Bane
I lay with Valentina and then the guys and Francis come to check on us, ask me if I want them to end the party. I tell them no, and let them know that I won’t be back down.
After a little while I grab clothes for her , pulling out one of my shirts and a pair of sweatpants. I take her into one of the spare bedrooms , not wanting her to have to lay in my bed after what just happened. She tells me it’s fine. But. It’s not. At least not for me.
I close the door and we sit on the bed. I grab a hair brush from my mother and fathers bedroom and sit behind her.
I brush her hair carefully even though she tells me she can do it. I know she can. But. I need to do it. I need to take care of her.
She lets me and I pull it gently into a pony tail and wrap a hair band around it. When I’m done she turns to me and smiles.
Her cheekbone on the side where she was hit is bruising lightly and I look at it. Rage filling me again.
“Stop it” she says and leans in and kisses my lips.
“Stop looking at me and thinking of him” she says.
I pull her into me, pulling her close and kissing her face , her cheek, the corner of her mouth, her eyes and she smiles and opens them looking at me as I kiss her forehead.
“So, you love me?” She says with a little smile.
I frown at how she’s trying to be cute and playful after what just happened to her.
“You know I do. And you knew it before I even said it Valentine” I say and she smiles and nods.
“I did” she says. And I let out a slight chuckle. She smiles at this.
“Just like I knew you loved me” I say.
She raises a brow. “Oh did you know? You were so sure?” She teases.
I nod. “You took care of me. You have been. And you even put up with me being a pervert to you.”
She laughs and grabs my face.
“I may have secretly liked it at times” she raises her brow.
“I may have secretly known that” I tease back.
She laughs and pushes me back slowly.
I let her climb on top of me.
“Nobody gets to fuck with us.” She says and I laugh.
“Nobody gets to ruin us. Nobody.” She says.
I nod.
“I mean it. Fuck Baron. Fuck anybody who tries to mess with you or me.” She says.
I nod again.
“Thank you for saving me” she says.
My brows pinch. “You don’t have to thank me”
“I do. And I want to. So you’re going to let me fucking thank you Banks” she says seriously and I laugh and nod.
“Yes ma’am” I reply and she smiles and leans down.
“Now. We’re going to make out until our lips are sore, got it?” She says.
I salute her playfully. “Yes captain”
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Valentina
We pass out for a bit in the guest bed after making out for what felt like hours. Both of us fighting to keep our clothes on.
I wake up in the middle of the night on my back, Banes arm thrown over me his head in the crook of my arm and I smile. The lights in the room are still on and I can still hear the faint noise of party goers outside.
I watch him sleep and smile. The big tough ladies man curled up into me. I smile wider to myself at the thought that somehow I was the one to win him, win his love and loyalty.
I try to move and slip out from under his arm to go to the bathroom but his arm tightens around me and his head nudges into my arm again. I giggle quietly and try to move again , this time he wakes as he pulls me into him.
“Where are you going?” He asks.
“Well. I have to pee. And even though I wanna stay here. You made my mother a promise that you would have me home tonight.” I say.
He jumps up. “Shit I forgot”
I laugh and lean over and kiss him as I sit up.
“Walk me home after I go to the bathroom?” I ask.
He nods sleepily and I smile.
I crawl out of the bed, and so does he and follows me to the bathroom.
When I’m done we walk out of the house and the party is still going on.
“It’s only 12:30″ Bane says when we get down stairs.
I smile. “ I know, I’m just tired, and anything over midnight is a sleepover to my mom” I laugh and he pulls me to him and wraps his arms around my neck and pulls me to him in a hug.
“Vaaalentiiiine” he whines and I laugh.
“Baaaaanks” I whine back mocking him.
“If you wanna be on her good side, you’ll walk me to my door, and kiss me goodnight right now” I say and pull back and look up at him, he puts his forehead to mine.
“What if I walk you to your door, kiss you....and then keep kissing you....and take you to your bedroom and kiss you some more” he says
I lift my chin and take his lips, kissing them softly.
“as much as I’d love that, I really prefer you alive” I joke and he smiles and grabs my hand.
“Fiiine” he says. “Let’s go”
We walk to the small guest house we live in and he grabs me when I reach for the door.
“I’m so sorry about tonight” his face falls.
“Bane, stop it. I know you are. But you have nothing to be sorry for, it’s not your fault your brother is an asshole” I say.
He nods. “I just...if he had done worse...if he’d...” he pauses and I grab his face.
“Bane Banks, stop it” I say and lift his face and lift up on my tip toes and kisses his mouth, and then his cheek and then the other , and then I start to smother his face in kisses, when he gives a little laugh I giggle.
“I don’t want to think about him, or what couldve happened...I just want to be happy.” I say and he nods and looks at me.
We give each other a long kiss goodnight, is hands cupping my face gently as we do and I swear I almost melt with how gentle he is, the way his thumb slips lightly over my sore cheek.
“Fuck I need you in my bed” he whispers. “I want to just fucking hold you” he says.
“I was the one holding you” I tease and he gives a fake look of anger.
“Don’t tell anyone, it will ruin my reputation.” he says. I give a little laugh.
“Behave yourself Banks” I say kissing him again and opening the door.
He nods. “I will”
I lean back out the door and kiss him again quickly and giggle.
“Goodnight...boyfriend” I with a grin.
“Goodnight , girlfriend” he says with a stupid happy smile on his face as I giggle and shut the door quietly.