The Bet With The Players by C. Joyce (read my book TXT) 📕

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10 minutes...it only took 10 minutes for all of us to get kicked out of Victoria Secret. The workers were kind enough to let the girls and Dylan stay but not us. I swear...I'm doing a bad job babysitting them. "Eric, did you REALLY have to comment how big that lady's boobs were?"

"Huh-"

"Save it.  Aiko and Jason, why did you ask random customers to model in the underwear?"

"But-"

"Don't interrupt me boys,  Jay, did you really have to buy a nightgown?"

"In my defense...it isn't for me. I'm buying it for Valentine, just in case Zander and her where going to have 'fun' without us."

I couldn't argue with his reason, "Does the cash register girl know that?"

"Well no..."

I did a face-palm, "Anyways...Jaxon, you're 18, you've seen bras before. So why are you putting bras on your eyes as if they were mask?! And DON'T try to reason that with me. The worst of them all Nathan...oh idiota. Dude, you're almost 19, you've seen and touch boobs. WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TOUCH THAT CHICK'S BOOB?!"

Nathan shrugged his shoulders, "That blonde had the biggest tits I've ever seen." "Yup, we're going home."

Sea's POV.

"Sea~" There was something pointy that was poking my should blades. "Wake up!"  

Oh, hell, no! It's Sunday, what would I have to wake up for? Besides to clean the kitchen, wash the guy's cars, to take care of Carter, do the dishes, mak- ahh fuck. Work. EVERY SINGLE DAY BESIDES LAST WEEK. As if high school isn't enough, being a maid for teen boys, is.

"WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!" The tiny little voice was still there, shouting out for me. There was a mass weight on top of me, it keep going up and down. 

A deep African-American accent asked, "She awake yet, Carter?" 

"Not yet Jackson," Carter replied in a sad tone. Wait...how can I hear everything? Am I already awake and pretending to be sleeping? Or am I just half awake? Oh well, I'll just go back to sleep.

I heard Jackson chuckle, "She better wake up before Dylan gets the water." No, Dylan would never do that...Wait. It's Dylan- of course he fucking would! "Hey Carter, do you want to know a secret about Dylan and James?"

A soft 'yes' replied to Jackson.

"Well, your brother and your cousin are fighting over the same girl." Dylan and James are fighting over the same girl? Dylan? B-but he's engaged to me...well not a true engagement. Yeah, we ARE getting married, not a true one. But, I still matter to Dylan, right? Wait. Why am I so concerned about it? Dylan's a player- man whore, that doesn't care about any single girl. So why would he care about me unless-

"-DYLAN AND JAMES!" Carter shouted out loud, his voice echoed through the mansion.

"Shhhh Carter, it's a secret."

"Oh sorry, is this better?" Carter lowered his voice just enough for Jackson to hear, and me to eavesdrop. "Dylan and James are fighting over the same girl? Who's the girl? How old is she?  Is she nice? Do I know her? What's her name?"Who can it be...?

 "Well," Jackson began, "It's a secret. She's Dylan and James age.  She's really nice, in fact- you would love for her to be your sister- in- law. Uh-yeah, you know her. And her name is----"

"-Jackson Johnson, you better not be telling Carter about you know who." A deep, stern, and familiar sounding voice said with annoyance.

 "COURSE NOT! I was telling Carter about...uh- the girl in his class that I think likes him." Footsteps were coming close to my bed. As the person sat down, their weight lower the bed to their side. "Carter's a Mason, he better get all the girls. And the others need help setting up the tree, I'm too tired right now. Can you go there and help them?"

"Sure thing, I - uh - better go." I could hear loud footsteps exiting my room. Only two remain in my room.

In a soft angel like voice, Carter questioned, "Dylan can I ask you something?"

"Oh god. You're doing the puppy dog face and to top it off- the baby voice. What do you want to know Carter?"

"About the girl you and James are fighting over...."

"Nothing much. James wants something that your brother wants to have instead. I know it's a girl- a human- and not a object. But...I really care about her. In fact, I really want her to be in my life, you know?"

"Not really..."Dylan laughed, a real caring laugh.

"You're still young little bro. This girl- I don't know why but she makes my heart beat fast. Like a rush of my heart melting. Each time I see her cry, I want to beat up who ever made her cry. As cliche as it sounds- I feel like I love her. No matter how stubborn and pain in the ass she is."

"A girl - is making my brother, the cold heart breaker's heart melt?"

"For a little seven year old, you know a lot. I'll kill James and the others for teaching you that." Dylan sighed. "Now go downstairs and go help decorate. I'll wake up Sea for you. I know how stubborn she is- trust me, I know." Minutes of silence went by until a figure laid next to me in bed. "You can wake up now, they're all gone."For some reason I did as long to, my dark brown eyes fluttered open. My brown eyes wake to meet Dylan's peaceful looking blue ones. "Morning Sleeping Beauty."

"Sleeping Beauty? I'll have you know I know sleep that much and have you seen my-" All of a sudden Dylan kissed me, on the lips, a soft one.I didn't response to him, I just closed my eyes, having my moment. I almost whined when Dylan's lips left me. "We have to help out everyone decorating for Christmas. But I would love for us to finish this later." He winked at me before leaving me in my room, star struck. I don't care about anything anymore. I don't mind marrying Dylan, in fact, I think I would love it.

Hell with it- I think I may be falling for Dylan Mason.

Dylan's POV.

Right now we are all sitting down in the lounge. By everyone, I meant me and the rest of the assholes. Sea and Nanna are busy cleaning the house. "So where do you guys wanna go for vacation?" I questioned the others. It was FINALLY Christmas Break. I swear without this stupid break I would had gone bonkers. Do you know how much PAIN high school is?! The teachers are monsters, the homework is daily, and don't get me fucking started with their Finals.

Fuck, I'm bitching again.

Tyler responded back, "I dunno bro, I thought you knew where to go."Wait...is that fucker holding-

"Tyler, you're only 16. You're not allowed to drink yet." 

"But Xerxes.." My little brother started to cry like a baby.

"How come Dylan gets to drink and he's only 18!"I couldn't help but to roll my eyes, that son of a bitch. Wait....me and Tyler have the some mother. Oh fuck, did I just-damnit.

"Oh good, you remember my age. Anyways enough of Tyler the whiner. Where should we go for the break? Any ideas Kev?"

"Nope, wait, how about Ireland?"

"Nahh, too much redheads." Jaxon said back, "I like my chicks with brown hair."

"Me too my twin, me too."

"Jaxon and Jason, both of you are idiots." Jackson commented back, "Redheads are hot. Like damn hot."

Eric chuckled, "Oh Jackson and his redheads. Dude, you do realize all your ex-girlfriends are redheads right?"

"Well, yeah man. I'm hoping I get half black, redhead babies, yeah know?"

"I know bro- as for the place. Maybe somewhere we can all have fun? It's Christmas Break, we gotta have fun."

"Eric's right-" Ethan joined in the room with a bowl of popcorn, "-we need to also bring Nanna and Sea. It would be nice for them to come. That and we all know we will never do our dirty laundry." Tyler tried to sneak past Ethan's slight to steal his popcorn but luckily Ethan saw him. "Don't try to steal my popcorn!"

"WOAH! Nice Ethan is pissed!" Eric shouted. Aiko was laughing by this time, "You can kick that boy in the nuts and he won't cry. Steal one piece of his popcorn and he will kick YOU need the nuts!"

Alvin interrupted by yawning, "do we REALLY need to bring Sea along?"

"Alvin, don't make me slap you on the head."

"I'm pissing my pants! You really do scare me Chad." Alvin said rolling his eyes.

"Alvin and everyone else, shut the fuck up!" I slumped back to my chair. Now that they'll all quiet I can finally think where to go. ....Nope, I can't fucking think cause these assholes are all staring at me. Wait, I wonder- "Are we guys allowed to get a dog?"

Everyone glanced each other with a confused look. "I thought we were discussing about our vacation place."

"Yeah, well, I want a dog first before we leave."

"Dylan, are you REALLY asking for a dog at a time like this?"

"Yeah, I am. I mean- it's not like the world is dying or there's a volcano erupting. So why can't I question to get a pet dog? I wonder what type of breed should be get."

Xerxes shook his head at me, "No matter how much I love dogs...we really should pick a place to go."

"NO- doggie first!""Dylan, you're acting like a little kid again."

"Doggie first!"

"FINE YOU BASTARD! Go to the car and we can go to the pet store. Do you really want a damn dog?" I nodded my head, I been waiting for 15 years for a dog. I'm a dog person not a cat man. After an hour driving to the pound, 3 hours just plain deciding on a dog, and 2 hours doing all the paper work. I finally got a dog! "ARE YOU DAMN HAPPY NOW?!" 

I started to hug my new dog. "Hell yeah! Me and Moon Moon forever!" I decided to get a Alaskan Husky, don't ask about the name.

"Dude, Dylan, are you on any medication we all don't know about. You randomly wanted a dog for no reason..."

Tyler decided to but in, "Well actually Nathan, my idiot of a brother here keep wishing mommy and daddy for a dog for a long time-"

"-But our daddy's a bitch and only wanted a cat. The fucking End. So....Zander do you have any ideas where we could go?"

"How about Spain? New climate, nice- well kind of- people, and the ladies are-"

Eric