Trying Not to Love You

Everyone was in the living room hanging out and relaxing when we went downstairs. Hailey went over to Mason to try and run inference against the ass chewing I was about to get, and Jaylinn went over to Cooper.

I took a seat in the recliner next to Jackson and Chloe. "So Chloe, how are you feeling today? Any better?"

"No, not at all, I'm so uncomfortable." She said groaning. Poor girl, she was so ready to have this baby.

"Well with your shower on Saturday, hopefully it will take your mind off of it for a little while." I tried to shine some kind of light on the situation.

"I sure hope so."

Hunter walked in looking hot, even dressed in sweat pants and a t-shirt. There were not any seats anywhere, so I jumped up. "Here, sit here." I told him.

He walked over and sat in the recliner. I was going to sit on the floor between his legs, but he pulled me onto his lap instead.

I quickly glanced over at Mason and he practically leaped off the couch, throwing Hailey to the floor. "Dude, that's my f**king sister. What are you doing?"

"Mason, watch your mouth." My dad spoke up.

I glanced around the room and everyone was staring at us. I looked at Hunter and thought it was better just to sit on the floor; we did not need a huge family fight.

I got up off Hunter's lap and I think that surprised him because he was looking at me as if I just did something wrong.

"Kenzie, what are you doing? You're not sitting on the floor." Cooper said.

"Coop, it's fine." I did not want this shit to happen, not here on Thanksgiving with our whole family here.

I decided to try to defuse the situation so I walked into the kitchen to start doing the dishes that did not make it into the dishwasher. Mason followed me into the kitchen, I assumed to finish our argument, but he was not alone. Hunter and Cooper came too.

"What the f**k is going on between you two?" Mason seethed through his teeth.

Cooper put his hand on Mason's shoulder and said, "Mase man, just let it go."

"No, I'm not just going to let it go. You're only sticking up for them because you're f**king his sister." Mason fired back at Cooper.

My mouth dropped opened.

"What the f**k Mase!" Cooper yelled.

"You're what, Coop? That's my f**king sister." Hunter yelled back.

I thought it was going to be a free for all, but thankfully, Jackson and my dad walked in before anyone could get too crazy. I guess Hunter did not know about Cooper and his sister. I had kind of put two and two together but I did not know for sure.

"What the hell is going on? Why is everyone yelling?" My dad asked.

I just shook my head at my dad. I was not about to get into this. I turned and continued to do the dishes.

"Your daughter wants Hunter." Mason told my dad.

"Wait, I thought you were with Dominic." my dad said to me.

"Nope, haven't been for a few weeks. But while we're talking about it, Mason wants Hailey." I fired right back towards Mason.

My dad reached up to rub his forehead, surely from the headache that we were all causing.

"And what about you?" my dad asked Cooper.

I started laughing at what a complete disaster this is.

Hunter spoke up and answered before Cooper could. "He wants Jay."

My dad threw his hands up and walked out. That made me laugh, and earned me a glare from everyone but Jackson, who also thought this was insane.

"This is a cluster f**k." Jackson stated and then he turned around and walked back into the living room.

Mason and Cooper stormed out leaving me alone with Hunter in the kitchen. He walked over to me and caged me in as I continued to wash the dishes at the sink.

"Well, that went over great." He pushed my hair back off my neck then kissed it and put his hand back on the counter. "Did you know about Jay and Coop?"

I pushed back on him, snuggling a little closer and shook my head no. Hunter groaned and whispered, "Stop that."

"Stop what?" I asked innocently.

"You know what." Hunter moaned softly in my ear.

A throat cleared behind us. "Hunter," Mrs. McCormick said.

Hunter pushed off from my back and said, "Yeah Mom?"

"Could you run me and Jaylinn home now? We have to get up early to go shopping with the girls, so we need to get some sleep."

"Yeah sure. Get Jay and I'll meet you in the truck."

Mrs. McCormick walked over to me, gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek and said, "I'll see you tomorrow morning sweetie."

When she walked out of the kitchen, Hunter crushed his lips to mine. I moaned a little when his tongue brushed against my lips. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around him. He walked me over to the door and pushed me against it. All my muscles started to tense, both from the kiss and from the fact that anyone who walked in would catch us.

"God, I don't think I could ever get sick of kissing you." Hunter said.

"Good, cause I don't either."

Hunter set me down on my feet and kissed me again before he said, "I better get out of here. I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Maybe, I'm going shopping with the girls then we have to get the favors and stuff ready for Chloe's shower on Saturday."

Hunter locked his eyes with mine, those panty dropping eyes that I could get lost in forever. "I'll see you tomorrow." He was telling me, not asking.

16

Four in the morning came way too early, but this was a family tradition so I dragged my ass from bed. It was my birthday in just a few days. My mom always let me pick out my presents while we were shopping. Hailey had slept over last night with Mason, so we just had to go by Hunter's house to pick up his Mom and sister.

We pulled up to Hunter's, I ran up to the door to let them know we were here. I went to knock on the door but it opened before I could. Hunter appeared in the door; he reached for my hand and pulled me inside. As soon as the door closed behind me, he cupped my face and kissed me.

"Wow." It was the only response I had at an ungodly hour like this.

"Good morning." Hunter said, as he drifted his hands from my cheeks to my hips. "Damn, you even make yoga pants looks sexy."

"I make anything look sexy." I said, winking at him.

He groaned and brought his lips to mine again. When our tongues collided, I lost all sense as to where we were until I heard a throat clearing. Hunter either did not hear it or was ignoring it because he was not stopping. The throat cleared again and that time it caught Hunter's attention.

Hunter shifted his shoulder back slightly so he could see who it was. Jaylinn was standing there with her hands on her hips. "Can you stop molesting her so we can go shopping? Or do you plan on keeping her tied up all day? I am sure Mason would love to…"