Chasing Leah (Journey Series)

by Williams, C. A.

  He balances me on the edge of the counter and cranks the dial to turn on the shower which immediately creates a steam of air in the chilly bathroom. I admire his toned body while he has his back turned to me. “Like what you see,” he asks as he turns back around in that gravelly voice. “Well yeah the view is pretty good,” I say as he teases his fingers up and down my arm, adding more goosebumps to my already chilled skin. I wrap my legs around his waist to draw him closer and slide my hands up his body starting at the edge of his trunks, working my way to his chest and landing on his broad shoulders.

  His green eyes look like there glowing as they follow the trail of my hands. He leans down and presses his warm full lips to my collarbone kissing and sucking his way up to my neck and along my jaw feeling the stubble on his face scratch against my skin until he reaches my waiting lips. Our kiss adds to the steaminess that has already fallen over the small bathroom. He attacks my mouth almost ferociously, probing every inch with his warm tongue and catching my bottom lip in between his teeth before sucking it into his mouth. I try to wrap my legs even tighter around his waist to bring him closer and run my hands through his hair, pulling gently. I smash my mouth into his as he tries to back up a little bit and I take over the kiss with an urgent need to be closer to him with my tongue caressing his, lightly brushing over the cool silver.

  He pulls back again breaking our kiss, trying to catch his breath, “Are you sure about this Leah? I don’t want to move things too quickly with you.”

  “Yes I’m sure Chase. As long as you’re sure. You know I have like no experience with this.” I’m sure Chase has had plenty of girls and I won’t even compare. He places another brief kiss on my lips before answering. “That doesn’t matter at all Leah.”

  I nod my head at him in reply. “Good then. I want you. NOW.” I add on forcefully at the end as I try to bring him back to me.

  He gives me a little laugh and chews on his bottom lip. “Ok, then we’re going to do this right. We have plenty of time so let’s just slow this down a little bit.” I look up at him with a surprised look on my face. From what I have heard most guys want one thing. Not Chase apparently. Just another thing to add to the list of him being perfect. Chase picks me up off the counter setting my feet back on to the floor and kneeling in front of me. Even on his knees with my shortness and his tall height his head comes up to my shoulders. “First things first. You’re still freezing so let’s get you into the shower.”

  He reaches behind my neck and pulls out the knot undoing my top and slowly slides it off, throwing it into a wet heap onto the floor. I reflexively try to cover myself by crossing my arms over my bare chest but Chase pulls my hands down to my sides. I’m not used to someone staring at me naked, taking in every part of me and I’m suddenly self conscious of my body.

  “Don’t Leah, your beautiful. I want to kiss every inch of your body.” He leans his head down and kisses a trail of light kisses down from collarbone until he reaches my chest and takes each nipple into his warm mouth while cupping them with his other hand and lightly kneading. He flicks his tongue over the first and gently nibbles before switching to the other and giving it the same treatment. I throw my head back and squeeze my eyes shut while the warmth flows through my body.

  He begins to work his way down, placing light kisses down my stomach as he grips my hips and undoes the side ties of my bottoms, tossing them to the side. And then I’m standing completely naked in front of Chase. Chase. Who himself looks like a god with his perfectly proportioned body.

  I look down at him as he continues to trace my body with his lips. “I think you need a little less clothing on too,” I say as I reach down and undo the drawstring on his trunks. He reluctantly stands up tearing his lips from my body as he slides his trunks down. He steps out of them and then he scoops me up and carries me over to the shower.

  “You really need to stop doing that. Really, I can walk perfectly fine,” I say as he sets me down into the steaming shower. He doesn’t even give me an answer before his lips are on mine again and I wrap my arms around his neck, melting into the kiss. Chase pulls away after spending just a short time on my lips and grabs the little bottle of shampoo. He squirts a small amount into his hand and begins to work the shampoo into my hair and then grabs a washcloth and washes my body from head to toe. After rinsing me off, I turn and do the same to him, taking in every inch of his well defined body while he watches me with a look of lust in his eyes.

  Chase rinses the soap off quickly and then turns the shower off and steps out to grab towels. He wraps me in a white fluffy towel after wrapping one around his hips and again picks me up and carries me into the bedroom laying me down in the center. I could really get used to be carried around everywhere.

  Chase drops his towel on the floor and climbs onto the bed wedging my legs open slightly with his knee as he moves the towel aside, pinning me to the bed, and works more kisses up my belly until he reaches my lips again. “You’re sure about this right Leah?”

  I roll my eyes at him and playfully shove at his chest. “Will you please stop asking me that? Yes. I’m sure,” I say as I press my lips back up to his. He pulls back a little, “Kay well hold on I need to get some protection. I picked some up at that store in town. Ya know, just in case,” he says with a sexy grin, his eyes twinkling back at me. He reaches over to the small nightstand next to the bed and places the small square foil package next to us.

  He slides his fingers down my stomach and brings them down to my thighs before teasing me with a finger and gently pushing one in and then adding another. “You’re really tight, so this is probably gonna hurt.” I can already feel the warmth flowing between my legs and he must sense it too because he pulls his fingers out before coming back to my lips and giving me another long kiss, probing his warm tongue through every inch of my mouth before tearing the package open and sliding the condom on. “I need to be inside of you now,” he groans out, looking down at me with hooded eyes. I think that’s when reality really set it. I was doing this. We were doing this. Together. With Chase.

  He must have sensed the tension in my body because he leaned down to whisper in my ear, his warm breath tickling me. “Relax. Tell me if it hurts but I’ll try to be gentle.” He lowers his body against mine until our skin is warm against each other and slowly pushes himself in, inch by inch. I can feel the slight pinch and a brief shot of pain as he pushes in further but I try to cover it up with a quick intake of breath while Chase is looking down into my eyes. “Breathe Leah.”

  We lay there together, our bodies adjusting and molding to each other like we were made for each other. Chase slowly starts up a rhythm as our bodies move together and I wrap my legs around his waist, locking my ankles around him while trying to pull him closer as he thrusts in and out and I arch my hips up to meet him. My whimpers grow louder and Chases warm breath comes out in heavy pants against my neck. We both come closer and closer to the edge so quickly after all the build up and I feel my body tightening around him as I let go and breathe Chase in and he finishes right after me clutching at my hips and thrusting two more times before collapsing on top of me breathing heavily against my ear, placing light kisses on the outside.

  “Leah,” he breathes out as he buries his nose in my hair. “That was amazing, I’m glad we waited for a little bit at least. That was perfect. Are you okay, was there much pain?” I turn my face towards his and give him a kiss on each corner of his mouth. “It really was perfect Chase.” I’d never felt so alive and happy before in my life. Now I could see what Ally was talking about when she filled me in on all of her sexual adventures. Chase wraps his arms around my waist and we lay there together with our bodies intertwined and both drift off to sleep.

  Chapter 17

  Chase

  Last night with Leah was……I don’t think one word could describe it. Amazing, unbelievable, once in a lifetime. I’ve been with my fair share of girls and nothing comes close to comparing. The look in her wide gray eyes when we made
love shot straight to my heart. There’s that word love and I think it’s totally happening with her. Mom said I would just know when I found the one and I think I already have. Not that I’m gonna clue Leah in on that just yet. She would freak the fuck out if I brought that four letter word up. I just need to give her a little time.

  “Hey buddy, you want to help me make your Mommy some breakfast?” I ask Caleb quietly after leaving Leah upstairs asleep. I really didn’t want to pull myself away from memorizing every inch of her beautiful body but I could hear Caleb stirring around downstairs and I knew three year olds normally found trouble pretty easily. “Sure Chase. Can we have pancakes? Please, please! Mommy loves them!”

  “Of course dude, let’s get ‘em started.”

  Over the next two days we got to know each other even more including each other’s bodies. Leah cooked meals for us while I would play my guitar, some songs that I’d been working on and some of the goofy kid ones that Caleb would request. Luckily I had a pretty big list of those, Belle loved when I played for her. We bundled up and explored the area around the cabin including the small pond that was beyond the cabin. We saw a lot of wildlife including some brave deer when we were drinking our coffee the morning we were getting ready to leave.

  “Thanks Chase,” Leah says as we throw clothes into our bags. I stop and wrap her in a tight hug, breathing in the scent of her strawberry shampoo. She’s so small compared to my big guy frame, I want to just pick her up and carry her around in my pocket. She would probably fit. “This weekend was perfect, even after all I had to deal with on Friday. You being there made it so much easier.”

  I lean down and kiss her forehead before turning away and gathering the last of our things. “Good Leah. I just wanted to make it easier for you and I hope it helped. Plus I didn’t mind getting to spend some alone time with you,” I add with a wink.

  I pulled out of the driveway and head back towards the highway. We had about a three hour drive ahead of us before getting home. Leah had already talked to Ally this morning and said she would be waiting for her at home. I’m sure Ally was dying to know all the girly details of what went down.

  “So,” Leah says as she runs a small hand up and down my arm. “I really want us to work but..” Really, after this weekend she was gonna try that? “Is this where I get the but let’s just be friends again Leah,” I ask with a wince. I don’t think that will work at all. “Because no offense but after this weekend I don’t think I can be just friends with you.”

  She laughs and brings my hand up to her lips, kissing my knuckles. “No Chase. Really it meant just as much to me too. I was just going to say we’ll have to figure out how we can make this work. I’m really busy with work and school and Caleb. I know you’re busy with school finishing up and your performances but I do want this. I need to live my life and I really want you to be a part of it, even if it’s just squeezing dates in between everything that’s going on.”

  I glance over at her with I’m sure a look of relief on my face before training my eyes back onto the road.

  “Good Leah. Trust me I feel the same way. We can make it work I promise. I’ll do anything to make time to be with you.”

  She lays her head on my shoulder and snuggles up as close as possible to me with the console being in the way. After making a quick pit stop, we arrive back at our apartment complex around three in the afternoon. As soon as we pull in I see Skylars beat up Volkswagen van and know Ally must still be around waiting to bombard Leah.

  We part in the hallway before heading to our respective apartments. I lean in and give her one last kiss, teasing her lips with my teeth before diving into the warm silkiness and minty taste of Leahs mouth. She grips the collar of my leather jacket to pull me in closer and I’m just thinking about moving this along into my apartment when the door pops open and a blonde head with green and red chunks pops out. “Oops, did I interrupt something?” Ally says feigning innocence by covering her mouth in an act of surprise. “And by the way I don’t think you should be getting all hot and heavy in front of him.” She points down to a grinning Caleb who I kinda did forget about in the heat of the moment. Oops. Leah rolls her eyes at Allys act and gives me one last kiss. “I’ll call you once I found out my schedule and we’ll get together soon.”

  “Kay bye baby,” I say before sneaking in one more kiss before Ally grabs Leah and Calebs hands yanking them backward into their apartment. “C’mon, loverboy can wait. He’s had you to himself all weekend. Bye Chase,” she says as she blows a kiss over Leahs shoulder and slams the door in my face. I head over to my apartment and unpack my things still smelling the scent of Leah everywhere, remembering her soft kisses and small hands. I would see her again but not soon enough.

  Chapter 18

  Leah

  “Jeez Ally contain yourself. It’s not his fault he can’t keep his hands off me,” I say teasingly. I grab my suitcase off the floor where Ally had thrown it in. “Hey Sky, how was Thanksgiving with your family,” I ask as I ignore Allys look of frustration.

  He smiles over at Allys pouting mood and plays along with my game, making Ally wait even longer. “It was good. My family loved her of course, who wouldn’t? I’m sorry to hear about your mom Leah.”

  “Thanks Sky.” I look over at Caleb who’s already busy playing with all of his toys that he missed while we were gone. “You want a snack buddy or you want to lie down and take a quick nap?” He shakes his head at me not even looking up from his dinosaurs he and Skylar have lined up. Gee thanks Caleb, now I have to deal with the wraith of Ally. Thanks buddy, I’ll remember this next time you want your favorite movie on.

  “Alright, alright quit trying to stall. We can pick this up later, I’ll be back in awhile Sky, you keep an eye on Caleb. Make yourself comfortable you might be out here for awhile,” she says as she shoves me towards my room. I roll my eyes and throw a wave over my shoulder at Sky, who just grins back at his ferocious girlfriend.

  “So spill. I need to know everything. First of all how are you really doing Leah, I’m sure it was a shock about your mom. I wish I could have been here for you.”

  I unzip my suitcase and start throwing all of my dirty laundry into a hamper while setting my toiletries aside.

  “Really Ally, this weekend was fantastic. I mean I was totally shocked about my mom but I got a bit of crying out of the way and really I’m over it. She was never there for me and she certainly wasn’t there for Caleb. I’m not wasting time being upset over her. She did leave me a letter though.”

  “So did you read it yet?” She asks as she helps me line up all my things back on my bathroom shelf.

  “No I just threw it in my purse. I think I need a little bit of time before I do that.” We both plop down on my bed and Ally absently starts twirling my curls through her fingers.

  “Well when you want to read it I’ll be here for you, pinky promise. No matter what. Now for the juicy details about Chase. Did you guys finally get it on? Did you give up the v card to him, huh, huh?” She asks as she wiggles her eyebrows up and down at me. I roll over onto my stomach and cover my hands with my eyes. “Finally? We just started dating if you even want to call it that.”

  “Oh please there is so much sexual tension between the two of you when you’re around each other it’s ridiculous. And all you’ve been doing is hiding away from him when he wants to make sweet sweet love to you.” She clasps her hands together and bats her eyelashes at me. I hurl one of my throw pillows at her and groan.

  “Yes we finally ‘got it on’,” I say with little bunny ear fingers. “I am no longer the innocent girl you once knew. It was amazing and perfect, he’s amazing and perfect. I just don’t want things going too quickly with him.”

  “Um I’m pretty sure it’s too late for that Leah. You pretty much put the fast forward button on with Chase and there is no rewind or stop button. Just see how things go. I know how you don’t like to depend on people Leah but a relationship is a two way street you don’t have to be THAT gi
rl. You can still be a strong ass independent woman and have the hottest man known to earth as your boyfriend.”

  I quirk on eyebrow up at her. “What about Sky? Isn’t he supposed to be the only guy you look at?”

  “Really Leah, just cause I have him doesn’t mean I can’t stop looking. Sky is the only one in my book but any girl would be nuts not to drool over that man candy.”

  I cover my eyes back up. “Trust me I know I’ve already been a witness to some of that. That’s one thing that kind of worries me, he says he doesn’t want the limelight of the band but I can’t help thinking that one of those groupies will sink her claws into him and he won’t give me a second thought. I just don’t want to risk my heart and end up getting it broken.”

  “Well unfortunately I don’t have any psychic ability Leah but if I did I don’t think I would ever be able to see Chase doing that. You’re all he talks about and he was constantly finding ways to sneak in little questions about how you were when you were trying to avoid him. He’d have to be nuts to look at anyone else than you. You’re gorgeous and smart and funny. You’re just as perfect as he is.”

  I sit up and give her a tight hug. “Thanks Al. For everything at least I know I’ll always have you.”

  “Yup, never going to get rid of me. I’m like the leech you can’t ever get rid of.”

  “I wouldn’t go that far but um okay,” I say with a wry smile.

  “Now are you hungry, me and Sky are going to make some dinner and we’ll have plenty for you guys. Caleb seems to at least try whatever we fix.”

  I roll my eyes as I follow her out of the room into the kitchen. I’m sure one of her and Skys creations will be far from anything appetizing but I sit there and listen to them chatter on as they cook together and Caleb acts like their little guinea pig, testing every bite, which I’m surprised he actually seems to like everything and doesn’t spit anything out. I daydream about Chase and our wonderful weekend together, hoping we have a redo of that very soon.