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A/N: Vanessa's pov will be added to this chapter.

"Dean..." Leah giggled as she playfully hit my arm as I placed small kisses on her neck and attempted to tickle her. She was in nothing but one of my shirts and her underwear and I couldn't keep my hands off of her everytime she was. Making love to her all night still hasn't calmed my need for her.

It was now April and spring break was coming up in a few days. Even though Leah and I wouldn't be able to go anywhere, we were going to take that time work on us and make sure that our relationship was as strong as could be by the time everybody saw us again after vacation was over. A part of me was going to make sure that I made love to her every night as well.

"We have to get to school." Leah said as she started to play with my hair. "Just a few more days and we won't have to worry about having to wake up so early."

I nuzzled her neck and kissed it once more. "But I want you."

Leah smiled up at me. "We're going to be late, baby."

I gave her the best pout that I could, making her grin and give me a kiss when she grabbed my face with her hands.

"You're so cute." She said against my lips. We layed there for a few minutes, with our lips against each others until we pulled away from each other for air. Leah bit her lip and thought about something for a moment before sighing softly. "We're going to be early for school tomorrow. No excuses. School is important too, mister."

I smiled knowing what she meant and nodded. "Yes, ma'am."

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By the time we had finished, it was too late for Leah to get to class and so she decided to go straight to work from home. I walked her to the mall on my way to school, I knew it wouldn't happen again in the mornings for a while, so I was trying to enjoy the fact that she let it slide this one time, knowing that she wouldn't say anything bad about it. After dropping her off, I decided to ditch school for the rest of the day and so I walked around before eventually getting some lunch.

When I sat down at the food court to eat, I saw Vanessa and immediately knew that she had seen me. I cringed, not wanting her to come anywhere near me, but one can only hope. She came over and sat down in front of me just as I was about to begin eating.

"Why are you cutting school?" Vanessa asked.

I looked at her as I took a bite of my chicken and waited until I finished that bite to respond. "Why is it a concern to anybody?"

She shrugged. "I just know how Leah is with her wanting you to always be in school and whatnot. Does she know that you didn't go to school today?"

"Leah knows that I didn't go today." I responded. "That's why I'm here. If she didn't know, I wouldn't have been here at this very moment."

"She has you whipped." Vanessa said.

I smiled and chuckled. "It's not called being whipped, Vanessa. It's called Leah being a good influence on me and encouraging me to do the right thing. You'll learn that when you get into a relationship."

"I could learn that now, with you." She told me in a sultry voice. "Maybe at my place...tonight."

I pulled my hand back when she began to touch it and began to get my things. I knew that people around here that knew me, knew that I had a girlfriend. I didn't want it getting around that Vanessa was hanging around and that they saw her being all touchy feely with me. Leah wasn't going to be all too happy with that, it was a fact.

"Wait, where are you going Dean?" Asked Vanessa.

"I'm going to find somewhere else to eat." I responded. "I'm not doing this bullshit that you're trying to pull. We've known each other since we were in middle school and we were always really good friends. Even when Leah came around, we still had a good bond with each other. Then you turn on me only to act like this months after you do?"

Vanessa looked at me and blinked a few times. "I didn't realize that I liked you until you and Leah started dating."

"That doesn't give you a reason for you to do what you've done." I told her. "You turned your back on her all because she's with me. You never minded the fact that I used to cut as much as I did and that I didn't always get the best grades, Vanessa. You never used to mind that I fought quite a bit and that I hung around people that some would think was the wrong crowd because they're aren't as good of an influence on me as Leah is, yet she becomes my girlfriend and you're so 'oh my God, you can do better, Leah.' I understand feeling upset because somebody that you like is with someone else. But to do the things that you've done or worse because of it?"

"I just really like you and I think we should give us a try." Vanessa told me.

I looked around and sighed. "We can't give us a try, Vanessa and that's the thing. I'm in love with Leah and I'm not going to leave her to be with someone else. It's her that I want and I made a promise to myself that I wasn't going to break her heart and I'm going to keep my word. Leah is my life and she's the most important person to me in this world. I'll be damned if I allow you to mess that all up for me all because of feelings. I respect your feelings and I understand, but the answer's 'no'. I'm sorry."

Walking away before she said anything, I looke for another table to sit at and continued to eat my lunch. I wasn't going to let Vanessa get to me. Not when I have something good going for me.

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After work, Dean and I made our way home with a few things from the supermarket for dinner. We were going to make one of our favorite dishes tonight and I just wanted to get home. I couldn't wait for spring break to come so that I could get some rest and catch up on some much needed sleep.

"I wanna cuddle." I whimpered softly as I pouted and held on to Dean's arm right as we got saw the apartment complex in the distance. "I have a headache."

Dean kisses my head and keeps my arm hooked in through his. "When we get home, I'm all yours. Better yet, when we get home, I'll make dinner. You just go take a hot shower and if you need to do anything for school, you can do that. I'll take care of everything else."

"You don't need to do that." I said with a smile and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I'll help you out. I don't have any homework anyways."

"It's okay, baby." Dean said softly as he looked over at me. "Let me do something for you. You never ask me for help and I want to."

I stopped walking and smiled up at him. Tip-toeing slightly, I kissed him softly and felt his lips move against mine as he placed his hand on my waist. "I love you."

He smiled that smile of his that showed his dimples. "I love you."

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"You okay?" I asked Dean as we sat eating dinner. It was alfredo with rice and beans and something that we both loved. He was more quite than usual and he had something on his mind.

"I saw Vanessa today." He said quietly after sighing. Dean played with food for a few seconds before taking a bite. "She said that she didn't realize that she liked me until you and I started dating."

Blinking a few times, I looked at him and furrowed my eyebrows. "Why didn't Vanessa ever tell me anything, regardless of what the reason was? We could have talked it out instead of losing a friendship over who I'm dating."

Dean shrugged. "She didn't say much on the whole matter. I was just wanting to get away from her because I didn't want to hear it. The more she talked, it was as if she wanted me to ruin us so that I could be with her and that's a risk that I'm not willing to take for anybody."

I looked down sadly and frowned as I played with my food. I heard Dean move his chair right next to me and saw him place his arms around me as he rested his chin on my shoulder.

"Meaning that I'm not going to leave you." He whispered. "I love you too much to even think about it. You're my baby and I can't stand being without you, Leah. You've made me open up with you when it's something that I've never with anybody else in my life. You're the best thing that's happened to me and I'm not letting you go. Please know that and please know that I mean every word of it. I'm not letting you go."

I nudged my nose with his and smiled slowly. "Yeah?"

Dean smiled and nodded. "Yeah. I love you, Leah."

"I love you, too." I replied and shared a kiss with him. I don't know what I did to get so lucky with love, but I did. I was enjoying every minute of being in love and I didn't want it to stop. Dean was the guy of my dreams and he made me so happy. "Don't let me go."

"I won't." He whispered and gave me another kiss.

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"Dean won't budge." I told John as I walked back and forth in his room. "No matter how much I told him that I like him, he won't budge. Leah has him wrapped around her finger and Dean's completely hooked on her."

"Let's not forget that we have to work on Leah as well." He said to me. "It can't just be us working on Dean every single time. Creating a wedge between them will work better if we try on both of them."

I sat down next to him. "How are we going to do that though? Leah wants nothing to do with me anymore and she despises you."

"But she trusts Derek." John said. I looked over at him in curiousity. "They were always close and always treated each other like they were always brother and sister. We just have to get him to our side."

"And if he doesn't?" I asked.

John thought for a moment. "He will. We'll make sure of it. There's no way that he'll deny us after the plan that I have in mind. It may end up benefiting him as well."

A/N: I know this chapter is a bit short, but I wanted to show in a way that the bond between Leah and Dean may be stronger than Vanessa may think that it is. Are you surprised with the reason that Vanessa gave for why she did what she has done towards Leah and Dean since they started dating? Do you believe the reason that she gave or do you think it's just a fluke to get him to do something