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The next morning I woke up naked and in Forrest's arms. His body and ours were so close together. I shifted a little and his hold on my tightened. I mumbled softly.
"Afraid I will not be here when you awake." I whispered. He mumbled and I heard the "mhmm" in his voice and I didn't move after a few seconds. I lifted my head up and met his face. He looked so calm with his eyes closed. He was almost beautiful. He slowly began to peek his eyes open and then I smiled and looked at the entrance of the tent. It was so quiet outside.
"Morning still?" I asked and he nodded and shifted into my more. His body was so warm and I didn't want to leave it.
"Seems so. When the sun is up I'll take you home." he replied. I blinked more of the sleep from my eyes and looked up at him.
"My family-"
"I love you." he suddenly replied and my body tensed at his words due to shock and he sighed as if he was guilty for saying it. "I don't care about what your dad or brothers think. You are mine and I don't want anything to come between us." I looked at him with deep eyes and he never ceased to say something of which surprised me, but I could not deny the feelings I felt for him and it was afraid of the consequences but I could not deny them. I bit my lip softly and nodded.
"I love you too." I replied. "Alright we will tell them."
He answered me with a soft kiss and I returned it. I wasn't sure what would happen once my family found out but then again what would his brothers think? Once we pulled back I looked up at him.
"Do your brothers know about us?" I asked gently. I could feel his toes start to move gently against mine and I smiled a bit at the contact.
"Mmm I'm not sure but I wouldn't be surprised if they did." he replied. I nodded and began to gently rub hid chest.
"Do you think they would be mad if they found out about us?" I asked. He shook his head.
"They already like you so I don't expect they'd be mad." he told. I nodded then wondered about the publicity of our relationship. I looked a bit discouraged now.
"A lot of people won't like it if we ever go public with our relationship." I told. A mild scoff came from his lips.
"No one is stupid enough to bother us." he replied. I grinned.
"Of course no one wants to be killed by the famous Forrest Bondurant." I replied and he emitted a low chuckle from his chest before leaning in and kissing me deeply. I returned the kiss and began to pull him on top of me and he complied and my legs began to open when suddenly we were interrupted.
"Forrest! Hey Forrest you up here?!" I heard Howard yell. We paused in our movements and I was a bit nervous. I was hoping they wouldn't find out so quickly. Forrest rolled his eyes and sighed and slowly moved off me. I sat up and hid my body under my blankets and he began to look for his pants. Decided to do the same and once I found my shirt I slid it on and then my panties and then my pants and he did the same with his.
In mere seconds the tents opening was ripped open to see a wide eyed Howard and Jack standing right behind him.
"Do you guys not know how to ask before entering a tent?" Forrest scolded. Howard looked at him then at me and then blinked furiously. I stood up quickly and cleared my throat.
"Um. Morning Howard." I replied then looked at Jack and waved at him. "Jack."
A slow smile crept onto the youngest Bondurant's face and Howard merely pushed him out of the tent then looked at Forrest.
"Forrest…are you crazy?" he whispered. "This is not okay." By now we were both standing up and I felt a bit saddened by Howard's rejection. Forrest frowned.
"What's the big deal?" he asked placing his hat on his head now. Howard's eyes flexed.
"Forrest…she's a Ne- African American. You may wish to ignore this but you put her in danger. No white man and black woman can be together not now not ever. You put Eula's life in danger every second you two are together." he explained. I tensed now at his words and Forrest glared.
"You trying to intimidate me big brother?" he asked. Howard shook his head.
"You can pretend that you are keeping her safe, but once her brothers find out things will be different. Don't get me wrong, I see Eula as a part of this family, always. But once the townsmen find out about you two and trust me they always do. They will get so angry that who knows what will happen and you know the outcome of whatever happens." he replied. I visibly shifted now and looked at Forrest whose frown deepened and he looked angrier then calm and he was use to hiding his anger by showing he was calm.
"Then I guess we will make sure that no one ever finds out." he said in a threatening tone. Howard was a bit tense now but sighed and nodded.
"Yeah brother. No one will know. Not the town or her family." he replied. I winced now for I knew this ruined our chances of telling them and suddenly Jack came back in.
"I won't tell anyone either." he said. Howard rolled his eyes and looked at me.
"Eula. We should be getting you home." he replied.
"No I will take her home." Forrest cut in quickly shooting a glance at Howard.
"You and Jack pack everything up and meet up at the bar." he replied and took my hand and led me from the tent. I was met with cool air and I simply followed silently. I got into the car and said nothing as the truck drove away.