“Well, if I could you know I would carry you everywhere.” I sat her down on the bathroom counter and walked the few steps over to the bathtub to start the water, before turning my attention back to Leah. “I’ll finish up dinner, while you take a bath.” I pulled her T-shirt up over her head, while she reached around to unclasp her bra.
“Or maybe I won’t.” I dipped my head to take her hardened nipple into my mouth and sucked lightly. I loved the effect I had on her.
“No way, you are most definitely not having your way with me again.” She pushed back on my head, her lips tightly pursed together, and pointed at the door. “Now, go fix me my dinner.”
“Alright, alright. Sorry I can’t keep my mouth to myself,” I backed up with a smirk, pausing at the threshold to watch as her beautiful body slid off the counter and she dipped her toes into the waiting water. “Love you, baby.”
“Love you too,” she responded, her gray eyes already drooping half shut. I knew I was probably going to have to lift her out of the bath too, but I didn’t mind. Maybe she would be ready again by then.
Chapter 8
Leah
“Ugh, Leah, I feel like we haven’t had any time together since school started back up. I think you’re too busy with that husband of yours now. God knows I would be too.” Ally grabbed a fry off my tray and popped it into her mouth before reaching for another. My mouth dropped open and all I could do was stare. “What in the hell is the matter with you? Do I have something in my teeth?”
“No, just wondering when you started eating normal people food again? I guess we really haven’t been spending much time together if I haven’t noticed this new development.”
She shrugged her shoulders and this time snatched up the half of the burger that I hadn’t finished. Okay, now this was getting really weird. “You only live once, right? Besides, that was more of Skylar’s thing, I just sort of followed along. Plus, I really missed meat. I mean really missed it. I have no clue how people give that up forever.”
I smirked as I watched her devour the hamburger. I guess her and Skylar’s breakup had brought some good. It was weird. The breakup really hadn’t ever seemed to bother Ally. I thought her and Skylar would be one of those relationships to go the distance, but Ally basically shrugged it off and moved on. “So speaking of Skylar, any new guys lately?”
“Well, there is this one guy I’ve gotten to know at the Major Hoosiers concerts. We’ve actually been out on a couple of dates now. I think I really like him. He’s a nice guy. Pays attention to me, does all of those gentleman-y things you should expect. Doesn’t check out other girls right in front of you,” she added on with a grumble. Hmm, I wonder who did that?
“Really? So no more Teddy?” I crossed my fingers under the table, hoping she was done with him once and for all. Teddy was an okay guy when it came to him being one of Chase’s best friends, but he certainly wasn’t worthy of my best friend. Not by a long shot.
“Oh, I don’t know, L.” She tugged on her high blonde ponytail that had stayed its natural color for some time now. “He just doesn’t want to settle down, like at all. Yeah, I have a ton of fun with him, if you know what I mean.” She wiggled her eyebrows and giggled at me when she saw my eye roll.
“But that’s basically all I am to him, a good time. I know I’m young, but really I don’t want to be with a guy who can barely keep it in his pants before I’m out the door, moving on with the next skank that throws herself at him. So time to move on and I think Tyler is a pretty good guy to do that with.”
“Wait, hold up. Tyler? As in Tyler, the new guy in the band? Do you think that’s really a good idea? How does Teddy feel about that?”
“Teddy couldn’t care less and I’m a grown woman, I can see whoever I want. Besides, have you seen Tyler? I mean, holy batman, he is smokin’. And he doesn’t slut around, which automatically scores him points in my book.”
I pictured Tyler in my head, I had only met him a few times and he was no Chase, but he was a nice looking guy with short spikey blond hair and a tall lanky body. He did have a sweet sort of vibe coming off him when he played the guitar, but Ally was right, he didn’t seem like Teddy at all.
In fact, he seemed like the complete opposite; quiet, reserved, and a little shy. Also, the complete opposite of my bubbly best friend. I had a feeling this whole thing was started up mainly to make Teddy jealous and see what he was missing, but for now I was keeping my lips sealed.
“Well, that’s good. Maybe we could do a double date one night or something. Chase has been feeling like an old man lately, always working, and never getting out. Mary’s offered to take Caleb for a sleepover whenever we need a date night, so we should set something up.”
Truly, I wanted to see how Ally and Tyler interacted. Maybe then, I would have a conversation with her about stringing Tyler along for the wrong reasons, if that was in fact what she was doing.