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*Leah's POV*
I was in the library studying with Naomi after finishing up a project when someone walked up to the table that we were sitting in. Looking up, we saw that it was Anna Smith who was in a lot of my classes because we were in the same major. She had green eyes with blonde hair and a small, button nose and light freckles on her face.

"Can I sit here?" She asked.

Naomi and I looked at each other and agreed to let her sit. Moving some of our things out of the way, she took a seat and took out a few of her books with her pen and some highlighters. Silence began to fill the air once again after she got settled as the library continued to be filled with students whispering as they spoke to each other and fingers clacking on keyboards from those working on the computers.

The library had rows upon rows of shelves that were filled with books. There was not one shelve that was empty. There were encylopedias, biographies, memoirs and history books as well as a few that were for just reading. Thought I didn't really use any of the books, I still loved to come to the library.

"Can I ask something?" Anna asked after a few minutes.

"Go ahead." Sai Naomi as she finished writing something in her notebook.I knew that she may just be trying to make conversation, but I was too focused on what I was doing to get side tracked at the moment. I wasn't planning for any sidetracking today until I was finished with my studying. Call my an overachiever if you must.

"There's going to be a get together tomorrow night and I was wondering if the two of you would like to come." She said.

"What time and where?" Naomi asked.

I looked up at her and waited for an answer. Anna and I got along and we never had any problems with each other. Though some would wonder if the day would come when we did. We were two of the top students in the class and in our major and our grades were almost always at around the same level.

"It's starts at 9 but the real thing won't start until 10 and again, it's going to be tomorrow night." Anna replied. "It's going to be in one of the Sorority houses."

"I don't know." I said honestly. "As many parties as we've been too, I'm not sure just yet."

"You've been to parties before. You can go to this one." Anna said with a sweet smile. I looked at her seriously and went back to my books, leaving Naomi to deal with her. As much as I got along with Anna, there were times when I just didn't want to deal with it. We didn't have anything in common really and nothing to ever talk about unless it had anything to do with one of our classes.

"Can we have the time and place in case we decide to go?" Naomi asks.

"Sure, let me just write it down for you." Anna replied.

After a few moments, Anna gave Naomi the piece of paper that held the time and place as well as the date for what she called a get together. Anna excused herself to go to the bathroom, taking her purse with her and leaving her books.

"Are you okay?" Naomi asked as she looked up at me after putting the piece of paper away. "You're more quiet than usual today."

"Yeah, I'm just not in that great of a mood today." I reply softly. I stop reading and just stare at the words as if I'm going to get anything out of them in that manner.

"Did something happen with Dean?" She asked.

I stay quiet for a moment. "No. Well, sort of. Dean and I got into an argument this morning. I wanted to see if we could spend the night together, like overnight type of thing instead of the few hours in the room and leaving type of thing."

"And he doesn't want to?" Naomi asked.

"He says he does, but...I don't know. Maybe I'm just overreacting." I say softly as I close my books and rest my chin on my hands. "I just miss him is all. And then he got the job that he applied for and then with school and him working, I guess I'm just hoping that we can still spend time together."

Naomi looks at me and moves her chair closer to me as I lay my head down. "It's said that space makes the heart grow fonder. I can see truth to that, just look at me and Jimmy. It can help the two of you appreciate the time that you actually have together. I'm not saying that you don't, but it can help even if you already do."

I give her a small smile. "I'll be okay."

"I know you will. And so will you and Dean as a couple." Naomi tells me reassuringly. "The guy is crazy about you, I mean he asked you to marry him. You'll find a way to spend some time together."

I nod but keep my head down until I heard the chair next to me. Looking up, I see Anna sitting back down and giving me a soft smile, as if understanding that my mood was off today and leaving me alone.

*Dean's POV*

"You're back." Says Cody when I walk into our room and put my bag down.

"Yeah I was taking the drug test thing." I told him as I sat down on my bed and closed my eyes when I leaned back. I had gotten the job that I had applied for and I begin next week Monday. Orientation was yesterday and the drug testing was today.

"How did that go?" He asked as he sat up.

"It actually went good. It was simple, really." I replied. "I saw some of the girls that I guess work there. There was a pair of twins."

Cody smiled. "The Bellas. I started around the same time that they did and they look pretty hot. Especially the one with the nice chest."

I shook my head and smiled. "They're okay."

"You don't want Leah to know that you find another female attractive, do you?" He asked with a slick smile.

"It's not that. But I think Leah's pretty hot. To me, I can find a girl that's hot and whatnot, but they don't grab my attention like Leah does." I said to him. Saying her name and thinking of her reminded me of how much I miss her and how silly that argument that we had this morning kind of seemed. "So how are you and Anna?"

Cody took a deep breath in. "It's going good. I just think I'm probably doing something wrong."

"Why do you say that?" I ask when I look over at him and sit up.

"For some reason things have been distant lately between her and I." Cody replies. "And she isn't leaving any clues as to if I'm doing anything wrong so I was just wondering if it's something that I'm doing that she wants me to figure out on my own."

I thought for a moment. "What are you thinking so far?"

"Maybe I need to give her more attention or be more romantic." He says. "Or both."

I stay quiet, thinking about Leah. As if reading my mind, Cody speaks up as he stays sitting on his bed.

"Look, I know that you and Leah are both very busy with school. And I know that you're going to be even more busy now that you're going to start working." Cody says. "But make sure that you take time out for Leah and for your relationship with her. The same thing goes for her. Don't forget about each other just because you're both busy. Go be with her. I'll cover for you if the RA comes by tonight. Show each other that you both love each other and that you're both sorry. You proposed to her for a reason, right?"

"She's mad at me." I say softly.

"If Leah is mad, then she's mad." Cody says. "But rather that than losing her. Sometimes we have to swallow our pride to not lose the ones we loves, no matter how it is that needs to put their pride aside. It's not a bad thing to have pride. But we have to be careful to not let it cause us to lose or even jeopardize the good that we already have. Now, I'll cover for you if the RA comes by. You did it for me last night, knowing that there was a possibility that they could come. It's my turn to return the favor."

A few minutes later, I went for a shower before getting a few things that I may need for an over night stay at Leah's room. I put my things in a string bookbag and grab a sweater in case. Looking at my phone, I see that it's almost dinner time and I go to Leah and Naomi's room first, to see if they were there. Naomi came out of the room and smiled when she saw me.

"Hey, Dean." She said. "How you doing?"

"I'm good and you?" I asked.

"I'm good. You looking for Leah?" Asked Naomi.

"Both of you actually. I was wondering if we could all grab some dinner together." I replied.

She smiled. "Sure, let me just get Leah."

Naomi went back into the room and I heard her talking before I step in the doorway. Their room was about the same size as my room with Cody but the colors and decorations were different. It showed Leah and Naomi's personality a bit as well as giving a cozy vibe to it. Leah looks past her shoulders and locks eyes with me. I saw her almost smile, but she looked down before putting her hair in a braid. I walked in the room when Naomi signaled for me to walk in and waited until she went into the bathroom and closed the door.

"Hey." I said to Leah as her blue eyes looked up into mine.

"Hi." She says.

I wanted to take her in my arms. "I um...how are you?"

"I'm okay." Leah tells me. "You?"

"Same. I did the drug testing thing today. It was alright." I reply.

Silence filled the room again and I shoved my hands into my pockets. "I missed you today, Leah. I'm sorry."

"Dean..." She started to say.

"No, Leah I'm really sorry." I tell her, wanting her to believe me.

She looked down as she played with her hands. "I felt silly because I thought I was overreacting. But all I wanted was just one night where we don't have to sleep in two completely different rooms. Just for one night and because you wanted to-we both wanted it-, not because I alone wanted that to happen. I felt like you may not have wanted to and I...I..."

I cupped her face in my hands and was about to kiss her when I remembered that the door to her room was still open and more people were beginning to fill the halls as they headed out for dinner. Naomi came back out of the bathroom and turned off the light. I heard Leah whimper quietly and looking like she wanted to just curl up in her bed.

Grabbing their things, I walked out of their room and leaned up against the wall, waiting for them to come out. When they did, they closed the door behind them and locked it.

We went to Naomi's car and went to our favorite Chinese place. Ordering the usual, we patiently waited for our food as we talked about different things. Leah went to get the food and Naomi gave me a curious look.

"What's in your bag?" She asked with a smile.

"Um..." Was all I could say at the moment before she gave me a knowing smile.

"It's okay. You can stay tonight." Naomi told me. "Just don't spend the entire night arguing."

I looked at her. "You sure?"

"Yes. Dean, you don't think I know how much you've been wanting to stay in the same room with her since we started college?" She asked. "Leah's not the only one. But the two of you have been handling it better than I thought you would."

"It doesn't feel like I am. I miss her." I say softly.

Leah came back with our food before I could say anything else and sat down next to me after giving us our food. She looked at me and blinked a few times before taking a bite out of her food. A few hours later, I went with the girls to their room and went in.

"What's in the bag?" Leah asked quietly when she saw me put it down. I let her take it and open it before I said anything about what was in it. She looked up at me with a sparkle in her eyes. "You're staying?"

"Just for tonight." I reply. "Like I said before, I don't want to get the both of you into any trouble. And Cody is covering for me tonight in case our rooms get checked. I need to be with my fiance tonight. I really love you Leah."

"I love you, too." Leah replied as she gave me a small smile and touched my nose with hers before sitting next to me. I wrapped my arms around her and felt her curl up against my body. It felt good having her in my arms and I know that I won't want to let her go tomorrow morning.

"Don't think that I don't want to be here with you." I whisper to her. "Because if it was up to me, I'd be in here every night and I'd never leave."

Leah snuggles closer to me as she rests her head on my shoulder and wraps an arm around my waist. I kiss her head as I play with her hair, before resting my hand on my waist.

That Monday...

"Welcome to your first day on the job, Mr. Ambrose." Said Mrs. Knight with a smile as she came out of her office and saw me walking over to my desk.

"Thank you again, Mrs. Knight, for this opportunity." I tell her as I shake her hand. "It means a lot to me."

"No problem." She says with a smile. "I was glad to see that you applied for the job. It can only go up from here."

After a few more minutes, Mrs. Knight left and I took a seat at my desk. I looked at everything that was there, from the computer to the phone and remembered what I was taught about it. From what certain things to say when I'm on the phone and what I needed to do on the computer. Quickly getting to work, I heard a familiar voice and looked up to see Cody coming up to me with Nikki by his side.

"Nikki, this is my friend and my roommate, Dean. This is Nikki, and like I mentioned before, we started working here around the same time.

We greeted each other, but I couldn't help but notice the way she eyed me. I kept my focus on what I was doing and then my phone when I looked through it and smiled when I saw a picture of Leah that I took over the weekend when she was sleeping. She looked peaceful and content.

"Dean?" Asked Cody.

"Huh?" I said, coming back into reality. "I'm sorry, what were you saying?"

"If you wanted to go out with us after work for a few drinks." He said.

I gave him a look. "No thank you. Leah's picking me up, today and I want to spend some time with her and Naomi."

"Who's Leah and Naomi?" Nikki asked.

"Naomi has been my friend since high school and Leah is my fiance." I reply.

"So you're engaged." Nikki stated in a not so thrilled tone. "That's nice. How old are you?"

I looked at her before looking at my roommate who was still standing there. "I'm 18."

"Aren't you too young to be engaged?" She asked.

"What does my age have to do with anything?" I ask. "You don't know our story, so don't give a comment like that to me. That's my girl and who I want to spend the rest of my life with. I know that's a big thing to handle for a lot of 18 year old's out there these days, but you don't know my story either."

"Why don't you enlighten me with your story?" Asks Nikki.

I chuckled and shook my head. "I don't think so."

"Why not?" She asks.

"I don't want to." I reply. "It was nice meeting you, but I have to get back to work."

Giving Cody a look, my eyes told him that I wanted to stay away from her. There was just something about her that didn't feel right with me and I didn't know why. Nikki was just sending me these weird vibes and I didn't like it. I wanted nothing to do with her.

A few hours later...

While I was clocking out, Cody came up to me again. He clocked out as well, and walked with me to the room where we had our things.

"I'm going to ask again, do you want to get some drinks when we get out?" Cody asked.

"It's Monday, though." I say as I look.

"And what's the problem?" He asks. "People can't get drinks on Mondays?"

Thinking about it, I sighed. "Just one drink and one drink only. I'm not trying to get wasted. Let me just let Leah know."

Taking out my phone, I text Leah to let her know and got a quick reply with her saying that she would talk to me soon and to be careful. Walking out of the room, I see Nikki standing there and Cody going up to her.

"You're coming?" I asked.

"Yes." Nikki says when she looks up from her phone. "I could use some drinks right now. I wonder if they have wine."

I shook my head and looked at Cody, making a mental note to kill him when we get back to our dorm. Then again, I may change my mind.

"I don't know. I may just go back to my dorm." I whisper to Cody.

"Dean, make up your mind." He says to me when he turns to face me. "I can tell you don't like her."

Thinking for a moment, I shove my hands into my pants. "I get bad vibes from her. I don't trust her."

"Maybe it's because you don't know her yet." Cody says.

"It doesn't matter. There's people I don't know who I don't get those bad vibes from." I tell him. "Is there something going on between the two of you?"

"No, there's not." Cody tells me. By the look in his eyes, I knew he was telling the truth. He looks away and sighs. "Look, this is not the place to talk about this situation. If you don't want to go, since you already told Leah that you were going to be with me, I'll take you back to our room."

A/N: Why do you think Nikki was looking at Dean the way that she was? Is there a good reason for why Dean doesn't seem to like her? Or does he just have to get to know her first? What's going on with Cody and what doesn't he want to talk about there?