The next day, Daniel and Anna invited Peter to their home to work on the surprise that they were preparing for Terrence and Raquelle and Edward and Natalia, who would be celebrating their wedding soon. Despite the anxiety caused by the recent attack on Rose, the friends try not to think about it too much and think positively with the hope that nothing bad will happen anymore. Or everything is not as terrible as it may seem at first sight.
The girl finishes cooking soft and puffy muffins that the men eat with great pleasure as they talk about the surprise. Using the oven mitt, she carefully takes the hot grille with multiple forms from the oven that made a signal of cooking a few seconds ago, and puts it on the kitchen table, seeing that it’s well cooked. Meanwhile, the man is sitting in the living room, tuning two acoustic guitars and checking some notes on the papers that are lying on the coffee table in a bunch. He distracts himself from this thing when he feels the strong smell of cinnamon and vanilla that is spreading fast in the entire living room and the street through the open windows.
A tender smile shows up on Daniel’s face, his eyes are full of a bright gloss, and the incredible warmth fills his soul. Every time Anna cooks something, it reminds him of the days he lived with his mother, father, and younger sister. He used to find excuses not to spend time with his family and did not rush to appreciate that careless and happy time. But now the man regrets a lot about it and feels warm as he recalls those beautiful moments. The moments when his mother was standing near the cooker and cooking the most delicious dishes for her family with tender love and taking care of her dearest husband and beloved children, who were always her meaning of life, with a special love.
It’s impossible to say that Anna became the replacement for his mother. But she is the only girl, who gave Daniel the same tender feelings that make him recall the memories of his childhood years. Thanks to her, it’s nice for him to come back to his own home where he is deeply loved and always expected. From the beginning, the man admires not only the beauty of his gorgeous lady with a baby face, thick fury red middle-length hair, and charming bright green eyes. Again and again, she conquers him with her care and her ability to listen, cheer him up, and comfort him at hard times. After he almost lost her once because of the tricks of those, who used the situation, Daniel made absolutely sure that he did not need any other girl. Next to Anna, he can come back to the times when his mother took care of him. When he would hardly think he would be alone one fateful day and lose almost his full family.
The man gets so busy with his memories of his childhood that he does not notice Anna coming to him from behind and watching her sweetheart with a slight smile full of admiration for a few seconds. For him, she is ready to do anything to see him happy. Although it’s been a few months, she is still horrified at the thought that the lovers could have not been together. And the girl does not regret letting the offense go and deciding to give him a chance to fix his mistake and be the best one for her. Moreover, her feelings got much stronger after the forced separation and after he determinedly saved her from the horrible man, who was mocking her for a long time, using the fact that he was an angel for everyone for a long time. From that moment on, she looks at him as a fearless knight, next to whom nothing threatens her and her future children. Who would not let any mean stinkers look at her or even think about harming her somehow.
And when she gets tired of just watching her man having his head in the clouds, Anna comes quietly to Daniel, puts her arms around his neck, and rubs her nose cutely against his cheek. That’s why the man smiles widely and turns his head on his sweetheart.
“What are you thinking of, sweetheart?” Anna asks with a shy smile.
“About how happy I am,” Daniel replies with no hesitation. “About how lucky I am to have such a wonderful lady of the house like you.”
“Your favorite muffins are done.” Anna kisses Daniel tenderly on his cheek. “I just got them out of the oven.”
“M-m-m, excellent… These incredible smells are driving me insane.”
“I think they won’t get too cold before Pete’s arrival.”
“If the muffins are too delicious, I will eat all of them by myself.”
“But there are too many of them. You won’t eat all of them. Even with my help.”
“When something’s cooked by you, I never follow the number. I can eat everything to the last crump.”
“As it turned out, you’re my greedy one,” Anna laughs and plucks Daniel’s cheek cutely.
“Who’s guilty of you conquering me with your amazing cooking skills again and again?” Daniel caresses Anna’s cheek tenderly with his finger.
“I’m afraid to imagine what would happen if you had your mom’s recipes. If I cooked something from them.”
Anna goes around the sofa and sits next to Daniel, who puts his guitar aside at this moment.
“I think all the attempts that Rose has been putting you under during your workouts at the gum glass for several months would be worthless.”
“I really hate him during workouts,” Daniel confesses. “But after all those exhausting workouts, I wanna kill him personally. But when I come to the mirror, raise my shirt up, and see the gorgeous abs and muscles on his arms, the blond is no longer an asshole to me.”
“Oh, yeah, you’ve been lately loving to walk in the house shirtless and never miss a chance to look at yourself in the mirror.”
“Yeah, I literally fell in love with me and my changed body. And I can’t miss a chance to show it.”
“I get it…” Anna smiles mysteriously, running her hand slowly over Daniel’s stomach and clapping on it slightly. “I completely get it…”
“But now the men stopped laughing at me and saying I went to the gum once in a hundred years. ‘Cause they see the results of my efforts. And if the MacClifes join Rose and me, I’ve gotta work two times harder.”
“Going to the gum glass is a holy thing for our grooms now.”
“That’s right! Or they’ll have to alter their suits. Though, it makes a lot of time and a lot of money.”
“I can’t wait to know how you’re gonna look in your new suit.”
“Soon, my princess, soon,” Daniel smiles shyly. “Very soon, I’m gonna show off for you in a suit that’s gonna fit me freaking perfect.”
“No doubt!”
“Hey, when are ya gonna walk for me in a dress of a bridesmaid? When can I make sure again that I’ve got the most beautiful and charming girl in the world?”
“The dresses aren’t done yet,” Anna shrugs. “But I can assure you that they’re gonna be stunning. Not less beautiful than the brides’ dresses.”
“The lads' girls and I are gonna be the most beautiful ladies at the ceremony.”
“Just like the girls' men and I are gonna slay everyone with their handsomeness.’
“And my girl is gonna surprise everyone with her stunning vocals by singing a song for the brides and the grooms,” Daniel says confidently, caressing Anna’s cheek and head.
“I’m a little nervous, honestly,” Anna confesses a little hesitantly.
“Don’t be nervous, Anna. You can do this. And you’re gonna sing for your friends, familiars, and close people. If you’re wrong, it’s okay.”
“Those, who know music, will see the mistakes shorty. The lads and you. Or my mom. I wouldn't like to fail the performance for her.”
“Even if it’s so, nobody’s gonna criticize you, Peter, or me.”
“I’d like to believe it.” Anna moves her eyes aside. “I would like…”
Anna gets up slowly from the sofa with a quiet sigh and, crossing her arms over her chest, comes closer to the window.
“Honestly, I still keep doubting myself. Even if it’s been several months since that terrible time that we’re trying to forget.”
“I get it, sweetheart.” Daniel gets up from the sofa, comes to Anna, and hugs her tightly from behind, pressing her tenderly to himself and kissing her on the top of her head. “It can take a second to lose your confidence. But sometimes it makes literally eternality to get it back.”
“Without you, I wouldn’t deal with it.”
“You’re my good girl. My little warrior that’s fighting ‘til the very end and never gives up.”
“Thanks, sweetheart.” Anna looks into Daniel’s eyes with a cute smile. “Thanks for being next to me all this time and not letting me keep doubting myself.”
“I will always be near.” Daniel turns Anna on himself and takes her in a tight hug, caressing her head tenderly. “Always.”
Anna says nothing and just answers Daniel’s hug, putting her arms tightly around his waist and putting her head on his shoulder with closed eyes. While the man strokes the hair of his sweetheart with a blissful smile, feeling her fast but calm heartbeat, under which his heartbeat literally adjusts.
“Okay, let’s not talk about bad things,” Anna says quietly, steps away from Daniel, and, moving her eyes down, tucks a strand of hair behind her ear.
“I don’t doubt that everyone’s gonna love the song that we’re working on,” Daniel replies confidently.
“The most important thing is that the grooms and the brides love it.”
“Of course, they will. And Pete said he got a couple of ideas that could make it better.”
“Although I think it’s beautiful anyway, I’d be happy to listen to all the suggestions. Maybe, we should really change something.”
“We should just wait for the blond to come to our sweet little place with our most severe critic.”
“I think Sammy’s gonna love everything we sing,” Anna assumes with a shy chuckle and goes to the kitchen to check out the muffins that she just cooked. “Even if we just sing some senseless things or something like ‘la-la-la-la-la,’”
“Or he’s just got a very good taste for music.” Daniel follows Anna to the kitchen. “He likes all of our songs for the reason.”
“Yeah, especially, ‘Rise And Fall’. How funnily he chased his tail and barked when the lads and you let him listen to it for the first time. And when you sang it live.”
“He hasn’t listened to other songs,” Daniel smiles mysteriously. “He’s gonna especially love the song of Pete and me called ‘Different Like Stars.’ We often sing it together. And we can’t wait to perform it at shows.”
“The girls and I are waiting for a lot of rock!” Anna exclaims. “True rock from sassy men!”
“Our rebels are gonna be super thrilled!” Daniel shows the ‘horns’ gesture on both hands with his tongue out. “Rock and metal slay!”
Anna smiles widely, glancing at Daniel, then comes to him closer and pulls his t-shirt a little.
“No doubt you were born to be a star,” Anna says confidently.
“It’s true, babe,” Daniel smiles mysteriously. “A sassy, hot, and confident guy must definitely be a rock prince.”
“Sounds pretty cool. Daniel Perkins, prince of rock music.”
“If stars collide, I could actually be a king.”
“The lads would bet.”
“From us four, I fit this role much more. Maybe, only Peter is somewhere close to me. Because he listens to heavy music only. While Terrence and Edward are more for something sweet and lyrical.”
“But they turned out to be cool rock stars.”
“Agree, but I’m better anyway.”
“Oh, Daniel, you’re incorrigible…” Anna rolls her eyes with a slight smile. “Just incorrigible.”
Anna turns around, leaves the kitchen, and goes to the living room. Daniel follows her, catches her quickly, stands in her way, and closes it.
“You know, while Rose’s emptying a pack of dog food to feed Sammy that’s hungry all the time enough before leaving home, we have a little time,” Daniel notices in a low, velvet voice. “A little time for each other.”
“M-m-m…” Anna catches the hint. “It seems like someone wanna play a little.”
“Why not?” Daniel grabs Anna by the waist with both arms, presses her closely to himself, looks into her eyes, and moves her eyes to her tender pink lips of the perfect form. “I do miss so much when I ain’t able to hold my little girl.”
“So, can’t you wait ‘till the evening? Do you wanna drive me crazy now, when we’ve gotta rehearse the song?”
“But the evening won’t come soon…” Daniel whines with pity as he strokes Anna’s cheek with his thumb and barely touches her earlobe. “But you smell so good…”
“I think I didn’t use a perfume.”
“You smell something better.” Daniel touches Anna’s lips tenderly with his lips and runs them slowly over the girl’s mouth, while she feels how nicely her heart trembles. “Home baking. Cinnamon.”
“No, Perkins, don’t even dare to start it right now,” Anna says faintly in a little hoarse, quiet voice. “If you do this, there won’t be a way back.”
“Relax, princess, we’ll do this quickly before Rose comes,” Daniel assures with a wide smile and runs his half-open mouth over Anna’s auricle, burning her tender skin with a pink shade with his hot breath.
“Do you want him to laugh at you at the sight of your disheveled hair, blushed face, and eyes full of passion?”
“I’ll laugh at him if he wanna press Marshall somewhere in the corner, not being able to fight his strong affection for her.”
“That’s how…”
“Don’t think about it. You better let me relax a little and get ready to have a good rehearsal.”
“Huh, do you need to kiss me from head to foot to have a good rehearsal?”
“It would give me a lot of energy and cheer me up. Though it’s always wonderful when I wake up in the morning and see your face. See you lying next to me.”
“But you do understand I can’t give you enough attention now.” Anna runs her hands slowly over Daniel’s chest and puts them on his shoulders. “I can’t take your hand, take you to the bedroom, and undress you slowly, giving your gorgeous body with all the love I have inside me.”
“Yeah, sadly, I can’t examine your whole body now.” Daniel runs his hands confidently over the curves of Anna’s waist and squeezes tenderly the girl’s buttocks, seeing a sly smile on the girl’s face and fire in her eyes. “But I can add some fuel to the fire. So, you dream of me ‘till the evening when we stay all alone.”
“Okay… If you wanna whine from the inability to take me shortly, I can let you do something. No more.”
“Just kiss me so that everything inside me shakes, and you’re gonna make me super happy.”
“M-m-m…” Anna purrs and runs her fingers over Daniel’s chest. “Kiss you?”
“I promise I shall pay you back. I shall show you I am pronounced the king of kisses for the reason.”
“Try then. But it’s gonna be super hard for you to surprise me. I ain’t as simple as you think.”
“Oh, come on?”
Daniel grabs Anna’s face and gives her a tender, continuous kiss, to which she answers without resistance, putting one arm around his neck and running the fingers of her second hand through his hair. The man literally ties the girl’s hands up again thanks to his skill of excellent kisses that drive his sweetheart crazy. At some moment, he breaks the kiss for a while and smiles smugly as he hears the lady’s quiet and sensual moan. Then he kisses her on the lips again, applying much more pressure and acting very confidently as if he knows for sure what to do.
“Let’s bet I can break this wall in five minutes,” Daniel challenges with a blissful smile in a low voice and leaves a very slow, tender kiss on Anna’s lips, running his hand through her hair. “And do my best for me to be the only thing you’re gonna think in the nearest time.”
“I see nothing’s left of your shyness,” Anna notices, running her hands underneath Daniel’s t-shirt and running them over his stomach as she looks into his eyes closely. “You no longer act like a shy boy, who saw a girl for the first time.”
“I was just afraid to hurt you and make you feel discomfort after what I don’t even wanna talk about.” Daniel leaves a short kiss on the area behind Anna’s ear, while she rolls her eyes with a heavy breath. “I didn’t wanna make my girl suffer.”
“I’ve told you a million times that you can do anything you want to me. And I will not mind even your craziest ideas ever.”
“Well, I really like the way a shy girl can be crazy,” Daniel smiles mysteriously. “When you don’t have to convince her to have lots of fun.”
“I would do anything for you.”
“Ar-r-r, it’s so nice to hear it!”
Daniel leaves some exciting kisses on the curve of Anna’s slim neck, breathing in the natural smell of her skin, while she moans quietly with closed eyes. The girl sticks her breasts up unconsciously and aims to press herself closely to the man’s warm body and is not shy of running her hands over his shoulders, arms, torso, waist, and buttocks.
“Oh, gosh, Perkins, you’re so imitable…” Anna pronounces with a little hoarse voice.
“Don’t be shy, baby, don’t hold down your moans and shouts,” Daniel advises and runs his lips slowly over the front of Anna’s neck. “They make me excited…”
“A-a-a, what did you get me involved in? I can’t help myself!”
“Don’t do anything.” Daniel runs his hand tenderly over Anna’s breasts and squeezes them tenderly with his fingers, while an exciting shake gets control of every part of her body. “Just relax.”
“if you don’t stop it, I swear, I shall undress you right here, right now.”
“Oh, yay, babe, undress me!” Daniel smiles smugly, while bright fire is burning in his eyes, and his pupils dilate at the sight of his girlfriend. “Undress…”
“I should’ve thought a little before agreeing to continue our relationship.” Anna sinks her nails tenderly into the nape of Daniel’s neck, who is running his hands over her back, the curves of her waist, and her buttocks. “Shoulda thought very well…”
“No-o-o, I won’t let you go anymore,” Daniel states determinedly and runs the fingers of his hands over Anna’s top, enjoying the way he feels her warm, velvet skin. “I’ll give my girl to nobody. She is mine.”
“Yours?”
“Only mine.”
Daniel gets Anna involved in a much more dizzying kiss on the lips, during which his hands caress and squeeze the lady’s tough buttocks like a boss. While the girl is literally shaking from the excess of amazing emotions, he lets his tongue get into her mouth determinedly but carefully and examines every part of it slowly, as if he is trying to find the most sensitive areas. That’s why his sweetheart starts breathing heavily and deeply, tensing her thighs and shaking with a feeling that her heart is about to get out of her chest.
“Oh, damn, whatcha doing?” Anna asks with a quiet sigh in a whisper, pulls both of Daniel’s lips tenderly, and bites them slightly as she is holding his face in her hands.
“I want you,” Daniel says in a low, little hoarse voice, covering Anna’s neck generously with short kisses and caressing her open collarbones with his lips. “So much…”
“It’s impossible now…”
“What if we do everything quickly?”
“We both don’t like to be in a rush. We do love feeling every single moment.”
“Yeah, but you’re so sweet…” Daniel caresses Anna’s ear with his lips and barely touches the area behind it with the tip of his tongue, while the girl shakes slightly with a feeling that a sweet, torturing tension is growing in her abdomen. “So delicious…”
“M-m-m, and how sexy and hot you are…” Anna purrs with a wide smile, leaves a short kiss on Daniel’s lips, runs her tongue confidently in his mouth, and runs it slowly over his palate, while her hands caress the male’s tough chest underneath his t-shirt. “I don’t understand… Either my body temperature’s rising, or it’s getting freaking hot in the living room.”
“So, do you really wanna wait ‘till the evening in this situation?” Daniel wonders truly, squeezes Anna’s breasts tenderly but tightly, and massages her tough enough nipples with his thumb intensively enough, feeling how his heart stops when she caresses his ear with her quiet, exciting moan. “Do you wanna deprive yourself and me of the opportunity to get a lot of pleasure?”
“But it’s gonna be much more desired. ‘Cause…” Anna leaves a few short kisses on the curve of Daniel’s neck and pinches the skin on it with her lips tenderly, making him tense his muscles slightly and close his eyes. “The more you dream of something, the more valuable the prize is.”
“Right…” Daniel smiles blissfully, running his hands over Anna’s back up and down. “But there’s the prize that you wanna get here and now.”
“And you’ve gotta work hard to get it.”
After she runs her tongue slowly around his tongue, pulls his bottom lip, and bites it slightly, Anna steps away from Daniel, turns her back on him, and wants to go aside, raising her head, spreading her shoulders, and starting to shake her thighs. But the man catches her shortly, presses her closely to himself, and grabs her by the waist with a sly smile. That’s why she shakes sharply with a nice tremble in her heart, getting goosebumps on her skin due to the heavy, hot breath of her boyfriend that she can hear so close to her ear.
“I’d go through fire and water for a brilliant like you,” Daniel says in a low, quiet voice and leaves a long-lasting kiss on the curve of Anna’s neck, while his free hand slides over her naked flat belly, and she breathes heavily, deeply, and loudly. “Losing it would be a sin. The stupidest thing I could ever do in my life.”
“I see someone’s too confident, as always,” Anna notices with a sly smile. “Someone thinks he can get what he wants without applying some effort.”
“Of course, baby.” Daniel turns Anna’s head on himself and looks into her eyes closely as if he is trying to put a spell on her. “You will do anything for me even if I just look into your eyes.”
“I don’t deny that your eyes are freaking attractive. But don’t naively think you can get what you want if you look at me so closely, pretending to be a so-called hypnotizer.”
“I’ve got a lot of things that can easily tie your hands and feet up.” Daniel caresses Anna’s throat with the tips of his fingers and moves it to the girl’s thigh. “I just don’t use all of them yet.”
“You won't get what you want even if you feel me up everywhere and put your hands in my underwear.”
“M-m-m, I shall do it soon…” Daniel squeezes Anna’s small but careful breasts with both hands and runs his half-open over the area behind her ear. “I shall find out if you’ve got knickers. Or you decided to simplify my mission and not to force me to spend time taking them off.”
“Don’t you wanna simplify my mission of driving you crazy? Take off everything that doesn’t let me make you forget everything in the world!”
“I prefer the moments when you undress me,” Daniel confesses with a sly smile and strokes Anna’s bottom lip with his thumb. “And I really love walking naked in the house and letting my body breathe.”
“It’s not a secret for everyone that you’re crazy.”
“I’m not crazy, princess. I am a rebel. The rebel that doesn’t care about rules. Who lives as he wants.”
“That’s why you make me crazy. Why I feel free from the rules and prejudices next to you.”
“The shy and sweet girl turned out to be not so simple and predictable.” Daniel runs his hands over Anna’s thighs, stays on the inside of them for some time, and leaves a couple of kisses on her shoulders. “She turned out to be a fateful spice girl. Who can’t be scared by dirty wounds and make her faint.”
“By the way, did I tell you I recently had a very dirty and cheeky dream?” Anna asks with a playful smile, putting her arms around Daniel’s neck, running her hands through his hair, sticking her buttocks slightly, and looking into his eyes confidently. “It was so hot… I’m gonna be honest, I even woke up… Woke up ‘cause I finished…”
“That’s how…” Daniel pronounces with an interest, while fire is burning in his eyes.
“I was breathless, it was hot in the room, and a shake got control over all the parts of my body.”
“I’d like to know what got my girl so excited.”
“M-m-m, you will never guess.”
“What if I try?” Daniel presses Anna closely to himself, grabbing her by the curves of her waist, and leaves a short kiss on her lips. “What if I do the same things from your dream in real life? In our room… On our bed…”
“What if I say it didn’t happen in our room?” Anna puts her hands on Daniel’s chest and kisses him tenderly on the area between his chin and throat, making him swallow up loudly. “What if happened in a different place?”
“Beach?”
“Who knows, who knows… Who knows thanks to whom I yelled from pleasure in my dream… Who undressed me… Who caressed my naked body like a boss…”
“Don’t wake up an animal inside me, Anna,” Daniel warns with a heavy breath, tensing every single muscle of his body. “You know well that I will not stand another man next to you. Never.”
“I didn’t say anything!” Anna blinks her eyelashes innocently.
“Remember, you belong to me only.” Daniel grabs Anna by the nape of her neck and brings his face so close to her face that their lips almost contact. “If someone even dares to think about throwing you on the bed and undressing you, I swear they will regret it.”
“Wow, wow, calm down, tiger, keep your claws with you,” Anna laughs shyly, caressing Daniel’s cheeks with both hands. “Why are ya so nervous?”
“You better tell me everything right now. Tell me who you were playing with in your dream.”
“You’ve got one attempt to guess who’s the lucky man, who managed to get my gorgeous body. To guess how he brought me to an unreal bliss.”
“Do you want me to take you to the bedroom and show you who’s the real boss?”
“To show who’s the real boss, you’re gonna need a lot of time. But sadly, we don’t have enough. Not enough for you to finish, for me to feel satisfied. For us to finish it together.”
“Since you’re hot and wet enough, my mission is getting easier. With my skills of seducing, you’ll have no other choice but to give up and give yourself to the all-embracing ecstasy.”
“Self-confidence is good, but don’t overdo it.” Anna starts going away from Daniel backward as she keeps looking into his eyes closely, and he is coming to her.
“I am as confident as never ever. I am sure about my victory like never ever. I am sure I can make you scream louder than you did in your dream.”
“I doubt.”
“If you tell me your full dream, I will repeat it even with all the smallest things.”
“I don’t want!”
“Stop playing a mean girl, Seymour.”
“If you want, you can try. Who knows, maybe, you will hit the bullseye somehow. Twenty or thirty percent.”
“Sounds like you wanna challenge me.”
“If you’ve got the guts, you can take the responsibility to accept it. And if you really wanna just waste your time.”
At this moment, Anna leans against the wall with her back. And when she wants to go aside, Daniel comes to her shortly and closes the way, leaning on her with both arms, and literally sees through her soul with his piercing, close glance.
“Okay, princess, I am accepting your challenge,” Daniel says confidently.
“Good luck on losing, sweetie,” Anna snaps with a sweet smile. “Love you.”
“If the victory’s mind, you’re gonna have to work your mouth a little and give pleasure to me.” Daniel barely touches Anna’s lips with his lips and keeps whispering tenderly into her mouth. “And replay one of the dirtiest dreams I have ever seen.”
“Sorry, Perkins, but I’m afraid it’s gonna remain just your fantasy.”
“Watch and learn from the professional, babe. Now I am going to fulfill all your wettest and wildest dreams. Do my best for what happened in your dream to be nothing.”
Still leaning on the wall with his hands, Daniel kisses Anna’s lips greedily with a loud, heavy breath and gives her an exciting kiss. At first, the girl tenses all her muscles sharply and tries to say something, but his determination and pressure make her give up on the eternal pleasure very quickly with a sense of slight dizziness and the thought that the beat of her heart is echoing in her temples. Her long slim fingers set up a mess in the man’s hair, and she sinks tenderly her almond-shaped long nails with a golden nail polish with little sparkles into the nape of his neck. Sometimes she makes quiet, sensual moans, while her boyfriend bites, sucks, and pulls her lips or lets his tongue get into her mouth determinedly and caresses the most sensitive areas with it.
However, Anna does pay back and answers Daniel with the same things, runs her hands underneath his t-shirt, and lets them slide over his hot naked torso, noticing silently that the muscles on his stomach are really tougher and clearer. She leans her head unconsciously and cannot hold down quiet, sensual moans when he starts covering her neck with short kisses or runs his half-open mouth over it chaotically, taking her by the wrists at some moment and pressing them to the wall and feeling the heavy breath and a fast heartbeat of his sweetheart.
“Oh, Daniel, you’re crazy…” Anna says in a quiet, hoarse voice and rolls her eyes, while Daniel’s soft lips caress the thin sensitive skin on her neck. “Crazy… Damn…”
“Princes can be different,” Daniel notices with a heavy breath, massages Anna’s breasts tenderly with both hands, rubs her nipples with his thumbs, and runs his hands confidently over her collarbones, belly, thighs, and buttocks. “Not only those you read about in books.”
“I am happy with mine. And I shall give him to nobody. No shameless bitch.”
Grabbing Daniel’s face tightly, Anna kisses him on the lips harshly, with some kind of impatience, and runs her tongue confidently over his palate and around his tongue, making him moan quietly and press his sweetheart much closer to his hot body. And while she is paying attention to his neck, running her hands through his hair, and does not miss a chance to touch the male torso, the man’s hands stroke the curves of the lady’s slim waist or squeeze tenderly her thighs that are so perfect with her perfect hourglasses type of body.
At some moment, Daniel takes the initiative in the kiss without problems, holding Anna by the back of her head with one hand and her back with a second hand. After every quiet sigh and sensual moan she makes, he applies much more pressure, wishing to see her giving up for him and letting him know she is ready to fall into the abyss of true bliss. The girl sticks up her breasts unconsciously, bends her back backward, and spreads her shoulders when the man’s lips barely touch her ear, and a tender whisper makes her heart stop shortly.
“I’m already imagining you without clothes…” Daniel pronounces in a whisper with a smug smile. “Imagining you lying on the bed and bending backward like a gracious cat…”
“Try harder not to let it be your dream.” Anna provokes with a sly smile in a low, seducing voice. “Don’t deprive me of the chance to relax a little…”
“You’re almost ready. I do feel it. I just need to apply some effort to reach the depths of you. And taste the sweetest dessert.”
“You ain’t a fan of sweet food.”
“But I love kissing and hugging you. I can’t live a day without kissing your tender lips or thin neck. Not to press myself to your hot body.”
Daniel leaves a few short, teasing kisses on one of the curves of Anna’s neck and her collarbones and cannot resist the desire to caress these parts of her body with his lips, bite them tenderly, and suck them a little. The girl ruffles her boyfriend’s hair, runs her warm hands confidently over his wide shoulders, tough back, tough torso, and strong arms, or sinks her fingers into the man’s buttocks, seeing him blush and having his eyes full of passion. The lovers’ pupils are dilated, their heads go round due to the wave of incredible emotions, they can barely stand on their weak legs, and making themselves remember that they should breathe not to pass out is not so easy. Though they lack the air so badly at times.
At some moment, Daniel kisses Anna on the lips very closely and gives her a very tender kiss that’s the reason a quiet, voluptuous moan gets out of her mouth, feeling something tickling in his abdomen and understanding how a powerful electric wave gets through the whole body, and his heart stops for a moment. Then the man takes the girl in his arms and comes to the sofa, while she puts her arms around his neck, leaves a couple of kisses on it, barely touches her boyfriend’s auricle with her lips, and bites his earlobe playfully. When he places her carefully on the sofa, he bends to her and kisses her soft, tender pink lips, giving her a super exciting kiss that she accepts warmly, caressing his face with both hands, running her fingers through his soft dark strands and pressing him much closer to herself.
When she leads her head back, Daniel runs his half-open mouth over the front of Anna’s neck, massaging her breasts so tenderly that she sticks out proudly. The smell of her velvet, sensitive skin charms the man’s mind more and more and makes him want to touch it, kiss it, and touch it again and again. And his perfect skills in seducing do not leave her a choice but to relax and enjoy the way her sweetheart makes her feel like a goddess with a special language that has been fluent for ages. It’s impossible to think about something else when the man’s soft lips cover her neck generously with assertive and passionate or tender and slight kisses, deciding on increasing the temperature of tension or lowering it a little.
A little later, Daniel gets down and pays attention to Anna’s breasts, the curves of her waist, and her belly alongside her thighs, the inside of them, and her knees, caressing all these parts with special tenderness and covering them with innocent kisses full of love. He is showing that he goes crazy for his girlfriend, who, to his happiness, is walking in the house in cotton shorts and an oversized crop top. And the girl herself pulls his hair slightly in passion or sinks her nails into the nape of his neck, feeling how the torturing tension is rising in every part of her heated body, not holding down her wish to make moans full of bliss and keep breathing loudly and heavily alongside her sweetheart.
Anna adds some fuel to the fire with pleasure when Daniel gives her a continuous kiss on the lips, holding her face in his hands tenderly. The lovers make a quiet moan when their tongues contact and look for the most sensitive areas in each other’s mouths, making each other’s hearts beat much faster. By this moment, the whole world stops existing for them. They forget that they should actually accept the visitor at home, even if he has not let them know about his arrival yet. All these thoughts are focused on each other. All their wishes are connected with the one their heart belongs to. The beloved person, who they could have lost because of the tricks of those, who did not want to see them happy together.
But at some moment, while Daniel is caressing the area behind her ear with his lips, caressing her breasts skillfully, and running his hand over her belly, Anna, frowning slightly, starts listening closely to the sound that wakes her up from the blissful trance. After making sure that it does not seem to her, the girl claps the man slightly on the shoulder to stop him and say:
“Hey, hey, Daniel, wait… Wait…”
“What’s wrong, princess?” Daniel asks hesitantly, stepping away from Anna sharply. “Am I doing something wrong? Are you hurt?”
“No, no, the case isn’t about it.”
“What’s the problem then?”
“Listen closely.” Anna falls into silence for two seconds, still listening to the sounds that got her attention. “You hear it?”
“What should I hear?” Daniel wonders with a heavy breath, barely thinking due to the passion he is obsessed with now.
“I hear a dog’s barking. Somewhere close.”
“A dog’s barking?”
Frowning much stronger, Daniel listens closely to all the sounds that surround him and really hears the loud and very determined bark of a certain dog two seconds later.
“Really…” Daniel confirms, gets off Anna, and sits on the sofa, while she sits up and fixes slightly her tail, which nothing is left of. “The dog’s barking…”
“Behind the door!” Anna exclaims. “The dog’s barking at our door!”
“Yeah, right! I hear the barking from there!”
“Isn’t that Sammy?”
“I dunno… It sounds like him…”
“So, did Peter come?”
“Honestly, I kinda forgot that we were waiting for him to rehearse the song.”
“Yeah, but why’s Sammy barking there?” Anna wonders, hearing the dog still barking too determinedly.
“And why didn’t Rose press the doorbell?”
“Did it break? Not working?”
“At least, it was fine yesterday.”
“Yeah, right…”
“Okay, let’s go to meet the visitors,” Daniel says confidently and gets up from the sofa.
“Who are kinda late, just saying.”
“Sammy one hundred percent refused to go before Rose gave me a full bowl of food.”
After pulling down his t-shirt and fixing his disheveled hair, Daniel comes to the hall door, at which someone keeps barking loudly and determinedly. Besides, Anna notices how a little dog’s door is shaking slightly as if someone really wants to enter it so badly. But they do not do it because they understand that they are not allowed to do this without permission.
When he unlocks the door quickly, Daniel surprises when he only sees the adult golden retriever with a black collar and soft, well-groomed hair that literally shines under the sun. The dog looks excited enough and does not stop barking loudly even when he sees the familiar man and girl.
“Sammy?” Daniel pronounces surprisingly, rounding his eyes. “What are you doing here?”
“Sammy, boy, hi…” Anna smiles shyly, bending to Sammy.
The dog named Sammy keeps barking so hard as if he is trying to say something very important.
“Hey, hey, calm down, man, calm down,” Daniel says softly, petting Sammy’s head. “Calm down. Don’t bark so loudly.”
“Wait, why are you here alone?” Anna wonders. “Where’s Peter?”
At this moment, Daniel opens his eyes widely, and Sammy does not give up on trying to say something to the lovers.
“Indeed, Sammy, where’s Peter?” Daniel wonders. “Why isn’t he with you?”
Sammy starts barking much louder and with more despair, turning his head aside at some moment.
“Please, Sammy, calm down,” Anna begs. “Or our neighbors will come here.”
“Anna… I don’t like all of this.” Daniel moves his eyes to Anna. “I don’t like this.”
“Me too…” Anna puts her hand on her heart. “Sammy’s so excited for the reason.”
As if he wants to confirm that something terrible happened, Sammy keeps barking much more determinedly.
“My gosh, did something serious happen?” Anna opens her eyes widely. “Something happened to the blond?”
“Seems like,” Daniel assumes and gets up. “And it’s definitely something serious.”
In despair, Sammy barks loudly for a few seconds before he grabs Daniel by the edge of his t-shirt and starts pulling him after him as if he is begging him to come with him and help him with something.
“Hey, hey, hey, stop, stop!” Daniel exclaims and takes his t-shirt out of Sammy’s mouth by force. “Sammy, you’ll tear it now! Sammy! Let it go now!”
When Sammy lets Daniel go, he stands behind his back, gets up on his hint paws, and, stretching himself up, starts pushing him forward with his front ones.
“What’s wrong with you, buddy?” Daniel wonders. “What’s wrong?”
“I think he wants you to come with him,” Anna assumes thoughtfully, watching Sammy closely. “Sammy’s definitely asking you for help.”
“Did something really happen to Peter? He needs help?”
Sammy barks loudly multiple times in a row, as if he says, “Finally you’ve understood me! Hurry up before something terrible happens! I can’t do this without you!”
“Samuel, calm down now!” Daniel orders harshly. “Stop barking at the whole neighborhood!”
But it does not impact Sammy that keeps begging Daniel for help so hard, grabs him by the thin bracelet on his wrist, and pulls him after himself so hard.
“Okay, okay, I got ya!” Daniel raises his head. “We will solve it all now! But stop barking before our neighbors start a riot!”
“So, what do we do now?” Anna asks hesitantly. “How do we help Peter if he is in trouble?”
“We will do this: you stay here, and I will go with Sammy and find out what’s wrong. What if Rose really needs some help.”
“I’m scared, sweetheart… It won’t lead to anything good.”
“No, no, princess, don’t be scared,” Daniel replies confidently, putting his hand on Anna’s cheek. “While I’m next to you, nothing will happen to you.”
“I’ve got a bad presentiment.”
“Me too. My gut tells me that something terrible happened to Peter. And I must help him.”
“Please, be very careful.” Anna puts her hand on Daniel’s chest, looking into his eyes with pity in her eyes. “Whatever happens.”
“It’s gonna be okay. And while I’m out, don’t even dare to leave the house.”
“But…”
“I am serious, Anna,” Daniel orders strictly. “Go to the house and don’t even dare to leave it.”
“So, do I have just to sit and wait?”
“Yes.”
“But, Daniel…”
“I am coming, Sammy, coming!” Daniel moves his eyes sharply to the barking Sammy that grabs him by the t-shirt again and pulls him with him. “Okay. Coming. Show me the way.”
Sammy barks confidently, moves off his place faster than any athlete, stops at some moment, and turns around as if he wants to make sure that Daniel is following him.
“Stay here and don’t dare to follow me,” Daniel orders. “If I don’t come back soon, lock all the doors, close the windows, and be as quiet as a mouse.”
“Will go you like this?” Anna wonders. “No phone, no documents?”
“Later, princess. We’ll talk later.”
After kissing Anna sweetly on her forehead, Daniel turns around and starts following Sammy fast, while the dog fastens much more and starts literally running.
“Daniel!” Anna calls loudly. “Daniel, wait!”
But Daniel does not pay attention to Anna’s call and goes further and further, while the girl watches him with half-wet eyes full of a scare, feeling that her heart squeezes painfully at the thought that it will not lead to anything good.
“Not so fast, Sammy!” Daniel exclaims, barely being able to run after Sammy that is running as fast as the wind. “Slow down!”
But Sammy ignores Daniel’s plea and keeps running super fast in the large neighborhood where there are no people now but where there are many houses. The man gets on well with most of the owners of them but does not contact or has not met the other part. But there is nobody, who would start a war with him. Nobody, who would annoy me and do him dirty tricks, not letting him live a quiet life.
Some time later, Sammy and Daniel leave the territory where all these houses are located and start running where there are woods where people do not go, but there is an uneven automobile road with a two-way street that definitely needs repair. Of course, cars, trucks, and other transports drive on it, but now it’s absolutely empty. Since he usually goes to the city on a different, opposite road, Perkins is truly surprised that the dog decided to bring him here.
“Hey, fluffy, where did you make me go?” Daniel wonders. “I wouldn’t be surprised if Edward walked here. He loves looking for trouble and burning his ass. But what do you and Rose need here?”
Sammy keeps running as fast as the wind, stopping at times and turning back to make sure Daniel is still following him. The man has to run some distance before the dog leads him deeper into the woods where he sees multiple paths that lead on different roads. It seems like someone has been here many times because there are tracks from shoes on the ground and even clear prints of cars’ wheels. Perkins does not know where he is, but he completely trusts the retriever that is aiming to help Peter, who definitely got in trouble, and running to him so hard.
“Oh, where did you go?” Daniel blunts under his nose with a heavy breath. “That’s good I put on sneakers. If I had gone outside in my slippers, I would’ve dirtied them to the fuck…”
And some time later, Sammy runs to the abyss, stops finally, turns around, and barks, letting Daniel know that they have come. The man feeling a little out of breath, does not see anything that could make him interested at first. But when he wants to swear at the dog for making him run so far, Perkins stops his eyes on two people, who are on the small glade, which he can see so well from the abyss. One of them is a young, tough, dark-haired man with a thick beard, who is wearing dark clothes. He has a little knife that he is trying to get into the blond-haired man, who is fighting off him cruelly, as he is pressed to the dirty ground. The blond magically pushes him off himself with a strong hit in his abdomen, gets up, and catches some air before he gets attacked again and fights with him hand in hand, keeping the man under his view.
After watching them for some time, Daniel easily recognizes Peter as the blond-haired man, who has to fight off the unknown man all alone.
“Son of a bitch…” Daniel pronounces with horror in his eyes.
Sammy barks very loudly and moves off sharply to try to help Peter get rid of the man, who is attempting his life again. The dark-haired man slaps Rose strongly in the face at some moment, strikes him down with one hit in the jaw, and hits him strongly in his stomach, making him twist from pain. Biting the bullet from strong pain and feeling the taste of blood in his mouth, Peter tries to get up and decides to run away from where as far as possible. But the opponent hits his head rudely against the ground and smashes his fist against his spine so strongly that the blond screams at the top of his lungs and begs backward from the pain that possesses his whole body. And he does not notice how the dark-haired man takes a thin rope from the inside pocket and starts strangling Rose with it by squeezing it tightly on his throat. The blond starts choking immediately due to the lack of air, but he cannot do anything to break free from this trap. Because he has already gotten tired, and his opponent is by far not so easy.
“No, Peter!” Daniel shouts with widely open eyes.
After looking around quickly in search of a way to get down and help his friend out, Daniel moves off shortly and runs after Sammy. While the dog already runs to the criminal and grabs his arm, trying so hard to set Peter free, who is trying to weaken the grip so hard while the rope is squeezing his throat tightly. But the stinker hits the dog against his face with his leg as strongly as possible, making him jump aside with a whine full of pain. But he comes to himself quickly enough, shakes dirt off his hair, and tries to save the boyfriend of his owner.
However, any attempts of Sammy to do something do not help Peter, who loses the ability to protect himself somehow due to the lack of oxygen and only thinks about how to stay awake. Especially when he starts feeling dizzy at some moment.
“You’ve been caught, pretty boy,” the dark-haired man sneers, squeezing the rope tighter and tighter on Peter’s neck. “Early or late, you will pay for everything you’ve done. For everything you’ve done to the person, who’s dreaming of your death.”
Meanwhile, Sammy keeps running around the criminal, barking at him or growling aggressively as he shows his sharp white teeth that can bite anything through easily.
“You’ll do nothing to me, fucking dog,” the man smiles slyly, pulling Peter from one side to another. “You cannot save your pathetic owner.”
After another loud growl full of aggression, Sammy grabs the man’s coat tightly with a warning bark and pulls it strongly forward. This time, he is much more determined because the criminal does not manage to push the dog off himself so easily. At some moment, the retriever pulls the criminal so sharply on himself that he almost falls, pulling Peter after himself, who is balancing between the threat of losing consciousness due to the lack of air and the inability to get access to oxygen and coughing quietly at times. It’s possible to see that his skin is now pale, his lips get a slight shade of blue, and his legs can barely hold his weight. He feels like a puppy pushed to the corner with no chance to protect himself. Not because he is afraid. Because he has no strength. He has no strength to deal with the man, who has gotten him exhausted for some time and used the situation when he managed to put the rope around his neck.
But when Peter does not hope for any kind of miracle, and Sammy does not know what to do, the excited Daniel runs on the glade as fast as a hurricane. Seeing what’s happening, he lets them know about him with a little heavy breath, crying in a low bass voice:
“Hey, leave him alone now!”
Seeing Daniel from afar, Peter flashes a slight smile and gets hope for some help. While the criminal moves his eyes to the man, who has just come, and smiles slyly, not even thinking about weakening the grip and squeezing the rope tighter and tighter.
“Oh, look, the protector has come…” the man laughs evilly. “He did not hide at his hole, after all.”
“I give you, bastard, two seconds to let my friend go,” Daniel demands in a rude, low voice, coming closer to the criminal and threatening him with a finger. “Or I shall put this fucking rope around your smelly dick and squeeze it as tightly as I can.”
“Now I see where this bald piece of shit was running.” The criminal glances evilly at Sammy barking with threat, standing in a fighting position and hoping to terrify the opponent with his sharp teeth. “He decided to bring the support team here. The witnesses to the way I am going to kill this blond asshole.”
“Did I, asshole, say something unclear to you?” Daniel comes much closer to the criminal, clenching his hands tightly into fists. “LET PETER GO NOW!”
“Don’t ask for trouble, stooge. Or I shall bury you right here.”
“Don’t dare…” Peter makes himself pronounce in a low, rude voice. “Or you are dead…”
“Shut your mouth down, freak.” The criminal squeezes the rope on Peter’s neck tighter after weakening it at some moment.
“I said let my friend go now!” Daniel shouts. “DO NOT MAKE ME TEAR YOU DOWN PART BY PART!”
“What can you do to me? Run around me just like this piece of shit and bark?”
“I will call the police if I see your face in two minutes.”
“Oh, oh, oh, I am so scared! Let your pal go and run away from here, not looking back.”
“You will HAVE to do this! Because you will do NOTHING to my friend. Especially at MY territory.”
“Hey, defective freak, do you want problems?” the criminal hisses through his teeth. “WAS IT NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO GET YOUR FACE BEATEN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO?”
“Do not make me wild, dog. DO WHAT I THE FUCK TELL YOU!”
“You better watch me kill him before your eyes.”
The criminal smiles slyly as he squeezes the rope so tightly that it seems like he is about to break the neck of Peter, who grabs what does not let him breathe with both hands, trying to pull it a little somehow.
“Samuel, take it!” Daniel orders loudly.
Sammy runs instantly to the criminal and grabs his arm tightly, making him scream in pain and start pulling it sharply in the hope of pushing the dog off himself. Not wasting time, Daniel moves off, uses a chokehold on him, and pulls him aside determinedly. Far from Peter, who is finally free. The blond falls powerlessly to the ground and starts coughing loudly, literally to nausea, grabbing his neck that has a bright red track from the rope and catching the air greedily. Daniel lies the criminal down with one little movement and hits him in the jaw with his fist as strongly as possible. And then do this with his leg. That’s why a thin flow of blood starts getting out of the man’s nose. While Sammy keeps barking at him loudly and growling aggressively.
“So, bitch, you like it?” Daniel asks rudely, pressing the man’s face to the ground. “DO YOU LIKE IT, I AM ASKING?”
“Yeah…” the criminal smirks evilly. “We thought his pals would be smarter and wouldn’t prevent us from it. They wouldn’t love to ask for trouble.”
“How could those, who don’t have brains, think?” Daniel grabs the criminal rudely by the collar. “Who don’t even guess what we can do to those, who dare to harm our friends.”
“You should’ve stayed home, rooster. Done your business. WHY ARE YOU THE FUCK MEDDLING IN WHAT YOU ARE NOT A PART OF?”
“Oh, no, I ain’t gonna be silent when some jackass is trying to harm my friend. MY BROTHER. AT MY TERRITORY.”
Daniel smashes his fist strongly against the criminal’s solar plexus, making him shout and double over.
“DON’T EVEN HOPE I WILL BE STANDING AND DOING NOTHING WHILE YOU’RE TRYING TO HARM HIM! I WILL TEAR YOU, ASSHOLE, PART!”
“Alright, tough guy, if you wanted to wave your wings and show off for your pal and kind of save him, I am giving you a chance with pleasure. BEFORE I BURY HIM!”
The criminal deprives Daniel of the ability to breathe by hitting him strongly in the chest. And while the brunet starts choking from a lack of air, the man puts the rope around his neck and squeezes it tightly, just like in the case of Peter. Sammy grabs the coat of the bad man with a desperate bark and pulls him on himself. But Daniel does not have to take it for too long because Peter literally makes himself get up, despite weakness, gives the opponent a hit in his temple in a run, pulls him aside by the collar, and strikes him down. The criminal getting literally green from anger, gets up as he is showing his contemptuous grin and starts a cruel hand-in-hand fight with him, during which he uses all the possible dirty tricks to neutralize the blond he hates so badly. Meanwhile, Rose literally got a dose of adrenaline with Perkins’ appearance. He has to protect himself and not to let this dangerous man do anything to his friend or dog, thanks to whom the guy is still holding on more or less.
However, Daniel does not sit on the ground for too long and gets up to join the fight between Peter and his opponent, Together, the friends fight back with hands and feet and cover each other in dangerous moments while Sammy is doing his best to help them somehow. At some moment, he covers the men with himself when the unknown man manages to strike them down and squeeze the knife that he takes from the coat and starts barking at him as if he says he is ready to attack him at any moment. It’s enough for Daniel to get up and help Peter do the same.
“So, as it’s happening, bring here two more guys, who love pretending to be heroes and beating everyone’s faces,” the criminal smiles slyly, wrapping the knife in his hand. “Those, who sing fucking songs with you about being strong, unbreakable, and brave heroes.”
“So, do you want to get bruises under your eyes?” Daniel smirks evilly. “Okay, we can do this with no problem!”
“And the doggy’s gonna leave a big hole on your ass,” Peter adds.
“You are going to get a big hole in your head, blond-haired," the criminal snaps. "Whatever you and your friends do, you will not avoid what's going to happen very soon.”
“Peter has done nothing to be the target of some hunters,” Daniel protects confidently.
“Wrong, rooster. You know nothing yet. You don’t know what he did. What he should have paid for many years ago. You don’t know which secrets he is hiding.”
“Whichever goals you and your accomplices have, I will not close my eyes to it!” Peter exclaims. “I’m not going to hide in the corner like a mouse and shake in fear, waiting for some bastard to wish to deal with me.”
“You must be afraid! If you have not understood it, your life will never be the same again. From now on, you will have to look around. Just like your pals. Or maybe, even your gorgeous ladies.”
“If I see you or your pals next to one of them, I shall break you like a pearl!” Peter hisses through his teeth, threatening the criminal with his finger. “DON’T DARE TO COME TO THEM! AND MY FRIENDS, TOO!”
“I wonder who can stop us?” the criminal sneers contemptuously.
“Take a note, asshole,” Daniel throws rudely. “For our friends, we’d tear anyone apart, and we can kill for our girls.”
Sammy barks multiple times in a row and grows quietly, showing his sharp teeth.
“Don’t try to look threatful, guys,” the stranger insists. “You do it as bad as sing.”
“So, I see you are too sassy? You love asking for trouble?”
“Nothing changed for me after you waved your wings to save your friend.”
“I would be happy to beat you again if you dared to come to him again. And if you just look at my girlfriend, your next station is a cemetery.”
“Okay, let’s see if you can do much more. How long you will hold on.”
When the criminal moves off, Sammy starts barking at him much crueler and more determinedly, standing in a fighting position and not letting him get closer to Daniel and Peter, who jump back sharply, grabbing each other’s hands tightly and keeping their eyes on the criminal.
“Hey, you, barking piece of shit, you better go aside before you become food for wild animals,” the criminal advises in a low, threatening voice. “You can do nothing anyway. Because you are a stupid, worthless creature that can only eat, pee, and sleep.”
Sammy barks loudly at first, but then, when the man gets much closer to him, grabs the sleeve of his coat tightly and pulls his hand that is holding the sharp knife from one side to another.
“Fuck, bitch, get off me now!” the man demands rudely, trying to let his arm go out of Sammy’s tight grip. “GET OFF, I SAID! GET OFF ME! WHO DID I SAY, YOU, BRAINLESS ASSHOLE?”
“Run!” Daniel says confidently, moving his eyes to Peter. “Get out before we’ve got a chance to.”
“Sammy, follow me!” Peter throws loudly.
When he takes Peter under his arm, Daniel pulls him after him, going to where he came here from some time ago. The criminal notices the men running away and, still trying to make Sammy let him go, screams at the top of his lungs:
“STOP, JACKASSES! STOP, I SAID! YOU WILL NOT RUN AWAY FROM ME!”
Two seconds later, the criminal manages to get his arm out of Sammy’s grip by hitting him strongly with a foot. While the dog gets thrown aside and whines with pity from the pain, the man takes his knife from the ground and starts running after Rose and Perkins, who turn back at some moment and see they are being chased now.
“He won’t get off us so easily!” Peter exclaims.
“Don’t worry, buddy, it’s gonna be okay,” Daniel assures. “This bastard will do nothing to you while I’m here.”
“I hope you got enough brains not to take Anna here?”
“No, I told her to stay home and not to get out.”
“We must not walk there while this bastard is chasing us.”
“We will not.”
“Fuck, he’s not leaving us behind…” Peter says with a heavy breath after he turns back again.
“He will have to.”
“Be careful with this asshole… He’s a tough enough nut. If you yank, he’s gonna defeat you.”
“Over my dead only!”
“DON’T YOU HEAR ME THERE?” the man’s deafening shout sounds. “I AM NOT GOING TO PLAY THE CATCH WITH YOU!”
“It’s okay, you will get off us sooner and leave us alone…” Daniel throws gloomily, breathing a little heavily.
Meanwhile, Sammy manages to catch the criminal quickly and grab him by the edge of the coat. But he pushes the dog off himself rudely, so that he scratches himself against dry dead sticks. That’s why he whines quietly and unsuccessfully tries to reach the painful areas with his nose. Understanding that he cannot stay here for too long, the retriever gets up and easily catches the criminal, who is still chasing Peter and Daniel. Who do not know where to go but do not stop since every second is very important to them, sometimes having to jump over stones, sticks, and some holes in the ground.
But at some moment, the criminal manages to shorten the distance enough because Peter stumbles over a small stump of the trunk that he does not see. That’s why the man falls harshly to the ground, and tears the skin on his knee that starts stinging a little. Daniel helps him get up shortly, taking him under his arms and leading him somewhere as the older brother. Now Sammy aims to be as close to the friends as possible to see how far or close the offender of his owner’s sweetheart is.
“I will catch you anyway!” the criminal laughs evilly. “YOU WILL NOT RUN AWAY TOO FAR!”
“Fuck, when are your legs gonna hurt from running?” Peter throws gloomily. “When will you get sick of doing nobody the fuck knows what?”
“A typical ass-licker that’s licking the ass of his lord,” Daniel replies. “He got an order… He is doing it…”
The chase lasts for some time, and at some moment, Daniel stumbles over something and just falls to his knees because Peter reacts immediately and gets him up without problems. That’s why the criminal shortens the distance much more and is getting super close. Luckily, the friends manage to leave him behind because Sammy holds him a little by barking at him loudly and growling at the man.
“GET OUT OF MY WAY, SHABBY ASSHOLE!” the man roars with evil and pushes Sammy aside with his foot.
Being obsessed with some kind of aggression and a desire to turn the men to dust, the man starts fastening and catches Peter and Daniel for a few seconds, while they also start running faster. But it does not help them a lot because the man grabs Rose by the hair from behind, pulls him back painfully, and strikes him down with one easy movement. Then he, not wasting time, attacks Perkins with fists, making him fight back with strong hits of feet and hands, despite the tiredness after a long run. And when the knife is literally a few centimeters away from him, the brunet squeezes it tightly with both hands and pushes him off himself rudely, not letting the blaze get through him.
Later, Peter comes to help him out, grabbing the criminal by the hair, pulling him back, using a chokehold, squeezing his opponent’s throat with the cruelty that is usually untypical for him, and not letting him any chance to get out of the trap. That’s why the man starts choking and hitting the blond on his arm, so he lets him go shortly. Meanwhile, Sammy runs to the men after coming to himself a little and starts barking at the one, the men cannot get rid of. The one, who breaks free some time later by hitting Rose in his abdomen. While the blond doubles over from pain, wincing strongly and holding his stomach tightly, the criminal hits him against the small of his back with his fist, making him shout loudly and bend backward sharply.
Daniel does not stand aside and easily takes the opponent’s hand with a knife when that man raises it to get it deeper into Peter’s chest or stomach. After turning him on himself, Perkins smashes his fist strongly against the jaw and strikes the knife out with his foot. So that the knife rises up. And it happens that Sammy, watching this thing, catches the cold gun in a jump by taking it tightly with his teeth. Then Rose takes it from the dog’s mouth and comes to the criminal determinedly, pointing the blade at him.
“Get out of here, bastard,” Peter demands in a low, rude voice. “So, that I don’t see you and your pals again.”
“Are you threatening me?” the criminal rounds his eyes and smirks evilly, trying to hit Daniel against the jaw with no success. “Seriously?”
“I have no time, wish, and mood to play with you in these fucking games. C’mon, spring-heeled, get up now and get out of here.”
“Stop threatening me with my own gun!”
“It was yours, it became mine!”
“You’re dead, Rose! I swear I shall bury you right here!”
But when the criminal barely moves, Daniel grabs him by the hair rudely and pulls him back strongly, while Sammy covers Peter with himself.
“Do not move, bastard!” Daniel roars. “You will hurt him over my dead body.”
“SO, FIRST OF ALL, I SHALL DEAL WITH YOU, FUCKING PROTECTOR!” the criminal explodes.
Daniel has to fight the criminal hand in hand for some time and protect himself with strong and brilliant hits with his feet. Despite the good fighting skills that the opponent has, Perkins is holding on pretty well, even if he is getting a little tired. However, he gets rid of all these thoughts because he thinks he must do his best not to let his friend become the victim of this man. While Peter and Sammy do not also stand aside and are trying to get off the one, who does not want to give up and is obsessed with a wish to get rid of the blond.
But at some moment, the criminal pushes Daniel off himself with a hit of the fist against the temple. In order to get a victory over him, he also performs a confident tornado kick. Unfortunately, Perkins does not dodge in time and gets a powerful hit with the heel against his solar plexus. So strong that he gets two meters thrown aside. The brunet falls to the ground with a strong pain in his stomach and tries to catch some air that he lacks after what happened.
“Daniel!” Peter yells, while Sammy starts barking loudly and excitedly.
Sammy manages to run to Daniel and starts to put his nose into his face as he is whining quietly, but Peter gets a hit in his jaw with the same kick, even if he manages to stand on his feet, grabbing his face tightly with a feeling of blood in his mouth. And he has to start to fight off the criminal immediately since he takes the knife everybody forgot about and attacks him with fists. The blond is holding on well and does not look confused or scared, but his strong tiredness lets him know about it and weakens the strength he has.
“Aren’t you sick of waving your wings, blond-haired freak?” the criminal wonders with a heavy breath, hitting Peter in his temple with no success.
“I can ask you the same question,” Peter replies boldly and gives a brilliant hit against the opponent’s nose.
“It’s alright, Rose, alright… You’ve got a little time… A little… You will die soon… Just like you’ve always wanted… Just like the one, who is CURSING YOU wants it!”
“I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S MY FUCKING FAULT!”
“You’ll know everything soon. Of course, if someone does not order to kill you earlier than it happens. AND IF YOU, BASTARD, DO NOT STOP MAKING ME ENRAGED!”
Grabbing Peter by the collar tightly, the criminal pulls him to the tree and pushes him strongly against the trunk with his head. That’s why the blond winces strongly and falls to the ground with strong pain, even if he still remains awake. Using the moment, the criminal takes the rope that he takes from the pocket and tries to strangle the blond again, squeezing his throat much tighter than before. Rose starts suffering from a catastrophic lack of air and coughing quietly, trying to get out of the trip with no success.
“Someone’s gonna be so happy if we bring him your corpse,” the criminal laughs evilly. “When that man sees it with his own eyes and understands that he is finally able to live quietly and do anything he wants.”
Peter cannot say a word and starts hitting his opponent on his arms with the hope that it can help him break free. But every second, he is getting more obsessed with the feeling that he is a little, unprotected child, who is not able to fight off the adult and evil man. Briefly, he even recalls the memories of himself being able to do nothing when he was bullied by the guys from his school. When nobody thought about standing up for him. Or at least trying to end this bullying.
“You have no place to run, bastard,” the criminal hisses through his teeth and squeezes the rope on Peter’s neck much tighter, while the blond hits his arms strongly with the thought that he starts feeling dizzy. “Even if everyone cares about you so much. You will die… DIE! AND NOBODY CAN STOP US!”
At some moment, Sammy’s defeating bark sounds from nowhere, and he runs here to grab the sleeve of the criminal’s coat with no hesitation and pull him on himself. But it does not make the criminal let go of Peter, who looks terribly pale, and he keeps strangling him with the rope and pulling him from one side to another as he looks confident enough and does not doubt that the man will not get out of this trap.
A little later, the blond’s legs get super weak, and he lowers his hands slowly, almost closes his eyes, and falls into the darkness with no access to oxygen and a sense of strong dizziness, stopping to resist him somehow. Through the mist, Peter can barely see the silhouettes of Sammy that is trying so hard to save the boyfriend of his owner and Daniel, who is rushing to help him out. Trying to weaken the grip of the criminal, Perkins meets the hard resistance and refusal to let the man go, who is now half-unconscious. With a pale face and blue lips. So, Perkins thinks of nothing better than using a chokehold for him from behind and squeezing his throat so strongly that he starts choking himself.
Anyway, the criminal lets Peter go, making him fall to the ground like a stone and start coughing loudly and literally to nausea, not moving and catching every breath of air so greedily. Sammy runs to the powerless man shortly and starts snuggling his face with his face and licking him with a quiet whine full of pity, while the blond does not react to what’s happening around him. Meanwhile, Perkins starts a much crueler fight with the opponent and prevents any attempt to take a step toward Rose with no mercy. In the end, the brunet beats the man so strongly that a thin flow of blood starts getting out of his nose, bright bruises show up on his face, and he starts limping. However, Perkins himself does not get rid of it easily and quietly. Not saying about disheveled hair, a couple of holes in his t-shirt and pants, and sneakers covered with mud, he still feels a strong pain in his stomach after the powerful hit with a tornado kick, he has a little scar on his cheek that he got after scratching it against a dry stick, and the knuckles on his right hand are now a little red and are covered with blood tracks.
“So, asshole, you got it?” Daniel asks rudely with a heavy breath. “Do you see what’s going to happen if someone dares to hurt my friends?”
“You are good at waving your wings, I admit it,” the criminal smirks evilly.
“I advise you to get out of here before I make a chop out of you. Our dog would be fucking happy to taste a piece of fresh meat.”
“Be careful because you and your pals may become the food for the dog.”
“I don’t need to surround myself with a lot of tough guys, so all of us beat your face. I can do this by myself.”
“Think you are just lucky this time. I didn’t have an order to turn Rose and his pals into a bunch of corpses. In the opposite case, you two would have died after my first hit on your face.”
“Huh, are you trying to show off with THIS?” Daniel sneers contemptuously. “The men and I had much more epic fights than this one with a shabby cat!”
“Do not underestimate me, bastard. Next time, I shall surely show you why I got a blue belt for karate. Even if you all are together, you will not be able to resist the one, who has never lost a competition.”
“Today you lost for the first time. My brother and I got the victory.”
“It doesn’t count. Today, I just sent a warning sign to Rose.”
“Get out of here,” Daniel hisses through his teeth in a rude, low voice, clenching his hands tightly into fists. “Get out of here while I am giving you a chance to. Stay as quiet as a mouse and do not show up and lick your balls.”
“Alright, I think it’s enough for today,” the criminal smiles slyly, pulling his t-shirt slightly with a proud look. “May your friend walk on the streets and look around now.”
“I am warning you, jackass, if I see you and your henchmen next to Peter or know you did something to him, I swear you will regret it. I will personally skin you fucking alive! NO MERCY FOR ANYONE!”
“I don’t fucking care about your threats, mate. I ain’t fucking care about your attempts to look sassy and bold.”
“Do you, bastard, think I am joking? PLAYING GAMES WITH YOU? NO, YOU ARE WRONG!”
“Oh, c’mon, stop shouting! My head’s tearing apart.”
“Get out of here, bastard! And if I see you in my territory or somewhere close, I will call the police shortly. So, they find out whose ass you and your friend, who attacked Rose after the show, so hard. And who’s the bastard, who ‘ordered’ my friend.”
“Watch out, Perkins. And tell your friends the same. And have an eye on your sexy cuties. Because…” the criminal smiles mysteriously, stroking his chin. “Who knows… Maybe, they will have to meet us, too.”
“Don’t even dare to think about our girls if you don’t want to wake up animals inside us,” Daniel threatens in a low voice. “I will tear anyone apart for my girlfriend. If I see you or another bastard next to her, don’t wait for mercy from me.”
“That’s all for now. A little later, you will probably know more. Of course, if you are not buried earlier than it’s currently scheduled.”
The criminal strokes his disheveled hair with a sharp movement of his hand and smiles slyly.
“See you soon, rooster,” the criminal says goodbye. “This is not the last meeting of us. There will be a lot of them. Until a city cemetery becomes Rose’s new home.”
While Daniel clenches his hands into fists so that his knuckles are white, breathing a little heavily and literally killing him with his glance full of hate, the criminal turns around and goes somewhere straight and turns on the corner some time later. Perkins watches him all this time and is ready that he may come back and start the fight that seemed something like eternality. But when he realizes everything is over, the man closes his eyes and exhales slowly with great relief, being happy nothing bad happened, to his happiness.
Then Sammy gets Daniel’s attention by barking loudly as he is still running in circles around Peter and snuggling his face. The blond keeps lying powerlessly on the side with no movements, but it’s hard to see if he is unconscious from afar. Though, the man no longer chokes with such a loud cough that he had some time ago. Not thinking too much, Perkins moves off shortly, runs to his friend, and falls to his knees, jabbing excitedly:
“Hey, Pete, are you okay?” Daniel puts his hand on Peter’s shoulder. “Hear me? Peter!”
Before answering something, Peter coughs loudly, breathing a little heavily, while Sammy watches him with pity in his eyes, putting his tail between his paws and touching his cheek with his paw shyly.
“Yeah, I’m okay…” Peter pronounces faintly and coughs again. “Probably…”
“It’s okay, buddy, that bastard has gone.”
“Gone?”
“Yup, he will no longer do anything to you.”
“Oh, you made me so happy…” Peter turns on his back slowly, setting his tired eyes up to the sky with a heavy breath. “A little bit before the threat of dying.”
“How do you feel?” Daniel expresses anxiety.
“As if a truck drove over me…” Peter replies in a low voice and coughs loudly again.
“Too bad?”
“Feel dizzy… And everything’s blurry for me…”
“It’s okay, okay, it will be gone now. Just breathe deeply.”
“Oh… I think I’m gonna pass out now…”
Sammy barks very quietly and snuggles his nose in Peter’s pale, exhausted face, while he is trying so hard to be close to the loss of consciousness and keeps catching air greedily.
“Hey, hey, don’t dare to pass out here!” Daniel jabs excitedly and shakes Peter by the shoulder. “Don’t dare to pass out! You look as pale as a dead man! Hey, blond? You hear me?”
“Sorry, but…” Peter pronounces faintly. “But I can barely hear you… I mean it’s like through the deaf wall…”
“Hey, hey, hold on, hold on, look at me! Hear me?” Daniel clicks his finger in front of Peter’s face. “Rose? Rose! Stay with me! I’m here! Look at me!”
“Oh, shit…” Peter puts his head on his forehead, bending his legs to his knees with a sense of dizziness that is not going to give up yet. “I don’t feel good… Too bad…”
Peter turns his head to another side, letting his hand fall like a stone beside him, closes his eyes, and keeps lying powerlessly with a heavy breath and barely realizing what’s happening around or what’s said by Daniel, whose words sound deafening to him.
“Hey, Peter, Peter, c’mon?” Daniel jabs with widely open eyes and claps Peter on the cheek slightly. “Pete! Hey! Don’t dare to faint here! Hear me? Hey, blond! Blond!”
Sammy barks with great pity and licks shyly Peter’s nose, while he is barely breathing and lying with closed eyes, not reacting to Daniel’s attempts to bring him to life.
“Just hold on, just hold on!” Daniel exclaims. “If you hear me, just breathe.”
Peter lies motionlessly and suffers from a slight dizziness that is the reason why he keeps his eyes closed for a few seconds, But then he literally makes himself pump much air into his lungs, hearing Daniel’s orders just to breathe to stay awake through the deaf wall. And it kind of helps him. Something is getting clear in his mind slowly but confidently.
“It’s okay, bro, it’s okay,” Daniel says in a quiet voice, clapping Peter on his knee. “It’s gonna get better now.”
“Oh, fuck…” Peter swears quietly, exhaling sharply, and runs his hands over his pale face. “It hit me hard…”
“Don’t worry, I’ll not leave you.” Daniel takes Peter’s hand tightly, while Sammy kind of strokes his second relaxed hand that is lying on the ground. “And Sammy’s here… You’re not alone…”
“I know…” Peter straightens his legs and tears his head off the ground slightly. “Help me get up.”
“Quiet, quiet. Don’t rush. Slowly. Don’t rush.”
When Peter raises himself a little, Daniel puts his hand on his back and helps the man sit up slowly. And when the blond runs his hands over his hair and face, Perkins claps him softly on the back and hugs him tightly, holding him in case he feels worse again.
“Hey, how are ya?” Daniel expresses anxiety. “You feel a little better?”
“I dunno, I haven’t understood…” Peter replies hesitantly. “I’m now barely able to think.”
“Can you get up and go to my home? It’s not kinda far from here.”
“I’ll try. But I ain’t sure about it. I feel dizzy… Everything’s blurry… And I lack air. I may pass out.”
“Okay, done with being here. Get out of here. Anna’s probably going crazy from worrying.”
Daniel gets up quickly and shakes off the dirt that he sees on his pants a little carelessly.
“C’mon, c’mon, Rose, get up, come with me,” Daniel insists determinedly. “Get up, get up. Don’t rush. Okay. C’mon.”
Taking Peter’s hand tightly and holding him with a second one, Daniel helps him get up from the ground. And he has to grab him much tighter since the blond’s legs get sharply weak, and his dizziness gets stronger again.
“Hey, hey, hey, hey, it’s okay,” Daniel says confidently. “It’s okay. I’m holding ya.”
Daniel puts Peter’s arm around his neck.
“C’mon, bro, let’s go. We’ve gotta walk a little. And if you feel too bad, we’ll sit down somewhere.” Daniel glances at Sammy. “Sammy, let’s go! Heel!”
Sammy runs to Daniel and Peter shortly, not stopping to watch the boyfriend of his owner under his view and whinning quietly at times. Perkins turns around and goes slowly to where he needs, holding his friend as tightly as possible, while the blond lets him lead him silently because he is now too weak to move on his own, still suffering from dizziness and seeing the world a little clearly.
Some time later, Daniel, Peter, and Sammy come to the place where there is the road that the habitats of this neighborhood usually use to go to the city. Then Perkins reaches the territory where multiple houses, including his own, are located, slowly, with no rush. All this time, the dog whines with pity or barks quietly, getting the attention from Rose, who manages to find the strength to flash a slight smile at him once to let him know he is alright. Or at least he is alive.
“Okay, okay, buddy, we’ve come,” Daniel announces, coming closer to his house. “That’s my house.”
When Peter and Daniel end up close enough to the place they need, they can see the hall door open sharply at some moment, and Anna shows up on the doorstep being excited and a little pale and breathing a little heavily.
“My gosh, guys!” Anna exhales with relief.
Not hesitating for a second, Anna comes quickly to Daniel and Peter, who come to the hall door.
“Finally, I’ve been like on the needles! I thought something terrible happened.”
Anna pays attention to the pale and exhausted Peter, who is literally hanging on Daniel and does not fall to the ground just because the brunet is holding him tightly.
“Oh, my God, Peter, what’s wrong?” Anna opens her eyes full of horror widely open and moves her eyes shortly to Daniel. “What happened to him?”
“We’ll explain everything, don’t worry,” Daniel promises.
“He can barely stand on his feet! He is about to fall and pass out!”
“Don’t worry, Anna,” Peter says faintly. “I’m fine.”
“Lemme help you…”
Anna comes to Peter, puts his second arm around her neck, and, holding him tightly, helps the blond cross the doorstep alongside Daniel, comes to the living room, and brings him to the sofa, on which he literally falls powerlessly.
“Give him some water and a first aid kit,” Daniel says. “We’re now little wounded fighters, so to say.”
“Yes, yes, one second. One moment.”
Anna goes quickly to the kitchen to take everything she needs. Meanwhile, Sammy sits on the floor against Peter and whines quietly at times, and Daniel sits next to him on the sofa and claps him on the back or rubs it energetically, watching him double over and close his face with both hands with true anxiety.
“Sit for some time,” Daniel advises. “It’s gonna get better now.”
“It’s okay, just give me some time,” Peter replies quietly. “To catch a breath and come to myself…”
“That bastard said he kinda pitied you. In the opposite case, he would’ve done his best for you to turn to dust.”
“Yeah, he mentioned that he was doing something like karate.”
“It’s clear. He fights well, I must admit. His hits are strong and confident.”
“Yeah, it was much easier with Wainwright. And we spent much more strength on this folk.”
“It’s okay, the most important thing is that it’s all over.”
“No, Daniel, it’s just the beginning,” Peter replies quietly with a heavy breath. “The beginning of the problems I didn’t want but have to deal with.”
“If only we knew why it was the fuck started.” Daniel leans back on the sofa.
“But nobody rushes to say a word. Neither the stinker, who attacked me after the show, nor that fucking karateka.”
“Anyway, it won’t last forever. Early or late, everything’s gonna get clear. Early or late, the one, who has nothing the fuck to do will show up early or late.”
Sammy barks quietly as if he agrees, not moving his eyes off Peter, who is still sitting on the sofa, doubling over and breathing a little heavily. While Daniel pets the dog’s head with a slight smile, Anna returns to the living room with a glass of water and a small case, in which there is the necessary medical stuff.
“Hey, Pete, drink a little,” Anna suggests softly. “You’re gonna get better.”
Peter takes the glass from Anna’s hands and empties it quickly enough, feeling how nicely the cold water wets his throat.
“You need to treat your wounds, so dirt doesn’t get into them,” Anna advises.
“I’ve got a couple of ones,” Daniel replies, touching one of the small scars on his face.
“My God, what’s this?” Anna opens her eyes full of horror widely when she sees a bright track from the rope on Peter’s neck and looks at this better. “What a bright track on your neck…”
“Yeah, I got it…” Peter throws gloomily, grabbing his throat with his hand.
“What actually happened to you?” Anna sits on the sofa next to Peter. “Peter, what did you get into this time? Why did Daniel bring you here half-alive?”
“Nothing special. I just met one stinker.”
“You were attacked? Again?”
“Again.”
“Tell us more about how it happened,” Daniel says. “Who’s that man? How did he show up? What did he want?”
“I didn’t understand a thing!” Peter exclaims and coughs loudly. “Sammy and I went in your neighborhood easily… I found a place at the parking lot, left my car, and got out of it along with Sammy.”
“So, did everything happen not far from the house of Daniel and me?” Anna specifies.
“Exactly. When we started to come, that man attacked me from behind. But I didn’t see him. Sammy started to bark and told me to turn back. Well, I listened to him… He magically didn’t put the knife into my shoulder. I managed to dodge. But then that man tried to stab my stomach, and Sammy helped me again.”
“Oh, shit…” Daniel swears.
“I started to ask him who he was and what he needed from me, but I didn’t get any clear answers. Just like it happened during the attack after the show, I was just told I should’ve paid for something, and something was dreaming of seeing my name on the grave.”
“Was it the same man?” Anna specifies.
“Nope, that was another man.”
“But he’s young, too,” Daniel adds. “Maybe, even the same age as ours.”
“So, is all of this kinda connected?” Anna concludes. “So, are those people from the same circle? And was it started not just by one person?”
“Most likely,” Peter assumes. “I don’t exclude that these two are one of those henchmen, who are doing the orders of one asshole. Who is dreaming of getting rid of me.”
“Yeah, but how did it happen that you were fighting with him in a different place, not at the parking lot?” Daniel wonders.
“I was afraid he would know about Anna and you. That one of you would leave home. He would guess everything. Guess that it was your house. That you lived here with your girlfriend, not alone.”
“So, he knows it?” Anna asks with a feeling that her heart stops.
“I hope he didn’t know.”
“Okay, and then did you decide just to take him far from there?” Daniel concludes.
“I could say so. But I also wanted to get rid of him. I thought I would manage to get him confused, hide, and find a way to come here. But alas, I could not. When I distracted him and started to run, that bastard caught Sammy and me quickly enough. And our fight continued at the place where you ran.”
“Oh, gosh…” Anna exhales sharply, putting her hand to her heart.
“Hey, Daniel, how did you know where to find me?” Peter asks, moving his eyes to Daniel.
“That’s Sammy!” Daniel exclaims. “Anna and I were waiting for you and doing our business. But at some moment, she heard the dog’s barking.”
“Daniel went to open the door, thinking Sammy and you were here,” Anna adds. “We thought he started to bark ‘cause we didn’t have our doorbell working.”
“But when I opened the door, I saw Sammy on the doorstep, and he was barking loudly.”
“Yeah, we were afraid that our neighbors would come here. He couldn’t calm down. Though, we understood that something wasn’t right when we saw that Sammy wasn’t with you.”
“Sammy started to tell me to go with him,” Daniel says. “He pushed me outside, pulled me by my bracelets, almost ripped my t-shirt.”
“Yeah, of course, we didn’t understand what was wrong at first. But then it got clear that Sammy ran here to ask for help.”
“So… I told him, ‘Okay, man, show me the way!’ Samuel ran somewhere like a hurricane, and I went after him, banning Anna from leaving home before my return.”
Sammy barks confidently two times as if he confirms what was said.
“Yeah, I don’t know what would’ve happened to me if Sammy hadn’t thought of bringing you there,” Peter cracks a slight smile, petting Sammy’s head. “Though I didn’t even notice how he ran away somewhere. I was too bust dealing with that stinker.”
“That’s right,” Anna agrees. “We were sitting here quietly and waiting for you, not even thinking that something terrible would happen.”
“We should’ve guessed, though,” Daniel adds. “Remembering about what happened after our latest show.”
“I didn’t also think I would be caught like this,” Peter leans back on the sofa.
“Yeah, but I don’t understand how that man could know he could find you here?” Anna wonders. “Was he chasing you?”
“I dunno… I can’t confirm or deny anything.”
“No other explanation,” Daniel throws his hands up. “He couldn’t know you’d love to come here. So, that asshole was chasing you and waiting from a certain moment.”
“Hey, Daniel, don’t know that man?” Anna frowns slightly. “Maybe, have you met him somewhere before?”
“C’mon, Anna! I met that man for the first time in my life!”
“What if you’ve got some enemies, who wish you all the worst?”
“So, do you wanna say that man may know Dan and the one, who wanna harm me?” Peter rounds his eyes.
“He did know he should’ve found you here.”
“No, Anna, it’s excluded!” Daniel exclaims. “Most likely, Pete was under someone’s view.”
“Or we’re having a deal with something like the case of Raquelle and Simon Ringer,” Anna puts her finger on her lip. “He also managed to get all the home addresses and numbers of those, who were from Cameron’s close circle.”
“My accounts weren’t hacked!” Peter raises his hands. “I set up the trustworthy passwords.”
“No suspicious activity on my accounts, too,” Daniel adds.
“Raquelle didn’t even guess her iCloud account was hacked,” Anna recalls. “A hacker got the password quietly, and Ringer got all the information he needed.”
“C’mon, why would we sit and guess? Let’s think the blond’s just at someone’s hook. That’s why he was caught here.”
“But I must confess that it surprises me a little,” Peter says thoughtfully. “That man completely understood there were many houses around, and a lot of potential witnesses lived there. Didn’t he think anyone could get out and kick him out or just call the police?”
“Do you wanna say he was trying to strangle you with a rope and stab you with a knife right at the parking lot, not far from many houses?” Daniel rounds his eyes.
“I can say so. But he was holding himself down somehow at that moment. And when I brought him to that glade, that stinker was having fun to the fullest. There was nobody there.”
“I’ve lived here for ages, but I’ve never driven on that road. And I don’t know where it leads. And my neighbors don’t use it, as far as I know.”
“And as I understand, did you get this track on your neck after that man tried to strangle you with a rope?” Anna asks hesitantly.
“Yup…” Peter exhales slowly and rubs his throat a little, swallowing up nervously at some moment. “He was squeezing it so tightly that I couldn’t breathe at all.”
“Yeah, and that man said he didn’t have a goal of killing you…” Daniel crosses his arms over his chest.
“Who’s doing all of this?” Anna wonders. “Who wanna get rid of you so badly?”
“I’m afraid I won’t get the answer to this question in the nearest time,” Peter assumes. “I won’t know whose orders those two henchmen are doing.”
“Something tells me it was hardly a fan of yours.”
“Who knows! Maybe, a sick girl has to do with all of this. Who’s dreaming of being instead of Helene.”
“A girl would hardly do such terrible things,” Daniel assumes.
“Girls can be different.”
“If it was a girl, she would probably aim to get rid of Marshall. If she thought your girlfriend took the place that should’ve never belonged to her, in her opinion.”
“Daniel’s right, buddy,” Anna agrees. “Even if it was a girl having a crush on you, she would harm Helene.”
“But Helene is fine, luckily.”
“Can’t be sure this situation won’t have to do with her,” Peter replies thoughtfully. “Maybe, those bastards are gonna harm Helene soon.”
“Did that man say something about her?” Anna rounds her eyes.
“He said we couldn’t exclude anything. We couldn’t exclude that Marshall may suffer, too.”
“That man told me the lads and I should’ve better watched the girl closely,” Daniel confesses. “Like… It may happen that someone will catch them.”
“That’s what I’m afraid of much more,” Peter replies, rubbing his hands nervously. “I don’t want Helene, Raquelle, Anna, or Natalia to suffer because of this situation.”
Sammy barks quietly with sadness in his eyes.
“So, what do we do then?” Anna rounds her eyes. “How do we get out of this situation?”
“Oh, I dunno, Anna…” Peter runs his hands over his hair. “I have no idea.”
“I don’t know what to come up with, either,” Daniel says thoughtfully. “But we’ve gotta do something. Otherwise, we’re gonna have victims.”
“First of all, we’ve gotta protect Peter,” Anna says quietly. “Any next attack on him may be fateful for him.”
“First of all, we’ve gotta protect you and the girls. The men and I will get away with it. But if one of you meets those cockroaches, you’ll be able to do nothing.”
“Yeah, but hiding in our places all the time is not a solution.”
“I’m suggesting that we just stay together now,” Peter suggests. “So, none of us stays alone outside. It’s easier to catch one person than a gang.”
“You’re right partly,” Daniel agrees. “We can’t really lock ourselves at home. We’ve gotta get out anyway.”
“No criminal will dare to do something in the places where there are many people,” Anna says quietly. “The worst thing that can happen is a chase. They may just watch us closely. So, that we don’t understand anything.”
Sammy barks confidently two times.
“A human always feels when someone’s watching them,” Daniel notices. “It hard to escape the feeling that someone’s eyes are watching your back or back of your head closely.”
“Hey, Anna, didn’t the girls and you have a feeling that someone was watching you?” Peter asks.
“Yes, sweetie, if we don’t know something, you better tell us about it before it’s too late.”
“No, no, guys, nothing like that happened,” Anna shakes her head. “At least, I don’t notice any kind of chase when I get out.”
“And Raquelle, Natalia, and Helene?”
“No, I think. They told me nothing. But you better ask them personally about it.”
“Okay, I will talk to Marshall later. Maybe, I’ll manage to get some interesting information outta her if she is hiding something.”
“She swears she knows nothing and hides nothing.”
“You know, friend, I wouldn’t be so sure about it instead of you.”
“Do you have reasons to think Helene can say something?” Daniel wonders, rounding his eyes.
“Nope, but I wanna make sure about it personally.”
“I think Sammy would be barking now if Helene lied to us,” Anna assumes. “He would betray his owner.”
“Maybe…” Daniel pronounces thoughtfully and moves his eyes to Sammy. “But as you can see, the fluffy is silent.”
“Okay, let’s think you’re right,” Peter raises his hands up.
“Alright, Rose, don’t worry, we will come up with something,” Anna promises with a slight smile, stroking Peter’s shoulder.
“Yeah, I lived such a quiet life, but then one stinker decided to burn me in the fire…” Peter exhales sharply, rubbing his forehead with his hand. “Though I’ve never done anything bad to anyone.”
“Dude, you don’t have to be a holy angel to make someone wild and make them wish to bury you in the ground passionately,” Daniel notices.
“I can’t even assume who needed it.”
“Maybe, you haven’t met that man yet,” Anna shrugs. “I don’t exclude that he’s known you for ages, but you don’t know them at all.”
“And when will I meet them?”
“When time comes.”
“When will it come?”
“Don’t worry, Peter, that weirdo will show up early or late and tell you about all their plans,” Daniel says confidently. “Just like Simon, Michael, Eugene, and Julian did it before…”
“And yeah, don’t forget we can ask Victor Johnson for help at any time,” Anna recalls. “He won’t refuse to help us and will tell us what to do.”
“Exactly! If this hell doesn’t stop, we will just come to that man, and he will easily solve everything and put all those deadbeats in prison.”
Sammy barks quietly in approval.
“That’s what calms me down a little…” Peter says thoughtfully. “We’re lucky to have such a good familiar man, who’s working in the police.”
“And who’s by far not the less important man,” Anna adds. “He is a captain of the police. Not just a lieutenant or an officer.”
“I guess he may be aware of what happened. Since the video of the attack on me was spread on the Internet.”
“Who knows… Anyway, the situation is not hopeless. As the girls and I said yesterday, we are not powerless. And we can no longer be scared by the words about the police that can’t help us. That all of them are bribed and won’t do anything for us.”
“Okay, guys, let’s not panic so early,” Daniel says much more cheerfully. “Let’s solve our problems as they come. Anyway, we can’t guess what’s gonna happen next.”
“Why can’t we? It’s gonna be worse! That’s super freaking clear!”
“Let’s think all of us should stay together at the moment,” Anna says confidently, folding her hands in front of her. “We are stronger together. The more of us, the harder for one person it is to deal with all of us. Even if they have five blue belts in taekwondo.”
“That’s bad you’re all also involved in these things,” Peter replies with anxiety/ “That you know someone’s gonna kick my ass so badly.”
“Do you wanna say you’d hide the truth from us if we knew nothing?” Daniel wonders. “If the MacClifes and I wouldn’t become the witnesses to the attack on you after the show?”
“I don’t exclude it.”
“But you should know that we would know everything early or late,” Anna notices.
“I would try not to let it happen. Do my best for all of you not to have to do with this story.”
“You can’t do this on your own, Peter,” Daniel says confidently. “Look, that asshole almost strangled you with a rope so tightly that you were lying there half-alive. You almost passed out.”
“Yeah, what would’ve happened if Daniel hadn’t been near?” Anna opens her eyes widely. “If Sammy hadn’t run here and begged to help you?”
“You must be grateful to the fluffy for being such a smart guy and guessed that you would’ve been killed without anyone’s help,” Daniel adds. “A few miles away from my fucking home.”
“I was horrified when Perkins brought you here on himself! You really looked like half-dead!”
Sammy barks loudly and confidently multiple times in approval.
“I know, guys,” Peter says quietly in a low voice. “But I didn’t really wanna get anyone involved in these things.”
“It’s too late to talk about it now,” Anna notices. “We know everything and won’t leave you in trouble.”
“So sure!” Daniel exclaims. “Of course, you can show off as much as you want and even fight with us with the hope that we will piss you off. But remember, it won’t help you. It won’t make us do what we’re all gonna regret a lot.”
“And don’t take an example from Edward, who would run into a burning building even if everyone was holding him tight by the pants and saying he would choke and die.”
“Oh, yeah, don’t be like that hothead that pretends to be a superhero that’s able to save the whole world.”
“I feel like I don’t have a choice…” Peter exhales tiredly. “I can’t really do this all alone. Though, the fact that you all have to do with this is like a knife in my heart.”
“It’s okay, it’s not the worst thing we’ve dealt with,” Daniel replies with a slight, encouraging smile. “Yes, we’re gonna work hard and spend a lot of time. But the victory’s gonna be ours anyway.”
Sammy barks confidently multiple times, and Daniel pets the dog’s head with a slight smile.
“Sammy can confirm it,” Anna says confidently.
“I’m sorry about what happened,” Peter apologizes hesitantly.
“May the one, who started all of this apologize,” Daniel protests. “There’s nothing you should apologize for.”
“Don’t worry, Pete, it’s gonna be okay,” Anna encourages softly, clapping Peter on the shoulder. “We won’t leave you and will do our best to help you.”
“Yeah, the men and I will tear anyone apart for you!” Daniel adds with his head proudly raised. “I ain’t gonna stand aside, while one asshole is mocking you.”
Sammy barks confidently again and glances at Anna, who yanks him softly by his ears. Peter says nothing and just smiles at Daniel shyly. And at some moment, he takes him silently a tight amicable hug, to which the brunet answers with no hesitation, clapping the blond on the head and back slightly.
“Thanks a lot, Dan,” Peter thanks. “Thanks for saving me.”
“I was just doing my duty – helping my best friend,” Daniel replies shyly. “Protecting my little brother.”
“I don’t know what would’ve happened to me if you hadn’t shown up.” Peter steps away from Daniel. “I wouldn’t have dealt with that karateka all alone.”
“Best friends are always where you need them.”
“Yeah, I would’ve died without my best friends.”
“That asshole dared to attack you at my territory. A few miles away from my home. I am not especially going to close my eyes to this fact.”
“I was really happy when you showed up there and spoke aloud. I even got some kind of strength. Even if he had gotten me so exhausted that I was, to be honest, barely creeping from tiredness.”
“You were happy, I was scared. When seeing you choke ‘cause that stinker was squeezing your throat tightly. And when you were lying there half-alive and looked like you were saying goodbye to everyone, I got briefly confused and didn’t know what to do.”
“Just like in the case of mine when Helene and I found you unconscious after Wainwright pushed you on the car of the man that was driving by,” Peter replies shyly.
“Thank God, nothing happened to you,” Anna smiles slightly, clapping Peter on his hand. “We don’t wanna lose you at all. And Marshall is gonna go crazy from grief.”
“I wouldn’t like to scare her and tell her what happened to me. But I will have to. She will know everything. And I don’t wanna lie at all. Helene deserves to know the truth.”
“And you’ll have to explain how you got this track on your neck,” Daniel notices.
“That’s what I mean.”
“You’re gonna cover it somehow for a few days,” Anna assumes.
“It’s not a big deal. I’ve got tons of chokers. I’m gonna wear them ‘till it’s gone.”
“You can also try to cover this track with cosmetics.”
“Yeah, but I don’t have anything like that. Though I’d be grateful if you borrow me something from your stuff.”
“If I have something that fits your skin color, I will be happy to lend it.”
“Thanks a lot, friend,” Peter smiles shyly. “You’re just a gem.”
“Hey, how do you feel now?” Daniel asks, putting his hand on Peter’s shoulder. “You feel a little better?”
“Yeah, yeah, I feel much better. Don’t worry.”
“No more dizziness? You see everything clearly?”
“Yup, my mind’s clear now. Nothing’s blur.”
“I prefer to believe. You don’t look as pale as you did some time ago.”
Sammy barks confidently two times.
“As I understand, the fluffy agrees, too,” Daniel assumes with a slight smile.
“Hey, Sammy, you’re a fine fellow, too!” Peter exclaims and pets Sammy’s head. “If not for your brains, the guys would’ve had to save some money for my funeral.”
“Don’t say it!” Anna protests, clapping Peter on his biceps. “Don’t even dare to think about it!”
“But it’s the truth. If Sammy hadn’t pushed Dan out of his house and brought him there by force, you all would’ve seen me for the last time.”
“Sammy is the smartest dog I’ve ever known,” Daniel says confidently, yanking Sammy by the ears.
“Good boy, good boy,” Anna smiles widely, petting Sammy’s face with both hands and kissing him sweetly on his nose. “You’re our true gem.”
Sammy barks quietly but confidently and puts his paw on the lap of Peter, who looks at him with a slight smile full of thankfulness.
“Hey, why does he have blood on some areas of his hair?” Anna frowns slightly, looking at Sammy better and finding some blood tracks. “Did that stinker do something terrible to him?”
“It’s too soft to say,” Peter crosses his arms over his chest. “That asshole hit him in the face multiple times and kicked him with his feet.”
“Yes, yes, and the doggy was whining with pity from pain,” Daniel adds with sadness in his eyes.
“Oh, my gosh, Sammy…” Anna shakes her head and runs her hands over Sammy’s back.
At some moment, Sammy whines very quietly and puts his tail between his paws from the pain that he feels when Anna presses on the area that hurts much more.
“Oh, oh, sorry, my boy, I’m sorry…” Anna apologizes softly and pets Sammy’s head. “I didn’t mean to hurt you…”
“I still feel pain in my stomach after his tornado kick,” Daniel confesses, rubbing his abdomen with his palm. “He hit me freaking hard…”
“How do you feel?”
“Fine. Don’t worry, sweetie.”
“Listen, guys, let’s do something to our wounds and examine Sammy closely. And then we’ll drink a cup of coffee. To calm down a little.”
“Oh, we won’t relax in the nearest time…” Peter assumes thoughtfully, massaging the nape of his neck. “Someone’s gonna drink a lot of blood out of me. I am sure about it.”
“As Daniel said, let’s solve our problems as they come.”
“Oh…” Peter glances at his hands. “I think that deadbeat decided to robe me…”
“What do ya mean?” Daniel frowns.
“He stole my watch.”
“Watch?”
“Yeah, the one I always wear.” Peter shows his right hand to Daniel, on which he usually wears his watch. “I had it when I came here. But now it’s gone.”
“Maybe, you lost them somewhere?” Anna assumes. “You got too busy dealing with that stinker and didn’t notice how you lost your watch?”
“No, no, I didn’t go insane. I remember for sure that I put on my watch before I got outta home.”
“Okay, which moment did you notice you lost it?” Daniel specifies.
“Just now! Though, I couldn’t get rid of the feeling that something was missing.”
“Maybe, it really slipped off your hand and is now lying somewhere near a bush?”
“I am more than sure that the asshole stole it.”
“Do you think he needs your watch so badly?”
“Who the fuck knows!”
“Okay, let’s come back to that back and try to search?” Daniel moves his eyes to Sammy watching everybody with his tongue out. “Sammy can sniff you, and we can let him track the smell. If your watch’s there, he will find it for a few seconds.”
“The idea is good,” Anna agrees.
“I’m gonna be upset if I lose it forever,” Peter says thoughtfully. “It’s really cool.”
“Don’t worry, Pete, we’ll find your watch!” Daniel assures. “You can stay here, have some rest, and come to yourself, while Sammy and I search the whole territory.”
“But first, let’s treat all your wounds,” Anna says determinedly. “And then we’ll look for the watch, drink coffee, and rehearse the song.”
“Ah, yeah, song…” Peter puts his hand on his forehead. “I forgot why we came here together.”
“If you can’t rehearse, we can come together on another day,” Daniel says quietly. “It’s okay.”
“Oh, no!” Peter says determinedly, raising his head, and straightens his back. “The rehearsal’s up!”
“But how are ya gonna sing after what happened?” Anna asks.
“Just like at all the shows of the band.”
“You can do this?”
“Of course, I can!”
“But, Peter…” Daniel pronounces hesitantly.
“I’m fine, guys. Now I feel much better, and I’m ready to rehearse the song for the wedding of the MacClifes.”
“We have a lot of time to get ready and make the song perfect,” Anna notices.
“Since I came to your home, we must complete our mission. I mean, singing the song.”
“It’s okay you came! We can just spend some time together. Eat something, play with Sammy, watch a movie, after all… I cooked something for this case. We can eat ‘till the food’s gone.”
“Yeah, what do we have now, while everyone’s busy with their business?” Daniel shrugs with a slight smile. “While the MacClife bros, Marshall, Cameron, and Rochester are hanging out somewhere without us.”
“I am ready to rehearse!” Peter replies confidently. “And I will be ready even when I’m one step away from death. Moreover, I’ve got a couple of ideas that can make our song a little better, as I think. I wanna share it with you before nothing gets out of my mind.”
“Okay, guys, let’s have some rest first, calm down, and then rehearse,” Anna suggests confidently. “Weren’t you planning to empty the refrigerator and eat the muffins that you liked so much the last time?”
“Oh, did ya cook them again?” Peter specifies with a gloss in his eyes.
“But I’m begging you, don’t fight as you share them.”
“Don’t worry, princess, I will quickly hide my big part and let the blond eat a couple of them,” Daniel smiles slyly. “I ain’t greedy at all and can share things.”
“Aw, thank you, Perkins, I’ve always known you’re just a gem,” Peter snaps.
“All the best for my old friend. For my little bro.”
“Alright, I’ll give them to you by myself,” Anna adds confidently.
Sammy barks confidently two times.
“You ain’t allowed, buddy. Dogs don’t eat baking food.”
“But we can give him a little of fresh meat,” Daniel notices. “As a reward for the great help in saving Rose.”
At this moment, Sammy starts licking himself with a special gloss in his eyes after he barely hears about the meat.
“I don’t mind it,” Peter nods confidently. “Samuel really deserved something tasty. I would treat him, but I don’t have the dog’s food that he loves.”
Sammy barks multiple times and makes two circles around himself, chasing his puffy tail and making Daniel, Anna, and Peter laugh shyly.
“Alright, guys, stop doing nothing,” Daniel says confidently and gets up from the sofa. “The fluffy and I will quickly check the territory to try to find the watch. And you can stay here and wait for me.”
“Yeah, I will help Pete treat the wounds,” Anna promises. “Make sure that he is okay.”
“I am fine now!” Peter raises his hands up. “I just needed some time.”
“Maybe, we should call an ambulance? Nothing really bothers you?”
“No, no, no ambulance. It’s okay.”
“Sure?”
“Yup.”
“Okay, Sammy, sniff the sweetheart of your owner better, so we can go to find the watch,” Daniel says cheerfully and pushes Sammy slightly forward, clapping him on his back. “C’mon, buddy, c’mon, sniff… Sniff… And memorize it.”
Sammy sniffs Peter closely for a few seconds, trying to memorize his smell that can help him find the thing the blond lost.
“So, ya ready?” Daniel asks.
Sammy barks confidently two times.
“Track then! C’mon, Sammy! Track! Track! Track!”
After sniffing the floor a little as he is trying to find something on it, Sammy comes to the hall door quickly and runs outside through a small dog’s door, while Daniel follows him and hides nobody knows where. Peter and Anna watch them at first, but then they look at each other as they are still sitting on the sofa.
“Hey, Pete, are you really okay?” Anna expresses anxiety, putting her hand on Peter’s shoulder.
“It’s okay, Anna, don’t worry about me,” Peter flashes a slight smile.
“Now you’re gonna have to look around all the time and be super careful.”
“I will handle it somehow. And I worry about me much less.”
“You can’t do this without the lads’ help. I’m sure that it’s gonna get much worse next. Today they tried to strangle you with a rope, but tomorrow, you won't realize how someone will shoot at you.”
“Yeah, but the men can’t stay by me for twenty-four hours. They have their business to do. And I can’t lock myself at home and shake in fear of being killed.”
“Please, be careful. They won’t leave you alone so easily.”
“The most important thing is that you and the girls don’t suffer. Those stinkers don’t even dare to think of Helene. Raquelle, Natalia, and you are okay. They don’t care to hurt Daniel, Edward, and Terrence. I won’t just forgive myself for that.”
“Don’t say it, Peter, it’s not our fault,” Anna calms down softly, stroking Peter’s hand. “You’re not guilty of this situation.”
“Who knows…” Peter moves his sad eyes to his hands. “Maybe, I did something… But I don’t know about it or I can’t remember anything like that.”
“You’re one of the holiest and most innocent people I know. I can’t even imagine who dared to attack such a kind and loyal guy.”
“If it’s so, it means I didn’t please someone.”
“No, Pete, don’t think so.”
“Now I’ve gotta guess if I’ll stay alive tomorrow or in a week.”
“The guys and I will do our best to help you. If you need it, the lads will spend nights with you. Trust me, they won’t leave you, not for anything. Just like you didn’t leave them when they had problems.”
“Yeah…” Peter leans back on the sofa. “We’re about to release the album and celebrate the wedding of the MacClifes and your friends. But now it’s about to be canceled. Because of me.”
“The album will be released anyway. The official release day has been revealed, and the band’s fans are waiting for it to be available.”
“Something positive.”
“Please, buddy, don’t turn up your nose.” Anna hugs Peter by the shoulders. “It’s gonna be okay. You’re not alone. You’ve got us. Whatever happens, we’ll always be by your side. Your friends and your girlfriend.”
“It’s the dearest thing I have in my life. And if I lose my close people, I will not have a reason to live in this world.”
“We’ll always be together,” Anna replies confidently. “The men would tear anyone apart for you, Helene would sacrifice anything to make you feel good, and the girls and I are always ready to listen and support our older friend.”
“Thank you so much, Anna,” Peter smiles shyly, takes Anna in a tight, amicable hug, and caresses her head softly. “I’m so lucky to have such a wonderful friend like you. To have such a wonderful younger sister.”
“I’ll never forget the way you supported me when Julian and his father mocked me. You understood my condition like nobody else ‘cause you got through it, too. You understood what I felt when I didn’t wanna live. When I was broken and humiliated.”
“You feel better now?”
“Much better.” Anna steps away from Peter. “Yes, sometimes I think about all his words and start to doubt me. But Daniel gets these thoughts out of my head. He's banning me from thinking about what happened.”
“Don’t you regret giving him a second chance?”
“It was one of the best decisions in my life,” Anna replies confidently. “I would’ve definitely hated myself if I hadn’t tried to forgive your friend.”
“Daniel’s trying to please you so hard. He's doing anything you want.”
“It’s the truth. We’ve never even fought since the day we decided to be together again. And… Perkins stopped smoking, as he promised.”
“Really?”
“Yup. I no longer feel he smells cigarettes. And one day, he took all the packs of cigarettes that he had in some secret places and threw them in a trash can before my eyes. He just took my hand, took me with him, and did it.”
“It proves you mean a lot to him. He would do anything to make you happy.”
“I would forgive him for anything. So, he just stays with me.”
“He won’t leave you, Anna,” Peter says confidently with a slight smile, putting his hand on Anna’s hands. “It was enough one time for Daniel to understand his life without you was senseless.”
“Of course, Perkins still doesn’t care about cleanness. But I learned to take it quietly. I don’t start a scandal and just ask him to clean something gently. And he does everything I say shortly.”
“I’m glad you two learned a lesson and understood your mistakes. That’s good you solved this problem before your wedding.”
“Actually, we ain’t gonna get married yet,” Anna notices shyly, while a bright blush shows up on her cheeks.
“But you want it?”
“I want, but I won’t force him not for anything. We’ll get married when Daniel is ready to make this decision.”
“Aren’t you afraid he may think about it forever?”
“So, we’ll just live together. I see no problem with it. I love him, he loves me.”
“For such a lover of freedom like him, this kind of decision is super hard.”
“No, Peter, I ain’t gonna take your friend to the altar by force and give birth to a child from him shortly. I’m ready to wait for as long as I need. And I ain’t obsessed with a wish to put on a wedding dress, try on a wedding ring, and take my husband’s last name.”
“So, are you gonna wait?”
“I’m just letting the man make this decision. I’m doing it, so that he shows initiative. Because… He's a leader. He decides everything.”
“I think if you came to him now and said you want a wedding, Perkins would take you to get documents to conclude your marriage immediately.”
“No, I don’t wanna insist.”
“You’re an amazing girl, Seymour!” Peter exclaims. “While other girls are ready to fret and fume to get married to a man, you take it freaking quietly and don’t mind living with a man before marriage.”
“Don’t tell me Helene’s taking you to the altar by force,” Anna laughs shyly.
“No, Helene doesn’t also make me get married to her.”
“Are you actually gonna marry her?”
“Of course. But first, I need to solve the problem with my home. I don’t wanna bring my sweetheart to the hole where I have to live.”
“Ah, yeah, I forgot that you’re gonna be the neighbor of Perkins and me soon…” Anna smiles shyly.
“Yeah, I liked the house he talked about so much that I no longer wanna think about any other variants.”
“So, when you get the documents for your new house and get the keys, will you start to think about getting married to Marshall?”
“Yes, I’ll be able to think about it then. I’ll be able to give your friend everything she deserves.”
“At least, you’ve got a blessing from her grandmother and Sammy.”
“I would marry her without anyone’s blessing. Because I love her so much and already see Marshall as my wife and a mother of my children. I imagine myself in an old age next to that girl only.”
“In this case, we’ll be waiting for the wedding of Helene and you after the wedding of the MacClifes, Cameron, and Rochester.”
“We’ll see, friend,” Peter smiles mysteriously. “We will see…”
Anna says nothing and just laughs shyly, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear at some moment. And then she thinks about her wish to help Peter treat all his wounds and bruises and starts examining the small first aid kit that is placed on the coffee table to find everything she needs. While Daniel is still looking for the blond’s watch at the whole territory of the neighborhood with the help of Sammy and his keen sense of smell.
***
Meanwhile, Edward is spending time with Natalia, Raquelle, and Helene, who went to the home of his parents, where he would live before his wedding, some time ago. The girls did not manage to meet MacClife, Jr.’s father and mother and spend some time with them since they went to do their business this morning. But they agreed to drink a cup of coffee with the man and eat some sweet food that he found in the kitchen, trying not to think about anything bad and not even guessing what happened to Peter some time ago.
“The closer the wedding day is, the more my mother and father are excited,” Edward confesses, sitting at the table in the dining room along with the girls and drinking strong coffee from the cup he is holding in his hands. “And they’re waiting for it impatiently.”
“They’re about to get both of their sons married,” Helene notices with a slight smile, sitting against Edward and Natalia next to Raquelle. “The wedding of one child is an exciting event. But the wedding of two children… M-m-m…”
“Mom recently bought a very beautiful suit that she would put on. And she agreed with some familiar girls from a beauty salon, who would help her work on her hair and makeup.”
“I thought she would put on a gorgeous dress,” Natalia confesses. “Just like my mom. She and my grandma are gonna wear dresses sued by their order. They recently had a fitting and asked the tailors to redo something. I’ve seen their dresses, and they’re awesome.”
“My father has also gone to try on his suit. And they’ve redone it many times ‘cause he doesn’t like the way it looks on him.”
“My grandpa is also too responsible for the wedding,” Raquelle confesses with a slight smile. “But he didn’t buy a new suit and decided to give one of his old suits for a dry clean, so it looks like a new one.”
“And my dad hasn’t picked up anything yet,” Natalia replies. “He doesn’t have time due to his job. Two days ago, he came back from a trip to work on the reportage and interview one famous person.”
“Nevertheless, we’ve got time,” Helene notices cheerfully and puts her cup on the table.
“It will fly fast,” Edward replies. “I didn’t even notice that we got so close to the wedding day.”
“Yeah, I’m gonna become the wife of the man, who I couldn’t even imagine next to me,” Raquelle says thoughtfully, wrapping her finger around her cup. “I always thought I’d get married to a shy and quiet guy. But I eventually got… A selfish penguin.”
“And I’m gonna get married to the one I imagined in my dreams,” Natalia smiles sweetly, putting her head on Edward’s shoulder for a second. “The one I can’t imagine my life without.”
“I didn't doubt who I wanted to see next to me,” Edward replies with his head proudly raised. “And every day, I’m making more sure that I made the right choice.”
“If you were a bad guy for my friend, I wouldn’t let you come close to her,” Raquelle says confidently. “She only deserves the best.”
“Don’t worry, sis, your friend is gonna be very happy with me.” Edward kisses Natalia cutely on her temple. “Just like my bro’s gonna live his best years with you.”
“I’ve learned a lot and gained much experience for the time Terrence and I have been living together. And… I think I’m ready to become a wonderful wife for him now.”
“Are you really sure you wanna get married to him now?” Helene asks.
“Yup, you no longer have to convince me to get a husband and give birth to children. Because I am ready for this morally.”
“I think you did the right thing by deciding not to rush,” Edward says thoughtfully. “Sometimes we need to grow up a little, get some wisdom, and gain experience to be ready to do something.”
“That’s right,” Helene agrees. “You should use your mind and learn to understand when you should listen to someone’s piece of advice, but when they can make it much worse for you.”
“Grandpa and Aunt learned this lesson and no longer impose their point of view,” Raquelle replies. “They accept any decision I make. But some time ago, I heard that I should’ve immediately gotten a husband and given birth to a child.”
“On the one hand, I can understand them. They didn’t do it to harm you. These people just wanted to know you wouldn’t stay all alone.”
“But that’s good they understood that all in time,” Natalia adds. “And they decided to wait for you to wish to create your family.”
“Well, or just Raquelle has grown up,” Edward shrugs. “She felt like an adult woman. Though she was a child deep inside and literally wanted to play with her dolls.”
“Well, I stopped playing with my dolls a long time ago, but I really felt like a child before I met Terrence,” Raquelle confesses. “It’s like I became older and wiser next to him. And I understood what really was important to me.”
“I think we’ve all grown up over the past two or three years,” Natalia assumes and drinks some coffee from her cup. “I didn’t know which life I wanted to have, what I wanted to do, and something like this. But now I started to get a bright and clear picture.”
“Ah, girls, it’s all the same for me…” Edward sighs with a slight smile. “I just recently stopped feeling like a little boy that wanted to do something stupid. Who couldn’t even imagine that he would have some plans for his future.”
“We wouldn’t remain kids forever, guys,” Helene replies confidently. “People change and grow up. Yes, some things don’t change, but you may become someone your close people can’t recognize through the years.”
“Anyway, I will not run away from the altar,” Raquelle laughs shyly. “I won’t run away crying, ‘I’m a baby yet, I ain’t ready to be a wife! Which children? I wanna play with my favorite Barbie!’”
“You would give a strong pain to Terrence if you left him before the eyes of hundreds of people,” Edward says. “He would endure any tragedy, but not a breakup with you.”
“As if you would be indifferent if Natalia came up with something and decided to say goodbye to you, saying, ‘Sorry, baby, but the wedding’s canceled!’” Helene adds.
“I’m sure about my girl at one hundred percent.” Edward kisses Natalia shyly on her cheek, making her blush. “She will not reject me not for anything.”
“Oh, I’d rather die than let something or someone tear us apart,” Natalia says confidently, putting her arms around Edward’s arm. “I won't let anyone steal my fearless lion.”
“I’d scratch the face of any girl, who dares just to look at MacClife with a wish to steal him from me,” Raquelle raises her head proudly.
“Calm down, girls, your horses won’t run away from you,” Helene assures. “Whichever people use to seduce them, they won't leave those, who got them tightly attracted to them.”
“Hey, Helene, we all will be waiting impatiently for the engagement of Peter and you after our weddings,” Edward says confidently.
“Yes, Marshall, we don’t count on Perkins and Seymour ‘cause that pretty boy doesn’t rush to even think about it,” Natalia agrees. “But nothing stops Rose and you from getting married.”
“And give birth to many beautiful children…” Raquelle adds dreamily.
“Oh, guys, you make me blush…” Helene pronounces shyly, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
“What’s your problem?” Edward rounds his eyes. “Pete and you have been dating for ages, you’ve known each other for much longer, everything is okay… Mrs. Marshall is praising him, and Sammy loves our blond to the bottom of his heart. Which barriers could be?”
“There’s one barrier, Edward, Peter’s unwillingness to propose to me.”
“Don’t you wanna push him a little?” Natalia smiles mysteriously. “Give him a magical kick, thanks to which nothing would be left of his unwillingness.”
“No, guys, thanks, but I’d better wait for the man to grow for this.”
“Instead of you, any girl would get married to him on their first date,” Raquelle notices confidently. “You know how many fans of the band have a crush on Peter.”
“It was hard for both of us to reveal our feelings, which we were hiding for a long time, to each other.”
“Wrong!” Edward exclaims. “You could’ve been happy without torturing each other a long time ago! And Daniel wouldn’t have mocked Peter because of his unwillingness to date other girls.”
“When Pete’s ready, we’ll have a wedding. And I don’t have a wish to run around him and hint that I madly want to put on a wedding dress and become Helene Rose.”
“Seymour and you do surprise us!” Natalia adds. “If Edward hadn’t proposed to me nowadays, I would’ve bought a freaking ring, gotten down to my knee, and asked if he would agree to marry me.”
At this moment, Edward chuckles kindly, closing his mouth with his hand with a slight blush on his face.
“C’mon, guys, these two will have no choice!” Raquelle exclaims and drinks some coffee from her cup. “Early or late, they will surely take our cuties to the altar. And the chance that one of them may run away is super low. Perkins and Rose are tightly attracted to our friends.”
“My God, let’s celebrate your wedding at first!” Helene exhales sharply. “And then we will think about someone else.”
“More weddings!” Edward pronounces funnily, hitting his fist slightly against the table.
“Oh, MacClife, the lads and I just wanna have some fun,” Raquelle sighs tiredly.
“Besides, don’t forget that the wedding of Natalia and you and Terrence and Raquelle may be scheduled due to Peter’s situation,” Helene recalls.
“I know, but I wanna believe it’s gonna be okay,” Edward replies thoughtfully. “Everything is gonna with that attack after the show. But as it usually happens, what we don’t expect will happen.”
“Hardly, Edward,” Raquelle shakes her head. “These things won’t end so easily.”
“Hey, does someone know what’s he doing now?” Natalia asks.
“He said he needed to go somewhere for his business,” Helene shrugs. “But when I asked him to watch Sammy, he agreed with pleasure.”
“I hope nothing will happen to him while we aren’t near.”
“If the situation gets worse, the men and I are ready to spend hours next to him,” Edward says confidently. “To be ready to protect him from any stinker at any moment.”
“Do you think the girls and I may have to do with this situation?” Raquelle asks.
“I think Natalia, Anna, and you may not have to do with it. But you, Helene, should better be careful.”
“So, do you think they’ll hurt me early or late?” Helene rounds her eyes.
“I can’t exclude anything, friend. If I recall the story of the lads and me, we weren’t the only victims.”
“Partly right,” Natalia agrees. “If someone wanna harm Peter too much, any bad thing happening to Helene may drive him crazy. And those stinkers probably know it.”
“If something else happens to him, I’m gonna be afraid to walk outside,” Helene replies with anxiety.
“You’ve got no reason to worry, Helene,” Edward says confidently with a slight smile. “The lads will protect not only your sweetheart. If danger is threatening you, we will tear any asshole apart.”
“Just like you all stood by Anna when the Potters sent her to another world?”
“Exactly. So, if we got away with those stinkers then, we can do this again now.”
“Yes, friend, with such wonderful protectors, you have no reason to be afraid,” Natalia says confidently with a slight smile.
“Yeah, we’re all madly lucky to have such men as ours,” Helene agrees.
“Don’t worry, beauties, you’re all under the trustworthy protection of the brave and determined musketeers,” Edward assures with his head proudly raised.
“If we knew the reason why it all started, it would be much better for us.”
“Early or late, we will know everything. Even if that man wanna be anonymous for some time, they will decide to show up one beautiful day and reveal all their plans.”
“And what do we do before it happens?”
“If we can, we will keep doing our business and be careful. Get ready to release the album, celebrate the bachelor, the bachelorette, the wedding, have a tour…”
“Honestly, I don’t feel quiet while Peter’s not near me,” Helene confesses hesitantly, grabbing her throat. “Yes, Sammy’s with him and can protect him. But… I ain’t sure if he’s gonna be fine.”
“Anyway, he's by far not weak,” Edward notices and drinks some coffee from his cup. “Rose just seems sweet and innocent. But he can actually roar and shut anyone down.”
“Yeah, despite all the difficulties he’s had to get through, Pete can stand up for himself and doesn’t let anyone harm him,” Natalia agrees.
“Anyway, our hopes are all on you, lads,” Helene says. “He won’t do this without you. He needs you. He needs you like never ever.”
“We know, Helene,” Edward smiles shyly. “And Terrence, Daniel, and I won’t leave him. Even if he convinces us to let him solve everything on his own. Even if the blond finds a reason to fight with us.”
“I think Peter completely understands that unity is important in this case,” Raquelle says thoughtfully. “He understands that he would be safe if his friends were near him.”
“In short, girls, let’s just live like we did before, be careful, and watch the situation,” Edward says confidently. “And we will save a talk with Mr. Johnson for the worst case. We will ask him for help in case something terrible happens.”
“Maybe, we should just warn him that we may get problems? So, the man knows and is ready to come up with a plan at any moment.”
“Yeah, but the only proof of all this hell is the videos from the user on social networks,” Natalia replies. “And they won’t be a good enough proof, as I think.”
“That’s good the stinker, who was attacked after the show, is now under the view,” Helene adds. “Maybe, the police will find out something interesting if they check him closely.”
“At the moment, we’ve got a little information,” Edward throws his hands up. “But sitting and guessing doesn’t make sense. A thing that lets you waste your time and nerves.”
“You’re right, but we wanna solve it and understand what we should be afraid of as soon as possible,” Raquelle replies.
“It’s gonna be okay, girls, don’t panic so early. The only advice for you from me is to walk in popular places. In this case, they will do nothing to you.”
“Well, we can’t be so sure about it, but there is a lower chance to get a strong hit on the head,” Natalia says thoughtfully.
“That’s right…” Helene nods hesitantly and drinks some coffee from the cup that she is holding with a thoughtful face. “Right…”
Edward, Natalia, Raquelle, and Helene spend some time in silence, drinking coffee from their cups and not refusing to eat some cookies that are lying in front of them in a small glassy bowl.
“Oh, alright, guys, I’m sorry, but I’ve gotta go, sadly,” Helene apologizes hesitantly, fixing her hair brushed into a ponytail. “A girl that’s working with me asked me to do something for her, and I couldn’t refuse. And I also need to take Sammy away.”
“And I will just walk somewhere to leave you alone,” Raquelle smiles mysteriously. “Maybe, I’ll go to shops… Maybe, I’ll visit my grandpa…”
“We don’t kinda mind you staying here,” Edward shrugs.
“Yeah, Cameron, why don’t we spend time together?” Natalia suggests. “Without Terrence, who could not or did not want to join us, to our sadness.”
“Hey, where’s our forever-hungry Apollo? Cameron, where did you lose your beloved creature?”
“He recalled the fact he had a friend named Benjamin and decided to call him today in the morning to invite him somewhere,” Raquelle replies with a slight smile.
“That’s right!” Natalia exclaims. “He kinda forgot about Parker at all!”
“Of course, it was sad to go here without him. But… What could I do? I couldn’t take him by force.”
“C’mon, we had a cool time without him,” Edward smiles mysteriously. “Drank coffee, ate some cookies, talked about everything…”
“Hey, you made us really awesome coffee,” Helene notices cheerfully. “The one I love.”
“Thanks, honey, I did my best.”
“Okay, you decide if you’re gonna stay together, but I’m leaving you.”
Helene, Edward, Natalia, and Raquelle get up from the table, and then the man takes all the empty cups and puts them in the sink, while the girls go to the living room.
“If you have something important, you can call me,” Helene warns, takes her bag from the sofa, and puts it on her shoulder. “My phone’s always available.”
“And you call us if you have problems,” Edward says after he comes to the living room.
Helene shares an amicable kiss on the cheek with Raquelle, Edward, and Natalia and hugs all of them tightly to say goodbye.
“Bye, everyone!” Helene waves her hand. “Thanks for accepting me so warmly.”
“Bye!” Raquelle and Natalia say goodbye.
When Edward and Helene come to the hall door, he unlocks it, opens it, and smiles slightly as he waits for the girl to leave his parents’ home and go somewhere to do her business. When he locks it, the man returns to the girls, who look at each other.
“Oh, alright, lovebirds, I’m leaving, too,” Raquelle smiles mysteriously, looking at Edward and Natalia with her arms crossed over her chest. “Gonna leave you alone. So, you play a little, while Mr. and Mrs. MacClife are off for their business.”
“Don’t you really wanna stay?” Natalia rounds her eyes.
“I would do, but you two look like you’re thinking about something, ‘C’mon, Cameron, go! Let us play here a little!’”
“I wouldn’t personally mind staying with my gorgeous lady,” Edward replies with a sly smile and hugs Natalia by the waist with both arms. “But I can give her some attention next time.”
“Yeah, where do my sweetheart and I rush?” Natalia agrees and scratches Edward under his chin like a cat. We love making pleasure longer.”
“Terry and you are always in a rush. But everything is quiet and slow about us.”
“Not Terry and I are in a rush, my sweetheart, but that mustang can’t slow down and always runs somewhere not looking forward,” Raquelle corrects shyly and fixes her hair a little. “So, I have not to leave him behind.”
“Well, that’s your horse…” Natalia says thoughtfully and smiles slyly. “So, you should deal with him.”
“That horse is my punishment and blessing at the same time. It’s hard to be with him, but I can’t do without him.”
“Yeah, no matter how unbearable that asshole Terrence is, he’s our most beloved and most important human,” Edward replies confidently.
“But we don’t tell him too often about it, so he doesn’t puff his tail,” Natalia replies shyly. “His self-rating has already crossed the border of the Milky Way.”
“Yeah, it’s not kinda enough place on our galaxy for it now,” Raquelle chuckles kindly.
“I guess we just need to accept the fact that we can’t change that pretty boy,” Edward shrugs. “And just laugh at him when he’s pretending to be a prince that can’t be overshadowed by anyone.”
“Yes, yes, we know you two are first in the line of those, who wanna laugh at each other and do a bad thing,” Natalia replies, clapping Edward on the shoulder.
“I am the only one, who can push his face in the mud and give him kicks. If someone else does it, I am going to tear their arms apart.”
“The competition between brother’s love and brother’s rivalry is still on, and it’s not going to end,” Raquelle laughs amicably.
“You said it right.”
Natalia, Raquelle, and Edward say nothing for two seconds and just look at each other, as they are laughing quietly.
“Okay, okay, okay, I’m leaving,” Raquelle says confidently. “Gonna walk in the city for two hours and then go to the agency and talk to Serena. To find out if she has news about the shooting she cannot agree on.”
“But be very careful,” Edward says amicably. “Watch out and try not to stay anywhere for too long.”
“Alright, I won't.”
“And don’t even dare to go to desert places.”
“Aw, Edward, you’re such a caring man,” Raquelle smiles widely.
“Just take care of my sister. The sweetheart of my big brother.”
“Don’t forget about your sweetheart.”
“Don’t worry, Raquelle, my girl is gonna be absolutely safe next to me. You’ve made sure about it many times.”
“Okay, I trust you with my friend with a calm heart.”
“When you see Terrence, tell him his brother little is very happy and spending time in a beautiful company,” Natalia says.
“And he is not missing him at all,” Edward adds. “Spending time without him is a true pleasure.”
“I’ll tell everything word by word,” Raquelle promises.
With these words, Raquelle takes her bag from the sofa and puts it on her shoulder. Then she hugs Edward and Natalia tightly to say goodbye and shares an amicable kiss on the cheek with them,
“Bye, guys!” Raquelle waves her hand. “Have a nice time!”
“Thanks, friend, you’re awesome,” Natalia smiles sweetly.
“Love you, sis!” Edward sends an air kiss as he leads Raquelle to the hall door.
“Use the moment, bro,” Raquelle blinks. “And cover all the tracks before your parents return.”
“The hit’s taken!”
When Edward opens the hall door, Raquelle goes outside and leaves the house, going to her car that is parked in a special place. Then the man locks the door quickly, smiles widely, thinking about something very nice, fixes slightly his thick hair, pulls his t-shirt, and comes to Natalia with spread shoulders, head proudly raised, and a straight back. While she is running the tips of her fingers over her open collarbones as if by chance, watching her fiancé with some kind of challenge in her eyes.
“The reason why I love your friends is the fact that they’re able to guess,” Edward confesses in a quiet, low voice when he comes to Natalia. “They understand even little hints.”
“M-m-m, I see you are super excited here,” Natalia smiles mysteriously. “It’s like you were waiting for them to leave.”
“Maybe. But it would’ve been bad of me to kick them out when you decided to come here for a cup of coffee.”
“The girls just decided that it would be great to visit you. And meet your parents.”
“And that’s so good my parents decided to go to do their business in the early morning. We’ve got such a wonderful chance to spend some time together.”
Edward grabs Natalia by the waist with both hands and presses her tightly to himself, looking into his fiancée’s bright blue sky eyes.
“But what if we have very little time?” Natalia asks in a low voice with a mysterious smile.
“Don’t worry, my queen, we’ve got a lot of time,” Edward replies confidently. “Mother and Father said they wouldn’t come back soon, the men are busy with their business, and the girls aren’t missing. So…”
Edward leaves a tender kiss on Natalia’s cheek and runs his half-open slowly over the area behind her ear as if he is teasing her.
“I see no reason to refuse to get some pleasure.”
“Aw, my tiger wants some love…” Natalia smiles, caressing Edward’s face with both hands.
“Which tactic is my girl gonna use this time?” Edward leaves a few short kisses around Natalia’s mouth, already feeling that a slight shake runs over her skin. “Give herself to me without a fight and agree to do anything I want? Or… Is she gonna pretend to be hard-to-reach and pretend that she is inaccessible, and all my kisses and caresses don’t get her excited?”
“Well, I dunno yet…” Natalia runs her thumb over Edward’s lips, which she looks at closely. “Undress you very slowly or just start with taking this necklace off your neck. And I can open your fly a little somewhere in one hour. Or pull your t-shirt up slightly.”
“If it’s happening like this, I’m gonna be dressed by the evening. And I won’t get the opportunity to see the beauty hidden under your clothes. Something that’s gonna belong to me by law very soon.”
“Nobody deprives you of this opportunity. Though, you’ve gotta work super hard for it.”
“You’re gonna get wet after my first kiss. After the first touch of my hand.”
“Yeah?” Natalia rounds her eyes. “But I don’t feel anything between my legs. Even if you’ve already kissed me and felt me up enough.”
“No, babe, I’ve done nothing yet.” Edward runs his fingers through Natalia’s hair, which she held up beautifully on the back of her head. “Nothing at all.”
“Oh, if only you knew how much I wanna do to you. So much that I’m even kinda confused. And I don’t know what to start with.”
“It all starts with a little warm-up.”
Edward brings his lips to Natalia’s lips for a tender, slow kiss, to which she answers with no hesitation. The man’s hands are sliding slowly but confidently over the curves of the lady’s slim waist and stay on her tough buttocks, while the girl’s fingers stroke his silky hair, setting up a mess in it. At some moment, not letting her realize anything, he leaves a few exciting kisses on the curve of her neck, enjoying the way she moans sensually with closed eyes.
“Is this what you call a warmup?” Natalia asks in a low, deep voice.
“I’m just freaking good at seducing,” Edward smiles slyly and kisses tenderly the other curve of Natalia’s neck, holding the nape of it. “And I know all hour weaknesses well.”
“If I used yours, you wouldn’t be able to say a word and forget your own name.”
“The most important thing is that I know yours.”
Edward barely touches Natalia’s lips with his lips, but he is not going to kiss them, while both of them can feel each other’s heavy, burning breath that makes their hearts beat much faster.
“Your name, mentioning which makes my heart tremble,” Edward whispers with a blissful smile and leans on Natalia’s forehead with his forehead.
“You still have time,” Natalia purrs. “Time to change your mind.”
“I will think if only you say determinedly, ‘no.’”
“It’s gonna be too late later.” Natalia kisses Edward sweetly on the tip of his nose. “Then I won’t let you go. No matter how hard you show off.”
“I think you’re the only one of us two to show off.”
“And you’re driving me crazy with your sweet tortures much more of us two.”
“I can easily change my tactic and take you by force this time.”
Edward presses Natalia as closely to his body as possible, grabbing her by the waist with both hands, and caresses the lady’s neck with his fingertips, while the girl looks into his eyes closely as if she is under a spell.
“Lie you on the bed, take the clothes off you, and do what both of us are dreaming of so badly before this tormenting expectation is over.”
“Do anything you want to me,” Natalia replies confidently and steps away from Edward slowly. “After I play with you enough.”
“So, aren’t you gonna be a good girl again?”
“Maybe, next time.” Natalia leaves a short kiss on Edward’s lips and runs her hands over his chest once. “But I ain’t sure. I’ll think about it.”
“Every day, I’m making more sure that my baby is not as simple as it seems at first sight,”
“You shouldn't give strong coffee to your baby,” Natalia replies funnily, runs her hands over Edward’s thighs and squeezes his buttocks with her fingers, seeing his pupils are dilated, his eyes get a bright gloss, and a sly smile and a slight blush show up on his face. “I recently read the article that said caffeine could make a woman feel a stronger sexual affection.”
“M-m-m, that’s how…”
“Now I see why I’m getting so excited…” Natalia puts her arms around Edward’s neck, kisses him tenderly on the cheek, runs her half-open mouth over his auricle, touches the area behind it with the tip of her tongue, and breathes on it with hot air. “Why I can't see all these clothes on you. Since they don’t let me see your naked body and give it enough attention.”
“Ah, Natalia…” Edward sighs with a wide smile. “I don’t have to give you coffee to get what I want. Because I am so hot and attractive that a girl gets excited after just one glance at me.”
“M-m-m…”
“You just look at me!” Edward steps away from Natalia and turns a twist around himself with pride. “What a man from the cover!”
Edward shows Natalia his well-developed tough muscles on both arms and raises his t-shirt, so she can see his amazing abs. While the girl herself bites her lip slightly and smiles a little lasciviously, thinking about what she could do to the one who has all of this beauty that is walking up the wildest dreams inside her.
“Besides, I go to the gym glass a few times per week. So, my body is gonna be much better by the day of our wedding. And when we go on the honeymoon and go to the beach, I’ll take off my t-shirt. Everyone will see my body and be jealous of the one, who’s gonna own it out and out.”
Natalia does not answer shortly and does it two or three seconds later:
“Huh, what? You said something?” Natalia wraps a thick strand of hair around her finger. “Sorry, I didn’t hear it. I was busy looking at your tough arms. Imagining them embracing me and pressing me to your hot body.”
“I get it, dolly, I get it,” Edward replies in a low voice with a wide smile and runs his hands through his hair. “If only you knew how many admiring glances I catch every time I go to the gym class. And how jealous men are when they look at me. M-m-m…”
“You’d choke with your saliva if you saw me in a slim tight workout suit,” Natalia assumes and runs her hands slowly over Edward’s whole torso. “If I squatted a couple of times or got into a plank position.”
“Maybe, that’s true. But right now, I would prefer seeing you without clothes.”
Edward covers generously the curve of Natalia’s neck with short, innocent kisses, while one of his hands is holding the girl by the small of her back, and his second hand is sliding over the lady’s breasts or squeezing them tenderly.
“Damn, the smell of your skin never stops driving me crazy,” Edward says with a little hoarse in his low voice and runs his half-open mouth over Natalia’s collarbones and open part of her breasts, as he is breathing in the smell of vanilla that her smooth skin is spreading.
“And you always kiss and touch me, so that I want you,” Natalia exhales sensually and rolls her eyes with a sense of the tormenting tension in her abdomen when Edward leaves a long, teasing kiss in the hole on her neck. “The only place where I wanna be is where you’re gonna take me.”
“I already feel it. I feel how hot your body has become.” Edward brings his face closer to Natalia’s ear to say something in it in a whisper. “And how wet it is between your legs.”
“Gosh, Edward, whatcha doing?” Natalia exhales quietly with a heavier and deeper breath when Edward’s soft and hot lips cover the other curve of her neck with impatient kisses.
“Quiet, quiet, beautiful, don’t tense,” Edward insists in a quiet, calming voice, running his hands over Natalia’s neck up and down with some pressure. “Relax…”
Edward grabs Natalia’s face and touches her lips to give her a tender and slow kiss, while she presses herself to his burning body as closely as possible and caresses the skin on the man’s tough back with her fingertips. In reply to this, he uses the moment skillfully to run his tongue in her mouth and run it over her palate. That’s why the girl makes a muffled moan and does the same with a stronger passion. Then she covers his whole neck with quick kisses, letting her thighs rub slowly against his groin. That’s what wakes up a stronger tension inside the man, who is massaging her breasts with a heavy breath and stimulating the lady’s nipples, answering powerlessly to the continuous kiss of his sweetheart, who bites, sucks, and licks his lips as if she is madly hungry now.
“Oh, yeah, my tiger is just imitable…” Edward notices with a lascivious kiss.
“And you’re so changing…” Natalia laughs playfully. “You’re tender and shy, but you’re so sassy and determined…”
“But you’re getting closer and closer to the moment you’re ready to scream from pleasure.”
“Try hard, try hard, pretty boy, I’m not banning you from it.”
Natalia steps away from Edward slowly and goes aside.
“Maybe, I’ll be ready to think about your suggestion somewhere by the evening.”
“You will think about it and accept it much earlier,” Edward replies confidently, comes to Natalia with his head proudly raised, hugs her tightly, and starts running his hands chaotically over her collarbones, breasts, and belly.
“You’re too self-confident, MacClife. Be shyer. Don’t take an example from those, who wouldn’t teach you anything good.”
“When I see you next to me, I tell my shyness to go to hell. Because you can only be a king next to a queen. Not just a commoner.”
Grabbing her by the throat tightly but tenderly, Edward connects Natalia’s lips with his lips for an assertive and cheeky kiss. While she pleases her sweetheart’s ear with heavy sighs and makes unconsciously slow back and forth movements with her thighs, his hand squeezes the lady’s breasts a little tighter and gets underneath her light top made of light, thin fabric at some moment and caresses tenderly the warm, sensitive for touches skin on her perfectly flat belly.
“Oh, Edward…” Natalia makes a sensual moan and squeezes Edward’s hand placed on her belly when contact of their lips makes them two feel a strong shake in the whole body, a slight dizziness, and a much faster heartbeat. “M-m-m…”
“Just say you want me,” Edward says with a sly smile and leaves a few exciting kisses on the curve of the neck of Natalia, who rolls her eyes with a quiet, sensual moan and a sense of slight dizziness. “Tell me you’re dreaming of me leaving the prints of my lips on your gorgeous body. The tracks of my teeth on your tender neck.”
“A-a-a I won’t do… Don’t even hope…”
“Won’t you?”
“I know it’s a trap. If I’m caught, I won’t break free.”
“I shall wait for a while, then.” Edward leaves a short kiss on the area behind Natalia’s ear, pulls her earlobe tenderly, and bites her auricle, while his fingers caress the lady’s big breasts that are rising and falling frequently with pleasure. “I ain’t in a rush. I’d spend a whole day doing something nice for you with pleasure.”
“Are you sure you and I mean the same when we say, ‘something nice?”
“I do not doubt.”
Edward turns Natalia on himself, and pressing her very closely to himself, kisses the girl on the lips furiously, with a loud breath, while she is pulling his hair strongly in passion and running her hands chaotically over his tough, tense torso. The man squeezes her buttocks and caresses them like a boss, aiming to press his sweetheart as closely to himself as possible and smiling slyly when she bends her back backward with a sense of sweet tension in her abdomen caused by all his confident caresses.
“M-m-m, I see you’re feeling so good,” Edward smiles smugly with a heavy breath, grabs Natalia’s chin with his mouth, and runs it over the girl’s collarbones, while she is having her arms wrapped around his neck tightly.
“I swear I’ll kick your ass…” Natalia threatens in a low, quiet voice and breathes in the smell that Edward’s soft skin on his neck is spreading. “If I stay alive after this…”
“Later, sweetheart, later. Now just relax and think about something good. Or think about nothing at all and enjoy what I want and can give you.”
Edward brings his face closer to Natalia’s lips and just looks at them for two seconds, feeling well that she is obsessed with a wish to connect them for a passionate kiss right now. But he is doing everything very tenderly on purpose, barely touching the lady’s soft lips and kissing shyly the corners of her mouth. The man’s hands caress the girl’s head and face, and every touch of his fingertips to the nape of her neck kind of makes them feel a slight wave of electricity and a nice tremble of the heart in the chest.
“You know how to make me give up,” Natalia smiles blissfully.
“Nobody compares with me at these things,” Edward replies with pride and kisses Natalia sweetly on the tip of her nose, against which he rubs his nose. “But in the case of you, I don’t have to apply so much effort. Because you’re my very sensitive girl.”
“You pushed me on the corner, so I didn’t have any choice.”
“I don’t make anyone do anything.” Edward caresses the curves of Natalia’s neck with his fingertips, feeling her fast heartbeat clearly. “Forcing is not about me.”
“Don’t you make, you say?”
“If you want, you can take your bag and leave.”
“So easy?” Natalia runs her hands underneath Edward’s t-shirt and rubs his stomach tenderly, enjoying the way she feels his tough abs. “And will there be no catch?”
“No catch.”
“Look into my eyes, pretty boy!”
“I’m not a monster to hold you here by force and make you do what you don’t want.” Edward leaves a tender, long kiss on the curve of Natalia’s neck, bites the skin on it slightly, and pinches it. “I will do anything my golden-haired girl wants.”
“Do I look like I’m forced? Like I don’t want you at all?”
“Whatever you say, I know that’s not the truth. I know you think about me every day. Every time you lie in your bed and turn off the light in your room.”
“You did your best not to let it be otherwise.”
“I repeat, I don’t make you do anything.”
“Did I say I was forced to do something?”
“So, let’s forget about everything in the world and just enjoy these unforgettable moments.” Edward kisses Natalia shyly on her lips and runs his tongue confidently over her tongue when she opens her mouth unconsciously. “Moreover, it’s not happening as often as I would like due to all of our businesses.”
“But it’s much more interesting,” Natalia notices and caresses Edward’s ear and the area behind it with the tip of her tongue. “We start to miss each other and really appreciate the time we spend together.”
“I start to miss you shortly after one of us closes the door. When I close it after you. Or when you close it after me.”
“A little time before we’re finally living together and wake up in our bed every morning.”
“I’m working so hard to prepare our place for this moment,” Edward confesses, squeezes Natalia’s breasts confidently, and caresses her nipples intensively, smiling blissfully when she makes a sensual, muffled moan. “Though I’m a little worried I may have no time to do everything I’m planning to do.”
“If you have something, we’ll do this together.”
“If you have some special wishes, I’ll be happy to listen to them and do everything you want.”
“I think my beloved man knows what our home should look like better.” Natalia pulls Edward’s bottom lip slightly, sucks it a little, and runs the tip of her tongue over his palate slowly, holding the man tightly by the curves of his slim waist. “I completely trust his taste and know I’m gonna love the final result.”
“I’ll do my best to make it tight, my imitable queen.”
Natalia shares a wide smile full of admiration with Edward and looks into his gray eyes full of a special gloss. Then she grabs his face and touches the male soft lips for an assertive, deep kiss, which is the reason why the whole body is covered with goosebumps, and the fast heartbeat is echoing in the temples painfully. MacClife, Jr.’s hands are running chaotically over the lady’s perfectly straight back, squeezing her tough buttocks like a boss and caressing her thighs, the curves of her waist, and her belly, and he is breathing heavily and deeply and makes a couple of quiet moans.
At some moment, Edward covers generously Natalia’s neck with kisses, mixing tender and shy kisses with assertive and cheeky ones and sometimes using his tongue to increase the temperature of tension. The girl is rubbing the male chest with her warm hands and feeling his torso with her fingertips, silently counting the number of cubes on his press. And when he tears his fiancée off the floor, holding her tightly under her buttocks, she wraps her legs around his waist, puts her arms around his neck, and starts ruffling his hair with a shy laugh. Natalia bites playfully the ear of her fiancé again and does not miss a chance to leave a couple of kisses on the area behind them and on one of the curves of his neck, which she also caresses with her lips and bites tenderly with her teeth.
And when Edward comes closer to the sofa and places her on the floor, he gives Natalia such an exciting kiss that her legs get weak due to the dizziness that gets stronger and the feeling that her body gets super hot now. In passion, the girl grabs his hair tightly like a wild animal catches its victim and runs her tongue around his tongue and over his palate with a loud breath, pressing herself as closely to his body as possible. It makes the man moan quietly and forget literally everything in the world. It makes him only want these blissful moments to last as long as possible or never end at all.
Edward does not realize how the heated Natalia grabs him by the collar with both hands and, breathing like an exhausted house, pulls him to herself. She brings the man to the sofa, turns him the way she needs, and pushes him with an easy movement, so that he falls to it with a loud laugh. Then the blonde lies over her sweetheart, literally hypnotizing him with her eyes, with which she kind of looks into his soul, and gets him involved in a hot, cheeky kiss after he runs her hand over her naked belly. MacClife, Jr. does not just lie and is caressing his fiancée’s body with no shyness, squeezing or pulling her hair with his fingers running his hands over her fragile shoulders, and slim arms. Straight back, exciting curves of her waist, seducing thighs, and tough buttocks.
Little furious kisses on his neck make Edward feel an all-embracing ecstasy and disarm him completely for Natalia, who knows for sure what she should caress with her lips, what she needs to bite a little, and over which she should run the tip of her tongue. She uses all her skins to seduce her fiancé, bending her back backward, sticking out her buttocks, and sometimes making quiet, sensual moans. The blonde raises Edward’s t-shirt without shyness and runs her hands over his torso but then uses her lips or tongue to slide over some areas, not forgetting to pay some attention to his tough nipples. She is acting as confidently as never ever and knows surely what can help her drive her beloved man crazy, not following an instruction for seducing a man that she could find in a magazine but just listening to the sound of her heart. What it says to her. The reaction of the man, whose body shakes because of anything she does and wants more and more caress and attention. Whose bedroom glance is literally begging her not to stop and to keep giving him pleasure that he can only get from his deeply loved golden-haired lady.
***
As it was mentioned before, Terrence really agreed on the meeting with Benjamin Parker, his childhood friend, who he, however, has lately met rarely enough. Even if they used to get out together maybe not every day but regularly. But now, when he has some free time, and all his friends are busy with their personal business, the man decides to fix this situation.
The men agreed to meet at the small, quiet bar and order a glass of something strong. They are not alone but with two more friends of theirs, with whom they kind of broke their connection at some moment. Cody Freeman and Joseph Prescott met Terrence under different circumstances, but they managed to befriend him and Benjamin quickly. That’s why the friends had the pleasure to come together before they lost this opportunity after they got too busy with something.
“We’ve gotta celebrate this event to the fullest, guys!” Benjamin exclaims cheerfully with a wide smile. “Something came into MacClife’s mind, and he decided to think about us.”
“Yeah, I can’t remember when we hung out together the last time,” Joseph replies thoughtfully. “We blamed our business for that.”
“You know well that I’m working a lot with my band,” Terrence recalls. “We’re about to release our debut album. And after the release, we’re gonna be promoting our music actively.”
“I’m personally delighted by the two songs you’ve released,” Cody confesses. “But ‘Rise And Fall’ is especially cool.”
“Oh, yeah, I always turn on the radio to the full volume every time they play it,” Benjamin nods confidently. “My workmates got a big love for both of the songs from the lads.”
“Can't wait to hear the full album!” Joseph exclaims. “Though I don’t doubt that it’s gonna be freaking cool.”
“Soon, soon, guys!” Terrence smiles widely and takes a sip from his glass. “Soon, you’ll know everything about the musical talent of the all-favorite Terrence MacClife. Well… And his loyal gang.”
“You all did an excellent job,” Cody praises confidently. “Your work was worth it.”
“Yeah, after so many failures and refusals, I’ve finally caught my luck.”
“I see your life got much better while we didn’t communicate,” Joseph notices and puts his glass on the table after he drinks a little from it. “You’re gonna be a hubby soon and about to release your own album.”
“Oh, when we were sharing messages, and you asked if I wanted to become one of the groomsmen, I didn’t believe it at first,” Cody confesses. “I thought it was some kind of drill.”
“Right, I didn’t think everything would go so far,” Joseph agrees funnily.
“Yes, yes, guys, our Terry has broken the inaccessible wall and seduced Raquelle Cameron,” Benjamin laughs. “So that she can’t imagine her life without him now.”
“As if it should’ve been otherwise!” Terence chuckles with his head proudly raised and strokes his hair down. “I told you I always got what I wanted. And Raquelle was just showing off. Though, I always knew she was going crazy for me since our first meeting.”
“Think you were just freaking lucky,” Joseph replies. “Lucky that the girl, who you started to accost openly at your first meeting, didn’t kick your ass, giving you much more than just a couple of slaps in the face.”
“Agree, another girl would’ve scratched his face and applied an application for the police,” Cody adds.
“Here’s one more confirmation of the fact that nobody can be compared with me,” Terrence smiles slyly.
“Okay, men, let’s change the topic,” Joseph says confidently. “Or MacClife’s gonna start reading a lecture like a professor at the university. And make us take notes and retell.”
“Yeah, guys, when we were sharing messages, you didn’t say what you were doing all this time,” Benjamin recalls. “Where you disappeared and why you didn’t the fuck reply to the calls and messages from Terrence and me.”
“Oh, I was busy filming in a TV show all this time,” Cody confesses. “Some time later after Raquelle introduced us to her friends, I received a call from my agent, who said producers wanted me to play one of the starring roles in a freaking cool project. He retold me the storyline shortly, and I agreed to discuss it. Our meeting was good, and I let them know I liked the role. And after they gave me a script to read, I didn’t have any doubt that I wanted to play the role.”
“Ah, right, I remember I somehow saw a poster with you,” Terrence says thoughtfully. “But I didn’t recognize you at all.”
“Aha. And I had to move to Ontario and live there for as long as the shooting lasted. That’s good the team paid for all the flights and rent of a house for every actor. And I was there for more than one year.”
“Gonna specify, I don’t almost watch a TV,” Benjamin says. “So, I didn’t watch the show and didn’t know how it was getting promoted.”
“To your information, Ben, the translation of the show was a resounding success! The rating of every episode was growing super fast. The number of followers of my accounts on social networks has grown lately.”
“Cool, congrats on such a big success!” Terrence replies with a slight smile.
“And yeah, I forgot to say that the channel that translated the show, has recently renewed it. Not for one but two seasons.”
“Wow, two seasons?” Joseph opens his eyes widely.
“Aha, it’s been fucking popular. So, I'm gonna pack my bags again and fly to Ontario for the filming of the second and third seasons.”
“Hasn’t it begun?” Terrence specifies.
“No yet. Besides, the final episode of Season 1 was released literally two weeks ago. And we’ve just found out about it.”
“Which that show is about?”
“About the serial killer that can’t be caught. He tortures and kills literally every day, but he always covers all his tracks. The police can't solve this problem, and the killer understands it and plays with them like kittens.”
“And who are you playing?” Benjamin asks.
“One of the best detectives in the country, who was hired by the police to help them investigate this case. He agrees to work on it, not imagining which trouble he is gonna end up in the end.”
“Listen, I need to watch it someday,” Joseph says confidently. “Watch you as the detective. I think it’s gonna be interesting.”
“By the way, the show’s available on the streaming service of the channel,” Cody hints with a mysterious smile. “Get a paid subscription and enjoy the adventures of Ryder Hood in one of the best shows I’ve ever played.”
“Okay, we’ll see what they filmed,” Terrence replies thoughtfully. “See who they hired to play the role of my dream.”
“If you ask me too hard, I can try to agree with the producers on a cameo role for you. Help my good friend return to his acting career.”
“Aw, thanks, buddy! If you need a charming but heartless killer, I will be happy to examine the script and go to the meeting.”
“Sorry, MacClife, but the starring role is taken. And that actor will not be changed or killed.”
“Yay, pretty boy, so, you’re a loser!” Benjamin pronounces funnily and claps Terrence on the shoulder. “You’ll be singing songs of love, friendship, and bravery alongside your boys and driving young girls crazy.”
“Okay, then we would be happy to work on the soundtrack,” Terrence folds his hands on the table. “We would write cool lyrics and create fucking awesome music for it.”
“Sounds like you’re begging.”
“I’m just offering my help. And the collaboration with the incredibly talented guy, who would play any role brilliantly.”
“Okay, okay, Terrence, shut up,” Joseph says. “We got it.”
“Hey, Joe, where you have been?” Benjamin asks. “Did you go somewhere abroad, too?”
“Nope, I didn’t go anywhere, and I’ve been here all this time.” Joseph drinks a little from his glass. “I was just busy looking for a job. After graduating from the university, I changed a few jobs. Either I received a low salary, or felt uncomfortable… And I recently left my job because I was just sick of working at my profession.”
“So, are you doing nothing now?” Terrence asks.
“I’m working with my father yet. He suggested that I work as his personal assistant, and I also decided go to the courses that I liked. Well, I agreed ‘cause I had nothing to do. At least, I’m earning money, and people are good.”
“But you didn’t wanna have anything in common with his job,” Benjamin recalls.
“I don’t wanna film in movies. But working behind the scenes is pretty cool. Maybe, I will even decide to keep working in this sphere if nothing happens after I finish my courses.”
“It’s probably hard for you to work with your father,” Cody assumes.
“Nope, vice versa. I thought he would kick me like a horse and tell me to do the impossible, but no. Father and I are working very well together. And he introduced me to many cool people.”
“Cool,” Terrence pronounces.
“The only shortcoming of all of this is the fact that I’ve gotta work for twelve hours per day or even more. While I run, do anything they want, and finish millions of missions, my legs get weak from tiredness, and my eyes close.”
“Now I see why you didn’t have time for your friends,” Benjamin says thoughtfully.
“I’m really sorry, men. I really wanted to call you someday or send a message, but my schedule was fucking insane. My father recently decided to take a short break and spend time with his family. After releasing a movie per year and working on every single one with a big team of people.”
“Hey, I would also be very happy to see him at the wedding,” Terrence says with a slight smile. “Won’t he come, don’t ya know?”
“I can’t say anything yet, Terrence. Father really wanna come and take my stepmother with him, but he’s lately gotten some health issues. Instead of relaxing at home, he goes to doctors and takes tons of cures.”
“Oh, I’m so sorry… I hope he’ll get well soon.”
“My stepmother always swears at him because my father literally lives at his work. It’s like if he took care of him and stopped in time, everything would be alright.”
“Sometimes you need a break even from your favorite job,” Cody shrugs. “No matter how much you love it, overworking has never led to anything good.”
“Anyway, even if Father isn't able to come, he promised to send a wedding gift,” Joseph promises. “He says he won’t spare money for it and will choose the best one.”
“Thanks, I’ll accept it with pleasure,” Terrence thanks.
“Hey, Terrence, you haven’t told us anything about the bachelor,” Cody recalls. “When should we get ready? Will we hang out in a big male company? Meet those we don’t know yet?”
“Oh, I don’t know yet,” Terrence replies thoughtfully and takes a sip from his glass. “Edward and I haven’t talked about it.”
“Aren’t Daniel and Peter planning anything?” Benjamin asks. “They’re kinda the best men of Ed and you. It would be logical if they… Worked on getting ready for the bachelor. Preparing a surprise for you, so to say.”
“Who the fuck knows! Maybe, these assholes agreed on something. But my bro and I don’t know about it yet.”
“We’ve gotta call them someday and talk about it. Talk about how to make our bachelor fucking cool.”
“M-m-m, I see you’re all waiting for the bachelor literally much more than the wedding,” Terrence laughs, crossing his arms over his chest.
“That’s the bachelor!” Cody exclaims funnily. “Lots of drinks, only boys in our company…”
“But if we all want it, we can invite a couple of beautiful girls,” Joseph smiles mysteriously. “So, they can dance for us a little in a bra and knickers.”
“Oh, yay, you want Cameron and Rochester to hang the balls of Edward and me and kick our asses?” Terrence wonders loudly with his eyes widely open.
“What’s wrong?” Cody smiles innocently. “You wouldn’t fuck them! Girls would just help us relax a little. And cheer up the single guys, who are feeling bored.”
“Don’t girls wanna fuck you anymore? Are you whining from how much you wanna fuck someone?”
“Actually, someone always brought a young sexy girl at all the bachelors I have ever attended,” Benjamin adds confidently. “And she gave pleasure to all the boys.”
“So, Parker, do ya wanna get a strong kick from Blair? Or her younger brother?”
“It’s not for me! It’s for my single friends! What should, for example, Chris and Kev do? They’re single, but they wouldn’t mind hanging out with someone.”
“I am warning you, idiots: if one of you brings a girl to our bachelor, I swear I will kick your ass personally,” Terrence threatens with his finger.
“C’mon, MacClife!” Cody exclaims funnily. “Why are you showing off?”
“Aha, don’t pretend to be a one-woman man, who has never changed one girl to another and always gone by any short skirt with an indifferent face,” Joseph chuckles kindly.
“It’s in the past!” Terrence protests.
“Oh, c’mon, the past!” Benjamin waves his hands. “You still feel hard every time girls tell you compliments and put you in the line next to Apollo. It’s like you’re about to suck her in happiness.”
“Don’t say bullshit, idiot! Did you overheat under the sun?”
“But it’s the truth, buddy,” Joseph replies.
“I am serious, guys. There will not be girls at the bachelor of Edward and me.”
“Does Edward agree with you?” Cody asks. “Have you asked him already?”
“Kids shouldn't be asked. Kids must obey adults and do anything they’re told.”
“Huh, has Edward ever obeyed you?” Benjamin chuckles loudly. “If that boy wants something, he doesn’t the fuck care what people say. He literally closes his eyes and ears when deciding to run straightly without looking.”
“Yay, our little Eddy is a harmful and stubborn piggy. He’s even more harmful than Raquelle. I don’t deny it. But sometimes he does turn on his brains. And he gives us pretty smart thoughts. That you can’t reproach him for.”
“I see you’re freaking used to the role of the older brother,” Cody notices confidently and takes a sip from his glass.
“You were literally born to be the one,” Joseph adds.
“Yeah, my mom and dad fulfilled my little childhood dream and gave me that rutrag,” Terrence smiles shyly. “Who, however, has chewed my ears off and never stops playing on my nerves.”
“C’mon, he is a good guy! Friendly, shy, decent…”
“Oh, yay, shy! You know him too bad, guys. Because that’s the real pain in my ass. A fucking strong pain in my ass. A little, unbearable donkey that I do wanna hang by his balls with his head down.”
“I doubt he won’t hang you by the balls,” Cody adds. “With such an unbearable character and great self-love, MacClife is probably whining all the time. Because his brother is a selfish penguin.”
“He should not imitate me and put an eye on my title of the king. The title of the sexiest man in the world.”
“You know, between him and you, I would rather choose that creature,” Benjamin states. “The thing I like Edward for is the fact that he doesn’t praise himself no matter what situation he is in.”
“Are you fucking serious?”
“Yes, maybe, he really thinks he is better and more handsome than you. But at least, the kid doesn’t cry about it at every single corner. Unlike you.”
“Aha! But I hear it from him every fucking day. The kid does dare to pronounce himself much better than me!”
“Ha! No, he must play along with you!”
“He must kiss my hands and feet! Because I am older. As you know, you must obey older people.”
“Oh, look, guys, our Terry is jealous…” Joseph chuckles kindly. “He is jealous of his brother, who is about to catch him.”
“What? Me? Jealous?”
“I’m not! I don’t have brothers and sisters! Well… Maybe, only a couple of cousins…”
“Yeah, he would’ve hardly thought his brother could overshadow him when he wanted to get him,” Cody assumes.
“C’mon, men, he was a kid back then,” Benjamin notices. “Young and stupid. He didn’t know what would happen after the birth of the second child. But now Terrence has grown up and asked himself, ‘What if I’m an idiot?’”
“Everyone makes mistakes, buddy,” Joseph smiles slyly. “It’s our life.”
Cody, Benjamin, and Joseph laugh shyly, while Terrence rolls his eyes with a quiet growl and drinks a little from his glass.
“Hey, what’s Edward doing now?” Cody asks. “Isn’t he having fun with his charming fiancée? Who Parker didn’t manage to seduce one day!”
“That cat is probably, really walking somewhere near her,” Terrence replies thoughtfully. “But I ain’t sure about it.”
“Why aren’t you watching your bro?” Benjamin wonders. “What if he gets in trouble and hurt his burning ass again?”
“This time, I decided to count on his prudence. With the hope that he won’t do anything that can force me to put him on a leash like a dog.”
“That’s wrong, buddy.”
“Oh, fuck him off! I am fucking done with him! Today, I wanna have some rest from him. May Natalia please him. Well, or Mom and Dad. He’s living with them at the moment and just preparing his little place for a together life with his golden-haired lady.”
“Hey, how are your parents doing there?” Cody asks. “Alive and healthy?”
“Yup, thank God, they’re alright. Mother’s watching the house, and Father’s working at his shipbuilding company for hours and never stops looking for ways to improve something.”
“I imagine what they feel as they’re getting ready to watch the wedding of two sons of theirs,” Joseph says thoughtfully.
“Oh, they can’t really want for the wedding day. And they recently dropped a hint that they’re preparing excellent gifts for us, and we’re gonna be thrilled with them.”
“No doubt that it’s gonna be something super cool,” Benjamin replies with a wide smile.
“I hope nothing will go wrong by that time and ruin our plans,” Terrence expresses hope.
“But what can go wrong?”
“I dunno, anything.”
“Hey, Terrence, why are people talking about the story of the attack on Peter after one of your recent shows?” Cody asks.
“Yes, yes, I watched a video yesterday, and I saw one asshole threatening him with a gun and shooting multiple times with a failure,” Joseph adds.
“And then that asshole was caught by the security and taken away somewhere,” Benjamin recalls.
“We didn’t also understand what it was,” Terrence sighs tiredly, running his hands over his face. “We were talking to our fans quietly, but then that bastard started to shout and threaten to kill Peter and make him pay for something.”
“Who did Rose hurt so much if he was tried to kill before the eyes of people from the crowd?”
“Pete says he has no idea of it.”
“You think he’s lying?” Joseph frowns slightly.
“No, I don’t think so. Peter wouldn’t lie to us and hide something. It’s not about him.”
“I wonder if that was a one-time offer, or we’re gonna get a continuation of this epic show?” Cody wonders.
“We’re praying that everything ends with that attack. But there’s no guarantee. These things never end so easily.”
“So, what are you gonna do now?” Benjamin asks.
“Nothing yet. We will be waiting and watching the situation. And try to be as careful as possible.”
“Does your manager know the situation?”
“Yup, the lads and I went to the agency to meet him and talked for almost three hours yesterday. George assured us that there would be stricter security at all our shows, and all the visitors would be checked closely and literally undressed ‘till their underwear. So, nobody takes a gun or a bomb.”
“Oh, if they really want, nobody will even notice how they will take something forbidden,” Joseph replies confidently.
“No, Joe, now even a fly won’t fly by the security without getting attention. Our managers contacted the organizers of our scheduled shows and told them to take strict measures for safety. And they will be watching them closely, so they follow them carefully.”
“We will see how they will work on it,” Benjamin shrugs.
“Wasn’t that man really noticed at the show?” Cody specifies.
“I don’t know, Cody, we’re told he wasn’t there, but it doesn’t mean anything,” Terrence replies. “That’s what was said by the witnesses, who were at the show and stayed to meet the lads and me personally.”
“You better be careful, guys,” Benjamin expresses anxiety. “Who knows what it may lead to. The last time, Daniel was in danger, and now someone’s dreaming of Peter’s death.”
“Can’t it have to do with his girl somehow?” Joseph frowns slightly. “Helene, probably… He mentioned her name somehow.”
“It makes us worried, too,” Terrence replies thoughtfully, wrapping his glass placed on the table with both hands. “If the situation gets serious, we’ll have to find a way to protect Peter and Helene. Yes, that man said nothing about her and the other girls of ours, but still.”
“Yeah, men, you can’t live too long without trouble,” Benjamin exhales sharply, leaning back on the chair. “You just recently kicked the ass of Anna’s offender, and now a new cockroach showed up.”
“Oh, you’re so right, bro!” Terrence exclaims. “They don’t let us live a quiet life. We’re about to release the album and celebrate the wedding, but we can’t focus on it.”
“If you need some help, feel free to ask me about it,” Cody says confidently. “I’ve got a lot of good contacts. I’m sure there will be those, who can help you, among those I know.”
“Yeah, guys, feel free to ask for help,” Joseph adds amicably. “My father is a respectful man in the show business and knows many people. If I ask him about something, he will do it and call anyone to help.”
“Thanks a lot, men,” Terrence thanks with a slight smile. “I knew I could count on you.”
“Hey, have you already talked to the old friend of your father?” Benjamin asks. “Well, erm… The one, who helped you get your uncle, Natalia's and Daniel’s sister’s offender, and the asshole, who almost sent Anna to another world, arrested!”
“No, we will save it for later. We will ask Mr. Johnson for help in the worst case. If one or two incidents happen, and the situation doesn’t change.”
“That’s good you have someone to ask for help. It would be bad in the opposite case.”
“Right. We’re lucky this time.”
“Anyway, it hardly has to do with your fame,” Joseph assumes. “Of course, you have lots of fans, but they’re all adequate enough, as I can see. And your haters are sort of people, who are sitting on a soft sofa, registering fake accounts on social networks and leaving hateful comments with the hope that they will not be caught.”
“Oh, who the fuck knows what it has to do with…” Terrence sighs tiredly. “We can’t say anything.”
“The most important thing is nobody suffers because of this bullshit,” Cody replies confidently.
“Anyway, Daniel, Edward, and I are ready to protect Peter and won’t leave him in trouble. We will do our best not to let Helene become a victim. And we will tear anyone apart if someone dares to attack Raquelle, Anna, or Natalia.”
“You should also take care of yourself,” Joseph advises. “Don’t let any asshole harm you.”
“We’re ready for any twist of events,” Terrence says confidently. “We understand that it may be just the beginning of this story.”
“That’s cool you’re so united and getting on so well,” Cody flashes a shy smile. “Maybe, it won’t help you at one hundred percent, but it’s gonna be easier for Rose with your help.”
“And you can’t especially leave him alone,” Cody notices. “He hasn’t come to himself after all the mockeries that he was put under for a long time.”
“Pete doesn’t hide it,” Terrence confesses. “That’s why we’re really worried about him. No matter how hard he shows off and pretends to be strong, the wounds on his heart and soul are still bleeding. Rose’s trying to get up, but he’s still broken.”
“Nevertheless, he’s trying so hard,” Benjamin notices.
“Right. And the men, the girls, and I are supporting him and motivating him to keep moving on.”
“I hope this situation won’t break him down and make you think your efforts aren’t worth it,” Cody expresses hope.
“And nothing that could make Peter start doing self-harming again happen,” Joseph adds.
“I hope,” Terrence crosses his fingers. “But I think he will start doing it again in case something happens to Helene. That’s the thing Pete won’t handle.”
“That’s why the girls and you should watch the girl carefully,” Benjamin replies confidently. “The fact that all their attention is now on Rose doesn’t mean this bullshit won’t have to do with Marshall.”
“We completely understand it. And I repeat, we’re ready for any twist of events.”
“C'mon, man, don’t worry!” Cody exclaims, clapping Terrence on the shoulder. “It’s gonna be okay. You’re all not alone and can always ask for help.”
“Judging by my personal experience, I can surely say this every shit is betting bigger.”
“It’s okay, you can get through it.”
“Yeah, MacClife, keep your head up!” Joseph smiles widely. “You better think about the release of the band’s debut album and your wedding with your gorgeous cutie.”
“At least, I’m happy I finally fulfilled my dream and started to work on music,” Terrence flashes a shy smile and drinks some drink from his glass. “And I’ve got my beloved girl by my side.”
“Hey, am I the only one to think that she’s grown up a lot since our last meeting?” Cody frowns slightly. “I don’t mean her appearance. Though, she no longer looks like a child and has become an adult woman. I mean her glance. It seems much more conscious now.”
“And I think she’s got much more admiration in her eyes when she looks at Terrence,” Joseph adds.
“Many things changed since that time,” Terrence says thoughtfully. “Back then, we only thought about sex, but now we consider each other a close person, who can always listen and support at hard moments. Who no longer gives a fuck about what’s happening to you.”
“I think you got much closer to each other after the miscarriage that Cameron had during the trial of Michael,” Benjamin notices.
“I think so. And I surrounded her with greater care, and she got a stronger love for me. The miscarriage didn’t make us distance from each other, as it often happens.”
“It’s nice to know Cameron is no longer a sexy doll that you passionately wanted to take to your bed,” Cody says confidently.
“It’s still cool in the bed with her, but now it’s not the most important thing to me. The thing I want to know more is that Raquelle needs nothing and is happy with me.”
“Trust me, buddy, if she wasn’t happy, she wouldn’t have agreed to get married to you and just date you,” Joseph notices.
“I would also piss her off if I saw that Cameron doesn’t appreciate anything I do. And she’s dating me just to calm her family down.”
“Listen, men, let’s raise our glasses and wish that Raquelle and Terrence’s marriage doesn’t become torture for them?” Cody suggests with a mysterious smile.
“And that bastard doesn’t harm Peter and Helene,” Joseph suggests.
“And that the album of the lads and me is successful and let us know we can start working on the second one,” Terrence adds.
“Yea-a-a-ah!” Joseph exclaims cheerfully.
“Yea-a-a-a-ah!” the others pronounce funnily.
After taking their glasses with strong drinks, Terrence, Cody, Benjamin, and Joseph hit them against one another slightly and drink a little with pleasure. The men change the subject of their conversation and start talking about something funny, telling some stories that happened to them when they did not meet. At the bar, music of different genres is playing non-stop, and one song starts playing after another after it ends. They like some of them and shake their bodies or even sing quietly along with some familiar lyrics. And some tunes do not make them feel anything warm and make them continue their talk, which, however, turns out to be much more interesting and funnier.
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