SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG! SCHOOL HAS BEEN KILLING ME! Finals Week and Christmas cards.

This is the seventh chapter.

What will happen? Let's find out.

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The Cocky One. (Not Really)


Chapter 7

Jey walked in the house carrying his new puppy and his right arm while carrying his cage in the other. Jey wouldn't let the puppy go since he took him out of Leona's arms at the store. They went shopping for the necessities of the puppy. The training pads, a leash, a lead, training treats, a bed and so much more. Jey wanted to get the dog a spiked collar to make him look tough, but Leona convinced him not to and that it was stupid.

"Aww. He's so cute." Camille said running up to Jey giving him a small peck on the lips then pets the tan puppy on the head. "What kind of dog is it?"

"Bull mastiff." Jey says tickling the puppy's stomach. "He's gonna get a lot bigger."

"Good. He can be our guard dog." Camille said keeping her attention on the puppy. "What did you name him?"

"His name is ... Lion. It's a little weird cause it's a boy, but I think it suits him in many ways and I'm getting a little jealous that you're paying attention to the puppy than me." Jey said.

"Aww. I'm sorry baby." She said turning her attention to Jey and kisses him.

"Can you guys stop with the disgusting PDA for two fuckin' seconds?" Jimmy said coming into the living room area. "What up Uce? Who's dog?" He said holding his hand out for his brother.

Jey shifts the dog in his hand and does their special handshake that only he and Jimmy know. "My dog."

"You went out and got yourself a dog?" Jimmy asked.

"No!" Jey started. "Leona got him for me."

Jimmy gets this slightly irritated look on his face. "What?"

"Yeah I did." Said Leona making her way into the living room with bags of the puppy's stuff in both of her hands. She makes her way to her roommates and drops the bags by Jey's legs. "You could've fucking helped me."

"Sorry." Jey said.

Camille leans into Jey's ear. "Yeah. Lion fits perfectly." She said which caused a chuckle from Jey.

"You gotta put him down some time or he'll forget how to walk." Leona said obviously pissed that he left her downstairs with all the stuff. "Besides, you gotta let him explore the house."

"Okay." Jey sets Lion down and lets him wonder a little bit. He watched as the small puppy sniffed around the carpet and walked on in a circle. Jey turns his attention to everyone. "Where are the treats?"

Leona bends down to search for the treats when she hears Camille yell. Leona snaps her head up at Camille. "What!"

Camille points to the puppy. "Eww!"

Everyone turns to see Lion taking a piss on the carpet.

"Oh come on Lion." Jey said.

"I told you you should've put him down." Camille says.

Jey cuts his eyes at her and says nothing. He turns his attention back to his new puppy. "You couldn't wait?" He asked the puppy like he would understand him. He feels a tap on shoulder and it turned out to be Leona.

"Here," She said handing him some cleaning spray. "I think you need this more than the treats." She said walking off to make the short journey to her room. "And he's a puppy. He can't control himself yet."

"You're not gonna help me?" Jey asked.

"Hell no. When you took him out of my arms,he became your responsibility." She said. "Besides it's 4 already and I have to get ready for my date."

"You have a date tonight?" Camille asked. "Why didn't you tell me?"

Leona raises her arms to Camille knowing that she's supposed to know the answer to that question.

"Okay. I get it. I get it. I can't keep a secret." Camille says answering her own question.

Leona nods at her friend. "Da-Zingo."

"Date with who?" Jimmy asked as if he was her father. "Is it Will?"

"Yes it's Will and does it matter?" Leona asked.

"Maybe?" Jimmy asked.

Leona rolled her eyes at him and grabs the small arm of Camille. "Camille, I need your help getting ready." They rush off to her room and closes and locks the door. "Please help me get ready. I want to make sure I look perfect."

"You must really like Will?" Camille asked plopping on the bed.

"That and I really want to fuck with Jimmy a little bit for fucking with my emotions." Leona said.

Camille rolls her eyes. "What did he do now?"

"He told me that he loved me and was in love with me, then ... well then I saw you and Jey my shower and you're lucky I didn't fuck both of y'all up for that." Leona said trying to forget as the scarring memories came back.

"I am so sorry." Camille said.

"Are you sorry you did it or are you sorry you got caught?" Leona asked just to see if she would get the same answer as she did with Jey earlier.

Camille thinks about it then answers. "Both actually."

"You and Jey deserve each other." Leona said.

"What do you mean?" Camille asked.

"I asked Jey the same thing earlier and got the exact same answer." Leona says making her way to the closet. "Anyways, I come out to get Jey so we could leave and he's making out with Briana on the couch. MY COUCH! I don't even know when she got here."

"And now you want to get back at him?" Camille asked.

"Yep." Leona responded keeping her eye on her clothes.

"But you don't love him and you don't fucking care?" Camille asked turning Leona's words against her.

"No. I love him as a friend ..." Leona pauses. "Okay. Maybe I'm just a little jealous ... I don't feel like his number one girl anymore. He seems so wrapped up with her and I know that she's no good for him."

"Leona showing emotions?" Camille said. "Oh my never."

"Am I that bottled up?" She asked.

"Yes." Camille simply said. "You need to express yourself more."

"I guess you're right." Leona sighed out.

"And admit you're in love with Jimmy." Camille says quickly.

"I'm not in love with Jimmy! Quit saying that." Leona snaps at her friend.

"Quit denying it." Camille said teasingly like she knew Leona's true feelings.

Leona leaves her closet to go to her bed and grabs a pillow smacking Camille in the back of the head with it. "Either you're going to help me get ready or get the hell out if you're going to talk about Jimmy the whole time."

"Aren't you doing this partly because of Jimmy any way?" Camille asked.

Leona sighed because she knew Camille was right. This was about hurting Jimmy the way he hurt her earlier by playing with her emotions. "Just help me get ready Milly."

"Fine." Camille says not pushing anymore.


"Is she really going out with this fool?" Jimmy asked plopping the couch.

"Will's a cool guy." Jey said still trying to clean up the mess Lion left. "I like him."

"I don't." Jimmy said.

"Of course not." Jey said. "You're in love with her."

"Yeah." Jimmy said without any hint of hesitation in his voice.

"Then why do you keep fucking her around Jimmy?" Jey asked. "Believe it or not, I think she cares about you more than you think. And it's not just as a friend."

Jimmy sighs. "I don't know Uce."

"I do. You're deny your feelings." Jey said.

"I'm not denying my feelings. I told her that I loved her this morning." Jimmy said.

"Yet you were kissing Briana two seconds later." Jey said looking at his slightly older twin brother.

Jimmy remembers this morning and feels guilty. "Okay. I get it. I fucked up."

"Yeah." Jey said focusing intently on the spot on the carpet scrubbing harder. "And you gotta fix it and quick before you lose her forever."

"Fine." Jimmy says. "I'll talk to Leona."

"About what?" Leona asked coming into the living room area ready for her date and Camille was not far behind poking at her. She had on a white, short, fit and flare, A-line full lace dress. It also had a large heart cut out in the back that stopped at the small of her back. and paired the dress with a pair of five inch nude pumps. Her hair in a high bun and diamond bracelet completes her look as she pulls out her phone to check the time. It was 5:30 pm. She needed to get going if she was going to be on time for her "date" with Will. One thing she hated was being late and people being late especially if she was on time.

"Nothing." Jimmy said receiving a look from Jey.

Leona looked at them both with a raised eyebrow. "You guys get weirder every day I swear." She grabs her purse and heads out the door and to her car.

As soon the he was sure the door was shut, Jey gets up and looks at Jimmy. "See. You could've had that ... TONIGHT."

"SHUT UP JEY!" Jimmy said leaving and heading for his room leaving the newly formed couple of Jey and Camille the open area of the living room/ dining room.

"I heard that Jey." She says taking a seat at the dining room table with a smile on her face. "You think they'll ever get together?"

"They're both stubborn as fucking mules and they both deny so right now I doubt it." Jey said taking a seat next to her. "And right now I don't care."

"Well, at least we don't have to worry about hiding our feelings." She said leaning in to give him a peck on the lips.

"I got a feeling I would like to release." He said with a smirk forming on his lips.

Camille looks down and notices the growing bulge in his pants. Camille slides off the chair and down on her knees in front of him. She leans down to rub her lips against his jean clad member. She then looks up to him with a sly smirk on her face. "Have some self-control Jey." She says as she stands up and walks off to her room.

"What? ... No ... You can't ... COME ON CAMILLE!" Jey yelled. He feels a tug on the bottom of his pants and realizes that it was Lion with his leash in his mouth. Those big brown eyes made Jey smile. He had no idea that Lion knew what a leash was. He takes the leash from his mouth and pets him on the head. "Jey's gonna take you out," He stands up and feel the uncomfortable sensation in his jeans and grabs himself. "...give me ten minutes."


When Leona arrived to Rover's, she immediately noticed that it was a high scale five star restaurant. She immediately rejoiced at the fact that she dressed up for this. She would rather wear jeans and a t-shirt and have a picnic on the beach. The fancy restaurants were exactly her thing, but being wined and dined by a guy would be a nice change for her. She steps out of her car and is greeted by a young vallet who offered to take her car for her. He couldn't have been more than 19 years old and a college student. Leona hands him her keys and heads into the restaurant. The dimly lit lights of the restaurant creates an ambiance and a low glow on her skin. She makes her way over to the host standing at the podium with a genuine smile on his face.

"Good evening madam." He says. "You are looking rather lovely this evening."

"Thank you," Leona starts flattered. "How are you this evening?"

"Very well thank you." He says. "Do you have a reservation?"

"Yes." Leona says.

"Under what name?"

Leona completely forgot that she didn't know Will's last name. She felt so embarrassed.

"Do I need a reservation to come to my own restaurant?" Said a man behind her who just happened to be Will with a smile on his face and a bouquet of red roses.

"Oh. Mr. Valenton. I apologize." The guy said nervous. "Please forgive me. Would you like your private section?"

"Thank you Jon. That would be great." Will says smoothly as he grabs my hand and leads me through the dim restaurant. It was filled with people enjoying their meals on the fancy tables that looked imported.

Leona speeds up with Will's pace. "Where are we going?"

He turns to her with those piercing green eyes. "You'll see beautiful." He says with a smile that could light the darkest black hole.

They walk for a another minute which seemed like an hour since Leona was wearing five inch heels when their host Jon gestured to Will's private area.

Will holds his hand out for me. "Ladies first."

Leona smiles and walks past Will, purposely rubbing her shoulder up against his chest in a flirty way. She turns to him with a smirk. "Thank you." She said as she slides into the center of the booth. Looking at him made her forget all about her crazy day.

He slides into the center of the booth with her and immediately invades her personal space. He hands her the bouquet of flowers. "You're welcome."

"Thank you." She said taking them from him.

"Would you guys like to order?" Jon said completely ruining their intimate moment.

"Get me my usual," He says with his eyes never leaving Leona's. "and bring this beautiful lady a menu please."

"Right away sir." Jon says leaving. "Your waiter will be here soon to take your order ma'am."

"Okay." Leona says still gazing into Will's eyes.

As soon as Jon brought a menu for Leona, their waiter came and took her order. She couldn't help but think that if this was his restaurant, then why was he their waiter a few days ago?

"So I have a quick question?" Leona says breaking their intense stare. "If you own this restaurant, why were you our waiter a few days ago?" She asked not hesitating.

Will looks down and chuckles a little bit. "Well, I own both restaurants actually. I sometimes pose as a waiter to get a better perspective of what my staff goes through. "

'How can this guy be this sweet?' She thought as she took in his scent.

"Yeah. My father was a tyrant. Didn't care much for his employees and ended up being one of the most hated men in the restaurant business." Will said.

"Who is your father?" Leona asked.

"Willam Ainsley Valenton III." Will says with little enthusiasm.

Leona gets a somewhat of a shocked look on her face. "Wait. Did you say that your last name was Valenton?"

"Yeah why?" Will asked.

"I'm a Holgess." She said.

Will laughs at her last name. "Liar."

"No. Our families can't stand each other." Leona said.

"This is going to be interesting." Will said.

"What?" Leona asked. Before she knew it his lips touched hers. His lips were soft, full, and he was definitely a good kisser, but she still didn't feel anything. When he lets go of her he looks deep into her eyes.

"I couldn't help myself." Will says.

Leona gives a shy smile to him. She didn't know what to say to him but she was saved by the bell when she felt her phone vibrate in her clutch. "Would you excuse me for a second. It might be an emergency."

"Sure." Will says stepping out of her personal space.

Scooting out of the other side of the private booth she takes the first right down another dimly lit hallway that she quickly realized that it was the route to the restrooms. She pulls out her cellphone and sees a text message from Camille.

'-Yo! Jimmy just went ape shit on Briana-.' the text read.

This wasn't a good thing, but Leona couldn't deny the slight evil smile fighting to show itself. She called Camille and surprisingly Camille answered after two rings.

"Hello." Camille said.

"What the hell happened?" Leona asked feeling evilly gleeful.

"Well ..." Camille drags out. "Turns out Briana doesn't like dogs. Lion comes out into the living room, Then shit happened and got crazy. Jey and Briana were cussing at each other. Pretty soon Jimmy and Briana were arguing and I'm just sitting there looking at the shit. Jey can't stand Briana, Briana hates Jey. Jimmy's just yelling. It's crazy here right now."

"So are they over?" Leona asked hopefully.

"I don't know, but there's a good chance now." Camille said. "Wait why do you care if they're over?"

"Because I can't stand Briana. You know this, Jey knows this, JIMMY knows I don't like her. It's not a secret Camille."

"Yep ... Okay Leona." Camille said smugly.

Leona heard the way Camille spoke. "Camille stop it."

"Stop what?" Camille said. "Stop denying Leona."

"I'm hanging up now." Leona said and ended the phone call shaking her head at her friend. She was getting a little irritated with Camille saying that she should stop denying that she is in love with Jimmy. She wasn't in love with Jimmy. All she wanted was the best for him and she knew Briana was going to hurt him. She turns around and bumps into a large man that almost knocked her over and she dropped her phone in the process.

"Sorry" He said. "My fault ma'am."

Leona looks at the guy and realizes that it was Greg. The guy Camille hasn't broken up with yet. "Greg? What are you doing here? Are you on a date with someone else?"

"It's a free country." Greg said.

"Whatever." Leona said. She bends over and picks up her phone and is about to leave but Greg blocks her with his abnormally huge arm.

"Were you talking to Camille?" Greg asked.

"Yeah." Leona said reluctantly trying to figure out how someone arm could be that huge. His arm was like a tree trunk.

"I knew you were. I just wanted to see if you would lie to me." He said in an unpleasant manner.

"You're weird." Leona says. "Excuse me." She said pushing passed him to return to her date.

"Leona wait." He said changing his tone. "Can you tell her to call me?" He asked softly. "I've been trying to call her, I leave messages, she still doesn't call me back."

Leona could notice the genuine hurt in his eyes and in his voice. "I'll try." She says then leaves the hallway and returns to the private booth. She sees will patiently waiting for her. She slides into the booth looking into his beautiful green orbs. "Sorry. It was my friend Camille."

"Is everything okay?" He asked genuinely concerned.

"Yeah. It's just that my roommates are crazy." Leona says.

"Excuse me sir and madam." Jon said holding two small bowls of salad on a tray with a few types of dressing.

"Oh thank you Jon." Will says as the small bowls were placed on the table.

"You're welcome sir. What type of salad dressing would both of you like?" He asked gesturing at the tray.

Will turns to Leona. "Ladies first."

Leona smiles at Will then turns back to Jon. She looks at the tray and notices that there was no Ranch dressing. Feeling a little discouraged she picked the next best thing. "Balsamic Vinaigrette please."

"Excellent choice." He says as if she just picked out a fine wine. "And for you sir?"

"Tuscan House Italian." Will says smoothly.

Jon places the salad dressing on the table and tells the couple that their meals will be out in a few minutes. They sit in silence as they devour their salads. Leona couldn't help sneaking looks at him eating. Only he could make eating a simple salad look so good. She didn't get how she couldn't feel anything when they kissed the first time.

Will looks up at her. "What?"

"Nothing." Leona says shying away from him and looks at her salad.

"Hey?" He asked.

Leona looks up at him. "Yeah?"

He inches close to her face and says nothing. His lips linger against hers, but he doesn't kiss her. The teasing of his soft lips became too much for Leona and she takes control of the situation. She slams her lips against his and feels the warmth of his mouth, but something still didn't feel right. She pulls away from him. She's had this feeling with many guys before, but she thought she wouldn't have it with Will. They had so much in common, that she thought she would feel something, but yet again ... she felt nothing.


There it is. The seventh chapter! I had no idea that Rover's was and actual restaurant. I just threw the name out there. LOL!

Where will it go from here? Stay tuned.

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