She lays her head on my shoulder and snuggles up as close as possible to me with the console being in the way. After making a quick pit stop, we arrive back at our apartment complex around three in the afternoon. As soon as we pull in I see Skylars beat up Volkswagen van and know Ally must still be around waiting to bombard Leah.
We part in the hallway before heading to our respective apartments. I lean in and give her one last kiss, teasing her lips with my teeth before diving into the warm silkiness and minty taste of Leahs mouth. She grips the collar of my leather jacket to pull me in closer and I’m just thinking about moving this along into my apartment when the door pops open and a blonde head with green and red chunks pops out. “Oops, did I interrupt something?” Ally says feigning innocence by covering her mouth in an act of surprise. “And by the way I don’t think you should be getting all hot and heavy in front of him.” She points down to a grinning Caleb who I kinda did forget about in the heat of the moment. Oops. Leah rolls her eyes at Allys act and gives me one last kiss. “I’ll call you once I found out my schedule and we’ll get together soon.”
“Kay bye baby,” I say before sneaking in one more kiss before Ally grabs Leah and Calebs hands yanking them backward into their apartment. “C’mon, loverboy can wait. He’s had you to himself all weekend. Bye Chase,” she says as she blows a kiss over Leahs shoulder and slams the door in my face. I head over to my apartment and unpack my things still smelling the scent of Leah everywhere, remembering her soft kisses and small hands. I would see her again but not soon enough.
Chapter 18
Leah
“Jeez Ally contain yourself. It’s not his fault he can’t keep his hands off me,” I say teasingly. I grab my suitcase off the floor where Ally had thrown it in. “Hey Sky, how was Thanksgiving with your family,” I ask as I ignore Allys look of frustration.
He smiles over at Allys pouting mood and plays along with my game, making Ally wait even longer. “It was good. My family loved her of course, who wouldn’t? I’m sorry to hear about your mom Leah.”
“Thanks Sky.” I look over at Caleb who’s already busy playing with all of his toys that he missed while we were gone. “You want a snack buddy or you want to lie down and take a quick nap?” He shakes his head at me not even looking up from his dinosaurs he and Skylar have lined up. Gee thanks Caleb, now I have to deal with the wraith of Ally. Thanks buddy, I’ll remember this next time you want your favorite movie on.
“Alright, alright quit trying to stall. We can pick this up later, I’ll be back in awhile Sky, you keep an eye on Caleb. Make yourself comfortable you might be out here for awhile,” she says as she shoves me towards my room. I roll my eyes and throw a wave over my shoulder at Sky, who just grins back at his ferocious girlfriend.
“So spill. I need to know everything. First of all how are you really doing Leah, I’m sure it was a shock about your mom. I wish I could have been here for you.”
I unzip my suitcase and start throwing all of my dirty laundry into a hamper while setting my toiletries aside.
“Really Ally, this weekend was fantastic. I mean I was totally shocked about my mom but I got a bit of crying out of the way and really I’m over it. She was never there for me and she certainly wasn’t there for Caleb. I’m not wasting time being upset over her. She did leave me a letter though.”
“So did you read it yet?” She asks as she helps me line up all my things back on my bathroom shelf.
“No I just threw it in my purse. I think I need a little bit of time before I do that.” We both plop down on my bed and Ally absently starts twirling my curls through her fingers.
“Well when you want to read it I’ll be here for you, pinky promise. No matter what. Now for the juicy details about Chase. Did you guys finally get it on? Did you give up the v card to him, huh, huh?” She asks as she wiggles her eyebrows up and down at me. I roll over onto my stomach and cover my hands with my eyes. “Finally? We just started dating if you even want to call it that.”
“Oh please there is so much sexual tension between the two of you when you’re around each other it’s ridiculous. And all you’ve been doing is hiding away from him when he wants to make sweet sweet love to you.” She clasps her hands together and bats her eyelashes at me. I hurl one of my throw pillows at her and groan.
“Yes we finally ‘got it on’,” I say with little bunny ear fingers. “I am no longer the innocent girl you once knew. It was amazing and perfect, he’s amazing and perfect. I just don’t want things going too quickly with him.”
“Um I’m pretty sure it’s too late for that Leah. You pretty much put the fast forward button on with Chase and there is no rewind or stop button. Just see how things go. I know how you don’t like to depend on people Leah but a relationship is a two way street you don’t have to be THAT girl. You can still be a strong ass independent woman and have the hottest man known to earth as your boyfriend.”