Gabby's POV
I step out of the dressing room of a new boutique that just opened down the road from Leslie and Matt's apartment." How's this one?" I ask Shay through the mirror who was sitting in a chair behind me.
"I think it's perfect." She says getting up moving to stand next to me.
I snap my tongue." You said that about the last ten dresses I put on." I say before moving back to the rack searching for another dress to try on." Don't you need to get a dress?"
"Nah." Shay answers as she moves to the racks next to me." I'm just going to recycle something out of my closet." She then pulls a dress off the rack." Ohh, here you go this dress has fuck me written all over it."
"Shay!" I smack her arm my mouth wide and my cheeks blushed." No one is getting, um, well you know." I stuttered my words.
"Fucked!" Shay says with no hesitation." It's ok to say the word, you. No one gonna bite you...or unless your into that?"
"Leslie Shay!" I say through gritted teeth, as I grab any dress at this point to go back to the fitting room." No one is getting." I turn to face her as I stood inrfont of the fitting room and mouth the word." Fucked." Before pulling the curtain closed.
"Oh come on." Shay called through the curtain." It will do you two some good."
"Some good?" I pull the curtain open again with another dress on as I eye her with a raised brow. Her jaw drops at me." What?" I turn to look at myself in the mirror.
"That's the one." She whispers moving closer to me." You look stunning in that."
"Really?" I look at her through the mirror as I pull at the bottom of the dress." I just grabbed this one to get out of our conversation."
"Well I should fluster you more often." She chuckles causing me to blush again.
"Are you sure I'm not to...provocative?" I turn facing her." I don't want Matt getting the wrong ideas. We are just friends."
"Honey Matt and I are friends." Shay moves putting her arm around my shoulder." And you could wear a brown paper bag, Matt would still think your beautiful."
" Stop." I say bashful looking away." He would never see me that way. He has just really been there for me, as a friend."
"Sweety." Shay exhales." I know Matt better then almost anybody, and I see the way he looks at you. And yeah he's really been there for you yes he is a great guy, but he's always around to help because he wants to be around you."
"Yeah I don't know." I turn away from her." I just don't want to ruin what we have."
"But you shouldn't let something great pass you by either." Shay turns behind me talking to me through the mirror.
"I do feel different around him." I admit with a whispered tone.
"I know you do." She smiles widely." You two don't see what you do to a room when your in it together."
"What?" I chuckle as I look at her through squinted eyes.
"You guys radiate off of each other." Shay moves to sit back down as I move to the counter looking at earrings." Look I know we don't know each other that long, but I feel like I've known you for forever. Please don't take offense to me being so forward with you."
"No, I love your honesty, and I think our friendship is great." I turn to face her giving her a quick smile." I, just...I'm not sure I'm ready for that."
"Gabby, you are the only person who can make the decision if your ready or not. Opening up to Matt and myself about what happened to you is a sign that your ready to start looking to the future, and not be stuck in the past." Shay stood from the chair walked over to the counter grabbing a necklace wrapping it around my neck." But you and Matt are the same in a way, your both afraid of what the other is thinking or feeling about each other."
"Did he say something to you?" I ask turning to face her.
"Whether he did or didn't I know if neither of you admit what your feeling your both going to end up stuck. When you should be moving forward preferably together."
"You just have us all figured out don't you." I chuckle rolling my eyes.
"I do." Shay grins proudly." And may I point out during this whole conversation, you never disagreed with me about liking him."
"Whatever." I roll my eyes again while I grin. Then I lean in and whisper." So did he say anything to you?"
Shay chuckles turning to walk away." A best friend doesn't reveal secrets." She then tells the women behind the counter." She'll take that dress and necklace." Before handing her a credit card.
I dropped Shay off at her apartment after leaving the store, before I headed over to my new apartment where Matt was working." Hello." I called out as I walked through the front door.
"In here." He replies from my bedroom.
"Hey." I smile as I stop in the doorway finding him kneeling down in the corner of the room tacking down the carpeting." This looks great."
"Yeah." He looks back over his shoulder." You picked out a great color." He says as I pull off my shoes and socks stepping into the room." What are you doing?" He turns his body more watching me confused still kneeling on the floor.
"I'm trying it out." I grin to him.
"Ok." Matt chuckles sarcastically looking back to what he was doing." Do I even want to know?"
"Well if you must, I have this thing about carpeting in the bedroom." I move over to him taking a seat watching him work and I continue talking." I think it makes the room more cozy, warm. There's nothing I hate more then a cold bare room, and when I wake up in the morning I want to put my feet down on a warm soft floor, not bare and cold."
Casey's POV
I listen to Gabby describing how she wants to feel stepping out of bed in the morning. I start picturing her naked body, or what I imagine her naked body would look like getting out of her bed in the morning." Sounds nice." I mutter glancing over to see her running her hands over the rug.
"So soft." She whispers, and my mind drifts to wondering how soft this carpeting would feel like with our naked bodies rolling around on it." Matt." Gabby places her hand on my arm pulling me out of my thoughts, but not before I felt a tingling sensation course through my body, especially in my pants."are you ok?"
" Yeah great." I stand turning away from her the excitement that has made its presence known, hoping she doesn't notice." What did you and Shay do earlier?" I ask hoping the change of subject and the distraction will calm me down. Over the past week I've noticed it's becoming harder to be around her without my thoughts getting away from me. Like what her lips taste like or how the would feel trailing kisses down my.
"Matt?" Gabby once again snaps me out of my thoughts.
"Sorry, sorry." I shake my head still facing my back to her." I was just thinking about what I should start with next." I glance over my shoulder to her.
"Oh." She stands smiling." I was just saying I bought a new dress for the formal for tomorrow night."
"Oh wow that's tomorrow already." I chuckle." Guess I lost track of time."
"Are you sure ok?" She asked with a raised brow.
I turn to face her now. "I think it's time to put you to work." I chuckle trying to distract myself as I grab her hand pulling her back into the living." These walls aren't going to paint themselves." I bend over grabbing the brush.
"Oh Matt." She raises her finger to protest, but I turn walking back into the bedroom.
"Even strokes." I call out over my shoulder before I kneel back down on the bedroom . I go out to the living room a short time later finding one wall completed already." Wow that's impressive." I admire her work.
"Yeah." Gabby turns facing me wiping her hand on her cheek getting paint on it. I start laughing." What?" Gabby looks at me confused.
"Your face." I point trying to contain my laughter." Its a good look for you."
Gabby looks at her paint filled hands catching on to what I mean wiping her face more." Oh you think its funny huh."
"I do." And with that I bust out laughing.
"I'm glad you find this amusing." She gets all fiesty putting her hand on her hip, a gesture I was growing fond of." Maybe we should see how it looks on you." And before I can react Gabby dabs my cheek with the paint brush." Hmm." She chuckles." Not enough." She then lunges forward again but I catch her arm this time.
"Not fast enough this time." I tease as I hold her arm up in the air." Don't do it." I say as she begins fighting against me to free her arm in fits of giggles between us. Next thing I realise my body is pressing hers up against an unpainted wall as I still had her arm pinned. My eyes instantly dart to her lips as it got utterly quiet between us. Gabby's breathing hitched as her eyes slowly moved to mine and I could hear my heart pounding in my chest. I then do the next to most dumbest thing ever I backed away from her." Are you hungry for lunch or something?"
Gabby looked at me for a brief moment before bringing her arm back down from above her head." Yeah I'm starving." She pushes herself off the wall putting the paint brush down." You want Mel's hoagies?" She asks never meeting my eyes.
"Sure." I answer wondering if she felt how I did right now, my yurning for her raging, or was she even ready for any of this, or worse wanting it with me.