Ella woke early in the morning feeling refreshed. She guessed it had something to do with her ongoing marriage arrangements. She wanted to turn around but couldn't. She opened her eyes and saw Harvey sleeping in front of her. She felt hot breaths at her back, it belonged to the hand that kept her still. She turned and found Felix sound asleep.
She wanted to talk but the door opened and Salvador emerged, holding on to a tray of food. Two trays to be precise. The food must be for the four of them.
That thought held her still, the four of them. She will be married to the three of them soon, she still couldn't believe it.
"Good morning, darling." Salvador said after he had set the food on the table. He walked to her and gave her a light kiss. He was stiff when his lips touched hers. He thought she was going to slap him, but she didn't, instead she kissed him back. "How was your night?" He asked with a smile.
"Fine, although I'd have been happier if I knew you were all going to sleep in my room, but fine still and yours?" She averted his eyes.
"I slept like a baby." He replied.
The way he said it made her ask, "When was the last time that happened? Sleeping like a baby?"
"You wouldn't believe it, but a very long time ago." He answered. "Help me wake them for breakfast." He said as he walked back to the table.
She sat for a minute and tried to think of how to wake them. A thought came to her mind, turning to Harvey, she leaned and kissed him as light as Salvador had kissed her and did the same to Felix. Each responded by opening their eyes in shock. She smiled instead and greeted them then got out of them immediately.
She went and sat beside Salvador. Felix sat beside her leaving Harvey sitting in front of her. She didn't know what to do, so she kept smiling as her food was served.
A knock came through the door, "Come in" Salvador called.
The door opened and the king came in. At his sight, the boys stood and greeted him. The king walked to Ella and kissed her forehead, "Good morning my love."
"Good morning father." Ella greeted.
"Look like there was a full house yesterday?" The king joked with a smile and said "get ready, get married in the evening" with that he left.
"Full house, not sure." Ella mumbled.
"Sorry for that, now eat." Salvador said and watched her eat.
"You're not eating." Ella said to Salvador.
"I've eaten. Eat some more." He urged.
She continued eating and so did the others. She concentrated on her food and less on the men beside her.
"Why so happy?" She heard Salvador say.
"Hmm?" She was startled.
"You're smiley, what's making you happy?" He said.
"Nothing. Got to go shower, I have to go say my prayer." Ella said standing up and heading to the bathroom.
"Can we come for the prayers?" Felix asked.
"Sure, but don't you have to shower up as well?" She suddenly remembered to ask.
"Yes, I was thinking of joining you. I don't know about you guys." Harvey said.
"No, you can't." She said.
"But why, we'll be married soon and that will be as frequent as your bath." Felix asked.
"We'll be married, that means not married yet so no sharing of bathroom until then." She replied a bit seriously.
"Okay, see you in a bit – an hour – in the garden." Harvey said and kissed her before he left.
"A word of advice, don't look too beautiful. I may not control myself from marking you at least now that I know that you'll be mine soon. Too excited, yes but I don't want that to be an excuse for me, see you." Felix said and kissed her, not too light, not too deep.
"I don't want to leave, but I must. Hey, listen to Felix and don't dress too well. With you like this, it is already driving me crazy. See you in a bit." He kissed her lightly as if afraid of kissing her.
She stood there still overwhelmed, can she ever get used to being kissed by these three? She took her bath and went down and met everyone preparing for the wedding. Guests were already arriving, she wondered when the invitation was sent.
Afterwards she went to the garden and met the three already waiting for her. Each kissed her one after the other before they sat and started discussing everything.
They parted and got ready for their wedding. It was grand and spectacular even though it was a last minute wedding.
They stayed back at the castle and slept at Ella's room but didn't consummate their marriage. They left the castle as soon as it was dawn.
They went to the house by the border and got settled. The house was stocked as per the king's orders and they didn't need to do much. The three men left for their various homes to get things in order.
They all returned back in the evening and ate dinner before they went to bed. Felix and Harvey followed her to the bathroom and they bathed together. She felt really shy but still bathed alongside them. She finished and made a call home, to be sure they were as fine as she was.
"When will we be going riding?" Salvador said as he encircled his arms around her.
"Maybe tomorrow. I'm a lot busier now." Ella replied. She hasn't been held like this before. She wanted to fling but she knew that they were married now so she remained where she was.
"Busier? Doing what?" Salvador asked as he turned her around to face her.
"I have a house here to take care of." She replied, averting her eyes.
"It seems looking at me causes you discomfort, sorry. I was about to leave for home, dad wants me there for something. I wanted to know if you'd want to come along?" Salvador asked.
"I can't, Harvey and Felix are at home today. I can't leave them both at home alone, maybe some other time." Ella replied as she continued washing the dishes.
Salvador left and only returned in the evening famished and tired. He ate and went to bed.
It was almost midnight when Ella woke up, pretty hot. She didn't know what she needed but she needed something. She'd have spoken if she knew what to say at all.
Her recklessness to sleep woke the boys, Felix and Salvador knew something like this was going to happen, but not this soon. They have been debating about it. The only solution so far that they can give at the moment was Harvey. Of course, Harvey was made aware of the situation at hand and he knew that if it happens, he'll be the first because he was the smallest among them.
Taking a breath, Harvey moved closer to her and tried keeping her in a place. He parted her legs and he lied between them. He kissed her once then twice. He felt like a learner, he had never kissed her deep not even once, now he …. Taking a breath, he tried to resolve his thoughts.
He leaned on an elbow and removed the buttons off her shirt. As he did so, he caught a sight of Felix and Salvador kissing her. At least that helped him keep her in check.
When he had finished undoing the buttons, he took the shirt out. She wasn't wearing anything much underneath; just her panties. He remembered her saying she felt uncomfortable sleeping with a bra.
He tried to swallow his pleasure, but couldn't and the two boys were not helping him. It dawned on him – to his dismay – that he liked the picture of the other two kissing. He didn't know when he'd stopped what he was doing and just stared at the two boys kissing.
He couldn't put his thoughts straight, Harvey decided. The two boys are really trying to get along, to the point of kissing, was admirable.
They were all startled by a cry. They turned and saw Harvey looking at them, but they didn't budge then down at Ella. She was the one crying.
"Hey, are you okay?" Felix asked.
She didn't speak but only stood and went outside the house, naked. Surprisingly, it was snowing, right in the middle of June. She fetched some now and returned back to the house and poured it in the bathtub. She was in the water, filling the tub with cold water.
"Hey what are you doing? You can't possibly go in there, you might get a flu." Harvey said concerned.
"I'll be fine." She said and went inside the tub with a sigh.
"She seems fine to me." Salvador said after she entered the tub. "Any ideas?"
"Well you too seemed…. too close and forgot about her and I didn't do any much better myself." Harvey replied.
"How so?" Felix asked.
"Well, I sort of forgot her too by looking at you too. No offense, but you were a picture to hold onto." Harvey answered as Ella sank deeply into the water and the snow fell harder on the roof the boys were scared it might punch a hole through it.
"Hey," Salvador said as she approached the tub and squatted beside it, "I'm sorry, we're sorry, can we make amends?" He continued.
No reply came in, neither did she come out of the water.
"What have we done?" Felix asked.
Harvey came forward and kissed Felix before sitting beside the tub. Felix went to Salvador and kissed him before he himself went to Harvey, pulled him up, kissed him before he sat on the tub and drew Harvey to sit on his lap.