“Yup, I just wanted to talk to Roy about a few things, but not in front of Caleb. He wanted to set up some time where Caleb could come visit him at his house.”
“Do you really think that’s a good idea?” I gripped the steering wheel tight as I pulled out of the parking lot and headed for home. I couldn’t imagine sending Caleb off to this guy’s house, he lived an almost an hour away. As far as I was concerned, he was still a stranger in my book. Wasn’t this a little too soon?
“I don’t know, I told him I would think about it. Before that happens, I think I need to actually explain to Caleb who Roy is and I think we should have a few more meet ups like this one with all four of us. What did you think of him?”
“He seemed nice enough, but I agree. Before he goes taking Caleb to his house, we need to get together a few more times and we need to check out his place to make sure it’s kid friendly. You know how Caleb gets into everything, especially at new places.”
“Sounds like we have exactly the same idea.” She slid across the seat, resting her hand on my thigh, and laid her head on my shoulder where it seemed to fit perfectly. “I think we already have this whole marriage thing figured out pretty well.”
Chapter 10
Leah
A couple of months had passed since Roy had come into our lives. He not only was trying to get to know Caleb, but also Chase and I. The first meeting had been a little rough between him and Chase, but after that Chase warmed up to the idea of getting to know him better, he quickly took a liking to him.
I had finally explained to Caleb that Roy was his dad. He was a little confused at first since he thought Chase was his dad, even though he had actually never called him that, but just like any typical four year old, he quickly took to the idea. I think Chase occasionally got jealous at the natural bond that Roy and Caleb had, but he still got his bonding time with Caleb and he still followed Chase around constantly.
I had been busy between finishing school, work, and spending time with my new husband and Caleb. The weekend had finally came where Caleb would be staying overnight at Roy’s house and I was nervous as hell. I trusted Roy, but I just wasn’t sure how I would handle Caleb being away so far.
The doorbell rang, pulling me out of my thoughts of the upcoming weekend, and I ran to get it so Caleb wouldn’t wake up from his nap. Those were a rare commodity lately and he had been so high strung this morning, I had needed the break.
Luckily, our new family member, Tootsie, hadn’t seemed to hear it either. It had taken me a little while to warm up to him when Chase and Caleb had first brought him home. I had never had any kind of pet growing up since I had to worry about taking care of myself and Caleb when he came along. Chase had always had some kind of pet in house, so he helped out a lot when it came to learning how to live with a dog.
It was cute at how protective Tootsie was of Caleb. The two of them were best friends, and pretty much anywhere Caleb went, Tootsie went. Which was why the two of them were currently curled up in Caleb’s bed, snoozing away.
“Hey honey.” Ally wrapped me in a quick hug when I opened the front door and stepped into the living room, dropping her bag on the couch. “Where’s the little man? I figured he would be attacking me by now. You know I actually come over here for him and not you, right?”
“Gee, thanks, best friend. I love you too. Caleb is napping. I’m sure he’ll be up soon enough.”
“Oh, okay. Well I wanted to talk to you about something anyway.”
“Alright.” We both slid out bar stools at the island and I turned towards Ally who looked happier than usual for my perky best friend. I swear she took some kind of happy pill. Something was definitely up. Or she had taken an extra dosage. “Spill it woman.”
“Okay, well… I guess I’ll just put it right out there. I’m going on tour with the band! Tyler asked me if I wanted to come along and I agreed. Honestly, I was a little surprised since we haven’t been too serious, but I jumped at the chance. Doesn’t that sound awesome? I get to be like one of their roadies; traveling all over the country and I know Remy’s going too, so I’ll have someone to hang out with backstage. Ah, I’m so excited!”
I raised an eyebrow at her and her smile lessened just a bit. She was right when she had said her and Tyler weren’t very serious. I think what was holding her back, or should I say who, was Teddy. I think she was still hoping he would realize he wanted an actual relationship with her. Judging by the stream of girls I had seen him with lately, that wasn’t going to happen anytime soon.