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Sabine
six weekslater
"Tristan, you do realize that I might have company, right?" I peer at him as he stands at my door.
I love that my family is trying their hardest to bring me into the fold, but now I feel like it's getting a bit ridiculous. They show up at my house whenever they want to. They call me at ridiculous times in the morning or night for strange things like they just wanted to talk to me and even though as it's happening its funny now it's starting to get annoying. I didn't have any company today, but it's astonishing how none of them have caught Trey here in the house yet.
"Yeah, I know, but then you'd actually have to admit that you have someone that you're interested in and then that means you'd have to admit that your heart isnt as cold as you'd like the world to believe. You'd never do that, so...I think that I'm safe."
He shrugs and pushes his way into my house.
"You know you get on my nerves, right?" I say as he walks in my kitchen and pulls out some left over take out food that I was intending to eat for dinner.
"Of course I know I annoy you, that's what brothers are for." he shoots me a wink and I let out a heavy sigh as I shut the door, reserved to the fact that I'm not going to get any peace and quiet today.
After raiding my fridge and telling me about his day for the next two-hours, Tristan decides his visit is complete, and he leaves just as quickly as he came. Listening to my brother bitch and moan about the rest of my family was draining enough that I would have been happy to just go to sleep right there and then, but I know Trey should be coming in any minute.
We've been getting much closer, and he is becoming more apart of my nightly routine than I like to think about. There was a night last week when he had to stay home because of an early morning work situation. I didn't get more than a few minutes sleep. I'm used to having him around now. Not that I mind. If he asked me to move in together, I think I would be just fine with it. That's saying a lot from someone who promised myself that I'd never get close to someone else again.
The bell on my door rings and I hurry over to the peephole to make sure it's indeed Trey. When I see his handsome face, I feel the familiar butterflies inside.. Even after this time, he's still able to get me to feel giddy with him.
"Hey babe."
'Hey beautiful." he says as I open up the door, and he leans down to give me a kiss on the mouth. He walks in, basically dragging himself through the apartment. Whatever he had to do at work today was enough to wipe him out.
"Tell me about your day, love.He says as he plops down on the couch and hits the cushion next to him, so I can sit down beside him.
Even on his worst day he always makes sure I get everything that I need. I've never seen anyone who is so attentive to my needs, even though it's obvious that he's the one who needs tending to today.
"NO, sir, not tonight. You look dead on your feet. I'm taking care of you today." I place my hands on my hips and stand in front of him.
"Sabine, I'm fine. Just a long day., All I want is to be here with you and relax a bit. I like hearing about your day. Come talk to me." he pats the couch again, and I sit next to him, shaking my head at his stubbornness.
"You're never going to just let me take care of you the way you take care of me, are you?"
"You do more for me than you realize Sabine, It's me who doesn't deserve everything you give me. Stop stalling, come talk to me." He smirks s at me and I go into the narrative of my day.
Over the past few weeks, I've really opened up to Trey about myself, admitting that I own the club and about my family. I even tell him about losing my mother and how it really affected me. I didn't tell him the really gruesome parts about me being under the bed when it happened but I give him enough to know that I was really broken up about it.
No matter what it is I tell him he's always there to give me what I need, even if it's just a shoulder to lean on.
I'm so surprised with how easy it comes to trusting myself with him., I don't have to filter who I am or how I react and no matter what he always understands me. I really feel like Trey might just be the one for me..
After I tell him about my day and about Tristan showing up unannounced we lay on the couch and watch a bit of TV. He lays his head in my lap and I use my fingers to comb through his thick strands of hair. He's knocked out before we even get to the first commercial and even though he's heavy, and I'm uncomfortable, I don't want to move. This is the best spot in the world.
* * *
I hustleto get to the small restaurant near the club so I can meet up with Nicholas. It's been a while since he's been here, and I wanted to check up with him about everything going on over there in Shreveport. It sucks not having him around, but there was no way that were going to have one of the family business so far away and not have someone we trust to looking in on it. At least I know with Nicholas, everything will be taken care of when I'm not there.
With the new businesses taking off down here, I'm not able to go up there and check things out how I want to.
'I'm sorry I'm late." I blurt out the second I see him standing there at the door waiting for me.
"What are you talking about? You're two minutes early." he laughs and we go into the small diner to be seated.
"So, how are things going up there in Shreveport? I see you all but moved up there." I start the conversation when we sit and have a glass of water in front of us.
