Welcome to New Haven (61 page)

She looked so sexy; Alex was stunned.

Holly smiled at him as she walked closer.
 

“Hi babe.” She said in a breathy tone and then bit her lower lip.
 

“Uhhh…Hi…” He swallowed “…babe.”
 

As Holly reached him, she got up really close as she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him towards her.
 
She tilted her head and kissed him.

His arms found her, and he pulled her tight as their tongues greeted each other too.
 
Holly unwrapped her arms and stroked her hands over his shoulders and down his chest.
 

"Mmm.” She moaned as he gently pulled away from their kiss.

Alex pressed his forehead to hers.
 

“I missed you.” He whispered.
 

“I missed you too.” She replied, and Alex released her to take her hand, leading her into the house.

He shut the door and checked the lock.

“Why are you here so early…not that I’m complaining. If I had my way, you would have sta…anyway.”
 

Holly could see his cheeks flush.

“I didn’t know you were coming over.” He rambled.

Holly tried to stop herself from grinning at his outburst.

So he wanted me to stay over?
Interesting.

The thought of staying with Alex, in his bed, caused a wanting to flow through her, to her ‘area’.
 

“Algebra…remember?” She said, stopping her wayward thoughts in their tracks.
 

“Oh…yeah.” He said as Dev came running through to the hallway.
 

“Hol!” she squealed as she hugged her so tight she could barely breathe.
 

“Hello to you too, Dev.” She chuckled.
 

“Oh my
God
! You have to tell me about last night.
He…”
Dev gave Alex a pointed glare “…wouldn’t tell me
anything
except you went to Five Oaks.”

Holly looked to Alex as he flushed again.

She knew what that meant.

It meant he was thinking about happened on the blanket by the lake.

She needed to plan out how she was going to repay him for getting her so turned on she had to beg him to stop. She’d had a few thoughts, but they’d just led to her becoming aroused again. That was supposed to happen, however, but she wanted to get
Alex
to the point of surrender
before
her.

“We hung out by the lake.” Said Holly as Dev dragged her along, linking their arms, but Holly wouldn’t let go of Alex’s hand.
 

“Hung out? Yeah, whatever. And for over two hours you did what exactly?” Dev asked with an accusing tone.

Holly and Alex looked at each other before she said…
 

“We talked. You know, said some words. That sorta thing.”

Dev gasped in mock horror.
 

“Holly! I. Am. Your. Best. Friend! And you are denying me your first date details? How could you?! Think of the unnecessary stress you’re putting me under.”
 

Dev was holding her hand to her chest as if in pain, but trying not to laugh.
 
“I’ve been waiting and waiting to hear some juicy deets and now…I have none. I have been pushed away, abandoned and alone. Left to rot with all the other BFF’s whom like me, were refused the glorious, informative, and very descriptive events of the first date.” Dev had the back of her hand to her forehead like a Diva.

Holly and Alex burst out laughing. Then Dev joined in.
 

“No, seriously, you’re not going to spill?”
 

Alex rolled his eyes.

“Ok I’m going to get the books whilst you two share.” He said.
 
Before he turned to retrieve their books, Alex cupped Holly’s cheek and softly kissed her full lips.
 

“Awww!” Said Dev with a little pout.

As soon as Alex went upstairs, Dev quickly led Holly into the dining room.
 

“Ok quick…tell all.”
 
She said like there was a serious urgency for the information Holly had that Dev needed, to live.
 

“Um well, we did talk and…we kissed. A lot.”
 

“Ooh! What else?” Dev had her hands clasped in front of herself, eyes wide and grinning with anticipation of the details to come.
 

“That’s it really.”
 

“Oh come on! You mean to tell me you spent over two hours with my brother, in a quiet secluded area, and you just sucked face?”
 

“Well…” Holly began and she leaned closer to Dev incase anybody was in the house, listening. “Your brother kisses me like, oh, I don’t know how to explain it…um…like…well, wow.” Holly blew out a breath as though she couldn’t believe it herself. She was heating up already just thinking about it.

“Oh my God!” Dev whisper shouted with excitement.

“He makes me feel, and think things I shouldn’t.” She flushed at the thought of his lips moving across her jaw, down her throat…
 

“Hol! You were saying?”
 

“Oh yeah, um...”
 

“Whoa that good huh?” Holly hadn’t needed to say much for Dev to come to that conclusion.

She just smiled as she heated even more.

“Are you done interrogating my girlfriend?” Alex asked as he walked in carrying the books.
 

“For now.” Dev replied with a tone that implied she was
far
from done.

Alex set the books on the table.

It was a large, rectangular shaped, solid oak table that had eight matching seats. So that Holly could see their work and help them both
without
leaning around them, she sat at the end of the table.
 
Alex to her left and Dev to her right. As they opened the page to where Dev and Holly left off the last time, Alex took Holly’s left hand with his right.

It came in very useful lately, being left handed.
 
If they ever had to sit together in class, they’d never have to let go of each other.

“Oh how cute! You guys are so sweet.” Said Dev, happily, with a warm smile and a hand to her chest.

Holly suddenly thought about being Alex’s ‘teacher’ and laughed, inside, to herself.
 

Payback. Let’s see how he handles this.

She turned to Alex.

“
You
need to do the work if I’m going to help you. It’s not like I can give extra credits.” And she winked at Alex.

His face was a picture. His mouth hung open, and his shocked expression was priceless.
 

“However,
if
you do well…” she leaned in to whisper in his ear. “…I’ll tell you about my dream last night.”

Alex swallowed, hard. As Holly moved back, she did so, very slowly so she could look him in the eye with their faces close together. His head tilted, and he kissed her with his tongue easing into her mouth.

It was slow and passionate.

“Ok, not at the table, please.” Chuckled Dev as she shook her head.

They slowly pulled apart and lazily opened their eyes. Alex’s fingers trailed down Holly’s cheek, and she took a calming breath as he smiled his drop-dead-gorgeous-panty melting-orgasm inducing smile.

Not that Holly knew what an orgasm felt like, although she’d woken up that morning close to something she thought maybe ‘it’.

She’d been panting and had fistfuls of her bed sheets, and her body was sensitive all over.
 
Her nipples were hard and aching, and her panties felt damp.

Well, Holly had learned enough to know that meant she was seriously aroused.
 

“Babe.” Alex’s voice broke through her fog, and he snickered under his breath.
 

“Hmmm? Oh.” She flushed. “Anyway…algebra.” She said.

As they were working through the maths problems, Holly was getting distracted by Alex.
 
He was kissing the back of her hand one minute, and the next…he had his nose in her hair, his mouth by her ear.
 

“Holllyyy.” He whispered, and she froze.
 

“Tuve sueños traviesos sobre usted. Muy, muy, caliente.”
 

“Holy fuck!” She squeaked.
 

“What’s going on here then?" Said a cheerful Ben as he walked into the room and plonked himself down next to Dev.
 

“My brother keeps distracting the teacher. I think he’s trying for extra credits.”
 

Dev hadn’t missed what Holly had said to Alex, but she didn’t know what they were referring to.
 
She thought it was to make Alex pay attention.
 

“I guess a guy will try anything.” Ben said with a wink.

Alex released himself from Holly’s hair and turned to Ben.

“Hey dude, how’s it going?”
 

“Awesome. I’d ask you the same but somehow, I don’t think I need you to tell me.”

Alex smiled happily.

Holly noticed Dev rolling her eyes at Ben’s comment. He did too, and he frowned.
 

“So…” He said turning back to Alex.
 
“I don’t want to burst anyone’s bubble, but have the cops called about last night?”

Alex looked to Dev.
 
Of course Ben would know.
 
He was like family to them.

“No. Not yet.” Said Dev. “We only know what I told you.”

Holly and Dev passed a look.
 
Holly knew Dev and Ben bickered a lot, but when it came to Alex, they somehow put their hostility aside.
 

“Where are the ‘rents?” He asked.

“Dad’s got a couple of surgeries today and Mom’s filled in for another doctor who’s out on home visits.” Alex said.
 

“It was chocker.” Dev said as she pointed at Holly as she used her slang.
 
“She was going to be there for a few hours but obviously she’s back now.” Said Dev
 

“I didn’t see her car.” Said Ben.

“Ben.
 
How did you get in?” asked Alex.
 
A sick feeling in the pit of his stomach.
 

“The door was wide open…” Realization was evident across his face. “Oh shit.” Ben whispered.

They all looked to each other, faces paling with fear.

“Dev, go to the study and call the police. Holly, babe, go with Dev and lock the door behind you. I’ll check it out first, then Ben and I will check the house.”

Alex thought of Holly’s panic attacks.
 
If she thought he was going to be hurt…
 

She looked at him, her face drained of color.

The first sign.

He still had her hand so he led her to their study.

Dev and Ben followed.

The study was clear so Alex led the girls inside.
 
Dev picked up the phone to call the arresting officer that Rami had spoken to the night before.

“Babe.
 
If she’s here.
 
She won’t hurt me.
 
I won’t let her.” He said gently.
 
His hands cupping her face, his thumbs stroking across her cheeks. He kissed her softly.
 

“Neither will I.” Said Ben, coldly.
 

“Don’t worry girls, if she’s here she won’t be for long.

"“Be careful.” Holly said, close to tears as Alex stroked his thumbs over her cheekbones again.
 

“Ben…” Said Dev and then stopped herself. Ben smiled at her.
 

“I will.”

They left and Dev locked the door before calling the police.

“Officer Dixon? This is Devon Valencia. You called yesterday regarding Stacey Scutter. Is she still in custody?…When?…”

Holly’s stomach rolled with anxiety.

Stacey had been released.

She was definitely in the house. She could feel it.

“We think she may be in our house.
 
Yes. Our front door was wide open. We didn’t realize until our friend walked in. My parents are working. I thought my Mom was back, and she let Ben in, but her car’s not here.
 
He told us the door was wide open, but we locked it. Yes…They’re checking now. Please hurry.”

Dev hung up the phone and Holly could see the fear etched in her face.
 

“She was released over an hour ago. Her mother picked her up, and she was ordered to go home and stay there.
 
They’ve filed emergency protection orders until full ones are signed at a hearing. They’re coming over now.”

Holly was shaking, and her breathing was becoming shallow.

She couldn’t panic now.

The guys would be safe together.

If Stacey had come for Alex, she wasn’t going to hurt him. She would’ve tried already. Wouldn’t she?

Holly took steadying breaths as she waited for them to come back. But, she couldn’t wait for long.
 
She needed to make sure Alex was ok.

Alex and Ben searched the downstairs rooms first.
 
No sign of Stacey.
 

“Alex, I don’t wanna be the bad news guy, but if she’s here for you she might be in your room.” Ben said. It wouldn’t take a genius to guess which one was his.
 

“I thought that too. But I’m not taking any chances with the girls in the house.” Alex replied.
 

“Yeah, good point.” They crept up the stairs and gently opened Dev’s door…clear. His parents’ door…clear. Alex knew she’d be in his room.
 
He didn’t want to leave any room unchecked incase she’d already thought of that and then tried to ambush them once inside.
 
The longer it took to check, the more chance they had of the police showing up with her still there.

Alex went to his door and slowly turned the handle. He let the door swing open, and he felt nauseated at what he saw.

Stacey was in his bed, waiting for him. She had the sheet over her, but it was evident that she was naked. Her disgusting clothes were all over his floor.
 
Alex started to heave.