Shaforostop It (2015)

Chapter Eighteen - Bed Bath and Beyond

I slowly lowered myself into the water of the hotel bathtub. Well, ice, with a little water. I was frozen to the core by the time I was in all the way. But it relieved all the soreness in my body from the day. I was to go home in only two days and every day it got progressively worse. Training wise, and missing Denis wise. "Leda." Roger walked into the bathroom.

"Fucking hell!" I covered my chest. "What do you want?"

"'Den Den heart' is on the phone." He used his fingers for quoting Denis's name in my phone. He handed me my phone and walked out of the bathroom, closing the door securely on his way out.

"Hi."

"Leda, hi. I miss you so much." I smiled. The sound of his voice alone was enough to calm me.

"I miss you too." I sighed longingly.

"I can't wait for you to get home."

"I know. It's been too long. I wanna be back in my own bed."

"I want you back in my own bed." Denis said sternly. "I have a little surprise for you when you get home."

"Oh? What kind of surprise?" I smirked. It had only been two weeks, but that was impossibly long for us to go without sex. Every time we saw each other we could hardly keep out hands off each other. When we were out it was fine, but at home, nothing else happened.

"A big surprise. Well- yeah. It's good."

"Well, now I'm all excited." I sighed.

"What are you doing right now? Isn't T.J supposed to be ordering you around in the gym right now?"

"I'm in an ice bath," I said. "freezing my tits off." He laughed

"Why are you in an ice bath?"

"Helps with muscles and what not."

"Whenever I think of the bath I think of how we met. I felt myself cringe internally. I felt so dumb for dialling the wrong number in the first place, but I was so thankful. Had I not met Denis, would I still be with Eric? Would I still be friends with Cameron? Fuck I miss them both. I don't want to date him again, but Eric was still my best friend. What would be different in my life had I hit the right number?

"Me too." I laughed.

"Why can't you just hurry up and come home? I miss you."

"I miss you too. Only two more days then I'm back."

"Yeah, then I leave." He sulked. "Promise to come visit me on tour?"

"Yes," I breathed. "promise. How's everything at home? Ben and everyone?" I asked.

"Good, I think. Um. You and Ben never had a thing right? Like, even when we weren't together. Right?"

"God no. Why would you think that?"

"I dunno. Cameron said he thinks you guys did but Ben said you didn't. I don't know."

"Well, I can promise you I didn't."

"I don't know where Cameron got that." I wondered. ***Did Cameron really think Ben and I had a thing? I'd hardly even spoken to him. Denis told me everyone talks about me all the time, when I'm not around. I couldn't help but wonder what they had to talk about, considering the only one that new shit about me was Denis and maybe Ben, and they both seemed trustworthy enough to keep their mouths shut. The whole situation made me anxious.

"Neither do I."

"Can I ask you something?"

"Anything. Always."