“I’m not telling you to be a dictator in your relationship or telling you that you need to this minute lube up and sort Miles out good and hard, but maybe give him extra fuss, movie night cuddles in bed, stay the night and cuddle, few extra kisses before and after school, maybe give him a hoody or something with your scent to calm him, for when he gets agitated when you’re not there, you know what I’m like on a period use that information with him, all won’t apply as I don’t think he will threaten bodily harm if you steal his chocolate” he laughs at this probably remembering me chasing Trick with a baseball bat when he stole the last of my Hershey Bar at the group home after the cage, then I burst into tears hugging him that I was sorry,
“Talk to Bray, get a plan, and maybe talk to Xander too; apparently this will keep happening until he finds his third mate, and then if it’s out of control like this, he could turn feral and force you to fuck him or watch him in pain” I leave Bram with his thoughts, and I hear a whispered reply as I shut the door
“Thanks, Em, I’ll do better; I’ll make you proud, big sister.”
When I head down, I find the guys doing homework in the dining room, well, they are meant to be. Bray's phone dings, he frowns, kissing my crown on the way past, stopping as Miles comes in with a shy smile, he kisses Miles cheek and I can see Miles deflate a little, and Bray stomps off heading down the hall towards Xanders clinic room, I link my Pinky with Miles and pull him over to some spare seats, Alma smiles from the door and nods for me to sit soon arriving with two cream topped hot chocolates, we sit talking about nothing really and keeping quiet not to bother the guys.
Bray and Bram appear, and they both look sad, Bram heads straight for the chair on the other side of Miles, he plonks his homework down, kissing Miles's temple as he sits, Bray goes over and grabs his stuff from next to Kodi and heads over, I start to move as he throws his stuff in front of Miles, and then picks him up and sits back down with Miles on his lap, kissing Milesbehind his left ear where Brayden’s mate mark is.
“You should have told us, I’m sorry, little omega”, I hear him mumble into Miles’ neck, then he wiggles Miles into a better position so he can still hold him while working
“Thank you,sister,”Bram places a hand on Miles’s thigh, and I see him melt back into my twin; a small kitten purr starts as he settles.
“Uh huh,” is all the reply I can muster without laughing at Miles, which won’t help, I take mine and Miles's empty mugs to the kitchen and grab some strawberry iced tea for Miles and a Dr Pepper for me and check with Alma she doesn't need help, I’m not used to not doing EVERYTHING for myself, even my washing keeps disappearing, then appears back on the end of my bed folded. She shakes her head and tells me I’m cooking tomorrow; she shoos me out of the kitchen again.
Jace
Ember comes out of the kitchen, places Miles’ drink next to him and then turns to grab a bottle of water, even though she has a can of Dr P. before she has a chance to head back to her seat, Ren grabs her and pulls her into his lap, much like Brayden did with Miles, a few guys chuckle. Being sat next to them, I just look at her from the corner of my eye while trying to do my AP English homework. I know I’m smaller than Ren, and even Brayden is bigger than me, but I’m constantly worried one of us will hurt her; she’s so small.
“You get much done today, baby?” Ren asks her, not even pretending to do his homework, as his hands stroke over most of the parts he can reach of her, including her ass, which is nearly touching my leg. I move slightly so I can feel the pressure on my leg, fuck, big mistake, now I can feel my cock growing.
“Yes and no, I got stuck so I sketched, hopefully cooking dinner tomorrow, I can get past the mental block,” She steals a sip of Jay's can of Dr P and gets a bewildered look from him. I speak without thinking,
“You’re cooking? Why?” I hear the sneer in my voice, even though I’m more confused than it sounds; dread pools in my stomach, but settles as she answers.
“Most of my placements after they realised, I was a useless human.” There are several growls around the table, and Alma makes a pained noise; Ember just rolls her eyes.
“I would be given to the housekeeper to cook or clean, or if it was just a small family, not a pack, I was expected to do all the cooking and cleaning,” She steals another sip of Jay's drink, and he opens the other can and places it in front of her, raising an eyebrow.
“It doesn’t taste as nice when I don’t steal from you,” he chuckles and then focuses back on his biology homework.
“When I graduated and got my own place, well, a student halfway house, I found if I was stuck, I could cook, bake or fold laundry, and the simple tasks helped me find the answers; whenI’m writing or drawing, the scene helps me find the next line”, she finishes as Paxton walks in
“What are you cooking? That cottage pie you did at the group was amazing, pleeeeeeease tell me you are doing crumble for pudding?” he gets a far-off look on his face and Bram moans and licks his lips.
“What was that thing you made the first night we were out of the cage? I thought J was going to have a fit when you put tinned apples in a cake,” he laughs before J perks up.
“I want those pudding things with gravy and yum-yum pie.” He doesn't even look up, but Alma has appeared at the door.
“Looks like I might be out of a job, what with your Gumbo and all the things they’re listing off” Alma collects the empty glasses and then brings some sandwiches and chips through.
“I know some stuff, but I get too distracted with my art and writing to take over your job; you will probably have to remind me to eat sometimes”, Ember replies.
“I’m doing an English roast tomorrow, so I will be doing the Yorkshire puddings, J, and I can easily do a crumble. Pax, and I will do an Eve's pudding for Bram, I know I won’t get away with doing only one pudding,” Ember laughs as each of them fist pumps the air and then licks their lips, patting their tummies. We all focus back on our work again, Ember, Miles and Paxton talking quietly about other food Ember could do at other times.
“Ember, do my English homework for me?” J whines at her
“Only you can do your Shakespeare homework, Trick, as it’s all about how the writing and story makes, you, feel and what it evokes in you, not me,” She kisses his crown where his head is on the table, then kisses Ren’s cheek and heads to the deck.
“It makes me sleepy, it's so boring”, J grumbles, making most of us snort at him.
CHAPTER FOUR
Ember
I’m sitting outside for about 5 minutes when Jace appears; I have my sketch pad, but haven't decided what to draw yet.
“May I?” he asks, pointing to my side. I frown, not understanding why he would ask, but nod anyway. I close my eyes as Punk Rock Factory’s cover of Rewrite the Stars starts on my playlist; opening my eyes, I start to draw, I recreate the part of the film where Zac Efron and Zendaya are flying around on the ropes, but I make it my chunky ass and River in his shadows, making us soar. I notice an e-reader on Jace’s lap from the corner of my eye, but he hasn't moved to open it yet.
