EroticReverie

Leona Lovelace

I sneak back into the house after Caine calms me down. Boyfriend..Caine Copeland was my boyfriend. I can't help the giddy feeling inside of me, and the guilt for feeling happy that goes with it. I shut the door carefully, and turn and see Carden, six foot three, shirtless, in his jogging shorts. My mouth parts as I gasp. I startle and fall back against the door, with a hand over my chest. 

"Son of a- biscuit!" I gasp and see him cock his head, narrowing his eyes at me, with a little smirk. He thought it was just as funny as Caine did that I didn't like to swear, they ALL liked to tease me about it. 

"You scared me!" I exhale as I look at him and his eyes drop to my long sleeve t shirt, and pj pants, and my flip flops. He screws his mouth to the side, narrowing his eyes further. 

"Where ya been Leona?" he asks, and I swallow.

"N-nowhere" I stammer and he smirks as he leans against the counter, crossing one ankle over the other and lifts his protein drink and shakes it, mixing the power with the liquid that he always makes before his run. 

"Oh? Nowhere?" he asks , shaking it harder and I wrap my arms around myself and shrug.

"I was...just outside." I say.

"Uh huh." he says and keeps shaking his drink as he looks me up and down as if studying me, to look for signs of where I was. 

"I just....I woke up early...I wanted to watch the sunrise." I say. 

"Did ya now?" he asks. I swallow and nod. 

"Is IS pretty watching it come up over the water isnt it?" he asks as he stops shaking the container and sets it down and uncross his ankles and then turns his back to me. I exhale slowly, glad to be in the clear.

"It is." 

"Mmmhmm, almost as pretty as it is when it sets on the water." He says. 

Crap. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit I curse in my head. 

When I don't answer he looks over his shoulder, with a slight smirk.

"Go get dressed." he says. Not saying anything further on the matter.

"I don't want to run." I scrunch my nose with a little whine.

"Yes you do. Go get changed." he says and I huff and he smiles.

"Or I can tell everyone that you're sneaking into Caine's at night, little hussy." he says and my jaw drops.

"It's not like that!" I squeak. "And you WOULDNT!" I say , my brows drawing together, my lips tightening and the threat of betrayal. 

"You're right...I wouldn't...but you ARE going to go get changed, and you ARE going to go for a run with me."  He smiles. 

I scrunch my nose. "If I dont?" I ask and cross my arms. 

"Get changed Leona." he says and laughs and turns back around.

"Bossy." I huff.

"And dont call me a hussy!" I whisper yell and he laughs. 

"And its not what you think!" I say. Even though it's pretty damn close. 

"Mhm, sure it's not." He says and turns and I look at him as he smirks. 

"Put a damn shirt on, this isn't a brothel." I say and he barks a laugh as I smile to myself and quickly leave the kitchen and run up the stairs to my room. 

I change into a pair of spandex running pants and sports bra, with a loose tank top, and put my messy hair up into a ponytail, throw on some socks and come back downstairs where Carden is waiting, right along with Caine. 

I stop, feeling my cheeks flush. 

"Morning." I say to Caine and Carden laughs.

"Oh boy, you better get a poker face than that Leona." Carden says and Caine slaps him upside the back of the head. 

"Leave her alone." Caine grumbles and I blush even more as he defends me. 

"Im just sayin" Carden says as I tug on my sneakers and bend down to tie them.

"And maybe YOU should be the one leaving her alone." Carden says and I lift my head and finish tying my shoes. Looking at Caine.

"Mind your business." Caine says.

Carden huffs. "Uh huh, man, mom is gonna flip, and dad is gonna bet your ass." Carden shakes his head. 

"You do realize she's seventeen and we were all told to keep it in our pants, right?" Carden says.

"Carden" I gasp and Caine's jaw clenches.

"We're not having sex. Whatever else we do is nobodys business." Caine says. 

"Oh but it is, it's everybodys business, cause you're twenty fucking three and she's seventeen, and she now LIVES here." Carden says. 

"Carden stop" I plead as I walk over to the two of them. 

Carden looks at me and then at Caine and he rolls his eyes.

"Let's go Leona." he says and then walks out the door. I look at Caine, and bite my lip nervously. 

"I didnt say anything." I say, wondering if he thinks I said something. "He was just...in here when I came back in and-"

Caine steps forward and grabs my face and bends down, kissing me, shutting up swiftly and my mouth stops rambling, and my lips settle on his with a sigh. 

My hands go to his chest,and slide up , he leans down further for me and I wrap my arms around his neck as he parts my mouth with his tongue, a soft groan of his fills my mouth and I moan softly as I let my tongue push back and he tilts his head and his hands slide down my face and drop and then grab my waist and slip over behind my back to my ass. He grabs it gently and smiles against my lips, pulling back from our kiss. 

"Go on your run, then you come right back to ME, you hear me?" he says with a smile and I nod as I breathe hard, my heart rate already sky rocketing, who needed a run when kissing Caine made my heart beat faster than any jog or run? 

"And dont listen to him, he's just jealous" Caine smirks. 

I cock my brow. "Jealous?" 

Caine smiles and his hands leave my ass and he cups my face. 

"You're truly precious, you know that?" he smiles and leans down, kissing the top of my head. 

"He's not jealous." I huff. 

"OH yes he is." he laughs softly. "You think I'm the only Copeland that took one look at you and fell in love?" 

My brows pinch. "Carden doesnt like me like that. Nobody does. Only you." 

He smiles and tilts his head, his thumbs rubbing my cheeks. 

"You know that's just one of the many things that makes you impossible to ignore , right? How oblivious you are to how fucking gorgeous you are?" he asks and I lick my lips. 

"Pretty girl" he says and shakes his head. "Every single one of us knew how fucking perfect you were the second you showed up." 

"Leona!" I hear Carden call me through the door and I look to the back door and then back to Caine.

"He doesnt-"

But Caine just smirks and I scowl.

"He doesnt like me!" I argue.

"Sure he doesnt." Caine smiles. 

"You're crazy" I say and give him a small shove and he laughs.

"Have fun on your run, baby" he winks and I roll my eyes. 

He laughs when I toss him another eyeroll over my shoulder as I leave out the back door.

I look at Carden who is stretching and shaking his head at me. 

"Stretch yourself trouble maker." he says and my jaw drops. He just grins. And I watch his eyes drop down over me, his grin growing slightly, and I realize for the first time, that maybe Carden DOES look at me the same way Caine does. 

"whatever" I sigh and shake my head and begin my stretches. He laughs, and watches me the entire time I stretch. Giving me little smirks and soft laughs, shaking his head at me. 

"You know...if my parents find out-"

"Be quiet!" I hiss. "Not a WORD out of you. You know nothing about it. This morning never happened. Be quiet and run!" I say and shove him and then take off and he laughs and starts to run after me, catching  up easily. 

He pushes me as we run, taunting me to keep up as he picks up his pace. It's like he's not even running, not even out of breath, when a quarter of a mile in, I'm already struggling.

"This isnt..the..olympics!" I say as I slow down.

"Pick it up Leona!" he says, jogging backwards and I scowl at him, and as I run, I see his eyes fall to my chest, and I feel my cheeks heat. 

How did I never notice the way he checks me out? OR was he just simply looking at me? Why did Caine have to SAY that and mess with my head?! 

"Faster hot stuff" he says and my eyes widen and I stop running and he laughs as he stops and jogs in place.

"Dont call me that!" I say and walk over and slap his arm and shove him and he laughs. 

He shrugs. "Just saying....if you think Caine is your only option....you're wrong." He winks and turns and runs. 

My god. no. I shake my head. Were all of the Copland boys ridiculously attractive? Of course because Crawford and Caroline had crazy good genes and all of their sons we're easy as hell to look at. But did I want to be in some love triangle? Absolutely not. And yes, I loved Carden, and had grown close to him, but, my mind was nowhere near being romantically interested in anyone other than Caine. 

When he realizes I'm not running along , he stops, turns and circles back to me, and stops in front of me moving in place.

"I'm not.....I don't like you like that Carden." I say, wanting to be as clear as possible. He frowns slightly, but smiles.

"I'm yanking your chain Leona, well...sort of anyways. But I'm mostly just trying to make you do the cute little flustered face, which...score..I got it." he smiles and stops running altogether. 

"You're a cool chick...if you're into Caine...your secret is safe with me...but if you think i'm not gonna tease you about it....you're mistaken." he smiles and grabs my shoulder and gives a little shake. 

"cmon...I want a full two miles out of you today." he says 

"TWO!?" I screech and he laughs. 

"yup so get moving, quicker you're done, quicker you can get back to smoochin my brother" he says and I scrunch my nose and scowl at him and give him a little shove.

"You're a ...pain!" I say and he laughs. 

-------

"I think I'm getting blisters" I whimper as we do a cool down walk after the two miles. 

"Aww, you poor thing." he taunts and I pout at him with my best angry face.

"Dont be mean, im serious." I say as I stop and gently push my sneaker down and he stops and looks with me. 

"shit" he says and I whine. 

"Cmon, I'll piggyback you." he says and turns and squats down.

"What? no, i'll just walk with them off" I say. Because the pavement was smooth in their rich neighborhood. There wasnt gravel, or any little stone.

"You're not walking barefoot, jump on" he says. 

"Carden, it's fine" I say and he looks over his shoulder.

"Get on my back or i'll throw you over my shoulder." he warns and I step back. 

"I said i'm fine" I argue.

"Dont be difficult, climb on." he says and I sigh. 

If it were only my blisters bothering me, I'd probably tell him no, but my legs burned too and I was tired. Were piggybacks allowed from your boyfriends brother?

"What about Caine?" I ask.

"What about him?" Carden asks sounding confused. 

"I mean....it's a little in appropriate, dont you think?" I ask.

He sighs. "It's a piggback ride, it's not like you're naked."

"Carden!" I squeak and he laughs. 

"Caine would rather I piggyback you then let you suffer...so get on." he says. 

I chew my lip as I contemplate the fact he's probably right. 

"You cant carry me the whole way back." I say. 

"Will you just GET ON" he huffs 

"Fine!" I huff and then grab his shoulders and he reaches back and helps me jump up onto his back and I squeal and laugh as he jumps and hoists me up as I wraps my arms around his shoulders, my hands on his sweaty chest. And suddenly I'm thinking that maybe Caine actually would NOT prefer me to piggyback on his shirtless brothers back. 

"You're all sweaty" I huff, trying to pretend that it's not a LITTLE sexy to be on a sweaty guys back, having him carry me back home. 

"so are you" he says.

"Women dont sweat, we prespire" I say and he laughs.

"Well you're prespiring." he says. 

"Because some monster made me run two miles" I say and he laughs. 

"You mean the monster that's currently your chariot home, princess?" he teases.

"mhm, the same one" I say and he laughs as he keeps walking with my on his back. 

"Arent you going to hurt your back doing this?" I ask.

"Yeah, all two pounds of you are gonna totally mess up my back" he says. 

"I weigh more than two pounds" I huff.

"Doesnt feel like it." he says and I roll my eyes. 

"Cause your such a big strong man Carden?" I ask and he's quiet and I bite my lips together.

"You think I'm a big strong man huh?" he teases.

"Quiet , forget I said it, weakling" I say and he laughs. 

---

"I cant believe you carried me all that way." I say as he sets me down carefully on the grass outside the house. 

"That's what big tough men do" he says and I laugh and he turns and smiles at me and then steps closer, and I just blink and hold my breath for a second, two, three as he lifts his hand and gently swipesa damp piece of hair sticking to my cheek, behind my ear.  I swallow nervously. 

"I'd carry you anywhere." he says it quietly and my breath hitches slightly as he stares at my mouth and then gently slips his hand to my neck and behind and I watch him as he angles his head and starts to lean down. 

For a brief moment, I imagine it. Carden kissing me. If it weren't for Caine, maybe I'd truly want him to kiss me in this moment. Carden was funny, sweet, and cared about me. If it weren't for Caine, maybe I could have feelings for him romantically that way. 

I step back and push a hand to his hard chest. He pauses.

"Fuck, sorry Leona, shit." he says and steps back several steps and I shake my head. 

"It's..okay...I just...I meant what I said, I don't....think of you like that." I say and then my eyes drop for some reason and then they widen when I see the front of his shorts tented , and I avery my eyes immediately.

"Um, i should go" I say

"shit" he says, clearly catching onto what has me turning my head. 

"sorry, fuck, that's....shit that's embarrassing." he says and I shake my head. 

"It's fine. I gotta go" I say and then slip off my sneakers and socks and book it through the grass, around the house and to the guest house, to Caine.