Their Goddess - The Roses, Book 3 (Completed)

Part 1. Noah

It was three days after Riki first mentioned her that I caught sight of her, she was laying on a blanket in the garden of Keepers Cottage, Mom had sent me down with a box of old recipe books for Mrs Thorn, who had offered me homemade lemonade in the garden whilst I waited for her to get the books she was loaning to mom.  Mrs Thorn had ushered me into the back garden to wait and there she was, lying asleep in a patch of sun, wearing a swimsuit that highlighted her curvy body, my eyes raked over her and I shifted feeling guilty as I looked but unable to tear my eyes away.
Footsteps coming through the cottage behind me made me start and I knocked into the table tipping over a pot, the resulting noise woke her and she jumped upright scowling at me "who are you?" she grated, pulling up a t-shirt and covering her body from my view "and what the hell are you doing watching me"
I was saved by answering as her mother came out behind me "oh good you've met, Noah this is my daughter Evie, sweetie, this is Noah one of Miss Eva's boys" she introduces, unaware of the tension between us.
"I thought your name was Genevieve?" I ask looking at her confused, and again her mother answers "oh it is but we call her Evie"
"Mum" she groans looking at her "what's he doing out here?", I watch as Evie shifts from foot to foot, not coming any closer.
"Evie!" her mum scolds "don't be rude, I offered him some of your homemade lemonade" she explains lifting the jug on the table and pouring me a glass, I watch Evie as I lift it to my lips and take a sip carefully, if looks could kill, I smiled at the sweet tart taste "wow this is great" I tell Mrs Thorn turning to face her "my brothers would love this" I tell her smiling as Evie huffs and Evie's mum does what I expect her to "oh, you boys should all come down and have some, it would be good for Evie to make some friends her own age" she offers innocently, oblivious of Evie's growl behind me.
I feel her move closer and when she comes round the table next to me, I grin as I look down on the top of her head, Riki was right, she is tiny, I wonder if she's like Mom and Eve, only one way to find out "wow you are tiny" I tell her grinning down at her, as I watch fury race across her face and she growls out startling her mum "I am not tiny, you're just huge!"
I laugh as her mum scolds her and she stomps off. "don't worry Mrs Thorn, its my fault for teasing her" I soothe, finishing off my lemonade and thanking her before taking the box of new books back to Mom.
I grin all the way home thinking of flashing eyes and her growling at me, Riki was right, it will be a good summer.
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Eli and Riki were waiting when I returned back to the house but once again Mom interrupted before we could talk. "Oh the books, put then in the study for me please Noah" she told me following me as I carried the heavy box, "Did you meet little Evie, isn't she wonderful and so talented with her camera?" she asked as I put the box down and I nodded "yep I met her".
Mom started pulling the books out and flicking through them "come September I want you and your brothers to make sure Evie has friends, its a huge change for her coming here and she's had to leave all her friends behind, so make her feel welcome"
I can hear my brothers shuffling behind me in the doorway, "don't worry Mom, Mrs Thorn has invited us to visit Evie and share her homemade lemonade, its delicious" I tell her grinning "now do you need us for anything else?" I ask inching towards the door, but she just waves us away, engrossed in the new recipes.
We head up to our suite of rooms, Mom and the dads had given us our own space within the house so we could be independent if we wanted to and once we were all settled in our lounge the questions started.
"Well, how was Miss Sweet and Light this morning?" Riki asked and I grinned at him "positively livid, you were right, she's something, she was asleep on a blanket in the garden in just a swimsuit when I saw her" I told them.  Riki laughed, "she was in boots and short pyjamas when I found her".
Eli looked at us both "and?"
We shared a look but took pity on him.
"She's tiny, like Mom and Eve, her parents call her Evie, she's curvy and asleep she's beautiful, awake she..." I explain trying to find the right word.
"Fiesty?" Riki offers and I nod "yes, feisty, reactive and very easily riled, we can have a fun summer winding her up" I say and remember her eyes shooting fire at me.
"That's not what Mom wanted us to do, she wants us to help her settle in, if we make fun of her and Mom finds out we are dead" Eli worried.
I laughed at him "Brother, when you meet her you will understand, trust us" and Riki agreed.
"She can't be that bad surely, she's only a little girl" Eli replies watching us as we both shook our heads.  "you've got to meet her soon, then you'll agree, just you wait" I warned him.