Chapter 412
“Nothing baby I’m happy to hear your thoughts on this. I like that you want to share your input and your ideas. After all this is your pack to and I’m glad you’re finally taking an interest p>
I always wanted to take interest in the pack, but the timing was never right and not to mention I didn’t exactly feel I had the authority to do so. But now, now I didn’t give a shit about what people thought of me. This was my pack; my home and I’ll be damned if I was going to sit back and keep my mouth shut any longer.
“But I do think Rocco needs a well-deserved break. Maybe even put him on early morning or midafternoon p>
“I moved Alanna to midafternoon”. He spoke.
“Because she hates morning and nights”. I rolled my eyes. “I swear if she could she’d opt out of doing it all together p>
“Probably”. He grinned.
“Did you manage to talk to her?”. I knew she wasn’t having the best time right now, but I didn’t want to get involved in case she thought I was trying to fix everything.
I still can’t believe she said that, but I would be here for her when she needed me to be.
“She brushed me off. Told me she wasn’t talking to me about stuff that was none of my business. I swear if she wasn’t my sister I’d have knocked her out by now p>
“Were you genuine about it though? Did you show her you were concerned p>
“I might have told her to straighten her face”. He scratched the back of his head.
“Jake”. I sighed as there was a knock on the door.
“I’ll get it”. He grinned.
I was starving. Heading into the kitchen I fixed us both a drink and got two plates from the cupboard.
“What kind did you order?”. I turned to head back into the living room the smell of pizza making my stomach growl.
“Large pepperoni and a large cheese. I got a side of wings too”. He sat the boxes on the coffee table as I placed down our drinks.
“Should we watch a film?”. I asked sitting down beside him.
“How longs it been since we’ve done this?”. He asked.
“Seeing as you’re always running about the woods at night, I’d say a while”. I teased.
“I do that a lot don’t I?”. He grabbed a slice of pizza taking a bite.
“Maybe just a little”. I scrolled through the movies on Netflix stopping when I landed on the notebook. “Should we watch this p>
“I think we need to have more nights like this. I’m sorry for always coming home late babe p>
“It’s okay”. I shrugged. “I get you have to do it”. I took a bite of my pizza before adding a few wings to my plate.
“I’m serious though babe I’ll do better p>
“Okay”. I smiled.
Jake fell asleep halfway through the movie. Snoring his head off beside me I moved his legs gently so I could get rid of the plates and turn the tv off. It wasn’t late but it was late enough to go to bed.
I took the plates into the kitchen and placed them in the sink. I made sure the back door was locked before I took a bottle of water from the fridge. Turning off the lights I walked towards the front door making sure to lock that also.
I still got a little paranoid when it came to the house being secure at night.
“Jake”. I shoved his arm but got nothing back.
He was wiped and I’m surprised he lasted this long. My gran stopping by stopped him from getting much of a sleep and he had been out all night.
“Jake”. I whispered shoving on his arm again.
This time I got a groan before his hand came up rubbing at his eyes.
“What time is it?”. He yawned.
“Almost 11 I’m going up to bed are you coming p>
“Yeah, babe head up I’ll be there in a minute”. Another yawn fell from his lips before he placed his arm over his eyes.
Yeah, I had a feeling he wasn’t moving from that couch tonight. Once again, I checked both doors before heading upstairs to our bedroom. I headed into the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth and by the time I was done Jake had made it upstairs. “I’m beat”. He yawned. “Sorry I fell asleep babe”. He bypassed me and went into our bathroom.
I climbed into bed fixing my pillows before laying down. I checked my phone; a message from my gran was sitting there. She had sent it early today but instead of reading it I placed my phone on the nightstand and turned away from it. I would read it tomorrow.
Jake climbed into bed pulling me against him, so I was laying across his chest. As he kissed the top of my head, I closed my eyes feeling myself drift off to sleep. This is what I loved. When we were home together and going to bed together. There weren’t many nights where that happened but tonight was one of them.
“Leah”. He mumbled.
“Hm?”. I whispered.
“I love you so much babe p>
I couldn’t hide my grin. With my eyes still closed I lifted my head my lips finding his.
“I love you too p>