a/n: read my author's note in the end pls lmao also this chapter is unedited!!! sry if it sucks. i already know that this def is not my strongest chapter but i'm trying to figure out where i want this to go. ideas would be greatly appreciated so DM me if you want to get further involved with this book! and remember--read the A/N at the end! and comment, share, and vote! more i hear from you guys the more motivated i am!
LEO
She's shocked to see me and I'm not surprised. By the way she's dressed, I'm assuming she was expecting her douchey boyfriend. I take her surprise as an opportunity to scan her body. I can't tell if she's gained or lost weight, but something is different about her figure. She looks good. No, fuck that. She looks amazing.
"If I'd known you lounge around like this, I'd visit more often."
She purses her lips. Takes a breath. And promptly slams the door shut in my face.
"Aw, come on Gabs! I was just messing with you. I know you're with douche face now. C'mon, open the door."
I can practically see her hesitating, but she opens the door like I knew she would. Before she has the opportunity to shut the door again, I slip in.
"Hey!" She protests, shutting the door and following me in the room.
"So this is what your dorm room looks like." I look around and notice candles. A dimly lit room. Some sexy music playing, so faint that I have to strain my ears to properly hear. "Oh. Did I catch you right before you were about to--"
"Have sex with my boyfriend?" She interjects, just as I finish my sentence, "--masturbate?"
"What?" We both ask at the same time.
"Why would I wear this to masturbate, Leo? Wait, God, I'm not talking about this with you!"
"I dunno, to put yourself in the mood? You look sexy. You're certainly turning me on."
"Don't talk like that." Gabby turns from me, but I can see her reflection from the window she's facing. She's biting her lip.
"So, what, you're getting ready to screw him? You know he's not a better fuck than me, Gabs, admit it."
"Don't talk to me like that." Gabby repeats, still facing away from me. "We're practically strangers, Leo, God. We haven't talked in forever. Don't talk to me like that, please."
"We're not strangers, Gabby." I take a few steps toward her. I wrap my arms around her waist, hardening at the feel of her body pressed against mine. "Or have you forgotten that I was the first man to ever be inside you? I'd say that makes us fairly...intimate. Wouldn't you?"
She lets out a breathy sigh, and for a second I think that she actually might cave. But she juts away from me like I'm on fire, striding across the room to wrap herself in a blanket. "Why are you here, Leo? What do you need?"
"I just wanted to see how you were." I lie.
"You haven't seen me since college started and now all of the sudden you want to see me? I really don't buy that."
"That's how it is, Gabs. That's my explanation. Take it or leave it."
She stares at me with her big, innocent eyes. "I'll leave it." She snaps after what feels like an eternity. "And, speaking of leaving, so will you. Get out. My boyfriend is on his way."
"I'll leave." I haven't seen Gabby in a while, but I know her well enough to infer that she's being serious. If I don't leave now, I know that she'll actually get angry. "But this isn't the last you're seeing of me, Gabrielle Hampton. I may have been gone for a while but I'm back in your life now. And I'm different this time. I truly do not give a fuck who I'm seen with, Gabby. Even if I did though, I'd be proud to have you by my side. And I'm going to show that to you. I don't know how yet, but I am going to show you. I swear that to you, Gabby."
And then I'm out the door, knowing full and well that I've already started to win her over.
GABBY
He hasn't changed. I've convinced myself that he has countless times before. I'm no longer naive. I won't let him get to me--not this time. So why is the thought of him in such close proximity to me getting me so hot and bothered? Why can't I stop thinking about his chiseled face, his fucking cunning, mischievous eyes. His body...his biceps that peeked through his sleeves...the way his shirt hugged his abs.
Fuck.
I pull out my phone, dialing the one person I know will be able to help me get Leo out of my head. Until my boyfriend comes over, at the very least.
"Mom? It's me."
HALEY
Being a senior is nothing like Gabby and Bianca made it seem. It's not very fun. In fact, it is perhaps the very opposite. It's a lot of work.
"Daddy?" I walk into Daddy and Janice's bedroom, hoping they are both clothed and not in a compromising position of any sort.
"Yes, pumpkin?" I turn the corner to find my dad on his bed, wearing a wife beater and sweatpants. He's lost an impressive amount of weight these past few months and has changed his wardrobe accordingly.
"I was just wondering if you've gotten anything in the mail from colleges yet?" I should be hearing back from the three schools I applied to any day now: University of California, New York University, and Harvard. Daddy made me apply to the last two, but I had my heart set on California. I practically came out of the womb as a beach babe and it was my destiny to end up in LA with a super hot celebrity husband and adopted kids (obviously).
"I haven't seen anything in the mail, no. I'm sorry, pumpkin. We'll hear back soon enough."
"I know." I sigh, plopping myself on the edge of his bed. "I'm just impatient."
"Have you spoken to your mother about it?"
I smile at the thought of my mother. She walked out on us when we were young but came back a little under a year ago to stay in the guest room. She really has changed and has become my best friend. And unfortunately, she's made it her mission to rekindle her relationship with the spawn of Satan, otherwise known as my sister Gabrielle.
"No, I didn't know she was home from her work trip yet?" Mom was gone the past week in Milan working on the newest Vogue issue.
"She is."
"I'm going to go see her."
I race down the stairs, nearly tripping over my feet in excitement. My mom is the coolest person in my family, besides Bianca and...well, never mind him. He's not in my life anymore.
I reach the bottom of the stairs, not looking where I'm going, and bump into a hard chest. I look up and let out a gasp.
He's not in my life anymore except for the fact that, apparently, he is.
"Missed you, Goldilocks." He grins.
"Kurt?"
GABBY
"Thanks, mom."
"You're welcome, baby. I love you."
I want to say it back, I do. I'm just not there yet. "I--"
"It's alright." Mom assures me, but I can tell she's disappointed.
"I'm sorry, I'm just not ready. After everything that happened..."
"I understand. Don't worry."
"I'll talk to you soon, okay?"
"Sure, honey." I can picture her smiling with her sad eyes as she says this. I've hardly spoken to her in quite a while and I know that it hurts her but she can't expect me to be completely warmed up to her after all of what she put me through.
Adam walks in the room without knocking, as always. At first I found it endearing, but because of my current mood, I find it less than charming.
"Ever heard of knocking?" I snap.
He lets out a throaty laugh, walking across the room to wrap me in a hug. "You afraid I'd have caught you with someone else?"
He's joking, obviously, but I tense up at the thought of having possibly been caught with Leo...in that compromising position...Adam would have dumped me for sure. Why did I allow that? Even if I stopped it, I allowed it at first.
I push the thoughts away from the sexy skeleton in my closet and focus on my sexy boyfriend.
"You look...gorgeous." Adam grins.
This is what I want. A sweet, caring, charismatic, funny, sexy boy who treats me like I matter. This is who I want. This is who I want. This is who I want.
I chant that mantra in my head as my lips meet his.
A/N: SORRY THE ENDING SUCKS!!! So this is kind of a filler chapter except for omg kurt is back!!!!!!!!! i am thinking of finding a way to bring aaron back because obviously he can't just disappear!! and gabby's mom...forgot to explain that back in 'Honey I'm Home' lmao so this was a lame attempt to reintroduce her. anyways how do we feel about introducing haley and kurt's pov for a lil subplot? interested in more? or not into it? and is there anyone else you'd like to hear more of? camille? mom? bianca? lmk! do i need more characters? do i need less going on? please give me constructive criticism so i can create something that is actually enjoyable!!!!
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