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“Great, now you woke her up too!” Brock snapped, slapping Valerio in the chest.
On the floor was my drying rack, in three separate pieces. It wasn’tsupposedto be in three pieces, but it could easily be put back together.
“You brought all my stuff?” I gasped.
“Everything we saw,” affirmed Brock. He was wearing a sleeveless Tee that was covered in dirt and dust. It also showed off his massive arms. “All your equipment, all your finished pieces. The stuff you pre-packed is in boxes now, over there,” he pointed.
“Oh my God,” I said incredulously. “I didn’t even realize I had this much stuff!”
“Yeah, well we took it all,” said Kade. “Every last thing in every drawer, in every room. We even raided your fridge, although there wasn’t much to raid.”
“And we left the milk,” Valerio said, wrinkling his nose. “Youknowthat milk was rancid, right?”
I shook my head mechanically. I couldn’t believe it.
“Sorry if we overstepped a little,” said Brock, “but we didn’t want you going back there with that dickhead there. We figured it would be easier if we just did the job for you. Besides, looks like you needed the rest more than—”
“He wasthere?” I asked. “Drake?”
“You mean the smug little asshole who wrestled us over the TV set, yes,” said Valerio. “He was there.”
“And… what did he say?”
“We told him we were the moving crew,” said Brock. “And had instructions to takeeverything. He fought us on a few things, like the silverware and that flat-panel in the living room. But ultimately…”
Kade reached into the truck and pulled out the giant 72-inch flat panel television Drake had ‘bought’ me for my birthday. The one he watched all his stupid golf tournaments on.
“You got the television,” I smirked.
“Hell yeah we did,” Kade asserted. “The mounting brackets, too. We took the night-lights from the outlets, and the picture hooks from the fucking walls. By the time we left it looked like the Grinch that Stole Christmas.”
At that, Brock snickered. Valerio outright laughed.
“And the last speck of food that we left in the house was a crumb that was even too small for a mouse!”
I laughed too. It was hysterical.
“Holy shit.”
I took a deep breath, and realized a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders. I’d been dreading seeing Drake again. And now, thanks to the boys, I didn’t have to.
“We’re pretty sure we got everything,” Brock said, folding his arms. “If we missed anything though…”
“No,” I said looking around. “If you took my whole studio—”
“We did.”
“Then that’s all that matters!”
I ran to them, hugging them each as hard as I could. The hugs turned into kisses. The kisses would’ve turned even more fiery, if I wasn’t freezing my ass off in the driveway between the house and the garage.
“You’re shivering,” Brock said, holding me in his arms. “Get inside and let us finish up here.”
“Oh, and can you order pizza?” Valerio asked, rubbing his hands together. “There’s a phone number for Gina’s on the fridge.”
As cold as it was, I felt a warmth from within. It was the warmth of acceptance, of camaraderie. Of being not just a part of their lives, but of theirhome,too.
“Meatball,” Kade grunted, hefting a stack of three boxes.
