Taking Shots (Assassins, #1)(116)



When Jodi stood, clanking the side of her glass, everyone stopped talking, bringing their attention to the cute little blonde. “I just want to make a toast to Elli, the food is divine honey, and I don’t think any of us could disagree on the fact that Shea is amazing.” Elli turned deep red as she smiled at Shea, while everyone agreed holding their glasses up. “Also, I would like to say that I never thought I would see the day when Harper Allen would have a boyfriend, or be moving in with the boyfriend, so here’s to you, Jakob, for taming the crazy bitch!”

Everyone stated laughing as Jakob kissed Harper’s glaring face, but Jodi didn’t sit down, and when the tears welled up in her eyes, Elli stood, but Jodi shook her head, stopping Elli in her tracks. “We’re all in such good places right now, and this is the best time to tell everyone, don’t you think Derrick?” Jodi looked down at Derrick and he smiled, taking her hand in his, “We’re pregnant, guys!”

Shea, Jakob, and Derrick were then left at the table as everyone hugged, gushed, and shrieked over Jodi, congratulating her as they rubbed her belly. Derrick shook his head, smiling over at the guys, “They act like I didn’t do anything.”

Jakob and Shea had to laugh at that.





After dinner and Elli yelling at everyone to leave the dishes alone, that she would do them later, they all gathered in the living room. Elli had Shea move the coffee table into the bedroom, since she said they had needed more room. Shea didn’t know what for but he did what she asked anyways.

“Is Jakob gonna be able to play?” Jodi asked. Jakob looked up from his cake to Jodi then Harper.

“Probably not, I don’t know, we can try. I’m the best here anyways so I’ll carry him if I need too,” Harper said with a smug grin. Elli rolled her eyes.

“We all know I’m the best, so shut it!” Elli said laughing.

“Whatever, I smoke y’all every time!” Trice added.

“What are we playing?” Shea asked. Elli smiled.

“You’ve seen Pulp Fiction right?”

“Yeah.”

“You know the dancing part?”

“Yeah,” he said getting more worried by the minute.

“We do that,” she giggled as she handed a dry erase board to everyone; Shea just looked up at her confused. “Okay, so we pull two names from the hat, then a song, the two people get up, the song starts and they start dancing.” Shea raised an eyebrow, she had to be kidding. “Now the point of the game is not to smile. If you do, you get points taken off each time. One person keeps up with how many points you lose while the others score you, then we deduct and then we have your final score.”

Shea and Jakob just looked up at her blinking. “Okay, let’s show ‘em, Elli.” Harper said, getting up, and picking up the hat that held the songs, Shea guessed. When she pulled a piece of paper out, she giggled, going over to the iPod and finding the song as Elli moved over to the father side of the room.

“This is hilarious, get ready for a show, boys,” Trice said as everyone went to the edge of their seats as the girls got ready. When the music to ‘Push it’ started, everyone died laughing as Elli and Harper started dancing hard with straight faces. Shea had a hard time breathing, he was laughing so hard, when Elli dropped it like it was hot before going into the sprinkler. The sprinkler got Harper and she smiled, causing Trice to yell, “See that’s a point off, since Harper smiled.” Shea nodded, turning his attention back to the girls. When the song ended, Elli had made Harper smile three times, and also burst out laughing, which meant Harper got ten points taken off, making Elli the winner. Elli made sure to rub it in Harper’s face, but Harper said it was just a practice round, causing everyone to laugh.

Shea figured he had the game. That was until he played Jodi. He was basically rolling around on the ground laughing. That girl was a mess, and she knew it. When Derrick got paired against Jodi, he didn’t even crack a smile, and it made Jodi so mad that everyone was laughing as she tried the most ridicules dance moves in the world, but she finally got him with the running man. Shea was convinced it was because she ran into the wall, though. Jakob and Harper went against each other to the ‘Skanky Leg’ and even Shea couldn’t keep a straight face as Jakob just stood there pointing to his bum leg during the chorus. Poor Harper, she didn’t have a chance.

Finally Shea was paired against Elli, to some song he had never heard, What you know by Two Door Cinema Club. The music started and Elli had obviously heard the song cause she stood there tapping her foot as the song started. When the song went into its hard hitting notes, Elli went nuts, while all Shea could do was stand there and try not to crack a smile. When she started moving towards him, he clamped his mouth shut from laughing as he made his way towards her, then they broke it down, Pulp Fiction style, causing everyone to laugh, which caused them both to fall over laughing.

Shea had never had so much fun in his life.





They loved him!

Jodi, Derrick, Trice and Walter, all loved Shea, which set her mind at ease. Not only was she ecstatic that everyone loved Shea, but Jodi and Derrick were pregnant! They had been trying for such a long time. That alone brought the bright smile to Elli’s face. The dinner and game night was a huge success and Elli couldn’t have been happier as she stood loading the dishwasher. Shea came in from walking Adler just as she was finishing up and wiping down the counters. He came into the kitchen, shooting her a smile before filling Adler’s bowls up. He leaned up against the counter, watching her put away the left overs, before saying, “I had a great time tonight.”

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