Forever Mine (The Moreno Brothers)

FOREVER MINE - Chapter 18

CHAPTER 18

As usual, Angel's heart raced at the sight of Sarah. He kissed her as soon as she got in the car. It was supposed to be a friendly hello kiss, but unable to restrain himself, he kissed her passionately until someone in the back seat cleared his throat. Sarah pulled away immediately and turned around. Romero, Eric, and Sofia were crammed in the backseat.

"I didn't see you guys." Her scandalized expression when she saw them surprised him. This wasn't the first time he was ravenous for her in front of them.

"My bad." Angel smirked, pulling out of the driveway. "I forgot anyone was back there."

"I was just talking to you before she got in the car, ass," Romero protested.

Angel chuckled, lacing his fingers into Sarah's and placing their hands together on his lap. Sarah stared straight ahead, a bit too rigid. He wasn't sure what to make of it. He hoped she wasn't mad.

The ride to the bowling alley was a fairly quiet one, except for Romero protesting about the music. Angel hit the off button to shut Romero up and glanced in the rearview mirror for his reaction. What he saw was Sofia resting her head on Eric's shoulder."You tired, Sofie?"

She sat up immediately. "No."

Angel glanced at the clock on the dash. It was only eight. "She falling asleep on you, Eric?"

Sarah shifted in her seat, brought his hand up to her lips, and kissed it. He immediately forgot about Sofia and smiled instead, glad she wasn't mad. He had to remember just because he could care less what anyone thought about the crazed way she made him feel, Sarah was a bit more modest.

When they got to the bowling alley, Angel took Sarah aside. He put his arms around her waist and pulled her to him. "You mad?"

Her confused expression relieved him. "About what?"

"Nothing." He kissed her, feeling kind of dumb. "Never mind."

He should've known something like that wouldn't have made her mad. Whatever it was, she was over it now. She looked at him weird but didn't ask anything else.

There were a lot more people there than Angel had expected. He knew Friday's were busy. They turned the lights down and played music, but this crowd was huge. Most of the guys from the team had showed up, and, apparently, Sarah and Sofia had invited the track team because there were a lot of them there as well.

Sarah and Sofia walked away to mingle with their friends from the track team. Angel didn't mind. He was still holding out hope her friends on the team would talk her into joining and she'd decide to stay. There were only a few more weeks before she was leaving, and it killed him. But he wouldn't dwell on that and ruin the night.

Romero handed him a soda and put his arm around his shoulder. "Happy birthday, big guy."

Angel sipped through the straw cautiously. He knew better. Sure enough, it tasted like gasoline laced with some soda. Angel coughed. "What the fuck?"

Romero laughed and so did the other guys standing around him. "It's your birthday, man. Don't be a pussy!"

Someone always snuck in something to pour in the soda. And he knew the guys were going to try to get him wasted because it was his birthday. But he had other plans for later that night. There was no way he was missing out on that.

These things were always the same. Everyone was underage, so the only chance anyone had of getting a buzz was to sneak stuff in. He was sure half the people there were packing. Angel didn't even like hard liquor. The only thing he'd ever go for was beer, and even then it was one or two at most. But he didn't want to disappoint the guys, so he pretended to keep drinking. He knew they were all drinking the same crap, and before long, no one would notice when he dumped it out.