Avery Razorback MC Book 4

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GEMMA'S POV:

I made brownies with a bit of powdered sugar on top and they were ready and on a Christmas platter by the time Avery came to pick Monica and I up for the party. I had a nice dress on, stockings on, and I had bought Monica a new dress that was pretty, and white, and sparkly.

She wouldn't stop twirling around in. Being the 22nd I figured we could wear our nice dresses today, I would wash it on Christmas Eve, and let her wear it again on the big day.

I got her and the food all settled, and we were going right to the party. Avery held my hand the entire way, and when we got there, I made sure to hold her hand tight as we got inside. I wanted to make sure she thanked Jackie for inviting us. When Jackie opened the door, she smiled wide and cooed over Monica.

"And who are you?" She asked slowly and Monica giggled.

"My name is Monica... Gem is my older sister." She looked up at me and I smiled. "Thank you for inviting us."

"You're very welcome. Most of the girls are upstairs, I will take you up there as soon as I make sure you guys know where everything is." She waved us in, and I walked with her to the end of the small hallway. There were a lot of people here, and we were probably the last to arrive, which I knew was bad manners.

"So, all the food is laid out in the kitchen when you get hungry please feel free to help yourself. I am sure you're supposed to eat real dinner food before indulging in the sweets." Jackie showed her and I around and Avery moved quickly to the other side before putting the brownies down.

"Hi there. Another kid huh?" I looked over at Lucien as he came closer and smiled at Monica. "I am Cami's dad, she's upstairs in her room. I will go and call her down." He patted her hair and he turned and headed towards the stairs before he called his daughter down.

It took a few moments until a little girl in a bright red dress came out, wide smile, maybe two years older than Monica. "Hi! You're the new girl to the family. I have a couple friends upstairs from school, wanna come and play? I have all my toys up there so we wouldn't make a huge mess down here too." 

Monica waved at me as they started heading up the stairs and I smiled slightly before she was out of sight.

"Thank you for bringing the brownies." Jackie turned to me and I smiled softly before nodded.

"No trouble at all. If I didn’t, I would be eating them all in a couple days." I waved it off and she smiled wide.

"Are you having Christmas Dinner with your family? We kind of have this new thing the club is doing for everyone. I am making dinner, about three hams, lots of mashed potatoes, Sienna is making homemade cranberry sauce and I'll probably be making desserts up to my ass tomorrow and the next day." She kept talking, inviting me here and there as she told me what was happening, how the guys will be doing some Toys for Tots things.

She said Avery would bring me for dinner if I wanted, that way we could have alone time and I just bit my lip, obviously she didn't know that I took care of Monica.

"I have Monica to take care of. I am sure kids won't be allowed in the club-"

"Nonsense. She can come if she wants. If your parents let her-"

"Jackie." She cut herself off when we heard Avery and he gave her a look.

"What?"

"I take care of Monica. Our mom isn't around." I told her and it was like her heart broke.

"I am so sorry; this time of year, must be so hard-"

"She didn't die. She left." I cut her off when she started to touch her heart and my hand.

"Jackie, I think Lucien wants you." Avery told his sister, and she seemed to square her shoulders before turning and we both saw Lucien watching her, his eyebrows bouncing up and down and she got to him, kissed him, and shook her head at him. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine. I was worried I would have to say it, but I am kind of glad you're not just telling my business." I got to the side of the room and he leaned on the wall next to me.

"Why would I tell your story? If I had known she would invite you to the club I would have told her Monica was part of the deal." He told me and I nodded and looked away. "Do you want to come? Or would that mess up your plans?"

"I don't know. I have to see what Monica would want. If she does, we can come if you're sure. Don't want to make you uncomfortable." I told him quickly and looked into his eyes, but he just looked down at me and cupped my cheek.

"I want you around as much as I can get. By the way... new year’s? My place?" He asked and I laughed before covering my mouth and looking around. "I bet a new year’s kiss is the best kiss of the year... at least the end of the year." He told me and I laughed again. "Never had one before. I was always deployed or single when it came around." He told me and leaned in, starting to whisper in my ear.

"And what about Monica?" I asked and he smiled.

"I can get the bed Cami uses when she and I have sleepovers out and she can stay over too. She probably won't make it to sunrise with us but that's ok." He grinned wide and I smiled even wider.

"Sunrise huh? You mean midnight?"

"Tomato potato." He winked and lifted my chin so he could kiss me. "Just think about it." He told me and I nodded at him before looking towards some other people who were looking at us.

"I will." I told him and he smiled softly, even his eyes were looking at me like I was precious. 

"Hi." I looked over at the sound of a male voice and saw Ryan and who I assumed was his pregnant wife.

"Hi."

"I'm Noelle, Ry's wife." She held out her hand and we shook before she looked to Avery and then me. "I am guessing this is the girl we have all heard Jackie tell us about."

"Yes Noelle." Avery told her and I smiled, hoping that was a good thing.

"You're pretty." She told me and I blushed.

"Thank you. And you're glowing." I told her and she touched her belly and sighed.

"I am a planet, but thanks for saying that." She waved it off and I gulped, where was this going to go? "We kind of have this thing going on at the club on Christmas, you and your daughter are welcome to come-"

"She's already been invited, and Monica is her little sister." Avery cut her off gently and his hand went from bracing himself on the wall to snagging my hip and keeping me in close. 

"Hello there." I turned at another person joining us and saw a dark-haired woman with green eyes, she put her hand on his shoulder, and then on Ryan's and then smiled at me. "New girlfriend, right? I'm Sienna."

"Are you drunk right now Sienna?" Ryan asked her and I bit my lip and waited as their little tiff seemed to start.

"Maybe. If only I had a man to keep me in line right big brother? I mean I did, and I was happy and well behaved... then you went and punched him and made him leave." Sienna slapped his shoulder, giving off fake laughs and then she looked to me. "Hope you're here having fun." She slapped Avery's shoulder now and turned away.

"She's out of control. She better not try to drive home."

"Tara brought her." Noelle tapped Ryan's hand on her belly, and she turned her eyes to me instead of on Sienna.

"And I will be taking her home." I heard another voice and Ryan moved out of the way and a woman that kind of looked like Sienna was sitting on the couch. "She was drinking when I picked her up. I made her shower and drink water, got her food on the way here... she must have found some more booze."

"Eggnog." Ryan sighed out and shook his head. "She has to know that I wasn't the one that sent him away, he asked for the transfer and I let him go because he wanted to." I felt very out of loop, but that was probably for the best. Ryan turned and started talking with Tara, but I caught her looking me up and down like she was trying to figure me out then her eyes darted to Avery and she turned away after that and focused on her brother.

AVERY's POV:

I looked out for Sienna a bit, hoping this didn't turn into a s**t show. Kids were upstairs, brothers all around, and I really wanted tonight to go well. Now that she had the formal invite to the party, I was hoping that she and Monica would come. I had this need inside of me to see her every day, and I really wanted to see her on Christmas.

"Avery!" I looked up and over and saw Lucien waving at me inside the garage.

"I'll be right back... you okay with Noelle?" I asked Gemma and she nodded and sent me a small smile. I walked off, looking back to see that Noelle was pulling her into the kitchen. I got to the other side of the garage and saw Lucien pulling down something big.

"What is that?" I asked moving to help him.

"The present I got your sister. She's been driving me nut with the baby talk and s**t. So... I got this." He and I set it down and I rolled my eyes.

"A cage?"

"For a dog." He told me and I just looked at it. "We are going to get a delivery in about 10 minutes. Going to be the cutest f*****g puppy I found online."

"What kind?" I asked and he smirked.

"Husky, like she's always wanted." He told me and then he started telling me how it was actually Marcus' idea and that he had done the same with some chick where he came from and he told the pup likes to cuddle and that he should fit right in. Before he could tell me anything else, the doorbell rang. "That should be the puppy guy."

I walked out slowly and went with him to the front of the house, he got the box with holes, and he turned and rushed right back past me and into the garage. He got the little fluff ball out and we were putting him in the cage.

"Do me a favor, when Ryan opens the door bring him out." He tapped my arm and headed out before I heard the first couple of cries from the puppy. I walked over and put my finger in as I could hear the grand toast to Lucien's old lady. When Ryan opened the door I lifted the cage and went right to the other end of the house and saw Lucien standing right by my sister, and while I set the cage down and Jackie went a little crazy over how cute the puppy was, I looked around and saw my girl standing there with an open spot next to her.

I got to her, kissed her cheek, and heard the girls coming down the stairs like crazy kids and when Cami saw the puppy, her shriek was so high pitched it could make your ears bleed.

She charged, grabbing at the puppy to hold him and Lucien sent a big thumbs up to someone and I looked over to see Marcus and he was just laughing.

"What's the laughing for?" Gemma whispered to me and I looked down at her.

"Apparently he told my brother in law that he had gotten some ex a puppy when she wanted to start making babies. So now Lucien got one for my sister who has been wanting a baby of her own ever since Noelle turned up pregnant."

"But she has Cami." I looked down at her, her face was full of confusion and I realized she just didn't know yet.

"Lucien had Cami when he was with a stripper. Her mom didn't want to be a mom, so he was a single dad when my sister met him. She's lived with them for over a year now."

"Ah gotcha." She nodded slowly and she moved forward, pulling away from me, and I saw Monica sort of fit right in front of her. She pulled her back until she was in my arms again and I was getting completely comfortable. She was my woman, and her sister was going to be like my own.

Fuck I was in deep for a three-week relationship. But looking at her smile at her little sister, it was all I wanted for some reason.

It was way too early for this.