I know, I know I haven't written in like forever, but when someone sent me a review today so long after my last installment I couldn't wait any longer. I hope you like it and I wont let it take me months to get the next chapter out.
Gabby woke with a start popping up into a sitting position, the covers pulled down to reveal her naked form to the moonlight filtering in through the window. She looked over to her companion in bed surprised he hadn't heard the noises that had catapulted her from her peaceful sleep. She reached over pushing at his shoulder while whispering "Baby? Baby wake up."
"Huh" he grunted his face still pushed into his pillow, his lean form stiffening slightly.
"I heard a noise." she whispered listening intently for it to happen again.
"God you're such a girl" he laughed sleepily lifting his head up and looking at her with a small smile. "Go back to bed, you're just being paranoid" he finished closing his eyes and laying his head back down to his pillow. Before his face fully made contact with the cottony fabric, he heard some scattering and then the creak of the front door of the cabin.
Bolting up from the bed he padded over to the chair in the corner slipping on his boxers before grabbing his gun from the holder on the dresser. He opened the door silently slipping stealthily into the hallway. Even though fear was overtaking her every sense she still felt a little bit of pleasure watching him move around, how graceful he was, and the way his body rotated as he slipped down the hall and out of view. She slipped out of bed, pulled on the huge cotton robe, that she demanded she needed to pack, and followed the path that he had just vacated. Feeling a little too exposed for not having a firearm herself, she grabbed a vase from the hallway table and shoved it over her head awaiting anything that would pop out.
A loud crash came from the living room followed by a blaze of light and a pained "what the hell?" from a familiar voice. She ran down the hall and into the living room laughing a bit as she saw Logan sprawled on the ground holding his head and moaning. Veronica stood in the doorway small traces of shock still present on her face as she watched Gabby enter the room. Veronica's hair was chopped into an uneven bob, short and sassy Lilly liked to put it. When asked about her decision she simply replied, I needed something new, but in light of the party a couple of weeks earlier it wasn't hard to see the significant connection. She had lost that last part of the glittery, pink, princess that she grew up being, and was now someone between the hearts and flowers girl of yesterday and the hot and wild girl Lilly always dreamed she would become.
"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked losing the humor and letting the anger settle in.
"Us? What about you? Your suppose to be in New York with Emily" he stated as he rose to his feet. It was true she had used the whole 'spending the night with a 'friend' routine' with her mother; except she had taken it as far as 'spending a week with my cousin in New York'. It had been perfect, Emily covered for her, she took the ticket and cashed it in for money to buy groceries and rent a boat for the week, and Leo picked her up at the airport exactly 15 minutes after her mother dropped her off. Everything was turning out great, well until now.
"I needed some time alone" she stated looking at the ground.
"Oh and what, Dudley Do Right over here was just stopping by to say hello?" he joked with his usual 'eat shit' grin firmly in place. The comment took its toll on Leo as he started turning a bit red with agitation.
"What are you guys doing here?" she asked before Leo had a chance to retaliate.
"We came up for the weekend, with mom's permission" Logan said rolling his eyes. He took the bags out of Veronica's hands and ushered her further into the cabin. It was a beautiful place set right on Big Bear Lake deserted a mile in each direction, with five bedrooms and a large balcony taking up the backside, with a breathtaking view of the lake below. It had been in their family for years and rarely used other than in the winter for skiing.
"O right like I'm supposed to believe that mom let you bring your girlfriend to a deserted cabin in the woods" she scoffed watching Logan start to close the door.
"Well it isn't exactly just us" he stated, before the door slammed open out of his hand, and a tall annoying blond 'mistake for a human being' entered. She pulled the robe tighter around her and placed a hand on Leo begging him to go back to the room before Dick could say anything.
"I'm sorry were we interrupting a little sexathon" Dick laughed raising his eyebrows in a disgustingly suggestive manner.
Leo moved to intercept the boy with his fist before Gabby grabbed his arms whispering a pleading "please" into his ear. He let out a defeated sigh before making his way back down the hall and closing the door to the room.
"So that's it, you Veronica and Dick?" she asked.
"Just for tonight, tomorrow Lilly, Duncan, Meg, and Natalie are coming up" Veronica admitted putting some of their groceries into the already cluttered cupboards.
"Who's Natalie?" Gabby asked as she perched herself on the arm of the couch.
"Dick's new fling" Logan said poking his head in the fridge and coming out, to most of his satisfaction, with a beer.
"Hey man I think I might actually like her" Dick said, sound almost…sincere, so unlike Dick.
"Okay" Gabby said getting a little unnerved at the change in Dick, a change so subtle to everyone else, but to his friends, a huge slap in the face. "I'm going to bed" she said turning around to return to her nice warm bed, and boyfriend. Before she turned back with a questioning stare, "Who is Lilly bringing?"
"Some dude she wouldn't say who, something about a 'surprise'" Dick scoffed taking a beer from the fridge and sitting on the couch where Logan had Veronica propped on his lap.
"Good morning everyone" Veronica yawned raising her arms above her head while reaching over to grab some coffee. Duncan and Meg decided to make the trip the night before when Meg got off from babysitting; they picked up Natalie while Lilly stayed back.
"Morning, you look chipper" Meg teased as she took a bite from her bowl of cereal.
"This place is amazing, those beds are so comfortable." Veronica said with a large smile, while Logan walked into the room a large satisfied grin plastered on his face.
'Oh I'm sure that attitude is for the beds" Lilly said as she walked through the front door and walked over to the kitchen counter grabbing some coffee. Her hair was messy and windswept and she walked with a slight stumble.
"Lilly you're not back with…?" Veronica asked.
"Me?" Weevil asked walking into the cabin taking off his helmet and laying it on the table while he flung the large pink and green duffle bags to the middle of the room.
"Weevil, I've missed you" Gabby said running over and swinging her arms around him. He held onto her with a small smile.
"Glad to see you too chica, I heard about everything and I wish I could have been there for you" he said looking a little sullen.
"You were" she said with a mischievous grin leaning in a whispering in his ear "I loved the teddy" making him blush a bit.
"Stop wussing him up" Lilly said stepping between the two and raising her arms to jump into his wrapping her legs around his waist. "I like them bad" she teased leaning in and capturing his lips in a searing kiss.
"So who's up for the lake" Leo asked walking into the room with his blue trunks on and the keys to the boat in her hand.