Chasing Serenity by Butler Eden

Author:Butler, Eden [Butler, Eden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2013-10-15T06:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

“Ground rules need to be established.” Layla’s hair sticks up all over, the white blonde lengths take on the look of brittle hay. She sips on her water, but her eyes are clear, leveled at me as though she wants me to know how serious she is. “You and Declan? Great! Yay and all, but this morning’s little display cannot be repeated.”

Around the table, I notice Sayo and Mollie nodding in agreement.

“What are you talking about?”

Mollie snorts, but doesn’t speak. Sayo, however, has no problem interjecting her opinion. “Autumn, you and Declan couldn’t keep your hands off each other during training. It was distracting. We can’t prepare for the Dash if you spend our workouts having your ass groped by your boyfriend.”

“He is not my boyfriend. Besides, we were just flirting.”

At my claim, Mollie’s snort morphs into a full laugh. “If I flirted like that, I’d be arrested for sexual harassment. Get over yourself, Autumn, there was much touching on the falls today and I don’t mean Layla swatting at the voices in her head.”

“Hey!” Layla protests.

“The point is, we get it.” Mollie picks up a wedge of cantaloupe and points it at me to emphasis her little gripe. “We’re happy that you’ve finally gotten your head out of your ass and decided to be with Declan. Good for you, but girl, come on, we’ve got to train seriously.”

I’ll admit Declan and I may have been inappropriate this morning, but damn if I couldn’t help myself. When we first arrived at the falls, I’d been nervous, barely managed to face him. He loved that, laughed at me under his breath and then, not caring that my friends were sleepy-eyed and ignorant to all that happened on our date, he grabbed me and then knocked away any trepidation from my body with a firm, demanding kiss. That gesture woke my friends up quickly.

“Guys, I’m sorry. It’s just new, you know? I promise to behave from now on.”

“So?” Layla says, fingering the straw in her glass. “You going to fill us in on what happened?”

I shake my head, not really eager to give them all the intimate details of my night in the middle of our breakfast, not with kids running all over restaurant. But Layla is unrestrained, likely exhausted from Declan’s sadistic training and she flicks her straw at me, splashing water onto my face.

“It was…nice,” I say, wiping my face with my napkin. I receive a collective groan from my friends. “Shut up. God, you bitches are so nosey.”

Sam approaches with a pitcher of water and starts to refill each of our glasses. I smile at his hand on Sayo’s shoulder, at the way he whispers in her ear. Mollie and Layla ignore them, focus on their phones and I appreciate the brief lull in their interrogation.

Last night, I hadn’t wanted Declan to leave, but I knew if I allowed him to stay, much more than a bit of dry humping would have taken place. Our date, our touching and

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