"Hey, Jace!" Rylan greets. "I'm assuming the whole crowd's here."
"Yeah, hey, Rylan!" The twins say.
Dom and Alec say their greetings. I fiddle with the rim of my glass, not knowing whether or not to say anything. Luc notices and interrupts Rylan's ranting.
"Hey, Rylan, it's actually not just the guys here. You remember I told you about Declan?" Luc asks, keeping his brilliant green eyes on me.
"Yeah, of course." Rylan loses the joking voice he had.
Luc smiles gently at me. "His sister's here. Her name's Rory."
"What the fuck, dude!?" Rylan yells. "Where did she come from? How the hell did you find her?" He rambles on with a million questions.
Luc interrupts. "Rylan, man, you're still on speaker." He gives me an apologetic look but he's also trying not to laugh at the same time.
"Good! Now I don't have to ask them again when you video call me." Rylan says.
"Ry, we are not face timing." Luc groans. My shoulders start shaking and I have to hide my face in Jace's arm to keep from laughing.
"This is Declan's sister! You absolutely have to video call me."
"Lucifer Beckham, you will listen to your brother. Now, I want to see my Butterfly so be a dear and do whatever it was Rylan said," Hannah orders.
"Yes, Nanna," Luc mumbles.
I have to close my eyes and will myself not to burst out laughing as someone named after the devil himself gets scolded by their grandmother.
I hear him hang up and Jace puts a hand on my head to cover my face from Luc.
"Ummm, is she okay?" Luc asks, concerned.
I can't stop it and apparently neither can anyone else because we all burst out laughing. I manage to control myself and see the confusion written all over his face. I can't help it when I almost start to cry from laughter.
Luc crosses his arms and scowls. "Are we done?"
My eyes meet Dominic's and seeing the mirth in his face, I almost crack up again.
Luc rings them,this time a video call, and mumbles something about dumbass long lost brothers.
"Luc, dude, I don't want to see your ugly ass face," Rylan says in one breath.
"No swearing. You use none of that language around my Butterfly," Hannah scolds Rylan faintly in the background. "Give me the phone."
Luc pretty much throws the phone across the table. "Please, just take it," he begs me.
Jace puts his hand on my leg, in silent comfort. I forgot how well he can read me.
"Butterfly!" Hannah beams, her sweet face takes up the span of the phone.
"Hi, Hannah." I give her a little wave. "Are you keeping up with the books I gave you?"
Hannah's eyes brighten. "Of course, my dear. We really need to have a discussion about this naughty series you've gotten me into. I'm too old for the hot, dreaming guys you keep throwing at me."
I want to crawl under the table and hide when all the guys start grinning at me.
"Hannah, could you be any louder?" I tease.
"Don't you worry about all my grandchildren, Butterfly," Hannah scolds. "If they were smart they'd join us so they know what they're getting into."
