Matt’s POV
I couldn’t keep the grin of my face, now that we were official. Even though I saw Sara sometimes spacing off, like she was again thinking too much into everything, I made it official.
I wanted everyone to know that she was mine, and I would do exactly that tonight.

What a better way to let everyone know she and I belonged together than the BBQ tonight?!
I mean, hello… having all my friends at my house, while I could openly show my affection and put a claim on the woman beside me, wasn’t that a win win situation?!
For me, sure thing.

“What are you grinning about, Mr. Sanders?” Sara asked and I pulled her a little closer to my side.
“Well… I was thinking about the BBQ tonight, having all my friends around me, having you by my side, what a better way to celebrate the evening, right?” I said looking down on her and showing her my dimples.

She smiled up to me and I couldn’t resist giving her a quick kiss, and that quick kiss turned into a longer one, and then I had my arms wrapped around her and was about to lift her up when she pulled away from me.

“Matt, stop… we still need to do some shopping!” Sara pushed against my chest and I sighed heavily, “Why do you always have to be right?” I let my head hang low and slowly let her out of my embrace.
“But let’s hurry, the sooner we are back the more time we have for other activities” I grinned and Sara rolled her eyes “You don’t think that we will just buy some beer and that’s it, right? We gotta set up your home for the BBQ, if we are doing this at your home, we gotta do it the right way. We need cups, we need some decorations and-” I didn’t even hear the end of the sentence because I had already lost the battle anyway and Sara dragged me into the store.

We filled our cart with different kind of drinks, she showed me what she and Amy would like to drink, I told her everything would be fine for the guys, but she wouldn’t let go so I had to detail it for her.
After a good hour our cart was completely filled and my wallet empty.

I packed everything into the trunk and we drove home carefully. When I thought we could have a nice time after we got all the goodies into my home, I was sooo wrong, because then Sara really started. She began to rearrange, she began to decorate and was sending me back and forth to help her.
I was decorating, then pushing my couch away, she was cleaning and I shook my head at how fast the time was really flying by.

“Babe, Sara… sweetie… It’s fine now, really. We won’t be spending that much time in my home, believe me, my pool and the beach, that’s where the main event happens, okay?” I grabbed her shoulders and tried to stop the tsunami of a woman.

“But everyone will arrive here, right? And everyone will go through here, right? And everyone will use your bathroom, your kitchen, right?” She looked at me as if to say, ‘I told you so’ and I just rolled my eyes.

“Fine, yes… but you don’t have to do all this, it’s fine. You made more effort for all this then we did for all our parties together” I tried to make her understand but Sara just waved me away and I chuckled.

I couldn’t say much to change her mind anyway could I?! “When will everyone be here?” Sara asked and I looked at my phone.
I saw Brian’s message that he informed everyone but the Berry, because he couldn’t reach them and I should try.

“They should be here in about 2 hours, I gotta make a quick call though”
“2 HOURS?!” Sara looked shocked and I frowned, what was she thinking it was nearly five, so… we had worked and did shopping for damn more than three hours now?!
Shit and I had so much better things in mind while we had been home… but two hours was still enough time for that I had in mind.

“Don’t give me that look! I need to check my mails from work and then get ready, and you set up all the drinks and cups, and then you gotta check the music… Oh I love to organize” Sara rambled on and before I could reach for her she was out of my sight again and I had to chuckle. I did notice she loved to have control, just in bed she did like to be dominated, and that I liked very much, even though right now it doesn’t seem like I would get a chance on any of it…

I dialed Matt Berry’s number and after a while he picked up “What’s up?” He answered and I replied immediately “2 Hours, my house BBQ, let your brother know”
“Will do, see you” His answer was quickly as well and we both hung up, that’s how men do that, not talking about for the entire day, just few words and everything was settled…

“Sara?!” Did she just say that she wanted to check her mails? That really would mean I wouldn’t be seeing her or have any sexy time before the party would start.
I quickly moved after her and knocked on the door to her room, I heard her voice and slowly opened the door.

“Sara-“ I stopped when she held her hand up and I noticed she was talking on her phone.
Her laptop open and she began to pace before the bed “Yeah, I know… Hmm… a project proposal?!” She looked at her screen and began pacing again “Tomorrow by noon? Yes, should work… Yes, sure. Okay” She nodded a few times before she said goodbye and hung up.

“Is something wrong?” She asked when she still saw me standing there “Well, yeah… can’t you postpone that working to some other time? I thought you could get undressed in my room and we pick out something sexy to wear for you together” I wiggled my eyebrows and Sara chuckled “I would love to do that, but I need to do some working. I already postponed it a lot and I need to get ready soon as well… and if I start fooling around with you now, I know I won’t be doing anything by the end of the day.” That right there sounded like the best plan ever, how had this woman so much resistance?

I walked towards her and she backed a step away until her back hit the wall and I was standing right before her.
“Don’t you want to think about that again” I whispered in her ear, my lips brushing her ear shell and she inhaled deeply. “I can’t think when you are so close” She nearly moaned and wasn’t that a sexy little noise she made?!

“Then let me come a little closer still and make you forget all about work and everything else, you know I can do that… and you also know you would like that!” I growled while placing two hands besides Sara’s head and leaning down to her.

I inhaled her unique smell and closed my eyes for a moment. I heard some rustling of clothes and a smile was beginning to form on my lips, because I hoped Sara would finally give in to my advances, I knew we didn’t have much time before the guests would arrive, but a little time we could make.

I opened my eyes and found the spot where Sara just stood empty and I groaned, letting my head hit the wall with a thump. “Do you really want to make me stay away from you all night? Until everyone leaves? You know I can’t handle that, not after I just made you admit we belong together!” I yelled because I saw the door ajar, knowing Sara was fleeing before me.

“If we start that now, we won’t be done by the time the guests arrive. Now do as I told you and prepare the rest and then get ready, I promise to reward you with a stunning outfit and I plan to make up for it tonight, how does that sound?” Sara asked, her head peeking into the room her blonde mane falling to the side and I sighed heavily.

“But only because you asked me so nicely, and you better prepare something good for me! Because I am starving for a taste of you, and I can’t promise to stay away from you all the time, just be prepared that if I see a chance I will take it!” I growled and sprinted towards her, I grabbed her face in my hands and kissed her hungrily giving her a taste of what was waiting for her, even though I admired how strong she was holding her position, I would still like her to give in… but again, I was a predator, and if I would later see my chance I would fucking take it, and wasn’t that all part of the game?!

Amy’s POVEverything was going perfectly during the shopping but I couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was following us and that someone was paying way too much attention to Brian and me, and I was right.

And as if that wasn’t enough, the whole scene would have nearly gotten out of hand. I had never seen Brian react the way he did with this reporter.
Even though I would have really enjoyed Brian telling that woman and camera man to go to hell, I knew it would only make our situation worse.

So even when the words they were throwing at me hurt and I really had to swallow my pride I tried to calm Brian down and made him look at me.
I tried to get him back to my side, to the here and now, to us and not paying attention to any other people.

And finally I succeeded, I quickly pulled Brian together with our cart to the register and ignored all the foul comments and flashes of light that were directed at us.
We packed everything into the car and I saw Brian was still fuming with rage, he had tried to suppress it, for me, but he still looked like he would want to rip someone apart, I was just glad his anger wasn’t directed at me… or was it?!

Was he maybe angry because I was the cause of all this? Was he maybe just trying not to show it before all these people?!
When we were in the car and he let the engine roar to life he punched the steering wheel hard.
“FUCK! FUCK FUCK FUCK!” He yelled and then closed his eyes in frustration and I tried to make myself as small as possible.

Maybe I really was right and he was upset, maybe I shouldn’t have dragged our shopping on and on, he said we were done, why didn’t I listen to him… Maybe I enjoyed it way more than he had, and I was being selfish…

“I-I- I’m sorry” I said quietly while Brian had stopped punching the steering wheel and went back to driving, but when he heard me his head snapped over to me and away from the street.
“What?” He snapped then he quickly looked to the road and back at me, his features softening.
“What are you sorry about?” He said his voice a lot softer and I swallowed thickly.
“What happened… if it wasn’t for me, they wouldn’t have bothered you…” I stammered a little and sighed, why did everything have to be so freaking complicated with us?!

“You thought- wait” Brian suddenly stopped the car at the side of the road and turned fully to me.
“You thought I was mad at you? Because you caused this?” He asked his voice full of surprise and astonishment.

I slowly nodded and looked over his shoulder out of the window because I knew I couldn’t meet his eyes, didn’t want to see the anger there still.
“God Amy, are you fucking kidding me?!” He demanded and then his hands landed on my face, his thumb on my chin directed my head to look at him, no way on looking somewhere else anymore.

“I.am.not.mad.at.you!” He said, every word slowly spoken and he made sure my eyes stayed on him. “But- ” I started but before I could say anything else he shook his head and his lips landed on mine.
“Not mad at you! How could I! We are both in this, it’s not your fault… it’s them! They can’t fucking leave me alone! I mean… shit!” Brian looked completely frustrated and let his hands run through his hair.

“You know, I never had this much fun during grocery shopping than I had today with you! I normally hate this. We always let Johnny do the BBQ shopping or Arin because he is the new guy… but with you today, I didn’t feel like a bad thing. I really enjoyed it…” Brian let his fingers ghost across my cheek and I couldn’t help but shiver at his light touch.

“I was just mad at them… at those people ruining our fun, ruining the great time we had. That’s why all this got a little out of hand… not because I was mad at you, how can you even think that?! Didn’t I show you that we are both in this? The Haners remember?” He tipped his ring to mine and I chuckled.

Wasn’t it kinda sad that I wanted this to be real, why wasn’t it real? I shook my head, don’t start it Amy! Get a fucking grip!

“I know, I just thought-” But again Brian shook his head, “Don’t think with that-” He tipped a finger against my temple and then “Think with this” he let the finger trail down to my left breast were my heart was hidden. Even though this movement wasn’t meant sexually, my body took this as a sign for wanting him yet again and even more.

I licked my lips and Brian’s eyes had this faraway glance in them, sometimes he had that, I noticed but still I hadn’t figured out what that exactly meant. Then he shook his head a little and turned away, the spell broken between us and he quickly pulled the car back in the road without saying a word and left me completely confused and hot, yet again.

When we arrived home, Brian and I quickly unpacked the necessary things and then we both vanished to get ready. I had no idea what to think, what did he mean with thinking with my heart? Was that a sign, or did he just mean it as not always to overthink everything?!

Why was this man so confusing and why did he always make me want more!? How would I stand the entire evening with him being so close and yet so far away?! With his closest friends around?!
Maybe I should find a moment to talk to Zacky, maybe he could clue me in some more?!

And I really had to talk to Sara again, maybe she knew something more and Matt had told her something?! I definitely had to tell her about the incident at the shopping! Maybe we even had to tell Larry?! How would their manager react to that?!

I put the final touch on my make-up and tried to put my hair up in some trendy fashioned way and regretted again that Sara wasn’t here. I wasn’t good at all this. I would really need some more of her tips for this. I mean didn’t they plan to take some pictures to leak them to the press?
I sighed, and turned around in the dress thinking this would do. I had a bikini underneath it because Brian told me we were at the beach and Matt also had a pool, so I wanted to be prepared for all occasions.

When I was done I quickly checked my phone and saw a missed call from my parents and from James. Damn, I already forgot about work… and I tried to push away the whole talk to my parents.
Sara was right, even though I pushed it away… I had to come clean with my parents, it would be better if they heard it from me than from any news station.

I would call them tomorrow, maybe Brian had an idea on how to ease them into the topic? Maybe… what am I thinking, he wasn’t talking to his parents just like I did… damn… I really had to figure something out and quick!

I dialed James number to get at least one call behind me. “Hey Amy, how are you?” James voice sounded after the second ring and I smiled.
“I’m good, thank you. I’m sorry I didn’t call you before.” I apologized and heard a sigh.
“I know, you and your… husband must be busy” His voice sounded strange when he said that and I frowned a little.

“Yes, we settled in and are already on our way again, but I wanted to give you a quick call back” I said and was only greeted by silence.
“James?” I asked again and then heard some papers rustling “Yeah, sorry… I need your help, the case I told you about… can we set up a telephone conference for tomorrow? So I can prepare you and we can discuss the details?” James asked and I nodded “Sure, what time?”

I tried to find a piece of paper to write on “Tomorrow around three?” He asked and heard him type something on the computer. “Okay, three, you call me? On the laptop?” I asked and heard some more typing. “Yes, video conference would be best, so we have a date?” James voice sounded like he was smiling. My door opened and I saw Brian leaning at the doorframe “Are you ready, babe?!” He saw the phone in my hand and lifted his eyebrow.

“Yes, we have. See you tomorrow” I said to James and hung up before taking my time to take in Brian’s appearance, he looked damn good, a dress shirt, the first buttons open, his sleeves rolled up exposing his tattoos and at the same time he was looking me up and down “You look amazing”

“So do you” I replied a little husky and he gave me that typical smirk of his and then motioned to my phone “Who are you going to see tomorrow?”
“Oh I just arranged a conference call with my boss… about the case…” I said and saw Brian’s features immediately harden “Really?”
I rolled my eyes “I still need to earn some money, Brian… but now let’s not talk about business, let’s head over to the BBQ, cause I’m starving!”

Notes

There you guys go! Last chapter of the week...
We might have to go cut down on the updates a little for a while, because I (Kim) am starting my new job monday :-)

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