I walked into the kitchen and Leo and Andy followed. Andy sat everything down next to the espresso machine and instantly started touching the buttons and knobs: Andy stop messing with it, you will break it before I've even learned to use it.
Leo stirred the eggs while I went to slap Andy's hand away from the machine, he watched me as I fiddled with it for about 5 minutes before he finally spoke up: Okay, this is killing me to watch, you take over this and I will make the coffee.
I switched places with him and he took over as if he was a barista, he knew exactly what everything did and where they went and within a minute he had shots pouring and he glanced over at me sending me a wink and a smile. I could help but smile back at him impressed: How do you know how to do that?
"Claire isn't always around" Andy looked back and forth with concern before piping up some what loudly: Who's Claire?
I knew exactly what he thought and started laughing as I sat the food on the table and then I put a hand on his shoulder before assuring him: Its his housekeeper! Do you really think I would ever be with a married man Andy? He shrugged his shoulders as if anything was possible as he started pulling food from the platters. I smacked his hand again but this time with the spatula and he winced and I could see Leo in the corner of my eye smile big and raise his eyebrows: Same rule applies here as at mom and dads, we wait for everyone to be seated before eating.
"Jeez Lilly, I wasn't going to eat it, I was just getting my plate prepared before your Titan of a boyfriend takes all the bacon" He glared at me but also caused me to blush by calling him my boyfriend, we hadn't talked about that yet. I hadn't even told him I wanted to be with him yet I guess I could try it out.
"Yeah well, if you don't follow the rules, I'll give my boyfriend all of the bacon and you wont get any" My face went hot and I'm sure red, I felt shy but looked up at Leo anyway to see his expression his eyes widened and his lips parted in shock but slowly turned into a smile at hearing me say it. He came over to set our coffees down and caressed my cheek with the back of his hand: Boyfriend? Are you sure? I smiled and leaned into his touch, I took his hand and turned it over to kiss his palm then looked into his eyes and said: Are you okay with that?
He leaned down to one knee to be eye level to me and pulled my neck towards him: I've never wanted anything more. He kissed me gently then we stared into each others eyes which I loved but now was kicking myself for giving Sam and Mike a hard time for doing the same thing.
"OH GOD, MMMMMMM" We both were startled by the orgasmic sound that came from across the table, we turned to see Andy taking the first sip of his coffee. Leo raised an eyebrow at him while my face scrunched in disgust at ever hearing a noise like that come out of my brother.
My eyes suddenly opened wide and my face went white before yelling a little louder then I meant to in Leo's ear: Please say I didn't sound like that in front of Claire! Leo gave me a confirming smile after wiggling a finger in his ear and I about shrunk down into myself smacking my hands to my face wanting to die of shame. He grabbed my hands to pry them away while laughing at me: Oh its not that bad, it was cute.
"Wait, you know the secret of her latte's?" I looked at him quizzically before adding "Will you give it to me?" I flashed him the sweetest smile, tilting my head and placing my fists below my chin as to say Pretty Please?
"Technically its a family secret… I guess your just going to have to marry me first" He gave me a devilish smile and winked at me. Even though I knew he was joking there was a gleam in his eye that said otherwise and it gave me butterflies as he stared into my eyes. I looked at Andy who just shrugged and said: If he makes me coffee like that I'll marry him. We both looked at Leo who's face had become stern and he just turned to Andy who was now visibly nervous and said: Your not my type. He flashed a smile to say he was teasing us and we all burst into laughter.
The rest of the morning went by smoothly and both Andy and I forced Leo to make us two more cups of coffee each. We tried to see what the secret ingredient was but he just blocked our view with his magnificent broad frame. We sat and talked for hours about our likes and dislikes, Andy and I told stories about our childhood and Leo just smiled as he watched us laughing at one another. Andy asked: So Leo, what was your childhood like. Were you raised here or…
Leo's face became dark and he stared off for a moment trying to figure out what to say that wouldn't ruin the mood we had going. Andy looked to me, he could see Leo battling something within and his face was full of concern before Leo finally answered: My childhood was... complicated, I have one brother and sister. My sister Angel would have been 23 and my brother Dominick {We call him Dom} is 27 he has always been a pain in my ass and the better part of growing up was me keeping him out of trouble but he's also been my best friend and always there for me. I suppose we have our fair share of stories but I don't think any are quite as entertaining as the ones you have.
I could see the wheels in Andy's head turning Please dont ask about it, please dont ask about it, please dont ask about it I tried to get his attention but he wouldn't look over at me and he just had to open his mouth: So… what happened then, what happened to your sister? Fucking Andy! Leo looked away and inhaled sharply before answering: There was a group of people that broke into our house when I was 15, my dad and I tried to fight back.
"Leo you don't have to tell us if its too much" Leo was starting to tear as he spoke but he disregarded what I said and continued: I killed one of them and my dad killed another but there were a couple we didnt see. One of the men had my mother by the neck, Dom tried to attack him and he knocked Dom out with one hit. They killed my mother right in front of my father and I My father killed the man and thats when we heard my baby sister screaming outside, but by the time we got out the door they were driving away from the house. We searched everywhere for her but we couldn't find her and we never received ransom note so we believe they must have killed her. After that my father was never the same, understandably, the housekeeper was my mothers best friend and she raised us as her own after that. She tried to make sure we had a good childhood but when you have such happy memories of a time before all the bad… nothing quite compares. I also threw myself into the world of self defense after that ya know? I just couldnt bare it if anything like that happened again. Leo looked at me when he made the last statement his eyes had tears in them and I saw his hand shake before he clinched them shut to stop it.
"Happy now Andy?" I gave him a glare.
"How was I supposed to know, dude I'm sorry I asked and I'm sorry you had to go through that" Andy gave him an apologetic smile before standing up and announcing he had to go to work even though I knew he didnt, as he walked behind Leo to leave the room he turned to give me a look as if he was saying Yikes! I rolled my eyes at him.
I leaned forward and took his hands, he had gone through so much in his life and I just wanted to make it better and take the pain from him: Does talking about it help? He thought about it before answering: Ya know I'm not sure, I've never told anyone before and those who already know don't want to talk about it either.