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Destiny felt a Jackson chuckle at his husband’s words. She giggled a little bit at Eli’s statement, as well. It was a pretty good feeling knowing that this wasn’t something they could take away from her and Jessa.

“I’m sorry, Eli. I know that we should have stayed inside, but Jessa doesn’t like to be told what to do without a good reason.You never said why we had to stay inside, just that we were to wait there.”

Destiny watched Eli nod at her words. She hoped that he understood what she was trying to say. She didn’t want to make excuses, but this was all new to them and they wouldn’t change who they were just because there were new men in their lives.

“I see. You’re right that I didn’t tell you why you needed to stay inside, but there will be times that one of us will give you a direction and we expect you to follow it, without any complaints.” Jackson spoke.

Eli followed up his statement saying, “There will be other times where you might know the reason, but no matter what, if we are telling you to do something it’s because we have your best interest at heart.”

Destiny nodded her head before turning to look at Jessa. She could once again see the internal battle she was battling.

“I don’t know if I can handle not knowing the reason for the directions you give us,” Jessa finally whispered. Des knew that this would be a constant struggle for her sister. “I understand that, Little Bear. You can always ask for the reason, but that doesn’t always mean you will get one. Just know that we have you and your sister's best interests at heart and would never tell you to do something that wasn’t important for you to do.”

Destiny slid from Jackson’s lap and walked over to where her sister stood, wrapping her up in a bear hug, “It will be okay J, we can do this.” There was a presence at her back before she felt the strong arms of both Eli and Jackson wrap them up in their warm embrace.

Turning to face the guys as they stepped back, Destiny waited to see what would happen next. “There won’t be any more discussion about this, nor will you get into trouble, since neither of us knew that Jessa struggled with this, but know that nexttime you both disobey a direction that was given to you there will be consequences. Understood?”

“Yes, Sir” both girls muttered out. “Good girls, now are you ready to head to brunch?”

Nodding their heads quickly, both girls allowed the men to usher them towards the car after saying a quick goodbye to Rae and Emmett. It was time to finally see exactly what the men wanted with them.

CHAPTER TWELVE

ELI

Eli loved that the girls were already testing the limits. It showed that they trust them and that’s one of the most important things in this relationship.

He couldn’t help but feel nerves settling deep inside as he turned the car into the parking lot of Dahlia’s Diner. The local ma and pop diner was the best around. Eli and Jackson tried to visit at least once a month, sometimes more if they had the opportunity.

Eli was excited to share the diner with the girls and hoped that there would be many breakfast or dinner meals there in the future. Ushering the girls inside, the men directed them towards the back of the restaurant towards the booth that they always sat in if it was available.

After helping Jessa and Destiny sit on one side, Eli allowed Jackson to slide in first before situating himself to be able to watch the diner and the door. He didn’t think that anything would happen at the diner, but he would never take their safety for granted.

“Well, look what the cat dragged in,” Dahlia stated as she stepped up to the table with menus in hand. “Good morning, Dahlia. It’s so good to see you.” Jackson replied.

“Who do we have here?” She asked, turning and looking at the twins. “Dahlia, this is Jessa and Destiny. You know their sister, Raelyn,” Eli spoke, pointing to each girl. “We are hoping they are going to pity these old men and allow us to spoil and love them. This is our first date out,” He continued. There was no reason to hide their intentions with the girls, especially if they continued to have meals here. Eli had no intention of hiding how he felt about each girl and he knew Jackson would feel the same.

Ivory Mountain is full of very open minded people and relationships that are out of the norm. Eli knew that no one would bat an eye at them being together here. At least that’s what he hoped for.

The table grew silent after he dropped the bomb about their future relationship. “I think that’s wonderful and I hope it works out the best for you all. Now, what would everyone like to drink?” Dahlia asked before heading off to fill their request.

Eli sat and just watched the girls. He knows that they didn’t expect him to tell her their business, but he wasn’t in the habit of hiding things and he wasn’t going to start now. “Alright girls, I’m sure that you have plenty of questions. Feel free to ask anything. There will be no secrets between us.” Eli said, turning towards Jackson and smiling before turning back towards their future.

“Uh, well…we did have questions but right now I can’t think of a single one.” Jessa murmured. “I knew this would happen, so I made sure to write down all the questions that we had.” Destiny spoke up after a minute.

Eli grinned, leave it to their Little girl to be so prepared knowing that this would happen. It made him fall for her just a little bit more. He watched as Des brought out a small notebook and flipped to a page. Eli was honestly a little shocked that it wasn’t as filled with questions as he expected it to be.

There seems to only be a handful of questions. He meant what he said though, there would be no secrets and anything thegirls wanted to know was up for discussion. Jackson and him didn’t do secrets in their relationship and that wouldn’t start now.

“Okay, number one. Where did you guys meet?”

Eli looked towards Jackson indicating that he could take this first question. It was his story more than it was Eli’s. “I’ll answer that one with just a tad bit of back story,” Jackson said.

“I grew up in a very conservative household. One that didn’t support anything that went against the so-called normal. My parents would have had a fit to find out their son was battling with their sexuality growing up. So, I hid and played the part that they wanted me to and buried a part of myself that I grew to resent. Fast forward to college, at the end of summer party on campus I stumbled across the first man who had taken my breath away in years.”

Eli reached over and grasped Jackson’s hand in his. He knew that this was a hard thing for him to relive, but it was important. Jackson spent months running from their relationship and what he thought was wrong just because his parents, who have now come around to the idea of their son being married to a man and love them both deeply, had brainwashed him into thinking that there was something wrong with him.

He watched Jackson take a big gulp of his orange juice before letting out a whoosh of air and continuing. Eli couldn't be prouder of him at this moment.

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