THE TRINITY

31.

STORMI

"Hey cupcake. Whatcha doing?" Myles walks into the kitchen as I pull the boiling noodles off the stove burner to drain.

"Making dinner. Noah said he wanted spaghetti." I reply, draining the water into the sink.

"Great. I'm starving." He says rubbing his belly.

"Do I smell spaghetti?" Noah comes running into the kitchen excited.

"Yes" I laugh. It's like having children with these two.

I pour the meat and homemade sauce into the pot and mix it all up and then grab the garlic bread out of the oven.

"Landon. Nice of you to join us, buttercup." Myles announced as Landon walked in. He ignores him though walking over to me.

"Hey beautiful" he says, giving me a kiss on the forehead and I freeze. He's never done anything like that in front of the guys before.

"Hey" I whisper.

Landon reaches over me grabbing a piece of bread and takes a huge bite. I plate up some food and turn to hand one to each of the boys as they stare in shock looking between Landon and I.

"What?" I ask.

"Nothing," Noah says. "Thank you" he grabs the plate and heads to the table.

Myles just looks down at the plate and grabs it. He looks off. Almost angry. "Thanks," he says.

I look back to Landon confused. He just shrugs.

We grab our plates and join the others at the table. Everyone is eating silently. I can feel the tension in the air. What switch flipped just now?

"So, are you two a thing now?" Myles speaks up, taking a bite of his spaghetti.

"Myles" Noah scolds.

"It's okay Noah" I say and look at Landon who seems unbothered.

"You're fucking right? That's what I mean by a thing." Myles seems really upset.

I'm not sure why he's acting this way. "Tell me Landon. How many girls have you slept with while messing around with Stormi?"

My heart sinks at his question.

"What we are doing is none of your business. Why are you being a dick?" Landon clenches his fist on top of the table.

"I'm looking out for her... remember. Our Job." I've never seen this side of Myles. He's getting really angry.

"None Myles. Since you need to know everything, I haven't slept with anyone else in months." I turn to look at Landon surprised.

"What about the lake?" Myles asked.

"Didn't sleep with her."

"The night of the dive bar?"

"Nope"

"Yeah right." he huffs not believing him.

"If your insinuating that I'm just fucking around on my girlfriend then you're wrong." I freeze at the mention of girlfriend. I can tell Landon is trying not to let this escalate but I can tell by Myles persistence that it probably will.

"Girlfriend?" Myles let out a sarcastic chuckle. "That's what you do, Landon. You fuck around. I've known you since we were kids and not one time have you taken any type of relationship seriously. This is over the fucking line and you know it." Myles stands up and the sound of his chair sliding back echoes through the room.