The Beautifully Reckless

Chapter Twenty Three

Mila-Rose's POV
I groan as my alarm goes off, waking me up to get ready for dinner. I clamber out of my bed and rub the sleep out of my eyes. I walk into my bathroom and turn on the shower. I strip down and step in, letting the warm water hit my body. I quickly wash my hair and shave before climbing out. I wrap my towel around me and walk over to my closet. I drop my towel and slip on a strapless bra and a thong. I pull on a pair of shorts and one of Jonah's shirts and walk back to my bathroom to finish getting ready. I dry my hair and French braid it. I pull out a couple strands of hair and let them hang around my face. Then I start on makeup. I put on some concealer and blend it in before getting started on my eyes. I finished both eyes and do a nude pink lip. I do a little blush and highlight before heading back to my closet to get dressed. I put on a mini long sleeve off the shoulder blush pink dress and some strappy skin toned velvet heels. I grab a silver clutch and throw my lipstick, some hair ties, some money and a credit card before heading downstairs.

I put Pancake and Waffle in their pen and grab my phone and head to my car. The ride to the compound consists of me singing along to the radio and dancing in my seat. I make it to the compound with twenty minutes to spare and grab my phone and clutch before walking up to the door. I let myself in and see everyone running around, making sure they have everything. I shake my head at the frantic house and sit on the kitchen counter. I cross my legs and pull out my phone, going on twitter. I follow a bunch of people and respond to a bunch of tweets and DM's. I close out of twitter and go on Instagram. I respond to a couple of DM"s and follow some people. I like some posts and laugh at the people who freak out that I followed them. I mess around on my phone for a bit until I hear someone say my name. "Okay we have ten minutes and Mills should be here soon so we can leave as soon as she gets here." Jonah says. I roll my eyes and walk out of the house. "I've been here for ten minutes so we can go now if you'd like." I say, walking out of the kitchen. "Holy crap." someone mumbles. "What? Is there something on my dress?" I ask, looking down at my dress and checking for stains. "No. You look really good in that dress." Daniel says. I blush and look down at my feet.

"Thank you Daniel. You look wonderful." I say. He grins. "Are we all ready to go?" Zach's mom asks. Everyone nods and we head out to the cars. In my car I have all of the boys and the youngest girls. "Any song suggestions?" I ask, pulling out of the driveway. "Ariana Grande!" Reese exclaims. Zach high fives her and I roll my eyes. I hand Jonah my phone and Dangerous Women plays through my speakers. I smile as Zach and Reese sing along together. I turn down the music a bit at a stop light. "Zach stop being such a cute older brother with Reese." I say. He sticks his tongue out at me and I turn the music back up. We sing along to the radio until we pull up to the restaurant. We walk in and the hostess' eyes widen at our large group. "How many?" She asks. "Twenty." I say. She nods and walks away. She comes back and grabs the menus and leads us to the back of the restaurant. We sit at a large table and I'm in between Jonah and Reese. I lean over to Reese. "What are you getting?" I ask. "I don't know. Everything seems so fancy!" She exclaims. I giggle. "I know. If it were up to me I'd be eating a burger right now." I say.

"That sounds so good." She says. "Next time I see you, we will get burgers on the first night." I say. "Really?" She asks. "Totally! We can eat burgers until you get sick of them." I say. "Yes!" She cheers. I laugh. I help her pick something off the menu and I end up getting the same thing. We get our drink orders taken and we start up a bunch of mini conversations around the table. We get our drinks and we order our food. I grab Jonah's hand under the table and he kisses the side of my head. I look at all the people around the restaurant and stop on a couple with a baby boy. The guy seems super familiar. "I'll be right back." I whisper to Jonah. He nods and lets go of my hand. I get up and walk over to the couple. "I'm so sorry to bother you but I have to ask, is your name Connor?" I ask. The guy looks up. "Mila? Mila-Rose?" He asks, standing up. I nod. He laughs and pulls me into a hug. "Hey Con. It's been a while, hasn't it?" I ask. "No shit. You look amazing." He says. I laugh. "You have a family." I say. "Mila meet my wife, Selena. Sel this is my little sister, Mila. And that little guy is Trevor." He says. I shake hands with Selena. "I assume you've been busy." I say, looking at Selena's stomach. "Yup. Trevor is getting a little sister." Connor says.

"I'm an aunt!" I say. Connor and Selena laugh. "I can't believe I get to see you again." Connor says. "Let's stay in contact this time." I say, handing him my phone. He hands me his and we exchange numbers. I hug him again and tell Selena it was nice meeting her. I walk back over to the table and sit down. "Who was that Mills?" Corbyn asks. "That was my older brother, Connor. I lost contact with him years ago." I say. Jonah grabs my hand again. A few waiters come out and hand out our food orders. "I'm taking leftovers home tonight." I say. Jonah laughs. "They'll be eaten in no time." He reassures. "Between you and the other boys, I know they'll be taken care of." I say. We keep a steady conversation while eating. A waiter walks up towards the end of our meal. "Is this going to be all on one check?" He asks. Before anyone can answer I speak up. "Yeah. I'll be taking care of it." I say. He nods and walks away. "Mila! You didn't need to do that." Mrs. Herron scolds. "Too late. Already done. You guys have been my guests for the past two weeks so I'm treating you guys until you leave." I say. She sighs and the waiter hands me the check. I stuck my card in there and hand it back.

I get my card back and we head back to our respective cars. The drive home consists of us all screaming lyrics to the songs on Why Don't We Just.