Figment of Dreams
Paramore Council (1)

It felt strange being back at the Skylar Manor again. The first place I had ever seen on this planet. Sometimes I couldn’t even phantom I was living on this alien world. I was back for the weekend. Jax had taken me back in his Helicar, still being a complete and utter asshole to me. The twilight zone that had been those first months were official dead and gone now.

All the Paramore’s and their families would come to the Skylar Estate for the Paramore Council. They would have a congress first and a party later. Just the way I liked it. I was also very excited about Skylark being there. Not looking forward to Melixes and Sebastian though.

I was in my room. Casually lounging on my favorite reading spot by the windowsill when I heard some heavy footsteps walk straight into my room, nearly giving me a heart attack.

‘There she is.’ The white haired demigod said, as if I had been hiding from him on purpose. I lazily slapped my book shut and raised one eyebrow at him. Not even recognizing I was in my ugliest loungewear and my hair was in a completely hideous knot on top of my head. He was in a full suit. That was just great. The god and the hobo.

‘Here I am…’ I singsonged back to him. Registering my sarcasm immediately he smirked and let those dimples pop up criminally. Like for real… they should arrest men who look that sexy smiling. I had him at my mercy and I knew it, he knew it. Ever since that hot springs night where we almost had sex, every class we had to together had so much sexual tension it could K.O. us both. Yet, we could never be.

‘What are you reading?’ he casually dropped the loaded moment and strutted over to me. Hands in his pockets. His black shirt was hanging open on top, revealing his dark chest hairs. I remembered them all wet, my hands running through them. Running across his happy trail.

With his white hair in a tight man-bun, he was looking as handsome as ever. I swallowed visibly. I scooted my legs back and scowled at him some more. He sat down so close to me I could feel his body heat. ‘Like you are really interested in talking about this book...’ I huffed and quickly grabbed it from his hands again. He laughed at that, head tilted back and nearly hitting the window. ‘Feisty today are we? Trying to take a break from killing shower handles?’ I slapped him across his arm. It had been four months since I had spent the night drugged out of my mind in his bed. Even thinking about having spooned him all night gave me anxiety. Especially since I couldn’t remember a single thing about it. Which kind of pissed me off at the same time. Because it would and could never happen again.

He pretended to have been hurt by my slap across the arm and grabbed my ankle and tried to drag me over his lap. I squealed from the scorching hot hand on my leg, the fact that he was trying to drag my body over to his and that I wasn’t presentable at all. Lux, relax. He has literally seen you puking your guts out. He has seen you naked more than once and kissed you a few times. He has dream-fucked you. He has hand fucked you. Chill.

The door slammed open and we both froze in place. My body halfway over his, his hands under my armpits, trying to tickle me. It was quite a sight, I’m sure.

’Brother… Lux…’ Oak just stared at us with a blank and confused expression on his face. It quickly shifted to frustration. I was still angry at him from that last Paramirage session that had hurt me so much. I scooted back to my original spot and I saw that Ash was staring at me from the corner of my eyes. A look of disappointment on his face. ‘Asher, the meeting is starting.’ He formally added. Ash gave him the salute and didn’t utter any words, just some ice cold stares. Clearly not amused by his brother’s interruption. Oak just stared back, gave me a hard glower and walked back out. I released a breath I didn’t even realize I was holding.

‘Well sweet cheeks…. I guess I’ll be seeing you later. Since we’re all staying here tonight. I’m down again for a sleepover. Just so you know.’ He winked at me. ‘Minus the puking and breaking shit, baby!’ And he walked out. Leaving me flustered. I sprinted towards my bathroom and quickly ran a bath. I needed to get dressed up for the events later.