Getting into my truck with Piper, Piper surprises me by sliding closer to me on the bench seat, and using the waistband seatbelt in the middle instead of the over the shoulder one.
I don't say anything about it and just let Piper do whatever makes her feel safe and comfortable, as I start my truck it's V-8 coyote engine roaring to life, and evening out to a low deep rumble.
Pulling out of my driveway and onto the street, Piper and I drive to Quake in a comfortable silence.
Pulling up out front of the restaurant, I put the truck in neutral, and I start to get out of my truck with Piper, "You don't have to come inside with me, actually you shouldn't come inside with me Chef Moore…hate when people walk in." Piper stops with one foot in the truck and the other on the sidewalk.
"He'll get over it." I say as I stare into Piper's eyes, Piper rolls her eyes at me but a soft smile lights up her face.
"You're so overprotective sometimes." Piper murmurs as she finishes getting out of the truck and gently shuts the passenger door and I walk around the truck to her side.
I cup Piper's cheek brushing my thumb over her soft pale lips with my left hand and grab her ass with my right and pull her against me, which makes Piper let out a cute little eep sound.
"I'm only going to get more so after last night Piper." I murmur while staring into Piper's surprised, slightly shy gaze.
"Jerk." Piper murmurs back to me but there's no heat to her words and she stands on her toes and kisses me, and I chuckle against her lips as I return her sweet kiss.
Piper pulls away from the kiss, her eyes half lidded in love, happiness and desire, "You know if you're gonna look at me like that…" I let my words trail off as I release Piper's ass cheek and give her a little pat before gripping her ass again.
"Hmmm," Piper's hum sounds suspiciously like a moan.
"Come on Pipe you gotta finish your interview, and win over chef Moore with your delicious cooking…also if he doesn't notice your talent well I happen to know a nightclub I'd like to expand its offering to gourmet meals before the parties and bands start." I murmur and tilt my head down and kiss Piper's surprise away about my willingness to expand one of my nightclubs for her.
"You know…I'm really glad the house got broken into…if it hadn't I probably would have gone on to make the mistake of marrying Jeremy…when you're the man I've always been in love with…even, if I have to share you with Pru and Phoebe." Piper whispers softly while smiling brightly with a light shining in her eyes, though at the mention of her sisters Piper just gives a fond kind of exasperated eye roll.
"The three of you have been sharing, me for as long as I can remember…it's about time I get the three of you all to myself…especially you my pretty little Piper, who surprisingly likes to be on top." I tease Piper which makes her blush fiercely and playful smack my chest.
"Shh, someone might hear you." Piper shushes me and blushes a darker shade of red.
"Even if someone does, I don't care because I love you Piper…and the only people's opinion I give a flying fuck about belong to the people I love." I say in a mixture of playful honesty, Piper looks at me like I've said the most shocking thing in the world, and also something that makes her the happiest I've seen her since Patty died.
"I-I love you too Jace…I wanted to tell you that a long time ago…but you only seemed to want Phoebe."
I cough slightly and look away from Piper's earnest, shy and loving gaze, "I kinda always loved all three of you…and hoped we could…all be together as one big family…forever…but I knew back than it was just a pipe dream of a fantasy…at least I thought it would be a pipe dream…I'm sure it'll be difficult but the three of you seemed really accepting of last night this morning."
"Well…as it turns out you weren't the only one who dreamed about the four of us growing old together as one big family…even stick up he ass Pru also has had a similar fantasy…" Piper tells me making me look down at her with the disbelief I feel reflected in my expression.
"Yeah yeah I know…it's shocking that you managed to make three gorgeous women fall so deeply in love with you we're willing to put up with each other."
I laugh at the, "Piper if it wasn't for mwa, the three of you would all have ended up staying together anyways but instead of grandkids you'd all end up with a house full of cats." I tease and Piper tries to look offended but giggles.
"Grandkids? I think we're missing a few steps…" Piper teases me and I roll my eyes at her.
"I don't know after last night there's a good chance at least one of you is…" I am shut up by Piper covering my mouth with both of her hands while she gives me a blushing glare.
'God she's adorable when she's like this.'
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Back at Jace's house with Phoebe and Prudence
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Pru's anger towards her younger sister radiates off of the woman as she glares at the printout of the police report, seeing Andy Trudeau again was a shock…and not an all that pleasant one either.
"Let's just have it out here and now Pru, you hate me and wish that I just stayed in New York!" Phoebe raises her voice while trying to project sass and anger; it is clear that she's hurting and uncomfortable.
"I don't hate you Phoebe…I hate what you've done…I hate that you went searching for a worm of a man who abandoned us and abandoned the best man any of us have ever had in our lives who you had all to yourself because Piper and I agreed to not pursue him so that you didn't feel like you had to compete for his love."
"I-I."
"Do you even understand how devastated he was when you broke off the engagement and left…he turned into a shell of who he was, but he stayed for Grams, Piper and I…when Grams's bills got to much and we were close to losing the house who do you think was there for us…it certainly wasn't Dad and it certainly wasn't you, and then for Grams's funeral you roll into town with some loser and show off to Jace that he meant nothing to you and that moving on from him was easy for you!"
"He didn't seem to have any problems with fucking you before I came back!" Phoebe snaps and Pru just glares at her.
"He didn't sleep with me until six months after Grams's funeral and the only reason I actually got in his pants was that he was drunk and carrying me to bed because I pretended I had a few too many…" Pru snarks back before trailing off as she realizes just what she's admitting to.
"I also might have egged him on by saying he's like a little brother to me around a couple of his street racing buddies…he gets really cute when he's all possessive…and protective of us." Pru continues with a bit of listlessness to her voice before she shakes it off while Phoebe stares at her older sister with her mouth slightly agape.
"He was an actor…a rent A-boyfriend…it was fake Pru…I haven't been with anyone but Jace…" Phoebe murmurs and as she looks down at her feet her big toe digging into the Mahogany flooring.
"I kinda thought when I came back for good if he hadn't moved on yet we could just pickup where we left off…and knowing Jace I knew that him doing so... wasn't ever going to happen...unless with you or Piper I know it wasn't fair to Jace, not when he was willing to give up everything here and move with me to New York…" Phoebe continues her voice growing softer as her shoulders begin to tremble.
"And that right there Phoebe is why I'm still so mad at you…are you ever going to grow up and start thinking about how what you do now will affect your and everyone around you's future?!" Pru shouts in exasperation as stubborn tears start to run down her cheeks matching the ones running down Phoebe's.
"Can we ever go back to the way it was before...when you didn't hate me? After last night it's obvious that the three of us don't want to give up Jace...but I can't see us working out if you hate me."
"I already said I don't hate you Phoebe... I'm just fed up with your attitude that everyone's lives should just get put on pause or revolve around you...and that you're always trying to get out of taking the responsibility and consequences of your actions." Pru let's out the last bit in a breath of exasperation.