Guarded Heart (The GH Series)

Chapter Five

                    Ashley

I woke up the following morning and felt something
fluffy over my body.

Adjusting my eyes, I realise that it is the blanket from the bottom of my bed. “Callie…”

Shit. I had a flashback of her working on my leg and oh
my days, it felt so good. I proceeded to sit up, rub the
sleep out of my eyes and I looked around my room.

No sign of Callie.
Slipping out of bed and seeing my jeans on the floor, reminded me of how I was feeling when Callie was
slipping them off my body. I was scared, excited,
confused by how much I was turned on watching her
remove my jeans. I wanted Callie there and then, but I
listened to her instructions and promptly passed out on her whilst she was working on my leg.

Tentatively I walked across my bedroom and
surprisingly, my leg was not feeling as bad as it done last night. So, I set about my morning routine and when I finally made it downstairs, I noticed my keys on the
floor.  “Hmmm. She even locked up."

Part of me wanted to go the gym to see if Callie was on
shift, but I decided against it. I did not want to come
across as a stalker.

So, instead, I opted to have my breakfast and since the sun was shining brightly, I
decided to take a walk to the local park.

                     Callie

So, I left Ashley last night. Okay, I left her safely on her bed, out cold, snoring her head off. I had called a taxi
and the driver looked at me as if I were bonkers.

It turns out that we only live three streets away from one another. But I politely told him I was too knackered to
care, that I am relatively new to the area and at least he
has a fare.

Now, I am outside, trying to exercise, trying to work off
my frustration.

“Callie.”

I am fairly sure that I heard my name over the music
that was blaring in my ear. Then I felt a tap on my
shoulder.

“Callie?”

I turned around and there she is, Ashley, again. What is the universe trying to do to me?

I took my headphones out after letting go of the
exercise bar at the park.
“Hi.” I think it came out a little blunt, but hey ho.

“What are you doing here?” an inquisitive Ashley asked.

“Err…My work out? What does it look like?” Okay, a
little snippy but I am too tired for this.

“Well, this is my local park, so I was just wondering.”
Her tone sounded sincere, so I was berating myself
inwardly for being rude.

“I’m not stalking you if that is what you are thinking?”

“What? No! I was just saying it because we seem to be
having a few coincidences lately.” She raised her
eyebrow at me, and I found it incredibly sexy.

“Well, no shit sherlock.” I rolled my eyes and as I was
putting my headphones back in to my ears when Ashley
touched my arm. “What?”

“Thank you for last night. Not for just working on my leg but covering me up so I wasn’t cold and ensuring that I was safe by locking up and posting my keys through the door.”

“Aye, no worries Ashley.” I am feeling kind of awkward, the tension between us is building.

“Also, for bailing me out at the club. I appreciate it.”