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When You're Around
Chapter 49
"Hello?" Rachel yelled out as she let herself in Randy's house.
"In here Rach!" Chloe yelled back. She followed the sound of her friends talking and smiled when she saw Randy, John, Chloe and Randy's daughter, Lindsey chatting in the kitchen.
"Hey, hope you don't mind I let myself in." She said, making her presence in the room known. She walked around and gave everyone a friendly hug. "I brought cake!" She said as she set what was left of the cake Adam made last night on the table. "Adam came over last night and said he'd never made a cake before so I showed him. We had some but it's still good." She said gesturing to the large slice of cake missing.
Chloe lifted a surprised eyebrow. "Adam went to your house last night? And he's still alive?"
Rachel laughed. "Yeah seems dumb and dumber are his only friends in town." She said pointing to John and Randy.
"Rach, this is my daughter Linds," Randy gestured to the young girl sitting next to Chloe. "Linds, this is Chloe's best friend."
Rachel smiled and stuck her hand out to the girl. "Hi Lindsey, nice to meet you."
Linds smiled. "Hi," She said and shook her hand.
"Chloe tells me you are a very good student." Rach said causing the youngster's cheeks to turn red.
Chloe grinned and wrapped an arm around Linds' shoulders. "Definitely one of the best."
Rachel looked around the room and frowned. "Where's your Neanderthal friend?" She asked John and Randy. Linds giggled at the description.
"You rang?" Adam asked as he appeared in the doorway. Rachel turned around and scowled at him. "Miss me baby? Sorry I had to use the little boys room."
She rolled her eyes and turned around as Adam walked further into the room. "I didn't miss you, I was just hoping maybe you'd gone home and wouldn't be joining us tonight." She said as she poured herself a glass of wine.
He laughed. "No such luck."
She turned around. "You know what, can I talk to you?" He nodded. "In private." Again he nodded and lead her to the sliding glass door that lead to the backyard. They stepped out into dark night and moved out of sight so no one could see them. She turned around and opened her mouth to give him a piece of her mind but he obviously had other plans as he pulled her close and attached his lips to hers. Her eyes widened in surprise and she pushed him away. "What the hell? You left in the middle of the night without saying anything and now you're going to kiss me?" She asked angrily.
His face fell. "Didn't you read my note?" He asked worriedly.
She rolled her eyes and reached into her back pocket pulling out the piece of paper Adam had left on her pillow this morning before he left. "Didn't want to wake you. See you later," She read from the note. "My three year old niece can write better notes." She said stuffing the piece of paper back into her pocket.
Adam cringed. "So I haven't had much practice in the whole leaving notes thing. Listen, this whole thing is new to me. The fact that I wrote a note in the first place is new to me." She cocked her head. "I know that's no excuse and I can understand how you thought I left in the middle of the night but I didn't. I stayed until like ten this morning. I had to go, I promised Randy would help him buy stuff for tonight. I thought since I kept you up so late last night and you didn't get much sleep," He said with a grin as he remembered how he kept her busy. "I wanted you to get as much rest as you could." He said the tension begin to leave her body. He reached out and put his hands on her waist. "I promise I'll work on my note writing," He said and his grin widened when he saw her begin to smile. "Aw there's that beautiful smile. You forgive me?" He asked and when she nodded he took that as his cue that it was now ok to kiss her. So he did. When he pulled away, he pressed a kiss right next to her ear. "You don't regret last night right?"
She pulled away a little. "I told you I wouldn't and I don't. It actually feels nice to have come clean." She said with a smile.
He smiled too. "Good. So should we tell everyone tonight?"
She cringed a little. "Um, maybe not tonight." He gave her an unhappy look that told her she needed to explain. "It's just…I haven't really told Jess or Chloe what's been going on between us and I don't want to come out of nowhere with this. I'd like to tell them first so it won't come as such a shock."
He nodded. "Alright, no problem but you might want to tell them soon cause John and Randy know."
"What?" She asked surprised. "How do they know?"
He shrugged and linked their fingers together. "When I got back today they were both in the kitchen. It was either tell them the truth or tell them a lie that would eventually come out."
She nodded. "Alright, I'll tell them this week then. Hopefully the boys don't break the news first though." She thought of something and immediately frowned. "Oh, I forgot about something."
"What?" Adam asked.
She looked at him and smiled innocently. "Well, I sorta have a date with Stephen Saturday."
He raised a brow. "Just tell him your taken."
She tilted her head to the side. "Adam, I'm not going to bail out on him." She squeezed his fingers when she saw him start to get upset. "Relax. I'll go out with him and I'll tell him I'm seeing someone. He'll understand."
"I don't like this," Adam said softly though he knew Rachel was the kind of girl that did what she wanted no matter what he thought, and that was one of the things he liked about her.
"I know I'm sorry." She said as she reached up to caress his cheek. They spent a couple minutes talking softly and sharing small kisses before deciding to head in before their friends started getting suspicious. After they walked back inside everyone turned to look at them. Rachel smiled. "We're alive, no blood was shed. Just had a little talk." She said John and Randy exchange knowing grins and she had to try really hard to not roll her eyes at their immature reaction.
"She wasn't too mean to you was she Adam?" Chloe asked concerned.
Adam smiled and walked over. "She tried to make me cry but I told her what I tell all bullies. Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." Everyone laughed, even Rach joined in a little.
An hour later Jess knocked on the door of Randy's house and waited for someone to let her in. She had had to stay at work a little later than she thought because she wanted to finish the costume she had been working on before she left for a week. Then she'd gone home and quickly changed into a simple black dress and pumps. She smiled as Randy pulled open the door. "Sorry I'm late!" She said as she hugged and gave him a friendly kiss on the cheek. "Did I miss anything?"
"Only a couple of near blow fights between Adam and Rachel." Randy said as he hung up her coat and purse.
She laughed and followed Randy. "Hey everybody," She greeted when she walked into the living room.
"Hey!" Everyone yelled and stood up to greet her. John waited for last and held on a little long. When he pulled back they smiled at each other and he pulled her over to sit next to him on the couch. "You made good time, dinner's almost ready."
She smiled up at him as she heard everyone else dissolve into their own conversations. "What'd you do today?"
He looked down at her hand that she'd subconsciously set on his leg. He reached down and grabbed it, holding it as his fingers played with hers. "Helped Randy go shopping, played a couple games of go fish with Lindsey, daydreamed about a beautiful woman I had an amazing time with last night." He said as he raised his eyes to meet hers and he shrugged. "You know, the usual." She blushed and buried her face in his shoulder.
Fifteen minutes later they were all sitting around the dining table, passing food around to load up plates. "I know we were supposed to have a barbecue and eat outside and all but I didn't realize I was out of propane." Randy explained as he passed a bowl of salad to Chloe after dishing up his plate and Linds'.
"How'd you make these then?" Rachel asked as plated up her steak.
"Got a little grill type thing next to my stove." He answered.
"Well that certainly comes in handy," Jess said as she accepted the plate of steaks from John, who sat across the table from her. She felt like a giddy little teenagers when their fingers brushed and their eyes met.
"So Linds, I completely forgot to ask you how Disney World was." Chloe said to Lindsey who sat across from her.
The girl instantly grinned. "It was so fun!"
"Did you ride all the rides?" Adam asked from the seat next to her.
She looked at him. "Uncle Adam, that's like not possible."
He laughed. "Oh, well, excuse me,"
As dinner went on, there were a few different conversations going on at once, Jess, John and Adam were talking about something and everyone else were talking about something else. Rachel watched Adam, who was seated across from he, as he laughed at something John said. She got an idea and looked down at her plate innocently as she cut up her steak all the while slipping off her heels. She slowly extended her leg and looked up when her foot came in contact with Adam's calf. His eyes darted to her in question but when he saw the devious look in her eye, his eyes darkened. She locked her eyes on his as she trailed her leg up farther. Before her foot could reach the seat of his lap and her obvious destination, he reached under the table and got a hold of her foot. He sent her a warning look and she just smiled.
After everyone was done with dinner, John and Jess disappeared with Lindsey to put her to bed as promised by John. Rachel and Adam volunteered to do the dishes so the couple could have some alone time. Rachel walked into the kitchen in front of Adam, each of them carrying two plates. After they set the plates down on the counter top, Rachel turned around right into Adam's arms. He growled as he kissed her. "That was evil." He said huskily as he trailed kiss to her neck.
"What was?" She asked innocently.
He looked at her with a glint in his eyes. "Who knew feet were so sexual?" He asked and she laughed before he leaned forward again and her laugh turned into a moan.
"Aw, she is so sweet," Jess whispered to John after Linds fell asleep and they were standing outside her door.
"I know, I got home this morning and she told me she had wanted me to listen to her read tonight. I couldn't resist," He said with a smile.
She smiled back. "I see why," He reached out a pulled her close.
"Alone at last." He whispered into her ear before pressing a sweet kiss on her ear. She turned her face and their lips connected. Her arms wrapped around his neck and her fingers played with the bit of hair at the base of his neck as they kissed lazily. They pulled apart and they were both panting heavily though neither seemed to notice. "Stay with me tonight."
She smiled. "I wish I could but I've got a lot of packing to do."
He pouted. "You sure that can't wait until tomorrow?"
"Believe me, I wish it could. But Chlo said we're leaving tomorrow night and I've got a lot to do." His pouted deepened and she leaned forward and kissed him. "But maybe if I finish early we can do something until we have to go."
He nodded. "Sounds good." He said and then grinned. "Just because you can't stay over doesn't mean we can't at least mess around until you have to go," She laughed and motioned for him to lead the way to the guest bedroom he was using.
"This was nice," Chloe said through a yawn as she and Randy sat on the porch swing in his backyard.
"It was, we should do this more often." He suggested as he kissed the top of her hair.
"We're lucky our friends get along so well." She said.
"They do more than get along." Randy said with a chuckle.
"Seriously, John and Jess couldn't stop making googly eyes at each other." She said. Randy was going to say something about Adam and Rachel too but he wanted to give Rach a chance to tell her friend. His girlfriend suddenly got serious and pulled away from him a little to get a better look at him.
"What's up?" He asked.
She frowned. "Sam came to see me today."
Randy's eyes darkened in anger. "What'd she do?"
She set a calming hand on his chest. "She didn't do anything. She came to apologize for everything."
His eyes softened a little though he was still skeptical. "Hmm…"
"Yeah, definitely came out of nowhere. I told her that I appreciated her coming over but I didn't forgive her for all the trouble she's caused us but I would set it aside for Lindsey's sake." She said as she sank back into Randy's embrace.
"That means a lot to me." Randy said, tightening his hold on her.
"Well you and Lindsey mean a lot to me." She said as she leaned up to press a kiss on his lips.
He sighed into the kiss and closed his eyes in peace. There was nothing better than just sitting with Chloe wrapped in his arms. A man could get used to this.