Chapter 461
Darrien
“You made me late,’’ he glares at me as he puts on his clothes hurriedly. I smile because I am guilty but he also played a part in it. He wanted me as much as I wanted him, so this is not all on me.
“You should hurry up then. I walk over to him and wrap my arms around his waist. He looks down at me and smiles, slipping his hands over my shoulders.
“You are doing it again,’’ he moves in the same rhythm as me and I look into his eyes, reaching for the button on his shirt.
“I am helping you.’’
He rolls his eyes “Like you helped me in the shower?’’ he raises a brow in question. I look at the clock on the wall and it is almost nine. He is over an hour late and I don’t want his first day to start off rough.
“Come on, let’s get you to school,’’ I tell him as I button the last of his buttons on his shirt. He nods and pulls away from me slowly. He bends down and I watch him as he slides his sneakers into his feet, one at a time.
I don’t know how I feel about spending some time away from him but this is something that he has been excited about and I don’t want to ruin it for him. I want him to have a life outside our relationship. I want him to find out who he is without me holding him back and going back to school and having a life is the only way he can do that. We get to my car and he puts on his seat belt immediately “Did you take enough blood with you?’’
I don’t want him going into thirst mode in school. He opens his eyes wide and I can already tell that he even forgot to bring any with him.
“Shit,’’ he curses and a smile sprawls on my face at him cursing. Jabi rarely curses, so this is amusing to me.
“I will be right back,’’ he tells me as he gets out of the car. I watch him as he runs into the apartment building. After a couple of minutes, he runs back into view with a thermal flask in his grip. He is breathing heavily as he jumps back on the seat.
“Are you sure you don’t want to just skip today? We could start afresh tomorrow.” I suggest.
He shakes his head immediately as he puts the flask in his bag.
“I want to go, I will be fine.’’ he brushes it off immediately
I nod in agreement as I start the car, because at the end of the day. We do what he wants and this is what he wants.
We drive in silence for a while. I look out of the window and watch as we approach the school.
“Are you sure you will be ok?’’ I ask him as he looks at me.
“Yes,’’ he says with a smile
.I smile and nod. I don’t want to ruin his first day of school and I don’t want him to be worried about being without me.
“I will be fine.’’
He nods, looking out of the window but I can tell that he is nervous and a little worried. I let him sit in silence because he needs to do this on his own. Once we get to the entrance of the school building, he turns to me and smiles “So, I am probably just going to say I got lost for the lateness.’’
I smile and nod as he leans closer and plants a soft kiss on my lips. His kiss is short and I want to pull him into my arms and find a way to convince him to stay with me but I do the opposite and watch him as he walks out of the car and runs into the building.
I smile as I watch him disappear from view. I am going to miss him m but I am also glad that he is excited about something. Just as I am about to drive off, I get a text message from Lanis, asking me to come and drive him to see father with his babies. I smile because he has become such a parent that it is laughable. There was a time when I would have never pictured him with children and now he has two. I drive to the community and get there in less than thirty minutes. I park my car in front of their house and walk up the front steps until I get to the front of his room.
I hear Beau through the door “I can come with you,’ he suggests.
“You don’t have to. Darrien will be with me. You know we don’t have to do everything together,” Lanis deters.
I knock on the door before they continue the conversation and Beau’s scowling face peers up at me “Thank you for doing this,’ he breathes out and runs his hands through his hair. He looks stressed out and kind of weird.
I look over his head and Lanis is packing a bag. The room is a mess, with clothes sprawled all over the floor.
“Okay, is this what having kids will do to you,’’ I walk into the room and jump on the bed. Lanis sighs loudly just as Beau walks back to him and grabs his hands “You good?’’ he asks him, completely forgetting that I am in the room and watching them.
Lanis nods his head “Yeah, thanks. I don’t know why I am so scattered this morning.” he confesses.
I watch the scene, as Beau comforts his mate and it is beautiful to me. I watch them as they embrace and I can relate. This is how I feel about Jabi. There is no one that can make me feel any better than the man in my life.
It makes everything worth it.
“Ready,’’ Lanis tells me as he lets go of Beau and closes the bag. I stand up from the bed and walk up to him.
“Come on,’’ I slap his shoulder playfully, hoping there is no drama ahead of this visit.