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"Babe" a gentle whisper wakes me up.

I open my eyes and meet James's eyes. He had a bright smile across his face. He was just hovering above me, staring down at me.

I had this urge to smile and kiss him but then yesterday's event came to mind.

I let my eyes fall down to his body. Noticing he is dressed, I return my eyes back to his.

"Get off me" I tell him calmly.

His grin fails to continue. He slowly gets off me and stands up. He kept a close eye on me as I got up.

"Vena I-"

"No, I'm not having this conversation right now" I brush him off and drag my feet to the bathroom to get ready and gather my things.

It was time to go back to New York and honestly I was happy about it. Yeah. I love Maine but I need to go home. A place where I can escape.

I quick open the door and grab my stuff in my arms and drop it in my suitcase.

I sigh and gather my stuff, just as James was doing as well.

He wasn't talking so I take it that he finally got smart and decided to leave me alone.

The sound of shuffling and dropping things in suitcases is what filled the room, besides the silence.

I zip up my suitcase and stand it up and walk away from it and out the room to go do a double check around the house.

I bump into a solid figure. I look up and follow my eyes to Grant's.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Vena" he apologizes.

I smile, "It's fine. Is everything okay now?" I lower my voice, "You know about Clair" I whisper to him.

He smiles with that grin that could make any person smile. He was in love and it was so clear.

"Yes. Thank you so much. I could have never done it myself" he pulls me into a quick hug and then pulls away.

"Well just let me know if you want help again. As of right now, I need you to tell everyone the truth about Clair." I lower my voice.

He sighs, "Did you guys get into a fight?" He guesses.

I nod, "Yeah, if you just want to tell James that's alright too. I just want to straighten things out with him" I explain.

He nods, thinking. "I'll figure it out" he assures me.

"Thanks" I mumble and pass him to continue looking through the room for any of my stuff or James's.

I jog up the stairs to Grayson and Leah's room. This is gotta' be good.

I open the door, not knocking and catch them again.

This time Leah was on top of Grayson, making out with him.

I clear my throat and they pull away from each other and look back at me.

I smirk at the pair and place my hand in my hip.

"So have you guys even started packing or have you been too busy" I glance around the room to see that it was still messy.

They gave me a confused look.

"We're going back to New York today. Didn't you know that?" I ask.

They shake their heads.

I groan and shut the door.

I hurry into my room and put my last few items in the pocket of my suitcase.

I look back up and see James no where's in sight.

I whip my head around at the bathroom door being opened.

He holds up his hands, as if I was going to attack him. I might just.

He slouches his arms when I turn back to make the bed.

"Come help me" I mumble to him.

He sighs and does as I command.

I grab the two corners of the blanket and does the same, lifting it up in unison, it fly up and then back down of the bed, softly.

"I don't like this" he breaks the silence as we fix the pillows.

"Then put them how you want them" I mumble.

He stops and stands straight up. "No. I don't like this" he gestures to me.

I stop and glare at him for a moment. Way to make me feel better about myself.

"I mean you being mad. I don't like it" he tells me.

I shrug. Shouldn't have pissed me off then.

"But damn, it's funny" he chuckles to himself.

That's definitely something you shouldn't say to a angry woman.

Maybe I should mess with him. Maybe I should.

I walk around the bed causally with a smile on my face, as if James didn't just give me some remark.

As I get closer to him, I can see his mouth turn up into a grin.

Once I am less then a foot from his body, I reach up and place my hand gently on the side of his face. I look into his eyes for a moment and saw so much hope in his eyes.

If only he knew.

I pull my hand back, like I was about to move away. Instead of actually pulling away, I slap him. It wasn't a hard slap, kind of gentle actually. But enough to make him flinch.

"Okay, maybe I deserved that" he smiles at me.

I glare at him and turn around, mumbling "dick".

Of course he heard so he chuckled. And I had the up most urge to attack him.

It was weird because we are hardly in a relationship and I'm already pissed off at him.

"WE'RE LEAVING IN TEN MINUTES" Grant shouts from downstairs.

I grab my suitcase, not looking back at James. I haul the bag downstairs and set it with the rest that were sitting there.

Ryder suddenly walks through the door, grabbing more bags, not even giving me a glance. Sometimes, he can be quite the asshole.

"Stop Grayson!" I hear Leah giggle from the stairs.

I look in their direction and see Grayson tickling Leah's sides. I smile at them and chuckle. At least they got something good out of this trip.

"Why don't you just go talk to her" someone whispers in my ear.

I turn around and see Ryder standing next to me. Its weird that he knew something was going on.

I shake my head. "There's no point" I mumble.

He shrugs and continue taking out bags.

I look back at Grayson and Leah, but they were both gone.

I sit down on the couch, frustrated with James.

Then I felt the lips that I recognize so well on my neck. I turn my neck to the side so he has better access.

He slowly moves his mouth up to the soft spot below my ear.

I pull my lip between my teeth, while his lips move against my skin.

I snap my eyes open that were apparently closed stand up faster than I have ever in my life.

"No!" I shout at him.

He smiles and shrugs and turns and walks right out the door, not a single other word said.

"Alright! We're leaving. Plane leaves in an hour. Let's go" Grant rushes us out the door.

I grab my coat off the railing and turn and look at the house. So many things have happened in this house. Good and bad.

I slip on my coat and step outside into the cold autumn air.

~

Once again I was stuck between Grayson and James on the plane ride back. Of course Grayson didn't mind because so far his back has been turned to me, talking with Leah.

Then of course there was James who was watched and movie if some sort. I'm glad that he's not yapping in my ear.

He suddenly take out his headphones and shuts his laptop.

Oh great.

I just look straight ahead, looking at the back of the seat in front of me, knowing that he is looking at me.

"Vena" he whispers to me.

I turn my head and look at him, "Yes?" I return with no emotion.

"I don't want to fight anymore. Please" he begs.

I shrug and look away from him but he had other ideas.

He grabbed my chin gently and turned it back to him.

"I want to start over right now. Whatever happened in Maine stays there. We're going home and I don't want to get off on a bad start. So please, listen to me" he talks in a low voice.

I shrug, "You let it go. I let it go. Easy as that" I cross my arms across my chest.

He nods, "Yes, deal. Its done with" he holds out of his hand for me to shake it.

I grasp his hand and shake it firmly.

"Deal" I reply.

He smiles and turns our hands so that they interlock together.

He smiles and leans forward, kissing my forehead.

~

"Don't you think it's funny how Grayson took Leah to his apartment?" I chuckle as we walk down the long hallway to our apartment.

He shrugs, "You had to see it coming" I swings the key around his finger.

"I'm so happy to be back" I mumble.

He smiles to himself and stops spinning the keys as we approach the door.

He unlocks it and opens the door open for me to walk through.

I breath in the smell of my living place. There was even a very faint smell of James's cooking still mixed in with the scent vanilla.

I hear him roll our bags in and shut the door.

I stood there staring out the big windows. I felt as he snaked his arms around my waist, resting his chin on my shoulder.

"It's good to be home" I whisper.

He nods against my shoulder and tightens have his arms around me waist.

"Can we relax today?" He lets go of my waist and turns to face me.

I shrug, "I have a better idea" I great his hand and drag him out our apartment door.

He groans and locks the door behind us.

I drag him down the hall down the stairs and out the door to James's car.

As I was about to get into the drivers seat he grabs my waist and pulls me away from the door.

"I don't think so, missy" he gets in and shuts the door.

I groan and drag my feet over to the passenger seat.

He starts up the car as soon as I get in and shut the door.

"Where to?" He mumbles as he back out of the parking spot.

I smile, "Central Park" I tell him.

He smiles and drives.

~

"I haven't been here in so long" James gets out of the car.

I shrug, "I was here a lot over the summer" I walk over to him.

He smiles and grabs my hand, interlocking his fingers with mine.

The whole thing was just just spectacular. I know it's just a park, but the grass is so green and the trees are so tall.

And the lake, or should I say really big pond, is amazing, so clear.

It didn't feel like New York.

We just walked all around. We talked about everything, but mostly high school.

"You were such a asshole" I tell him.

He chuckles, "And I didn't even know you excised for most of it" he admits.

"It's so weird. You just changed. Just like that when you came to college" I glance up at his tall figure.

He smiles, "I wanted to actually do something with my life. I had to leave all that stupid high school shit behind me." he chuckles.

"When did you meet Grant, Leah and Ryder?" I ask.

He stops walking, causing me to come to a halt.

"I think if I remember correctly it was the summer" he thinks to himself, "I was actually at one of Grant's parties and I met him. Later then Ruder came along and saw me talking to his sister and thought I was hitting on her. It was actually quite funny" He miles at the thought.

"That's funny" I comment.

"What about you and Grayson?" He questions, "How did you guys meet?" He asks.

I smile.

It was such a long time ago. But such a great story.

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My chapters are shorter because I post more often.

Anyways, quick question.

What color do you think my eyes are?

Comments? Questions?

-BWS

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