New Books and Benches

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Hey guys,

i have 383 read and only two comments. one of them being myself responding to a comment! Come on!! please comment!!! anyway, next chapter!!

Ruby

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"Hey, so you guys are ok I'm assuming?" Lucy asked as she pushed the door closed again.

"Yeah" Alice said and looked at Lucy. Her grip never faltered. She merely turned her head to look at Lucy.

"Well, the party is dying down downstairs and pretty much everyone is gone except for a few" Lucy said and leaned on the door. We stood there in silence until Alice shifted in my grasp and smoothly manoeuvred herself so we were still touching but we were standing hand in hand.

"Well, in that case, I better shoo the rest out" she said and walked forward to the door. She let go of my hand after giving it a reassuring squeeze. I reluctantly watched her go and I sat down on her bed staring at nothing in particular.

As I was sitting there I noticed my knuckles were hurting more so. I flexed my fingers and cussed under my breath at the pain.

"You really should have ice on that" Lucy said and came to look at my hand.

"Yeah" was all I said. She took her hand in mine and looked over it a few times. She shuffled closer to my side on the bed and I was suddenly nervous that she would make a move on me.

"Don't worry. You're not my type" she said reading my reactions. She was an extremely observant person.

I didn't respond to her comment and she got up and went into the connecting en suite. She came back with a cloth and handed it to me. I washed over the raw, red skin and I held in the urge to wince and buckle at the pain.

Alice returned and said that everyone was gone and that Jake was in the games room asleep on the lounge in there.

"I'll go to my room" Lucy said and left without another word.

"She has her own room?" I asked after a moment of her exit.

"Well, not technically. It's the guest bedroom but we never have guests so she uses it. She has clothes and everything in there. This is her second home"

"It's good you have such a close friend"

"Yeah, she's great. She is so protective but lets me make my own decisions at the same time. She is best" she said and smiled at the thought.

"Well, uh, I know this sounds strange but, can I sleep with you?" I asked and saw the funny expression across her face. "Like, in your bed. With you. It's fine if you don't want me to I just..." I trailed off as she shook her head in disbelief.

"No, I'm not looking at you strange because of the request but because the fact that you actually asked. Of course you can. I thought you knew that"

"Right" I said and scratched my head.

"You are so cute when you do that when you're all embarrassed" Alice said and walked over to me. She gave me a soft, slow kiss before breaking off. It hurt every time we kissed but I didn't care. I'd take the pain for the feeling of her lips on mine. She walked over to her dresser and pulled out a singlet and short shorts.

"You can hop in whenever" she said and headed into her bathroom.

I snuggled up to Alice when she returned and I stroked her hair repeatedly. I was on my back and her head was resting on my chest while her hand was near it. She was circling unknown patterns onto my stomach and it was extremely peaceful.

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