Chapter 28 - Brenna
I know Beast was expecting me to be more upset about having to stay at the clubhouse, but really as long as I got to sleep in his arms all night I really didn’t care where we slept. It was an inconvenience, but really when it came to keeping the baby safe I would do just about anything.
After relaxing for a few hours we headed out to Beast’s truck to drive to my parent’s house. Griff, one of the prospects, was sitting on his bike beside the truck, presumably because he was the prospect who was our back up today.
Beast helped me up into the truck, got behind the wheel and turned to me expectantly. “What?” I asked.
He smiled at me indulgently before responding, “well, we are going to your parent’s house and I’ve never been there before so at least an address would be appreciated.”
Shit, could I be experiencing baby brain already? It’s not like I’m that far along. “Shit, sorry. My parents live over by my house. If you just head that way I’ll give you directions.”
When we pulled into my parent’s driveway my mom came out of the house to greet us. She wasn’t usually this anxious to see me, so obviously she was curious about who I was bringing with me.
Beast helped me out of the truck and grabbed my hand before walking towards my mom. “Hi momma.” I walked up to her and gave her a hug, whispering in her ear “you’re never this happy to see me. Curious much?”
With a tight squeeze my mom ignored me, stepped away from me and turned to Beast. “I’m Shannon, Brenna’s mum. And you are?” she asked while offering her hand to Beast to shake it.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you Shannon. My name is Grayson, Brenna’s man.” He took her hand in his and gave it a gentle squeeze and shake.
“Well, let’s get into the house. There’s a little girl in there who is very excited to see her aunty.”
I dropped Beast’s hand and ran around my mom. I loved Inara, just the thought of her made me smile. Running through the front door I ran past my dad sitting in his chair watching TV “Hi Dad!”
I stopped at the bottom of the stairs and yelled out “Squishy! Where’s my Squishy?!”
“Aunty!”
Looking up to the top of the stairs I saw Inara come charging towards me, my sister Danielle following behind her. “Inara, stop right now!”
I smiled up at my sister. I was always the one to get Inara riled up and my sister may love me, but I’m sure there are times she hates me and it makes me gleeful.
Hearing her mom’s tone of voice Inara stopped immediately. She knew her mom wasn’t messing around. “What momma?”
Danielle came to a stop beside Inara and crouched down in front of her. “You need to be safe baby. Momma doesn’t want you to fall down the stairs. You can go down to Aunty, but you need to take your time.”
“Okay momma.” Inara reached up and grabbed her mom’s hand and they started walking down the stairs towards me.
“Hi Aunty. Did you bring me a present?”
“Hi baby. Of course I did, I brought you a new friend to meet!”
“Yay, a new friend! Did you hear that momma? Aunty brought me a new friend!”
I looked away from Inara and looked at my sister’s face. She was grinning at me knowingly, she obviously knew something was up because I never brought someone home to meet the family.
“I heard her baby. I’m very excited to meet Aunty’s new friend.”
When they got to the bottom step Inara let go of Danielle’s hand “catch me Aunty!” She launched herself off the step and into my arms.
“Oh my goodness, my Squishy is getting so big. I’m not going to be able to catch you soon!”
I gave her a squeeze and started giving her kisses all over her face. “Aunty, stop kissing me. I want to meet my new friend.”
I put her down on the ground and grabbed her hand before turning around to go find Beast. I didn’t have to go far. He was standing right behind us.
Inara let go of my hand and started hugging my legs. “Aunty, is this my new friend?” she whispered to me.
Beast crouched down in front of her so that he wasn’t so high up and stuck his hand out to her. “Hi, you must be Inara. I’ve heard so much about you and I asked your Aunty if she could bring me over here to meet you.”
I looked down at Inara and she was just staring at Beast in awe. She’d never met anyone quite so large. My dad wasn’t a short man, he was 5 foot 11 after all, but he was nowhere near the size of Beast. “It’s okay baby, he’s big, but he’s very sweet. Give him a hug, it’s just like hugging a teddy bear.”
She let go of my legs and launched herself into his arms. Beast held her and stood up, giving her a squeeze and causing her to squeal.
Inara threw her arms around Beast’s neck and squeezed him back. “You’re right Aunty. He’s like a giant teddy bear. I’m so happy you brought me a new friend to meet!”
“I’m so happy to meet you too Inara. I’m glad you want to be my friend. Let’s go see how grandma and grandpa are doing.”
Beast turned to walk back towards the living room with Inara in his arms. My parents were watching us with smiles on their faces. He walked towards them, but before I could follow him Danielle came up behind me and whispered in my ear “damn, he’s HOT and he’s great with kids.”
I turned to look at her, but she wasn’t looking at me, she was staring at Beast. I elbowed her in the side “watch it lady, he’s my man.”
I wrapped my arm through hers, leading us over to where my parents were chatting with Beast. They hadn’t begun to drill him yet, but I’m sure it wouldn’t be long before they did.
“Mum, is there anything I can help with for dinner?” The conversation stopped at my question, everyone turning to look at me.
“Thanks Bren, but we’re good. I figured we could eat outside since the weather isn’t too hot today.” My mom loved to eat outside whenever possible.
“Great, why don’t we head outside then so this one can run around the backyard?” I responded.
Putting Inara down so that she could race outside, Beast turned to me and pulled me into his side. Wrapping his arm around my shoulders we followed her out with my family conspicuously quiet behind us. I’m sure they didn’t know what to make of all of this.