Chasing Leah (Journey #1)

“Me too babe,” I say fighting to keep my eyes open after the draining past few days. “I’m gonna go put some stuff away and start some laundry, you take a nap and I’ll take Caleb with me.” I hear the front door click as he drags out our laundry baskets with Caleb chattering his ear off and I close my eyes.

I can’t believe how much I enjoyed being around Chases family and their all so great. I couldn’t believe I was picturing it but I could see myself marrying Chase someday and officially having them all become my family. Caleb would finally have the family he deserved. Getting married was something I never really envisioned myself doing before meeting Chase but now I could daydream all day long about my fairy tale wedding to my prince.





Chapter 22


Leah

Spring semester started and our schedules soon became hectic again. We were still staying at Chases apartment even though Ally had came back right before classes started. I saw her just as much and we often rode over to campus together. Chase was kept busy with his classes, student teaching, and the performances that Teddy seemed to keep them fully booked up with. Caleb was slowly starting to get back into his old routine too with being in back in daycare which I think he missed.

I was finally getting my cast off and Remy was taking me to my appointment. Gino had already put me on the schedule as soon as I told him the good news and I would be going back to work the next day.

“So you ready to get that thing off,” Remy asks as she pulls into the parking lot of my doctors office. “Absolutely,” I reply opening my door and swinging my leg and crutches out as Remy scurried over to help me out.

“I love Chase and all but I am so ready to do things on my own. I’m ready to burn these too.” I gesture down to the crutches as I hobble towards the front entrance.

“Chase is such a sweetheart, he really would do anything for you. Mark complains that he’s always showing up late for practices or performances because he’s helping you out.”

“Oh trust me I know. Sometimes I have to literally push him out of the door to leave sometimes.”

Remy laughed as she pulls the doors open for me. One hour later I was walking on my own out the front doors. It was definitely going to take some getting used to without the cast and that leg was a little paler in comparison to my other one but I wasn’t complaining. Hopefully after a night of waitressing tomorrow I would be used to putting weight on my leg again.

“Thanks for taking me Rem, I’ll see you tomorrow night,” I say as she drops me off at the apartment. “Can’t wait I’ve missed working with you,” she calls out the open window.

I slowly make my way up the stairs and turn my key in the lock before the door swings back and Chase greets me.

“Hey what are you doing here so early? I didn’t see your truck parked out front, I thought you were going to pick up Caleb.”

He picks me up from the hallway and I wrap my legs around his waist. God I can’t believe how much I missed being able to do that. I cling around Chase’s body as he walks us back to the bedroom. He finally answers my question after setting me down on his bed.

“Teddy dropped me off. I figured I’d use your car and pick up Caleb at the usual time so I got home a little early hoping I could catch some alone time with you. I left my truck over at his place because we went over to this tattoo shop together. He’s going to pick me up in the morning so we can practice for most of the day before our gig tomorrow night.”

“Tattoo shop?” I raise a brow at him and realize that he’s just standing in front of me in nothing but a low slung pair of black pajama pants. How that delicious treat could have gotten past my sight is unknown as I lick my lips to wet them. I notice a wide white bandage taped over his ribs that I seemed to miss too. “So what did you get? Please tell me you did not get my name tattooed on your body.”

“No Leah,” he laughs out, “but that’s a good idea. Maybe next time. Let’s just say you inspired this one though,” he slowly peels off the bandage as he comes closer to the bed. There’s an elegant cursive quote written across his ribs. “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life; that word is love.”

I lightly run my fingertips over the dried ink. “Wow that’s beautiful Chase, is it something you wrote?”

“Ha no I wish. Sophocles, a Greek poet. I’ve studied him for awhile, this quote earned a lot more meaning to me when I met you,” he says as he reapplies the bandage and drops down onto the bed next to me. I roll over and straddle his body with my legs. “I really like it, it’s beautiful. You’ll have to take me with you someday to get one.”