Here is the sequel to 'Dean's Hidden Hero'. I hope everyone enjoys!
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*A few months later...*
It was a warm January day in Miami as Leah, Naomi and I were in the beginning of our second semester. It had been a rough and crazy few months for the three of us since coming here. We had to adjust to college life while Naomi had to get used to a long distance relationship with Jimmy since he was in Georgia Tech and she was here with us at University of Miami.
"How are you enjoying the dorms?" Naomi asked me when we all met up after our last class.
"I like it and I like my roommate. We've become really good friends and not to mention that he works at the business that I was planning on applying for. Remember the lady that came to speak at our graduation and her giving me her business card? Mrs. Knight? That's same place he works at." I tell them as we walk around the campus. "He gave me a list of the spots that they were hiring for and so I'm going to see if I could apply for something."
"That's really good!" Leah exclaims as she gives me a hug. Pulling away, we share a kiss before holding hands. "What kind of positions do they have?"
"Maintenance, receptionist and whole bunch of other stuff." I tell them as we make our way to the library. "I was thinking about maybe maintenance or receptionist. Just until I find something else that I can qualify for there to get more experience. At least it'll help me have one foot in the door for when we graduate."
"That's good though." Naomi says. "It can probably even help you get a job there."
I nodded as we showed our id's to the guards as we walked into the building that held the library. Once inside, we swiped our id's to sign in and find a quiet table that had computers. It was big enough to fit our books that we needed for our homework.
"What are you two planning on doing tonight?" Asks Leah as we log into the computers and wait for it to start up.
"I don't know." Said Naomi. "I was told that a party is going to happen tonight. But we've been to a lot of them recently."
"I don't feel like going to another party." I tell the two of them as I go to the website of the business that my roommate gave me the list for as far as their jobs go.
"Me either." Said Naomi. Leah quickly agreed as she poked her head from behind the computer.
Getting to the website, I looked through the careers section to see what all I could qualify for and decided to try the receptionist position. I know that one doesn't always see a guy working in that, but it's better than nothing. Besides, I know that after we graduate, Leah and I will be getting married and I want to be able to give her the best wedding that she can possibly have. This job can help me save some money, even if it's not a lot and some of that money can go towards something for the two of us.
"Let's just hang out tonight, the three of us." Leah suggests as she looks at the two of us. "We can watch a movie or something and eat junk food."
"Sounds like a plan to me." I say as I give her a smile.
Later that night...
"Hey." Said my roommate, Cody Rhodes as he walked into the room. I had just finished changing into a clean shirt after taking a shower. He stood at six foot one and had blue eyes and was from Marietta, Georgia. He spoke with a lisp, but he was a pretty smart guy.
"Hey, man." I said as we greeted each other. "How you doing?"
"I'm good and you?" He asked.
"I'm doing great." I tell him with a smile on my face.
Cody looks at me with his blue eyes and smiles. "You're in a really good mood today, it seems."
"Yeah, I just applied for a job at that place you work at, after my last class." I told him. "I'm hoping I get the job. I never thought that I would be friends with someone who actually works there."
"How come?" He asks.
I shrug. "I just thought that everyone there would be older than me and so I didn't think I'd be such good friends with someone there."
"When you get the job, because I know you will, be careful with some of the girls there." He says.
"Why?" I ask, curiously as I sit on my bed and listen to him. Our room was bigger than I thought it would be, just like last semester. I always thought that dorms were smaller than these. It had two beds that had a window by each bed as well as a desk in between them that was made of wood as well as the chair. There was only one bathroom that reminded, size wise, of the bathroom that Leah and I had in our apartment back in Ohio. It wasn't big, but it was enough and I was okay with it. The curtains were a dark blue that was hard to see through which was a good thing, in my opinion. We had a mini fridge in the room with a microwave and some shelves. The rest of the stuff that Cody and I had in our room was some furniture that we put in it like two extra chairs and a lamp.
"Because there's some girls there that don't take their job seriously unless they're on the business end of things." He tells me. "They like to earn what they want in the not so classiest of ways. And I know you are engaged to Leah, so I thought I should let you know so that you could have a head's up."
My eyes widened. "I see. Thanks for letting me know. I appreciate that. I'm going to go meet up with her and Naomi in a bit. What are you doing tonight?"
"I'm going to be with my girlfriend." He replies. He was in a relationship with some girl named Anna who was from Tennessee. She was in the Engineering program with Leah for Bio medical Engineering and they were two of the top students in the class and in a major that consisted of a lot more guys than females.
"Do you know if anybody checks their dorms at night?" I ask.
Cody thought for a moment. "I don't know. I'm sure they do though like they do here, but the RA's don't check everyday. Why?"
"Nothing, I was just wondering." I tell him.
"What, you want to spend a night with Leah?" He asks. I said nothing, though he smiled at me already knowing the answer. "You trying to get laid, buddy?"
"No." I say as I look at him. "It's...you already know the situation that her and I were both in before we came here. I'm just really used to being with her all the time, so it feels a bit weird not having her next to me as much."
"You're not used to it." Cody says as he lays down in his bed and looks at me. "At least you're a hell of a lot happier when you actually see her."
A few days later...
*Leah's POV*
"Hey beautiful." Says Dean as he walks up to me when I walk out of my last class for the day and see him standing there.
"Hey, you." I say with a big smile as I walk up to him. We share a kiss before he takes my books and holds my hand in his, intertwining our fingers. "How was your day?"
He gives me a big smile. "It was great. I got an email from where I applied to and they want to interview me."
"That's great, baby!" I exclaim as I give him a hug before taking his hand in mine. "When's the interview?"
"It's going to be on Wednesday, but it's going to be at 10 in the morning, so I'm going to have to miss the class I have that day at that time." He tells me. "It's either that or I miss out on an opportunity to have a job. I don't know where else to look right now."
"I understand, I don't have a problem with that." I tell him, reassuringly. "I'm proud of you though and I hope you get the job. I can see how much you want it."
"I really do. It's a step in the right direction though. Who knows if I can even work for them or something when we graduate. I could use them as a reference if I want to work somewhere else." He says as we turn the corner and then out the door to walk around some of the 260 acres located on the main campus of the school. I smile hearing the excitement in his voice. We pass by the Jerry Herman Ring Theater which is used for student plays and musicals and stop near a shade from a nearby tree. People weren't kidding when they talked about the sun here. I'm used to cold weather and almost 70 degree weather is not what I consider cold for January.
"What do you want to do tonight? I have to study for a test, but after that I'll be free for the rest of the night." I say as I look up at him.
He thought for a moment. "Want to come to my room?"
"Isn't your roommate going to be there?" I ask.
"It can depend on what time you come by." He says. "But he spends every night with his girlfriend and comes back at nine. So we'll have enough time for ourselves."
I look at him. "You're hoping that he goes to see his girlfriend, aren't you?"
"Absolutely." Dean quickly replies with a slick smile. "I miss it being just the two of us sharing a room. It can be hard at times not waking up to you. Sometimes I find myself reaching over for you and than I have to remind myself that you're in another room."
"I don't like it too much either." I tell him. "I miss you sleeping next to me."
I pout and see him smile before he chuckles softly and gives me a kiss. "At least, after this year, we're one year closer to getting married."
"And I'm looking forward to that." I reply with a smile. Ever since he proposed, I couldn't wait to get married to him, but we decided to wait until we were finished with school. The thing is that, for my major you can get either a Masters or a PhD for a Doctorate in Philosophy. It's possible to even get both. And that would take years to finish.
A few hours later, I found myself in Dean's room. We just sat on his bed, talking about random things like we used to and it felt nice. He had me in his arms and it felt nice being in them again. It always did.
"So what are you going to do about your major?" He asks.
"What do you mean?" I ask, a bit confused.
He thought for a moment. "How does that five year thing work?"
"It's a dual program. So I would be able to earn my Bachelors in Science in Bio medical Engineering and a Masters of Science in Bio medical Engineering in 5 years rather than the traditional 4 years for the Bachelor's and an extra 2 years or so for a Master's. I need to have a minimum GPA of 3.0 by the time I apply and I need to take GRE examination and have a combined score of more than 300 if they're using the new scale or 1000 if they're using the old one on the verbal and quantivite portions."
"Damn." He says. "You can do it though. You already have a 4.0 GPA so that shouldn't be a problem. What's the GRE exam though?"
"It measures your verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking and analytical writing skills. The three sections are Verbal reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning and Analytical Writing." I tell him.
He took in that information and seemed to understand. "When do you need to apply?"
"If I'm qualified, I meed to apply prior to the beginning of final exams in the second semester of junior year. But they advise us to apply as early as possible though in our junior year." I reply. "I rather do it in 5 years though. It saves me an extra year and it saves us extra money."
"What if you want to do the PhD thing that they mentioned that the program has?" Asked Dean.
"If I want to purse that, I can transfer over into that program without completing a thesis or project, but only under general requirements." I tell him. "Which include a letter of support by a faculty member and a completion of an application for admission to the PhD program unless I'm qualified enough to get to the PhD program straight from the Undergraduate program. Though, if I get a GPA of 3.8 or better, I can receive an Award of Academic Merit from the Graduate School. It'll go on my transcripts and it'll look really good on it, Dean."
He looks at me and smiles. "You can do it. I can see it in your eyes that you have a passion for it."
"I really do." I say to him with a smile on my face. "I love this Engineering stuff. It's so cool and I never thought that I would love it as much as I do. I have to get more information though on the PhD program and how all of that works. If I decide to do the PhD program, than I'm going to see if I can do the four semesters a year, if they have it here so that I can finish in less than four years."
"How do you do that?" He asks.
I look at him. "Do what?"
"Be so smart." Dean replies. "I'm happy to get at least a 3.0 and your a genius."
"You're a genius, too, you know." I tell him confidently. "You just have to believe that you have to believe that you can do it and I know you can. You can get a Bachelor's in Business Administration or a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Either way, I'm going to be really proud of me fiance and I can't wait to see you show me your degree. And then if you want, you can get an MBA. Before you know it, we'll both be super successful. More successful than we ever thought possible. Of course, I want to get married and so we're definitely going to make that happen."
Dean chuckled as he tightened his arms around me and kissed my neck. "I don't mind that wedding. I'm going to make sure though that I still give you all of my attention."
"And I promise the same thing. I miss you and we haven't been able to do have any alone time." I say as I draw patterns on his chest. "It's frustrating because I want to be with you."
"We have some time left before Cody comes back." He whispers in my ear. I knew what he had meant, but I also knew that he knows that it's not all about sex with us. The sex is amazing, but that's not the only thing that I love about our times together.
Dean is the only guy that I feel 100% comfortable in talking to about anything. The only guy that can make me smile like crazy and bring so much butterflies to my stomach. The guy who's love for me is so strong, that I can feel it without him even being there by my side. People may have thought that he was perfect and understandably so. Nobody is perfect, and neither am I. But Dean is perfect to me. He has a big heart and he's so caring and sweet. I see a side of Dean that nobody else sees and that's his sweet side. His soft side. The side who will make me happy and who will make me smile.
After making love, we laid in each other's arms until we both decided that we needed to get dressed, but we ended up taking a shower where we continued to make love. After hesitantly peelings ourselves off of each other, we got dressed and fixed the bed before laying in each other's arms again as we talked and watched Dane Cook on Comedy Central on the television that Dean and Cody shared. For some reason, Dean and I loved watching comedy. Specifically, Kevin Hart. It wasn't until a little after eleven that Cody returned and greeted the both of us. After a few minutes of talking, Dean got up with me to take me back to my room.
"Do you have to go back to your room?" I ask as Dean stands in front of me, holding both of my hands.
"As much as I want to because that would be my favorite thing to do every night like it always has been, I don't want to get you and Naomi into any trouble for staying in your room." He says. "I would blame myself for who knows how long if you did."
I pouted, really wanting him to stay. I didn't like that we didn't share the same bed anymore like we had before coming to college. And after being together for a year as of last month, we've been really happy together.
"Hey, don't be sad, baby." He says softly as he takes my face in his hands and strokes my cheeks with his thumbs. "We'll figure it out, the whole sleeping arrangement thing. We've made it this far, we'll be okay."
"I know." I say with my face still cupped in his hands. "I just miss us being in each other's arms every night and every morning. I got used to being in your arms and the feeling of having them around me so it's just going to take some getting used to."
"It's hard for me, too, Leah." Says Dean as he kisses my forehead and wraps his strong arms around me. "I want to wake up next to you every morning and sleep with you every night. Things will get better though. We just have to keep pushing through it."
I nuzzle his chest before finding his neck and burying my face there. Feeling his fingers softly go up and down my back, I sigh happily and closed my eyes. I opened them back up when he stopped and slowly pulled away.
"I guess this means, you're going back to your room." I say quietly.
Looking into his blue eyes, I see a sparkle in them that shows that he may be having something up his sleeve, but I don't acknowledge it. I just wanted to enjoy this moment that he's in front of me and holding me.
"I love you." I tell him.
"I love you, too." Dean replies with a smile. We share a soft and sweet, lingering kiss before we pull away and say good night to each other. I happily look at my engagement ring when I close the door to my room behind me.
A/N: Are you glad that Dean was able to get a job interview for Mrs. Knight and her company? Do you believe he'll get the job? How do you think Leah and Dean are dealing with not being with each other every night anymore like they used to? When do you think they'll plan a wedding date? Do you think that Leah and Dean should attempt to try to stay together for one night, or will they try to not risk any trouble for it?
