Since I Don't Have You (Guns N' Roses - Duff McKagan)

Chapter Seventeen

Standing over the stove top, I listened to the sound of the sausages cooking, the sizzling-like cry they made. I had been cooking up a big breakfast as none of us had dinner the night before, only because Izzy had gone back to bed and my brothers never got out of bed. So I knew we would all be pretty hungry this morning. So far I had already cooked up a kilogram of bacon, a dozen eggs and now an entire double packet of sausages. So it was only a matter of time when I would have five hungry men surrounding me.

"Something smells good." Xander's voice caught me off guard.

"He's alive!" I turn my head and giggle.

Xander rolled his eyes and chuckled. "Those dudes can drink, you know that right?" He said referring to the band.

"No? Really?" I say sarcastically. "They are a bunch of alcoholics, of course they can."

Xander popped up right behind me and looked over my shoulder at the cooking sausages. He definitely looked keen for breakfast, I could practically see the saliva building up in his mouth.

"So are you and Izzy going to have sex?" He randomly asked, taking a few steps away from me and leaning against the bench.

I snapped my head into Xander's direction. How the hell would he know about Izzy's want for sex with me? Unless he was awake and heard us talking? But even then, Izzy and I weren't talking very loud.

Xander chuckled at my expression. "I got up for a piss and heard you two talking about it."

My face went bright red and I dragged my eyes away from Xander and back to the sausages. "Izzy reckons that is what he wants, I think it's just him hurting." I explained.

"For what his wife did to him, I don't fucking blame him." Xander shrugged his shoulders. "And I think you should feel pretty good about yourself if he wants to be unfaithful to his wife with you."

I stared daggers at Xander. "It's a bad idea." I state. "His wife used to be my best friend, she is the one who introduced me to all of these guys."

Xander cocked his eyebrow. "Even more of a reason to do it with Izzy. I know all the bad stuff she said to you. If she was your best friend Shelia, she wouldn't have treated you like she did and she wouldn't stick her big fucking nose into other people's relationships."

I couldn't believe it. I was standing here cooking sausages whilst my older brother was telling me all the reasons as to why I should have sex with Izzy.

"Xander, I honestly don't need you telling me why I should root Izzy." I flicker my eyes back to him.

"I just think it's a compliment Shell." He shrugged. "And you aren't locked into a relationship with anyone, have some fun. You can't always be a fucking saint."

Xander was right there. I mean even Izzy and Duff were right too. I kind of hated being told, but what was I supposed to do?

"If I was you, I'd make my way around with all of them. Whoever treats you best and is the best in bed, marry them." He smirked. "My money is on that Slash dude."

"Xander, can you just go wake up the rest of the guys?" I pleaded.

Xander turned away from me before he bent down and opened up my frying pan and saucepan cupboard. Pulling out a frying pan, he grabbed a wooden spoon from out of my drawer and left the kitchen.

Seconds later, I heard the most annoying wake up call ever. Xander was milking it for all he had and by the sounds of it, he was doing it to Izzy too. Not having a care in the world as to who he pissed off.

"Din-Din!" He sung out numerously.

Xander raced back to me and put the pan and wooden spoon away and leaned back against the bench. "They are awake." He grins.