Munchkin

•Eighty Four•

"I'll be back in an hour, okay?"

I nod and Jace pecks my cheek before I get out of the car and walk into my house.

"Oh, honey. You're back early today," Mom says as she comes down the stairs. "Where's your brother?"

I shrug. "I don't know."

"Well, Uncle Benny, Aunt Ashley and Quentin and Queen are coming for dinner. Today's your dad's birthday, remember?"

I nod. "Yeah. Um, I'll be up in my room. Jace said he's coming later though."

"That's fine," she goes downstairs and I head up into my room.

I place my bag on my bed before heading into the bathroom, grunting once I realize mother nature came for a visit today.

"Why now?" I whine.

Once I was done and all situated and everything, I found my way downstairs to get a snack.

Ding dong!

"Coming!" I say with a full mouth, carrying my sandwich with me to the door.

Jace was there with a pizza. "Hey," he says all breathy like he had been running or something.

"Hi," I smile and get on my tip toes to peck his lips before letting him in. I lean against the closed door, taking a bite of my already almost finished sandwich. "Today's my dad's-"

He raised a hand to stop me. "Please finish chewing first," he begs.

I nod and finish chewing before speaking up again. "Today's my dad's birthday so his older brother, his wife and Q and his twin are coming for dinner," I begin up the stairs.

"How many sets of twins are in your family?" He chuckles as we enter my room.

"Um, three. Me and Jordan, Q and Queen and my little cousins Bressa and Bianca," I shrug, sitting beside him and opening up the box of pizza once I had finished my sandwich. "But Bressa and Bianca are the only identical and single sex set in the fam."

He nods, grabbing a slice as well. "So does your dad have more twins on his side?"

I shake my head. "Nope. Jordan and I were the first ever set of King twins and then the rest just followed."

"Your mom?"

"Same thing."

I probably had four slices of pizza before I finally decided on the fact that I was full.

It's now around four o'clock and Jace and I are cuddled on the bed, my right leg slung over his body as he rubbed my thigh.

"You okay?" He asks finally, after probably twenty minutes of silence. He turns to me. "Huh?"

I get out of the bed and walk to my door, finding this hook thing on the threshold. I grab it and placed it on the ground before smashing it repeatedly with my foot and smiling as I got back into the same position I was in. "I'm good."

"What was that about?" He chuckles.

"I have a feeling that was the camera. The video was taken from that angle and I've never hung a hook up in my room," I shrug.

Jace nods before shutting his eyes. "I love you."

I smile and peck his lips, snuggling up a little closer. "I love you too, dummy."

"No, but when I say I love you, you don't even understand how much I do. I just," he furrows his brows, his eyes still closed, "I just feel like it's my duty to make you happy, you know? Never would I ever have imagined I would end up with someone as amazing as you," he opens his eyes and they instantly lock with mine.