Page 54 of Grayson

So when the two of them emerge from the bedroom and he has his arm over her shoulders roughing her hair and she is laughing and swatting at his arm, I am shocked.

“No bloodshed,” Gray offers with a wink before they both join me in the living room. Stretching out his legs she tosses him the controller to his PlayStation that is still attached to our television. He left it here for her to play when he’s not here.

“Battlefield?” he asks and she leans back in the recliner with her own controller. “As if you truly have to even ask.”

I shift my attention back and forth between the two of them, waiting for an explanation. But they ignore me and it’s like nothing ever happened. However I do notice the redness around Tori’s eyes and I make a note to ask about it later.

“So, I take it we are ordering in?”

“Pizza,” Tori announces, and Gray wrinkles his nose.

“We always have pizza, how about burgers and fries instead?”

“And shakes too,” Tori adds as they start their game, completely ignoring the fact I’m even there. I’m not even annoyed that they’ve created this little club, it seems where they’ve managed to plan out the night without my input.

My phone vibrates with an incoming call I look down to see Vivian calling. It’s dawns on me that I’d left her hanging when she asked me if I’ve heard Gray scream yet.

Tapping the answer key I lift it to my ear and she starts without a hello.

“Are you in the E.R.? Is he even still breathing?”

“Everything’s good,” I assure her and she releases a sigh of relief. “You have plans tonight?”

“Besides margaritas,” she laughs, “no what’s up?”

“Load up your margarita mix and grab Scarlett on the way.”

“Girls’ night?” I sense the excitement in her voice.

“Plus one boy,” I correct her and that’s when Gray looks over at me.

“I’m a man.” He lets out a whine and I glance at the screen to see his character dead, lying on the ground. Tori laughs and fist bumps the air.

“Please, sucker, you’re my bitch!” She does a happy dance in the chair and though I should correct her I can’t even make myself do it. Seeing her happy overpowers my urge to mother her. Truthfully what is the use anymore, the girl is part sailor I swear.

“That’s it.” He lowers his legs and scoots forward on the couch, getting a serious look on his face. His brows furrow, a look of pure determination in his eyes.

“Shit’s about to get real.”

“Please,” Gray looks at Tori, “you suck,” she declares and I laugh. He looks back over his shoulder at me, I slap my hand over my mouth and he nods his head. He makes a huge show of twisting his head side to side to crack his neck. Then he links his fingers, stretching out his arms and popping his knuckles. “It’s time to turn it up.”

This time it’s Tori that laughs but he ignores us both.

In the end, she beat him again, while relaxed back in the chair, one leg slung over the arm of the chair, eating Oreos.

I wish I could say he let her win, but the scowl on his face would only prove I’m lying. The entire night, even after Scarlett and Vivian showed up with the burgers we ordered, she never once let him live it down.

“Shh,” Gray whispers near my ear, swiveling his hips and pushing inside me once more. My back arches up off the bed and he takes that moment to suck my nipple between his lips. I moan and he covers my mouth with his hand.

It was after two in the morning, Scarlett and Vivian are asleep in my living room and Tori across the hall. The night was fun, full of laughter and chaos. Scarlett shared stories of Gray when they were younger and in turn shared embarrassing moments of hers. Tori laughed to the point of tears and honestly I smiled from the sight of it so much my cheeks ached.

“You have to be quiet,” he says this, but continues to torture me knowing it will be next to impossible, “or we’ll have to stop.” I feel him smile against the side of my mouth when I tighten my legs around his waist.

Over my dead body will I let him stop.

He swivels once more, I moan and he covers my mouth. The arrogant smile on his face makes me want to bite him.

“You like that?” He does it again and I feel myself building closer to release.

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