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"Girlfriend?" the first guy asked.
"Since when do you settle down with just one girl?" the third guy asked.
"Obviously now." the fourth guy said. "I'm Tyler. That's Wes, Connor, Luke, Adam, and Henry."
"Hi." I said.
"So Phoebe when did you hook up with this jerk?" Wes asked.
"He isn't a jerk. In fact he's quite the opposite."
"Really? 'Cause he still looks like the same jerk we went to college with." Connor said.
"Will you all back off of him?" a new voice said.
Pushing his way to the front of the group was Johnny.
"I came to see what was taking you two so long." Johnny said.
"Wait you know about this?" Adam asked.
"Yup. In fact I was the first one to know about this."
"What do you want Johnny?" Braxton asked.
"My parents want to see the future birthday boy now." he said.
We chatted with them a little while longer before leaving to go see Johnny's parents.
"So what are his parents like?" I asked Braxton.
"They're nice and loving people. They're like my second parents." he said.
We walked to where Johnny said he last saw his parents.
"There they are." Braxton said pointing to two people.
I wonder where Johnny and Noah get their looks from since they don't look anything like their parents.
"Braxton." the woman called.
We walked over to them and Braxton greeted them.
"And who is this young lady?" the woman asked.
"This is Phoebe. She's my girlfriend." Braxton said.
"I'm Henrietta and this is my husband Gerold." she said.
"Nice to meet you." I said.
"You too." she said.
"We'll see you guys later. I still have to go greet more people." Braxton said.
We said goodbye to Henrietta and Gerold and left.
"So who else do we have to go greet?" I asked Braxton.
"No one. I just want some time alone with you." he said smiling at me.
I shook my head at him.
"You're gonna get a scolding later for lying." I said.
"Who's gonna tell?" he asked.
"Maybe I will." I said.
"Then maybe I'll have to punish you." he said huskily.
I pushed his chest lightly then started to run. If you could even call it that.
"Phoebe quit running. You could hurt yourself." Braxton called after me.
"Braxton I'm fine." I called over my shoulder.
I stopped in my tracks when I noticed a familiar figure about a foot away.
"Phoebe are you ok?" Braxton asked when he caught up to me.
I didn't answer him, I couldn't. Why was Steve here? He only appeared places if he had business to take care of. So why was he here? He turned towards me and smiled before making his way over.
"Hi Phoebe." he said.
"What are you doing here Steve?" I asked.
I felt Braxton pull me towards him more.
"I have business to take care of." he said. "With you."
"With me?" I asked confused.
"Yes. And it needs to be discussed in private."
"If you think I'm leaving Phoebe alone with you for one second then you're out of your mind." Braxton said.
"I'll be fine Braxton." I said.
"But Phoebe..."
"I promise the three of us will come back unharmed."
"Ok."
Braxton gave me a long kiss on the lips before leaving us alone.
"He's really possessive isn't he?" Steve asked.
"More like overprotective but I don't mind. Now what do you want?" I said.
"I have some bad news. He's out."
"But I thought he wasn't suppose to get out for another three months?"
"He wasn't but all this crap came up and somehow he managed to be released. O and there's one more thing."
"What?"
"He got your mom out too."
"How did that happen?"
"Again I have no idea but I gave you my word that you'd be safe and I'll keep it."
He left and I stood there dumbfounded for a while before I went look for Braxton. I couldn't let any of this get to me and I definitely couldn't tell Braxton.
