When You Least Expect It

Warning Label

I pull on some jeans, and grab a shirt, pulling it over my head as I walk out my bedroom door, "You wanna grab something on the way over or at the strip?"

"I'm good now, does the strip have good food?"

"Yeah, it's your typical vendor food."

"I love that greasy shit."

I laugh, "Alright then." and take in Jade's black tank top, her tattoos on display, making her look more like the badass she is. Jade needs a warning label. I clear my thoughts, "Do you have a sweater or something, you may want to bring one."

"I'm not sure I do. It's been fairly warm, I don't think I packed one."

"You can borrow one of mine, it'll be big but sometimes the temps drop and it's a pretty open area. Better to have one than not." I go back into my closet and look for a hoodie, grabbing one I still have from high school. Why the heck do I still have this? It's black with a large tiger jump outward on the front.

"Oh my goodness, I cannot believe you still have a high school hoodie." Jade moves forward and takes it from my hands, holding it up in front of her.

"Yeah me either. You ready?"

She folds the hoodie over her arm. "Yep." There's a small purse across her body and I nod in approval.

"Alright let's get outta here." I move towards the door, opening it for Jade and grab my North Face zip up off the hook just inside the foyer.

The drive to Vance only takes a few minutes, the driveway is full of cars. I can see my brother's, Wes's, V's, the whole gang's here. I park behind Vin's BMW and glance at Jade, "You ready for this?"

"Heck yeah!"

The garage door is open, the lights spilling out, my loud family and friends can be heard the closer we get. I push open the door and take in the space. Loud cheers ring out at our arrival, and it feels like old times again. It's not mom and dad's place anymore but the tradition still continues on. Wes stands up, "Bro!"

I haven't seen Wes in a long time, he looks the same. Still tall, lean, but has facial hair. "Wes, long time!"

"Shit, it's so good to have you coming out with us again."

Taylor, V's best friend and Wes's long time girlfriend stands next to him. "Hey Taylor." I greet her, noticing her blonde hair is shorter than she used to wear it. "Hey Victor, good to see you."

Jade's holding her own behind me with the assault of my brothers, I grab her hand and pull her away from Vaughn and Vance. "Hey!" Vance shouts, his hands up, making Jade laugh.

"You guys know Jade?" I ask Wes and Taylor.

"I've met Wes, but I haven't met his hot girlfriend yet." Jade reaches her hand out to Taylor. "Nice to finally meet you." Jade is a people person through and through, she's not bullshit, polite but holds her own. It's an extremely attractive trait. It's also why she's so great at bartending. V joins us, wrapping her arm around my waist, "Hey Victor." I wrap my free arm around her, squeezing her to my side. "Hey Peanut."

"I'm so glad you guys are coming!"

It isn't until the moment the girls break off into their own little trio, that Jade's hand removes from mine. I was holding it that whole time.

Not a super long chapter but I feel like it's wrapped up alright. The next chapter will be Jade.

I wasn't feeling too great earlier and took off work, it ended up working out okay. I wrote another 1000 words! 4 Updates in a row! WINNING!

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If you find typos, don't hesitate to point them out, I'm a little tired lol I tend to get super sloppy, even writing the wrong word entirely. I'm also too tired to pick out a title for this chapter haha. I'll change it when I come up with one!

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