"Trying" Normal [Editing In Progress]

Chapter 11: Contract Buddies

Do I need to crate him?

"Nico, it's not-" Nico's hand rose from my shoulder when he held a finger up to Sean. His head turned and as he looked away, I returned my focus to my screen.

"I got this, just relax." A growl escaped him when his gaze returned to me.

Maybe I should stop this idiot before the contract makes him drop dead.

"That's Vincent. I'm the guy that'll be with you today." I said, keeping my eyes focused on the screen. 

The answer made him stop. "Oh..." He stood awkwardly in place. "Sorry about that." Realizing his proximity to me he took a step back and reached for the side of his neck. "So yeah, I'm Nico... what was your name again?"

"Sammy," my answer given I pulled up my texts with Vincent.

|Sammy:

-You almost here?

As I waited, I observed the two brothers, Sean, the nervous wreck who seemed petite next to his towering, hulking brother, Nico.

"So what's with the buzz cut?" Nico grabbed the top of Sean's head and turned him to the left. "Sean, it does not work for you." With his advice given, Nico let go of him and ran his hands through copper brown hair and fixed his bun. Sean scowled back at Nico for invading his personal space yet again.

Were these two really the best options they had to work with us?

With his defined arms raised and showing off his herculean physique. His t-shirt did little to hide the contours of his body. He gave a smug grin. "Ladies love dudes with long hair, and there are plenty of dudes into it too, for Colton. I still don't get why he buzzed his hair off, too." Sean shook his head. "What? I just told him he might want to trim a little off with how he was looking ragged and next thing I know, he's shaved it all off." With each question, Sean grew more annoyed. "You get any since you did this?" He ran his hand over Sean's head again when he moved away and stood beside me.

"So, when can we expect Vincent?" Sean asked as I watched the dots move on my screen when the answer to Sean's question appeared. 

|Vincent:

-Making my way through the basement so about 20 seconds!

"He'll be at the door in a moment." I watched as the two heard something and glanced towards the kitchen entryway. I listened when the faint sound of approaching footsteps grew louder. 

A wicked smile formed on Nico's face. "Time to get some payback for Cassie." 

He passed by Sean, who spoke in a hurry. "Nico, don't put him through a wall! The contract says we can't hurt either of them!" 

Nico snickered at Sean's concern. "I'm just gonna talk to him." Sean let out a groan from Nico's claim. The front door opened. "Hey, you Vincent?" he asked,

"Yup, that's me. You must be Nico, right?" Vincent said. He made his way into the kitchen, then glanced at Sean. "Hey, contract buddy, how are ya?" Before Sean could answer, Nico stood behind Vincent when similar to Sean and I, he planted his hand on Vincent's shoulder. The veins bulged in his hand as his grip tightened on him.

"So about my sister, my sweet little sister, who just wanted to protect you from the ghost." His eyes again took on a yellow hue. 

Vincent's smile had a slight twitch before he spoke. "Righttt, about that. Well, you see, it's just a job hazard of being around and me and I protected her the entire time we were in my condo." 

Nico's hand tightened on him. "You had my sister alone with you in your place, and you expect me to believe nothing happened?" I watched as the gears turned in Vincent's head.