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It's February and things have been going pretty well. Things are still a bit tough every now and then, but Dean and I have been able to get through it. It's been over a month since Dean asked me to be his girlfriend and I couldn't be any more happier when it comes to Dean and I. He had been the best boyfriend to me that I could ever ask for. He treated me like a princess and he treated me right. We had our arguments here and there, but we also let each other know how much we cared about each other.

With him, all I felt was happiness and a feeling that I just couldn't escape. One that I didn't want to. It felt magical with Dean.

"Dean, stop!" I squealed as he continued to tickle me in bed. Right in the middle of fixing it, he came out of the bathroom after finishing his shower and felt the need to throw me into a fit of laughter as I tried to squirm out of his grasp. It was a Saturday and with both of us having the weekends off, we spent it like any other couple would as well as hanging out with our friends.

I couldn't stop laughing as he got me back into bed and stopped tickling me after a few more minutes. I played with Dean's hair as he continued to tower over me. Leaning down, he gave me a sweet kiss that lingered for a while.

"Your birthday's coming up." He whispered. "What would you like?"

"I don't want anything." I told him honestly. "I just want you and my friends."

Dean looked at me. "What if I gave you something for Valentine's Day?"

I smiled. "My birthday's on Valentine's Day though."

He smiled and chuckled. "Exactly."

Giggling, I shook my head. "I just want you and my friends. That's it, I'm sure of it."

"Okay." Dean said softly as he gave me another kiss. "I just want my girlfriend to be happy on her birthday."

"I'm sure I will be." I told him. I gave him a big kiss and smiled against his lips when he did the same. "Help me fix the bed so we can get some breakfast."

After about five minutes, we made our way to the kitchen where Roman was after just getting back from the gym. We decided to make some pancakes and joked around with Roman before we went upstairs to take a shower before eating.

"How much do we have saved up so far?" Dean asked. With me being so good with numbers, he let me count all of our money to see what we had saved up. He fell asleep last night before I finished, so I wrote it down in case I forgot.

"$275 with some change." I replied as I cleaned three plates. "That overtime that we've been doing has helped a bit."

Dean and I had been lucky enough to get some extra hours at our jobs to help along with saving up some money but it wasn't easy. What helped was that we didn't have many classes left to take this semester, so it gave us enough time outside of school to work full time. I only had one class while Dean had two so we've tried to pick up on some extra hours.

He looked like he had something on his mind, but said nothing about it as he finished up with the pancakes. "It's better than not having anything saved up."

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I walked to my English class and saw Leah walking towards me, looking at something in her notebook. I smiled at the sight of her and caught her attention before she bumped into me. Leah gave me her sweet smile and a peck before we grabbed each other's hands.

"You gotta work today?" Leah asked as we made our way through the hallways.

"Yeah, I like working at that store sometimes." I replied. I worked at a shoe store at the mall and it was boring as hell sometimes. There were times where not a lot of people would come in but it still made enough buisness to stay alive in a mall filled with hundreds of other stores. It also payed enough to save up some money. "Can't I walk you to work today?"

She looked at me and smiled when she saw me pout. "I thought you wanted to talk to me about my pouting."

"Yeah because I can't say no to you when you pout." I replied. Leah giggled and shook her head.

"Go to class." She told me softly when we stopped a few feet from the door. "You'll see me later."

I press her against the wall and place my lips softly on hers. "So that's a 'stay in class' thing?"

Leah's blue eyes softly looked up at mine. "I promised you could this Friday. So you have to keep your end of the bargain and go to class everyday until then."

I was about to protest about going to class, but I knew she was right. Though me going to college would never change our relationship, I wanted to go for me. Leah inspiring me to go above and beyond what I thought I was ever capable of doing and accomplishing is what's making me continue. With only a few months left to the school year, I was going to show myself that I could really do it. Leah taught me to believe in myself.

"Okay." I responded. There was happiness in her eyes as she looked up at me and there was also something else. I knew that this time of the year was difficult for her, but she still managed to put a smile on her face everyday and make me happy. Giving her a kiss, we heard a few people in the background howling at it. I gave them a death glare, causing them to leave. Turning my attention back to Leah, she had rested her arms on my shoulder and curling my hair around her finger.

"I'll see you later." She told me softly.

I nodded. "I'll see you later and be careful going to work."

"I will." She responded before sharing another kiss. Leah had to walk 35 minutes to the mall in what would be about a 5 to 10 minute drive in the cold and I didn't always feel comfortable with her going by herself. I couldn't relax myself until I saw her later in the day, right before heading to the store that I worked in.

Walking into the room, I took my usual seat next to Roman and greeted him. Looking up towards the door, Leah gave me a big smile and waved before leaving. My heart melted with every smile that she gave me.

"What are we gonna do for Leah's birthday?" Asked Roman. "It's on Friday, right?"

"Yeah, but she said she didn't want anything." I replied. "All Leah wants is to be with me, you and some of her other friends."

Roman thought for a moment. Ever since Leah's father died when she was little, she never liked to celebrate her birthday. It only reminded her of what had happened and the tragedy of losing the one person that she felt ever cared about her until now.

"I want to do something for Leah." I admitted to Roman. "Even if it's just a Valentine's Day thing, but even that she doesn't want. Leah never asks for anything."

"Well, Leah's had a lifestyle in where she had to work her whole life for everything that she wanted because nobody ever gave it to her." Roman replied. "Maybe she's not used to asking for anything because she just automatically tries to work for it."

Thinking for a moment, I thought of something. "What are you doing tomorrow?"

"Afterschool?" He asked.

"No, I was thinking about looking for an apartment for us but I would have to do it during school. I can't afford to miss work." I responded.

Roman looked at me quickly. "Are you sure?"

"It's either that, or we try to find something for her to do on Saturday to keep her occupied while you and I go look at apartments." I replied.

"We're keeping this whole apartment thing a secret from her, aren't we?" He asked.

I chuckled. "Absolutely. She will not know that I'm going to surprise her with a place of our own."

Roman let out a chuckle of his own as he shook his head. "Leah has you wrapped around her finger."

"She does not." I replied quickly. Then thinking about it, I realized that my best friend may be right on that. "Just...shut up."

He laughed and jokingly moved his chair over to avoid me hitting him before moving his chair back.

The next day...

Last night, Roman and I looked at some apartments that were in the area that Leah and I may have been able to afford. We called a few places and were able to set up an appointment for today for two places.

"How are we going to do this?" Asked Roman. "Leah walks with you to English everyday."

Thinking, I looked around and saw Leah still at her locker, getting her things as I stood nearby with Roman. "We both can't go into class because Ms. McMahon isn't going to let us out at the same time. She may not even let us out until one of us goes back in."

"You know how Ms. McMahon sometimes doesn't come in until a few seconds before the late bell?" Asked Roman.

"Yeah, why?" I asked.

He looked at me. "What if you left before she came in? You walk into class, making Leah think that you'll stay and you'll walk back out if she's not there and you're sure that Leah isn't around to see you walk out of the room. I'll go get my things and get the car ready when I see you go in so that when you come out, you get in the car and we go on our way. The apartments we're going to see is in the opposite direction. We don't have to worry about Leah seeing my car."

"Somebody's going to rat on me, Roman." I told him quietly.

"And Leah won't do anything to you, Dean." He replied. "Besides, I told you to make the appointment for tomorrow to give us a chance to come up with how to get out of here since you're so concerned about Leah seeing you leave."

"I'm not concerned about her seeing me leave." I told him almost to loud.

"What the hell is the problem, then?" Roman asked. "Who cares if they rat you out. The same shit's happened to me too. We'll get over it. This was your idea and I'm trying to help you out here. Do you want to do this or not?"

Leah walked up to us and gave us both a hug. "It's starting to snow a little so I'm going to start heading out now before it picks up."

"I'll go pick you two up from work later." Suggested Roman.

"Thanks." She said with a smile.

Seeing her tip-toe, I met her half way for a kiss. "I'll see you later, baby."

Leah nodded and smiled before turning around to leave. "Guess we don't have to worry about going to class today. Thank goodness for Mother Nature."

We went over to our lockers and got our things, meeting up by the front doors of the school. Hearing a voice coming from behind, we turned around to see Vanessa. Her and I haven't spoken since the whole thing started where she was suddenly against me.

"What do you want now, Vanessa?" I asked her. "Roman and I have somewhere to go."

"And it's not with Leah because I saw her leave a few minutes ago." She replied.

Roman and I looked at each other. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Doesn't she want you to go to class everyday?" She asked. "And not cut?"

"Again, what does that have to do with anything?" I asked her. Seeing as she took a while to respond, I sighed. "We have somewhere to go. If you're done being anti-Dean, I'm gonna leave now. Then again, I'd leave even if you still were."

Vanessa made a face. "What does she see in you?"

"Stop making it seem like I don't deserve her." I told Vanessa. "Leah obviously sees something in me that you don't. Enjoy the rest of your day."

We walked out the door without paying mind to what she had said as we left. Getting in Roman's car, I took out the address to the apartments and gave them to Roman as he began to drive. When we got to the place, we got out and I looked around. It seemed nice and quiet and wasn't bad looking. It had a pool in the center of the whole complex that was closed off because of winter.

Going into the main building, we saw a woman sitting at the front desk hanging up the phone as we walked in. The place had beige carpet and a piano in a seperate room that was connected to it.

"How can I help you two gentlemen?" Asked the woman. Her name tag said Samantha and she was blonde with blue eyes.

"We have an appointment today to see some apartments." I told her.

"Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns?" Asked a guy as he walked out form the back. "That would be with me."

He was a tall guy but lean and a bit on the thin side. He had short, black hair and grey eyes. With a grey suit, he walked over to us and shook our hands. "It's nice to you two. My name is Derek Ross and I'll be showing you around today. What kind of apartments are you two looking for?"

"It's for him and his girlfriend, but I just came along to help." Roman replied.

"Do you still have one bedroom apartments available?" I asked.

He nodded. "Of course. Let's go check them out now."

They walked outside of the main building and walked a few feets before getting into the next one. It had beige carpet as well with one large bedroom that was next to the bathroom. It was bigger than the kitchen I had when I lived with my mom. It had a dining room connected right outside of the kitchen and a patio. The living room was bigger than what mine was.

"How much is the rent?" Asked Roman as I continued to look around.

"It depends on the floor plan for the apartment." Mr. Ross answered. "This one specifically though will be $665 a month."

I turned around and looked at them. "$665 a month?"

He nodded. "That's why when people apply for an apartment in this facility, we ask for the last four pay stubs. We want to see that everybody that applies for an apartment will be able to afford it. It includes heat. If it didn't, if would've been a bit lower."

"Is that the lowest rent that you have for a one bedroom apartment?" I asked.

"Yes, it is." Mr. Ross replied. "For our one bedroom, the highest is $825 a month."

Roman looked over at me as I ran through my thoughts. "How much do you have saved up?"

"Leah and I saved up $275 with some change. If you add the $150 that I saved up, its only about $425 with some change. I don't know how much Leah has saved up on her own. I'm not going to take that money we have saved up without telling Leah. She counts that money every few days, she'll notice. Taking it period isn't an option. Even if I was to tell her that I was going to use some of it, she's going to ask why."

Seeing that Mr. Ross was paying attention to something on his phone, we stepped aside and spoke in lower tones. "We'll go the other place and see how much their rent is. It's okay if you don't get this one. There's always other places that we can look."

I groaned. "I don't want to have my girlfriend live in a trailer. I want her to have a nice place. Leah asks for nothing but deserves everything."

"You're not going to live in a trailer park." Said Roman. "I'm not going to let my best friend do that."

...

I was falling asleep on the couch when I felt a soft kiss on my cheek. I opened my eyes slowly and saw that it was Leah as she stood back up, still thinking that I was sleeping. I grabbed her hand and fixed myself on my back and got her to straddle me. She leaned forward and rested her head on my chest.

"You okay?" Leah asked softly when I wrapped my arms around her.

"Yeah, I just have a headache." I told her. Taking in her scent, I played with her hair and felt her tracing patterns on my chest with her fingers.

The apartments that Roman and I looked for today were good, but the rent for both places were more than what I had saved up and with having other bills to pay, I didn't know how we would be able to afford it with how much it's taken us to save up what we have. I didn't know how I was going to do it from a financial standpoint. I wanted Leah to have everything that she could possibly have. She deserved it.

Having her in my arms made me happy and I was seriously beginning to think about a long term with this girl. That's something that I never thought I would ever say, but she has me thinking it like it's something that I've always wanted my entire life.

"Dinner's almost ready." She said softly. "You want to eat something?"

"Yeah, but can I have a kiss first?" I asked.

Leah smiled and gave me a kiss. I gave her another one when she tried to pull back and nudged her nose with mine.

A/N: Do you think Leah has Dean wrapped around her fingerlike Roman says? What will Dean do for Leah on her birthday, especially with it being on Valentine's Day? What do you think about him wanting to surprise her with a place of their own even though they've both talked about moving in together?