Sorry guys, life has done it's fair share of kicking my ass lately. I've been trying and trying to beat it but it's pretty hard. That being said...Finally! A new chapter! It only took forever and a day...but I'm still here. :D Hope y'all are still with me. Please read and review and all that good stuff you amazing readers are known for. You guys are awesome!


It was hard, for lack of a better term, hard for Seth to concentrate on anything other than the woman beside him as he lie there hours later.

She tossed, she turned, she hummed and she moaned in her sleep. And try as he might, for the first couple of minutes, he struggled.

Boy did he struggle.

It was as if her and the universe were conspiring against him.

Not only did she hold him in her sleep she carelessly threw a leg over his thighs nearly driving him to hop out of bed, broken knee or not.

'Please Rhea...Please stop moving, please stop moaning. Just. stop.'

Thankfully the pain meds kicked in and Seth was granted some much needed rest a bit later.

That was hours ago…

As soon as his brain kick started once again he nearly split his bottom lip in two when he was greeted with the cheeky panties peeking from underneath the shirt he lent her earlier.

"Why the fuck did I lay down here again," He mumbled as he tried but failed to look away from the skin flashing him. Thighs and ass and the small of her back…

His hand itched to reach out and touch, feel...grope. Fingers twitched…

Lifting his arm, hesitantly moving it towards the sleeping woman his hand hovered over her before fingers stretched and he tugged at the shirt bringing it down over her backside to shield her from his eyes.

A sigh and she was back facing him.

Seth groaned and shifted to grab his cell beside him, automatically switching it on. He needed a distraction and he needed it fast. Laying here and watching Rhea was not an option.

Every single thought and breath was a moment in which he wanted to pull her close, a moment when he wanted to run his hands up and down her arms. Hold her flush against him, kiss those pouty, soft lips of hers as he gripped her desperately, his hands sliding down her back to venture over and onto her beautifully rounded globes, pull her into his hardening length…

Seth grimaced.

Nope! No! He wasn't doing this!

His phone's home screen lit up and he paused.

Ok, now what?

Maybe he could play a game? Read something?

He really wasn't feeling a game or a story. And as much as he loved to read a nice suspense or mystery piece, come across a nice poem he didn't think he could focus enough to actually take anything in.

Rhea's foot brushed against his leg and he moved closer to the edge of his side of the bed.

He didn't know how these feelings happened and wanted to kick his own ass for them but-

He looked over, his eyes roaming over the woman beside him. She really was beautiful. She wasn't a Leighla or any other supermodel type by any means...well by other people's standards. Most would probably find her cute. Sometimes she was rambly, she tripped over thin air it seemed, she snorted if she laughed too much. She was just...Rhea and he….

Shaking his head, Seth refocused on his phone and opened up the first app his eyes landed on.

One glance over at Rhea as she smacked her lips letting out a whimper and just like that Seth's attention was on her again.

It had only been a second!

He wanted her...

He wanted her under him, giving him that heated look that made his insides crazy. The way she bit her lip as he thrust into her willing body, her whines, her moans. He could practically feel her naked chest against his own earlier. Just a lift and she would have been laying over him, he could have unsnapped her bra, gripped the back of her thigh, rubbed against the place he longed to be…

Shit. He had to get a hold of himself.

This was Dean's girl. His woman to fantasize about, kiss, love on…..love….

Scratching at his head he huffed and studied the blinking cursor before him.

The calculator?

He squinted.

He supposed he could work with this, a couple of math problems and maybe his brain would shut off and he could get some more sleep.

He really needed to sleep. Erase this all.

He started off simple. 2+2. 4. Simple. Ok! 12-9. 3. Again. Simple.

'Keep going. Don't think about Rhea. Don't focus on Rhea. Work on some math problems. Easy peasy.'

"Er….16+12. 28," He whispered.

'Harder Seth, harder. Damn. What I wouldn't give to hear that coming from….ENOUGH! More complicated. There!

"72 x 32."

Now that required a little bit of thinking.

Seth dropped his phone in his lap and wiggled to lay back down thinking over the problem as he studied his blank ceiling.

He went through the motions of problem solving and moments later he gave himself a mental pat on the back.

2,304.

'Ok. Up the numbers. 438…times uh….960.'

It went this way for a good while. Seth solving problems, coming up with answers bringing him closer and closer to thee awaited sleep.

He was in the middle of problem number eight, laying on his side, fingers hovering over the buttons on his phone screen, putting more numbers together when he lost the fight and sleep overtook him.


Rhea was not even sleep but for another hour and some before she was scrambling to throw her strewn items in her suitcase and bag. She hopped in a short shower, shorter than she wanted, and was working on her teeth and makeup when Kevin jingled up.

"What are you doing up cutie," She whispered, turning to apply some mascara, her toothbrush hanging out the side of her mouth.

The small dog let out a whine and after spitting and closing her mascara tube she reached for him.

"You have to go?"

He didn't. And it was 10 minutes later when she came to that realization. Bags packed, set by the door, dressed and looking decent she brought him in and made her way back down to Seth's room..well room for now anyway.

She couldn't help the blush darkening her already darkened features.

She didn't know why or even how dropping in Seth's bed was a good idea but once she was laying there she didn't wanna move.

Despite the changing where she was totally out of it, in need of sleep, she decided she'd stay put right where she was.

She just hoped Seth wasn't too pissed about it all.

Earlier she had woken up to him snoring like a hibernating grizzly as she gathered her stuff and moved to shower.

Now her she was, standing outside the door to the room, watching as he slept, Kevin beside her.

She looked at him and him her and he tilted his head almost as if to ask: Now what lady?

"I have to go," She answered in a whisper, moving into the room slowly. "Pretty sure I forgot something like a dunce but...wouldn't be me if I hadn't.."

She pursed her lips as she took in Seth's sleeping form. She almost didn't want to disturb him but from years of knowing him she knew he'd be hurt, possibly freak out like a mother hen if she didn't say much before she left.

"Seth," She tried, hand right over his shoulder. "Seth, it's time for me to get out of here." A shake to his shoulder and he stirred but that was it.

The brunette sighed in frustration. "Dude come on, just real quick, you got as much rest as me. So answer or I will tickle you," She finished her sentence quietly with some more shakes.

Seth swatted at her hand and she laughed when he grabbed her wrist after a couple of pokes to his arm.

"Don't make me tackle you," He growled, his voice groggy from sleep yet laden with annoyance.

Rhea shook her head and smiled. "There he is. Just letting you know I gotta go ninja."

It was silent for a moment and she could have sworn he had fallen back to sleep with each heavy breath he took.

She rolled her eyes and gave him a poke to the side with her other hand and continue to do so with a giggle till he yelled out he was awake and jerked her over him onto the bed. She landed with an "oomph" yet big smile as the man before her struggled to wake up.

"I'm awake damn it!"

He claimed it but his eyes were still closed

Rhea nodded. "Good. Gotta go Sethie,".She wiggled up close to plant an annoying smackaroo on his cheek at the same time he groaned and moved his head out of the pillow. Her lips would have landed their mark had he stayed still but in that moment he pivoted his head to peek at her in mock annoyance and her mouth collided with his.

She blinked at the same time his eyes popped open in shock.

Ok, what the hell? Things like this...didn't just happen.

This was the stuff of badly written movies and unrealistic stories ideas.

Only this wasn't a story, this was real life and it was happening right now. Looking upon Seth's face, Rhea couldn't do much but stare into his eyes unmoving, too nervous...weirded out, to do anything but lean stock still. It was when Seth's gaze took on that relaxed look and his hands slid up her back, did she realize this was heading into dangerous territory. A hand gripped the back of her head and his lips parted, his eyes closing and she jerked back nearly falling off the bed.

Why had she hesitated? Did he want to kiss her? Was he going to? Then what?

'Better not to go down that road woman. Get your ass out of here...now.'

"I-I have to…"

"Rhea…"

"I have to go," She muttered, doing everything she could to avoid looking at him.

"Rhea I'm-"

"I really hope I'm not forgetting anything." Her eyes darted every which way as she tried to calm her heated face and the shakiness of her small frame. Out the side of her eyes she could barely catch Seth struggling to untangle himself from his sheets.

A quick pet then lick from Kevin beside Seth's side of the bed and she was up and speed walking to the door.

She heard a frustrated growl and ruffling and then there was a thump.

Quickly spinning she looked over in horror only to find Seth hunched over the bed giving her a pained frown.

"Just. Wait."

"I...I can't Sethie," She closed her eyes and sighed before reopening them. "Seth."

Seth's lips flattened into a hard line and he ran a hand through his hair in frustration.

"Is it so out of the ordinary to think this would happen? That I would want you...after I had you?"

Rhea stared at him in disbelief. "Yes! Especially when I have a guy, a very good guy...I mean you're best friends with said guy."

Seth growled.

"I know that," He ground out.

"Well?"

"You wanted to kiss me back didn't you? You thought about it right...I wasn't the only one...tell me."

Rhea narrowed her eyes in on the man before her.

"No," She flatly denied him. "Now excuse me Seth but I need to go."

Seth shook his head and moved to get his crutches but before he could come to a complete stand Rhea was gone.


'The nerve of him!' Rhea fumed minutes later.

She snarled at her luggage as she struggled to snatch it from the trunk of the taxi. It wasn't until it was halfway out that she got some help.

"Oh thanks," She snapped sarcastically and searched through her purse to pay the fare.

She was in line checking in when her phone vibrated with two messages.

Seth: Rhea….

Seth: Talk to me. Don't leave like this.

She ignored him and sat waiting for boarding when her phone buzzed again a bit later.

Without looking she snatched it up and quickly wrote out a response before her brain could register the name on the screen.

Rhea: Leave me alone, Seth. You're wrong. You *were* the only one. I LOVE Dean.

A beat.

Dean: Well it's a good thing you love me but what the fuck is going on over there?

Rhea jerked as she realized her mistake the juice from her open carton splashing onto her new, silky flower shirt in surprise.

'Ohshitshitshit!'

Dean: Rhea?

Fuck. How did she answer this one without causing her boyfriend to go off the rails? What did she say?

Rhea: Nothing babe….a stupid argument between me and the ninja...it's nothing I'm sure we can't solve soon.

Wrong! Totally wrong!

Dean: About?

So apparently she wasn't gonna be let off the hook with that vague ass answer and why would she be?

Brushing her bangs out of her face she let out a long gust of her air causing her hair to wave as her eyes darted up at the door to the loading dock. She looked around to take note of the people and time and groaned when she realized she had awhile to go.

Rhea: Leighla….

Dean: Leighla? She there or something? Her and Seth hooking up? Shit he didn't tell me about that.

Rhea: Not exactly….I've uh..I've been lobbying to get them together though.

Dean: Really?

Rhea: Yes, is that a surprise?

Dean: A little….

Shit! Now Rhea felt bad for fibbing…

She wasn't outright lying about her and dude not seeing eye to eye about the woman but that had not been what her messages were about…

Question was did her boyfriend buy it?

Dean: You know you're in trouble right?

It was so out of left field, Dean's message that Rhea started to worry.

In trouble for what? She hadn't done anything!

Seth? The kiss? She figured she'd tell him first thing in person. This was not something to relay over message.

Rhea: Um….what for?

Dean: You slacked on your annoying ass texts last night. What was that about? ;p

Rhea blinked.

Dean using an emoticon? Ok, it wasn't as serious as she thought...maybe. In as many years as she had been with him he rarely used those, matter of fact he preferred calls over texts. So this was a nice welcome.

Dean: Are you ok babe? You are taking forever to respond tonight. Normally you're going a mile a minute on everything.

Rhea's phone went off with Seth's wrestling theme as she stared at her phone and she very nearly dropped the object but quickly pushed ignore, moving back to convos with Dean.

Rhea: I'm sorry baby...just focusing on not missing this flight...a bit tired.

A chirp sounded and she sighed. Voicemail.

Dean: I bet….Seth can be quite the diva when he wants to be. HaHa.

Ugh. Did he have to mention Seth right now?

There was a clambering over the speakers before a young voice came over the air.

"Attention United Airlines passengers... Flight 4548 for departure to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is now boarding at gate B6. I repeat, flight 4548, departure to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is now boarding at gate B6.

Rhea perked up. That was her.

She grabbed at her bag and wrote out a quick response to Dean.

Rhea: Boarding now baby, I shall keep you updated.

She threw in a kissy face emoji with a grin and hopped up to roll her way up to the gate, tickets in hand.

It was when she was finally walking the loading and unloading docks she received a response.

It wasn't who she wanted it to be from though.

Seth: I hate this. I wish you weren't leaving upset. While I don't regret how I feel or that...whatever it was we had, happened, I do regret trying to push you to admit feelings. You're right. It's wrong and you have someone. I don't wanna lose one of my best friends, little bit. Just….have a safe flight and and please let me know you made it safely ok?

Rhea bit at her cheek as she stood there in the middle of the loading dock, people moving about her with noises of disapproval.

Another message popped up as she glared at her phone, the notification dropping down at the top of the screen before disappearing seconds later.

Dean: You better. Last night was a no-no. And you're gonna tell me what the hell is going on for real...I feel like I'm missing something. You "LOVE" me? Yeah…..talk later.

Eyes widening, Rhea took in a deep breath.

Of course he read through her pathetic lie. She really wasn't a good liar to begin with.

Lots of stuff was turning out to be a no-no now that she was alone and deep in thought.

A barrage of no-no's...