“What?” I questioned, my heart beating faster.
“You be my girlfriend. I want it all with you; I want all of you Leah. No more holding back,” he said, taking my breath away.
“No more holding back,” I promised with a huge smile on my face.
“Good. Now, we have lost time to make up for.” He grinned wickedly and picked me up, putting me over his shoulder and carried me to the bedroom. I giggled, overjoyed as he smacked my ass playfully.
AXEL AND I HAD JUMPED right back into our relationship, like there had never been a pause. Now that we were official and were not holding back our feelings, things were going pretty amazingly. We spent every night together and I’d even moved some of my things into his apartment and he’d moved some of his things into mine. Not that we stayed at my place often anymore. Axel couldn’t wait to start taking me out on dates and started the very next morning after our first night back together, a night that had been both very magical and steamy. He’d been taking me out as much as I allowed ever since, always trying to spoil me. He also introduced me to all of his good friends, they had been very nice and welcoming. Most of them hadn’t believed I existed until I met them.
“When can I meet your family?” Axel asked unexpectedly and kissed my neck softly, making tingles course down to my nether regions.
“Oh,” I hesitated, breathing in deeply as he continued to find my erogenous zones.
“I know we haven’t been official long but I love you Leah and I’m planning on sticking around, I want to be part of every aspect of your life,” he said, removing his mouth from my neck and leaving me speechless. He watched me, his green eyes wide, awaiting my response.
“You love me?” I repeated his words that had stunned me. He chuckled deeply and kissed my neck once more.
“Yes Leah, I love you.” He smiled lovingly down at me. “I’ve been in love with you since that day I first saw you in Munich lost in your drawing,” he confessed, shocking me to my core. I’d had no idea he’d even seen me until that night at the bar. I felt my insides turn to mush.
“I love you too,” I admitted, staring back into his warm green eyes. His whole face lit up and broke into a giant smile and he kissed me deeply.
Breaking the kiss he questioned, “So, does this mean I’ll get to meet your family soon?”
“Yes.” I agreed, earning myself some extra brownie points. Before I brought Axel home, I needed to talk to Jackie about Axel and I, and everything that had happened. I was more nervous about Jackie’s reaction to us, than of my parent’s approval. I knew my parents would love Axel just as much as I did.
“Jackie, can we talk?” I asked, making a surprise visit home to talk to her and also tell my parents that Axel would be joining us for dinner on the weekend.
“Sure, Squirt, what is it?” she asked curiously and sat on her bed, welcoming me in to join her. I sat down in front of her, preparing myself.
“I have a boyfriend,” I admitted, wincing.
“Yeah Lee, I know.” She laughed like I was being silly. “Hunter,” she stated, making me squirm. I had completely forgotten to tell my family that I had broken up with Hunter, only to start dating Axel the same day, a lot had happened in the past two weeks since I’d seen them. I shook my head now.
“Actually, I broke up with Hunter,” I told her nonchalantly.
“What, when?” she inquired, fully interested now.
“The day after Valentine’s day,” I admitted. Her eyes widened in surprise and she laughed loudly.
“Ouff, that’s cold Lee. Even for you.” She laughed teasingly. “So, who is this new guy?” she questioned, even more excited now by the drama. She loved drama but I knew she wasn’t going to love this.
“Axel,” I confessed, holding my breath awaiting her reaction. She remained silent for a full minute, the only sound was that of our breathing. The silence ticked on deafeningly loud.
“Axel, as in Axel Peters?” she asked in disbelief. I nodded my head, lips shut tight. “Axel the infamous womanizer, who already played you for a fool?” she asked. “Who’s also sleeping with my best friend Ashley?” she continued in disgust.
“Ashley lied to me. To us,” I said, stopping her there. “When Axel and I started seeing each other, he wasn’t seeing anyone but me. Ashley is completely obsessed with him and keeps throwing herself at him but it’s completely one-sided,” I explained. Jackie seemed to think this over.
“Even if all that’s true, he’s like six years older than you. You’re just a kid; can’t he get someone his own age?” she asked really hurting me. “You don’t find it weird, that he wants to be with you?”
“Jackie, Axel loves me, he doesn’t think I’m just a kid and I love him,” I told her, angry now. She inhaled sharply, clearly shocked. I got up off her bed and went to leave, stopping just at the door.
“You’re my big sister and I want you to like him and be happy for me but if you’re not, that won’t change things between Axel and me. Only between you and me,” I told her, leaving her with that. That hadn’t gone the way I’d hoped it would. At least I only had Mom and Dad left to tell, they were the easy part.
“Mom, Dad!” I called out into the house and they both met me in the living room. “Can we talk?” I asked, motioning for them to sit down, they sat down looking unsure of themselves.
“I need to tell you guys
