Under Their Bed

Sara Marie sat on the edge of the bed. She had three glorious men standing in front of her, clad in well worn jeans. The three brothers were her bosses or sort of, because she was only a temporary at the front desk of Mathis International Security. The Job Service agency had called her and reminded her she only had one week left to go under their contract, then she would be eligible to get hired as a true employee of the company she had learned to love. At 22 years old, it would be a great plus to be working for such a high powered place. It was also close to her apartment and the busses always ran on time.

It was looking like she was not going to make it through the week though, because she was scared at the moment and fear made her do crazy things. When she looked up into the eyes of Joshua who was in the middle, and the oldest brother, she wanted to just faint. She had such a crush on these three men. "I think maybe this was a mistake, Mr. Mathis," she whispered as she started to slip off the end of the bed, which was higher than her 5 foot 2 inch frame allowed for her to touch the floor with her feet.

"Sara, you said you wanted to help. Am I wrong, sweetheart?" It was Jeremy, who had spoken and it took Sara a few heartbeats to move her eyes to him where he flanked his brother on the right.

"Yes, Mr. Mathis, I did say I wanted to help but the key is under the bed in the middle and it is going to be awfully cramped to scoot under there." They had called Sara up from the front desk to their pent-house apartment, which enveloped the whole top floor, because she was little and could get into tight places. That is what they had said on the phone, but Sara was beginning to have her doubts on the real reason. When she had arrived, they immediately led her into the massive room and told her to get on the floor, look under the bed and see if she could see a key. When she had finally gotten over the shock of being in the room, she had slowly followed their orders and saw the key located on the rug, in the middle of a bed which could hold her all four of her brothers and her three sisters and they probably would still have had room for the dog and two cats.

Jack the younger of the two brothers, took half a step forward and picked up her small hand. She hoped he wouldn't be able to feel how bad she was shaking, but knew it would be impossible to hide. "Your hand is cold and you are shaking sweetheart. Don't you trust us?" His smile made Sara's insides melt.

"Ummm… I think I trust you, but it is strange to be here and I am scared if I don't do what you ask, I am going to get fired." She attempted to say in more than a mere whisper.

All three men frowned at the same time, like someone had hit a button on a computer and changed the picture. Joshua picked up her other hand. "Sara whether you retrieve the key or not, you are not going to be fired. Now hop down sweetness and see if you can get that key, please."

Joshua picked up Sara as if her one-hundred and forty pounds did not exist. He made her feel like a feather as he set her own her feet and then laid down on the floor, leaving just enough room for her to get between him and the bed. He felt so warm when her body touched his. Easing under the bed, she started toward the key. Picking it up, she would have been willing to bet a weeks' salary it was pure Silver.

As she started to wiggle, back out she felt a hand on her lower calf and stopped. She shivered as a tingling went up her leg and took over her body. Sara lowered her forehead to the carpet and tried to breath. She needed to get this done, before she made a fool of herself and started saying things she would mean, but did not need to be said to the three men who had taken up most of the space in her dreams over the past three months. Taking a couple of deep breaths she quickly moved out from under the bed, handed the key to Jeremy and started for the bedroom door. As her hand touched the doorknob she heard, "Stop, now," and her feet froze in place. While she was yelling in her brain to keep going, her feet decided to slowly turn her around. When she saw the men looking at her as if she was the most beautiful woman in the world, the darkness took over and she fell to the floor. Someone had grabbed her, but she let the darkness take over.

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