Surviving (Surrender 2)

The view from our condo is ocean front, and we are the only ones here so I take advantage and pull her to the balcony.

“You know how much I love you right?” I ask while kissing her neck.

“I think so.”

“You gonna marry me in two days?”

“Without a doubt.”

“You want to go downstairs and christen our room before your brother gets here in a few hours?”

“Yes.”

I lift her up and kiss her gently, but she pushes against me for more. By dick rages at her touch, but I want her in our bed. I start walking towards the door but stop when I see a very angry James staring through the sliding glass. My dad is behind him grinning widely.

“Fuck, our parents are here and your dad looks like he wants to kill me.”

She throws her head against my shoulder and laughs. “You better put me down. Looks like we’re hanging with the parents.”

For the next few hours, we tour the island. When we get back to the condo, Raven takes her mom and Mrs. Black for a walk on the beach to show them the mansion she saw last time we were here. My guys were at the pool, so Dad, James and I joined them and drank beer. Raven picked up some food to throw on the grill tonight since it was too confusing to try and go out to dinner.

The rest of our friends arrive after six, and I see Robbie holding Ember’s hand when they walk in. I try not to smirk, but he’s got it bad. Coming from me, who is as pussy-whipped as they come, I notice the signs. She chooses the room with twin beds, and I watch him sigh but place their bags in the room. When he catches my eye, I smile letting him know he’s not fooling me.

Dinner is simple, and we sit around eating and making plans for tomorrow. Raven’s mom made a spa appointment for all the bridesmaids and included Ember. The guys are going to the beach. I’m trying to figure out how to get Raven out of here when I catch the tail end of Harper’s conversation.

“What was that?” I ask her.

“We were talking about tonight. We’re taking Raven into town to a bar tonight. We didn’t have a chance to do a Bachelorette party yet.” Harper answers.

Hell No! I’m about to verbally squash this idea when Robbie speaks up.

“Yeah, man, I think that’s a good idea. We’ll hang here.”

I open my mouth to argue, but he cuts his eyes back and forth so I know he has a plan. “Okay, that’s cool.” Everyone looks at me strangely because they expected me to argue. But I’m trusting Robbie. I shrug and drink my beer trying to act normal.

We clean our mess, and everyone goes their separate ways. We say goodnight to all the parents. The girls all go to get ready, and I hang back with the guys.

“Robbie, you better have a plan because there is no fucking way I want Raven out tonight without me doing god knows what.”

“Hell yeah, I have a plan. Play it cool until they leave. Then we’ll be thirty minutes behind them. Finn and I can trace Raven’s phone to where they are. No fucking way those girls are out on the town in a strange city. Fuck, it’s bad enough Ember specifically chose a room with two beds, but no way her ass is out with that crew again without me.”

“Sweet and wholesome man, I told you.”

“Shut the fuck up.” He laughs but gives me a small smile.

We sit around for another hour shooting the shit until Finn whistles beside me.

“Dec, before you lose your shit, remember we have a plan. Don’t fucking go crazy.”

I turn around and spit out the beer in my mouth. Raven and the girls are walking towards us looking like a fucking wet dream. All of them, even Charlie, look like models. Every one of them has on a skimpy dress and sky high heels.

“Lookin’ good ladies. Want an escort?” Nate asks.

“No, thanks, we just wanted to say goodbye and tell y’all not to wait up for us.” Kendall tells us as she walks up to Brian and gives him a kiss.

Gabe snatches Harper’s hands and pulls her over to the side fuming. Raven comes to me and gives me a short kiss and then turns back to her friends. If I didn’t know that we’d be half an hour behind them, I would drag her upstairs and show her exactly what I think of her outfit.

When they finally leave, I jump up and head to our condo. The guys follow behind me. When we get inside, I almost cry. On the dining room table are seven cell phones lying there with a note.