Chapter 86: The boys talk

Finn POV

We get in and he leans against the desk.

"What's on your mind brother?" He asks me.

"River" I say truthfully.

He nods.

"I leave Wednesday. I know there's something between you two whether it's friendship or something more.."

He talks before I finish.

"I would never touch another man's girl. Especially one that's loved properly and treated like the princess she is"

"I appreciate that. I think it's how respectful you are towards me that makes this whole thing easier to handle. She likes you and you have my permission, if she decides she's wants more from you. I can see that you care for her"

He nods.

I look down at my hands.

"I chose a dangerous career because I never thought I would have this. I never thought I would met someone that would just cracked me open and swallowed me whole." I cough to hide the emotion in my voice.

"Finn she'll be okay. I'll make sure of it so will Flame. I know exactly what you mean. She just has that way about her. She just pulls herself into your life like she's always been there" he walks over to the bar and grabs some shot glasses.

"Pickle I need you to make me a promise. If I don't come back I want you to promise me you won't let her disappear" I look at him seriously.

He comes around and offers me his hand, I put mine out to him and he pulls me in for a side bro hug "Finn I promise, I'll do my part to keep our girl held together while you're gone"

"Thank you. I told her it's okay to love us both" I don't know why I'm telling him that, it just felt right for him to know.

I know the pull she has over me and I couldn't imagine being in his shoes.

"I would never deny her something or hurt her by making her choose" I say seriously.

He looks like his in shock and he also looks nervous. He breaths deeply, then he nods his head.

He picks up the shots and hand me one.

"To River" we cheers and take our shots.

He looks at me for a minute then he says,

"Finn just come home safe. You protect her from there and I'll protect her here till you return"

I nod.

"Tonight after all this, I would like the three of us to get together and talk about everything"

"Yes of course"

He squeeze my shoulder as he heads to the door.

"You got me in my feelings man, so I need to go get worked up before I hit the ring. I'll go find Lucky I'm sure he'll say something stupid to piss me off" he say laughing now.

"Speaking of Lucky. What's his deal?"

He laughs deeply "That is a conversation that is going to be longer than I have time for right now brother."

"I just keep noticing him looking at her and sometimes he has a really disgusted look on his face"

"I'm not sure I'll definitely check it out though. It's either he's hiding something from me or he's mad at me for something" he pats me on the back.

"Thank you for everything Pickle and trust me I'm coming home to her"

We share a smile and an understanding as we both head out the door.

River POV

I'm a little nervous, Lincoln said that Finn and Pickle went somewhere together.

I know it's probably nothing but it still gives me butterflies.

"You okay sweetie?" Chailor asks.

"Yeah I'm okay. I'm just a little nervous about watching Pickle fight but he says it looks worse then it is"

She hugs me tight.

"He'll be okay love. Tomorrow Finn said we are having a movie/lazy day, is there any snacks you want me to order? Do you want to invite Pickle to dinner later this week or over the weekend?"

I smile at her,

"I know Finn wanted some sour patch kids. I want some resse pieces. I'll ask him and we'll get a list going. I can ask Pickle if he wants to come for dinner. Flame is going to come stay  Thursday and Friday with us"

"Okay great, we'll have a girl's night when Lincoln goes to the Cigar Lounge with Randy on Thursday" she says excitingly.

Then she looks at me seriously again,

"So what is going on with you and Pickle anyway?" She smiles at me.

"I'm not sure right now. Right now we are just friends. I feel like I might want more with him. I'm not sure Chailor, he just makes me feel safe. Me and Finn talked about him and Finn says he likes Pickle and if I need both of them to help me heal then he is okay with Pickle being around"

"Me and Lincoln like him too and he's welcome over at anytime sweet girl" she hugs me super tight.

"Wednesday's going to suck huh? I don't know how to let him go" I start crying and she hugs me tight.

"I know it hasn't been long but I just love him so much" she just hugs as I cry softly.

Lincoln looks over and notices us and heads our way. He grabs and hugs us both quickly.

"What happened babe?" He says worried.

"Nothing love, just going to miss our little Finley" she answers.

"We have each other and we will make it through this for him" he says hugging us tighter.

"Oh shit, what did we miss?" Finn says wrapping his arms around all of us.

I wiggle out from between Chailor and Lincoln and pull Finn to me and kiss him softly on his lips.

"I love when you kiss me like that doll"

"Like that or like this" I quickly grab his shirt and pull him roughly to my lips and kiss him hard, rough and deep.

He growls in my mouth.

"That's what I thought" I laugh as his eyes light up.

I look away from Finn and see Lucky glaring at me from across the room.

I meet his eyes for a moment before he turns away and storms off.

I just don't understand why he hates me.