Calli

Finn and I spent the afternoon packing up some things for me to take to our new house. I figured might as well jump in with both feet and move in together. This way we can spend every night together.

"Baby, you don't need that." Finn says pointing to the mixer in my hands.

"Um, yes I do. How do you think I make those bomb ass chocolate chip cookies?" I say eyeing him.

"There's a mixer at the house already."

"Yeah, but it's not THIS mixer." I explain.

How much simpler can I make this?

"Calli, a mixer is a mixer." Finn says getting exasperated.

"Oh really? How would you feel if I said a dick is a dick so it doesn't matter who's I use? Huh? I'm not cheating on my mixer with another one." I narrow my eyes at him daring him to argue.

He scoffs and takes my mixer, putting it in a box for the truck.

Good boy.

"Will you sell your house?" Finn asks and I shrug.

"One of my friends is a real estate agent, she said the market isn't great right now and I should probably wait a few months."

"You already talked to a real estate agent?" Finn asks me surprised and I smile at him.

"I always like to be prepared." He crosses my bedroom over to me and sweeps me up into his arms, kissing me sweetly.

"You were always going to come be with me, weren't you? You just liked to see me sweat you little vixen." I giggle and kiss all along his jaw.

"I wasn't sure until you said you would never tell me no." Finn rolls his eyes but smiles at me.

"I was in a lust filled haze about to get laid. I would have said just about anything at that point." I scoff and pull away from him.

"So you didn't mean anything you said last night?" I ask incredulously and Finn pulls me back into him and sucks on my mark, making my knees go weak.

"Of course I meant every word. I'm just saying I would have agreed to just about anything. It actually scares me a little. No woman should have so much power." I grin proudly at him and kiss him hard.

"Let's have ice cream for lunch. And remember. You can't say no." I tease. Finn sighs deeply and kisses me.

"I'm never going to live that down." He says as he grabs his keys to run to the ice cream shop.

We finish getting the things I really want to have with me and load up his truck before going to the grocery store.

"We should invite Ian, Layla, Penny and Cam over for dinner." I suggest to Finn and he agrees with me.

"I mind linked them and they're all coming. I'll have Ian add you to the pack link tonight. Then I can send you images of all the dirty things I wanna do to you." He says smiling at me. I giggle and reach out for his hand. He holds it gently on his lap and for a moment I think this is what paradise feels like.

After we enter the store, we split up and I find everything I need for shrimp linguini Alfredo, garlic bread and ceaser salad. I find Finn in the snack aisle and look in the cart.

"Why do you need five boxes of cereal?" I ask him curiously.

"Because I like to mix them together. Fruity pebbles with frosted flakes is amaze balls."

"Are you sure you're twenty four?" I ask him cheekily and he smiles at me.

"We all like weird things. What's something weird you eat?" He asks and I take a moment to think about it.

"I like to eat peanut butter off a spoon." I say and he shudders.

"Doesn't it get stuck to the roof of your mouth?" He asks and I shrug.

"That's why I always have milk on hand. Duh Finn." I roll my eyes at him and he chuckles while pulling me into his chest.

"Well, let's find you some peanut butter, m'lady."

We make it back to our house in time to put the groceries away, shower and me to start dinner. Penny and Cam are the first to arrive. We give Penny the tour and she squeals in delight at everything.

"Please make sure Cam doesn't do anything gross, like pee in something other than the toilet." I implore Penny and she scoffs.

"You act like I have any control over him. Who do you think he tests new pranks out on? He cut holes in my bras so my nipples would stick out. Every. Single. Bra Calli. I was so mad I made him sleep on the couch. You know how expensive they are and I loved mine. He just told me I didn't need to wear one because it got in the way anyway." She rolls her eyes but the edges of her mouth twitch in amusement at her ridiculous mate.

"Well, just make sure he doesn't..." I open the cupboard to grab the pasta when I see a giant tarantula and shriek while backing up and pushing Penny towards the spider.

Then I realize it's not moving.

"CAMDEN!" I scream as Finn comes running into the kitchen trying to figure out what's wrong while a laughing Cam follows him.

"What's the matter, babe?" Finn asks and I point at the plastic spider in the cupboard. Finn gives Cam a sardonic look and punches him in the shoulder while Penny rounds on me.

"You were gonna sacrifice me to that spider, Calli!" She cries.

"I'm sorry it was instinct! You know in fight or flight situations I'm a flight girl!" I shoot back. She rolls her eyes and throws the spider at Cam, nailing him right in the eye.

"Ow, Penny the leg got me in the eye that hurt!" She rolls her eyes and kisses his cheek as he reaches around to grab her ass.

"Ugh. Wait until you get home at least. We don't need a spare bedroom in this house defiled too." Finn says grabbing two beers and pulling Cam out to the living room.

"I don't know how you live with him, Penny. I would never sleep." I huff out a laugh and she nods while sipping her wine.

"Definitely took some getting used to. But one night I put a bucket of water over our bedroom door and called him in all sexy like and it fell on his head. I told him he needed a cold shower because he wasn't gonna get laid that night. He's simmered down since then."

"Was it because of the bras or was it the blue hands?" She shakes her head.

"Neither. He put Nair in my body wash. I almost lost my eyebrows." I nearly spit my wine out laughing and sputter over the counter as I try to regain my composure.

Judging by the look on Penny's face, she was not amused.

The doorbell rings and Finn answers it and a few moments later Layla comes into the kitchen.

"It smells so good in here!" She exclaims and I introduce her to Penny. They instantly hit it off and start talking about plans for the upcoming school year. Penny has decided to take a job at the pack school so we still get to work together.

Seeing Penny with Layla warms my heart. I feel an instant kinship with Layla, much the same way I did when I first met Penny. Part of me wonders if my soul knew before I did that Penny was going to be an integral part of my life. Basically my sister in law. I feel a distinct pull to both women, similar to the one I have with Finn just not nearly as strong.

Or dirty.

As I watch the two women chat, I think about how grateful I am for Layla. I don't have nearly enough friends that are women and she is so easy to like. Her smile is infectious and her sense of humor is on point. This new friendship is another reason I'm so grateful to have found Finn.

"Dinner's ready!" I call out and everyone gathers in the dining room.

Finn comes up and kisses my cheek.

"I'm gonna run to the bathroom quick." He says and we all start dishing up our food.

A moment later I hear Finn's voice from the bathroom.

"Ha! Cam! I found the saran wrap before I peed! Sucker!" The door closes again and I look over at Cam.

"We don't even have saran wrap. Did you bring your own?" He shrugs and gives me a sheepish smile.

"Maybe." He responds.

"CAM! WHY THE FUCK ARE MY HANDS GREEN?!" Finn shouts from the bathroom as Cam descends into giggles.

Finn comes traipsing into the dining room and, sure enough, his hands are the color of green jello.

"You know I had to christen the house, bro." Cam shrugs and starts to eat his food.

"Rubbing alcohol will help get that out." Penny supplies.

I narrow my eyes at Camden and point at him.

"If you fuck up my shrimp linguini with sugar in my salt shakers I will punch you in the balls." I warn him.

His eyes go wide and he snatches the shaker out of Ian's hand just before he adds some to his food.