The Grey- Noah Sebastian

sixteen

*Noah's POV*

We slept in, seeing as no one would be at the house until at least 8 tonight. Sutton woke me up by planting kisses on my face around 10 am, tired of me sleeping. It was the first time that I had woken up with a smile on my face; I'm usually really grumpy in the morning. I kissed her on the lips once I was more awake, whispering a "good morning" to her. 

"Good morning, happy birthday, honey," she whispered back to me. We laid around, cuddling and making out for a while, not taking things further than that. We smelled coffee from downstairs and decided it was time to be present with the boys. We just left our pajamas on, but I threw my hair into a bun since it looked insane.

"Good morninggg," Nic mused, a little too cheery. "Happy birthday!" he shouted as he gave me a hug. 

"Thanks, brother," I said with a genuine smile on my face. If I'm being honest with myself, it was the first birthday that I had looked forward to in a long time. I'm usually a little upset that it's the same day as a holiday, but I think that having Sutton around really helped. Nic made everyone breakfast, and eventually went to go wake up Folio and Jolly. We all ate out on the deck, it not being too cold here yet. I really love this life that we have built together.

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Sutton began getting ready around 7, since she had to do a lot of makeup and stuff for her costume, but the guys and I stayed downstairs to start our first beers of the night. 

"If I'm being honest," I started, "I think that Sutton is going to blow everyone out of the water tonight, and that might be me being a little biased." The Nicks laughed at that, knowing it was definitely my bias. "I feel bad because I definitely don't have as much work to do for mine." 

"Girls just go extra hard for Halloween, man," Nic started. "They get to step into a fantasy world while we could just throw on a t-shirt or an inflatable costume and be ready to go," he said with a chuckle. 

"You're so right," I mused. I finished my beer and decided to go upstairs to change and check on Sutton. I opened the door as she was situating her fishnets, and I swear I immediately got heart palpitations. Her dress was short and accented her boobs and butt perfectly, it honestly didn't leave a lot to the imagination. She paired it with tall boots and a heavier amount of makeup than I'm used to on her, but she looked so fucking hot.

"Hi?" she said, breaking me out of my thoughts. I realized that I had been standing there with the door open staring at her, so I snuck in and closed the door behind me. I turned back to face her and shook my head as an indicator to tell myself to keep moving. I didn't have the time to do all the things I wanted to do to her right now. "Do I look okay? I was thinking about--" 

"You look too fucking good, please do not change a single thing," I cut her off. "And if I'm ignoring you at any point, it's to stay strong because I absolutely want to destroy you right now," I said honestly. I went to change my shirt, but she hugged me from behind and ran her hands along my bare torso, making me want to give in. "Sutton... the guys are going to be here in like 5 minutes, I can't," I stepped away from her to restrain myself, making her laugh maniacally. 

"What about this is doing it for you?" she pestered.

I took a deep breath as I threw on my priest shirt. "A little bit of all of it," I answered honestly. "The whole thing is just incredible." I turned around and she situated my collar, clearly taunting me further before she kissed me, lingering for a moment. "Sutton, please, I am a weak man and I cannot do this right now." She smiled and wandered downstairs, leaving me alone. I took some deep breaths to settle my mind and changed my pants and shoes to match the shirt, tightening my bun.