Breaking An Angel

Chapter 2: Groping Strangers

ADONIS POV

This just got hella awkward. I went from not knowing a single member of her family to meeting two in less than 10 minutes. There was an even bigger awkward silence as soon as Michael introduced himself, and I did not know what to do, so I blurted our the first thing that came to mind.

“So Lucifer like the King of hell?”

“More like the Guardian of Hell” He replied with a smirk, “but any friend of JoJo’s can call me Luci.”

“Okay, well it was nice to meet you Luci and Michael, maybe we could have dinner sometime?” I suggested. At this point, Jo had already sat down and started pouring glass after glass of wine.

“That would be delightful,” replied Lucifer, “well off we go, enjoy your date. We’ll meet you at home JoJo.” 

The rest of our dessert was finished in silence, Jo looked like she was about to blow a gasket, but she didn’t say anything. We made our way to the car, but before we got in, I just held Jo in an embrace.

“I’m sorry for whatever I did to upset you, I would never do anything to deliberately hurt you. I hope you know that.” I whispered as I placed a soft kiss on her lips. Jo wrapped her arms around me and breathed a sigh of relief before she started speaking again.

“Like I said you’re perfect. My siblings can just be overbearing sometimes and I wasn’t expecting to see them tonight.”

“It’s ok, how about you stay at my place, you can have my bed and I’ll take the couch? How does that sound?”

“Can we cuddle instead?” She asked looking up at me with those big blue orbs.

“We can do whatever you want. I just want you to be happy.” I said as I held her face in my hands and pecked her lips.

We made our way back to my house, and arrived well past midnight. I quietly tried to unlock the door hoping we don’t wake any one only to find my siblings passed out in the living room with the tv on. We walked up the stairs and into my room as quietly as possible, I didn’t want my siblings to ask any questions.

“Can I borrow some clothes to sleep in?” Jo asked me “As much as I love this dress, I don’t think it’d be too comfortable to sleep in.” 

“Yeah, here you can pick out anything from my closet.” 

I left her in my closet and made my way to the bathroom to get ready for bed and give her some privacy. As surprising as it may sound, we haven’t had s*x, I don’t want to pressure her into doing anything she might regret.

I walked out of the bathroom to find Jo sitting on my bed in nothing but my T-shirt and I couldn’t hide my erection fast enough.

“Nope. No. Babe you have to wear something more substantial, I can control myself but I’m only human.” I said to her as I pulled a hoodie over her head.

“What are you talking abou.. oh.” She giggled as she brought her gaze down to my sweats. “Hey, look at me. It’s a normal bodily function, there’s nothing to be embarrassed about.” 

“Oh I’m not embarrassed, I’m aware that I’m well endowed” I assured winking at her. “Let’s just go to bed before I do something I can’t take back.”

Jo nods and climbs into bed next to me and snuggles into my arms. I’m guessing she likes being the big spoon because by the time she’s asleep our positions are switched and her small arms are wrapped around me as I face the wall. I let her steady breathing relax me and give her one last kiss on her knuckles before I let sleep take me.

PENELOPE POV

I wake up to hear loud knocking on the door and realize we fell asleep watching movies in the living room last night. I make my way around my brothers who are sprawled out on the floor snoring. Who could possibly be here this early, I think to myself as I look at the clock on the wall. Oh, it’s almost noon...

I open the door rubbing the sleep from my eyes only to see the most handsome man I have ever laid my eyes on. He’s tall, with the most stunning blue eyes, dark hair, and a muscular body. Any woman would get wet just looking at him. I can’t help but just stare at him and I notice that he’s doing the same. It takes me a minute before I realize I’m still in my pjs looking like yesterday’s trash, and even longer to realize that neither one of us has spoken.

“Umm hi.” I whisper “Can I help you.”

He finally responds after he shakes his head like he’s coming out of a daze, “I’m looking for Jophiel, my brothers said she’d be here.” 

His voice is even more alluring than I could  have imagined, like it’s pulling me closer to him. The next thing I know is that I’m pressed up against him with my head resting on his chest and my arms wrapped around him. At first he’s stiff like he doesn’t know what to do, but then he relaxes into my embrace, wrapping his strong arms around my waist and resting his head on top of mine. I don’t know what is happening but being in his arms, I feel safe.

“PENELOPE WHAT THE HELL!!!” I hear Achilles shout “Who the hell is this guy?”

“I-I umm I don’t know...” I answered removing myself from his embrace, realizing that I have no clue who this guy is. 

I hear someone running upstairs and feel Alexius pull me behind him as Achilles stands guard. Adonis comes running trying to figure out what happened and I hear small feet padding down the stairs. 

“Azrael?” I hear Jo say looking towards the guy at the door. “What are you doing here?”

He doesn’t remove his gaze from me, only making my brothers more upset. “Lucifer sent me, we were supposed to have a family meeting but you never showed up.” he explains, his eyes never leaving my body.

“Why were you touching my sister?!?” yelled Alexius blocking me from his view.

“It was more like she was touching me, don’t you think sweets?” Azrael smirked sending me a wink causing shivers to run down my spine. His response only making my brothers growl in contempt.

“Wait.” 

“She touched you?” Jo asked.

“Surprising isn’t it?” responded Azrael.

“Jo you know this guy?” Adi looked towards Jo questioningly.

“He’s my brother.” Jo answers “Azrael, this is my boyfriend Adonis and his siblings Achilles, Alexius, and Penelope.”

“Hello Penelope.” He smiles at me.

“Don’t look at her!!” Achilles growls. 

“Guys can we please just relax, he’s right I did touch him first.” I say trying to ease the tension so my brothers don’t go bat s**t crazy. I walk to stand in between Azrael and my brothers hoping they’re smart enough not to jump him while I’m in the middle. 

“Why are you touching strange men Penelope” Achilles asks me looking disappointed.

“Don’t yell at me Achilles! You’ll be smart to remember who the older sibling is here.” I protest.

“You may be older, but you still make dumb choices, like groping strangers.” He roars. 

I can feel tears starting to well up in my eyes, but I refuse to cry in front of these idiots. 

“Okay, now you gotta chill Achilles, your’e getting out of hand, don’t make me lay you out.” Alexius advises him, as he makes his way beside me.

"You'd defend a f*****g stranger over your own brother?" Achilles shouted.

"No. I'm defending my sister from your tantrums. She's a grown woman who is allowed to make her own choices whether you or mom or dad like it." Alexius retorted.

"Alexi, it's fine."

"No P, it isn't. He needs to stop acting like an ass if he doesn't want to lose us." 

Jo and Azrael are just staring at our sibling spat looking like they want the earth to swallow them whole. Azrael clears his throat from behind me, "Umm Jo, Lucifer and Michael are waiting for us."

"Oh, umm right. Let me get my things and then we can go." Jo says to Azrael.

Achilles stomps off to his room mumbling a string of curse words directed at everyone, while Adi goes back upstairs with Jo so she can get her things. I'm left alone with Alexius and Azrael standing at the door waiting for Jo to come back down. We all stand there in an awkward silence and I can feel the sting of tears falling from my face. I hate when my brothers fight, especially when it's my fault due to my poor life choices. 

Alexius holds me in an embrace whispering to me that it'll be ok and that Achilles will get over it. He's rubbing circles on my back trying to get me to calm down as I rest my cheek on his chest. I look over and see Azrael's beautiful eyes staring at me with concern laced in his features, and I realize I should probably apologize for getting too touchy feely.

"I'm sorry." I start "I'm sorry for touching you, and kind of groping you. I'm sorry for my brothers. I don't know what happened with me, I just"

He stops me before I continue with my rambling, "It's okay." he smiles at me. "I enjoyed the groping."