“Hell, no,” Nicole grinned with a snort. “I could hear them now…”
“Yeah,” Tessa laughed. “Russell Crowe’s a *,” she deepened her voice to mock Jared.
Jill felt the presence of the Warriors as soon as they walked into the room. Glancing over her shoulder, Damon, Jared, Duncan and Sid wore matching frowns.
“He is a *,” Jared’s deep voice boomed throughout the room.
Tessa screamed, trying to control the remote she bobbled as she attempted to turn the television off. All the women had turned with the ‘oh, shit, busted’ look on their faces. Jill sidestepped, making room as the Warriors headed toward the women. As shitty as her day had been, it might as well end on a bad note, even though she really wasn’t part of the Gladiator party the women were throwing.
“What the hell are you watching?” Sid frowned at the still image of Russell Crowe dressed in gladiator garb in the middle of an arena.
“Ah, well, we….” Tessa began until Sid’s eyes flashed to her.
Nicole stood in front of the television as if trying to hide the frozen screen. “We are watching a movie,” Nicole finished for Tessa before moving toward Damon. “Same thing we usually do when you guys go out on a job. Calms our nerves.” She reached Damon, putting her arms around his neck.
Damon smiled down at her, placing a kiss on her lips. “What movie are we watching?” His deep voice was low, but radiated throughout the room.
“Oh, that doesn’t matter now.” Nicole winked up at him. “Now that you are home, I’m not in the mood to watch a movie.”
Jill watched Nicole flirt with Damon in awe. It actually looked like it was working. His attention had turned fully to her. Damn, she was good. Tessa, Lana and Pam all stood, heading toward their men in hopes of turning their attention away. It seemed to work until Steve and Adam walked into the room.
“Gladiators!” Steve grinned with a nod. “That’s a kickass movie.”
“Steve!” Every woman except Jill yelled, making Steve jump.
“What?” He actually looked nervous under their angry glares.
“Gladiators?” Sid frowned at the frozen television screen, then turned to Lana. “Are you kidding me? What the hell are you watching that for?”
Jared grasped Tessa’s hand, taking the remote she still had in her death grip. Re-clicking the pause button, the movie began to play. A lot of grumbling came from the Warriors as they watched the gladiators in the arena.
“Look how he’s holding that sword,” Duncan snorted, shaking his head, his arms tight around Pam as she stood in front of him.
“Those guys would be pissing themselves if they ever found themselves in a real arena.” Jared’s voice was full of disgust, but his golden eyes stayed on the screen watching the scene unfold.
Jill glanced around at each Warrior who somehow had their hands on their mates. Even Adam had Angelina wrapped up in his embrace. She and Steve were the only ones without any physical contact. Steve wasn’t a bad guy, goofy, but not a bad guy. He was nice looking, in a ‘boy next door’ kind of way. Frowning, Jill wondered where in the hell those thoughts came from. Loneliness? Yeah, definitely loneliness because Steve was so not her type. It was pretty bad if she was even looking toward Steve as a…mate. Holy shit, she was losing it. She had to get the hell out of there before she grabbed Steve like the lonely loser she was.
Turning quickly, she took one step, running into a brick wall named Slade. Her face actually smashed against his chest. “Ouch!” Looking up at him, she lifted her hand to her nose. “Sorry, didn’t know you were there.”
“I know.” His deep gravelly voice did that thing to her where she felt hot all over, like a fire from the inside out heating her skin. His golden eyes searched hers before looking over her head then back to her with his eyebrow cocked. “Gladiators?”
“Hey, for once I’m innocent,” Jill grinned, hearing the Warriors moan and groan at the acting in the movie. “I just got here. They did this all on their own.”
“Got the popcorn!” Caroline walked into the room with a large bowl, then frowned. “Hey! You started the movie without me.”
“Not a huge loss.” Sid rolled his eyes at the television, and then grabbed toward the popcorn, but Caroline pulled it away.
“Go make your own,” Caroline growled at him. “This is for my girls.”