Page 12 of Daddies’ Little Cubs (Ivory Mountain Daddies #3)
Turning off the water and stepping out, she wrapped the towel around her body before rushing back to their room. Destiny stepped out of their bathroom just as Jess was settling at the vanity to start trying to tame her hair.
The girls had naturally wavy hair and Jess had decided she wanted to wear it in that state. Grabbing the curl cream and squeezing a small amount into her palm, she rubbed it between her hands before working it through the tips of her hair.
Once done with that, she grabbed the wide tooth comb and worked out any remaining knots before turning towards Destiny to see if she was ready to help her knowing that she was doing the same thing with her hair.
“I am thinking about doing two french braids into small space buns at the top of my head. Then I want to clip in the bows that we got that match our dresses. If I do the braid part, will you help secure the bun?”
After seeing D nod at her question, she turned back towards the mirror and worked on splitting her hair down the middle and starting on the braid.
Normally she would just do the space buns on her own, but they were never even and it always drove her crazy.
So letting her sister handle it would be better for all of their sanities.
After D secured the buns, Jess clipped the bows onto the bottom of the buns on the backside of her head and pulled out some framing pieces around her face. Spritzing it with some frizz spray, she gave it one more toss and then turned to help Destiny do the same thing to her hair.
Finally ready to put her dress on, Jessa skipped over to the closet and pulled out both their outfits.
Running her hand over the dress she sighed, it was perfect.
Both girls had picked out velvet skater dresses with a high neckline and long sleeves.
The back of the dress dipped low and tied in a bow at the base of their spine.
Hers was a dark navy blue while Destiny’s dress was a deep red wine color.
She grabbed the white frilly ankle socks and the charcoal grey ballet flats that they purchased to complete the look.
Just as they were slipping into their flats, the girls gasped as they heard the doorbell ring.
Knowing that it was one of their guests, they giggled as they took off towards the door.
They had to make sure to get there before whoever was here could step through the archway that separated the kitchen and living room.
Jess and Destiny had hung up mistletoe above where everyone would have to cross. They had already caught Emmett and Rae this morning right after breakfast. It was now time to catch their next unsuspecting victims.
Turning the corner just as Miles and Olivia stepped through the archway Jessa yelled out, “Wait! You’re under the mistletoe. Now you got to give her a kiss, Uncle M!”
Everyone watched as the couple glanced up and grinned before Miles dipped his head and dropped a kiss on Olivia’s lips. Letting out a collective sigh, the twins clapped and giggled again before running over and wrapping their new best friend up in a hug.
“We have so many fun things to do today! Are you excited? We are so so happy that you are here!”
“I’m thrilled to be here! Daddy helped me pack a backpack too, so I have all kinds of fun Christmas crafts for us to do tonight while we watch movies.” Olivia stated as she walked over to drop onto the couch.
Jessa knew that this was going to be one of the best Christmas’ that they had in a while.
Several hours have passed and the girls were sitting on the floor in the living room surrounded by coloring books, markers, crayons, and stickers as How the Grinch Stole Christmas played on the T.V.
behind them. Jessa looked up as the doorbell rang.
This must be the Daddies’ that Emmett had told them about.
She watched Emmett get up, ruffling his wife’s hair as he passed by heading towards the front door. All the girls were pretty deep in Little space. They each had the paci they decorated earlier clipped to their outfits and tucked securely between their lips.
“Hey guys! So glad y'all could make it.” Emmett said from the other room. Keeping with the tradition she turned towards the archway ready to play a trick on the men. They would be crossing under the mistletoe just like everyone else had!
She wasn’t prepared for the men who crossed through the archway to be the same men who they had spent all semester getting to know. Quickly dropping the paci from her mouth, she coughed getting Destiny’s attention and darted her eyes their way.
A blush quickly spread across D’s face as she too dropped the paci from her mouth. The men were looking at them with a look in their eyes that Jess couldn’t describe as anything but pure heat and desire. The look warmed her to the core and butterflies bloomed deep in her belly.
The show must go on though! Determined to ease the panic she knew was building inside of her twin, Jessa blurted out before the men could walk any further into the room, “Wait! You’re under the mistletoe now! It’s only fair that you kiss since everyone else in here did it.”
She watched as both men glanced up to where Jessa had pointed above their head before looking at each other and chuckling. Jess was prepared for the men to give each other a playful kiss on the hand or cheek, but her eyes widened when the unthinkable occurred.
Wetness flooded her knickers as she watched Eli slide his hand into Jackson’s hair slamming his lips down onto the other man.
What felt like hours, but was seconds the girls sat and watched wide eyed as the two men they had been fawning over kissed each other.
It was the hottest thing that Jessa had ever seen.
The men broke apart and turned to face the room.
It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
No one moved or spoke as the twins sat with their mouths wide.
All of a sudden, Eli and Jackson cracked a grin before busting out into a fit of laughter.
Everyone joined in, but the girls who were still sitting stunned.
“Jessa, Destiny, this is Eli and Jackson West. They are the friends and Daddies I told you that I went to college with.”
“West?” Destiny whispered. “You have the same last name” Jessa muttered next.
“Well, I would hope we do, considering we are married.” Eli said, stepping further into the room, pulling Jackson behind him squatting down in front of where the girls were sitting on the floor.
“Wait, wait, wait! Wait just a second! You mean that all semester you knew that we were getting close to both of you but never once thought to mention that you were married,” Jessa stated still not believing this was happening. “TO EACH OTHER!” Destiny yelled!
“Yes, Little one. We had our reasons. Ones that we hope you will let us explain, but not today. Today, we just want to spend some time with both of you and get to know you without the strain of the college pressing on us.” Jackson sweetly cooed, running his thumb across Destiny’s cheek.
“I can’t believe this. Why would we ever want to listen to anything you have to say?” Jessa angrily demanded. She was upset that they had tricked them and kept such an important detail about themselves from her and Des.
Eli spoke next and her heart broke when he muttered out, “You don’t owe us the time to explain ourselves, but I hope that you will, babygirl. We would understand if you didn’t ever want to see us again. Say the word and we will go.”
No one said a word, just continued to look at the girls. Looking at her twin, the girls carried out a full conversation with only glances. It was Des that broke the tension, saying a single word that warmed Jessa’s heart, because she knew it was the right one.
“Stay.”