“I definitely will go with you. No one needs to be that intimate with this body expect for me.” He runs his hand up and down my uncovered leg. “I’m sure it’s nice having that cast off. Does this mean you’re going to move out now?”
“I don’t know,” I raise an eyebrow at him. The thought truthfully hasn’t even crossed my mind. Even though I felt guilty at first about invading Chase’s space it seemed like he liked having us here. “Are you in a hurry for me to leave? I wouldn’t be able to have my way with you anytime I wanted,” I say as I lean in to place light kisses across his chest and up to his neck slowly licking and sucking my way up until I reach his full lips that I can feel have broken into a smile against my lips.
“Not at all. Anytime you want your way with me Leah, I’ll be willing to play along.”
“Oh yeah,” I say as I wiggle my hips around bending my head down to meet his lips again. “Let’s see if you still agree at the end of the night. You might not be able to handle me.” I reach my hand down between our bodies and push down his pants. “We really need to catch up now that we don’t have my leg to work around.”
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The next day I had two classes to get to and was again thankful that the cast was gone, it was so much easier to get around campus without it and not have to depend on anyone. I think Caleb was happy it was gone too, we could finally play and chase each other around without anything in the way. I was looking forward to working tonight so I could slowly start to add to my savings account again. I could hear the familiar ringtone that meant Chase was calling as I headed to my next class.
“Hey handsome,” I answer. “Leah!” I hear him yell through the phone and just from that one word I could hear the excitement in his voice. “I got it baby, I got it.”
“Um what’s that,” I say scrunching my nose trying to think of what could be causing him so much excitement.
“The teaching job! I can’t believe it, I haven’t even graduated yet and I have a job all lined up for next school year.”
“That’s awesome Chase. Congratulations you totally earned it.”
The school that he had been doing his student teaching at and had hoped to get a job with didn’t have any openings but the principal really liked Chase and had recommended him to another school that had some positions open. He had went in for an interview last week and had been waiting to hear something back ever since.
“It’s about a two hour commute roundtrip everyday from here but I figure that won’t be too bad since you only have about a semester worth of credits left.”
I felt my heart drop a little bit as his words sank in. We barely had much time together as it was with school and work and now Chase would spend most of our free time driving. We hadn’t talked about our future much together, we just knew we loved each other and I really couldn’t see myself being without him.
I try to push any kind of sadness out of my voice swallowing over the lump that had bubbled up in my throat. “We’ll worry about that when the time comes babe,” I say happily. “Are you excited for your performance tonight?”
“Yeah Teddy says it’s our biggest one yet. You know how he is, always trying to get us a bigger venue. You sure you up for work tonight?”
I roll my eyes at him even though I know he can’t see me through the phone. He’s always worried about me pushing myself. “Definitely I’m good. I’ll let Gino know if I need a break but I think it’ll do my leg some good. Calebs gonna hang out with Ally for the night.”
“That’s good I know he’s missed his alone time with her. Well I’ll see ya tonight it’ll probably be pretty late by the time I get home. Gotta go get back to practice, the guys are bitching about this five minute phone call. I love you.”
“I love you too, good luck tonight.” I hang up the phone and toss it back into my purse before heading to my last class with a smile pasted on my face after talking to Chase.
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“Leah! I’m so excited to have you back and you even beat me here!” A winded Remy says as she walks through the entrance of Ginos.
“Well yeah my class ended early and Allys grabbing Caleb for me so I figured I would just hop the bus and get started since I’ll probably be lagging behind a little bit tonight.” I scoop up the salt and pepper shakers that I was filling and begin to set them out at the mostly empty tables.
“Mine was the opposite; I got out late and rushed over here. Do you need help with anything?” Remy asks as she ties on apron on and ties her red hair up into a high ponytail.
“Nope I think I’m good right now, should be pretty busy in here tonight with the start of the weekend.”
She nods her head in agreement with me as she follows me around the dining area, “I know I wish you could have started back on a slower night. Just let me know if you need any help with carrying things or whatever, doesn’t matter I’ll be there.”