Rosie stared at the diamond ring on her finger, "Is this because of Drew?" she finally asked.
Vincent looked angry, "No, it is not because of him. But, I don't want him anywhere near you."
Victor laughed, "You're jealous of Drew?"
Vincent threw an apple at his brother.
"Ok, on that note, I will shut up now," he said rolling his eyes.
"Come on," Vincent said taking Rosie by the hand. "We need to go spend some time together," he said heading for the door. He thought about it for a minute. Turning, "Would you two like to come with us?"
"No, it's fine," Victor answered.
"I would really appreciate it if you two would come with us," Vincent said very carefully, trying to pick the right words. he wasn't used to this. "I caused all kinds of problems taking off in the past, we need to start off on the right foot. So, please, would you two come on a date with us today."
Anna was surprised and looked at Rosie, she nodded at her sister giving her the look. "Sure, we would love to come."
"We would?, I mean ok, sure," Victor said confused, looking at Anna and then back to Vincent.
"Girls put on your suits," Vincent called out.
"Where are you going?" Victor asked.
"To get the food," he said shrugging.
"Ok, I'll get your suit," Victor called after him.
"Thanks."
Soon the girls were ready to leave and Victor leads them downstairs to the kitchen to get Vincent. As they met up with Vincent, they saw the grin on his face.
"You did all this?" Rosie asked surprised.
"You sound surprised," he said smirking at her. "You know I offer a tasty dish. Especially my sausage."
Her face instantly turned a bright shade of red, her eyes wide.
"Don't you agree?" he asked raising an eyebrow at her. "You always seemed very happy to taste my special sauce."
Anna started choking on the water she had just swallowed and Victor shook his head.
"Didn't need that image, bro," Victor said patting Anna's back. Vincent's eyes went to Anna.
"Are you ok? I'm sorry, I was just teasing." As much as he tried to stop himself, Vincent kept staring at the marks on Anna.
"What?" Anna asked seeing his gaze.
"Are, Are you ok now? It looks like it hurt," he said motioning to her abdomen. She quickly covered it with her hand.
"Asshole," Victor said glaring at him.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings." Vicent quickly said feeling stupid, he stared at the floor. "I've just been worried about you both. Then when I finally got up enough nerve to come back, both of you, well your scents changed. I think you have both been in a lot of pain. Everything is driving me crazy."
"I'm fine," Anna said with a small smile. "The surgeries were painful but I am safe now and Victor never left me."
"Good, I'm glad you are doing well," he said with a small smile.
"Let's go," he said taking Rosie by the hand.
"Out of sight," Vincent stated to the guard.
"Yes Alpha," he said as they set up around the four, keeping at a good distance.
Soon both of the boys shifted and the girls climbed onto their backs.
"I love it when they do this," Rosie yelled at Anna, her eyes lighting up.
Anna watched her sister with a smile on her face. She realized that Victor was running slower than normal, must be because of her surgeries. She looked down sadly at him, "You don't have to hold back because of me." she whispered into his ear. He purred, happy to have her on his back and caressing him.
Rosie looked back and the two and a twinge of pain went through her heart. She again stared at the ring on her finger and then to the scenery going past them. What should she do? Soon enough they were at the side of the lake and the girls got off the boys as they let them off. The boys shifted back and they handed them the swim trunks in their hands.
The four were soon acting like the used to, running around the lake, teasing each other and finally the boys tossing the girls in. Their screams were heard for miles.
After an hour had passed, they stopped the antics and fell down on the shore next to the picnic basket that they had brought.
"Wow," Rosie said wide-eyed staring at Vincent. "This is amazing,"
"As good as my special sauce?" he asked teasing her.
She pushed him away, "Better"
"Glad you are enjoying it," Vincent said kissing her cheek.
"This really is very good, man, how did you learn to cook like this?" Victor inquired.
"Thor, he is actually an amazing cook," Vincent admitted. "He said I better have something to offer or Rosie would kick my ass to the curb."