Maggie Norris and Luke Vaudest come with attitudes of stone-cold, rude, sarcastic snakes. Every single time the pair have clashed, it has never ended up being a good thing. The two are more than fine with never crossing paths, again.
Until Maggie d...
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"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof." — Richard Bach ————————————————————
Chapter 69 <—————————————>
Maggie
"What do you wanna bet this round?" Levi questioned, glancing up to me.
"Um..." At my plate, I turned back to him with a grin. "One of my s'mores?"
"Hell yeah." His grin stretched wide since he knew what I had added to mine: a fuck-ton of caramel. "Throw it, Norris."
"Her name for you is Maggie, and only Maggie," Luke corrected, glaring at Levi. "Get that shit through your head real quick."
Levi rolled his eyes at Luke, and I did the same. "Don't listen to him, Levi." Luke's lips pressed against the side of my head. "I suggest you listen to me, Wallace."
Levi smirked back at Luke, and looked to me with a shrug. "Nah, it's cool, Maggie." A silly grin lit his face. "If we're changing names, then it's a hell of a good thing that I've been calling you a bitch for so long, huh, Vaudest? Folks won't even know the difference between the new and the old."
I barely managed to pull Luke back down through my laughter. His curses neared my ear, but I focused my attention on the task at hand, first.
I turned to the bowl we were using as the catcher of our marshmallows. My aim wasn't perfect, and with Luke's tickle to my side, my throw was way off. It bounced right off of the platform, and landed out of sight.
Jerking a glare back at Luke, I scowled at both him and Levi, who was cackling at his victory. Asshole.
Today, we had all gone snowboarding, and to dinner. Kimberly and I had raced on one of the slopes, and accidentally crashed into Luke and Kade, but luckily, they weren't hurt. We had gone to dinner too, where Kade and Luke had gotten into another altercation, but luckily, Kimberly and I stopped it before it got physical.
My pain had subsided into a tolerable rhythm that I could get through a bit easier. Luke had been by my side for the past two days, helping me to make the pain easier, and trying to ease it out, too. Most of the time was spent with him holding me, or giving the sweetest of kisses to remind me that he was right there with me. Every single time the cramps started, he was here with his massages to help. They had become my favorite from how effective they were on my abdomen.
Luke had had a heating body pillow delivered here the next morning that he purchased online the previous night, when he left to go and get my things. I didn't even know about it until he woke me up to get me on top of it. I couldn't have survived the day so easily without him, nor had I done so beforehand.
