Colossal Damage

21 . Meet the family

"Paris ." He whines after he catches his breath . My words knocked the breath out of him .

"We should probably get going ." I slip out of his hold and make my way back to the death trap . He helps me back up but this time I'm helmat less . He must see my distress with the lack of protection .

"You're safe . I promise just wrap your arms around me ." He brushes my hair out of my face . He takes his seat in front of me and starts the engine again . It roars to life with a loud grumble that surely made car alarms go off . I wrap my arms around his waist and bury my head in his neck . I shut my eyes and try and control my breathing .

The bike moves with a sudden jolt making me tighten my hold on him and bury my face further in his neck . His hair smells of coconut and is soft against my cheek .

We speed all the way to his house ; my head stayed tucked in the whole time . I feared the rush of the wind would make me nausious if I dared let it blow against me .

He kills the engine and attempts to hop off ... attempts .

"As much as I'm loving this , I'd like to go have dinner now ." I shake my grip off of him and he helps me down from the beast .

He stabalizes my shakey figure . When I take a peek at myself , I could have almost died from seeing myself in the tiny mirror on his motorcycle . My hair is all blow and flat on the top .

"Chill ." He says and pulls me to him where he ruffles it up . I scold at him and he just takes my hand and pulls me towards the house . His hand feels warm against mine and when his shoulders brush against my lether clad ones it take me back to him and I almost kissing . I flush at my thoughs and inhale a deep breath .

"I'm home !" Carter screams into the passage . Screaming is his thing . His mom walks in and she stops in her tracks and then turns to her son and grabs him by the ear . She leaves me stunned as she leads him to the other side of the wall .

"I told you that girl is not welcome in my house !" Well ...

"Cute shoes ." My attention shifts from the conversation in the kitchen to a little boy who looks to be a few years younger than Carter . They share the same brown eyes , lip shape ( don't judge me ) and hair colour .

"Kalem ." He puts his hand out . I shake his and introduce myself . Kalem's hair is slightly longer than Carter's and his got thicker eyebrows and maybe longer lashes .

"London's twin ." He nods at me and I nod back . It's then I realize I'm wearing my bunny bed slippers . Kalem notices I finally notice and he chuckles along with me . My cheeks are probably red as I curse myself .

"You're not like your sister are you because Carter would never have the guts to bring her heel clad feet onto this floor . " He smiles amused at my choice of shoes .

"My apologies . I'm Sandra , Carter' mom ." Carter comes back out with his mom .

"Good evening Mrs Dalton . I'm Paris ." I smile at her . I turn to see Carter studying us . He gets his eyes from his mom ...

"Oh sweety , you can call me Sandra ." I nod and step into her open arms for a hug .

"Excuse my outburst . I thought you were your sister , I don't particulary like her . No offence ." I giggle at this ; I wonder what London could have done ...

"None taken . I'd like to think of myself as the eaiser cup of tea to swallow when compared to my sister ." Kalem and Sandra crack up at this . I think I see Carter stiffle a chuckle too .

"Cato!" I turn my head to watch a toddler roll her way down the passage . She throws her chubby arms around Carter's shins .

"This is Nova , my little sister ." I cock my head to the side . I never knew he had a younger sister . He picks her little figure up and she clings to him like a koala bear .

"Hi Nova . My name is Paris ." I wave at her . She studdies me then turns to her older brother who nods at her encouragingly .

"Pa-is. "She says my name tasting it on her tongue . I smile at her and Carter goes to grab my hand and leads me to the lounge . We sit on the couch and he sets Nova on his lap ; she snuggles herself into his arms where , he cacoons her .

"How old is she ?" I sneak a glance at her snuggled in her brother's arms playinh with his ear .

"How old are you ?" He asks her and she holds one finger up . My lips curve on their own as I smile at her in awe .

"She is quite smart for a one year old ." I wave at her . She looks at me and quickly looks away .

"Yeah she can just about say my name , Mama , Dada and she calls Kalem : Yum ." I giggle at the last one . She sees this and she too giggles looking up at her brother .

"Then she knows a finger to say how old she is ." He states , proud of his sister .

She is so cute . Her hair is short so it's in these two little pigtails . Her cheeks are so kissable ; she has grey eyes ( I asume are from Mr D ) . To top that off she is wearing this panda themed onsie and when she smiles she only has maybe ...five teeth .

"Pa-is ." She gestures for Carter to pass her to me . He looks up at me with a shocked expression . Her chubby arms wrap around my neck and her little legs settle between my own . Her fast finger isntantly tangle in my hair .

"I was wondering ... it's your hair that has attracted her . It normally takes a while for her to warm up enough to let someone carry her ." I look down at the little baby in my arms ; she is not even sparing me a glance instead she is occupied springing my curls .

I giggle at this and she mimicks me .

"Come on ." Carter stands up . He offers to take Nova but she rejects his offer and snuggles herself in my arms . Now she is getting an upclose view of my face : poking my cheeks as her eyes look at me in wonder .