5 Reasons To Love Again

Chapter 79

As I sat between my two guys feeling extremely comfortable, I turned sideways to lay my head in Preston's lap while draping my legs over Wyatt's. They both smirked at me and Preston ran his hand over my hair smoothing it while Wyatt rubbed small circles on my legs.

"Somebody is spoiled!" Wyatt teased me.

I laughed and lifted my legs up a couple inches to hover above his. "Is this better?"

"No!" he said and pushed my legs back down. "I like having some kind of physical contact with you."

"I like that too!" I exclaimed.

"We will have to make sure to keep making touching you." Preston said with a tiny smile.

"Ooohhh... did Preston actually make a dirty joke?" Wyatt said.

"It wasn't a joke. It was a promise." He replied calmly.

I smiled up at him and remembered the night I spent with him. I could hardly look at myself in the mirror without getting a little hot and bothered since then. He gave me a quick wink with a knowing look on his face. Preston did what he had set out to do and make that night memorable for me.

Lexine played happily and out of the corner of my eye, I saw her becoming a little daring by jumping down the last few steps instead of walking down them. Sitting up to watch her better and make sure that she didn't get hurt, I frowned. Preston and Wyatt followed my gaze to see her about to try three steps instead of two.

Immediately I called out to her and said, "Lexine, that's too high. Please don't jump from there."

She paused looking at me then nodded and stepped down one more step before jumping. I wasn't too happy with that either but not too sure how to handle it. Right about then I realized that this wasn't a situation that I had to deal with alone! I asked Preston and Wyatt what their thoughts were on her little daredevil jumps and how to handle it. They both looked more than happy to share their thoughts with me. Preston told me that the Academy preschool that she was in made sure the kids got enough exercise and basic skills like jumping rope but since they were so young, no specialized training on anything specific.

Wyatt suggested that since she was interested in jumping and seemed fearless, that enrolling her into a gymnastics program might be beneficial for her. A few times a week would do her good and they would also have a chat with her about when it would be appropriate to try jumps like that. I readily agreed to that and they promised to find a reputable program with Academy members for Lexine.

Preston got up to make good on the talk with her. I watched along with Wyatt and Lexine seemed to be listening to Preston with an interested expression. He sat on one of the platforms with her and talked. I couldn't hear what they were saying but everything seemed to be going fine. She seemed to respect him and he in turn didn't talk down to her condescendingly.

I nudged Wyatt's shoulder with mine, "Is it time to start up the grill?"

He pulled out his phone to see the time. "Yeah, I'd say it is. The potatoes need to be on there the longest right?"

"I think so. We can always put them to finish in the oven if we need to."

"Sounds good to me. Let's fire it up!" he said like a sports announcer with a smile on his face and stood up.

I laughed and took his hand to get off the ground. We started the grill going and I brought out the foil wrapped potatoes. We cooked the Korean marinated short ribs first and then the barbeque sauce chicken with the seasoned steaks last. While Wyatt manned the steaks on the grill, I put together the green salad quickly and carried it out to the dining room. On my way back to the kitchen, Brady wandered into my line of sight.

"Did you get some rest?" I asked him concerned.

He walked on over to pick me up in a big hug. "Yes, I got some sleep in."

"Should you have rested a little bit longer?" I asked him with my feet dangling off the ground.

"No, because I wanted to make sure that I sleep tonight. If I get too much now, I won't want to sleep tonight."

I slid my arms around his neck as I gave him a kiss. One arm moved from my waist to under my butt to hike me up higher. Wrapping my legs around him to cling to him, our kiss deepened slightly.

Drawing his head back from mine, he asked me "What's for dinner Buttercup?" 

"Food!" I answered with a little giggle.

"What kind of food?"

"The edible kind."

Brady laughed at my teasing and then moved his kisses down my neck when he took my by surprise, blowing a raspberry on there. I let out a squeal and then giggled helplessly. "Are you going to tell me what's for dinner?" he asked me. 

"Maybe." I answered him.

He sucked in his breath ready to give me another raspberry and I caved in. "Short ribs!" I shouted out. "And chicken and steaks!"

I heard Jake's voice behind me. "Why is our sweetie shouting about different meats?"

"Somebody was very reluctant to tell me the menu tonight. I found a way to convince her." Brady said as he set me down.

I grinned up at him and whirled around to attach myself to Jake. "Hi Jake."

"Hi Sweetie, were you teasing Brady?"

"Yup!"

Brady spoke up, "I found her weakness, she is ticklish."

"Well, that's good to know. I'll have to use it sometime."

I just laughed at them and went to get the macaroni salad out of the fridge. They both helped me set the table and Preston and Wyatt brought in the meats and potatoes with Lexine trailing behind them. The aroma of the grilled food was mouthwatering and right as we sat down to eat, Chase came home.

He came behind my chair to give me a kiss on the head before sitting down in an empty seat. "This looks great! I'm so hungry, I had to skip lunch today because there was a bad accident downtown and we were the closest hospital."

Wyatt passed him the short ribs and Chase put some on his plate along with green and macaroni salad. His first bite of the short ribs had him moaning in food bliss. Lexine giggled at his expression and Chase winked at her. We started talking and filling in Brady and Chase of our afternoon adventures of Halloween shopping. Brady was intrigued by the mini Halloween village. They made plans to look at it after dinner. I think that I know what the guys new hobby will be for the next week!

Chase and I cleaned up while Lexine and the rest of the guys went to see about getting a start on the village. I had him tell me about his day as we washed dishes and put leftovers away. After that was done, he gave me a big hug and kissed me sweetly. I returned the kiss and it deepened until we were pretty much making out in the kitchen. About 10 minutes of that we pulled our heads away from each other to catch our breath and calm down. After all, anyone could have walked in on us! It was one thing for me to give kisses to the guys in front of each other, but quite another thing to make out with an audience.

We set out to look for the others. Peeking around downstairs, we didn't find them in the house. "I'll bet that they are in Brady's workshop. Let's go there." Chase said to me.