Porn Prince

Cook out

My health is slowly coming back to normal. I never got time to rest because I'm a firefighter which is something I don't tell many people. I have been trying to finish up training and preparing, but they lowered me off of the medicine that was causing me to have such horrid health.
I rush around the house making sure everything was good as I set up for this party. This was my chance. Bruce got Ivy to agree and come. Ivy was going to be at my house and she willingly was coming. Last night , Bruce felt horrible for me and said if I threw a party. He would get her there.

I run in the back and pop open the grill to get it started and lite a small fire. I hear Venus scream for me to come inside and I scoot back in to find  Venus with the door open and Max standing in the doorway. I smile at him and he looks me up and down. "I thought this was a pool party. Go get dressed." He says and I shake my head. "I haven't had time. I've been at the store and cooking." I say and start to get things set out. I glance over at Venus and see her straightening up in the living room, and getting her toys up. I smile to myself because I didn't even have to ask her.

"Here man, I'll go get these bad boys started up on the grill, you go get ready, and maybe take a shower too. You kind of smell." Max say taking the hamburgers in his hand and looking me over.

"I don't smell..." I say leaning down and sniffing my shirt. He chuckles and nods, walking onto into the back yard. I walk into my room and set out my swim clothes. I get in the bathroom and turn the hot water on, letting it fog up the mirror.

I watch as it fogs up the mirror and I notice my reflection fade away. I had only a few hours of sleep. My hair was curling from its greasy texture, and I was wearing a pair of my PT shorts from the army and a wife beater that had a tare on the stomach.

I take a shower and shave to make sure I looked my best for Ivy. I walk back into my bedroom and find Venus going through my things on my dresser and I hurry over to the box with Ivy's pictures in them and snatch them out of her line of view.

"Oh hey nugget." She says and continues to look through my things. I secure my towel and kneel down. "Why are you going through my stuff?" I ask and she shrugs and I notice her eyes are a bit red and puffy from crying. "What's wrong?" I ask and she frown and looks at me, setting down my cologne.

"Umpa yelled at me." I say and I furrow my brows at this. Max never yells. Never.

"What did you do?" I ask and she shakes her head. "I just asked him if I could get in the pool and he said no, so I went and sat on the edge of the pool and just sat with my feet in and he screamed for me to get in the house. He was so angry at me." She says and I furrow my brows and try to think what that could have been about.

Then it hits me.

"Venus. He was scared you would fall in. I know that was the only reason he was worried." I say and she pouts. "But I had my floaties on!" She says angry and I sigh, realizing I had to explain a situation from long before she was born.

"Uncle Max used to have a son. He was 2 years younger than me. He drowned in a pool when he was 5. Uncle Max lost everything he had that day. He doesn't want that to happen to me I'm sure. So if Max yells st you. Just know it's because he loves you and he cares okay?" I ask and her eyes widen.

"Oh no... poor Umpa. I'm gonna go say I'm sorry. I don't want him to worry." She says and runs out the door. She apologizes to someone in the hall and I see Dante poke his head in. "What's got her in a rush?" He asks with his lazy smile and I sigh. "Max flipped on her when she tried to swim alone in the pool." I say and sighs. "Ah, poor girl didn't know what she was doing. She'll be good. You and I both went through that safety protocol growing up." He say and I nod.

"Yeah but I've had it longer than you. You know, a good 5 years more." I say with a chuckle, wrapping him in a head lock. We wrestle until my towel slips a bit and I chuckle. "Okay fool, go get changed. And hey, could you go hook my phone up to the system in the back yard?" I ask handing him my phone and he nods and raises his brow as be unlocks my phone. "Ivy and I will be there in about 30 minutes." He reads off and my heart skips a beat. I smile and turn away for a moment to compose myself. "Ivy is going to be here? Are you both working things out?" He asks and I nod yes and no. "Baby steps. A few weeks ago she wouldn't speak two words to me." I say and he nodd, giving me a smile and a pat on the back. "Which Playlist? Party, porn, club,vibes, or... horny?" He asks and I blush for a moment and shove him and he chuckles. "I think you know doofus. It's a party. Now go! Let me get dressed." I say, pushing him out of my room.

I sigh and get dressed and leave my hair wet as I walk out to start greeting people. I see Dante talking with my aunt Elizabeth. Tatyana and Victoria are talking with Jaela and Chance in the living room. I wave to them all as I walk out into the back yard and see people lounging and swimming around the yard. A bunch of the guys from the porn palace were there. I only invited one girl, which is the only one I trust, Jennifer.

My grandma was talking up a storm with Derek, a guy I worked with at the palace who was relatively new there. He looks up at me, giving me a wave then going straight back to my grandma very politely. Venus was standing next to Max at the grill and I notice that Aurora had finally showed up with Eli and Aubrie.

Aubrie, already being in the pool along with Aurora.

I feel a pat on my shoulder and around to see Ernie and Bernie. For the first time ever I had seen them in casual summer clothes and not heavy leather, jeans and chains.

"Thanks for inviting us man!" Bernie says, giving me a pat on the shoulder. I smile and point over to an area with lots of shade. "Of course. I set that table out just for you both so you could have some shade for you oxygen tank." I say and he smile. "No, I'm going to work on the tan for a little bit first." He says rolling over to one of the pool chairs. I chuckle and turn back to Ernie.

I give him a nervous smile and he gives me a sympathetic one back and place his large calloused hand on my bare shoulder. "So you think she's going to come?" He asks me and sigh and look off to everyone having fun. It made me feel good to see everyone so happy, while I was slowly becoming more and more miserable.

"I hope so. It has to be fate that I'm seeing her so much lately. I think it's the world trying to tell me we are supposed to be together. God is telling me something I already know." I say and he raises a brow.

"I didn't know you were religious?" He says and I nod and point up. "I may screw for a living, but I thank my mom, father, and God for everything I have. I'm a very string believer in destiny too.... and I think I see mine walking through my door at the moment." I say and walk past him to chase after my dreams. Ivy was at my house and this was my chance.