One Chance (Part 1)(71)
“God you’re amazing,” he says as he pulls me tighter to him. I throw my leg over his and wrap myself around him, enjoying this closeness with him.
“You’re amazing yourself,” I say, as I snuggle a little closer before closing my eyes.
“I’m not going to see you for two days, am I?” he asks sounding dejected.
“Yes, we just can’t spend the night together.”
“Why do we care?”
“Because Brody’s still pissed off at you and he always tells me to stay away from you now. I don’t think it would go well.”
“Well, he can just fuck himself. He’s with Kenzie, so why does he care if you’re sleeping with me?”
“You know why.”
“Hails, I already apologized to you about being an asshole before.”
“I know and I’ve accepted it, but Brody hasn’t.”
“I’m going to have a talk with him. They get in tomorrow night?” he asks.
“Yep, they sure do.”
“Well at least I get you all to myself tonight,” he says as he places a kiss on the top of my head. I pull him tighter before falling fast asleep.
When morning comes, I’m woken up to yelling. I hear Brody yell something before slamming the door shut.
“What the hell was that?” I ask quickly, as I try to realize what the hell is going on. Liam is throwing on a pair of basketball shorts when he says, “Brody’s here,” just as Brody busts through the door heading straight for him.
“I fucking told you to stay away from her,” he says before throwing a punch, hitting Liam’s jaw. I can’t help but scream, thinking this can’t be happening.
“It’s none of your fucking business,” Liam says as he blocks a punch.
“It is my fucking business asshole,” Brody yells as he goes for Liam again, “You’re not good enough for her,” he says, as he punches Liam in the ribs causing him to curse.
I tighten the sheets around me, yelling for them to stop, but they ignore me.
“I never said I was,” Liam says as he dodges another punch.
“STOP IT,” I scream, causing both of them to stop and look at me, “Brody get out,” I yell.
“I’m taking you home,” he argues.
“Get out while I get dressed,” I order. He nods his head and walks out the door. “Are you alright?” I ask as I climb out of bed, heading towards Liam whose lip is bleeding.
“I’m fine.”
“I’m so sorry.”
“It’s not your fault.”
“Yes it is, he hit you because of me,” I say as I touch the tender spot on his ribs. It’s already starting to swell.
“Look at me,” he says as he lifts my chin for me to look at him, “I’ll deal with Brody. What you and I do is our business and no one else’s, got it?” he says, piercing me with stern blue eyes.
“Yes,” I say softly.
“Good,” he says before placing a soft kiss on my forehead, “Go ahead and get dressed before he busts back in here.”
I grab a pair of yoga pants and a tee shirt that I’ve left here and throw them on before heading out the door to talk to Brody.
“Hey,” I say as I sit on the couch at the opposite end from him.
“Hi,” he says sounding frustrated.
“We need to talk.”
“Yeah we do, but if I see him, I’m going to punch him again.”
“Then let’s take a walk,” I say as I stand up.
“It’s cold out.”
“I’ll wear a sweatshirt,” I say as I head back to grab one that I keep at Liam’s.
“Everything alright?” Liam asks as I enter the room.
“We’re going to take a walk and talk,” I tell him as I walk towards him. He’s sitting on the edge of the bed. “Are we okay?” I ask, looking into his beautiful blue eyes.
“Yeah,” he says before pulling me in for a kiss, “We’re good.” The kiss is slow and sensual, but I can feel it picking up speed.
I pull back, “I need to deal with Brody first.”
“Yeah, I know,” he mumbles, “Actually, it should be me talking to him, not you.”
“You can talk to him when I’m done,” I say before leaning in and getting one more kiss. Then I turn and head back out to where Brody is.
“Are you ready?”
“Yep,” I say as I walk out the door. We walk down the steps toward the sidewalk.
“Your feet are going to freeze,” he says looking down at my flip-flops.
“I’m fine. We need to talk.”
“Seriously Hails, Liam, after everything he’s done to you. How do you sleep with him?” he asks frustrated.