Chapter 98 Chapter Ninety-Eight
Ryder just stares at me for a second, then pulls me into a tight embrace. Holding me against his chest. "Okay baby. I love you. I'm sorry for the way I was acting earlier."
"I love you too Ryder. It's okay. I'm sorry for everything."
He kisses the top of my head and I relax into him. "Don't worry baby, we are going to be okay."
Just those words alone are enough to make me feel better. We stay that way for a while, nothing but the sound of our breathing in the room. He pulls back and kisses me. "I love you baby. I better go to my room or something before your mom or my dad sees me in here."
I nod my head he's probably right. Mom has just been dying to start some shit. That's what she lives for. Drama and bitchiness. "Okay. I love you too Ryder. I will see you tonight right?" I ask.
Ryder smiles. "Of course baby. I will come in here after our parents are asleep."
I smile. He gives me one more kiss and leaves my room. Just two more days, and a weird family Christmas thing, that's all I have to get through. Just two days and Mom will be gone for a little while. Then I won't have to listen to her bitchiness and I will be alone with my guys.
After he leaves I flop back on my bed grabbing my phone. I need to text Aaron, not to hangout or anything. I just need to let him know I'm not mad at him and I don't regret what we did. The only thing I regret is not asking for permission from my boyfriends first.
I love saying that. Boyfriends. How did I go from no boyfriend to three boyfriends and five sexy guy friends that want to be my boyfriends? It's crazy how fast things can change.
Me: Hey, my mom said you came over here looking for me. I am so sorry I left my phone here at the house when we went Christmas shopping to find presents for my mom and stepdad. I am not mad at you, and I don't regret anything we did.
Almost immediately after hitting send my phone starts ringing. It's Aaron. I smile, wow that was fast.
"Hello."
"Oh my God baby, I am so glad to get your texts. I really thought you hated me and never wanted to talk to me again. Your mom didn't say anything about you being out, so I thought you were home and just didn't want to talk to me or something." Aaron rambles on the other end of the phone.
Of course my mom didn't tell him I was shopping with Ryder, Raikin and Reece. That would be to easy and to nice of her. She doesn't have a single nice bone in her body. Not unless you count the ones she uses to be a two faced bitch, nice to your face and talk trash behind your back.
"I'm sorry my mom is a bitch. Me, Ryder, Reece and Raikin went to find presents for my mom and Curtis. They are leaving in two days and won't be here for Christmas so they decided to do some last second Christmas thing tomorrow evening." I tell him, rolling my eyes even though he can't see it. The whole thing is just ridiculous.
"And you promise you aren't mad at me for what we did?" He asks, and I can tell he is very worried.
"I promise Aaron. You are one of my best friends. I'm not mad at you and I don't regret it."
Aaron let's out a long breath of relief. "That makes me feel so much better. Since you aren't mad, does that mean you would want to hang out? I can come get you and we don't have to do anything, I just like spending time with you."
I smile. "I like spending time with you too Aaron. Sadly I can't hang out today though, maybe some other time."
"Oh, okay." Aaron says, sounding disappointed and I feel bad, but I can't exactly tell him why I can't see him. Logan is the only one that knows about me and Ryder. He doesn't even know about me and my two older stepbrothers. Not yet anyway.
Before I can think of what to say next Aaron changes the subject. "So how was shopping with your stepbrothers is Ryder still being a dick to you?" He asks and I burst out laughing.
If only he knew the truth. "No, he's actually been pretty nice lately. Reece and Raikin have been pretty nice to me too." I say, scooting around the truth.
The real truth is they are incredibly nice and so sweet to me. They take care of me in a way I thought no one ever would. I would have been happy just being with Ryder, but now that I have all three I can't imagine ever going back to how things were.
The three of them are so alike and so different it's crazy, but somehow the three of them together is perfect. They are everything I have ever wanted and more.
Aaron laughs. "They better be nice to you baby, I would hate to have to whoop their asses."
I burst out laughing. "Don't worry I will whoop their asses myself if I need to."
We both laugh and it feels so good just have friends like him I can talk to. Hopefully once I tell him about my relationship with my stepbrothers, he will be supportive like Logan and stay by my side. I don't want to lose him or any of them as friends.
We talk for a little while longer, he tells me about some stupid thing Brandon did and I tell him about my crazy ass mom and her newest rampage she's been on. We talk for almost thirty minutes before he has to get off the phone.