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Chapter fifty six

"Cole? You awake sweetie?" I call quietly through the door to which I get no answer.
Well at least he's not likely to be dressing so I open it and enter his room anyway.
He's still passed out on the bed and he looks a little grey in the face, he must have got really drunk last night.
"Wakey wakey, hands off snakey" I sing quietly climbing onto the bed beside him.
"Hey Mama" he croaks and rolls to his back covering his eyes with his arm.
"Boy you hit it hard last night hey?" I smooth back his hair.
"Last night? What day is it?" He sighs.
"It's Friday, our last full day here. I'm going to miss you when Jace and I leave tomorrow night"
"Why can't I remember leaving the restaurant? What the fuck happened last night?" He groans and I move my fingers to his bare stomach and rub it the way Jace rubs mine when I'm sick and I smile at his butterfly.
"God I don't miss hangovers, I'm not sure what you got up to after I passed out downstairs but you're telling me you don't remember my meltdown with your brother?" I ask.
"What? Did he hurt you honey?" He moves his arm to look at me.
"No, he was pissing me off. He thought you were flirting with me, was getting mouthy with you and I snapped at him. He gave me a dirty look and I flipped out, went full on clinger on you and hid behind you while Jack broke free of his cage in my head" I grimace.
"Oh honey, you okay? You defended me? Yeah you did.... I remember kinda... I just wanted to rub your feet" he smiles.
"No you didn't, you wanted to antagonise Jace. You know I love your foot rubs" I giggle.
"Oh god I love your belly rubs, you know I'm getting wood right?" He smirks and I gasp pulling my hand away and looking anywhere but at his boxers.
"Fuck, kidding, but not really" he laughs confusing me.
"How do you feel? We have breakfast downstairs" I tell him and he groans.
"Oh god, don't even mention food" he croaks.
"How bout you get up, use the bathroom and get dressed? I'll go get you some of my anti nausea pills and aspirin and we'll start a coffee IV for you. Actually just throw on those jeans I got you, we're going topless today and I can perv on that ass of yours" I grin at him making him laugh even though he feels like shit.
"Thanks Gorgeous, just to keep it fair I will be looking at your chest often" he smirks and sits up. "Fuck, whatever I was on last night find it and kill it. Then never let me get on it again" he groans hanging his head in his hands.
"Sure, I'll get right on that. Back in a sec" I shake my head at him.

Cole takes my hand on the stairs and kisses it as we walk giving me a rare shy smile.
"Thanks for taking care of me honey, I appreciate it" he tells me.
"That's what friends are for right? I've never had a friend like you, I like it, I like this" I hold up our joined hands and he smiles.
"Ditto" he says squeezing my fingers.
"You go sit, white and two yeah?" I check when we get to the kitchen.
"That would be awesome honey thanks" he nods and holds onto my hand as I walk in the other direction stopping me. "Really" he adds seriously and I smile at him before letting go.
"Feeling a little fragile over there bro?" Jace asks smirking at me.
"Don't know what you're talking about I'm fucking great, this is Coke right? If there's jack in here I will puke" Cole slumps down next to Jace and grabs his glass and chugs it down.
"If there's jack in there we're all in trouble" Jace mutters.
"Dude I'm with you, alcohol is the devil. It's past time we broke up" Cole's head hits the table with a thud.
I sit him up and place a mug in his hand and his body leans into Jace's and he's too weak to care.
"Cute" Coop teases and snaps a pic of the cozy shirtless couple.
"I swear to god if I see that on Facebook I will maim you in horrific and cruel ways" Jace frowns.
"You doing okay Bug?" Iz asks gently.
"Not as good as you, I thought we were partners in crime? You let me get wasted alone huh?" He asks looking her over.
"Trust me if I knew you were drinking like that I wouldn't have let you" she tells him.
"Oh fuck, I know that look. I'm in trouble aren't I? Let me have it, what'd I do this time?" Cole groans over his mug.
"You're not in trouble, I'm not mad. I just want to know we're okay?" Iz bites her lip.
"Iz, Honey... Fuck, why wouldn't we be okay?" Cole panics sitting up now. "Coop what did I do?" He looks between them running a hand through his hair.
"I wouldn't know, but maybe next time you keep my wife from our bed make sure you can remember spending the night with her" Coop grumbles at him.
"No, oh fuck no. We didn't, tell me we didn't?" He pales.
"Calm down we didn't have sex, you really think Coop would be sitting here calmly with you if we did? You really don't remember anything?"
"I remember flirting with Blondie, singing, I remember dinner, fuck I remember Monica. Is that it? It wasn't planned, I didn't ask for that, I'm so sorry gorgeous. I promise it won't happen again" Cole freaks out.
"Shh, you don't need to explain yourself to me. It happened, it's done" Iz shrugs it off and now I'm curious as to what happened when they disappeared at dinner.
"Why does it sound like you think you cheated on my wife?" Coop scoffs joking and Iz and Cole go quiet.
"Don't be ridiculous, a blow job's not even really cheating right?" Cole says into his mug .
"What?! Baby you didn't?" Coop jumps to his feet in anger and instinctively I grip Jace's hand.
"What?! No, not me! Coop... fuck" Iz shakes her head with wide eyes.
"Brother your wife loves you man, she has more class than to blow a guy in a dark alley. She did however bust my ex on her knees, it was awkward and shameful and I apologise that you had to see that honey. I'm so sorry" Cole starts to choke up.
"It's fine I told you already, you don't need to stress over this. You promised me you wouldn't see her again so let's just move on alright?" Iz cuts him off and Coop finds his seat across the room and joins us at the table once more.
"We talked about this?" Cole asks cautiously.
"We talked a lot Cole, I wish you would remember because most of it won't be repeated" Iz mumbles.
"About what?" He asks not looking at anyone.
"Iz told me our father has tried to talk to you, Cole, if you want to go I'll come with you. You don't have to do that alone" Coop says calm now.
Holy shit, no wonder he got wasted.
"You would go? You want to meet him?" Cole asks surprised.
"I would go for you, I have no burning desire for a family reunion but if you want some closure or maybe you just need to get some shit off your chest. I will be right beside you brother, we could do it together" Coop shrugs.
"No, whatever you think of him, whatever he's like inside your head is nothing compared to the reality of him in the flesh. You just stay ignorant to the fact he is pure evil" Cole shakes his head.
"It's your call dude, but my offer stands. Anytime"
"I would love to see his face when he sees us together, he would hate we found each other" Cole smirks.
"Then let's show him, you can tell him you have a family and he's not to contact you again. We can road trip it, get some brother bonding time?" Coop pushes.
"You really would? You would go with me?" Cole asks incredulous and I think he's really considering doing this. "Izzy is never to go anywhere near him. Ever" he adds serious.
"Really really" Coop nods.