Chapter 55
I couldn’t stop smiling. The way he made me feel when I was around him was magical. It was something I had never felt before with anyone not even Tommy. My smile faded when I caught sight of the photo of us. I knew it was time to take it down. I felt guilt, I had spent almost 2 years of my life with Tommy and the more time I spent with Jake the more Tommy was forgotten about.
I couldn’t help how I felt. Jake was different, I knew that from the moment I met him. We connected instantly regardless of how I felt I couldn’t stop my feelings from blossoming.
“Leah, sweetheart can you come down here for a second”. My gran called from the bottom of the stairs.
Forgetting about the picture I left my room heading for the living room. George was here again. Him and my gran were sat on the sofa.
“Hey”. I smiled taking a seat on one of the chairs.
“How are you feeling?”. She asked.
“Much better”. I had no idea what she wanted to talk about.
“I’ve been thinking a lot lately Leah. You don’t have long left before you graduate and if you want to or decide to you’ll be off to college soon p>
“Okay”. I had no idea where she was going with this. I didn’t know if I was going to go to college yet.
“I have a little something for you, a little early graduation present”. Placing on the table in front of her was a little gift box tied with a red bow. “It’s from George and I”. She smiled.
“You didn’t need to buy me anything”. I sighed picking up the little box. Some paragraphs are incomplete if you are not reading this novel on. Visit to read the complete chapters for free. She was good to me, she always had been and I had wanted for nothing when I was little but I was an adult now. I wasn’t going to depend on my gran for things that I wanted or needed. I would work for them.
“You deserve this sweetheart p>
Pulling the bow I lifted the lid, no she didn’t. Lifting out the key I could feel my eyes start to water. She had bought me a car, my very own car. I no longer needed to rely on anyone for lifts.
“Oh honey don’t cry, you deserve this Leah so please enjoy the freedom p>
Wiping my eyes I got to my feet. She had no idea how much this meant to me. “Thank you so much p>
“You’re very welcome”. Kissing my cheek I squeezed her tight. I would be lost without her.
“Is it outside?”. I grinned.
“It’s being delivered tomorrow morning but of course you won’t be able to drive it for another 5 weeks”. She said nodding at my hand. I frowned I forgot all about that.
“Don’t be so disappointed”. She chuckled. “You’ll get to drive it soon enough. Now we brought pizza it’s on the kitchen island if you’re hungry p>
I was buzzing and feeling so much better. “Thank you again”. I grinned heading to the kitchen. Taking a seat at the island I opened the box of pizza my stomach growling as the smell of pepperoni hit my nose.
My gran and George had went to bed around 11pm, I was still sat down the stairs. It was getting pretty late but I wasn’t tired yet. I was still on a high and couldn’t wait to see my car tomorrow. Taking a picture of my key I sent it to Alanna. I was glad I didn’t need to depend on anyone anymore.
‘Woohoo. A merc!! Lucky gal I’m jealous! Ax’
I wasn’t really good with makes of cars and I didn’t really care. As long as it got me from A to B then I was happy.
‘To bad I can’t drive it for another 5 weeks p>
Getting a bottle of water from the fridge I made sure everything was turned off before I made my way upstairs. Closing my bedroom door quietly I turned on my tv, turned off my big light and got into bed. I was texting Alanna back and forth.
‘Are you feeling better?! Like good enough to come over to mine tomorrow? Ax’
‘What’s the occasion p>
‘Just a little girl time. We’ll get some dinner and just chill out? You could come to training in the morning? Ax’ Training?
‘Sounds like a plan. What time do you need me p>
‘Be at my house for 9 and don’t be late. Jake doesn’t like it when we’re late. Goodnight. Ax’
Jake was going to be there?