Fighter (Outsider Series) Read Free

for breakfast. There’s this neat little diner just outside of town.”
    “Wh en was this decided?” I raised my brow.
    “W e always use to go there with my parents,” he shrugged his muscular shoulders, “it’s tradition.”
    “Well, who am I to mess with tradition?”
    “Exactly,” he winked and I swooned.
    I’d be eighty years old and his winks would still make me swoon.
    He swung his legs over the side of the bed and rubbed his eyes before yawning.
    “Make sure the others are up and ready. If they’re not , we’re leaving without them,” he disappeared into the bathroom. A moment later, I heard the shower turn on.
    I shooed the dogs off the bed and dragged the covers up off the floor . I quickly made the bed and went in search of the others.
    I knew they were all downstairs but when I turned down the hallway, where the bedrooms were located, I discovered five different doors.
    Great .
    I tentatively knocked and opened the first door.
    Bathroom.
    Next.
    Empty bedroom.
    Next.
    Oh God! My eyes! I backed out of the room with my hand over my eyes.
    “Bryce!” I hissed loudly through the door. “Where are your clothes!?”
    “I got hot,” he grumbled.
    “So you just took off your clothes!?”
    “Uh, yeah. Doesn’t everyone else do that? Besides, you’re the one that opened the door.”
    “I didn’t think you’d be naked!” I said through the door. “ Besides, normal people turn on a fan! Oh, God! Please tell me Charlotte’s not in there with you!”
    “Charlotte is a safe little virgin across the hall in a bedroom far away from me so that I can’t ravage her.”
    “Bryce, your sense of humor is disgusting.”
    “Actually , it’s charming,” I could hear the smile in his words. Shuffling sounds soon commenced and I sincerely hoped that pants would be involved. “Why are you waking me up anyway?”
    “Caeden wants to go to breakfast.”
    The door opened and I fell back against Bryce. He held out a hand to steady me.
    “You really just want to be all over me don’t you? I might have to tell my brother.”
    I blushed. “You are so annoying.”
    “I hear that a lot.”
    “Maybe because it’s true?”
    “Or maybe that’s what you all want me to believe, huh?” he grinned and pulled a t-shirt over his head.
    I shook my head. “You’re impossible.”
    He laughed and rubbed his stomach. His wavy hair was sticking up wildly around his head. He looked so much older than when I first met him. He seemed more like a man, than a boy, if only he’d act like one.
    “Want me to wake up the others so you don’t have any more mishaps?” he stifled a yawn.
    “That would be great!” I exclaimed. I was still trying to burn the image of Bryce’s naked body from my mind. I knew the others were all okay with being around each other’s nakedness , but I still hadn’t gotten used to it. I wasn’t sure if I ever would.
    “I’m on it,” he saluted.
    Instead of knocking on a door he banged the wall several times and yelled, “Wakie, wakie, eggs and bakie!”
    I had to cover my ears , as he yelled it so loud. I’m sure the neighbors heard it.
    “Jesus Christ, Bryce!” Caeden snapped coming around the corner. “You need to come with a muzzle.”
    Three doors opened. He smirked at his brother, “At least they’re awake,” and sauntered away.
    Caeden looked at me and rubbed his ear. “My ear s are still ringing after that.”
    “Mine too,” Bentley said.
    Chris peeked out under his arm. A shirt that was definitely not hers covered her body. “What was that about?”
    “We’re going to breakfast. You have five minutes to get ready.”
    “Five?” Christian squeaked. “I can not get ready in five minutes.”
    “Ten. If you’re not ready Soph and I are leaving without you.”
    “Me too!” Bryce yelled from the living room.
    Caeden rolled his eyes. “Fine. Soph, Bryce , and I will leave without you.”
    They scurried back into their rooms and Caeden took my hand. He leaned down to