Chapter 167
The rain was pouring but I didn’t care. I was exactly where I wanted to be. We could do this, we could “I’ll never hurt you again Leah I promise p>
rough it.
y feel them getting better.
e. I wasn’t overthinking.
It amazed me how fast he sobered up. I could still smell the liquor on his breath. “Let’s go inside it’s freezing”. He was sat on the end of my bed when I returned from the shower. Things weren’t perfect but I could It was like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. My head for once didn’t feel like it was going to “You can shower if you want”. He was still covered in dry blood and dirt. I didn’t want the dirt infecting “You going to let me sleep over?”. He stood from the bed taking the towel I was holding.
“I don’t think that’s the best idea”. We were just getting back on our feet. Rushing into it wasn’t going “You’re probably right but can I stay a little while p>
“You got sober real fast”. I grabbed my pillow sitting at the top of my bed.
“I’m a werewolf Leah p>
I frowned. What did that have to do with him being sober?
“If I don’t continue to drink then it wears off p>
“But you still get hangovers p>
“We don’t p>
“But Alanna p>
“You didn’t know about werewolf’s back then. She had to play along p>
“That’s so weird p>
“It has its perks”. He smiled. “I’m going to get cleaned up. Maybe we can watch a movie after p>
I wasn’t letting him stay. He could stay a little while but he wasn’t staying over.
“Sure p>
uts.
I crawled under my covers getting myself comfortable before he came back. God I wanted him to stay the night, I wanted him next to me but I wanted us to build the trust we so desperately needed, I so desperately needed. I didn’t want to jump back in with two feet and get burned. I turned on my tv and waited patiently for him to be done.
It was the wind that woke me. Rubbing my eyes a yawn escaped my mouth. He was sat by my window looking out into the dark night.
“I didn’t mean to fall asleep”. I whispered. “What time is it?”. My tv was off, the only light coming from my bedside lamp. “Almost one”. He smiled.
Groaning I rubbed a hand down my face. I had been sleeping for hours and yet he didn’t leave. Pulling back my covers I patted the space next to me. “You may as well stay now”. I know I said I wasn’t going to let him but it was late. “You sure p>
“There’s no point in going home now. I’ll be getting up for school soon”. Turning off the lamp I snuggled back down pulling my covers up and around my neck. I could hear him stripping out of his clothes, the bed dipped under his weight. He didn’t touch me, he pulled the covers back laying on top of them. I so badly wanted to feel him against me. The warmth of his body against mine, the comfort he always gave me. Huffing I turned to face him. “What are you doing p>
“Going to sleep”. He said.
“On top of the covers?”. I asked.
“Thought it would be better this way p>
“Don’t be ridiculous and get under the cover”. I turned back around burying myself deeper into my pillow. I didn’t need to tell him twice. He pulled me against him his arm resting over my hip.
“I’ve missed you so much”. He whispered.
“Go to sleep”. I whispered.
He was gone when I woke up for school in the morning. Something felt different, could say I had a little bit of a spring in my step.
We were getting back on track, last night was a little step but it was enough to make me believe we could do this.
Stretching out my limbs a yawn escaped my mouth as I pushed my covers off. Going straight towards my window a groan fell from my lips when I saw the rain. Did it ever do anything else here but rain?
Picking out clothes for today I placed them on my bed for when I got out the shower. Putting my feet in my slippers I pulled my housecoat on and headed downstairs.
It was still early and I had plenty of time for coffee before I needed to get ready. Filling the kettle with water I sorted myself a cup taking a seat at the table.
My gran had texted late last night but I didn’t read it till now. Asking if I was okay and that she would check in with me once her and George got to where they were going.
The kettle clicked, filling up my cup I added milk and one sugar stirring before taking a sip. I hadn’t slept good in what felt like forever but last night with him being here I slept like a log. The best sleep I’ve had in ages.
I could hear the pitter patter of the rain against the window. Another dull, damp day ahead of me. Not to mention another dreaded day of detention that I missed yesterday and was probably going to get into more trouble for. Could blame it on a family emergency, say I had car troubles, or I wasn’t feeling to great. I already knew Mr Gallagher was going to see straight through my lie.
I wonder if Alanna was going to school today. Maybe even Lacey and Lana too. I hadn’t seen Lana in what felt like forever.
Too wrapped up in her mate to worry about anything else. She hadn’t been home in almost a week, not even for clean clothes. Maybe she had moved in with Pete and didn’t have the heart to tell me. Taking my coffee upstairs with me I headed for a shower to start my day.