A/N: So, here's the first full chappie. Yes, I know it's short but I actually write all of this by hand before typing it onto my laptop so they probably won't get much longer.
Reid: That's called being lazy.
Tink: That's called me hating the cramp I get after writing for three hours straight.
Reid: Whiner.
Tink: I will so write you into a gay scene.
Silence.
Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 1: Using and Explaining
Exactly two weeks later I was standing behind the bar at Nicky's. The way I saw it it would be the best way for me to examine the Sons without raising any suspicion.
"Lux, empties!" Nicky shouted at me over the noise of the crowd.
I groaned but nodded at my boss before making my way out from behind the bar. He was my boss and the owner of the bar after all.
I snatched a tray up and weaved my way around all the people, collecting empty glasses as I went. Guys eyed me from head to toe as I walked by. That was the worst part about working there but they were all aware that the staff were strictly off limits. I was going past the pool tables when I overheard something that made me pause.
A blond boy slapped some cash on one of the tables and said,"Blue cotton."
"Pink lace," a boyish looking brunette stated as he also put money down.
A third with hair to his shoulders followed suit and with a smirk declared,"Boys, that girl hasn't worn panties since she was twelve."
I followed their gazes just in time to see a girl's dress blow up around her waist. No panties. I looked back at the boys with an amused expression. I locked eyes with the blond one, pitch black eyes stared back at me. The tray I had been holding crashed to the floor causing the other two to turn and look right at me. I darted for the door.
I had made it tend feet into the back alley when a hand firmly gripped my wrist and yanked me to a halt. I turned and glared at the three from before plus one more. It was the blond that had grabbed me.
"Let me go!" I shouted at him as I tried to pull free of his grasp but he only tightened his hold on me.
"Not until you tell us what got you so spooked, girlie," he said with narrowed eyes.
"Other than you assaulting me in a dark alley behind a bar nothing at all," I snapped.
"Now why don't I believe you?" he asked as his grip tightened even more.
"Maybe you have trust issues. Now let go, you're hurting me," I pleaded and winced as he did the opposite causing a sharp pain to shoot all the way up my arm.
"Reid," the one with long hair said in a warning tone.
Ah, so the blond asshole was Reid Garwin. I should have known.
"Don't Reid me damn it!" he snarled back.
"C'mon, Reid man. Just let her go," the boyish one tried.
"Baby Boy, you don't have the fucking balls so don't even think it," Garwin said with a smirk, not taking his eyes off me.
At least I had figured out who the other three had to be. The boyish one was Tyler Simms, the long-haired one was Pogue Parry and the new addition had to be Caleb Danvers. Evelyn's descriptions had been right on when it came to the Sons of Ipswich.
"I'm giving you one last warning to let me go, Garwin," I growled.
When he just smirked at me I let the Power surge forward. I saw the shock on his face which meant my eyes had changed but there was no going back. I shoved my hands into his chest as hard as I could and sent him flying into the brick wall. That would leave a mark for sure.
"Holy fucking shit!" someone yelled causing me to turn my attention to the other three.
"You have some serious explaining to do," Caleb spoke for the first time.
"Perhaps it's time to take a little trip to your house then," I said as if it was the most natural thing in the world.
"My house? Why would we go there?" he asked with a furrowed brow.
"Well, for one I'm sure you don't want your secret discovered and two Evelyn should be present to this explaining," I explained.
"My mother?" Caleb questioned.
"This shit just gets weirder and weirder," Parry muttered.
"All will be revealed in due time, boys," I said with a small smile.
Garwin groaned as he slowly got to his feet.
"Tell me I didn't just get my ass handed to me by a chick," he moaned while rubbing the back of his head where it had made contact with the wall.
"She did warn you," Parry replied with a crooked smile.
"Shove it, Pogo," Garwin snapped in return.
"D'awe, did I hurt your wittle pride, Garwin?" I teased, not realizing until it was too late that I had used his name not once but twice.
"How the hell did you-," Garwin started but I didn't allow him to finish. I Used once again and sent myself to the front porch of the Danvers' house.
I opened the door and strolled in like I belonged there. I knew exactly where to find her. Sure enough I walked into the lounge and there she was, alcohol in hand.
"The boys will be right behind me," I announced causing her to jump to her feet, the glass falling to the carpeted floor.
"What in the world do you mean?" Evelyn asked.
"Lets just say I finally met them and it didn't exactly go as I had planned," I replied to which she raised her eyebrows at me. I let out a deep sigh and continued, "I saw Garwin Use. Parry, Simms and Garwin all saw me see Garwin Use and followed me out to the alley behind Nicky's. Garwin grabbed my wrist, I turned to glare at all of them and noticed they had grabbed Caleb on the way out. Parry and Simms both tried telling Garwin to let me go but he wouldn't so I sort of Used on him and knocked him into a wall. Caleb said I needed to explain, I said we needed to come here and then I Used again and here I am."
She just stood there and stared at me. I wasn't even sure if she was breathing.
"Eluxria!" she exclaimed causing me to cringe at my given name.
"I know it sounds bad but...yeah it's pretty bad," I said and bit my bottom lip.
"This is your idea of observing?" she asked.
"Not exactly, no," I answered.
"Mother!" Caleb's voice boomed.
Evelyn and I looked at each other both thinking the same thing: "Oh, shit." All four Sons came charging through the doors within a matter of seconds.
"Told you the were right behind me," I said as I leaned against one of the walls with my arms crossed. Evelyn shot a glare my way.
"Mind telling us what exactly is going on, Mother?" Caleb asked though it wounded more like a command.
"I'd like for you all to meet Eluxria," Evelyn stated simply as if that was all the information they would need.
"Lux," I muttered. "And I already know who all of you are," I added with a smirk.
"So, who the hell is she?" Garwin blurted.
"I thought we already covered that. Me Lux, you Garwin," I shot back with a roll of my eyes.
"What's she doing here?" Parry asked.
"Tell them," Evelyn demanded.
"Tell us what?" Simms questioned.
I looked right at Caleb as I said, "My full name is Eluxria Evelyn...Danvers."
"Holy fucking shit," Parry shouted. Now I knew who had said it in the alley.
"Mother?" Caleb asked clearly looking for confirmation.
"She speaks the truth. She is your sister, twin sister in fact," Evelyn told him.
"Though you are older than me by ten minutes," I said with a small smile to Caleb.
"First the Golden Boy now I have to deal with the Golden Girl. Great," Garwin grumbled.
"I wouldn't say that, Mr. Garwin. Caleb and Eluxria couldn't be any more different if they tried," Evelyn corrected.
"Oh, yeah?" he prodded with that wicked smirk of his.
"I ran off ten nannies, four butlers and fifteen tutors by the age of thirteen. When I received the Power it only got worse. They claimed I was Satan's child," I said with a laugh that held no humor.
"But you knew about us?" Caleb asked quietly.
"My whole life," I answered.
"Your father and I thought it best to send Eluxria away and to never speak to another soul of her existence, to protect her," Evelyn gently explained to Caleb whose hands were balled into tight fists.
"Why would she need protected and from who?" Parry asked from his spot across the room from me. He was almost coping my position exactly, except for the severe scowl on his face.
"In the Book of Damnation it speaks of a Key, a Key to reverse and put a stop to the aging," I explained as I slowly stepped away from the wall toward my brother. I couldn't care less if the other hated me but if he did it would kill me.
"That's a myth, a legend that our ancestors disproved way before out time," Caleb argued.
"How could they disprove something that didn't yet exist?" I asked to which none of them had a response. The four Sons glanced at each other before Evelyn took over where I had left off.
"It is said that the Key will be the first ever Daughter of Ipswich to be born. It goes on to say that it will be her blood shared with one of the Sons and her love for another that will save us all from our fates."
"Well, it that's not fuckin' creepy," Garwin muttered.
"Clearly it refers to Lux," Simms stated. I sent a smile his way for calling me Lux instead of Eluxria which he returned with a faint blush. Such a cutie he was.
"How do you figure that, Baby Boy?" Garwin asked.
"Well, she is the first female to be born with the Power and being as how she and Caleb are brother and sister she shares his blood," Simms explained but Garwin still looked a little lost.
"And the love part?" Parry asked.
"It means that she will fall in love with one of you," Evelyn answered, cutting myself and Simms off.
"What if we refuse her help?" Caleb growled.
"Caleb-," I started but was cut off again.
"If you would excuse us for a moment," Evelyn said as she grabbed Caleb by the arm and drug him out of the room with him protesting the whole way.
A tense silence filled the air as the four of us avoided looking at each other. It wasn't how I had thought things would go at all. I had thought I would have plenty of time to slowly get to know them and become friends with them naturally but that plan had been shot to hell. So, there I was in a room with three complete strangers asking them to let me into their tight knit group. Yeah and monkeys are gonna fly outta my ass at any second.
"So, you were tutored, huh?" Simms asked, breaking the silence.
"I was, Evelyn and James were afraid I would be discovered if I went to an actual school," I answered.
"Who didn't they want to find you?" Parry pushed with narrowed eyes.
"The fathers of course," I replied as if it were obvious.
"That's ridiculous," Parry spat.
"How old does your father appear to be, Parry? Is he even still breathing? Do you not think that if given the chance he would do everything he could to not only put a stop to but also reverse the consequences of Using? I growled, stepping closer to his with each question until we were toe to toe with our chests touching every time we exhaled.
He glared down at me and I glared right back up at him. I knew he was testing me but I never backed down from anyone, I had nothing to lose after all. Then I noticed how truly beautiful his eyes were. They were a rich green color like grass right after it's been mowed with darker specks around them. My breath got caught in my throat as I felt myself begin to get lost in those eyes. His gaze softened as he glanced down at my lips. I started to lean forward and then the playboy had to open his mouth.
"Why do you call us by our last names? Besides Caleb anyway."
Parry cleared his throat as we both looked at the floor and moved away from one another.
"Um, first names just seem a lot more personal to me and Caleb has the same last name as me so calling him Danvers would be pretty weird," I answered.
"You ca call me Tyler or Ty or even Baby Boy if you want, I don't mind," Sim-Tyler said with a smile and a blush.
"Ty it is then," I said and smiled back at him.
"And I wouldn't mind a hot chick like yourself calling me Reid, you'll probably be screaming it at some point anyway," Reid said as he sauntered over and threw an arm around my shoulders. I couldn't help myself, I laughed.
"Do lines like that actually work for you, Reid?" I asked.
"Yes," all three boys answered at the same time causing me to laugh even harder.
"How 'bout you, Pogo? You care if my next ex-fling calls you by your first name?" Reid asked.
"We'll stick to last names for now, Danvers," Parry said but sent me a wink.
"I say you and I go find an empty guest room upstairs," Reid whispered in my ear as his hand slid down to the small of my back.
"Reid," Parry warned.
"Shut it, Biker Boy," Reid snapped.
"I was just going to remind you that she is Caleb's sister," Parry said with a crooked smile.
"So?" Reid prodded.
"So, Caleb will break both of your arms if he comes back in here and sees you like that with his sister," Ty answered.
"He doesn't even know her!" Reid argued.
"Do you want to be the one to make his brotherly instincts kick in?" Parry asked.
"What about my brotherly instincts?" Caleb asked as he walked back into the room minus Evelyn.
Reid jumped away from me so fast you would have thought that I shocked him. Myself, Ty and Parry cracked up.
"Oh, you know Pogo, always talking about nothing," Reid answered nervously.
"Uh-huh," Caleb said slowly with a quirked brow.
"Biker Boy really should be medicated," Reid said, looking anywhere but at Caleb.
"Reid?"
"Hmm?"
"Touch my sister again and I'll break both of your arms," Caleb told him with a grin. Ty shot Reid a look that clearly said: "I told you so."
"There's a bonfire at the Dells tonight," Caleb announced as he plopped onto one of the couches. I sat down at the other end and tossed my legs over his lap. He smiled at me as I laid my head against the arm of the couch and closed my eyes.
It was amazing to me how fast Caleb and I had connected. He walked back in, looked at me and it was like we had always known each other. Maybe it was a twin thing. The other guys seemed to accept me too though. So, maybe it was our Power pulling us to others like ourselves. James used to tell me that he thought Caleb and I would even each other out, including our Power. He even had a theory that our Power would be even greater than it already was if we Used together, he said we would be unstoppable. Evelyn just thought that I would be the control that the Sons needed, the glue that held them together when things got tough. I wasn't sure about all that.
Someone sat on the arm of the couch by my head and started playing with my hair. I didn't even have to open my eyes to know that it was Reid. Each of the boys presences had a different feel to it and I was quickly learning how to tell which was which.
"We really should grace them with our awesome presence," Reid said while still running his fingers through my hair.
"I don't know about that, Reid," Caleb said with a sigh.
"Oh, come on. It's the perfect chance to break in the minx," Reid persuaded.
"The minx?" I asked as I opened my eyes and looked up at Reid.
"Well, you are sort of minx-like. I mean, well...oh, never mind," Ty said and then looked at his feet and turned crimson.
"Wow, Baby Boy. You almost hit on a girl for the first time," Reid teased which only made Ty blush even more. I grabbed Reid's hand and put it back in my hair when I noticed he had stopped. Parry shook his head and laughed at me so I stuck my tongue out at him because I'm oh so mature. Yeah.
"Maybe brat is more fitting," my brother said and poked me in the ribs.
"Oi, watch the good, Bro," I complained. All four laughed at that.
"I guess we can go for a couple of hours," Caleb conceded.
"I knew you would see thing my way," Reid said smugly as he jumped up from the couch and headed for the door with Ty following.
"Hey, Pogue? Isn't Kate supposed to be there?" Caleb asked when the three of us were about to walk through the front door.
"I don't know," Parry answered stiffly before moving to keep walking but Caleb grabbed his arm and stopped him.
"Don't tell me it was another fight," Caleb nearly whispered.
Parry looked right at me and replied, "We broke up. For good."
It was like he wanted to make damn sure that I knew that. He shrugged Caleb's hand off and was out the door. Two seconds later I heard a motorcycle fire up and burn rubber down the driveway.
"That was weird," I mumbled with my eyes still on the front yard.
"Did something happen between you two?" Caleb questioned with his eyes firmly on me.
"What? No! Of course not!" I answered, it wasn't exactly a lie. There was a moment but I wasn't about to tell my brother that.
"Pogue is a very private person," he informed me.
"Maybe he trusts me," I defended, knowing that wasn't the case.
"Or maybe the fact that there's a chance that he'll be the Son you fall in love with has got his head all messed up," he argued.
Reid honked the horn at us making Caleb give me a pointed look before walking out to the Hummer and effectively ending our conversation.
Saved by the horn.