“Ugh, is Shelia going to be here?” Caleb groaned out while glaring at his dad. I smirked down at Caleb, even though I know I shouldn’t have. Caleb wasn’t the biggest fan of his dad’s new girlfriend, Shelia.
I had met her a few times and she seemed like a nice enough lady. A little stuck up for my taste, but Roy seemed to like her, so I guess that was all that counted. I think Caleb was just a little upset he wasn’t getting one hundred percent of his dad’s attention when he came to visit, but I knew Roy couldn’t be single forever even if he was a dad.
“Yes, Caleb. Don’t worry we’ll have a ton of fun. Shelia wanted to take you to this new pizza place; they have an arcade. She planned it all out, especially for you. Doesn’t that sound like fun?”
“Sure,” he grumbled out. I leaned down to give him a kiss on his forehead and whispered in his ear, “Be nice, little dude.”
I stood up and shook Roy’s hand. “Good luck, man.” I knew how Caleb could get and I was kind of glad I wasn’t the one having to deal with it. Now we were headed to the airport and hopefully, I would be able to have a relaxing weekend with my wife.
Chapter 20
Leah
“I can’t believe we’re finally here. I’ve traveled more with you than I ever have in my life.” I giggled as Chase scooped me off the plane and didn’t deposit me until we reached the baggage claim. People were giving us strange looks, but I didn’t care, I was just happy to be in his arms.
I was a little upset that I was away from Caleb though. I had wanted to bring him with us, but I knew Las Vegas wasn’t really a kid friendly place. Sure, he would have a ton of fun swimming in the hotel pool or seeing some of the attractions, but I was sure whatever Ally had in mind wouldn’t be good for a four year old.
We got a taxi as soon as we got our luggage and headed towards the hotel where everyone was staying. Ally had already booked us a room weeks ago, even though at the time I was convinced I wouldn’t be coming. Now, I was feeling good about being here and was excited to see our friends.
I texted Ally when we were on our way and leaned against Chase’s shoulder in the back seat of the taxi. I felt like this weekend was going to be good for us. “You doing all right with this, baby? You don’t want to go to home already, do you?” I looked up and caught his smirk before he placed his lips on my forehead. “I’m fine Chase, you need to stop asking me that, at least for this weekend. Please?”
“Alright, but I can only promise that for this weekend. When we get home, all bets are off; I’ll probably ask you a hundred times a day. You’ll probably want to kick my ass.”
I snorted and leaned in to the crook of his neck. “You’re probably right, but it is such a sexy ass, at least I’ll have fun doing it.”
The taxi came to a stop underneath the black and white checkered awning of the hotel. I knew I shouldn’t have been surprised since it was Ally, but there she was, along with everyone else waiting for us. She immediately pulled open my door and knocked me backwards, tackling me in a hug.
“You’re really here, I can’t believe it!” She squeezed me again, like she was trying to make sure this wasn’t a dream or something, and then pulled back to look down at me. “You’re really here. You have no idea how much it means to have my best friend here for this. This is crazy.” She righted herself and then reached a hand in to pull me out, along with Chase who gave me a push and an upside down smirk at Ally’s reaction.
“Yes, I’m here.” I smoothed out my hair and put an arm around her shoulder. “And I’m excited to see you too. But why exactly do you need your best friend here so badly? Is this performance different than the others or something?” Ally didn’t answer but instead shot me a bright smile and pulled me towards the rest of the group.
Remy stepped forward first to wrap me in a tight hug. “I’m glad you’re here, Leah. I think Ally really needs you right now,” she whispered into my ear. I gave her a strange look and was about to ask her for an explanation, but instead I was passed along to the next set of arms, and then the next.
“So, I have something to tell you.” Ally stepped forward after Chase had his arm wrapped around my waist once again and we had all moved up to the suite of rooms that the guys had been put up in.
She wrung her hands nervously in front of herself and then finally held her left hand out to me. On her ring finger sat a giant pink stone set in a platinum band that was intricately woven with another band. It was so…Ally. But what in the hell? She and Tyler were far from serious when they had left. This seemed like something Ally would do, she was so impulsive sometimes. It was almost exhausting.