Rafe (10 page)

I am
lying on the bed in my old room with Inside Noise playing in the background, thanks to Tru. I love that the boys write their own songs but cover songs also.  One of their tracks called ‘Can’t Let Her Go’ is my favorite, the words seem to hit home a little close to Rafe’s hidden feelings for me. Reeve’s voice is soothing, singing about loving a girl that can’t see him. She seems in her own world but he just can’t let her go.

Wait. Is this song about me?

Chapter 10

Rafe

I’m lying in bed in just my grey sweats, reliving the day I just had. I can’t believe after all these years of wanting Lucy she has agreed to be my girlfriend. Fuck, I feel like I’m in fifth grade again. My heart was trying so damn hard not to break through my chest but when she said yes? Fuck me. She made my day, hell, my year. I can hear all the boys in the living room playing the X-Box. Skeet is going crazy shouting at the fifty inch TV screen, like the soccer players can actually hear him. We all team up and have a blast. I swing my legs off my bed and stand, just as my phone lets out a rather annoying dog barking noise. Freaking Reeve, I’m so gonna kick his ass. I see my Snowflake's name on my iPhone screen and I can’t stop the big ass grin cross my face.

Snowflake:
Hi

Me:
Hi yourself.

Snowflake:
What you doing?

I walk out to the living room where Ryder, Reeve, Gunner, Skeet and Beck are all screaming at the TV, we always play FIFA 14. The Phoenix boys always go LA Galaxy, as we are huge fans. I have a jersey that I wear to the games with Jake Slone’s name and number on the back. He is the best left winger around at the moment.

Me:
Playing X-Box with the boys, they are all here. What you up to?

Snowflake:
Lucky you ;) I’m lying on my bed all alone at Mom and Dad’s house. I’m staying here tonight. I’m listening to this kick ass band that has this very hot and sexy bass player ;)

I walk around our big black couch and sit in the corner smiling at my phone. The boys are so loud but I take no notice.

Me:
What are you wearing in bed all alone, listening to this so called hot and sexy bass player?

I smirk and place my phone on the arm of the couch and turn my attention to the boys and the game. “Hey, add me in the game.” I step over Beck and grab a controller when I hear my phone beep.

Fuck. My phone is on the arm of the chair.

I turn just as Skeet runs his finger over the screen to unlock my phone. I try to get to him as a big ass smile appears across his face and he shouts “FUCK YEAH, BABY!” Fuck me, what did Snowflake reply with? I trip over Beck, who decides to stand right at the moment I step over him. All the boys are surrounding Skeet. Reeve looks at me and smirks. Shit, I need my phone.  I scramble to my feet but Gunner pushe
s Skeet off the arm of the couch, snatching my phone out of his hand. Telling him to ‘shut the fuck up,’ all the boys look at me as Gunner tosses me my phone. I look down at the screen and I freeze.

Fuck. Me. Sideways.

My Snowflake is trying to kill me. Lucy didn’t send me a text, she sent me a fucking hot-as-fuck photo of herself lying in bed wearing a tight baby pink camisole with lace trim that made her tits look freaking amazing and the black skimpiest of bed shorts known to man. Her hair is pulled over her left shoulder and she is wearing a very cheeky but sexy smile.

Just for me.

On her cami right across her perfect tits is the slogan “Kiss Me.” Oh god, my dick twitches. I raise my head towards the boys and they are all laughing, Gunner looks a little pissed that they have seen Lucy like this. Well, it wasn’t my fault. Ryder is shaking his head at the boys but smiling at me. I lock my phone and slide it into the pocket of my sweats.

“What the fuck, Skeet? You know you don’t fucking touch my phone. You had no right and now you have seen my girl wearing next to nothing just for me. Dude, she is
so gonna kick your ass and I’m gonna be right there beside her laughing my fucking ass off at you, crying like a little bitch on the floor.” I smirk and sit back down on the chair and pick the X-Box controller back up. “Are we gonna play or not?” While the boys take their seats, I send Snowflake a quick text back.

Me:
FUCK. ME.!!! Baby you are killing me. I so wanna kiss you good night, I need to taste you again babe. I will see you tomorrow. Sweet dreams baby. X

Snowflake:
Sweet dreams Rafe. Xx

While Ryder adds me to the game they were playing I add a pass cod
e to my iPhone and slip it right into my pocket of my sweats.

“Ok fuckers, its go time.” I smile at my brothers and our friends.

                                                                                    **

It’s the day before we leave for Vista and Mom has sorted it out so that we have the black Phoenix Records tour bus. It has the most comfortable beds and the best seating and most room. I was so damn excited to have Lucy with me for three whole days. I was working all day today as I had no classes, and only two classes tomorrow, then I’m done. I pull up outside the garage that I work at and see Z
ach walking towards me. Zach is a member of ‘Hells Raiders MC’. They aren’t into anything illegal that I know of, just a bunch of guy who loves cars and motorcycles. What I do know is that they party hard, very hard. I have been to the club house a few times to party with Zach. He took me to a ‘Patching in Party,' meaning a guy that was a prospect is now a full MC member. It was fucking wild- girls everywhere, no one cared what anyone was doing. Zach disappeared half way through the night and then reappeared again with a blonde connected to his hip, but she wasn’t the only girl he hooked up with that night. I guess Zach was very much a wanted man. Since he has been dating Kenzie, though, he has been a one woman man. Thank God, because I really do believe that with Lucy, Maisey and Trinity, Kenzie would have the perfect all-girl army to cause some serious damage to Zach’s body.

He nods towards me, “Hey man.” We do that one arm hug thing and fist bump. “What’s up? Any new toys in today?” I look towards the four port garage and see all the guys working on cars and bikes.

“Naw, man. We have a repaint coming in later but that’s going to Jimmy. Hey, what time are we leaving tomorrow? I need to make sure I pick Red and Trin up before heading over to your place.” Zach started calling Kenzie ‘Red’ after she turned up the day they met with red streaks in her hair. Even though she has since changed it, the pet name stuck with her. 

“I’m in class until two-thirty. I’m meeting, Lucy, Monty and Gunner at our place about three. So meet us there about the same time. I’m not looking forward to what these girls are gonna pack, man.” We both laugh and head over to the bike port and get to work.

That night I fall asleep thinking of my girl curled up against me for two nights while we are down in Vista. We talk for over an hour before I let her go so she can get some sleep. She has a big day tomorrow shopping in the morning with the girls. Lucy decided that she wanted all new clothes for the weekend, as she is now the girlfriend of the bass player of the band that’s playing. She doesn’t understand that she looks amazing in anything she wears. I did have one very special request though. I told her I wanted to see her in a white bikini. We don’t have to be at Club V until six that night to set up so we have all decided to hit the beach Saturday and have some fun in the sun.

I woke up early this morning, showered, got dressed and headed to my two classes for the day. This, by the way, dragged big time. I swear my professors knew that my Snowflake would be waiting for me when I got home. As soon as my last class is dismissed I stuff my laptop into my backpack and head for the door. I sprint to my car and I throw my bag into the back seat and start my car. I reverse and start to leave the campus parking lot when I see someone I never wanted to see again.

Dallas fucking Keaton.

What the fuck is he doing here? Is he here for Snowflake? Oh shit, what will Lucy do if she sees him? I need to get back to my place and let her know he is in town. I hope this doesn’t ruin our weekend away together. Well, when I say together I mean the whole group together but I’m telling you right this minute, I will get alone time with my Snowflake. I need to feel her against me; her skin is like pure silk, so soft. She felt amazing straddling me yesterday on campus, my hands on her thighs. Great, now I’m getting hard thinking about Lucy, her perfect skin beneath my hands.

I open my car window and turn the stereo, blasting Kings of Leon's “Sex on Fire,” hoping that the cool air and the song with take my mind of Lucy’s sexy-as-fuck-body. Oh shit, this is gonna be harder than I thought (No pun intended). I spin down the streets towards my apartment, singing to the lyrics. I wonder if I can get Lucy to sing with us this weekend? Worth asking, I guess.

As I arrive at my house, I can see all the guys there and my Snowflake's white BMW that she had in high school.  She loved her white cars. I park in the driveway and climb out. I see Lucy and smile at her and head towards her. I only see her, everyone else fades away. I reach her and she gives me my Snowflake smile.

“Hey, baby, you all packed and ready to spend the weekend with your man?” I bend down and nuzzle her neck. Shit, she smells so damn good. My dick twitches yet again. Does she know what she does to me? Today she is wearing light blue jean shorts and a grey camisole with big lips with the American flag faded into them. She is also wearing red suspenders connected to the top of her shorts. The Cami is slightly shorter than most and her shorts are riding very low on her slender hips, so she is baring her midriff. She is also wearing the best invention of footwear every made. Converse. I fucking love a girl in Chucks.

She pulls away from me slightly and kisses me. “Yeah, babe, it will be a total blast. Friends, good music, very hot guys to travel with, what more can a girl ask for?” She winks at me and goes to pull away. Oh, I think not Snowflake.

“‘US’ time, Snowflake, that’s what will be happening. I need some alone time with my girlfriend. You ok with that? I don’t want to push you, if you know what I mean?” I look into her beautiful blue eyes praying that she wants to be with me in my bed. I know we have only been a couple for like two days if that, but it’s not like we are total strangers either.

Lucy runs her hands up my back, between my leather jacket and t-shirt. “That will be nice, Rafe. I want to spend time with my boyfriend as well.” She replies and then she looks around. “So if you see him, can you tell him that he need
s to make sure we get some alone time away from everyone?” She winks again and runs towards the girls, who are now climbing the steps to the bus. The boys are packing the luggage underneath in the storage compartment. I run after her. As she hits the top of the steps of the bus, I tackle her again and we land on the plush corner sofa we have in the seating area. She starts screaming at me to stop as I tickle her. I hear a sweet but familiar voice from the side of us.

“Ewwww, get a room already guys! Not good for me to see my sister and her boyfriend suck face, even if he is like uber hot and all.” Lucy bursts out laughing. I climb off her and take a seat, pulling Lucy into my lap.

“Uber hot, I like it. Tru, I knew you always had a huge crush on me. I have a way with the Cooper ladies,” I wink at her, but unlike her sister she doesn’t blush. She has always been a tough cookie. Never had any problems talking to boys, she oozes confidence.

“Can you blame me, Rafe? All of you Phoenix boys are hot as hell and you all know it. I’m just happy that my sister bagged you so I get to ogle you whenever I want.” She raises her eyebrows and smiles. “See, not only Juicy has good taste in men.”

“What kind of conversation have I just walked into? Who the fuck is Juicy? And who the hell are you, sweetness?” Reeve says, arriving in the seating area. He takes the seat next to Tru and places his arm around her shoulders. I go to speak but Lucy places her hand on my thigh, smirks and shakes her head ‘no’. I frown but Tru speaks up.

“Lucy is Juicy. It’s what I have always called her as I couldn’t say Lucy when I was little.” Tru smiles at Lucy.

“Well, that is very kinky. I never pegged you for the type of girl who likes a bit of kink, Coop.” He winks at Lucy and she laughs; such a sweet sound. I kiss her temple.

“I can’t believe you don’t know who I am, Reeve Phoenix. You have known me since the day I was born, babe. I’m Tru, Lucy’s baby sister.” Reeve is speechless. He looks back and forth between Lucy and Tru, as if he is trying to force his brain to believe what he is seeing. But in true Reeve style he isn’t quiet for long.

“Well hot damn, Baby Tru Cooper fucking grew up. Goddamn, baby DID you grow up. Sweetness, you are stunning. You got a boyfriend?” He looks Tru up and down and licks his lips really taking in her body. Ok, now I have to step in.

“Dude, back the fuck off. It’s Baby Tru Cooper. Ok minus the baby now, but still. Don’t even think about touching or even looking, dude. Tru is totally off limits. You get me, dude?” I give him a look so he knows I’m serious. “Is everything packed so we can leave? We need to hit the road.”

“Yeah, bro. Everything is tucked safely away so we get going. You coming with us, Baby Tru? Please say yes.” He winks again and Tru just laughs and stands up. Lucy gets to her feet and hugs her sister goodbye. “Yeah, now that’s what I’m talking about- girl on girl action. Even hotter with sexy sisters,” he says, bouncing his eyebrows and laughs.

“Not funny dude. Leave my girls alone.” Lucy and I follow Tru off the bus and head towards Lucy’s car. Tru is driving it back home for her. “Drive safe, ok?”

“Rafe, I know how to drive, you know. I have driven Juicy's car before. It’s her baby so I know I have to take good care of him.” Him? Both girls shrug at my confused face. “Have fun both of you, you deserve this. It’s nice to see you two together it’s been a very long time coming.” She hugs Lucy once more and then comes to hug me. She pulls me down so she can whisper in my ear.