Chapter 177: Preparations
*Werewolf, I need to talk to you. – Knuckles*
Knuckles went to Karan after his meeting with Werewolf. A meeting that went for over two hours. Two hours. The meeting lasted longer than the time that Werewolf finally agreed to.
Ninety minutes.
He had ninety minutes tomorrow night. After a call to Siobhan, she emailed recipes to Mia. For the first time in years, Nessie would have a traditional Scottish meal that she didn’t have to cook.
Karan opened the door to her room and looked surprised at seeing Knuckles. Stepping back, she let him in and closed the door behind him.
“Let me clear off the bed.” She said and he realized that she must be in class.
“I’m not here for that.” He clarified. “I would never do that to my brother.”
“I didn’t know that anyone knew.” She mumbled.
“When was the last time that you were with one of the brothers without Cookie?”
She looked away without answering.
“I know about his appetites. I’ve shared a woman with him before. Shared women. And I know that you are the one choosing the bedmates now.”
“I think I love him.” She whispered as a tear rolled down her cheek. “Please don’t tell him.”
“It’s not my place.” Knuckles replied as he brushed the tear away. "But I think it's mutual."
“Thank you.” She wiped away her other tears. “What can I do for you?”
“I have a date with Nessie tomorrow night.” She smiled at the happiness radiating off of him. “She doesn’t know. I’m going to go ask her, but I need your help.”
“Just ask her.”
“I plan to. But you know how she is. She doesn’t want to leave the kitchen. You need to convince her that you can handle it.”
“One condition.”
“Name it.”
“I want to dress her and do her makeup.”
“That is between you and her.” Knuckles said as he turned back to the door. “Just nothing too sexy.”
“I’ll try.” She laughed as she followed him out of the room and downstairs to the kitchen.
As soon as the cats saw him, they ran for Knuckles and climbed up his jeans. They meowed loudly until he gave them each attention.
“Okay kids, I need to talk to your mum.” He put them on the floor and they went back to the toys in the corner.
“What’s wrong?” Nessie asked as she saw Karan in the doorway.
“I’m here for later in the conversation.” Karan smiled.
Nessie looked back at Knuckles as he leaned against the desk. He pulled her to her feet and between his legs. She wrapped her arms around his neck as his went around her waist. He kissed her and then smiled down at her.
“I want to take you out on a date.”
“Lunch?” She asked and he shook his head no. They would sometimes have a picnic lunch at the table on the roof.
“Dinner, tomorrow night. All the arrangements have been made. You just need to say yes.”
“I can’t. Dinner tomorrow-"
“Is baked chicken and loaded baked potato soup.” Karan interjected. “We can handle it. Take a night off.”
Quietly, Nessie asked about what Werewolf said.
“I have arrangements that he approves of. There will be guards, but not directly with us. We have an hour and a half for dinner.”
After a few minutes and Karan confirming that they could take care of the meal, Nessie nodded.
“But I have nothing to wear.”
“I have that covered.” Karan said excitedly. “In fact, I’m going to go shopping. I’ll be back before shift.”
“What about yer class?”
“It’s already over and I just have a paper due on Friday.”
When her boss nodded, she squealed and ran down the hall. Nessie buried her face in his chest and Knuckles squeezed her close as he chuckled.
“Yeh know that the whole club is going to know about this in about two minutes, right?”
“I figure they already know.” He said against her hair before kissing it.
“Do you hear the stones?” Toad asked from the doorway.
“No, not yet.” She said not even looking at him.
“Keep your legs together.” He commanded and gave Knuckles a warning glare. The younger man smiled and then turned back to the woman in his arms. Neither paid attention as Toad walked away.
“I think it’s safe to say that everyone knows.” Knuckles said tipping her face upwards and kissing her. “Dinner should be fun tonight.”
“I don’t think yeh pronounced hell right.”
