Gifted Connections 3

Remy gave me a tolerant smile. “With Pop’s pull and Paul’s connections a lot of things can happen. I thought you’d notice that by now.”

I rolled my eyes. “Logically I understand that, but realistically it still blows my mind.”

Remy chuckled at me.

“Blows your mind,” Kade said wryly from the back seat. “I thought secret facilities hidden in the mountains were only in the movies, and the people with our abilities were only in comic books.”

“I think it was all hard for us to wrap our heads around it, especially if we didn’t grow up with gifted people,” Remy stated. He leaned over and looked at my speedometer once more. “When we get to the freeway, once you get up to the speed limit, we’ll practice with the cruise control,” he gently ribbed me.

“I’m trying,” I cried out in exasperation.

“At least she’s staying in the lane,” Kade joked.

“And she knows how to use her turn signals,” Remy added with a twinkle in his eyes.

Keep it up, I silently goaded Remy ...and I won’t be sharing your bed tonight.

You wouldn’t dare. He looked over at me with a raised brow.

Test me. I teased.

He huffed loudly.

“I thought we said no silent talking,” Kade said impudently.

I gave him a crooked grin and looked at him in the review mirror. “I don’t think promises were exactly made.”

“Some conversations shouldn’t be said in front of young ears,” Remy joked with him.

“La la la,” Kade dramatically threw his hands over his ears. “Thanks for sparing me!”

Chapter 22

I breathed in awe as we got out of our vehicles. My father and I had traveled a lot when I was younger, but I had never been to a ski resort. Sure, we lived in a snow-covered mountain right now, but it paled in comparison to this. The resort was more than I could have imagined. When they said we were going to be in cabins, I pictured a small, quant cabin, not the large structures in front of us. I wish my dad had taken me to a place like this.

We avoided areas that the weather conditions may keep us from leaving at a moment’s notice. Certain things started to click in place the more I thought about things. We didn’t go to states that were prone to keep us snowed in during the winter months, we didn’t go to hurricane alley during hurricane season, we didn’t go to states that were susceptible to tornadoes during tornado season. In short, picking up and vacating in a timely matter had been important for years. It wasn’t until he met Heidi that he had settled down for a longer period than I was accustomed to.

I only noticed three of the other cabins seemed to be occupied. Jace went over to the main office to grab all of our keys while we all got out and stretched our legs. The trip had been harrowing at some points but I had driven the whole time.

“You did good,” Remy said proudly as he wrapped his arms from behind me and kissed my temple.

I smiled up at him. “Thank you, I had a good and patient teacher.”

“Don’t thank me yet, we still need to teach you parallel parking,” Remy joked.

“Completely useless,” Jemmy stated as she walked up towards us. “I’ve never had to parallel park yet, and I’ve been driving for two years.”

“Please do not take drivers ed advice from Jemmy.” Jaxson sauntered up to us with a wide grin. He clapped his hands together. “Where’s the ski shop? Because I need to get on the slopes ASAP!”

“We need to get settled in and help set up the brain’s equipment,” Troy reminded him as he stretched his arms up over his head, his tan skin and happy trail peeking out.

I couldn’t even pretend to not stare. They were still able to turn me on every day. I couldn’t get enough of them. The more I got to know them and the more our relationships grew the more I wanted—no I needed them.

Wanna find the hot tub? Troy asked in my head with a cocky little grin.

I couldn’t resist the urge to stick my tongue out at him. To drown you in, I teased back.

If we get in the hot tub, the only time I’ll be in danger of drowning is if I’m under water, worshiping that sweet space between your legs. He gave me a suggestive wink.