Chase was surprised to hear a knock at the door, and even more surprised when he opened the door to see Leigh standing there. Something was up though, she looked pissed. "Hey, is everything ok?" Chase asked.

"Yep, everything is fine. Am I still invited to watch the game with you tonight?" Leigh asks.

"Of course, you are invited over anytime gorgeous."

"Great," she says as she plops down on the sofa.

She looked over the buffet of food that Chase had spread out on the coffee table. "Help yourself," Chase says. "Would you like a beer, or would you prefer a soda?" he asks.

"A beer would be great," she says with a sigh.

After sitting in silence for a few minutes, Chase couldn't stand it any longer. "Are you going to tell me what's wrong?" Chase asks.

"Fine! I'm sure I am overreacting, but Christopher was supposed to call me today after his shoot. He still hasn't called me. I'm not one of those clingy girls that expect the guy to clear every move he makes with me, but if you say you're gonna call then you call. It's just rude to blow someone off like that," she says still pissed.

Leigh sat back in a huff like she was finished, but then starts again.

"I am also not going to be one of those girls that sit by the phone waiting on a guy to call either. Did that today, won't be doing it anymore. This long-distance stuff sucks, and it's only been one day."

"What time was Christopher's photoshoot?" Chase asks.

"I don't know all that he said yesterday when I talked to him was it was an early morning shoot, and he needs to get to bed."

"So I can only assume he would have been done by the time you and I got back today from riding around. Whatever....I'm not going to let this ruin the rest of my night."

"His shoot could have run late, I don't know. He could have at least sent me a text to let me know. Maybe he's pissed at me about last night. He seemed fine about it when we hung up, maybe he wasn't," she says.

"What are you talking about? What happened last night that Christopher would be pissed at you about?" he asks.

Damn Leigh thought, she said to much while she was ranting now she was going to have to explain it to Chase. "While you were napping yesterday, I went to the grocery store to pick up the stuff to make dinner. Christopher called me while I was there. I told him I was at the store buying the stuff to make you dinner, and he didn't like it."

"I explained to him that I felt bad for you that you didn't have anything to eat here thanks to him. I just wanted to welcome you home. He seemed to be ok with it after we talked about it. Now I'm wondering if he may be pissed at me about it after all."

"I'm sure that is not the case Leigh," Chase says now pissed off at his brother himself. "His shoot just probably ran late, then he got something to eat and will be home soon. That kind of stuff happens all the time in this business."

"I know, like I said I know I am probably overreacting."

"No, you are exactly right you do not need to sit around and wait for my brother to call you. Lesson learned tonight right?" Chase asks.

"Right," Leigh repeats.

Chase decided he would be calling his brother later. He was going to find out what his problem was that he had dinner with Leigh last night. He was also going to tell him that since this whole long-distance thing was his idea. Christopher better make more of an effort to make it work, or he was going to lose her.

Opening her second beer Leigh finally relaxes. She says no thanks, when Chase tries to get her to try the nachos that he had made.

Chase had loaded the nacho chips down with everything chili, cheese, olives, and plenty of sour cream. "Come on don't be scared, just try a bite please," Chase pleaded.

Leigh gave in and tried a bite, knowing he wouldn't give up until she did. She acted like it was awful, just to mess with him. Chase looked so disappointed. Once she had swallowed, and could finally speak without her mouth full she said, "That was awesome can I have another bite?"

"See I told you," Chase says smiling at her.

"Yeah you were right, but now we are definitely going to the gym tomorrow."

"Sounds good to me. After the lasagna last night and now all of this we will need to work off some calories for sure," he says.

"Don't forget about the ice cream sundaes," Leigh says laughing.

"Oh trust me I will never forget about those sundaes," Chase says smiling.

Just then his team scored, and Chase jumped up all excited. When Chase jumped up he accidentally bumped into Leigh's hand that was holding her beer.

In an effort to keep the beer from going all over the sofa, Leigh spilled it all over her. She ran to the bathroom to try to clean up, but her shirt was soaked.

"I am so sorry Leigh," Chase said trying not to look at her wet t-shirt clinging to all of her curves.

"It's fine it's just beer. It will wash out, but I better head home and get cleaned up," she says laughing.

"You don't have to leave. You can borrow one of my t-shirts."

"Thanks, but I better get home and rinse this one out and take a quick shower."

"Ok, I understand sorry I made such a mess and cut the night short," Chase says.

"It's no big deal, we will do it again sometime," Leigh says as she rushes out the door.

Chase settled back down on the sofa and tried to forget about Leigh in that wet t-shirt. His phone buzzes with an alert that he has a text message. Looking at it he sees it's from Leigh, and he can't help but smile. Maybe she changed her mind and wants to come back over, he thought to himself.

Chase opens the message and it says, "About to jump in the shower, but just realized I didn't thank you for having me over and listening to me tonight. I really do appreciate it, see you tomorrow."

He replied back, "Sure anytime, see you tomorrow gorgeous."

Now he had to try to forget about Leigh in the shower across the hall. Great, this is going to be another long sleepless night, Chase says.

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