The Love You Give

Morning After

It was 2 am when Jacob and Jace were ready to call it. "You don't have to go home, but you got to get the fuck up out of here." Jace called out as people groaned around him. However, as quickly as they came people began to pour out and leave. When the last person was out, Jace and Jacob took a look at the house and sighed. Empty cups, plates, bottles, etc. were scattered all over the first floor. "We'll deal with this tomorrow." Jacob said heading out back with Jace on his heels. There they found their middle brother face down on the patio furniture. "Get up ass wipe!" Jacob yelled causing Jackson to groan. "Why you so mad at him?" Jace chuckled. "He shoved Ezra." Jace's eyes bugged out before he grabbed Jackson by the collar and raised him to his feet.

"Back off, okay," Jackson growled pushing Jace off of him. "I fucked up. I know." They watched as Jackson stumbled through the doorway while sniffling and rubbing his nose. They made their way upstairs and stopped at her doorway. The light was off, so they were sure she was asleep, but Jace missed her. He tried opening her door but wasn't surprised to find that it was locked. Jacob shook his head as he made his way to his room. Jace and Jackson found themselves in their own rooms unable to think of anyone else, but their girlfriend. Jacob knew he and Ezra needed to talk about Owen and he was hoping it'd be the last and final time they did. It was his turn to take her on a romantic date and what he had in store was sure to make her happy he hoped.

Ezra found herself awake at 4 am. She got maybe an hour of sleep, but woke up with a start at the thought of her boyfriends all abandoning her. She shook her head and got up before heading downstairs in her tank top and matching pajama pants. She saw the state of the house and signed. She went back up to get her Bluetooth headphones before playing her cleaning Spotify playlist. It took everything in her not to sing along to Luther Vandross like she had so many Saturday mornings her mother and her would clean. By 5:30 am the house was clean and everything that was once hidden was returned to their resting place. She even braved outside and cleaned any evidence of Jackson's ordeal. After doing a final walk through of the house, Ezra made her way back into her room. She put down her phone and headphones and just sat on the bed.

She missed her men. She missed being held and after all the events of the party, she really wanted to be in their arms. Jackson was an absolute no. She had bruising on her arms and bottom from where he grabbed her and she fell. She and Jacob were spending the day together as it was their date day, so that just left Jace who she was more than happy to snuggle with but thought to the sex tape. She tried going to sleep by her lonesome, but she had gotten used to being in one of their arms. She made her way to Jace's room and sighed as she took in his sleeping form. She climbed in and lay on his chest with her leg draped across him before taking a huge whiff of his scent. Jace had unconsciously pulled her in closer and it was all she needed. In minutes, Ezra was falling fast asleep.

Jace woke up to a light weight on his chest. He opened an eye and peaked down to see his girlfriend nuzzled onto his chest sleeping peacefully. He couldn't help but smile. He moved her gently as to not wake her up before getting out of bed and exiting his room quietly. He bumped into Jacob who was walking behind Jackson. "How is she?" Jackson asked worriedly. "She's still sleeping. I don't even know when she came into my room. She seems really tired so it must've been late." Jace said as they made their way to the first floor and stopped in their tracks. The house was spotless. "She did this." Jacob said looking around at the once littered room. "We don't deserve her." They said in unison before chuckling.

They made a quick breakfast for themselves and ate before making Ezra a plate and heading back up to Jace's room. When they entered, they found her sitting up still looking very tired. "Good morning, sweet-" Jacob cut himself off and stared. Jace followed his gaze and almost dropped the tray of food. "What's wrong with you guys?" Ezra asked confused. "I did that." Jackson whispered as they all looked at the purple bruising on her upper arms. Ezra looked down before trying to cover the markings with her hands. "I'm going to fucking kill you," Jace barked putting the tray down. "Stop it! Please!" Ezra yelled grabbing their attention. "No, fuck that, Princess. This asshole gets that shit in his system and forgets who the fuck he is." Jace bellowed causing Jackson to look down.