Troubled Past to Perfect Future

Part 7

BRIAN'S POV

After we all ate breakfast, Dom quickly gave me a tour of the house and helped me put my clothes in the washer, though I protested him helping.

"Equals, Bri," was all Dom said to me while protesting.

"I've got to go or I'll be late. Do I need to take the keys to open the shop with me?" Mia says as Dom and I get done with my clothes.

"I need to go to the shop and do some paperwork, so I'll open after I give Bri a tour of the garage," Dom says, folding some of my clean clothes and putting them in the clothes basket.

"Who are you going to take to run it while you do paperwork?" Mia asks, smiling as I frown and try to take my clothes from Dom to fold them myself, but Dom moves them so I cannot reach them unless I walk around him.

"Vince says he is going to work on adding all the new parts to his car, Leon has a car to work on, and so does Letty. I'll go with you to the store and help," Jesse says, walking in and laughing when I try to walk around Dom and grab my clothes, but he just moves them again.

"I want to help," I say, trying for my clothes again.

"You have folded half of the clothes already, so I can fold this half," Dom says, laughing as I try for my clothes again.

"Can I at least help at the store?" I ask, pouting at Dom laughing at me.

"Yes, you may, but you are not to try and do everything. Jesse, you are to watch him. We still have not bonded yet, which we need to do this afternoon when everyone is at the store for lunch," Dom says, finishing folding my clothes.

"I'm going to ride with Leon to the garage," Jesse says, patting my shoulder as I continue to frown.

"We'll see you over there," Dom says, hugging his sister bye. He turns to me once Mia and Jesse walk away. "Hey, don't pout, baby."

"You were laughing at me," I say, moving away when Dom moves towards me.

"Bri, I would never laugh at you to be mean. I was just laughing because of how stubborn you are. I was laughing because you will fit in just perfect with our family," Dom says, stressing 'our'.

"Our?" I ask, feeling my eyes prick with tears.

"Yes, 'our'. You are a part of this family now," Dom says, hugging me close to him. "Let's go put your clothes up into our room, and then we will head to the garage." I nod and pick up the clothes basket before Dom can. Dom smiles and hugs me before leading the way to Dom's, I mean our room. Dom helps me put my clothes into the empty dresser before we head out to the car.

"We'll stop by and get your truck to leave at the garage," Dom says as we get into the car and leave the house. We pull up in the back of Racer's Edge but walk around to go through the front.

"Dominic, Brian," Harry says, walking towards us.

"We're here to get my truck," I say when Harry pulls me into a tight hug.

"How are you doing? Are you getting along with everyone? Vince can be very mean to new people," Harry says, letting me go.

"I'm doing well. Vince has actually been very nice to me," I say.

"Oh?" Harry asks, looking at Dom.

"I am as surprised as you are," Dom says.

"If you are just here to get Brian's truck, why did you come in? Not that I am not grateful to see you guys," Harry says.

"I am going to do the bonding ceremony this afternoon at the store. I wanted you to be there. You may not be a wolf, but you are the closest family Brian has that I will allow being there," Dom says.

"None wolves are not allowed to be present during something like that," Harry says as I look back and forth between Dom and Harry.

"They are if the whole pack agrees, and I have already asked everyone. They are fine with you being there," Dom says.

"You guys are willing to do that for me?" I ask.

"Of course we are Brian," Dom says, hugging me again.

"What time should I be there?" Harry asks, smiling at me.

"We'll do the ceremony at two, but we'll eat before if you want to join," Dom says.

"I'll be there," Harry says, hugging me again.

"Thank you," Dom says, shaking Harry's hand.

"Thank you, Dominic," Harry says. Dom and I wave before heading back outside and to our vehicles. Before I get into my truck, I grab Dom and kiss him forcefully.

"What was that about, Bri?" Dom asks once we move apart.

"I want to tell you something, but I'm too scared, so I did that instead," I mumbled, moving to get into my truck.

"Bri, what do you want to tell me? You don't have to be scared," Dom says, stopping me and hugging me close to him.

"I just want to say...," I say, mumbling the last bit into Dom's chest.

"You have to speak louder and not mumble, Bri," Dom says, moving a step back from me.

"I love you," I blurted, looking down at my feet.

"Bri, look at me," Dom says. I shake my head and turn away when he steps closer to me.

"I know it is too soon to say that. I should have never said anything," I say, trying to walk away only for Dom to wrap his arms around me from behind me and his chin on my shoulder.

"Bri, I love you too," Dom says, kissing my cheek.