wake. Levi fanned the air in front of his face to get rid of the smell.
He flopped back on the bed with his arms out wide, staring at the ceiling. Maggie. Maggie was what made the difference. Levi wanted her to like him and he knew the guy she first met wasn’t good enough. If he wanted Maggie to like him he needed to be a better guy and that started with making sure Sonja wasn’t allowed to make fun of Gary.
Levi turned on his side and stuffed his pillow under his head. The last time he'd been at Maggie’s, they’d almost kissed. He closed his eyes remembering her lips so close to his. The look of fear in her eyes and the tears that pooled in them. Why though? What could have possibly happened? The next time he was that close to her, he wanted her to want him as much as he wanted her.
I haven’t wanted anyone in so long. The idea of wanting someone caught him off guard. When he’d followed her into the house, he wasn’t even thinking about kissing her. Then she turned around, looked up at him and all he could think of was kissing her. Her lips on his and the desire he felt for her that night hit him like a punch to the gut.
He liked her. I more than like her. How much more he wasn't sure, but he knew it was more than just a simple do-you-like-me-check-here type like. Levi sat up and threw his legs over the edge of the bed. Thinking about Maggie was making him crazy.
Rachel had killed part of him. Numbed him to a point he never thought he could ever recover, but thinking about Maggie made him…happy. An emotion he thought was buried with Amelia and the memory of his relationship with Rachel.
Maybe it was time for Levi to grow up and move on. Amelia would not have wanted him to be like this. If she were still alive she’d have killed him for even looking at Sonja, much less letting people think he was dating her. She’d have punched the crap out of me. Rachel was the same story, just a different name.
Levi met Rachel while he was filming Lost in Love . It was his first big supporting role. She’d been at the cafe he frequented. They’d struck up a conversation a couple of times and it seemed to grow from there. Amelia met her before she died, and what no one knew was that Amelia had hated her.
Instead of dumping Rachel, he’d kept seeing her without Amelia knowing it. When his sister passed away, he’d asked Rachel to marry him. His TV show had been picked up for the third season, and he just felt so lost without his little sister. With their parents becoming more distant as Amelia got sicker, after Amelia died, Levi had jumped into marriage just to keep from feeling so alone.
Rachel planned the wedding, and the next thing he knew he was wearing a wedding band. Gary hated Rachel too. If Levi had been thinking at all, he would have listened to Gary, but Levi couldn’t or didn’t want to hear anything at the time.
Levi swallowed hard with the memory of walking in on Rachel. He’d just come back from filming and she was in their bed with another guy. It broke him. Amelia was gone and he hadn’t listened to her. It made him feel like crap.
Afterwards, he just shut down. Gary was the only one who knew the real Levi and put up with his jerk behavior. Letting Sonja roll over Gary like a steam truck made him sick to his stomach. Another thing Amelia would not have put up with from Levi.
He strolled to the bathroom and looked at himself hard in the mirror. “Where have you been? It’s time you and I have a talk. This…thing you’ve been doing the last three years is done. You have a life to live and you aren’t going to just watch your life roll by without any input. Amelia wouldn’t want you doing this and Gary deserves to have his best friend back.”
Levi turned the water on and splashed his face. “Plus, there is a girl who makes you laugh, and she isn’t Rachel so stop being a giant jack wagon and get your act together before you screw things up so bad you’ll never have a snowball’s
He flopped back on the bed with his arms out wide, staring at the ceiling. Maggie. Maggie was what made the difference. Levi wanted her to like him and he knew the guy she first met wasn’t good enough. If he wanted Maggie to like him he needed to be a better guy and that started with making sure Sonja wasn’t allowed to make fun of Gary.
Levi turned on his side and stuffed his pillow under his head. The last time he'd been at Maggie’s, they’d almost kissed. He closed his eyes remembering her lips so close to his. The look of fear in her eyes and the tears that pooled in them. Why though? What could have possibly happened? The next time he was that close to her, he wanted her to want him as much as he wanted her.
I haven’t wanted anyone in so long. The idea of wanting someone caught him off guard. When he’d followed her into the house, he wasn’t even thinking about kissing her. Then she turned around, looked up at him and all he could think of was kissing her. Her lips on his and the desire he felt for her that night hit him like a punch to the gut.
He liked her. I more than like her. How much more he wasn't sure, but he knew it was more than just a simple do-you-like-me-check-here type like. Levi sat up and threw his legs over the edge of the bed. Thinking about Maggie was making him crazy.
Rachel had killed part of him. Numbed him to a point he never thought he could ever recover, but thinking about Maggie made him…happy. An emotion he thought was buried with Amelia and the memory of his relationship with Rachel.
Maybe it was time for Levi to grow up and move on. Amelia would not have wanted him to be like this. If she were still alive she’d have killed him for even looking at Sonja, much less letting people think he was dating her. She’d have punched the crap out of me. Rachel was the same story, just a different name.
Levi met Rachel while he was filming Lost in Love . It was his first big supporting role. She’d been at the cafe he frequented. They’d struck up a conversation a couple of times and it seemed to grow from there. Amelia met her before she died, and what no one knew was that Amelia had hated her.
Instead of dumping Rachel, he’d kept seeing her without Amelia knowing it. When his sister passed away, he’d asked Rachel to marry him. His TV show had been picked up for the third season, and he just felt so lost without his little sister. With their parents becoming more distant as Amelia got sicker, after Amelia died, Levi had jumped into marriage just to keep from feeling so alone.
Rachel planned the wedding, and the next thing he knew he was wearing a wedding band. Gary hated Rachel too. If Levi had been thinking at all, he would have listened to Gary, but Levi couldn’t or didn’t want to hear anything at the time.
Levi swallowed hard with the memory of walking in on Rachel. He’d just come back from filming and she was in their bed with another guy. It broke him. Amelia was gone and he hadn’t listened to her. It made him feel like crap.
Afterwards, he just shut down. Gary was the only one who knew the real Levi and put up with his jerk behavior. Letting Sonja roll over Gary like a steam truck made him sick to his stomach. Another thing Amelia would not have put up with from Levi.
He strolled to the bathroom and looked at himself hard in the mirror. “Where have you been? It’s time you and I have a talk. This…thing you’ve been doing the last three years is done. You have a life to live and you aren’t going to just watch your life roll by without any input. Amelia wouldn’t want you doing this and Gary deserves to have his best friend back.”
Levi turned the water on and splashed his face. “Plus, there is a girl who makes you laugh, and she isn’t Rachel so stop being a giant jack wagon and get your act together before you screw things up so bad you’ll never have a snowball’s
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