Ready or Not

Chapter Three

Not sure if I was dreaming or not, I kept my eyes focused where they were. On Alair's. Well, I tried until his eyes peeled away from mine, leaving me feeling a bit empty.

His mouth tilted in a questioning way and I turned around to look at the beautiful specimen I had met a few hours prior.

A beautiful brunette was at his side, smiling brightly at his stunned face and then licked her lips as her gaze met mine. "Hello." Her voice was kind of nasally, but in a beautiful way. It kind of reminded me of Ashley Simpson when she sang "Boyfriend."

None of us responded until Cole spoke up. "Fancy seeing you here, beautiful. How are you, mate?"

"Good, I guess." I blushed and looked away, but not before I saw the brunette slap his arm playfully with a laugh.

"Seriously, I thought you were out of my life forever. I'm so glad I get to see you again. I had a nice time on the plane." I peeked up at him and the girl I assumed was Emerson.

My brows drew together in confusion. "Same," I said and looked at the beautiful girl at his arm. "You must be Emerson." I scratched my forehead with my left hand while extending my right for her to shake. "He said you were beautiful. I guess with a face like his you would have to be."

She laughed, "Shh, don't say that around him. He already has an ego the size of Alaska." she said as she pulled my arm. Suddenly I was in a hug.

Jee, if I were her and my boyfriend had been with another girl in a confined space for more than ten minutes I would want to kill that girl.

I guess we weren't as alike as Cole led on.

"Quinn, isn't that the guy you sat with on the plane?" Luke asked.

I turned as Emerson released me to look at Luke, who now stood next to Pru. I licked my dry lips. "Uh-huh." I nodded, itching my forehead again, this time with my right hand.

Cole walked up and extended his hand toward Luke. "Cole Banner."

Luke took it and replied his name. "I'm Luke, Pru's boyfriend." He tilted his head towards Prudence as he said her name.

Cole's smile grew larger. "I thought you looked a lot like Alair." He looked at the green eyed god, then back at Pru. "Should have guessed you were his sister from what Quinn and I conversed. I mean, we were both attending weddings this summer and" before he finished what he was saying he saw Nicki, not to far away from his best friend's sister. "how the bride to be was a young and beautiful woman." He finished slickly, his accent putting the Cool Whip on top of the apple pie. "Anyway... Sorry, I'm a bit late, mate. Nick had something he had to take care of last minute in South Bend." He says to Alair and the other two. "I guess I missed rehearsal?"

Then I heard the most sexy voice ever. Like, I mean, even better than Cole's. It was so sexy that I couldn't breathe for a few moments. My heart raced with the lack of oxygen and I was sure my face was turning purple. "It's all good. We were just about to come to your house. We skipped practice today. Played a little lacrosse without you though." His eyes came back to my face but then they trailed down my body slowly.

I let out a puff of air.

"How about we all head inside and I'll see if I can get Grace to whip something up really quickly." Nicki suggested as Gregory came up a small pathway. "Greg you are welcome to join us."

He smiled but declined saying that he was going to pick up Pru's father in a few minutes. Before getting in his car he shooed us, insisting that he wouldn't be any fun any way. After Gregory left Nicki and his son headed into the house. The other boy followed behind Cyrus and Pru grabbed Luke's hand, dragging him along. Cole picked Emerson up and flung her over his shoulder so that her butt was in the air and her face was at the small of his back. She giggled as he smacked her butt and headed up the stairs.