The phone rang next morning only a few minutes after Kenny had left. Not her cellphone but the phone in the hotel room. She had no idea who would be calling their room.
"Hello?" She said as she picked up the phone.
"Hey pumpkin," Dean's voice sounded.
"How did you get this number?" She asked.
"Wow, no hello back or anything. Just straight to business," he chuckled.
"Sorry. Hello Dean. How did you get this number?" She said.
"Come down here and I'll tell you," he said.
She shook her head and smiled. He was always the sassy one.
"Tell me and I'll come down," she fired back.
She heard him chuckle again.
"Fine, you win. If you don't want people to find out about your personal life, you really should put your facebook profile on private settings. It says you're in a relationship with Kenny Collins so I called the hotel and asked to be put through to his room," he explained.
"I should have known you would be crazy enough to do that," she said.
"Now come down here," he said.
"Okay okay, I'm coming," she said and hung up.
She checked herself in the mirror. She was glad that she had chosen to wear her little black dress that day. It definately would give the guys a look at what they had been missing out on all these years even though it was her fault they had been missing out on it to begin with. She shook her head. Why did she even do this? It was just three old friends wanting to catch up. No need to check herself for them and still she couldn't help it. They had never really left her heart even though the years had gone by.
She smiled widely as she saw all three men waiting for her as she stepped out of the elevator.
"Give me some love, baby girl," Roman said as he pulled his arms around to hug her.
"Hey, don't keep her all to yourself," Dean said as he more or less pushed Roman out of the way to give her a hug.
"I need some love too, babe," Seth said as he hugged her after Dean.
It felt amazing to feel their arms around her again and hear their old nicknames for her as they each had called her while she was dating them but at the same time it also made her realize how much time had passed.
"How much free time have you got?" Roman asked.
"All day, I think. He's gonna be in business meetings," she answered.
"Good. Then we're kidnapping you," Dean said and smirked before taking her hand and dragging her out of the hotel.
Shortly after she found herself in a car with them.
"Where are you taking me?" She asked.
"We're going to have a nice, quiet day together," Roman answered.
She smiled and leaned back. She knew they wouldn't hurt her no matter how much she had hurt them back then.
They drove to a park near the edge of town.
"No one ever comes here," Dean said as he parked the car.
They got out of the car. Roman opened the trunk and took out blankets and a basket of food. Seth grabbed a couple of bottles of champagne while Dean grabbed a case of beer.
"Planning a party?" She asked.
"Just like in the good old days," Dean answered.
"So who's driving home?" She asked.
"No one. We're planning on spending the night here under the stars," Seth answered.
"What?" She asked.
"Don't worry, pumpkin. We'll make sure to get you home safe in a cab. One of us will go with you, pay for it and go back here," Dean said.
They found a nice spot in the park with a big tree. They spread out the blankets so half of them were out in the sunshine while the other half were in the shade of the tree so they could move back and forward if it got too hot or too cold.
"These are for you. We assumed you still don't like beer," Seth said and handed her the champagne bottles.
"You assumed correctly," she said.
She opened one of the bottles and took a sip of it. Dean opened three beers and handed them around. Roman opened the basket and she took a look inside.
"Wow, you still remember what I like to snack on after all these years," she said, feeling both surprised and flattered.
"Of course, baby girl," Roman said and smiled.
She grabbed a peach from the basket and ate it. She laid down on her back and put her hands under her head. She looked up at the sky.
"What are you thinking?" Roman asked.
"About high school. About my bad reputation. About how you treated me so different than the other guys," she answered and sighed.
"Those rumours about you were stupid. We knew they weren't true," Seth said.
"To be fair, half of them probably were. The first ones weren't. They were started by Bryan after I went on a date with him and refused to spread my legs for him. From there it just got worse until I chose to take it in my own hands and live up to the rumours," she said.
"He was such an idiot," Seth growled.
"He was. Anyway, he ended up being right. I did become the school slut in the end," she said.
"Hey! We never saw you that way," Dean said.
"I remember what everyone used to say about me. They called me a roundabout because there were four roads you could take with me: Hands, mouth, pussy or ass. I never understood that since I didn't do any anal stuff until after highschool," she said.
The guys burst out laughing by her honesty. She closed her eyes. As a shadow clouded the light, she opened them again to see Dean's face looking down at her.
"We never cared about what anyone called you. We would always stick up for you and defend you. You were our girl," he said.
She smiled at him.
"And we'd like to think you still are," he continued and leaned down to give her a soft kiss on her lips before pulling away from her again.
"Always so forward and not caring about what anyone thinks. That's why you ended up getting your hooks in me first," she said.
"So why did you dump me?" He asked.
She sat up, grabbed the champagne and took a sip of it.
"Why did you dump any of us?" Seth asked.
She got to her feet and walked over to Seth who was sitting up against the tree. Without asking first she sat down between his legs and leaned up against his chest. He placed his arms around her and she felt herself go back in time to when they would always sit like that on his bed late at night, just talking, making her feel worthy of being loved.
"I remember the first time you talked to me. I was walking pass you and you stopped me. I thought you would make some stupid joke about having an orgy with you but instead you asked me how I was doing," she said and looked at Roman.
"You looked so sad that day," he said.
"I probably was. I don't remember anything leading up to that moment. It was many years ago. I do remember you three striking up a normal conversation with me like I was somebody worth talking to," she said.
"You were and you still are," Seth said.
"And then you invited me to a party that night. I was sure you would try something that night instead, that the nice conversation had just been a way of making me lower my guards. At that party I found you all whispering in the dark and shortly after you offered to take me home and I thought you were gonna rape me or something but nothing happened. You took me home and told me to have a good night. I couldn't understand what was going on," she said.
"Aw, did we mess with that pretty head of yours?" Seth asked teasingly and kissed the top of her head.
"I still wonder what you were whispering about at that party," she said.
They all exchanged looks.
"We might as well tell her," Dean said.
"That was the night we all three fell in love with you. We couldn't explain it but we just knew you were special. Those whispers were us making a gentleman agreement," Roman said.
"About what?" She asked.
"About you. We all agreed that we would pursue you but that we would respect your wish of whoever of us you would choose and that it wouldn't destroy our friendship," Roman answered.
"And I won. Or so I thought at first. Little did I know you would dump me and move on to these two," Dean said.
"I'm sorry," she said.
"You broke all of our hearts one by one," Seth said.
She sighed and looked down, not knowing what do say. She looked up as a shadow fell upon her legs. Roman stood there and reached his hand down to her. She took it and he yanked her to her feet.
"Come on, there's a lake down there. Let's go swimming," he said.
"But I don't have a bathing suit with me," she said.
"Even better," he smirked as he grabbed her and swung her over his shoulder.
Seth and Dean were fast at their feet as well and followed Roman as he carried her laughing down to the lake. He put her down and she watched as all three of them stripped down to their boxers and jumped into the lake.
"Come on! It's not like we haven't seen your body before," Seth yelled up to her.
"Oh, what the hell?" She yelled back.
She took off her dress and revealed her underwear and jumped into the lake as well.
They were swimming around and having fun for about half an hour. It was just like being back to the old days. She felt good being around them and for a little while every care in the world disappeared. That was until Kenny's voice suddenly broke through.
"What the hell is going on here?" He shouted.
They all looked up and saw the row of men standing there.
"Fuck!" She let out in a scared tone.
"Baby girl?" Roman whispered.
"Don't do or say anything," she hissed at him as she made her way towards the men.
"I texted you on my way back. Imagine my surprise when you weren't in our hotel room and didn't answer my phonecall. I tracked your phone here. I thought I might find you beaten or dead and instead I find you here whoring around with none other than three men in total," Kenny shouted.
"We didn't do anything wrong. We were just swimming," she tried defending herself.
The back of his hand hit straight across her face, sending her to her knees.
"What the fuck!" Dean shouted.
She turned her head and sent him hard but pleading eyes, slowly shaking her head no.
"Don't," Roman whispered through his teeth.
One of the men moved his jacket a bit, showing a gun hidden under it.
"Just stand still and don't fucking say anything," Roman whispered.
They could do nothing but watch as Kenny grabbed her arm and yanked her up just to send her back down with yet another backhand slap to her face.
"I'm sorry, honey, I really am," she whimpered from the ground.
"Not as sorry as you'll be once we get back to the hotel. Now get dressed!" He barked.
She hurried to get her dress back on. Kenny looked out at the three men in the water.
"I don't have to tell you three to stay as far away from her as possible, do I?" He yelled.
They all shook their heads.
"Good. If I ever catch any of you near her again, that will be the last anybody will ever see of you," he said.
He turned around, grabbed her arm and dragged her with him. The row of men turned around as well and followed.
"Fuck!" Seth growled once they were gone.
"What the hell has she gotten herself into?" Dean asked.
"I don't know but we're getting her out of it. That's for sure," Seth said.
"We need to think this through," Roman said as they all made their way out of the water to get dressed. "Any of us sober enough to drive?"
"I never even finished the first beer. I can drive," Seth answered.
"Good. Let's go home and figure it out. We sure as hell can't leave her in the claws of that monster," Roman said.
"She wasn't his to begin with. She belongs with us," Dean said and kicked the nearest tree.
"Relax! We all need to relax right now. She needs us and if we go out on a raging spree, we won't be any good to her," Roman said.