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She shrugged again, her cheeks turning pink. “We can’t help what the heart wants, I guess. Have you seen Piper?” she asked, quickly changing the subject.
I scanned the backyard, finding her standing with Meadow and the twins. “She’s over there.”
“Oh okay.” Gigi shook her head. “I didn’t even know she was here yet. We had to make a stop at The Dove Project. One of the pipes burst. The guys couldn’t get there quick enough, so Piper and I were dealing with it.” She laughed lightly. “That was fun.”
“I bet it was. Tell me something.” I leaned forward. “Why doesn’t Luna want to work there? She’s good at what she does there. She loves helping those women.”
“She does but I don’t think it’s what she wants to do in life.” Gigi ran her fingers through her long dark hair before pulling it over one shoulder.
“What do you mean?” Luna had said the same thing, but I never got any more information out of her.
“I mean just that.” Gigi shrugged. “Luna isn’t like the rest of us. She wants more. She wants to be able to give what she knows to someone else. She wants a…”
“What? What does she want?” I would give it to her. Whatever it was.
“A baby, Zach.” Gigi sighed. “She wants a baby.”
My dick twitched. Every alpha instinct in me, boomed. A baby. She wanted a fucking baby.
Gigi laughed. “I can see by the expression on your face, you had no idea.”
I swallowed hard. Opening my mouth to speak, I snapped it shut when I realized I had no idea what to even say to that. Luna and I had known each other since we were kids. And this thing between us was new, fresh, and way too damn soon to even consider having kids. But if that were the case, why the hell did it just sound so…perfect?
“Listen.” Gigi moved to the empty spot beside me. “Whatever happens, just don’t hurt her. She’s been in love with you since we were kids. I know I know.” Gigi fluttered a hand in front of her. “It’s only a crush but we’re not stupid.” She glanced up at me then. “She loves you, Zach. And I know her father is against this whole thing too. Hell, all of our fathers are. You boys have it easy. You can date and fuck whoever you want.”
“Meadow doesn’t seem to have a problem getting whoever she wants,” I said, finally able to speak after the blow that was laid on me.
“My sister is one of the lucky ones. She just doesn’t care. She’s always been that way.” Gigi laughed. “I’m jealous.”
“That makes two of us. Not that I’ve ever really cared what anyone thought but…” Having to deal with a grumpy overprotective father held me back. Although, I wasn’t sure if Luna could handle everything I wanted to do to her.
“I know her dad is crazy protective.” Gigi patted my hand and stood. “Prove to him that you are good enough for his daughter and he might just leave you both alone. And please be careful and for the love of God, do something about this thing between you two before Ashton does.” She shook her head and walked away.
Looked like everyone knew about Ashton. Probably more so than I did.
After Gigi left me to stew in my own thoughts, I headed into the house to see if any help was needed.
“Ladies,” I greeted.
“Zach.” Jay smiled, reaching her arms out.
I chuckled, wrapping her up in a hug.
“How are you?” she asked, leaning back but keeping her hands on my shoulders. “You good? Your mom said that you’ve been working a lot.”
“I have but I’m doing well. This company won’t run itself,” I joked, absentmindedly hooking an arm around Max’s shoulders as she came up beside me.
“You’ve been working out.” Piper’s mom, Max, patted my stomach. “Or your parents aren’t feeding you enough.”
“Leave him alone. The boys are active. All of them are.” Jay laughed. “You’re just jealous because Dale’s letting himself go.”
“He is not,” Max cried, stepping away from me and placing her hands on her hips. “He’s still hard as—”
“On that note.” I slowly backed away before I could hear any more about how hard Piper’s father was in any capacity.
While Jay and Max continued to playfully argue, I quickly went to the bathroom. When I was done, I was about to head back out into the hall, when I heard voices. Slowly opening the door, I found my mom standing with Stone out in the hallway. I inched the door closed a little more but kept an ear against it. I shouldn’t have been eavesdropping, but I was curious.
“You care to tell me why you’re giving my son a hard time, Stone?”
