Page 4 of Love at First Flight
That is until Gunner got there and went all caveman about the grown men looking at his girl.
He got so pissed about it, much to Arielle’s irritation at him, and Raiden, Rickie and Genna gently led the onlookers of men away from the pool and into the house.
Raiden knew it was coming, but at the same time, was jealous of his best friend. He wanted to find what Gunner and Arielle had.
He stayed by Rickie the entire time at the party and when Cassidy found them standing in the corner, she pulled them into her room, where she dumped out her bag of candy and showed them her and he quoted, ‘loot’.
Raiden was very attentive and as Cassidy told them about trick or treating, he would smile and ooh when it was necessary.
Rickie would smile along as well and Cassidy sat in her lap, showing her each and every piece of candy.
Rickie only let her eat one and when Genna found them in Cassidy’s room a little later, Cassidy had given them each a piece and Rickie had helped her change into her nightdress.
“Mama, I want to say goodnight to Arielle. Uncle Gunner didn’t let anyone out to see her at the party.”
Genna bit her lip to keep from laughing, “You are right. Silly Uncle Gunner. Doesn’t he know that Arielle is a mermaid who swims? And goes to parties?”
Cassidy put her hands on her hips, “He doesn’t. Come on Mama. Let’s go say goodnight.”
Genna smiled at them and Raiden stood to his full height of six feet and three inches, which had been hard to fit into the tiny chair Cassidy had directed him to.
“Come on, I think the party is over for Gunner. Do you want to stay for a little longer?”
Rickie shook her head, “I have to work tomorrow morning. Do you mind taking me home?”
Raiden shook his head, “You work too much.”
Rickie smiled, “Not all of us can start a million dollar company when we are nineteen.”
Raiden sighed, “How many times have I told you to come work for me? With me? I will pay you better than your job right now. I need someone to keep the books. It’s getting to be a full time job and I just want to work with my crew.”
She laughed, “I will think about it.”
Raiden drove her to her house that he helped build for her and then kissed her on her cheek.
“See you tomorrow night? I will cook dinner.” She said, and he grinned, “I will be there. Can’t ever turn down dinner from you.”
He went home, his large empty house seemingly even more so than before.
He went to his room and took off the leather costume, with much grunting, getting stuck and a few issues as he did so.
More than one swear word slipped free also before the pants were finally off and then he went down to the small gym he had built in his house.
He put the same one in Gunner’s house when Gunner had come to him to design his house as well, and Raiden was grateful for it now.
He didn’t work out as often as he wanted, but with his hands on work on the job sites, he wasn’t hurting for workouts.
They just weren’t the traditional type.
As Raiden went through the motions he thought about his night with his friends.
He was beyond thrilled that Gunner finally found his girl and to him, it was all that mattered.
