Safe With Me

Chap. 7: Fair Enough

• picture of Elle Bradley & Brody Stevens above •

       After being ditched by Riley and Jaelynn, Elle decided to take a chance in wondering around the Snake Kings headquarters. Every step was light and slow, the blonde's heart racing. What Elle feared the most was to walk in a room filled with snakes and faint.

       As Elle begins to turn the corner, the front of her body bumps against a muscular, sweaty surface. The brown eyed blonde's eyes slowly look up from a muscular, tattooed chest to a the stone like face that belongs to Brody. As they stand there in awkward silence staring at each other, Elle notices the a small curve on the man's long nose that fits just right on his face. She subconsciously gets lost at how handsome he actually is, wondering why she hadn't noticed this before. Brody furrows his eyebrows at her as he wipes the back of his neck with a towel.

               Elle blushes and flashes an awkward smile. "Sorry, didn't see you there."

               Brody's brooding eyes soften, a small smirk forms on his sculptured face. The blonde arches her brow at him. It is the first time Elle had seen any softness in his eyes.

              "Boo! What are you look at?" Elle blushes pink at the awkwardness.

             The man with slicked back hair continues to stare at Elle softly. "You showered."

            The blonde smirks. "Nice observation, Mr. Sweats-A-Lot."

              Brody rolls his eyes at her as he begins to walk to his sleeping quarters. The browned eyed blonde follows him, being silent as they continue on. Elle tries to not look at the sweat that rolls down his muscular chest with tattoos of cursive writings, an coiled up snake, and the Taurus zodiac sign on his arm.

"Nice tattoos." Elle mentions, biting her plump bottom lip.

Brody smirks. "Is that a compliment?"

The blonde shrugs. "Maybe...."

The blue eyed man continues to wipe the sweat off his body, making Elle nervous. "Where's the other girls?"

Brody slightly turns and starts to walk into the laundry room but freezes. Elle peaks her head from behind him, her hands accidentally brushing up against the bare skin of his back. Brody's muscles tenses up at her touch. The blonde immediately takes her hands away and whispers a soft apology. Elle takes a step around Brody to see to see a shocking sight.

Jaelynn is sitting on top of a dryer with her arms wrapped around Jake's neck. The short man with a blonde goatee has his lips firmly attached to her skin, hickeys already apparent on both sides of her long neck. His hand holds her hip tightly as the other grasp her long, brunette hair. Jaelynn softly moans as Jake finds her soft spot.

Brody turns away quickly with bright red cheeks and walks out embarrassed, as does Elle who trailing after him. Neither Elle or Brody say anything as they retreat back to their room.

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After Brody came back from the showers, Elle decided to try and make conversation due to her own boredom, curiosity, and captivity.

"Why Snake Kings, huh?" Elle asks with a waver in her voice, "Why not any other gang?"

"Because things happen." Brody gives her a look, wiping the water that rolls off of his toned body. "Like you, life just happened."