All Chapters of Catching the Moon (Chasing the Moon Book 2): Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

QuinnQuinn and his dad were busy packing boxes. He still couldn’t believe what was happening… but what could he do… other than accept it. This was just another bump to cross in the road. He could make it a few more weeks.. and then…. he was leaving. It hadn’t been the first time he had seriously considered getting out of this town. Actually he had fully planned on it after he graduated… with his brother coming back he knew he couldn’t stay here. But then everything happened with Em: He had fallen for her completely. His brother went back to jail… so things had worked out. For five minutes anyway. He had talked to a MMA coach that agreed to take him on in Portland. He was going to work with him and do fights once or twice a month and get paid for it.. if he won, which, of course he would. Then he and his dad had bought and built the out building so he could start giving lessons, so he fully had changed his mind and decided to stay. Why wouldn’t he at that point? He actually

EmShe stared at Quinn’s frowning face for a moment as a multitude of memories flew into her mind. He obviously frowned at her often for that to be what triggered so many memories. But this time he wasn’t the only one frowning. She was giving it right back to him. Who did he think he was banging her door down like that?? “What in the monkey hell are you doing here?” She asked him. She saw the quickest hint of a smile pass over his face at her words. All of her friends thought her expressive way of cussing was hilarious. Em didn’t even know where that came from it’s just how she’d always been. Probably because she used to try to and hide cuss words from her brother. Now he could throw them back to her like a pro. But as quick as she saw the hint of a smile.. Quinn immediately went back to scowling at her. “I live here now Emerson.” He told her seriously. What?? Already?? Since when?!He must’ve seen the questions she was thinking on her face. “Remember a few days ago I asked

Em Once they’d eaten and done about a million dishes… Aspens uncle said: “Ten minutes to kickoff!”Emerson looked around confused. Aspen and Asher’s aunt and uncle were quickly becoming Em’s new favorite people. Their aunt was their mother’s sister. And just like she loved the twin’s parents, she was starting to love all of their family. Their uncle was what people would describe as the ‘ fun uncle’ at family evens. Em didn’t have one of those … and she wished she did. Eddie reminded her a lot of Asher.. always cracking jokes and being silly. He had an ease about him that made everyone feel comfortable. Aspens aunt, whose name was Kelly… explained to her that every year after thanksgiving dinner they went outside and played football. “In the snow?” Em asked. Although it hadn’t snowed much still. It would snow a bit, then stop, but it wasn’t sticking much. “Rain sleet snow or Asher’s cooking.” The uncle said. Em smiled at this, then realized she was wearing a dress. She

Quinn He was worried about Em. That had to be hard for her to see. When Angel had called wanting to see him.. he thought it would be a great idea for her to come to Emerson’s with him. Why the fuck did he think that? No idea… his head wasn’t working right these days clearly. He had gone to Finley’s for dinner.. the other guys came too.. well except for Asher and Grey who were siding with the enemies right now. Not that Em was the enemy .. but they were siding with her. Honestly .. he was glad she had good people surrounding her, it would make this transition a little easier. At least, that’s what he had been hoping for. So when Fin had asked about Thanksgiving, he’d accepted. And he was happy to go over and eat with her. She really was his family, as hard as that was for Emerson to hear. They’d been close since they were kids .. that doesn’t just go away overnight. But after he’d found out the shit she had pulled with Emerson … he took a big step back. But she had come through

Em Oh. My. God. What in the hell….He was bloody and bruised and cut up and scraped. His lip was swollen and his eye looked like it was two seconds away from turning black. He looked awful. The worst she’d ever seen him. She thought he’d been in a wreck.. possibly on his motorcycle from the looks of him. “Quinn! What in the meat grinder happened to you??” She shouted. He smirked. Dammit. She went over to him and took stock of his injuries. In addition to what she’d seen from across the room, his whole face was bloodied and his shoulder had a huge bruise on it already. He had cuts everywhere and his hand was also swollen. He stood there stock still not even breathing while she was assessing him. “Quinn.” She said again. “What happened??”He stared down at her a moment before answering .. like he didn’t really want to tell her what happened. Only when he looked away from her did he answer. “Did a fight”. He said. She took a step back. She knew he had quit all that