Welcome to New Haven (91 page)

“Not up for discussion, Dev.” He said as he left the dining room.
 

“You’re no fun!” She called after him.

Oh, quite the opposite.

They went to pick up Ben, and he looked happy.

A little tired, but happy.

The scowl that he’d worn the past few years had been erased completely and he looked like himself again.
 

He got into the back of the car, with no complaints, to sit with Dev.

“Good morning, beautiful.” He said as he greeted her with a kiss.

“Hey, baby.” She said sweetly.

Alex snickered to himself.
 

“What?” asked Ben.
 

“Nothing, man. Just happy you’re
in
each others’ throats instead of
at
them.” He said which made Dev, and Ben nod in agreement.
 

Alex pulled up to Holly’s house and got out, leaving Dev and Ben to ‘snuggle’ in the back. He walked up to the door, and Holly opened it before he could knock.
 

She threw her arms around him and kissed him fiercely, like she hadn’t seen him in weeks.
 

“Mmmmm.” She moaned as they slowly pulled away.
 

“Good morning to you too.” He whispered. “I missed you.”
 

“I missed you too. In case you didn’t notice.” She said.

“A little” Alex laughed.

Holly picked up her bag, said goodbye to her parents, and left.

“Hey guys” Holly said as she got into the car. “Have a good night?”

Dev and Ben both blushed.
 

“Mhmm.” Dev said, as she nodded. Ben hid his face in Dev’s hair, smiling.
 

“Uh huh.” Said Holly and narrowed her eyes.

Once they’d gotten to school, they walked to Dev and Holly’s homeroom. Alex held Holly for a slow, deep kiss.

“I’ll see you soon, back here.” He said into her ear. “I love you, babe”

“I love you too” she replied and kissed him again. Ben and Dev were also saying their goodbyes.

The girls watched their guys leave, then went in to take their seats.

Holly noticed Dev wince as she sat down.
 

“Oh. My. God!” Holly whisper shouted.

“What?” She asked, innocently and failing to hold back a face splitting grin.
 

“You know what.” Said Holly, shaking her head and smirking at Dev.
 

“Oh Holly, I’m
so
happy.” Squeaked Dev, excitedly. She told Holly about the talk she and Ben had had, the same one she told Alex, and how they’d gone to her room as soon as they’d gotten him. They’d kissed and somehow, found themselves naked…
 

“It hurt a bit, at first. But it was great, Holly.
Really
great.” Dev said with her fists balled up by her mouth with happiness.
 

“He left this morning. We heard Alex get in the shower, and he sneaked out before my parents got up. He stayed with me
all
night. Oh, Holly. It was the best birthday I could have ever wished for.” Dev wrapped her arms around Holly and squeezed her tight.
 
“Thanks, Hol.
 
You said not to give up, and you were right.” Dev said, emotionally.
 

“I didn’t do anything, hun. He would’ve come round regardless of what I said.” Holly replied.
 

“But still…You’re a great friend Holly. The best.”

Holly was glad that Dev had finally gotten her guy. She deserved to be happy, and so did Ben.
 
They were so well suited to each other.

The girls met up with Alex and Ben, outside homeroom. They were walking along the hallway, and they heard some of the students whispering.
 

“Devon and Ben?”
 

“Is Alex
still
with Holly?”
 

“He tells her he loves her.”
 

“Ben’s off the market too?”
 

The girls rolled their eyes, and the guys shook their heads in annoyance as they all walked to their business class.

English was next, but Holly and Alex were next door to the others for A.Eng.
   

After the previous night, Alex was finding it hard to concentrate on anything. He was fidgeting in his seat.

All through business class he was uncomfortable too. They’d been rushed to their next class, by the teachers walking through the halls, so he didn’t get a chance to talk to Holly properly because their next case was so close.
 

“Mr. Valencia, are you alright?” Said the teacher from the front. Holly spun round to look at him, her face full of concern.
 

“Uh…yeah. I’m fine.” He answered.

He looked to Holly, and he was biting the inside of his cheek, which made his lips pout. He saw Holly’s jaw slacken and her lips part.
 

“You look a little agitated.” Said the teacher.
 

“I’m ok.” He replied and as the teacher looked away, Alex gave a sexy smile and a jerk of his eyebrow, so Holly knew why he was ‘agitated’.

Her eyes opened wide, and she put a hand over her mouth to hide a huge grin. She kept glancing back at Alex throughout the class, and he could tell she was uncomfortable too.

Her knee had begun to bounce.
 

No sooner had they finished class, Alex took Holly’s hand, walking at a fast pace. Not waiting for the others to catch up. Holly almost had to run to keep up.

“Where are we going?” She asked. She had a strong feeling what they were going for, but she didn’t know where. Her stomach as full of butterflies with anticipation.
 

As they got near their biology class, Alex turned towards the stairwell and opened a door to an empty store closet.

Possibly one of his hiding places from Stacey
.
 

Alex turned and closed the door behind Holly. He immediately cupped Holly’s face and pulled her lips to his, kissing her hungrily.

Holly whimpered as one of Alex’s hands held around her waist. The other up her back to hold her head, keeping her close, and angling her to deepen the kiss.
 

Their mouths opened to lick and taste each other. Tongues swirling together.
 

Holly’s hands tangled in Alex’s hair as their bodies pressed tightly to each other.
 

“Sorry babe.” He said, breathlessly as he broke their kiss. “I was going crazy in there. I needed to get to you.”

“I’m glad.” Holly replied, just as breathless. “I wanted to drag you away myself.
 
Besides, kissing me like that in the hallway might have gotten us in trouble.”
 

“Definitely.” He chuckled.

“Is this…?” She asked him, softly, not finishing the sentence.

“Yeah”

It was a hiding place. He’d told the police officers that he’d had to hide from Stacey whenever and wherever he could.

“Now I’m hiding for a better reason.” He said in his low tone and took her mouth again.
 

“I could stay here all day.” She whispered. She would like nothing better than to be locked in a room with Alex.
 

Just the two of them, all day long.

Things would get pretty hot, but it was better than the short moments they could steal during school.
 

“That would be awesome.” He said, pressing her breasts into himself. “Oh my…shit.” He said, almost growling. “We better get to class before I can’t stand up anymore”
 

Alex kissed her once more before unlocking the door and both of them leaving the store closet.

The hallway was almost empty, apart from the few students lingering after walking from the other side of the building.
 

Ben and Dev were in their usual seats as they walked in the class.
 

“Where were
you
?” asked Dev with an accusing, but humorous tone.
 

“Um…slight detour.” Holly replied with a satisfied smile. Dev opened her mouth in shock.
 

“What did you
do?
” she asked, her eyebrows raising.
 

“Just kissing, why?”
 

“You both look a little hot under the collar.”

“Ok, class.” Said Mr. Benson from the front. “Now that you’re all here, finally, let’s begin”
 

Holly and Dev turned back to sneak a peak at their guys. Alex and Ben winked at them, and they turned back to the front with huge grins on their faces.
 

The lesson dragged on, and they couldn’t wait for lunch.
 

“So. I didn’t get a chance to ask you. What happened last night, when you went home?” Asked Dev.

In homeroom, they’d been talking about Dev’s first time with Ben and how he’d waited for her. He hadn’t wanted anybody else. Riss had said almost the same thing about Ryan, and Kayla about Kyle. It was truly amazing that they’d all waited for the person they were in love with. Even with raging teenage hormones.

“We had a cuppa with my parents when they got back.” Holly said with a shrug.
 

“You know I meant
before
that. I know they stayed around longer.” Dev said with an ‘I’m waiting’ expression.

Holly whispered as she told Dev about the counter activities. Omitting the part where Alex had almost ‘touched’ her.
 

“Interrupted again?” Dev kept her voice barely audible so that the teacher, or students wouldn’t hear. “Maybe it’s for the best though. I mean, you don’t want your parents walking in on you getting naked in the kitchen.” She stifled a laugh as Holly froze in shock.
 

“Dev!” She whisper shouted.
 

Lunch went by too fast as they were discussing the party and the gifts they’d received.
 
Holly admitted she had told her Mum the size and had said what colour, style etc, the T-shirt should be, to complement Alex’s skin tone and physique. Dev mentioned that it looked good on him and Holly turned her head to whisper.
 

“You can show me later.” Alex held his breath, before slowly blowing it back out. He squeezed her leg in acknowledgement, letting her know how she was affecting him.

After lunch, Dev and the girls went to their class and the guys were using the gym for their free period. Holly hadn’t used her own gym since Thursday, and she needed to get on the cross trainer.
 

“Do you mind if I use the gym too?” She asked.
 

“Of course not, babe. Why would I mind?” He would be happy if Holly were there.
 

“Just maybe…imposing on guy time."
 

“Not at all. I’m glad I’ll still see you.” He held her close, arm around her, as they walked to the changing areas.

In the gym, the guys were in the weights section that was separated by a narrow wall and a weight rack. Holly used the machine closer to Alex, this time.
 
She could see him training, and he could see her.

Holly had to concentrate extra hard not to lose focus and fall off. Watching Alex lift weights, his forearms, and biceps pumped, was making her hot all over and it had nothing to do with the cross trainer.

He lay on the mats to do a workout on his abs, and Holly had to restrain herself from jumping on top of him. Watching him roll up and down, his abs prominent through his T-shirt tensing and releasing. He made eye contact and smiled, knowingly at her whilst she drooled over him.
 

Holly needed to do some work too. So, after she cooled down and stretched her legs, as Alex watched her doing so, she walked over and sat beside him.
 

“Hi gorgeous.” He said, affectionately, reaching up and brushing a loose strand of hair from her face and tucking it behind her ear.
 

“Hi handsome” she replied with a blush.

Alex was still lying down with his knees bent, resting between sets.
 

“I have to work on mine too.” She said, patting her stomach.
 

“You might not get a chance, babe.” He whispered so nobody, but Holly could hear. “Lying there…I might just…Mmmm.” He said, as he scanned up and down here body.
 

“Alex!” she mouthed and he chuckled.

He turned on his side, propped up on his elbow.
 

“I was watching you on the cross trainer. Your body moving up and down. So sexy.”
 

Holly bit her lip as a wave of heat flowed through her. He leant over and pecked her lips.
 

“You’re dangerous, Alexandro”
 

“I love how you say my name.” He whispered, smiling mischievously.
 
“But if you keep that up…” He lay back down to start his next set of crunches.
 

“What will happen?”
 
Holly wanted to know the rest of that sentence. The look on his face, in his eyes, told her it wasn’t innocent.
 

“I won’t be held responsibly for my actions.” He said, locking eyes with hers.
 

Holly swallowed hard and became very nervous, or excited, or both. She squeezed her knees together, knowing Alex had noticed her doing so. He wagged his eyebrows.
 

“Ok you two, get a move on.” Said Ben as he snickered.
 

“That was my intention.” Said Alex then laughing at Holly’s shocked expression. He was clearly referring to his text regarding the activities on the counter in her house.
 

Somehow, Holly managed to finish her workout before they all left for the showers.

Holly put her wet hair in a loose, low ponytail and no sooner had she met up with Alex, he’d reached behind and pulled out her hair tie. He loved her hair loose.
 

“They get in the way.” He said and ran his fingers through the wet strands, pulling her in for a deep, lazy kiss.
 

“Fuck me, that’s hot!” They heard a male voice say as he walked by.