Welcome to New Haven (87 page)

The truth was; Holly was expecting a warning of some sort. Like, maybe, ‘be good to our grandson’ or ‘he’s special to us, treat him as such’. To have Abuela saying that she was going to have beautiful babies with Alex was startling.

Babies.

With Alex.

Holly had already daydreamed about their wedding, but now kids…

Her stomach churned, in a good way.

“You’re smiling” Alex said, as Holly was coming out of her thoughts. “I was scared you’d be running for the door.” He chuckled anxiously.

“Alex. She could have condemned me to the fiery pits, and I
still
wouldn’t go anywhere.”

Alex grinned and then kissed her gently.

“Mmmm. You’re amazing.” He said. “I love you so much.”

“I love
you
” she replied. “She got something wrong though.” Holly said with a grin.
 

“What?”

“She said I’m a
good
girl” she cocked an eyebrow and bit her lip, seductively.
 

Alex pulled her closer, wrapping his arms tight around her, lowering his mouth to her ear.
 

“Well, you are…for now.” He kissed under her ear and Holly’s knees almost gave out.

“You did really well translating. I’m proud of you.” He whispered, taking her breath away.

She tightened her grip as her knees quivered.

“Let’s see how well you do with this…” Alex kissed her neck before talking in his sexy, lower voice that hit holly right where it hurts…literally.
 

“Lo que daría para llevarte a casa, quítate el vestido y besarte por todas partes. Ahora mismo.”

“Oh my God” she breathed as her core ignited.

“Did you understand?”

“A little. I think.”

“What did you hear?” He asked as he ran his nose up the side of her ear.
 

“Something about a house, my dress, and…” She swallowed “…kissing me all over. Right now.”

“Buena” He whispered. “What I would give to take you home, take off your dress, and kiss you all over. Right now.” He translated for her.

“Alex” Holly warned him with a whimper. “We’ll end up with a repeat of earlier”

“Hey dude.” Ben said, walking over. It was a good job he interrupted them; Holly was a mess.

“Sorry to interrupt but, shit, I need your help.” Ben looked torn with himself.
 

“What’s up?” Alex asked.

“I don’t know what to do. Dev’s avoiding me, I think, and I want to give her this…” He held up a small present. “…And I’m worried she’ll just…I don’t know…kick me in the nuts.”

“Just tell her, Ben. She won’t kick you at all. Especially here anyway.”

“She’s coming over.” Holly said as she saw Dev approach them with a young girl, about six years old. She said something, and then the girl skipped away.

“Hey, Hol. We’re going to request some music to dance to soon and Alex, everyone’s wondering when you’re going to let go of each other and introduce Holly” she chuckled.

“Dev…I …um…here.” Ben said, holding out the gift like he was terrified of her.
 

“What is it?” She asked.

“Open it.”

Holly and Alex watched Dev unwrap her gift from Ben, and she stilled.

Her eyes filled up as she lifted out a platinum necklace with a heart pendant. A diamond at the bottom point.

Dev’s mouth moved, but no words came out.

Ben took a deep breath.
 

“Dev…I… You said I didn’t feel the same. I did. I still do. I never stopped.” He swallowed then took another breath as Dev stared at him. “I love you.”

Holly’s hand flew over her mouth as Dev continued staring without moving.

Oh God, Ben’s broken Dev!

“Are you going to scream at me now? I understand if you do.” He said quietly.

Dev slowly shook her head.

“Uhhhhh.” Was the sound she made? “I…Oh my God, Ben…” Her tears fell over her cheeks. “I love you so much.”

Ben held her face and kissed her, before wrapping his arms around her tight.

Alex squeezed Holly.

“That’s actually
not
weird…at all.” He whispered.

Dev and Ben held onto each other and Evie, who had seen and heard everything, threw up her hands.
 

“Finally!”

So, it had been obvious to her parents too.

Alex and Holly left them alone and went to show her to the rest of his family.
 

“Whoa…wait!” He said suddenly as he looked down.

Holly stopped and saw Alex’s gaze was fixed on her dress.
 

“Did I just see bare leg?”

“Yep.
 
There’s a thigh split. Do you like it?”
 
she said, quietly.
 

“I fucking love it.” He practically growled. “I’ll be inspecting it momentarily.” He licked his lips as his hooded eyes roamed over her, making Holly’s skin tingle.
 

“Alex” the younger girl ran over and pulled his arm.

“Come on! Everyone’s waiting for you. Hi, I’m Sophie.” She said to Holly.

She was a pretty little thing. Big, long lashed, brown eyes, dark wavy hair down to her waist and when she smiled she had a couple of gaps where her baby teeth had fallen out.
 

Her dress was flamenco style and down to her knees. It was red with black puffed sleeves and deep, ruffled hem, with black polka dots.
 
She wore a black hairband that had two roses on the side.
 

Her black shoes complimented her outfit, and she looked ready to dance.

Aw how cute.

“I’m Holly” she replied as Sophie smiled up at her.
 

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Holly.” She said with a hand to her chest.
 

“She’s a cutie” Holly said to Alex as he watched their exchange.

“She’s a sweet kid.”

Alex introduced Holly to his family. His aunts and uncles were very welcoming, and Holly liked them immediately.
 
She met Evie’s parents, Rosa and Christopher Watson.
 

The family seemed to be happy to meet her, especially the grandparents.
 

She’d been told to call Rami’s parent’s Grandmother and Grandfather!

Holly had barely spoken to her own parents before even
they
were dragged off to meet somebody else.
 

When, finally, Holly and Alex were free; the others came over.

“Dude, your Dad’s Mom scares me.” Said Ryan.
 

“Why?” laughed Alex. His Abuela could be a little crazy sometimes and she liked to say just what she was thinking.
 

“Man, she said to quit with my busy hands. I thought she was gonna
hit
me!”
 

“Well you
did
have your hand on my ass as she was talking to you.” Laughed Riss.
 

“I suppose” grumbled Ryan.
 

“You shouldn’t do that if you’re talking to her. It’s a thing she
really
despises.” Said Alex.

“Hey guys!” Said a very happy Dev as she walked hand-in-hand with Ben. When they stopped walking, Ben held Dev around her waist and pulled her back close to his front.

“Look at us all paired up.” Said Kyle, squeezing Kayla to himself.
 

All because of Holly.

She’d helped Ryan with Riss, which probably made Kayla act on Kyle.
 

She helped Ben and Dev, and she was
his
.
 

It was funny that they had known each other the least amount of time, but had gotten together first.
 

“Yeah, it’s awesome.” Said Ryan as he kissed Riss gently.

The music changed, and the DJ’s voice sounded over the speakers.
 

“Ok, the birthday girl has requested some songs, so let’s get your feet moooviiiinnn!!”
 

“Yay!” Said Dev. “You can’t dance with us.” She said as Riss and Kayla giggled.
 

“Holly taught us some moves, so you just have to watch.” Said Kayla.

Alex snapped his eyes to Holly, and she blushed.
 

“You did? Are you dancing too? Holly nodded. “Oh my God.” He whispered.

Knowing Holly had taken dance classes and he was about to see her move her sexy body, cause a jolt in his already, too tight pants.
 

“It was a bit of a test for you Ben.” Admitted Dev.
 

“Me?” He asked, a confused look on his face.
 

“Mhm. If this didn’t get you reacting to me, then I was going to stomp on your balls.” She chuckled.

Ben’s eyes widened and turned to Alex as if to say ‘see?’.
 

“I told you dude.” He said.

Enrique Iglesias’ song ‘Tonight I’m loving’ you’ came on, and the girls kissed the guys before taking to the dance floor.
 
Other members of their family joined them too.
 

“Let’s show them what we’ve got girls.” Said Riss, playfully.

They all snickered because they were about to give the guys something to
really
look at.
 

“What do we do first?” asked Dev

“Just like we did earlier.” Said Holly. “When the chorus kicks in, body roll.” She winked.
 

“Give them something to think about when they see
that!”
laughed Dev, excitedly.
 

“They might just pick us up and drag us home.” Kayla said, waggling her eyebrows.
 

“Speak for yourselves.” Holly said towards Dev who had to stifle a laugh.

The girls were starting to move to the music as the first verse started.
 
They were rolling their hips and doing figure eights.
 

They glanced back at the guys and every one of them had their mouths open.
 

“Wait for it…” Said Dev.
 
The chorus kicked in and they undulated their hips in the body roll. Watching Holly to make sure they were doing it right. The girls, happy with their rolling, looked to the boys again.

Kyle and Ryan had hungry, expectant looks on their faces.
 

Ben looked in complete shock and was that…lust? At Dev.

Alex was wide eyed, scrubbing his face with his hands and through his hair, like he was in severe discomfort. Having to restrain himself from doing something.

As the next song came on, Holly felt hands around her waist. The sensations in her skin and rapid heart rate had already told her it was Alex, before he touched her.
 

“You’re so fucking sexy.” He growled into her ear. “If you keep that up, I’ll combust.”

He was talking seductively to her and her core tightened.
 

“In that case, you might want to look away…” She said, teasing him. She mixed a body roll with a hip roll, against him and he gasped, then whimpered.

“Please, Holly. I can’t take it.” He pleaded in her ear.

Holly turned in his arms to wrap hers around his neck.

“You know, it doesn’t look as good in a dress. You can’t see everything.”

“Babe…” his voice was strangled and Holly could feel his discomfort pressed against her.

“Ok, no more… today.” She winked.

She looked round to the other girls, and they had stopped too.

“I guess they couldn’t cope either” giggled Holly as the guys had their arms around their girls’ waists, holding them to their bodies. Hiding any evidence of how the dancing had affected them too.

The music, still pumping as they left the dance floor, had only gone one song before they were stopped.
 

“Seriously, babe that was so hot.” Alex swallowed hard.

He cupped her face and brought his lips to hers. His tongue licked around her lower lip as he sucked.
 
Holly’s fingers dug into his lower back as she had her arms around him.
 
He kept his hands on her face and stroked his tongue into her mouth, making Holly moan. He flinched as she made the sound that turned him on so much.

He slowly pulled back to look into her eyes and rubbed his thumbs across her cheeks.
 
His breathing was heavy, and he felt like his dick was going to burst.
 

His heart was beating hard, and his skin was hot all over. Holly had moved her hips a few times and he was losing it.

“I think we should sit down for a bit.”

“Yeah” Holly breathed, like she was turned on as much as he was.

They sat at a table, where the seat was similar to a restaurant booth and moved into the corner.

“Fuck! I’m not going to be able to stand up soon.” He complained.

Holly was staring him up and down with her lower lip in-between her teeth. She looked uneasy.

“Babe, are you ok?” He asked as she blew out a shaky breath.

“Mhmm.” She replied, unconvincingly. Alex was about to say something else when Holly lifted her left leg, exposing her thigh a little, to cross the other. She squeezed them together.

The party was going on around them and none of the kids were near so he moved closer as much as he could. He placed his hand on her waist and leant in.

“You turn me on so much, babe.” He whispered and ran his bottom lip against the shell of her ear.

His right hand slid down to her firm ass, and he gently caressed it. He slowly brought his hand down her thigh until he felt the split in her dress, then ran his hand back up inside the material to her bare skin.

He took a deep breath as Holly whimpered, holding him around his shoulders. He gripped her thigh before running his hand right down the length of her leg and back up.

He kept going until he cupped her bare ass cheek.

“Fuck, fuck.” He muttered.
 

“Alex…” Holly gripped his shoulders. “No more, not here” she breathed.

Alex removed his hand from her behind and back to her waist.

“I’m sorry, baby. I can’t help myself with you.” He said against her lips.

“Just you touching my skin…” Holly closed her eyes and took a ragged breath,