PHOEBE'S POV
I'm standing looking at my reflection in my closet and I have to admit, I look kinda hot! Its Saturday night and time for the Coping Together ball at my grandparents. I'm wearing a floor length black Versace gown, with a plunging V neckline and the back is cut out all the way to the small of my back and then has a small train, it has a split up my left leg and I have paired it off with black skyhighs and I have diamonds on my wrists, neck and ears, my hair is down and straight falling to the middle of my back, I cant wait to see Michaels reaction to the dress. Just as I think this he walks in the room looking at his phone.
"Babe are you ready? Its almost time to.." he finally looks up from his screen and sees me in my dress. He has stopped dead in the middle of the room and his mouth is open
"Oh my god Phoebe.. You look…wow! You look absolutely fantastic, I mean….wow" he has a massive grin on his face as he walks over to me. He looks like a fucking male model himself in his black Tux. He wraps his arms around my waist and gives me small kiss on my forehead so he doesn't ruin my make up.
"You look mighty handsome yourself Mr Lorenzo"
"Im not going to be able to leave your side baby because every man in the room is going to want you, you're a vision baby, an absolute fucking vision! Come on we need to get out of here before I do something that will make us very very late" he grabs my hand and leads me from the room.
In the great room James, Ava and Cassie are stood around drinking wine, Michael pours us both a glass and hands me mine, while we are all chatting the elevator pings and Teddy walks in, looking the spitting image of my father in his tux
"Ted what are you doing here? I thought you were going with mom and dad?"
"Yeah well I though I would catch a lift with you guys instead, if that's ok? Kind of cramps my style to pull up at an event with mommy and daddy"
Hmmm he is so transparent it's a joke! Mike, James and Cassie are oblivious but Ava catches my eye and we both swap knowing glances. Teddy is homing in on Cassie.
"Its fine big bro, the limo is down stair, come on guys lets go" we all make our way down stairs and get in the limo, Mike and I slide in first so that we will be the last ones to exit. This will be our first public appearance as a couple and we know that the media will go wild as soon as we get out the car.
The drive to Bellvue is filled with laughter as we all have a glass of champagne, I cant help but smile at Teddy and Cassie who are on the other bench seat in deep conversation, Ava and James are laughing there heads off over something. You can cut the sexual tension with those two with a knife! Its been that way ever since they first met, but for some bullshit reason they have never taken there friendship any further. They are both worried what would happen if they dated and then broke up, because Ava is my best friend and James is Mikes brother, they said it would be to awkward if the shit hit the fan because they will always be in each others lives no matter what because of Mike and I, we both gave them our blessing but they wouldn't hear it so instead for the last 2 and a half years they have flirted shamelessly with each other and both have sulked liked toddlers when the other would have a date! It got to the point where Mike and I would lie to them about what the other was doing, at one point Ava found out James was semi serious with a girl and gained 10 pounds on ice-cream and burgers! And when James found out that Ava had hooked back up with her friends with benefits Mark, we had to take him to hospital to have 14 stitches in his hand because he punched a wall! They need to just get it over with and be together!
We pull up in our grandparents driveway and I take a deep breath as Mike whispers in my ear "its ok baby, you look fantastic" I give him a weak smile in return.
James, Ava, Cassie and Teddy get out first and I can hear the media shouting questions at Ava such as "What are you wearing" to which I hear her shout back " a dress and shoes dumbass" everyone laughs and then I hear him re-frase his question "Sorry Miss Grey,, Who are you wearing?" to which she replies "Dior" Then to Teddy they shout "Who's the date?" And to my shock he replies "Cassandra Lorenzo" Teddy has never given the name of any of his dates in the past because he never wanted to make the statement that he was tied to 1 girl. I cant help but wonder when he asked Cassie to be his date? I make a mental note to ask him later. They ask Cassie who she is wearing and I hear her reply confidently "D&G"
Its time for us to get out so Mike gets out and holds his hand out for me, the flashes go wild as I appear and it almost blinds me but I keep smiling, Mike snakes his hand around my waist as stand and smile, he must feel the tension in me because he leans down and whispers in my ear so only I can hear "I hope they cant see the boner in my pants because of you in that dress" which makes me break out into giggles and a genuine smile. The questions being fired at us are nothing like the ones fired at the rest of out group
"Phoebe is it true your engaged?" "Who are your wearing?" "Are you pregnant?"
I cant help but be shocked at the first and last question and even though I have had years of training in dealing with the press I cant help my response
"Umm NO…Versace… and HELL NO!"
Mike takes my hand and we walk to join the rest of our group, I cant help it but be pissed at the pregnant comment, are they trying to say I'm fucking fat?
"Fucking dumbass bastards" I fume. Mike chuckles and leans down to kiss my temple.
We make our way across the room to our table which is next to the table my parents are on, our table consist of Me, Mike, James, Cassie, Teddy, Ava, Carly and her friend Lisa who she has been friend with since kindergarten. My parents table is made up of them, Elliot and Kate, Ethan and Mia and our grandparents.
I walk over to my parents table and introduce Mike to everyone. He shakes hands with everyone, I cant help but laugh at my aunt Mia who is staring at him like a oasis in the desert.
While Mike talks with all the men I quickly sit and catch up with the other Grey women.
"OMG Pheebs he is hot!" Kate pretends to fan her face
" I swear I went light-headed for a moment" Mia, still in shock
"If I were 50 years younger….well I cant say I would be sorry what I would do to him" my grandmother says and I giggle because they are talking about him like he is a piece of meat
"Honey you look fantastic, the most beautiful women here" I cant help but snort at my mothers comment because I wonder if she looked in a mirror before she left home. She looks 25! And like a super model! She is wearing a deep royal blue dress which match her eyes and she is adorned with sapphires and diamonds
"Mom thank you but have you looked at yourself tonight?" I ask as she blushes
"Its true Steele, you look fucking hot, and don't think we all didn't see you and Mr Mogul go into the boat house like 5 minutes after you arriveed"
"Kate you shouldn't say things like that" my mother has now blushed bright red .
EWWW I hate hearing about my parents sexcapades but I cant help but laugh as my mom throws her napkin at Kate giggling.
Hmm maybe I'll drag Mike to the boathouse later but then I think how gross it would be to have sex with my boyfriend knowing my parents have been I there before me!….maybe ill just drag him off to the garden shed!
After a delicious meal it is time for the first dance auction, I am excused from participating this year due to the fact I have a boyfriend, Ava and Cassie got roped into it though and they now stand on stage with all the other girls, including Carly who is giggling like a loon with Lisa, its her first year and so far she has loved it!
The MC announces Ava on the stage.
"Ok gentlemen we have the beautiful Ava… who will start the bidding at $10,000"
The bids get bigger and I notice 2 guys who are hell bent on getting Ava's first dance, I cant help but notice James off to the left of the stage with his jaw clenched giving both guys death stares. I look back at the bidding war and so far Ava has the highest amount being bid on her
"$35,000"
"$40,000" guy number 2 yells out
$45,000" guy number one yells
Just as gut number 2 is about to counter bid a booming voice echoes the room out
"$100,000!" there is a collected gasp from around the room as James walks to the middle of the floor looking up at Ava, guy 1 and 2 are now scowling at him.
"£100,000 from the gentlemen in the front going once going twice ,,,,SOLD!" the Mc brings his hammer down. Ava gets off the stage and walks to James where he quickly grabs her hand and ushers her outside
"Well its about fucking time" I say to Michael giggling
"Your telling me, I didn't think he would ever get his ass in gear and claim her as his own, but just so you know baby, I would bid every penny I have to have a dance with you"
"You mean you would throw away all your money so that no other man would dance with me" I laugh
"Damn straight, you belong to me Miss Grey" he reaches over and I sit on is lap and give him a few butterfly kisses, we get a few funny looks from the other party goers, especially the older ones but I don't care, for 3 years I have sat on his lap and kissed him and I'll be damned if I change because a bunch of money people are looking at us! Well fuck them I'm money people as well! and I could buy each and everyone of them 10 times over with just the money in my trust fund!
"Uh oh.. Your sister is up next babe and just look at your father"
I look across the room an sure enough Carly is on stage and she is blushing so so bad! Its cute! What's not cute is my father stood on the edge of the group of bidders with his arms crossed over his chest flanked by Taylor, Sawyer, Reynolds and Ryan! For the love of god dad have you learned nothing from me! Leave the poor girl alone! Carly is now biting her lip looking at my father. Thankfully I see my mother make her way over to him and say something into his ear, I watch as his face drops and then he smirks and she leads him away from the stage and they come and sit next to Mike and I. Out of respect I suppose for my parents Mike picks me up and sits me in the chair next to him.
Even though Mike and I were respectful enough to not sit all over each other in there company they see no need to spare us from there public fondling as my dad has mom on his lap with his arms around her middle, both looking up on the stage as Carly is bid on, I'm pretty impressed there are about 5 guys bidding on her and she is giggling nervously.
There is this one guy, Mr. tall, dark and sexy, who is looking up at her and is upping everybody else's bid, he is determined to win her dance. That's when I see 2 girl stood towards the back of the room shooting daggers at my baby sister! Bitches better not try anything! I watch as both girls huff and walk out the room as Mr. tall dark and sexy wins Carlys dance for $80,000, she walks off the stage and starts to talk to him and I see my dad give a very subtle nod to Ryan, who goes over and stands about 10 feet behind Carly.
"Daddy come on, does Ryan need to get that close to her, give her some room"
"No! I know nothing about the guy who bid on her so instead of turning a blind eye and let her do what ever she wants tonight and then tomorrow have to get a picture ready to put on the side of milk cartons asking for her safe return, I would rather be safe then sorry and have Ryan watch her like a fucking hawk!"
I cant help but laugh, even though I have been on the end of his obsessive security I know he only does it because he loves us, I get up and plant a soft kiss on his cheek "I love you daddy"
"I love you to princess" he looks at me a bit bemused as my mother just smiles at us, she starts clapping as she sees Cassie take centre stage "Oo she does look amazing, she is such a natural beauty"
"I agree, she reminds me more and more of my mother every day, she has turned into a remarkable young women" Mike says wistfully, he gets a sad look in his eyes when he talks of his mother, respect be damned my man needs me!, I sit back on his lap and put my arms around his neck telling him I love him in his ear, the MC starts the biding just as James and Ava join us, I look at Ava and give her a "What happened" look and she returns it with a "I'll tell you later" eyebrow. The bid are now past $100,000 for Cassie and there are 3 men bidding furiously for her, I spot Ted in the middle of the bidders with his hands across his chest while he strokes his lips with his fingers, looking up at Cassie with a look of amusement.
Myself, My mother, Ava and every other person in the room all gasp when we hear Teds Bid
"A MILLION DOLLARS"
"Little fucker topped my high bid" my father huffs in annoyance. He held the record for the highest bid for 10 years now when all the married women also participated in the auction and he bid $700,000 for a dance with my mom. The Mc brings his hammer down and "Sells" Cassie to Teddy and you can see the beaming smile that they are both sharing with each other as they make there way over to our table.
Ted sits down with a cat that got the cream grin and Cassie is no better, Geez guys cool it a bit you have known each other for 48 hours.
When the first dances are over I share a dance with, Mike, my dad, grandpa, James, Elliott and Teddy, while dancing with Teddy I notice the 2 girls that were making daggers at Carly earlier today make a bee line for her as she walks out the tent with Lisa. I have never been a fighter but Ava and I got in a fair few scraps in college with other girls so I know the look of a girl who wants to starts trouble, I catch Ava looking at them as well and then look at me, we give each other a nod and she excuses herself from the table and I excuse my self from Teddy, I walk over to Ava and we both start following Carly but out of view of the 2 bitches.
I nod my head to Ryan to say that "I got this"
"You getting ready for a beat down pheebs?" Ava asks, it makes me laugh because she is walking while taking off her earrings and putting them into her purse, I have the same idea and hand her mine.
"I don't want a fight but no one messes with my baby sister"
"Agreed., I got your back cousin" she growls
As we get closer we can hear some of what 1 of the bitches is saying to Carly
"Think you can just steal my boyfriend Grey?" the blond bimbo sneers at her
"I did not steal your boyfriend, he bid on me, he bid on you too but lost! What is your problem, its not my fault, its just a dance so grow the fuck up" Carly hits back and to her credit she doesn't look scared at all, in fact she looks like she is about to pounce on her. That's my Girl!
"O please, your telling me he bid $80,000 just to dance with you bitch! Your probably going to fuck him as well like the whore you are"
I go to get involved but Ava whispers to me to wait a minute
"I am not a whore Stacy! Unlike you who has had half the fucking basketball team" I laugh at this
I can see that Carly hit a nerve with this girl when she said that, but what she says next makes Carly and me snap!
"Oh please Grey, you talk a big talk because of who daddy is but there is no doubt you are a whore, you know how I know bitch?.. Because you come from a whore!" she spits out
I don't know how it happened but the next thing I know Carly has slapped her so hard she actually spins around and does a complete 180 and as she does I punch her square in the face and literally knock her off her feet! she lands on the floor in a heap holding her nose which I am pretty sure I have broken! Her little bitch friend has made a hasty retreat and Lisa is looking at us with shock. The 3 of us stand over the blond bimbo with our arms crossed over our chests looking down at her.
"I don't know who the fuck you are and I don't give a fuck, but get your skank ass up and get the fuck off my grandparents property now!" I growl at her
"I'll fucking sue you! You bitch you broke my nose!" she says, there is a lot of blood pouring from her nose but I don't give a fuck, just as I am about to say something to her Carly beats me to it
"Shut the fuck up Stacy! Other wise I'll break your jaw to match your nose and if you think you can sue my sister perhaps I should tell professor Bingham that it was you and your little skank crew who flipped her car last Halloween!"
Bimbo's eyes go wide when Carly says this "you wouldn't dare Grey" she snarls
"Try Me!" I am so impressed with my little sister right know, but before I can tell her this I have to get rid of the piece of trash at our feet. I lean down and grab her by the hair, thank god where we are is out of view from the rest of the party, just as I pick her up off her feet my dad, Taylor, Ryan, my mother and Michael walk out, my dad looks furious.
"What the fuck is going on out here" he shouts
"Its ok dad we have it under control, Ryan, Taylor, take this piece of shit and throw her ass out"
They know not to mess with me as I say this and they walk over and take 1 of her arms a piece but the bitch just doesn't know how to shut the fuck up.
"I'll get you for this Grey, you fucking bitch, you and your whore sister" she spits out at Carly
I cant help it, she has called not only my mother a whore but now me too! I walk up to her and smack her around the face so hard she must be seeing stars.
"Try it bitch! But I have enough money and enough power to make you disappear for life! And just so you know, I will be blackballing you from every social event for the rest of your pathetic life, now get the fuck out of my face!" I scream
Taylor and Ryan walk her out of sight and I turn to face my shocked parents, Carly Ava and I all stand shoulder to shoulder with our arms crossed, waiting to start our case.
"Lisa will you excuse us please" Lisa walks back into the tent " Now then will one of you explain why the fuck you are all our her fighting like a bunch of hooligans?" my mother asks
"Mom it was not our fault, Stacy's boyfriend won my dance in the auction and she was pissed at me because he only bid up to $15,000 for her and $80,000 for me and then she comes out here and calls me a whore and then she… she called…ummm" she stops because we both know that our father will flip when he know she called our mom a whore.
"What Carly? What could she have possible said that warranted her to have what looked like a broken nose? I raised you both as ladies and I expect you both to fucking act like it! That goes for you too Ava, now again tell me what she said for the 3 of you to be stood there like Charlie's angels!"
I sigh as I tell him and wait for him to go thermonuclear "she was screaming at Carly and Ava and I though that there might be trouble so we came out here to make sure that she had a bit of back up you know, and then we heard them start to argue and I wanted to step in sooner but Ava stopped me and said let her be for a minute and Carly was holding her own and I was very proud of how she was handling the bitch and then the bimbo called…she..she said that Carly was a whore because she comes from a whore, so Carly slapped her and as she span around I caught her on the way around and I punched her in the nose" I sigh.
My father is eerily still as he looks at us
My mother pipes up "girls I appreciate you standing up for me but that is no reason to." she is cut off by my father "Anastasia" she stops talking and my dad looks at me with his gray eyes
"Do you think you broke her nose when you punched her?" he ask me softly
"Umm yeah I think so I felt the crunch" I shrug
"Good! Come Anastasia lets dance" and with that he holds my moms hand and leads her back in the tent.
The 3 of us stand there in shock, I cant believe he didn't go off on us more!
"Wow did uncle Christain just let you both get away with that?"
"looks that way, if I didn't know any better I would say there was a look of pride in his eyes, even though I know violence is not the answer, my god it felt good to knock that bitch down" I say as Mike walks over and gives me a kiss and checks my hand.
"Thanks for having my back guys"
"Your welcome even though you didn't need it little sister, that was some slap you have her! I'm impressed"
"Yeah well, I've been taking Krav Maga lessons from Taylor so my hits have got harder" she shrugs
Ava can see the look of lust in Mikes eyes as he stands in front of me, she got good at knowing that look after needing to make quick exits in case we started doing it in front of her over the last 3 years.
"Um come on Carly lets go get a drink and give those to some privacy, and trust me I've seen that look and I know what comes next" she grins as Carly looks on amused at us but I only have eyes for the hot smoldering man in front of me.
"Do you know how fucking hot that was when you bitch slapped her? " he growls as he kisses me up my neck and then starts to nibble my ear
"Liked that did you?"
"Baby you have no fucking idea, I had to stop myself from taking you right there and then in front of everyone"
" its all kinds of weird because I'm pretty sure my parents were intimate in there a few hours ago so I don't want to go in the boathouse but do you wanna go to the garden shed" I get out while he grabs my ass and pulls me closer to him and lets out a bark of a laugh.
"So that's what it has come to Miss Grey… the garden shed? Well im sure I can make it work" he grins at me and I lead him across the grass to garden shed…