to paint me like one of her French girls."

On cue, they all blink in confused before they finally realize the Titanic reference and they start gasping out loud in disbelief, "No way!"

Levi looks at me in awe, "You had your sister draw a naked portrait of you!?"

I giggle at his stupefied expression and correct him, wiggling my eyebrows, "Well, not exactly naked. I was wearing one of my grandma's sapphire necklace."

They were still staring at me with wide eyes and open jaw making me raise my hand up defensively and mumble, "Hey! It's not my fault that Titanic really inspired me."

"Um... babe?" I look at Elena who was biting her lip to fight her grin, "You might wanna check on Lucien. I don't think he's breathing."

I turn around to see that she was indeed right.

Lucien was staring at me with heavy lidded eyes, the muscle in his jaw ticking as if he could ravish me any second now.

I lean in closer to him and whisper, "How bout this? If you play your cards right... maybe someday I'll show it you."

The distinct curve of his Adam's apple bobs as he gulps audibly, his smouldering eyes flaring at my words.

Biting my lip, I look at him through my eyes lashes, "And you should know... Nova is pretty talented. And that portrait? It was pretty graphic."

He sucks in a breath and clenches his eyes shut, his body tightening against mine; his jaw clenching.

When he finally does opens his eyes his, I feel my lips part and a tingle passes through my belly seeing raw hunger reflecting in his eyes.

"Get out." Lucien rasps out in a deep gruff voice; a voice that I've never heard before, his darkened eyes looking straight into mine making me blink in confusion.

I feel my heart thud when I hear shuffling behind me and the realization hits me that the command was directed at others.

I turn around and give everyone my "Help! Don't you dare leave me alone!" face to which half of them reply with an apologetic smile while the other half wiggle their eyebrow and start twerking; glancing at me knowingly.

I gulp audibly when the door slams shut and I slow turn back around to face Lucien to see him already staring back at me with intent, heated look on his face filled with unadulterated promise.

"Um... do-"

I get interrupted when Lucien places his hand over back of my neck in a possessive gesture and rasps out quietly, "Shut it."

I immediately clamp my mouth shut and stare up at him with wide eyes, my heartbeat accelerating, the hair on my skin prickling in anticipation.

I gasp out loud when he gets up, with me still in his arms; making me wrap my hands around his shoulder for balance as he starts walking towards his bedroom with his dark eyes never leaving mine.

I let out a shaky breath when he places me back my feet and grips my chin in his hands and grunts, "Don't move."

My knees buckles and I immediately dart my eyes to the floor and give him a hesitant nod, my hands fidgeting with the ends of the flannel.

I feel him dip his head closer and place a soft kiss under my ear and whisper huskily, "Good girl."

I let out a whole body shiver and shudder against his lip making his lips curve into a smirk.

Pulling away, he tucks a strand of hair behind my ear before turning around and moving towards his dresser and lifting up a black remote and pressing a button; turning on the stereo.

I do a little jump when Pillow Talk by Zayn Malik starts playing through the speakers on the other side of the room.

Leaning his hip against the dresser, facing me, he slowly trails his eyes down my body and back up again; a lazy grin curving over his lips when he notices my cheeks flush bright red under his perusal.

Grabbing the bottle of water which was sitting on the dresser, he lifts the cap off and answers the confused look on my face I had ever since the turned on the speakers.

Grinning to himself, he whispers, "Loudspeakers. So that the neighbours won't hear your screams."

I feel my jaw drop open as he winks at me and lifts up the bottle; gulping down the liquid; making my throat parch seeing his distinct neck muscles bob under my eyes.

Placing the bottle back on the dresser, he lifts his heated eyes and starts prowling towards me; with his primal intent reflected clearly over his face.

Stopping right in front of me, he places his hand over my chest and gives me shove; making me let out a soft gasp as my back comes in contact with the soft bed.

Placing a knee on the edge of the bed, he chuckles darkly and looking down at me with his eyes reflecting raw hunger as he rasps out, "I told you, sweetheart. I warned you to stop fucking teasing me but you didn't listen."

Breaking our eye contact to whip his tee off, throwing the piece of fabric somewhere over his shoulder; he looks down at me with a sinister grin curving his lips, "Now you'll finally know what happens when my control snaps."

Gripping my ankles, he pulls me down towards him; making my knees dangle off the bed while he climbs on top of me and presses his naked chest against my clothed on, sandwiching me between his hard body and the mattress as I unknowingly let out a mewl at the feel of his warm body against mine.

He trails his lips against my jaw line, placing feather-like kisses making my toes curl inwards as I clutch onto his biceps and turn my head to the side; sighing at the barest touch of his lips and closing my eyes in bliss.

Letting out a soft cry when he sinks his teeth into the skin at the curve of my shoulder; my eyes flutters open when I hear him chuckle and rasp out, huskily through a sinister promise, "Get ready to face the consequences."

And with that, his large hand grips the fabric of my shirt over my stomach; clutching it in his palm.

And in one fluid motion...

... he rips the shirt off me and throws it towards the other side of the room.

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