Lip lets go of me and I awkwardly clear my throat. I can see that he is still struggling with the issue in the pants.

"I'm going to go change."

I grab my stuff and practically run to the bathroom. I am careful not the slam the door in my haste. I pull out the clothes I had picked out for today and now I regret it. Since Lip and I are spending the whole day together I wanted to look cute for once. Now it feels like this outfit is just teasing him. I sigh and pull up my skinny jeans. I hope he isn't attracted to my ass because these jeans hug it more than I've ever worn before. I look at the shirt and roll my eyes. My boobs are already quite large because of my size and this shirt does nothing but accentuate them. I put the long sleeve shirt on and look in the mirror. The burgundy color pales my skin even more than normal. There is so much cleavage happening with this shirt. I take my hair down and it is wavy just as I predicted. Maybe I shouldn't wear any makeup today. It will tone everything down.

I have a thought that doesn't at all sound like me. Maybe I should go with my original plan of going all out. Maybe I can test what Lip is in this for. It sounds more like something Karen would do. I never thought I would be anything like her but perhaps being a little bit like her wouldn't hurt. She certainly had Lip's attention. She strung him along for 9 months making him think her baby was his. I could never do that to a person. Especially not Lip. I say fuck it and put the makeup on anyways.

I want to give Lip more time and privacy to finish taking care of himself so I go downstairs. It is still early for a Saturday so I am the only one down there. I quietly prepare the ingredients to make breakfast for everyone. I know Steve stayed over last night so I make extra for him. I can hear the rest of the house beginning to stir. Suddenly a hand reaches over and grabs a piece of bacon right off the skillet. I jump and back up. It is Frank. He looks me up and down while he eats the partially raw bacon.

"Who are you?" he asks

"Rose." I say quietly.

He leans in close to give me further inspection. He smells worse than any human I have ever smelled before.

"Are you one of mine?" he asks sounding quite confused.

"No, I'm not."

He keeps moving towards me until I am backed into the corner of the counter.

"Then what are you doing in my house?" he inquires.

"I…I…"

Frank is immediately yanked back from me.

"Jesus, Frank, leave her the fuck alone." Lip says angrily.

Frank looks back and forth between us. He raises his eyebrow.

"Oh she your girlfriend?"

"Yes and she is welcome here. More welcome than you are actually."

Frank looks over at me again.

"She is different from your other fuck buddies. You went up a size."

Frank barely finishes his sentence before Lip socks him right in the face.

"What the fuck?" Fiona exclaims as she reaches the bottom of the stairs.

"Get out! Don't you ever talk about her like that!" Lip yells as he shoves Frank out the back door.

I should be more focused on what is happening but there is ringing in my ears. Lip said that I was his girlfriend. Does he really think of me as his girlfriend? After Lip slams and locks the door he comes back over to me. The slamming of the door brings the rest of the house into the kitchen.

"Who let Frank in last night?" Lip yells.

Everyone is silent. He looks right at Debbie.

"Debs?"

"He was cold." She replies innocently.

The whole family groans and Lip turns to face me.

"Are you okay? Did he touch you?"

"No he didn't. I'm fine. Really."

He puts his hands on my face and gently kisses me. When he lets go it's like he finally gets a chance to look at me. I see him swallow and he blinks.

"What's the occasion?" he asks.

"No occasion. Just felt like dressing in better than a t-shirt and jeans."

His eyes continue to look over me and I feel like I am being weirdly inspected. He clears his throat awkwardly.

"Okay well let me help you with breakfast."

He picks up the pan of now burnt bacon.

"Why don't we all just go out for breakfast?"

Steve holds up a big wad of cash with a smile on his face. Fiona smiles back and grabs the cash from him. When he reaches for it she just kisses him.

"Alright everyone get dressed. We leave in 10." Fiona says.

Everyone runs back upstairs except Lip and I. We start to clean up from my breakfast attempt. I bend over to pick up the spatula I dropped and Lip actually groans. I pretend not to hear it and continue to put things away. I go to put the flour away in the cupboard and Lip comes up behind me. He presses into me as he puts the sugar away. Once it is away he doesn't move back. He turns me to face him. He puts his hands on my waist. I can feel the heat radiating off of him. His hands are practically scorching my skin through my shirt. I can't look right at him but he takes my chin in his hand. He makes me look him right in those gorgeous eyes.

"You look absolutely stunning."

I blink, "Thank…"

I don't even finish before his lips are on mine. His hands tighten around my waist and he backs me up against the counter. His kissing grows deeper the same way it did this morning. He slides one hand up into my hair at the base of my neck. He pulls back from our kissing and looks me right in the eyes.

"Rose, I…"

Ian clears his throat loudly from the other side of the room. Right after that the rest of the family follows into the kitchen and out the door. They blow right past us quickly. Lip groans loudly.

"If we don't go now then they will leave without us." He says.

"Yeah we should go."

He lets me past him and we grab our coats. I feel like my head is spinning as we walk out the door to the car. Steve has an SUV and we all pile in. Debbie ends up on my lap and Lip in the trunk. We are nowhere near each other and I am a bit relieved. What just happened in the kitchen and this morning was a little overwhelming. If he keeps doing things like that I don't think I am going to be able to keep saying no. The part that makes me the most confused is the sentence he wasn't able to finish. What was he going to say to me? I try to casually look behind me but he is looking right at me. He gives me that Lip smirk and winks. I feel my cheeks flush red and I turn back around. Debbie touches my hair.

"You look really pretty today, Rose" she says.

"Thank you Debs." I reply.

"You don't deserve her." She says to Lip with an air of seriousness.

Lip just smiles back.

"I know I don't." He replies.

Luckily right then we pull up to iHop. I don't know where that conversation was going but I'm not sure where I want to find out. It just feels awkward to me. I am so relieved that it is time for pancakes and coffee.

The look on our waitresses face when we walk in is quite comical. I don't think she was expecting to have to deal with the Gallagher plus crew today. We are seated in the back far away from the other customers. I end up seated between Lip and Liam. Lip is busy talking to Ian about something and Liam looks over at me. He smiles and holds out his toy.

"Ooh is this Mr. Elephant?" I ask.

He just continues to smile and hands it to me. I take it from him then boop him on the nose with the elephant's snout. He giggles so I do it again. Every time I do it he laughs even harder. He holds out his arms to me.

"Up." He says. "Up."

I take him out of the high chair and put him in my lap. When our drinks come I help him take a sip of hot chocolate. A little bit drips down his chin and I quickly wipe it up. He smiles up and me with a hot chocolate mustache and leans back against me. I look over and Lip is staring at me. There is a look on his face that I haven't seen before. I don't know what it is.

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