The three of us? Score!
“Another time?” I asked, clearing my throat. I didn’t want her to go. My mind was screaming for her to stay.
“Definitely.” She breathed and looked at Ethan. “Do I… um, do we kiss?”
“Do you want to?” Ethan smirked.
“I'd like to.” She said, almost timid.
“I'd like that too.” He leaned in, pressing his lips against hers.
She pulled back with a hum, eyes closed, slowly blinking them open. “Is this a thing?”
“Yes.” Ethan rumbled. “Definitely a thing, Rosebud.”
She nodded. “I'll text you.”
“No kiss for me?” I pouted.
She tossed her head back in a laugh and squeezed my arm. “Sorry, you had to be there, and you weren't. “
“Bye Ethan!” She said as she left.
“Bye Rosebud.”
“But I was there.” I pouted at Ethan. “I was there!” I grabbed his arm, shaking it and sighed.
“I know, Mal. She doesn't though.” He pecked me quickly on the lips. “Gotta follow her, head back home alone?”
I snorted and rolled my eyes. “Stalker.”
“Talking dirty will get you nowhere.” He winked.
“She's already agreed to be yours.”
“It’s not enough.” He said, cupping my cheek. “She's, my obsession. A compulsion I can't quit. I need to see her or you at all times and right now my mind is screaming for her. Some prick I haven't tracked down hurt her and I haven't fixed it yet.”
Her or me but right now it needed to be her?Was I not enough for him if she wasn't around?“Do you even know where she went?” I looked away.
“Better not be Zumba on that fucking ankle.”
I was quiet for a minute. He was worried about her. That's why he wanted to watch her right now. It wasn’t that I wasn't enough. I could understand that. “Go get her.”
Chapter thirteen
Ethan
Ifinally had them both. My Songbird and my Rosebud. They were mine and I was theirs. I may have had doubts before but they are gone now. I knew what I wanted and, now that they both said they wanted me; I wasneverletting them go.
You'd have to kill me first.
She is my everything. My reason for being, she is my sun, my stars and my very soul. Her smile made my world turn. He makes my world stop, makes my heart pound, tears me apart and puts me back together in the same breath.
I had him once and lost him. Now he's mine again. It was stupid putting distance between us, even if it was to keep him safe. I was like a moth to his flame, more than willing to get burned just to get close to his warmth.
As for my Rosebud, she knows I exist now and she's mine too. I didn't have to hide in the shadows to be near her, I could just approach her.
I had everything I wanted.
