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Fucking. Swoon.
I've literally melted into a pile ofswoononto this dirty tiled floor.
I clear my throat. "Thank you for helping her. I'm going to see if I can find something for her to eat before the party tonight."
He looks up at me, thrown out of the bubble we created in the bathroom. Narrowing his eyes, he says, "Yeah, okay. I'll see you in a bit."
I turn to walk out of the bathroom when he calls my name. "Yeah?" I ask.
"You need to quit fighting the inevitable. This is happening. Any more push and pull from you and I might have to show everyone in this club house what's really going on between us."
I narrow my eyes. "You wouldn't dare.” I seethe. “They already know, anyway."
He digs his cigarette pack out of his pocket and tapson it. A cigarette slides out, and he places it between his puckered lips. They pout, full and pink and damn kissable. “There isn’t much I wouldn’t do, Ivy. Mostly when it comes to you. Haven’t you realized that by now?” He lets out a little chuckle, lighting up his cigarette and walking away from me. “See you in a bit, baby.”
Asshole.I pout, walking towards the kitchen with Lilah.
I pass Violet on my way, hanging her fifth box of Halloween decorations throughout the clubhouse.
Yes, Halloween. We won’t be here for the actual holiday, as we’ll be traveling to Mexico. We need to be in Salvatierra by Día de los Muertos if they want to get Santiago in time. Which means we have to leave tomorrow. But, according to Violet, they throw a party every year. The sluttiest Jessie’s come out to play on Halloween, so I can internally admit that a part of my mood today is having to deal with the hoes tonight.Notlooking forward to it.
“Do you need help?” I ask Violet. She’s standing up on a ladder and trying to hang string lights above the mechanic garage. She looks one gust of air away from toppling over.
“No,” she huffs, “I’m fine. But if you see West, tell him to get his ass over here, okay?”
“Okay.” I heft Lilah higher on my hip as I walk in through the door that leads to the bar area. Haley has gotten used to Lilah by now, usually having some small lunch already prepared for her. I feel guilty every time, and tell her I can make my own food, but she simply rolls her eyes and waves me off. I told Aziel about it, and he told me Haley is a little possessive over her kitchen. She doesn’t like other people cooking in there, I guess, and he thinks she likes taking care of some people in the only way she knows how.
Violet must have already decorated in here. The bar is littered with skulls and lights and creepy decorations. Heavy metal music plays softly through the speakers, although I’m sure a few hours from now it will be so loud I’ll be able to hear the words in the pit of my chest.
Haley sees me, and she’s already dressed up as a candy skull. She wears black leather pants and a long sleeve, black shirt. With heels on her feet and her hair in loose curls, she looks young and beautiful, instead of her usual tired, worn out self.
Her makeup is perfect. The white paint on her face pales her skin, and the black detailing around her eyes and cheeks perfect the look. She has some red painted in there, popping in and out of her makeup, and I can barely do anything but stare.
“Hey, Lilah. I made you one of my famous grilled cheese sandwiches.”
“Wow, Haley. You look awesome.” I balk, still staring at her as I set Lilah down on one of the bar stools.
She smiles. “Thanks, Ivy. What’re you wearin’ tonight?”
I shake my head. “Oh, um, I’m not really planning to wear anything. I figure I’ll just pop down for a little bit after Lilah goes to sleep.”
Haley laughs at me. “Have you looked around?” She waves her hand throughout the room. “Violet takes this holidayveryseriously. You’ll be dressing up. She makes us all dress up.”
“But I don’t have anything to wear. I don’t have any costumes.”
She pours a glass of milk from the refrigerator and sets it in front of Lilah. “Violet has a closet full of costumes. She’ll have something for you to wear.”
I want to sigh, or maybe run up to my room and hide there the entire night. I don’t really want to dress up and I certainly don’t want to hang around a ton of Jessie’s tonight.
“Haley?” I ask, sliding onto the stool next to Lilah. The bar top in front of me is shined so completely I can almost see my reflection. Come to think of it, this place is the cleanest I think I’ve ever seen it.
They really must take this holiday seriously.
“Yeah?” She grunts, some of her usual gruff exterior shining through.
“Is this party thing really big? I heard Pascal and Cassius talking about a ton of Jessie’s coming tonight.”
She pauses wiping down some glasses and looks up at me. “This party is big. The biggest one of the year. There will be a ton of people.” She sees the look on my face. “Don’t worry, I’ll make sure Charlie and the other prospects keep Lilah safe all night. I’ll have someone guard the door and check in on her every so often.
