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Chapter Three
Leah was thrilled at Chase coming to collect her from work. She saw the look on the other girls’ faces, and it had been a dream come true to see. They understood why she turned them down every chance she got. Mitch and Chase were worth the teasing she got at work. At least they wouldn’t think she was some repressed virgin who was afraid of alcohol. She held his hand as they walked into the video store. Willy was serving at the counter and gave her a wave, which she reciprocated.
“How many should we take out?” she asked.
Chase counted on his fingers. “Six.”
“You think we can watch six?”
“Yeah, two tonight, then tomorrow, and Sunday,” he said, pulling her over to the horror section.
“No hot dates planned with unsuspecting females?”
“That hurts, Leah. You know the weekend is our weekend, like the good old days.”
When they were younger they’d alternate weekends at each other’s houses until their folks decided they were too old to be sleeping around at each other’s houses. In Leah’s mind it meant she had breasts, the guys had penises, and they were not going to allow anything to happen.
The movie nights were allowed ‘til nine and then her father, or Mitch’s, or Chase’s, would take them home.
Lame, but the parents had their rules. She imagined if she ever had a daughter, she’d be the same. She looked through the horror section hating every one he picked up.
“If we’re watching six then we can only have one horror, and we can only watch it tonight,” she said.
“You’re such a wimp.”
She shrugged her shoulders letting him pick a haunted house story as she moved over to the chick flick section. Leah glanced over the movies wondering which one to pick when a guy cleared his throat. She glanced up seeing a guy looking at her. He had blond hair that reminded her of Mitch’s, but this guy had the boy-next-door look about him. Mitch always looked like he’d rolled out of bed messy. She thought it always looked hot.
“Hey, what is a pretty girl like you doing in a video shop?”
Fucking lame.
She rolled her eyes going back to looking at a movie. “I think the answer to that is obvious, seeing as I’m in a video store.” Leah ignored him, picking up a box and reading the back. She scrunched up her face and put it back.
“You know what I meant. A hot girl like you shouldn’t be watching videos.”
Putting a hand on her hip, she glared at the man. From the way he was looking her up and down, she knew exactly what he thought she should be doing.
“Excuse me,” she said, brushing past him.
Glancing over at the horror section she saw Chase was no longer there. She moved through several selections of films, reading them and putting them back.
“How would you like to go out sometime?” Her video stalker was back with the smooth words.
“I wouldn’t.”
She found two she couldn’t decide between. The guy reached out toward her. She knew he was going to stroke her cheek in some creepy kind of way. His touch never came. She felt Chase behind her. His scent invaded her nostrils, and his presence couldn’t be mistaken for anyone but Chase.
“She’s taken, mate. Back off.” Chase wrapped his arm around her waist then looked over her shoulder. “What did you pick, baby?”
Ignoring the man in front of her, she showed him the two cases. “I don’t know which one to pick. Do you think you’d be able to stomach two?”
“Sure, here is what I’ve got.”
“Sorry, man. I didn’t mean anything by it.” The man held his hands up and disappeared toward another aisle.
“I leave you alone for two minutes, and you’ve got men panting after you.”
“Not on purpose.” They made their way over to the counter.
