Mine To Love (manxman)

12-Knock Knock

A/N: Hi everyone sorry it took me so long to update. I've had a lot of bad news in a very short amount of time and my head wasn't in a very creative place. This isn't the best I could have done on this chapter but I wanted to give you all something to read. I'll do better on the next chapter.

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FRANKIE

I was floating on a cloud of pure happiness. I was just on the edge of sleep with my love wrapped in my arms, his warm body spooned against my front. His even breaths told me that he was sleeping. This was all I had ever wanted, all I needed.

Ding dong!

I groaned and buried my face further into Jeremy's neck. He mumbled something incoherent back at me and snuggled his body closer to mine. I hadn't known that he could get any closer than he already was.

Ding dong! Ding dong!

"Mmm five more minutes Mom." Jeremy grumbled and pulled the covers up to his neck. I chuckled. He looked so cute like this and I had flashbacks to our younger days when he would protest having to get up for school. Jeremy had never been a morning person.

Although... It wasn't morning. It was pretty late judging by the dark hues coming through my bedroom window.

Shit!

It's poker night. I turned to look at the clock on my bedside table and groaned. An incessant knocking started on my front door and I stumbled as I tried to get out of bed quickly. "Bloody Hell." I shrieked as I stubbed my toe on something poking out from under the bed.

I grabbed my jeans and pulled them on quickly, regretting the move when my backside reminded me of its tenderness. I wasted precious time in looking around for my top before finally remembering that it was on the living room floor somewhere. I made a mad dash for the living room and once I was dressed I finally opened the front door to four unhappy faces.

"Do you realise how friggin' cold it is out here man?" Mattie huffs and pushes passed me into the warm interior of my house.

"What happened to your hair?" Eric narrows his eyes at me and gives me a once over. "Your top is on back to front." A hint of a smile plays around his lips. "Did we interrupt you getting your freak on?"

Peter's eyes widen and he looks around my living room like he's expecting to find someone there. "I thought you broke up with the she-devil?"

I run a hand over my face in a mixture of annoyance and embarrassment. "I'm sorry guys, I must have fallen asleep. I don't have the table set up and I forgot to buy snacks." There's a collective moan around the room and I know they're never going to let me forget this.

I see Eric's eyes widen as he looks at something over my shoulder, and then his jaw drops open. I turn to look behind me and I see a sleepy eyed Jeremy rubbing his head as he walks into the room dressed in only his boxers. He looks up at that moment and realises we aren't alone. "Oh, Hell." He blushes a bright shade of pink and dashes from the room.

"What... Did... I..." Peter is making no sense as a jumble of random words drop from his lips.

"Did you guys...?" Eric's eyes bounce between me and where Jeremy had been standing.

"No way!" Jason bursts out laughing. "Guys, pay the fuck up, I won the pool!" He does a fist pump before he starts doing a ridiculous dance around the room.

"You couldn't have held out for five more months?" Mattie complains as he pulls a twenty from his wallet and hands it off to Jason.

"What are you guys talking about?" I inquire with a raised brow, watching in semi-amusement as the others hand over their money.