Johnny's POV
What am I going to do? I can't enjoy this trip knowing that my dad is here. I pause my pacing, allowing a growl to rumble in my chest, but I try to keep it down due to Reed being fast asleep. I glance over to her small form draped in the white satin sheets, moving slowly and evenly with her breathing. "Damn," I murmur. I have to do something about my dad. He isn't going to scare her away. My gaze drifts over to the first drawer of the dresser next to the door, inside is Reed's ring, hidden beneath my clothes. I clench my fists. I'm not going to let him win this time.
I wake up after eventually passing out next to Reed. My eyes adjust to the morning light and I see her in the bathroom, standing on her toes to reach the sink. "Oh," I see her eyes dart to me in her reflection on the mirror. "You're finally awake."
I sit up, noting that I fell asleep in my swim trunks. "What time is it?"
"It's only like, eleven I think." She says, turning off the sink and wiping her hands with a towel. "My parents are normally early risers but I guess the long day of travel coupled with the beach play wore them out, though they've already left." She laughs, wiping off her horns. "Did you sleep well? You didn't even change out of your swim stuff."
I chuckle. "I guess I was tired too." Actually I was up till about two just pacing around. So yeah, pretty tired.
She gives me a sweet smile and I feel for a moment, that everything is okay because everything is okay to her. She doesn't know how much my dad is actually against me being with her. She probably just assumes he's worried about the fact that she's so small, or something ridiculous like that. She definitely doesn't need to know that if I stay with her he's cutting me off. She can't know that, that would be unfair. "So what are your parents doing?"
"Well mom went to check out the day spa," Reed says, leaning against the bathroom doorframe. God she's sexy. "Dad is checking out the golf course." She pauses, her big eyes scanning me. "So it's just you and me today."
I like the sound of that. I give her a confident smirk and she giggles. I swear every moment I'm with her the more I realize I can't ever live without her. Ugh, I'm such a wuss. I growl to myself, making sure to be subtle since Reed's eyes are on me. Those big eyes really don't miss a thing, though most reptiles have incredible eyesight to begin with. I feel a tingling in my stomach and my eyes narrow. "Do you have any ideas as to what you want to do?" I say, trying to ignore the fact that I'm kind of turned on by her just leaning against the doorframe like that.
Reed shrugs, crossing her arms. "I dunno. I figured we could just screw around."
Oh God, can we? "How so?" I say, trying to sound slightly seductive.
She saunters forward, her eyes narrowed. "We could go to the beach against, we could go to the pool," She crawls into bed, her voice low and slow. "We could just lie around here." Her claws spin around the tie on my swim trunks.
I give her a playful growl and roll over on top of her. "I like that last one." I purr, giving her a gentle kiss on the lips. I drag my claws down the middle over her chest, moving to her hips. Scales are a lot softer than they look to be quite frank. My hand moves over her stomach and I push into a deeper kiss and my claws begin to trail even lower. I feel Reed's foot move up to push off my trunks when I hear the door to the penthouse open.
"Hello! Anybody home?" I let out a clear snarl when Ginger's voice comes seeping in like some kind of nightmare. God I forgot she has a damn key.
"What do you want?" I yell, taking note of Reed's pouting face. Oh, that little Ginger-Snap pain in my ass is going to get it.
Her head pokes into our room, her ears perked up straight. "I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?" Her grin tells me she knows exactly what she's doing.
"Kind of, yeah." I hiss, pushing myself off of Reed and standing up off the bed. "Now what do you want?"
"You to pull your pants up." She says, pointing to my trunks that are hanging off my hips.
I give her a stupid look. "You do realize majority of the time I'm not even wearing pants." I say, pulling them off and dropping them to the floor.
"Yeah, but it's just the fact that you two were about to," She pauses, glancing between Reed and I. "Get down to business that made it a bit weird."
I growl, shaking my head as I walk to the dresser to get a shirt. "I should have just kept going." I mumble. "Maybe you would've left."
I watch Ginger from the corner of my eye and she shrugs. "I would have probably just turned the TV on really loud and waited for you to finish. I mean, I am on vacation. I've got all the time in the world, John." I hate that cocky grin so much. Is this how Reed feels about my smirk?
I throw on a red polo, fixing the collar the way I like it. "You would be waiting all day, Ginger." I say, slamming the drawer shut and giving her my cockiest smirk. "I'm not the one and done type of monster. I like to get my money's worth." I give Reed a wink and she gives me a murderous glare.
"Please do not drag me into this." Reed says, watching Ginger and I carefully.
Ginger laughs. "Lady, you dragged yourself into this the moment you crossed paths with him."
Reed growls, but I can tell she agrees with my sister. While the two remain quiet I reach into Reed's drawer and pull out a little blue sundress with yellow mangos patterned all over it. "Here," I say, tossing it to her before glancing back to Ginger. "So why are you here?"
"I actually wanted to know if you wanted to possibly explore the resort with me." She says, her eyes darting to Reed as she is putting on her dress. "I'm sure Reed would love a tour."
Reed looks up with an excited grin. Oh great. Now I have to. "That would be fun." She says, her voice so happy and excited how could I say no?
I sigh, rubbing my forehead. I do that a lot actually. I'm surprised I haven't rubbed out all the fur. "Alright, but I would eventually like some alone time with her." I narrow my eyes at Ginger and she nods.
"Oh sure," She grins. "We can give Reed to insider's tour and then I will leave you two alone to, do your thing." She winks at me and it almost makes me not want to sleep with Reed anymore. Almost.
I follow Ginger out the door, grabbing Reed's hand as she closes the door to the penthouse behind us. I glance down at her in the little dress and I can't help but notice how it falls over her figure. I furrow my brow. Did she gain weight? She doesn't eat that much. I watch her as she is walking and I just can't help it. "Reed," I whisper.
She looks at me and whispers back. "Yes?"
"Are you, umm," I pause, how do I ask this without sounding like a total ass? "Uhh," I gesture weirdly to my stomach, but she just gives me a confused look. I sigh. "Do you umm," I tap at my teeth with my claws. "Have you gained weight?"
She looks at me like I've just shot her parents and I slap my hand to my face. Smooth.
"Yes," She says, though her voice doesn't sound too happy.
"What, uhh, what kind of weight?" I am really on a roll right now. A roll straight into the hole that I am digging.
She clenches her jaw as we follow Ginger out of the elevator and into the lobby. I clearly am not paying attention to how much we are walking. "I'm not pregnant you idiot." She hisses. "But yes, I've gained a little weight. Is that a problem?"
I shake my head. "No, of course not." I sigh, closing my eyes. "I'm so sorry. That was so stupid of me."
She laughs and I relax a little. "It's fine, but seriously, if that kind of stuff worries you just ask. Don't fumble around like some goofball." I lean over and kiss her on the top of the head. "Besides," She shrugs. "You probably couldn't get me pregnant anyway."
"Why?" I ask, slightly concerned. I actually want to have kids eventually.
"Because reptiles typically can only breed with other reptiles." Ginger says, walking about twenty feet ahead of us. Damn those big ears. "Everyone knows that. It's very rare that a monster that doesn't have reptilian blood gets a reptilian monster pregnant. It just doesn't happen."
I look down at Reed. "Really?"
She nods. "Yeah, that's one reason why my parents were surprised that I am with you. If I marry you I probably won't be able to have kids." She shrugs. "Though adoption is always there, if you ever want to raise a family."
"That's true," I say, trying to sound okay with it. I mean, I don't really want kids right now, but the idea of Reed being the mother of my children was one I had thought about before. God, it seems like everything is trying to keep us apart. Even nature. To say the least, it's extremely frustrating, and very disheartening.
My gaze travels to Reed as she walks slightly ahead of me. The way her hips sway when she walks, her tail that curls up behind her. Those cinnamon bun horns. I even notice a trail of spikes beginning to develop along her jawline. She's literally growing into a new and even more incredible monster every day I see her. It's so strange how at the beginning of the year I only saw her as a new piece of tail. Now I hope to make her my wife, make her a part of me. I mean, she's brought me to tears. No monster has ever done that. Of course I won't ever tell her that. I won't ever tell anyone about that.
"Johnny?" Reed's voice snaps me back to reality. I peer down at her and she looks concerned. "Are you alright?" She says, her voice soft.
I nod, realizing that we all stopped walking. "Yeah, yeah," I throw on my best smile, wrapping my arm around Reed's shoulders. "Come on," I say, my confident forced. I glance around and notice my father walking with my mother, his eyes locked onto me and Reed and I bare my teeth at him, pulling her close. I don't think so, dad.
Hey guys! Sorry about the late update, things have been kind of busy this weekend and I haven't really had the time, but I will try to pick up on them as best as I can! Sorry if this chapter was a bit slow, I wrote it super late and all the interesting stuff I don't have planned until later so, yeah. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed! Some resort antics to come between Johnny and Ginger! So there is that nonsense to look forward to! So until the next chapter! Bye-bye!
