Bree
I heard noise in the kitchen but didn't think anything of it until I felt Kieran shift behind me. If he was in bed with me...
I shook Kieran. "Someone's here."
Kieran lifted his head and listened for a second. He then rolled off his side of the bed to pad to our closed bedroom door. I could hear deep voices but they were too muffled to make them out. Kieran nodded his head and shuffled back to the bed. "Bryan and Daniel are back."
"So soon?"
"Apparently."
Kieran climbed back under the covers and wrapped his arms around me to settle back to sleep. My bladder began to complain. I knew I wasn't going back to sleep then. "I need to get up."
Kieran groaned. "Noooo..."
"I need to pee."
Kieran reluctantly released me from his grip so I could throw on a tee shirt and jeans. I glanced over at him when I was dressed. His eyes were closed. I knew he wasn't asleep, but he wanted to be. I decided not to disturb him and tiptoed out of the room, quietly closing the door behind me.
I dashed across the hall to do my business and brush my teeth. As I walked into the main living area I noticed Daniel's backpack resting on the floor beside our wadded-up picnic blanket. We hadn't even had a chance to pick up after ourselves. I'd thought for sure they wouldn't return before noon.
"Hi, sweetie." Bryan kissed me on the cheek on his way to the kitchen.
I followed him. "Sorry about the mess. I didn't think you'd be back so soon."
Bryan shook his head. "Me, either. Danny insisted."
I would've asked why, but I was pretty sure I knew the answer. He wanted to get back because I was visiting. Only, not necessarily to see me...to make sure that Kieran and I didn't hook up.
Too late.
"Where is he?"
Bryan pointed over his shoulder toward the bedroom. "I see Kieran's car out front."
I peered out the window at it. Visions of being shoved down and taken in the passenger seat made my cheeks flush with excitement all over again.
"Don't worry about Danny."
I checked to see if my brother was approaching before turning to Bryan. "I'm not. If he can't handle us being together then we'll move over to Kieran's place."
Bryan looked alarmed as he gripped my forearm. "Don't do that. It'd kill Danny if you left. Me, too."
I patted his hand. I wasn't going to make any promises. If Daniel acted like an ass, I was leaving. But I'd stay until that happened.
I moved around Bryan to the pot of fresh coffee.
"Thanks for making coffee." I poured myself a cup. "I'll clean up as soon as my brain is functioning a little better."
"What was the blanket for?" Bryan was pointing at the heap on the floor.
"We went on a picnic."
"How romantic."
I smiled, remembering how our little game had quickly led to so much more. Part of me wanted to share it with someone. As if reliving the memories with Bryan might make it seem more real. But I couldn't risk Daniel walking in and hearing some of it.
Right on cue, I heard footsteps behind me. I knew without turning that they belonged to my brother. I braced myself.
"Hey, sis."
I turned toward the voice. Daniel was wearing a wrinkled tee shirt and sweat pants. His hair was a wet, disheveled mess atop his head. Ordinarily, I'd start with some smart-ass remark about his appearance, but decided that I didn't want to push him. "Hey."
"Had to shower."
My brother was hardly any more of an outdoors person than me. We'd not exactly been exposed to it growing up. But I knew that wasn't the reason he'd rushed to get back home.
Daniel took his cup of coffee from Bryan as he joined me at the small kitchen table. Hovering nearby, Bryan reminded me of a referee in a boxing match.
Daniel took a sip of coffee. "What did you guys do?"
We fucked.
I wanted to say it out loud, but I just couldn't bring myself to provoke him like that. "We went to a park, and then just hung out here and watched movies until we crashed."
Daniel nodded. "Sounds nice."
I stared at him, waiting for the sarcastic retort that I was sure was going to follow that response. When it didn't come, I glanced up at Bryan who was giving me that apologetic and hopeful expression of his. He'd obviously coached Daniel before they arrived. Probably all the way from San Marcos, if I knew Bryan.
"So, what do you guys have planned for today?"
I turned my attention back to Daniel and shrugged. We had nothing planned. Not anything solid, anyway. I'd hoped to sort of talk some things through with Kieran before Daniel and Bryan came back, but it was too late for that now.
The bedroom door opened and my heart tripped a beat. I heard Kieran head to the bathroom and I knew it was a matter of minutes before he joined us. I stilled my nervous hands by gripping my warm coffee mug, and then silently prayed that there wouldn't be a confrontation between him and my brother.
Silence blanketed the kitchen in anticipation of his arrival. Each second that passed stretched my nerves further, until at last, I heard the bathroom door opening. Bare feet shuffled through the living room and a moment later I saw him. Kieran wasn't wearing a shirt, and as a result, I almost choked on the coffee I'd just swallowed. His jeans hung from his hips in the most deliciously naughty way, as if he'd just been interrupted while having sex and didn't have time to throw anything else on.