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"Hey, Leah." Said a voice behind me as I got a few things from my locker before leaving to go to work. Looking back, I scoffed in disgust seeing that it was Vanessa.
"What do you want, Vanessa?" I asked as I closed my bag and laid the straps on my shoulders. After making sure that I had everything I needed, I closed my locker and looked over at her.
She looked at me seriously before saying anything. "I just wanted to say I'm sorry. I didn't know that you were going to be there."
"Regardless of whether I was there or not and if you knew or not that I would be there is beside the point." I responded. "You knew the shit that I've had to go through because of him and yet you're going to stand there and open your legs for the same man that screwed me over and for what? Did I do something bad to you? Was I ever a bad friend to you, Vanessa?"
"I swear, I didn't know that he was the man that you were talking about." She told me. "But no, you were never a bad friend to me. Besides, we want only want each other for sex. He knows a lot more about it than guys our age and he's more experienced. You weren't the only one moaning when Dean had you on top of him."
I had nothing to say when those words escaped her lips. Having sex in John's office wasn't planned. Dean and I were just in the moment and we wanted to make up for the time that we weren't speaking much after I saw my mother again for the first time in months. After realizing the place in which we were intimate in, we didn't care that it was his office. Dean and I left our mark there.
"At least I'm not spreading my legs for a serial cheater." I retorted. "You'll get feelings for him, Vanessa. I know you will, it always happens in the whole 'friends with benefits thing'. One will always catch feelings. You won't be far behind, Vanessa. I'm just dissappointed that you were the one friend that I could depend on and you showed me that you're not. I was wrong and that was my mistake."
Walking around a bit, I saw Dean turn the corner and I waited for him. He leaned down when he reached me and pecked my lips. "You okay?"
"Vanessa knows we had sex in John's office." I told him quietly, looking every where else except his eyes. "I would have tried to convince you to wait until we got home. I won't be surprised if John was nearby with the things that he could be capable of doing just to get off."
"And it wouldn't have happened, even if you tried." Dean replied. I looked up at him and saw the smirk that had formed on his lips. "The things you do to me..."
Dean made this thing with his eyes and looked as if he started daydreaming. I just laughed and playfully pushed him. He let out a deep chuckle and wrapped his arms around me, softly kissing my head. Walking him to class, I pulled him down for a kiss and felt him deepen it slightly when I felt his fingers at the nape of my neck. Leaning into him, I forced myself to pull back a little as I smiled up at him.
"I love you." I told him.
Dean smiled. "I love you, too baby."
We shared another kiss before letting him go to class. I smiled at him when he sat down and looked towards the door and waved at him. Leaving school, I saw with the corner of my eye, a car drive up and slow down when it reached me. I kept walking, not seeing who the driver was until the person honked the horn. Looking into the car, I saw that it was Derek and smiled as he put the window down.
"Where you headed off too?" He asked.
"Work." I replied. "Dean and I don't have a car, so we walk. He comes out later though because he has another class now but he works at the mall too."
"Let me give you a ride." He suggested. I thought about it for a moment and finally agreed. I got in the car and rested comfortably until we got to the mall. "The reason that I came around was because I wanted to talk to you and Dean about something, but I can wait until the two of you are here so that I can tell you together."
I looked at my step-brother curiously. "Is it something bad?"
"I don't know if you'll consider it bad." Derek replied as we got out of the car. "But it's definitely something that I need to tell the two of you because I think that it's something that you should know."
"Okay, I'll text Dean to let him know and then I'll let you know where we could meet." I told him as we walked into the mall. "Thank you for driving me over here, by the way."
He waved it off. "Don't worry about it. Even though we don't live together anymore, you've been more of a sister to me than my own biological sister ever was."
I smiled and shared a hug with him. "I'll see you later."
"Nobody's going to make Dean think that I was trying to do something with you right?" Derek asked me, moving around nervously as he looked at me. "Dean looks like the type of guy who'd be intimidating if he was mad. He's protective of you so it makes him more intimidating if he thinks a guy did something to you and he works in one of these stores and he's not afraid to fight and he doesn't know that I'm here just yet...I just wanna avoid that and yeah. Dean's a nice guy, but yeah."
I laughed softly. "You should stay in the food court, then. Dean's a bit crazy sometimes, but I still love him."
"I can tell." He said with a soft smile. "Dean's crazy about you."
Smiling, I waved at him and left to work.
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Getting out of work, I reached the food court and saw Leah sitting at one of the tables with Derek as she looked around. She pouted, indicating that she may have been bored and crossed her eyes confirming that she was. I chuckled and walked over to her table and connected my eyes with Leah's when she looked in my direction. She gave me a sweet smile and jumped into my arms when I got close enough. Taking her into my arms, I spun her around and gave her a kiss when I put her down.
I smiled hearing her giggle and gave her another kiss before greeting Derek and sitting next to Leah. Putting my things down, I put my arm around Leah and felt her snuggle closer to me. She poked me a few times, in an effort to tickle me and I couldn't help but chuckle.
"Okay, lovebirds." Said Derek. "Let me tell you why I wanted to talk to the two of you in person, rather than over the phone."
We turned our attention to him when our laughter died down a bit, though I still kept Leah in my arms. "What happened?"
"Remember when we saw that girl with my dad on the day of my party?" Asked Derek. "You said that she goes to your school?"
"Yeah, we remember." I replied. "Her name's Vanessa."
Derek nodded. "Well, I saw her again yesterday. Mind you, this is three days after the party. She was obviously with my dad and they were up in his room. I surprisingly heard them talking and when I was passing by, I heard them say Leah's name."
"Why were they talking about me?" She asked.
"Are you sure it's this Leah that they were talking about?" I asked.
He nodded. "It's the only Leah that I know. That Vanessa girl was telling him something about some fantasies that you were having about Dean before you started dating."
Leah gasped sharply as her eyes widened. I almost let out a smirk, knowing that she was having fantasies about me before we started dating. I stopped myself from letting it show when I saw her jaw tighten a little. By the look in her eyes, I could tell that she was becoming embarrased rather quickly, knowing that the admission was now known to me and her step-brother.
"Did she say anything specific about those 'fantasies'?" Asked Leah with venom dripping from her voice.
Derek winced as he carefully nodded noticing the same thing that I did. "I didn't listen to anything past the first one that she mentioned."
"Damn, more than one?" I asked with a smirk, immediately regreting it when I saw the look on her face. It was a mix of hurt, anger and embarassment, quickly changing into a look that wouldn't give anything away as to what she was thinking or feeling. Of course, the guy part of me wanted to know, but realistically speaking, my girlfriend was embarrased.
"When Vanessa was done, I heard my dad saying something about how he wants her to get more out of you." Derek continued. "He also said that he feels like he needs to do something to get Dean away from Leah. My guess is that one of them, or least both of them want to get the two of you apart. Or at least long enough for something to happen to prevent you from getting back together."
I tensed up at the thought of losing Leah. I almost lost her once and I didn't want it to actually happen this time around. Not when we've come so far from when we first met. I felt a bit of anger as I sat there wondering why Vanessa would want to do such a thing.
"John, I understand, but Vanessa?" I asked out loud. "I've been nothing but good to her since we met. I don't know where all this is coming from."
Derek and I both looked at Leah who literally had a blank look on her face as she stared into nothing. "I want to break her pretty little face in."
The fact that Leah was so calm as she spoke those words, worried me. I knew that she was probably hurting, and she had every right to be. Vanessa was somebody that she considered a good friend and trusted her with a lot of things.
"Don't because it'll give away that I said something to you about it." Derek said.
"He's right." I told Leah. "As of right now, Derek's the only one that can help us. Doing or saying something to Vanessa about what she said to your step-dad would only make them hide things a lot better. If it wasn't for us going to Derek's party on Saturday, we wouldn't have known that they were messing around and who knows if we would have ever found out. Trust me, I want to say something to her too but if that means that it'll cause us to lose the one person that's willing to help us out, then I'm not going to."
Leah crossed her legs and continued to have a blank look on her face. Her blue eyes were ice and filled with some rage. Her lips twitched and I knew that she was trying to keep herself together but her eyes filled with tears in the process causing her to blink them away.
"I'm going home." She said as she quickly got up from her seat and put on her sweater and her coat before grabbing her bag. "Is there anything else that I need to know?"
"Leah.." I started off saying before she put up her hand.
"Don't." She told me. "Do not tell me to calm down. I trusted Vanessa with everything and this is the shit that she's going to pull?"
"I'm just as upset as you are, Leah." I said, getting up as well hoping that I could get her to sit back down and stick around a little while longer. "We need to think about how we're going to deal with it instead of messing up a chance to get enough against them to be able to stand strong against Vanessa and John."
"I care about you, Leah." Added Derek. "I always have since we met. You and I have always been close and we've always had a strong bond. We're like brother and sister but Dean is right. Wait until you have enough against Dad and Vanessa so that you and him can stand strong against them. Show them that you're not going to let them get you down."
Leah looked at me. "You're not the one whose fantasies about someone are being public. I'm the one that's going to be embarrased more than what I already am if it gets out beyond the three of us. My step-brother already knows, how many other people need to know?"
"You weren't thinking about that when you told Vanessa." I snapped at her. My throat tightened up when I quickly regretted it as I looked at the change in her facial expressions. Leah looked around before looking down to the ground without saying anything.
"When I told her, she was still my friend." Leah said barely above a whisper.
She turned around, just as her face got red and I quickly grabbed her arm. "Wait, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say it like that. I'm not trying to be mean and I'm not upset with you. I'm just frustrated at the bullshit that Vanessa is trying to pull."
Looking as if she was thinking about it, she turned to Derek. "Can you take me home?"
"Yeah, do you want to grab something to eat along the way?" He asked.
Leah agreed and waited for me to get my things. "I can be a bitch when I'm upset, but I'm not leaving you here. Come on."
"Hey..." I said softly as she turned around. Turning her face to look at me, my eyes pleaded with her to believe me and my apology. Her icy blue eyes weren't buying it right now, or so it seemed.
A/N: What exactly does Vanessa and John have in store for Dean and Leah? Do you think Derek is in the right for wanting to help them out and warn them of what may happen? Does Leah have a right to be upset about Vanessa airing her buisness out to others? Will Leah be able to keep herself together long enough or at all to not give away the fact that her step-brother is helping them out?