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“Oh my God. What are you guys doing?” she squeaked, but Ares continued to smile beside her. He chuckled.
“You fuckers,” Ares said while Wells yelled at his ass to get in here with us, and Bru was beside him doing the same. I found myself cheering too, pumping my fist.
“Come on, big. What are you, a wuss!” I called out, using his nickname the others had thought was hilarious when they’d heard it. I think my twin brother was regretting letting me name him anything, but he’d get over it. “Come on in. The water’s fine.”
Ares didn’t look like he wanted to, but in the end, he literally let his hair down. He tugged his ebony locks free, those crazy curls of his flying everywhere. He shrugged his jacket off, then side-flipped into the pool with everyone else. He came to the surface, laughing with the rest of us, and on the deck, Thatcher was attempting to get his sister to join the party. He had the little rabbit by the arm, guiding her while she smacked at him.
“No way. You guys are crazy,” she said, folding her arms, and Thatcher must have been over it because he left her and jumped into the pool. He went straight for Wells, taking the platinum blond with him underwater. They came up, and Wells was on Thatcher’s back, punching at his ass, which had Dorian, Ares, Bru, and me roaring.
“Come on, Bow!” I called out to her. This party wasn’t anything without her, and the others joined to help me get her out here. The boys coached her on while I cheered, and when the moment of decision hit her face, she pressed hands to her cheeks.
“I can’t believe I’m going to do this,” she said, completely cute when she held her little nose. She jumped, black heels, black dress, all of it, and I pumped my fist, Dorian holding me and doing the same. She came up quick, and when she did, she was laughing.
We all did.
In our own Legacy world, we splashed each other, boys dunking girls, girls dunking boys, and boys dunking each other. Eventually, we gathered a crowd when others from the party came out to see what was going on. The spectators watched on, cheering before, ultimately, joining us too. Before we all knew it, the entire pool was filled with splashing and laughter, but no one would forget who started this. This was Legacy, a coalition of family and friends, and it almost felt like a last night for antics for the group of us. It was the last chance to be a kid before everything changed for many of us with graduation and college. We got to just be us, wild and free. On this evening, we owned the night.
And what a night it was.
Epilogue
Sloane
“Ready. Set.” Wells paused, his grin cockier than hell. He loved these races. He winked at me from the start line. “Let’s get it.”
His fist dropped, and my sneakers shot me off the street, Ares’s too. Gone were the days he let me get ahead.
I didn’t need the help.
Sheer speed backing me, I pumped my arms, racing past Bru, Thatcher, Bow, and Dorian from the side lines. They all cheered from the side of the street, but the only one who had a knowing smile was my boyfriend. I’d happened to beat him in a race just this morning, my best time ever.
I was about to break that record now.
I didn’t know if Ares had let himself go in the days following graduation a few weeks ago or what, but I left him behind me, knowing I’d won this shit before I even passed the finish line. We had the line marked at the end of our parents’ street, and we were able to hold our races out here now that summer had hit. Add that to the fact the press were finally leaving us all alone and allowing us to live our lives, my twin brother and I got to finish our grudge match. I was going to beat him in a foot race before we headed off to college in the fall, and today would be the day.
I heard Ares growl right as I accomplished that very feat. I blazed past the finish line, easily a few strides ahead and immediately broke out into a dance.
“Oh, shit!” I chanted, dancing around him when he came to a stop. He had his hands on his knees, winded, but that didn’t stop me. I pressed hands to my chest. “Oh, shit. Did she just do that?”
Obviously, I was referring to myself, and I rubbed that win all up in his face as the rest of the group strode up to join us.
Grunting, Ares stood up. He tried to play it off he wasn’t completely gassed, but he had to gulp in a few breaths before looking at me. His eyes rolled. “Good job, little.”
It was better than good. I’d been training for this shit every morning since we’d graduated, a little obsessed, but I didn’t care. I wanted bragging rights and something to hold over his head.
I continued to dance around the same time my boyfriend got me around the waist. The dark prince was all grins when he picked me up, my legs looping around him.
“Fuck yeah, my girl did that,” he said, kissing me, and Ares’s eyes lifted higher.
“She had a good day,” he gritted, downplaying my win, and I smirked. Good day or not, I beat his ass.
I shot a finger at him. “I guess you were right about those genetics, bro.” It was so much easier to call him that now, normal. I smiled, hugging the dark prince. “And I did do that.”
“You did, baby.” Chuckling, Dorian braced my waist. He set me down while he proceeded to give me another congratulatory kiss, and I think Ares groaned for a different reason then.
As well as the others.
Dorian got swats at his head, and they were lucky his lips were preoccupied. I’d seen him get in street fights with his friends over less. Especially whenever Thatcher or Wells got flirty. They still liked to poke and tease me because they were horny fucks. I took it in good stride, knowing their personalities now. That was just their way, but whenever they did, they made sure to stop before Dorian came around. They’d gotten more than one punch to the gut for it.
