Page 73 of Purgatory
Jax nods his approval. “That sounds like it would work. I can even get the fireplace going again. It's chilly enough now and you remember how much she liked roasting marshmallows last time.”
“Truth or Dare.” I say, finally making my presence known. Their heads all perking up at my voice and suggestion.
“Hey, gorgeous.” Cole says, smiling ear to ear as if my being here is the cure to any sadness burdening him.
“How’re you feeling, sweetheart?” Hawk asks with a smirk, as if he’s remembering what we just did.
Jax doesn’t say anything, rather, like a man on a mission, maneuvers his way over to where I am, pulls me into his arms and kisses me stupid. He pulls back and whispers, "You are so fucking beautiful, you know that, baby?” I smile at his mouth, loving the attention.
“Morning guys. Or should I say evening?” I scrunch my nose, waving my hands about. I have no idea what time it is and don’t really care at the moment when they’re all looking at me like that. “Whatever. I’m good,” I giggle out. Jax maneuvershis hand to the small of my back and leads me in to the island. I go to take my seat next to Hawk and finally notice the giant plate in front of me. Or maybe it’s a platter. I don’t know. All I do know is, it’s massive and breathtaking and oh someone just earned brownie points. Mountains of them.
It’s beautifully captivating and I can’t seem to take my eyes off of it. How did I not smell these?
Holy cannoli! These huffin’ puffin’ red hot love muffins stole all of my available mind space! Because there is no way I would have missed these beauties.
Soft, warm, gooeyness. Double fudgy chocolatey goodness with nuts and freaking toasted marshmallows. IT’S FUCKING FOOD PORN! I snatch one and devour it in record time just so that I can go back and have another.
“So freaking GOOOOOOD!”
“Double chocolate fudgy rocky road cookies...”someone says as I pick up a third and pull the plate closer, protecting it from anyone that might think these are somehow theirs and not all mine.
It’s ok babies, I’ve got you.
I look up to see Jax staring at me and smiling at the mess I’ve made of my face in my haste to down the deliciousness. Without a word he brings his face to mine and licks the chocolate at the corner of my mouth.
“Not as sweet as you taste but not bad.” I can feel the blood rushing to my cheeks at his declaration as Cole and Hawk laugh next to us.
“So...” Jax continues. “Truth or dare?” He asks with a cocked eyebrow.
“Yea. I mean...” I shrug my shoulders and set the cookie down.
Don’t worry sweetie, I’ll be back for you in a sec...
“I’ve never played it but I was listening to your conversation and Hawk even said you guys don’t know that much about me, you know like the deep stuff, so I think it would be a good way to learn all the juicy stuff about each other and have some fun doing it.”
Cole slowly makes his way closer to us, pulling me away from Jax and into him. He lifts my chin and smiles down at me. It’s not a nice smile. It’s aholy shit I've fucked upsmile.
“Just so I understand correctly... you’re saying you spied on us while we were trying to make special plans for you?” I nod. “And what if those plans were supposed to be a surprise?”Ah fudge nuggets...
He gives me the sadistic smile again, only adding a wink to the threat. “Truth or dare it is. I think we’ll have lots of fun.” Cole looks at Jax and Hawk, all of whom are wearing the same sinister faces now.
“Let the games begin...”
Chapter 47
Hawk
Oh, sweet mama, it’s gonna be a good night. Fuck, this whole day was gonna be one for the record books. After the best wake-up call known to man, this was gonna be the icing on the cake.
Truth or Dare. I already knew the dares were going to be epic. None of us had ever backed down on a dare before. Not even when Cole was dared, while on base, to run to one of the other company’s barracks, turn around with his back to the building, drop trow and smack his ass, all while taunting the Marines inside like he was William fucking Wallace. He rightfully earned the nickname “Spanky” after that which is kind of fucking ironic ever since his dominant traits started peeking out. I wonder if he knew then and he was just internally laughing his ass off the entire time. Sneaky bastard.
As far as the truths go, I’ll be honest, there’re a few things that have been bugging me and this game combined with the light hearted camaraderie might actually the best environment to ask. No judgement, just family wanting to know, understand, and support. And if they didn’t want to answer they could always choose the dare, in which case I was locked and loaded with awesome choices.
While actively steering clear of Jax and his constant attempt to give Gordan Ramsey a run for his money as the biggest cunt in the kitchen, we finish making dinner and practically devour it as soon as it lands on the kitchen island.Just like Gordan, Jax might be a cunt when it comes to cooking and kitchen management but his fucking skills are legit. Damn food is always bangin’. I, however, did manage to maneuver around him to put together a tasty little after dinner snack tray for the game. My skills aren’t completely lacking.
I bring over the tray with crackers, jiffy pop, apple slices, peanut butter and, of course, roasty toasty marshmallows that I baked on top of graham crackers so they were just the right amount of gooey. Ok, fine. I used the giant ass blow torch from the shed “like a savage”—Jax’s words *eye roll*. So, sue me, it fucking worked. She’s gonna love it. I knew we’re going to be lighting the fire later but I doubt she’s gonna be opposed to these babies now and more later. I can already see her eyeing them up like a sex starved nymphomaniac at a porn convention. Irre-fucking-sistable.
As I set the tray down on the coffee table in the middle of the room I turn to see Cole trying to hide his grin. He pulls a back pack off his shoulders and opens it, revealing the reason for his smirk. Yeah, his offeringmightbe better. Ok, who the fuck am I kidding? It’s totally one hundred percent better.Show off.When the fuck did he find all of that? And, the more pressing question, where in the hell did he hide it? Probably for the best. It would have been gone already if we had known.
