Chapter 111 - AN EZ CONVERSATION

The last few days had been quite exhausting. I had done things that I never thought I would do. I mean, come on, going to a damn dress shop and then a beauty salon for a whole spa visit. That just wasn't me.

I could handle fights. I could deal with the challenges and then taking a bitch's life. And I most definitely could deal with the mind blowing sex that left me satisfied and exhausted. That was all just fine. But, did I have to be so damn girly? Just the thought of going and getting another mani pedi at another salon made my skin crawl. I shuddered at the thought.

When I woke up the morning after the pack meeting for Kyle's collection of feisty felines, I felt like the last thing I wanted to do was get out of bed. This whole mated and pregnant shit was getting to be pretty exhausting already. Then again, it could have been the sex that we had last night.

When we got back from the meeting, Kyle had been a little more than eager to get at me. I am not sad to report that the dress that he had bought for me to wear specifically for yesterday had been destroyed. Then again, it had been covered in blood from my fight so it was probably done for long before then anyway. Still, Kyle didn't even bat an eyelash when he ripped it to shreds to get at me.

He first stripped me in the bathroom so that he could wash me and fuck me in the shower. That hadn't been enough for him though because he did it again on the counter next to the sink, against the bathroom door, on the soft quilted trunk at the foot of the bed, and again in the bed several times.

I don't think I got very much sleep last night. In fact, I know I didn't, but I did get a lot of exercise. Cardio was good while you were pregnant, right? I think I had read that somewhere once before. I don't know, I could be wrong. I wasn't the baby-type of person, and I still couldn't believe that I was a month pregnant already. This was crazy. One sixth of my time had already passed. What the hell?

Kyle made me breakfast in bed again, he didn't include nearly as much of the fried pig as he had last time. I guess he didn't have anything else to force on me today. That was actually a relief. I could forgo some extra bacon for some peace and quiet.

After he served me my food, kissed me passionately, and got dressed (apparently he really likes to cook naked), he left for work. He was a busy man after all, and he needed to get his work done. I was opting to take the day off. I didn't want to do anything at all except sit around here at the house and relax. That seemed good to me right about now.

I was still laying in bed, naked, when I got a call around noon. It was from EZ who seemed to be in a very good mood himself.

"Hey there Jacy, sweetheart." I heard the excitement in his voice as he spoke to me. "What are you up to today?"

"Lying around the house naked." I answered him honestly.

"Exhibitionism, nice. That would make for one hell of a parenting style. I have to admit, I wouldn't be against that here but I am afraid that my guys here would fight over who was bigger or who got to look at me." I heard him giggle as if he wasn't actually complaining; instead he seemed to be having some fun.

"Yeah, they both seem to be quite protective of you." I laughed as well, thinking about the two men playing tug of war with EZ. It was kind of funny. In truth, they'd probably have more fun if they just worked together.

"Very." He laughed again. "Now, to the real reason I called you. It feels like it's been forever since I have seen you Jacy. Come have lunch with me. No mates, just some good old girl talk."

"No need to tell you that you are not, in fact, a girl." I laughed at him. "But yeah, I would love to EZ, I could do with some of your flamboyance right about now."

I really did miss my best friend. He was always there for me, and so many things had changed for the both of us recently that we have barely gotten the time to just hang out. I could use this time to unwind and let him know about all the horrible things that Kyle had forced me to do.

An hour later, EZ and I were sitting at Dmitri's waiting on our food. It was a slightly upscale version of a diner. Good comfort food, large portions, but pricier than the other places. Still, it was a place that EZ loved to come to so here we were.

We were seated at a cute little booth at the back of the restaurant where it was noisy enough for us not to be overheard, but not so busy that we couldn't hear each other. I think the constant flow of people around here was what attracted EZ so much. He was such a social butterfly.

"So, sweetie, tell me what's been going on." EZ grinned at me over his all organic fruit smoothie.

"Just life, I guess. Or what passes for it now." I sighed. "I mean, can you believe that Kyle didn't tell me about the meeting for his pack until the day before we had to be there? Then he took me to buy a dress."

"Oh, no!" He pretended to scoff, a smile on his face. "For shame."

"Yeah, well, that was nothing compared to the torture of the next day. I had to go to a salon." I shuddered, but I also put a little more oomph into it so that it looked like I was being overly dramatic, which I was.

"Oh Jacy, you poor thing. How could he do such a thing to you?" EZ's laughing tone was just what I needed to be able to laugh at the situation myself.

"I know, if he keeps this up, he just might have to go." I laughed. "I don't care how good in bed he is or how sexy I think it is that he cooks me bacon while naked. I won't tolerate a salon."

At that both EZ and I laughed. He really was the best person to help me laugh off the stupidness of any situation that I had been in.

"I bet it left you so mad you could kill him." He rolled his eyes playfully. 

"Well, not him, just the skank." I just shrugged my shoulders indifferently. "But if it happens again. we will have to see."

"The skank? Ooh, do tell." EZ looked intrigued now so I told him everything. 

By the time that I had finished telling EZ about the challenge and fighting the five women his eyes and face had gone through the whole range. They started with shocked at what had happened, then they were pissed about what they said about me, they moved onto scared for me, amused about the way I had tied the bitches up with their own dresses, and ended where they started when he was shocked and awed by the fact that I had killed the woman.

"Won't you get in trouble?" He wondered as he thought about the laws of humans and murder.

"Shifters take care of this thing on their own. Don't worry about it. I will be just fine. Besides, I have Lucian to help me with things like this." I grinned at him.

"And me." He smirked. "Well, and now Kyle. Either of us could erase anything that's in a computer database. They would never know you did anything if there was no record of the crime."

"You're deviously loving." I grinned at him. "You will do anything for me, even devious and nefarious things."

"Well, that's because I love you. And I wouldn't be here without you, now would I."

I felt the love he had for me, the ways he expressed it, and the ways that it was always hidden behind his actions. After that interesting talk, we moved on to things about EZ and his love life. Apparently, he had needed to make a schedule for being with his two men. They couldn't agree to share him equally without one. It sounded exhausting to me, but EZ was having a blast with it all. His personality was larger than life, and he had more than enough to go around.

After lunch, I went home to think about what I should do next. I needed to figure out my life soon. There was a lot going on with me, with Kyle, with everything.