The Decuplets

Zander Hawaii Marked his Territory

Scarlett

Tired from the night I had, I ended up sleeping the whole day away yesterday.

My brothers and I decided not to bring up the mafia shit for the sake of our sanities.

Corey and Max couldn't drop the topic, though.

They spent their whole day trying to get to the bottom of it.

Their theories were absolutely wild, meaning none made sense thus far.

Now that it was a new day, I got up to go get some breakfast.

I pushed my messy, slept-in ponytail to the back of my neck and put some slippers on.

I was in a super cute pajama set– pink floral shorts and a matching tank top.

I walked into the kitchen and noticed most of my brothers occupying the space as well.

"Morning," I greeted, walking over to the pantry.

I received some verbal responses mixed with some general groans back.

I grabbed a granola bar and sat down at the island.

I scrolled through my phone as I took some bites.

I was in a middle seat with, in order, Noah to my right, Gabe to his right, Brandon to my left, and Reece to his left.

Clay, Liam, and Zach were scattered about the kitchen.

Clay was cooking eggs on the stove, Zach was making a smoothie in the blender, and Liam was on his phone as he waited for his toast to pop.

The kitchen looked like a tornado hit it.

Corey and Max were nowhere to be seen, but we all know why.

I have a feeling it'll be that way for a few days...

This will be their obsession until they ultimately get no leads and are forced to drop it.

I laughed as I watched a clip, turning my phone to Noah. "Look at this funny video."

He rolled his eyes, shifting his focus from his screen to mine. "This better be funny."

I kept my eyes on the scene, laughing harder the second time around.

"What the fuck is that," Noah gasped, tucking the hair that'd fallen from my ponytail behind my ear.

"What is what?"

"The fucking vampire marks you have on your neck! Who the fuck marked their territory?"

"Noah, what are you talking about?"

The second I said that, the memory hit me.

Zander Hawaii was the culprit.

Oh Lord help me.

"IT TRAVELS DOWN YOUR WHOLE NECK TO YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, CHEST," he barely was able to make out through his shock and fury.

Strike me with lightning right now.

I slapped his hand down and took my hair out of the ponytail, allowing it to fall down my shoulders.

"Noah, shut up!"

But it was too late.

The attention of my other brothers was already attained.

"What are you talking about?" Brandon furrowed his brows, moving my hair to get a look for himself.

His eyes widened. "Holy shit!"

Reece began cracking up. "I would never be caught with that type of ensemble. That's wild."

I shot him an "oh really" look to which he sarcastically winked.

Bitch.

"Who the fuck did that to you?" Gabe seethed, leaning his head in my direction from his spot.

"Nobody," I quickly shot down, not making eye contact with a soul.

"Who fucking did that, Scarlett," Brandon demanded an answer, grabbing my bicep.

"I said nobody," I pulled away, rolling my eyes.

"They went to a fucking club," Clay scoffed, laughing with disbelief.

"We said not to," Noah stated, making everyone else chuckle.

"And when do they listen to us?" Liam grumbled.

"Did you?" Brandon forwarded, to which I sheepishly nodded in confirmation.

"God, Scarlett!" Zach sighed, putting his smoothie down.

"So a grown ass man suckled on your neck region?" Gabe reprimanded, but his word choice itself made me cringe.

"No! No! It was not a random grown ass man!" I defended, shaking my head.

"A GROWN ASS WOMAN?" Clay dropped the spatula in shock.

"NO! NO! IT WAS- I CAN'T SAY!" I groaned, lowering my head into my arms.

"It is not that fucking deep," Reece fumed, "just spit it out."

"No," I repeated, now crossing my arms.

"I will cut your dinosaur into a million pieces," Brandon threatened in a low, stern voice, "tell me."

"You wouldn't!" I gasped, but I knew he would.

This house has no respect for stuffed animals.

"Fine," I gave in, "it was Zander."

Everyone was shocked.

None of them were expecting that.

"So you think getting with a senior the summer before they leave is smart?" Liam judged.

"It was a one time thing! We were drunk!"

"And? You think he wants it to be a one time thing?" Gabe argued.

"Does this mean Kevin and Ella hooked up?"

"So Ella got with Kevin?"

Those two questions came at the same time.

And can you guess from who?

Zach and Reece.

They shot each other a look.

"Did she?" Noah wondered.

I nodded yes.

"Jesus fuck," Zach spat.

"God," Reece complained.

"So they weren't your friends, huh?" Brandon concluded, thinking he made the discovery of a lifetime.

"Just like Gage and Cam," Reece laughed, more scoffed.

"Don't go there," I warned, standing up.

"It's the truth, Scar," Gabe shrugged.

They know that isn't true.

Why do they have to always resort to being rude?

"I'm done with this conversation," I began exiting.

"They're not allowed over here anymore," Brandon lectured, "say bye-bye to the weird Latin friend group."

"You can't make decisions for me, dear brother," I smirked, walking backwards.

"I'm serious," he made clear, but I shook it off.

"Go back to your cookies of the week," I waved my hand, rolling my eyes.

"At least we buy the normal sharing size," Clay sneered, "you buy a whole ass family pack."