Keeping Her (The Lexington Series Book 2) (27 page)

“Hi Sammy!” Max squealed and James
put him down. He ran over to Sam as she broke free from Nick and he hugged her
around the waist.

“Hey Max. Let me get a look at you.”
She said pulling back out of the hug and looking him over. “Holy smokes when
did you get so tall?” she exclaimed. It was true he seemed to have had a
ridiculous growth spurt overnight. The boy is almost nine now and he was up to
my breast and he got a little weight on him, but none of it was fat. He was
going to be huge like the rest of them. When he released her, he went back to
James and grabbed his hand. “Lucy come give me some love girl.” I gave her a
big smile and went over and hugged her. “How you been?”

“I’m good and thanks to Maggie I’m
doing even better. Thank you for setting us up with her.” I told her with all
the gratefulness inside of me.

“Honey you’re family, that’s what we
do… there is no need to thank me.” She reassured me with a pat on my back. She
turned to Landon and raised an eyebrow. “You sexy man, are you going to just
stand there or are you going to come and say hi?”

He gave her a big grin and sauntered
over to her. “Hi Sam.” He said giving her a hug.

She rubbed circles on his back and
sighed. “Hey there football stud.” He pulled back and gripped the back of his
neck. I laughed, Sam was always messing with him because he was more serious
than Nick and gets embarrassed by that kind of attention. It was rare to get
those kinds of reactions from Landon so we basked in it whenever we could. She
rubbed her hands together, “now where is my baby?” she asked looking at the
carrier in Landon’s hand.

He shrugged. “We left him home.”

Sam threw her hands on her hips. “Now
don’t start with that selfish shit Landon. I haven’t seen him in a while you
can have him back soon. God you’re the most overprotective stingy parent I
know. Other normal people appreciate a break.” She said with an eye roll.

He sighed and held up the seat so she
could take out Dean. “Fine, but I want him back. Don’t try to hog him.” I heard
a sigh in the background and looked behind Sam to see that the women she had
been talking to were all watching the exchange. They were eyeing Landon like he
was candy and I internally rolled my eyes. Sam took Dean out and bounced away
from us while James pointed us to an area that had open seats.

We walked over and sat around just
chatting. Max had stayed with James and shortly after I saw him running around
playing tag with the other kids. Seeing him so comfortable and happy made me
feel good inside. The kids welcomed him in easily enough, not that it’s really
hard with kids. After a while Max came over and climbed onto my lap. “I’m hungry
Lucy.”

I nodded. “Let’s get some food then.”

“Sounds good to me.” Nick said
getting up.

I laughed. “Of course it does fat
ass. Let’s get food then, Landon you coming?”

He shook his head. “You guys can go
ahead.”

We went to get in line for food, and
they had some of everything. I piled up my plate with barbeque chicken, a
cheese burger, rice, and potato salad. I saw some of the girls eyeing me then
my plate. I knew that Landon was going to want to eat even though he was acting
too lazy to get up and there was no way he was going to eat all of my food and
I have to get back up so I put extras…
a lot
of extras. I looked over at
Nick’s plate and shrugged. He had to triple his plates so that the foam plate
wouldn’t break but of course he didn’t get the curious stares I did, he got the
lustful looks. The girls weren’t looking at his plate, they were looking at
him
.
When we got back to our seats some of the people around our age had come over
and taken up seats next to Landon and were talking to him. I’m not surprised
because he had that aura about him like you just wanted to know him. Hey, there
was a reason he was able to influence an entire school I was the enemy. When we
approached the seat next to him was empty and Max sat down. One of the girls
saw Nick and immediately got out of his seat giving him a small smile.

I was about to go sit somewhere else
or find a seat to bring over when I heard Landon. “Lucy.” I turned to face him
and he beckoned me over with his finger. I arched an eyebrow in question. “Come
here girl and sit down with that plate.” He said and licked his lips only his
eyes weren’t on the food they were on me. I opted for some yellow shorts and a
white loose off the shoulder short sleeve t-shirt that blew in the wind.

I pouted, “I need a seat, and I’m
looking for one.”

One of the guys went to get up and
Landon shook his head. The boy looked at him confused but Landon ignored him. He
looked at me in challenge and my body heated just a little. My cheeks flushed a
bit and he must’ve noticed because I saw desire flare in his eyes. “Come here
and stop messing around or I’m going to get up and get you.”

I looked around as I contemplated
whether or not I wanted to mess with him right now in front of a bunch of
strangers. If there’s one thing I know Landon isn’t one for attention but when
it comes to me he won’t hesitate to make a scene. I bit my lip as I looked
around and I heard a growl. My gaze swung back to him and both eyebrows flew up
in response. I knew that look it meant his patience has worn out, I either do
it or else. I smiled at him and when he started to get up I walked over to him.
He pulled me down onto his lap and I damn near dropped the plate. I threw both
legs over him so that I could balance the plate on my lap and let my back rest
against the crook of his arm and the chair.

I took a bite of the burger as Landon
introduced me. “This is my fiancée Lucy.” Now they were all greeting me and I
had my mouth full so I just nodded back in acknowledgement. He picked up my
fork and took a mouthful of potato salad. “You sharing with me right?” he asked
when he finished chewing. He picked up a piece of chicken, “I know you can’t
eat all of this. You bought some of this for me right babe?” he asked.

I rolled my eyes. “No, I’m starving
so hands off.” I told him and took a bite out of the chicken in his hand.

He laughed. “You couldn’t make me if
you wanted me to.”

I looked up, “Nick?”

“What’s up Lu?”

“You know how much I love you?” I
asked him with a pout.

He sighed. “What do you want?”

“I’m so thirsty and I don’t think I
can walk.” I said acting faint.

He rolled his eyes. “You’re lucky I’m
thirsty.” He got up and grabbed some water, sodas and a juice for Max.

I ate until I was stuffed then I just
settled myself on Landon. I snatched his shades from the front of his shirt and
put them on. He polished off the plate and had Max throw it out on his way to
go back and play. Landon and Nick talked to the group and I dozed off while
Landon rubbed circles on my legs. I felt Landon placing kisses to my ear and
his voice was fading in and out. “Lucy…” I moaned and turned further into him.
I felt his chest vibrate from his chuckle, “baby wake up.”

“No… I don’t want to.” I told him.

He laughed. “Baby I’m going to get
Dean I need you to wake up.”

I groaned and opened my eyes and was
met with pitch blackness. I put my hands up to my face and felt glasses. I
pushed them up and saw that night was coming and we were outside, it was then I
remembered where we were. “Where is he?” I asked.

“With Sam still but I miss our baby.”
He told me.

“Ok.” I got off of him and stretched
when I stood. The wind blew and it felt great. Landon produces so much body
heat he could be my personal blanket.           

“Lucy stop.” Landon demanded.

I looked at him confused. “What?”

“Quit the cute shit I’m tired of
these guys looking at you, do you want me to hurt someone?”

I rolled my eyes. “Stop being so damn
dramatic Landon. Go get my baby for me.”

He stood up and stalked towards me. I
walked backwards anxious of what he was going to do. “Lucy….” I kept backing up
and his footsteps sped up. “Lucy stop!” he commanded and I quickened my pace.
He was getting pissed off and I didn’t do anything and I didn’t want to make a
scene here. I kept walking backwards and all of a sudden the ground fell from underneath
me I lurched forward and grabbed onto Landon. He grabbed ahold of me and tried
to steady me but it didn’t work I was already going down. We plummeted
backwards and were met with water.

At some point I let him go and swam
up and spluttered out water. I looked around for Landon and didn’t see him. My
heart sped up and I began to panic. I swam to my right and I was just about to
dive down when he surfaced. He swam to the ladder and got out. His shorts were
sagging on him and his shirt was plastered to his body. He turned to look at me
with a glare and removed his shirt. I think I drooled a bit when I got a look
at that body. I heard a muttered damn and realized all eyes were on him. I
instantly saw red when my jealousy took over. I mean come on, it’s one thing to
look at him fully dressed and to imagine what is going on underneath. It’s a
whole different thing to see it full out and lust over it while he’s dripping
wet like he’s in a damn ad or something. He did
not
need to strip that
bastard, I swam to the ladder in record speed and climbed out.

I stomped towards Landon and poked
him in the chest. “This… is YOUR fault Landon!” I screamed.

“Lucy –“

I cut him off I didn’t want to hear
any of his bullshit. I started to stomp off when he grabbed my arm. I spun
around and told him in a voice low enough only he could hear me. “Do not start
your shit right now because I’m too pissed for this.”

He pulled me forcefully until his
entire body was against mine. “Listen and if you try to pull away you’re going
to be disappointed because I’m not letting you go. You have on a white shirt
right now and I can see everything that means so can everyone else. When we get
home I’m going to spank your ass like you’re a fucking toddler but right now
you’re going to put on my shirt and shut the fuck up or else. If someone even
looks at you again in that see through shirt of yours I’m going to fucking hurt
the both of you.”

I looked down and realized my bra was
showing. I snatched the shirt from his hand and threw it over my head. “What
the hell are we going to do now genius? Why the hell did you chase me into the
water anyway?”

He crossed his arms and rolled his
eyes. “What do you mean what are we going to do? Go home
genius
. And I
didn’t chase you into the water you got fucking paranoid and ran off. I tried
to stop you from falling in but you kept going I should’ve just let your ass go
down by yourself since you want to act like a baby about it.”

I stomped my foot. “I am not acting
like a baby Landon. We have Dean and we’re both freaking drenched. We cannot
get in the car like this and you are definitely not going to get him now.” I
pointed out.

“You’re being dramatic. I’m sure I
have something in the car. You might just have to wear my clothes… just act
like you’re at home.” He said with a shrug.

I growled. “Let’s go get the damn
clothes Landon you pain in the ass.” When he didn’t budge and just continued to
stand there with an amused look on his face I walked over to him dug into his
pocket and took the car keys. “Maybe I’ll make sure there’s only
one
dry
outfit in there. And it better be clean, no stinky ass clothes from practice
Landon.” I tossed at him over my shoulder as I made my way to the car.

There was a pair of basketball
shorts, and two pairs of sweat pants. There were also clean socks boxers and t-shirts.
I guess he has this all in there just in case he forgets his bag with a change
of clothes when he goes to practice, or maybe in preparation for when he falls
into a pool. I grabbed both sweats and t-shirts. He had some boxer briefs and I
snagged those for me and a pair of regular boxers for him because I know how
much he hates them. I walked back to the house and flipped him off as I passed
and he just chuckled and followed me. I found a bathroom and threw his clothes
at him and tried to close the door but he stuck his foot out and caught it. I
rolled my eyes and he stuck his tongue out at me.

“You big dufus.” I muttered under my
breath.

He closed and locked the door behind
him and pushed down his pants. “Don’t be like that Lucy it’s not my fault you
fell in the pool. I don’t even know why you were running from me to begin
with.”

It was damn well his fault and I
didn’t want to hear his excuses. I peeled off both shirts and my shorts. “You
know why I was running from you Landon.” When I heard him chuckle I spun around
and poked him in the chest. “It’s your fault I look like a drowned rat. You had
that look in your eyes when I know you’re up to something or you’re trying to
have sexy time neither of which was going to happen.” I argued.

“What look are you referring to
Lucy?” he asked as he looked me up and down. I just realized that I’m picking a
fight with him in my underclothes.

His eyes blazed and he took a step
towards me. I took a step back, oh no. No, no, no. I pointed at his face. “That
look Landon. The one on your face right now.”