Chase drives Leigh's car very carefully, and she is glad she offered to let him drive. At the restaurant, Chase hands the keys to the valet and walks around to open Leigh's door for her. He helps her out of the car and places his hand at the small of her back guiding her inside.

"Welcome back Mr. Camden," the maitre d' says as they walk inside. "We have your table ready sir, right this way." When they arrive at the table Chase pulls out Leigh's chair for her, and she sits down smiling up at him.

"I have never been here before, this place is really nice," Leigh says.

"Order anything you want," Chase says. Chase and Leigh decide on two different entrees and plan to share them with each other.

"So are you nervous about your first day tomorrow?"

"Actually, I kind of am. I know I should treat it as just another job, but I have never done a project this big. I don't want to screw up," Chase says fidgeting with his knife.

"You will do great," Leigh says smiling at him and squeezing his hand gently.

"Thanks," he says. "I really appreciate you supporting me," Chase says.

"So do you have a particular time that you go to lunch each day?" Chase asks.

"Yeah I usually go around 1:00, unless we are working on something that I can't get away from at the time," she says.

"Make sure you look for me in the cafeteria," Leigh says.

"Do you always eat the craft service food, or do you bring your lunch some times?" Chase asks.

"It depends. Sometimes if I have some great leftovers I will bring my lunch."

"Well, you will be sharing those leftovers with me if I have anything to say about it," Chase says smiling. The entrees arrive, and they immediately start to share portions of their meals with each other. Chase has never done this before with anyone.

He just feels so comfortable with Leigh, like he can just be himself with her. She seems to accept him just the way he is. "Leigh, can I ask you a question?" Chase asks.

"Of course," she says.

"You don't have to answer it I will totally understand," he says.

"What's the question?" Leigh asks looking confused.

"Well, when we first met you said something about leaving California to get away from some people. Is there someone in particular that you were trying to get away from?" Chase asks hesitantly.

"Well kind of but not because I was scared of him," Leigh says. Chase starts to get concerned when his suspicions about her running away from a guy are confirmed.

"My brother Wyatt and I have always been really close even though he is two years older than me, she says. He would always include me when he as his friends would go and do stuff like hiking, trips to the beach, and going to parties."

"Did you and your brother get into a fight or something?" Chase asks.

"Yeah, but nothing major," she says. "Since I hung out with him and his friends eventually some of them started showing interest in dating me, but Wyatt would not allow it."

Chase did not like where this conversation was going, but he let her continue.

"I really liked his friend Jackson. I had had a crush on him for as long as I can remember. He was always so nice to me. One day he told me that he really liked me too, and wanted to date me but he knew Wyatt would not allow it. So we started seeing each other secretly behind my brothers back."

"One weekend when my parents were away for the weekend my brother decided to throw a party at our house. Jackson was going to spend the night at our house since he was one of my brother's best friends. I really thought he was the one for me, and I wanted him to be my first."

"We decided that once Wyatt had had plenty to drink he wouldn't notice us slip upstairs to my room. Unfortunately, he did come to check on me and when he opened my door to look for me he caught us making out. He freaked out and jumped on Jackson."

"We told him that we had been seeing each other and that this wasn't a random hook up. I thought that would help the situation, but it only made it worse. He got so mad that we had been lying to him, and told Jackson to leave and never come back to our house again."

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