"So what are we deciding?" Zach asked.
"Let's go." Baron said without looking at my face. He was the first to stand from his seat. The rest of the guys followed him, Aaron was last of the boys to stand. His gaze met mine and he smiled, unable to pretend I was still angry at him, I smiled back. When I turned, I met Baron's unreadable expression, the smile disappeared from my face immediately. I knew if I looked in the mirror, I would see guilt and shame.
"Let's go." Aaron took hold of my hand, I knew then be was doing it intentionally. He had seen his brother's expression and wanted to make him jealous.
Baron was nice to me. He was the friend and brother I had when others had been against me, Aaron included. He was even more than my friend or brother. He was my very own special person, he had a space in my heart, and I knew that would never change.
Aaron had no right to do what he was doing. Regardless of whatever I might be feeling for him, he was not Baron. Not in any way. I removed my hands from his and went to meet Baron as we filed out of my room. If the other boys had seen, I did not notice and they did not react.
"Come here, mate." Baron extended his hand and without hesitation, I took it. I saw him pass a look to his brother, Aaron. I had no idea what Aaron had done in response but from Baron's gloating smile, it had pissed Aaron off and he, Baron, was pleased with the outcome.
"Stop what you're doing, Baron." I whispered to him as we went down the stairs. He had given way for his other brothers to go before us, including Aaron who hesitated before walking past us. I tried not to let myself get carried away by how my heart reacted as he passed. I released a troubled sigh, this was going to be quite complicated. I had always known that I reacted differently to Aaron but it had not been this intense until... I could not even tell when these feelings got serious.
"What am I doing?" He was staring at the back of his brother's head.
I nudged him. "Stop it."
"Stop what?" He shrugged.
"Stop staring at your brother like that and making things complicated."
"You want to see complicated?" He had this mischievous glint in his eyes.
"No no no no." I whispered.
But the damned Baron had hit my back against a wall and made sure he made a noise as he took my lips in his. I liked him, Baron had this effect on me, though it was not as strong as his brother's, but it was still enough for me to want him to keep kissing me. From my peripheral vision, the other guys had turned to stare at us.
Pulling away from his very nice lips, I glared at him. My cheeks flushed both in embarrassment and the fact that I had just enjoyed the lip lock between us. I hit him. "How dare you?"
"Don't be like that, mate." He winked.
I did not see it coming, neither did I think anyone saw it coming. But Aaron has rushed forward and punched Baron's side face. Baron growled and retaliated. Soon, the growls and groans of the boys could be heard as they went full on beast on each other. Fists flew and identical faces were bloodied.
I was scared to try to separate them, not only would that be unsuccessful but I would receive a stray punch. I had just revived from Lucas' own fist, I could not risk another blow and a concussion or worse, a bloodied face. I turned to the guys. "Do something."
But the three of them just shrugged.
"Are you for real? They will kill each other." Oh Mother of the Moon, this was all my fault.
"They have always wanted this. Allow them let it all out." Lucas responded.
Zach nodded. "That's true. Too much tension. The three of us are tired of watching them live this way."
I looked to the third brother. "Trenton?"
He spared me a glance and shrugged. "Allow them."
These guys were hopeless. The twins were rolling down the stairs, I followed them. "Stop that this instant. The both of you." I was trying not to raise my voice as it was late. I did not want to disturb my mother and David, they usually came home tired and they needed the rest. Being the Alpha and Luna of the biggest and most prestigious pack ever, they deserved every rest they could get.
I barely saw my mom these days and the only time she'd come to see me, she had hastened out of my room when she had seen Baron and I kissing. As for David, it was a long while and I was sure it was the same for the boys too. So they needed to sleep, but these crazy boys would not allow that.
They were determined to wake the whole house with their fights. No guy had ever fought over me, but here I had two of the Alpha's first sons punching their faces out just because Baron had intentionally wanted to upset Aaron and I had gone along with the plan though it was not my fault.
I needed to stop this, whatever this was, between me and the boys. I needed to make a choice that would not keep making these boys keep butting heads. It was obvious I liked both of them but it was better to stay away from both of them than to risk this happening again.
I saw a figure coming out from one of the hallways, I gulped in fear. It turned out to be my mom, she paused to look at us. Shock and surprise filling her stare. "What's going on?"
"Mom." I, Lucas and Zach chorused. It was obvious we had not been expecting to see her.
Springing into action, she dropped the bag she was carrying and went to pull the guys off of each other. "What are you doing? You guys should be sleeping."
But my attention was on the two big suitcases she had with her. "Going somewhere mom?" Lucas had beat me to the question.
All of our eyes were on her, including Aaron and Baron.
She turned to me with somber, sad eyes. "Go pack your things, we're leaving, Katherina."