Chapter 15
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Landon
I can see her shutting down, I can see the effect Claire’s words had on her. Fucking bitch.
She thinks we’re going to the guy's house, but I’m taking her to the lookout. When I turn right instead of left, she breaks the silence.
“Where are we going?”
“The lookout”
“Why?”
“So you can scream at your mum, this fucking town, and the world”
“Lan—"
I cut her off. “I know her words affected you. If you don’t scream or yell, and if you bottle it up, it will eat at you.”
At the lookout, I hold open the car door and offer her my hand.
She silently takes it and gets out, walking to the front of the car. I just watch her. I can see the hurt. It’s written all over face. After a few minutes she breaks her silence, with words I expected, with words I hate.
“She’s right. She’s a fucking bitch. But she’s right.”
“No, Letty, she’s not.”
She steps away from me. It hurts more than I’d like to admit.
“I’m not going to do this Letty. You know how we feel, and we know how you feel. Don’t let her words get to you.”
She sniffs in response. Holding back her sobs.
“I know you’re worried about what people will say, what people will think. But honestly, Letty, who the actual fuck cares what smallminded people will think?”
“Me Landon. Me.”
“Then we’ll leave.”
“We can’t. Maverick’s shop is here, you just found work, and I’m still studying”.
“What about Axel?” I half laugh out.
“He will find work wherever he goes.”
I take a step forward, praying she will let me in, and she does. She lets me wrap my arms around her as she buries her face in my chest and a gut-wrenching sob leaves her. Oh, my poor Letty. I think those comments coming from others she’d let go of but her own mother, she will hold on to it.
“Together, the four of us will face anything and everything,” I cup her chin, making her look at up me.
“I’m scared”
“I know, but you, this, us it’s worth the fight Letty, you’re ours.”
She’s smiling now “And you’re all mine”.
“Exactly.”
Her head falls back into my chest. And we stay like that silent, together, embracing one another. After I have no idea how much time, she looks up at me.
“Take me home?”
“Yeah. Come on.”
“Landon, I don’t mean Mum and Xavier’s”.
“I know Letty.”
She turns to face the lights of the town before taking in a deep breath and screaming out, “Fuck you. Fuck everything about you. Fuck!”
Axel
Landon and Violet walk in.
“What are you guys doing here?” I ask in the way of greeting.
Maverick is up and pulling Violet into his arms, kissing her as if he didn’t see her only a couple of hours ago.
“These beautiful blues seem like they’ve been crying” Maverick cups her cheek as Violet leans into him.
I throw a look at Landon and just shakes his head at me looking disheartened. Do I want to know what has made her cry? “How would you guys feel if we moved in now?”
Turning to Violet I ask, “Baby? What happened?”
“Mum,” is the only word she utters.
That’s enough for me to know not to push. Maverick, on the other hand….
“What did she do?”
“She called me a slut and a whore when I told her I was with all three of you”.
“Fuck.”
“That’s not right, baby”.
She nods and I can see the way her shoulders shake as she sobs. Maverick is watching her, looking like he would take on the world for her.
Violet takes a deep shaky breath before lifting off Maverick’s shoulder and says, “It just hurt coming from my Mum you know? We might not get along all the time, or at all but still…”
In unison we say, “We know.”
“I wish Mum loved me unconditionally.” She says it but I think we’re not meant to hear.
Then she shakes her head looks up at us and says, “You are all mine.” And I think we will be alright.
A few moments pass before anyone breaks the heavy silence. Which of course is Maverick.
“You know if anyone said anything it would be because they’re jealous. I mean you have two good looking guys and their even better looking friend.” He said to break the tension, to lighten the mood. Which thankfully works. Violet starts to laugh with him.
“You guys are the best.”
“I know, look at me” I roll my eyes at Maverick.
I give her a small squeeze “You make us better baby.”
Landon just gets up, walks over to us and kisses her, hard, which has my cock coming to life, but it's her moaning that has it straining against my zipper.
“Beer?” before any of us can answer, Landon is gone and back with four beers.
“So, about us moving in now?” Landon asks while handing out the beers he just collected.
“You ask some dumb questions.” I shake my head because of course they can.
“Hey just had to ask.”
“Yeah yeah.”
“So where do I sleep?” we had just planned on her switching beds.
“Have my bed, Letty. I will sleep on the couch tonight”.
“Okay, thanks Landon.” She seems almost disappointed.
“Want to cuddle with me?” Maverick wiggles his eyebrows, inciting a groan from me, an eye roll from Landon and a light chuckle from Violet.
“There you go. Landon, share with Maverick.” It’s now my turn to wiggle my eyebrows.
“Not who I meant, but I’ll take the asshole, pun intended”
Landon chokes on his beer and Violet laughs even harder. Her laughter is music to my ears.
Once Violet catches her breath, she asks questions we don’t have the answers to. “How is this going to work? We get one big bed? You guys get your own room and I’m the one that moves every night?”
“We can get one big bed?” Landon says but it comes out as a question.
“Oh, does little Landy want cuddles?” Maverick opens his arms.
“Mav you come near me, and I will punch you.”
Violet has tears running down her face from laughter watching Maverick and Landon being well Maverick and Landon.
“Okay, no more, but seriously, you can sleep with me tonight.”
“What if I wanted her in my bed?” Why does Maverick get her?
“What if she wants to be by herself tonight?” When the hell did Landon become the logical one?
“I don’t want to be, but thank you for thinking like that, Landon.”
The way she looks at him, I wish I was the one that suggested it.
“Who has the biggest bed?”
I like the way this could be going.
Landon replies before I can, “Ax”
“Can all four of us sleep in your bed?”
“It might be tight, but sure baby.”
“Okay, now that that’s settled, my next question. When do we get our stuff?”
Landon answers since it was a question meant for him. “Tomorrow. I’ll take off work and you can skip class and come with me.”
“I don’t think I want to see Mum or your dad just yet.”
“We’ll all go. I can let the guys manage the shop for a couple of hours, and Axel can throw a sick day.”
“No, no. I don’t want you guys to take time off work for me. I can go with Landon in the morning, get a few things and my car and then go to class straight after.”
“And your other things?” Maverick asks.
“We can get it Saturday. Just…someone has to keep Mum away from me.”
“If that’s what you want little one.”
“That’s what I want, now can we go to bed?”