Snow and her Seven

Chapter 9- You've Got a Friend in Me

"How did it go with the big B last night?" Dominic started, munching on some fries. Mavon's elbow quickly dug into Dominic's ribs, eyes on the still blank face of Snow. 

She kept eating, twirling her hair around one finger and looking to the ceiling. Then her eyes went to Mavon's, eyebrow raising in remembrance. 

"Your brother is one hammer away from being the whole toolbox my friend" 

Mavon didn't know what to do- laugh at the very true metaphor or gasp at Snow actually stating they were friends. It seemed to surprise the rest of them too; Dominic had a fry dangling out of his mouth, Felix had actually looked up from his screen, Cohen just stared, Abel stopped flirting with the girl on his lap and Tanner watched her way more than usual. 

Snow swallowed. "Mavon is my friend. Trust me, I'm more shocked about this than you" 

Dominic laughed and Mavon shook his head, a smile nudging it's way on his face. "Wow, you actually have a sense of humour" 

Cohen cracked up, quickly sobering when he saw the glare on her face. "Ya know Snow, I've never actually seen you laugh" 

Tanner, Abel and Dominic all agreed, eyes on the girl. 

She shrugged. "Maybe you should look more." 

Tanner nodded again, stretching out. "Well, now that i'm no longer leaving, I'll have to watch more" 

Mavon turned, surprised. "Really? Why's that?" 

"Me mama found herself a man here. Dude is fuckin' loaded" 

Snow looked around, adding together what the others didn't. "Do I even need to be in the Seven then?" 

The group went silent, Mavon feeling a sense of sadness at thinking about Snow leaving. Tanner shook his chestnut coloured head, leaning over. 

"Nah. I've gotta show you the ropes for my job- and you'll be helping out with me or Dominic" 

"And what exactly do you do?"

Tanner's grin turned dark. "I keep them in line. I'm the student Council President after all" 

Snow smiled inwardly, liking the sound of that. Liked the sound of that very much. 

Then she turned to the group, a fracture on her usually blank mask. Mavon thought she looked almost....nervous. 

She played with the food on her plate and then sighed, drawing all their attention. 

"...Do you guys want to come over and meet my dog?" 

A moment of silence. Was this some fucked up humor that Snow had? Mavon looked closer and saw the seriousness of her face, growing colder with every moment that passed unanswered. 

"Fuck yes" Was the simultaneous response, and Snow smiled slowly- a bright grin that stunned all the men at the table. 

Mavon swore he felt most of them fall in love. Especially Dominic, with that big goofy grin on his face. 

She stood with her plate, that smile still brightening her face. "Mavon will tell you my address. Bring some food. Eight tonight." 

Then she left, leaving the wealthiest boys in the world wanting something money couldn't buy. 

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Mavon ended up leading the way to Snow's rather large estate, the rest following behind on motorbikes, Ferraris, Jaguars and Felix just sat in his front seat, playing piano tiles. 

"Did you bring food?" Felix murmured, shocking Mavon out of his casual drive. He nodded, gesturing to the tonnes of food filling up his backseat. 

Felix turned and paused, then went back to playing his game. "Oh. I didn't see." 

"Did you?"

Felix shrugged one shoulder, thumbs furiously pressing every tile on his screen. "I ordered some food to come later on in the night. The girl eats a lot and gets hungrier as time goes on" 

Mavon glanced at the blonde, then turned his attention back to the road. 

"How long have you known Snow?" 

Felix shrugged again. "Around fifteen or so years. But only talked to her when you brought her into the group" 

Mavon nodded, then turned into her driveway, slowly driving through the palm trees on each side and parking around the fountain. The boys pulled up beside him, all impressed at her obviously extravagant estate. 

Her mansion was huge, three stories and made from white marble, pillars at the mahogany double doors. 

"She's loaded" Dominic whistled, hefting a large bag over his shoulder and pushing the stand on his motorbike. "And coming from us, that's saying something." Dominic was no stranger to wealth- he had been with the seven ever since he was old enough to speak. His father owned the largest sporting company in the world and his mother was a Supermodel. 

Wealth came easily to all the boys. 

Mavon pushed all the food in his backseat into a large sack, dragging it to the door. Tanner knocked and Snow opened it easily. 

She leaned against the door frame, sweat pants and a cropped sweater on, showcasing her flat stomach. "You gonna stand there and stare or get inside and get eating." The boys all rushed in, heaving bags of food that they all hoped she would like. 

Snow closed the door, bringing her fingers to her lips and whistling loudly, lips tilting up in a cracked grin as they all heard a rumble of footsteps. 

"How big is your fucking dog?" 

Mavon looked at Tanner and deadpanned. "It's fucking huge. Like Brutus but a dog" 

Baric burst through the hall, a tumble of flesh and black fur skidding to a halt near Snow's legs. She smiled, reaching down and scratching his huge head. 

"This is Baric." 

All the boys stopped and stared, gradually crowding in until the dog's hackles rose, bearing up and growling. The dog was one scary motherfucker, even when he was cuddling up to Snow's long legs. 

"That is one beastly dog Snow." Cohen finally breathed, feeling fractionally more safe as she crouched down and rubbed Baric's ears. She jerked her head to a large door, nodding when they moved to push it. 

All the boys lugged their food in, falling onto the large sofas and admiring the more than expensive looking lounge. The lounge was huge, a cinema screen for a wall with animal fur rugs over marble floors. 

"What a house Snow" Cohen muttered, watching as she collapsed next to Dominic. 

She looked around-trying to see it with new eyes. All she saw was everything her father had done for her. 

"Yeah." 

Her attention went to the hunk of muscle beside her, elbow digging into his ribs as she jerked her head to the cinema-wall, ignoring his pained huff.

"Put on a movie. Preferably something with a lot of death"

Dominic ambled up and put on Triple X- Xander's Return, before falling back next to Snow. 

Mavon noticed what she didn't. 

The too long looks, the constant edging closer, Dominic's lips on the edge of a smile when he looked at her- it all pointed to one thing. 

And Brutus wouldn't be happy.