Page 9 of Chaos (Deathstalkers MC)
I got a text from Twisted asking if I could babysit Lily so that he could take Nikki away for the night. I told him no problem, it’s not like I have a life or anything. I saw Randy again last night but it was the same thing as always. Dinner, dull conversation, going home to take care of myself.
Of course since I’ll be there tonight so will Torch. My nerves are running high knowing that we will both be in the same house all night long with each other. Sure we are both at the clubhouse a lot of times, but that’s different. We aren’t alone.
I walk in and Lily runs to me like she always does. I’ve never been someone who wanted kids but this little girl makes me question that sometimes.
“Thanks for doing this, Trace.” Twisted walks into the room with a duffel bag in his hand.
“No problem.”
Nikki comes walking out and doesn’t look like a woman excited to be getting a night away.
“You okay, Nik?”
“Mommy’s mad because daddy has a pig head.” Lily skips off to her room and I can’t help but laugh.
“Can’t ever say the kid is oblivious.” I walk over to Nikki. “They’re all pig-headed. Don’t pretend like you haven’t known that shit for years.”
She cocks an eyebrow at me. “Yeah, don’t pretend like you haven’t been avoiding that shit for years.” Her eyes go past me to the door where I’m sure Torch is standing.
“I hate you.”
She gives me a hug goodbye. “You don’t, but thanks for watching the monster. Lily, we are leaving, baby!” Lily runs out giving her mom and dad hugs and kisses.
“Uncle Torch!” She runs over to him giving him a huge hug. “Can we watch Frozen?”
“Jesus, good luck with that shit, man,” Twisted says before he walks out of the house.
“We can do whatever you want, baby girl.” He puts her down and I can’t help but smile at the way he is with her.
“Okay! I’ll go get it!” She runs off and it’s just the two of us.
Neither of us says a word. The room has a charge to it. A force that feels like if we lit a match the whole place would explode. It’s been like this with us for years, which would be why I’ve always avoided him.
“Got it!”
Lily puts the movie down as Torch gets a takeout menu and orders pizza and wings.
Once the movie starts with a song, Torch groans next to me. “They sing the whole movie, Lil?”
“Um, yeah!” she says like he just asked the stupidest question ever.
The pained look on his face makes me laugh.
After a half hour or so the food comes. He ordered two pizzas and two orders of wings: one barbecue and one hot. He hands the barbecue order to me “Here, these are for you and Lily.”
“How do you know I wanted these and not the hot ones that you have?” I don’t generally enjoy spicy things but I just like to give him a hard time.
“Trust me when I say that you can’t handle what I have,” he mumbles as he walks past me and into the living room.
“Oh really? You wanna make a bet?”
His face lights up. “A bet? You sure about that, princess?”
No. “Yes.”
“And what would the terms of this bet be?” He raises an eyebrow at me. I shrug my shoulders. I hadn’t thought about this. “How about the sleeping arrangements tonight?” Torch and I had been fighting all day about where he was sleeping. Twisted and Nikki only have two rooms: Lily’s and theirs. I told him he’d be on the couch and he kept telling me that he’d be in the bed.
“How many do I need to eat?”
