Chapter 26
Sean
The music has started pumping, rocking the house back and forth as people start arriving. The gymnastics team are always here first, Lois being quicker than usual to find me in the sea of people so she can attempt to piss me off within five minutes of arriving. Callie still hasn’t come downstairs so I wait for Lois, Jennifer and Anais to vacate the corridor and find their seats in the living room before I make my way over to the stairs. Before I even get there I hear the click clacking of her heels and when I look up I have to blink, at least five times to make sure what I”m seeing isn’t a hallucination.
“Wow, you…you look beautiful.” I gape, watching my girl take one step at a time down the staircase. She looks like she painted that dress on, stitching it to her skin for a perfect fit. I meet her at the bottom step, her face almost equal with mine as her heels and the step give her more height than usual. “You always look beautiful but I”m sure you get sick of hearing me say it.”
She shrugs and plants her manicured hands on my shoulders. “I like hearing it.”
I run my hands up her bare back, the dress swooping down where her spine curves. “Good,” I lift her off the bottom step, putting her on the ground and bracketing her jaw. “Because I like telling you how beautiful you are.” I press our lips together for a beat then grab her hand and lead her into the kitchen, pouring us both a drink.
Only half an hour passes by before my stomach is grumbling again, I know I”m a bottomless pit but I”m even hungrier than usual, considering I ate Callie’s pussy before coming downstairs a couple of hours ago. I think I might need more of that later.
I get up from the sofa, brushing past Kyle and making my way to the kitchen for the third time tonight and piling my plate with pizza. The house is pretty packed now, gymnasts, hockey players and everyone in between crowding the living room, kitchen and hallway. The only part of the house that we make off limits is upstairs, none of us need to be finding some horny freshmen fucking on our beds when we go up there later. When I get back to the couch, letting myself fall down next to Nick and starting to shove a huge slice of pepperoni covered pizza into my mouth, I feel a warm breath against my ear.
“Do you ever stop eating?” Callie whispers and I turn my head slightly, brushing my lips against her warm cheek. Her perfume is strong, intoxicating and I don’t know if it”s the alcohol but I”m drooling as her scent washes over me.
I’ve not spoken to her much tonight, just watched her from across the room, dancing, swishing to the music with her friends and losing herself for once, letting her hair down. I love to see her like that, relaxed and not as highly strung as she usually is when training is getting on top of her. I know she wants to get drunk tonight, I can already smell the heavy alcohol on her breath as she leans into my ear.
I shake my head, pizza still making it’s way down my throat and into my growling stomach. “No…and I”ll be wanting dessert soon too.” I wink and she lets her eyes flicker around the room, making sure my sister doesn’t spot us before dropping a light kiss to my jaw and starting to saunter away. God, that dress is something else, as much as I”m a fan though it’s the creamy skin underneath that I want to see. I’ll have to rip it off her soon and fix the shredded fabric later. I grab her wrist before she can get too far away from me and pull her closer, making her sit on the edge of the couch next to me.
“I don’t like hiding this from Lois, I want everyone to know you”re mine.” I say, my hand hovering next to her bare thigh. I want to grab it, feel her baby soft skin on my palm but I know she’s already panicking from the way she keeps looking over her shoulder. Lois couldn’t be more fucking clueless, she’s past drunk already and dancing with Anais, grinding against her and shaking her dark waves back and forth, eyes closed as she lets the music take over her body.
Callie shuffles next to me, laying her hand over mine. “I know, I”m just worried about what she’ll think of me.”
“Ouch,” I say, chuckling quietly and watching our fingers intertwine where they rest on the sofa.
“I don’t mean it like that,” she says, tightening her hand around mine and giving me a reassuring squeeze. “I just don’t want her thinking that her captain is some sort of puck bunny all of a sudden.”
I lean closer, watching Lois sway with the music over Callie’s shoulder. I leave a kiss in her hair, her dark curls tickling my nose.
“It’s ok, we can keep it a secret… for now.” I watch her eyes soften as she looks down at our hands. “I guess we”ll have to tell your dad at some point too.”
Her head snaps up, eyes wide with horror. “Woah, steady on there Captain.”
I huff a laugh, lifting her hand to my mouth and leaving an lingering kiss on her soft skin, tasting her perfume on my tongue. She stands up, straightening her dress and raking a hand through her hair before swishing away, looking at me once over her shoulder as she goes.
“Any pizza left man, or did you inhale it all already?” Nick bumps my shoulder when he stands up from his seat next to me.
I nod and point to the kitchen. “Left one slice just for you.” I smile, mouth crammed with pizza again.
I watch over my shoulder as Nick makes his way to the kitchen counter. Callie is grabbing something too, another drink I think or maybe two, I don’t know. I”m distracted again by her smooth skin, the way her spine curves and leads down to that perky ass that I want to grab. Nick says something to her, gesturing towards the lemonade bottle that sits next to her arm on the other side of the counter. I see her emerald eyes flash up to his for a moment, then they roll in that sassy way they always do and her face twists in disgust. She takes a drink in each hand, flicking her head and causing her curls to fall down her back before she brushes past Nick and leaves him with a face creased with confusion. I let my chin fall to my chest, stifling my laugh as Nick falls back down beside me on the couch. “Your girl”s in a mood,” He mutters, shoving a slice of cheese pizza into his mouth and wiping the sauce off his lips with the back of his hand. The guy eats like a fucking animal.
I look over at my baby, she’s laughing with Lois, her hand on her shoulder as she hands her another drink.
“Nah,” I say, pointing at my girl. “She’s good, she just doesn’t like you.” I’m trying not to laugh, honestly I am, but watching a tiny girl like Callie put Nick in his place is just too fucking funny. He could do with someone taking him down a peg or two, the man’s ego is almost as big as mine… almost.
He huffs again and takes another bite. “Why, what did I do?” “You’re a fuck boy.”
“So were you before you met her and she likes you.” He scoffs and folds his crust, cramming it into his mouth and chewing hard.
My laugh slips out before I can stop it, the couch dipping as Kyle lands beside me. “Yeah, she likes me now, but trust me, I fucking knew about it when she didn’t.”
“Who are you kidding?” Kyle pipes up from my left side. “She still doesn’t like you.”
I nudge his shoulder with mine, his drink lapping up the side of his glass and wetting his hand.
“You’re probably right, I think she just puts up with me at this point.” I chuckle, hauling myself up from the couch and heading to the bathroom for a piss.
I know what I just said isn’t true, I know Callie likes me, she told me last night that she likes me as much as I like her. I remember distinctly because my heart tried to burst through my rib cage when she said it.