Out Loud

Twenty Six

-Grayson-

My eyes fluttered open as sunlight broke into the living room through the cracks of the blinds. The gentle rise and fall of Eli's chest threatened to lull me back to sleep, he was even sexier asleep. I sat up as best I could, trying not to wake him. My efforts were in vain, because the second my head lifted from his chest he snapped awake. I looked down at him and smiled, running my fingers through his long, dark hair. His hair was damp, probably because we were sweating so much last night. Eli rubbed his eyes a bit and smirked at me.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" he said with a small chuckle.

"Sore," I signed. He didn't understand me.

I laughed a bit and tried to sit up, I really was sore. Just moving off of him hurt.

"Sore?" he laughed quietly as he wrapped his arms around me.

I nodded and looked around the room. Our clothes were everywhere, our boxers and a blanket were the only things covering us. I really hope Miranda doesn't come down here and see us like this. A clock in the kitchen read 6:32, I doubt the others are even awake right now.

"We should probably clean up before everyone else comes down here," Eli whispered as he placed a gentle kiss on my cheek.

I shifted around slightly and felt sharp pains coming from my...it was my first time ok! Eli picked our clothes up from the floor and handed me mine. My thoughts roamed back to last night as I put on what little clothes I wore last night. It was so...perfect, everything about it was electric. If one of us had even touched a fork the house would've been set ablaze, it was raw passion. I smiled a bit as I sat there and watched Eli dress himself, the layers of clothes I so effortlessly stripped away, the way he was so careful when he entered me, how he held me as we kissed. I'm not sure what this feeling is, but I never want it to go away. At least we didn't have to worry about being loud, the most I did was squeak anyways.

"Sun's just starting to rise," Eli said to me as he stared out the huge sliding door that led onto the back patio.

I tried to stand, but ended up sitting right back down. I can't help it if he's big and I'm tiny! Eli isn't like a monster compared to me, but he is really muscly, so that adds to his size, he's also just big...down there. Just like the old saying, everything's bigger in Texas.

"I'll carry you," Eli chuckled as he scooped me up from the couch.

I tried to squeak in displeasure, but it just came out as a laugh. I let him hold me as we looked out into the sunrise, the amazing pinks and oranges of the sky, a bit of yellow and red was thrown in there too. It all blended into an amazing blue at the top, imagine if all of those colors together really did make blue. I placed my head against his chest and just listened to his heartbeat, I could feel mine falling in sync with his. My mind wondered again to last night, his gentle kisses all along me, our sweaty bodies being pressed as close as possible to each other. I think the only way to describe it is magical.

There were footsteps shuffling around upstairs. Eli set me back down on the couch and went into the kitchen in search of food. Lexi and Miranda came downstairs giggling in their nightgowns, Miranda had her hair up in a very messy bun and Lexi's was neatly braided along the side of her head.

"Morning boys," Miranda giggled as she sat next to me on the couch.

"How'd y'all sleep?" Lexi said with a small smirk.

"Didn't do much sleeping," Eli replied as he winked at the two of them.

"We could hear," Miranda laughed as she turned to me,

"for someone who can't talk you sure are loud!"

We all laughed at that. Lexi and Eli started cooking up some breakfast in the kitchen as Miranda and I scrolled through our phones on the couch. Levi and Jamie joined us when they smelt the bacon Eli was cooking.

"Where the hell did you two go?" Lexi said with a smirk to her brother.

"Exploring our sexualities," Levi chuckled as he placed an arm around Jamie.

"Who was on top?" Miranda giggled.

"He was," Jamie said as his face went from lime green to fire red in an instant.

"You owe me a dollar," Miranda laughed at Lexi.

"Damnit Levi! That was my lucky dollar too!" Lexi laughed as she chopped up some potatoes.

"So what's the decision?" Miranda asked Jamie as he sat next to us.

"I'm not gay, but I wouldn't mind sleeping with Levi again," Jamie chuckled as he turned redder, "only I get to be on top next time!" "Hetero-flexible if you want to be technical," Levi replied as he sat next to me on the couch, "how was your night pumpkin?"

My face turned as red as Jamie's when Levi asked me that. I looked over at Eli, bit my lip a little and then looked back at Levi. I was surprised at what I saw, he wasn't heartbroken at all. He was the total opposite actually, maybe Jamie was his new pursuit. From the way he was acting, I could see how that would make sense.

"Finally popped that cherry did ya?" Levi laughed.

"Levi!" Lexi giggled, "don't you dare embarrass him!"

"Of course not," Levi chuckled as he joined Eli and Lexi in the kitchen.

Jamie played some music while we all helped make breakfast. Lexi and Levi were making hashbrowns, Eli was cooking some bacon and sausage, Miranda was slicing up fruits and veggies for a salad, and Jamie was squeezing lemons and oranges. Honestly, it was slightly dysfunctional, which is what made it beautiful. Lexi would scream at Levi when he didn't do something right, Eli cursed every time he forgot to flip a piece of bacon and it burnt, Jamie and Miranda just laughed at everything. Eli dancing next to me made it hard to flip my pancakes, he kept bumping his stupid butt into me as he danced around.

After we had finished making our breakfast, we all sat outside on the patio and ate in the morning sunshine. It was warm outside, but there was a gentle breeze, the only downside was keeping all of the hornets away from our food. Rex eventually crawled out of his room and joined us.

"Mom and dad aren't coming home tonight," Rex said to his siblings, "they decided to stay another week in London for some work festival, they'll call you guys later today though."

"That just makes it easier to sneak out next weekend," Levi laughed.

Their parents traveled so much, but when they were around you would never see Lexi or Levi. They spent every ounce of time they possibly could with their parents before they left, but they liked it when they traveled. Their parents were happy traveling, and they would only travel if they didn't have Levi or Lexi. It didn't upset the twins, they wanted their parents to be happy so they gladly waved goodbye to them at the airports.

"Well, I think we should all go on a walk this afternoon," Lexi smiled, "I really wanna go visit this one meadow in the woods near here."

"Sounds good, I want to go home and shower first," Miranda laughed, "I'll take Eli and Grayson with me. We'll see you soon!"

Miranda, Eli, and I said goodbye to everyone else for the time being and piled into my van. Eli was driving this time and Miranda sat in the back.

I smiled as I locked my fingers in with Eli's as we pulled out of the Jenkins' front gate.