Chapter 145 Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Five
Raikin shakes his head smiling. “Don’t apologize baby. We probably should have waited a little longer before jumping.”
I laugh. “Yeah probably. We can still do something else though.”
Raikin leads me to the swings. He walks behind the swing and motions for me to sit down. “You want to swing baby? I will push you. I won’t go to fast, so you don’t get any more sick to your stomach.”
“That sounds nice.” I tell him, as I sit down on the swing.
Raikin pulls the swing back a little and let’s go to get me started swinging. It feels weird swinging, I don’t think I have been on a swing since I was in elementary school. When I come back to him, he gives me a gentle push. He sets a slow soothing rhythm. I forgot how peaceful swinging can be. Maybe I should do this more often.
A couple of minutes later Raikin asks. “Is this okay baby? It’s not upsetting your stomach more is it?”
I turn to look at him when I swing back to him, he looks genuinely concerned about me. “This is perfect, thank you. I am starting to feel better. I think I just ate a little too much food.”
Raikin smiles. “I’m glad you are starting to feel better.”
“I love you Raikin.”
Raikin catches the swing, bringing me to a stop. I look up at him, and he looks directly into my eyes. “I love you too Lilly. You are the most beautiful person I have ever met, inside and out.”
My heart beat quickens, as I stare into his eyes. I can see he truly means that, not that I ever had any doubt. His eyes are so full of love, and affection for me. A happy tear slips down my cheek and I smile, sniffling a little. “Thank you for saying that. Hearing you say that, means more than you can possibly imagine.”
Raikin’s thumb catches the next tear that is threatening to fall and he chuckles. “I didn’t mean to make you cry baby.”
I laugh softly. “I know, it’s happy tears I promise. I just never thought I would be this happy. You are so sweet, and thoughtful.”
He leans down and gives me a kiss before whispering. “Only for you Lilly. You bring this side out of me.”
I doubt that I’m sure he has always been this perfect. I am just lucky enough to be wanted by him. Hopefully he never changes his mind about me. We are there for a couple more hours, but it doesn’t feel that long at all. We spent the rest of our time there trying a little bit of everything. Including going ziplining one last time, and the trampoline section when I am not so full. Unfortunately jumping on trampolines apparently does not agree with my stomach. I got nauseous again, but I still had a lot of fun.
“It’s getting kind of late baby, are you ready to go home?” Raikin asks and I nod my head.
“Yeah, let’s go home.” I give him a big smile, and he wraps his arm around my shoulder. I lean into him as he leads us to the car.
Raikin gives me a sweet kiss and opens my door for me. I get in and watch as he goes around to his side. He gets in and when we pull out of the parking lot he puts his hand on my thigh. “Today was amazing baby. Thank you for coming with me on this date, I was actually pretty worried about messing today up.”
I look over at him, surprised and ask. “Why were you worried?”
Raikin glances at me and shrugs, chuckling a little. “I don’t know baby, I have never really been on a bunch of dates. The few dates I have went on were always just dinner and a movie. I wanted to do something special for you.”
This date just keeps getting better. “This date was incredible. I never would have thought of anything like this. I was serious when I said you went above and beyond. I will never forget anything about this date.”
Raikin runs his hand up and down my thigh, sending a chill through me. “I will never forget our date either baby.”
My smile spreads even wider. I have smiled so much, I am starting to think my face will be stuck in a permanent smile. Not that I'm complaining though. "We will have to make date night a more frequent occurrence. I am enjoying spending time with you guys alone."
Raikin looks over at me. "Me too baby. I don't mind sharing you with my brothers, but it's nice to have you all to myself sometimes."
It feels different spending time with them alone, it's nice. When we are all together I start worrying about not spending time with each of them equally. I don't want to make any of them feel like I love them more than the others, because I don't. They have all stolen my heart, it would never feel right if I didn't have the three of them.
The rest of the drive home feels like one big blur. We talked, laughed, sang at the top of our lungs when a song came on that we both liked. It felt so natural. Everything with the three of them feels so natural, even though we haven't know each other very long.
When we pull into the driveway there is a couple of lights on and I smile to myself. Ryder and Reece stayed up waiting for us, just like Ryder and Raikin did when I was out with Reece.