Some Kind Of Wonderful

Chapter four: Jealousy

Previously on S.K.O.W

"I um..." Leila swallowed hard as she lost herself within the depths of his eyes. Chase watched her closely, her soft pink lips parted invitingly. "Kiss me..." she breathed.

Chase licked his lips and watched as her eyes closed. Their lips were inches apart and Chase closed his eyes just as his lips met hers...

Knock...Knock...Knock.

Chase jumped back and looked down at Leila to see her eyes still closed and her breathing heavy and even. The knocking sounded on the front door once again and Chase blinked and moved away from the bed heading to the front door and opened it.

"Nicole?" he said with a frown as he eyed up the blonde haired, green eyed girl standing on his front step.

"Hey, Chase. I'm sorry to just stop by, I know it's late and everything but..." she bit her lip nervously and sighed. "Can I come in?" she asked timidly.

Chase regarded the girl with a puzzled expression before he stepped aside and let her in. Nicole slipped in and moved directly into the living room. Chase looked at Nicole expectantly, crossing his arms across his broad chest while she looked at pictures set around the room, mostly of him and Leila.

"Why are you here, Nicole?" he asked his voice bored. Nicole turned back to face him and began fumbling with her thumbs.

"I, uh, had a fight with my boyfriend, I broke up with him." she said taking a step closer to Chase who sighed inwardly.

"Right and you’re here because...?"

"Chase, we've known each other for a while now, right?" Chase nodded and shrugged. "Well, I don’t know about you, but I was kind of wondering if-" Nicole stopped and picked up a black Gucci purse and looked at Chase. "Leila's...?" she questioned and Chase nodded.
"Yeah, she's asleep in my room." he told her casually and her mouth formed into an 'o'.

"Oh, so you guys..." she trailed off narrowing her green eyes at him.

"No, she's wasted. She passed out a few minutes ago." he told her running his fingers through his hair agitatedly.

"Oh okay, why isn’t she at her place?" Nicole asked curiously.

"Because, she's staying here for a few days, her house is infested with mice so she's staying with me until it's cleared."

Nicole scoffed. "Figures, mice are attracted to trash. It was only a matter of time before they'd follow her home." she said snidely.

Chase arched a brow and clenched his jaw. "What the hell is your problem Nicole? If I remember correctly you two used to be best friends." Chase told her flatly.

"Yeah, keyword being, 'used to'. Things change, Chase. "She said moving towards him and placing her hands on his chest."People change." She said quietly gazing into his tired brown eyes.

"Yeah you did Nicole, you suddenly turned against Leila for a reason I'm not exactly sure about. Why the sudden hate towards her?"

"She's a spoilt little bitch, and thinks the world revolves around her. I got tired of being her little follower. She can’t always have everything she wants Chase." Nicole said leaning into him.

"That’s not true, Leila's never mistreated anybody. She maybe rich and well known but she has never let that get to her head." Chase defended her and Nicole rolled her eyes.

"Oh come off it Chase, she always gets everything she wants. A little pout and a few tears and you all go running to her. She has you all wrapped around her little finger." She said with a sneer

"After all it's because of her that we can't be together." she said running a perfectly manicured finger down his torso. Chase looked into her eyes and reached up and grabbed her hand.

"Leila has no say over my relationships, the only reason I never got with you is because you were friends with Leila, and I didn’t wanna come between the two of you." he told her patently.

"Well, you don’t have to worry about that now, do you?" she asked pressing her body into his hard chest. "Come on, Chase I've been dying to be with you for years. There's nothing standing in our way anymore." She said softly raising herself on her toes and brushing her lips lightly over his.

Chase didn’t move at first, he stayed frozen while she nipped at his bottom lip tenderly and teased it with her tongue. His eyes slid shut and for a moment he remembered the feel of Leila's lips against his, the way her big blue eyes were gazing into his full of desire, her soft whispers that set his pulse racing.

Something within him snapped, and with a throaty groan he parted his lips and swallowed her tongue teasing it with his as his arms wrapped around her waist pulling her closer.

In his mind it was not Nicole's lips he tasted, it was Leila's. The trembling body in his arms was not Nicole's, it was Leila. Her arms wrapped around his neck tight as their passionate kiss grew even more heated.

"Chase..." her soft voice echoed in his mind. He moaned into her mouth and lifted her into his arms while moving her to the couch where he placed her down gently. "I want you." she breathed onto his lips.

Chase opened his eyes and looked down at the beautiful girl beneath him, her blue eyes peering up at him, a soft smile on her now swollen lips, her cheeks flushed from the heat behind their kiss. "My god, you're beautiful." He said pulling strands of her dark hair out of her eyes.

She smiled up at him and pulled his lips down to hers for another heated kiss. Chase moaned in delight and his stomach fluttered wildly while he lifted her arms and pulled off her shirt and discarded her bra. His breath caught in his throat at the sight of her bare chest, she had full breasts, her nipples already hard and erect.

He lowered his mouth to her left breast, he licked and nipped it gently before sucking on her nipple causing her to gasp and arch further into his mouth. "Mmm," she purred her delicate fingers slipping into his soft hair.
Chase kissed down the path of her breasts and her stomach before gently unbuttoning her jeans and slipping them off, leaving her in a lacy red thong which he discarded as quickly.

"God damn..." he mumbled beneath his breath, however a small smile pulled at his lips when he saw the tint of pink forming on her cheeks. She bit her bottom lip and ran her hands down his torso until they found the hem of his shirt.

Chase never took his eyes away from hers; she lifted the shirt and pulled it off leaving his chiselled chest bare for her view and pleasure. He moaned quietly when she sat up and kissed his chest while her hands swiftly undid his jeans and pulled them off.

Her blue eyes widened when she saw his member standing hard and throbbing dangerously. Chase loved the look she had in her eyes; she was taking her time admiring the size of him and licking her lips instinctively. He leaned down and captured her lips with his.

"Make love to me, Chase." He heard her whisper breathily in his ear, making him quiver all over. Chase nuzzled her neck affectionately, taking his time tasting the sweetness of her skin which dazzled him momentarily.

He pulled back and reached for his jeans, pulling out his wallet that contained a condom and slid it on. He looked back down at the beauty that stole his captivated him years ago and his heart began beating hard.

"Are you sure?" he asked brushing his lips over hers, she nodded in response. He kissed her forehead as he pressed himself at her entrance. She groaned and w 1ithered beneath him, lifting her legs to wrap around his waist.

Chase swallowed hard as he steadily slid into her inch by inch not to hurt her too much. He frowned when she began moaning and pulled him down towards him meeting him halfway. Something wasn’t right, she didn’t feel right. She felt loose not like a virgin should, and Leila was a virgin he knew that for sure. Where the hell was her barrier?

"Baby, fuck me," Chase blinked and looked down to the girl in his arms. That didn’t sound like Leila. He blinked again and gasped when he saw not the pair of soft blue eyes he was expecting, but a pair of green ones staring up at him.
"Fuck..." he murmured his brown eyes wide as he looked into the eyes of no other than Nicole Pratt, Leila's ex-best friend.

"Chase..." she breathed bucking her hips up and grinding into him. A groan escaped from Chase as her pussy clamped him hard and he began to move in and out of her unconsciously. He squeezed his eyes shut and tried to lock out the discontentment he felt in that moment and concentrated on his thrusting which grew harder and more dynamic with his growing anger.

He growled through his clenched teeth as he felt that wonted ecstatic feeling build up within him and Nicole's walls clamp down on him with her own mounting orgasm. Nicole whimpered as she came and Chase followed shortly after with barely an audible moan.

Nicole smiled lazily up at him, her hands running up and down his toned arms and shoulders. "That was incredible baby." she cooed and pulled him down for kiss. Chase cringed but Nicole's eyes were closed so she didn’t seem to notice.

Chase ended the kiss and pulled away from her discarding the condom and cleaning himself up, before he pulled his jeans back on. Nicole came after him and found him leaning against the counter in the kitchen.

"Hey." She said moving closer to him. Chase looked down at her and felt his gut twist when he saw the smile on her face. "So I guess this mean's we're giving us a chance?" she said with a sugary voice, however Chase wasn't sure if that was a question or a statement.

"Um..." he said uncertainly. How could he possibly turn her down now, after he slept with her, even though he thought she was Leila? "Sure." He blurted out and instantly regretted it.

Nicole smiled a hundred watt smile and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Great, how about we go to bed then? I'm still a little weak in the knees lover." She said kissing his chin.

"Leila's asleep, in my room right now. Why don’t you take the guest room and I'll crash on the couch?" he suggested but Nicole frowned.

"I have a better idea, how about you move Leila to the couch and we can take your bed. After all it is your bedroom." She said with a smile.

Chase shook his head. "Nicole, she's sleeping, I'm not going to move her to the couch and disturb her." he told her with his own frown.

"She's too out of it to even notice anyway, come on baby please? It's our first night together and I don’t wanna spend it in separate rooms just because 'Miss-Have-It-All' can't go home." Nicole said maliciously.

Chase grinded his teeth, "Fine." 'If it'll shut you up' he thought after. He took off into his bedroom where Leila was laying peacefully asleep on his bed.

He hated himself for doing this but he had no choice, it was either he moves her, or listens to Nicole complain and bad mouth Leila all night. He pulled a stand of her dark hair out of her eyes and placed a kiss on her forehead. "I'm sorry." he mumbled against her skin before he easily lifted her into his arms and carried her into the guest bedroom.

He quickly slipped off her shoes so she could sleep a little more comfortably and covered her. "Goodnight princess." He whispered and left the room.

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The next morning came much too quickly for Leila's liking. She woke feeling like sledge hammers were going off in her head. She groaned and buried her face into the pillow she was sleeping on to block out the bright sunlight beaming through the window.

She lifted her head as the smell of fresh coffee whiffed through the house. She was aware that she was in Chase's apartment, but why the hell was she in the guestroom? Whenever she spends the night she's always slept in Chase's bed, and he knew that.

She shook her head and slid out of bed and walked out to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth. She has her own stuff at Chase's place because she spends so much time there. Chase teases her about it all the time, telling her he's gonna have to start charging her rent.

She smiled at that thought and slid out of the bathroom and followed the scent of the coffee all the way to the kitchen, where she saw Chase sitting at the table reading a magazine with his back to her.

She walked in quietly on her toes and poked his sides making him jump five feet in the air. He looked back at her with a frown. "Damn it, Leila. Must you scare me half to death first thing in the morning?" he asked as she giggled and slid into the seat opposite him.

"Oh come on, who else is it gonna be?" she asked reaching over and taking the two aspirins he set out for her with a sip of his coffee. "Why the serious face, Adonis?" she asked watching him curiously.

Chase closed the magazine and showed her the front cover. "Guess who made front page...again?" he asked and Leila leaned forward and read the article with pictures of her and Chase laughing together in each other arms.

"Oh god" she mumbled. "Leila Callaway and Chase Adams laughing the night away," she read and took the magazine from him. "Could it be that Leila Callaway and best friend Chase Adam's are more than friends? The couple were spotted leaving a karaoke bar laughing and all over each other. Later that evening Leila and Chase were spotted entering his apartment building together still wrapped up lovingly in each others arms. Could it be that we have another Isabelle and Jordan on our hands? Looks like the apple don’t fall far from the tree." she read and her mouth dropped open. "Oh my god..." she said and thumped her head on the table.

"Yeah, oh my god is about right." Chase said sipping his coffee.

"So much for going someplace diffident," Leila grumbled and looked up at Chase who smiled for the first time. "I'm sorry." she said sweetly.

Chase reached out and pulled her leg up on to his lap and rubbed circles on her calves. "Don’t be, I'm used to it. It's not like it's our first time being caught by paparazzi and gossiped about. It'll blow over soon." He told her and she smiled gratefully.

"I know I just feel so bad dragging you into shit like this. You deserve to have a normal life, without all this hassle." She said honestly and Chase laughed.

"Leila, stop. If it means I get to have you in my life then what's a few pictures and gossip." He told her earnestly and she smiled and was about to say something when she got cut off.

"Good morning." Nicole chirped happily. Leila jumped and blinked in confusion as she stared at her ex-best friend.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked quickly sitting up.

Nicole smiled an evil smile before she wrapped her lanky arms around Chase from behind and kissed his cheek. Leila looked between Chase and Nicole with a frown.

"Oh didn’t Chase tell you. We're together now." She said with her bitch smile.

Leila looked back at her with disgust. "Since when...?" she questioned.

"Last night, I came over after you seemingly passed out and we...well, you know." she said with a sneer.

Leila fought back the urge to visibly shudder and pulled her leg away from Chase like his hands burnt her skin. "Is this true?" she asked Chase, her blue eyes showing her fury.

Chase swallowed hard and nodded as Nicole came and settled herself into his lap. Leila's blue eyes darted from him to Nicole. "Isn't it great, Leila?" Nicole's said kissing Chase's jaw which was clenched tightly.

"Wow, I knew you slept with slut's Chase, but to stoop down to this..." she said with a disgusted shake of her head.

"You bitch, who are you calling a slut?" Nicole spat with venom.

"You obviously," Leila said getting up from her chair.

Nicole smiled. "Oh I get it, you're jealous. Because, I finally have one thing you can't." Leila snorted.

"I'm jealous of you?" Leila laughed. "Please, Nicole. Look at you; you have always been the jealous one. You always did your damned hardest to be me. You changed your hair everytime I did; you wore the same designer outfits as me. When you saw nobody including Chase gave you the time of day, you decided to turn into a bitch and try and take it all from me. Well guess what, I always had Chase. The only reason you're with him now is to spite me, to feel like you've finally won. But let me tell you something Nicky, you will always be my shadow, you will never be me, even if you have Chase." Leila said shaking her head at Chase and walking away into the guest room.

Chase frowned and stood up from his chair. "God can you believe her?" Nicole said angrily. "Who the hell would wanna be her? Stuck up little wrench."

Chase rubbed his temples. "Nicole, go home." he said flatly.

Nicole scowled and crossed her arms over her chest. "What...why?" she whined.

"Because I have to talk to Leila, I'll call to you later." He said sending her off and closing the door after she kissed him. Chase made his way to the guest bedroom and walked in without knocking to find Leila on the bed fully dressed and on the phone.

"Yeah, alright, I'll wait for you out front." She said and snapped the phone shut not even looking at him as she continued to pull on her boots.

"Leila..." he began but she shook her head.

"Don't." she said icily and stood up from the bed and made a move to the door but Chase blocked it.

"We need to talk about this." He said his voice hard. Leila looked down at her shoes and shook her head.

"No we don't. You made your choice. Now move." She said trying to side step him but he blocked her way.

"Leila, what's the big fucking, deal so I'm dating Nicole?" he asked losing his cool.

Leila looked up at him for the first time and he saw the hurt in her eyes. What's the big deal?" she asked hurt. "How could you even ask me that?" Chase closed his eyes and sighed.

"Look, I'm sorry okay, it just happened. It's not like I did it intentionally to piss you off." Chase told her.

"Chase you know I hate her, you can sleep with a million other girls out there and I wouldn't care. Why the hell did you have to go and fucking date the one I despise the most?" she asked hotly.

"Leila this isn’t about you." Chase snapped and Leila shook her head.

"I can’t believe how stupid you are Chase?" she said irritated. "How can you not see what she's doing?" she asked.

"What is she doing, Leila. Apart from, oh I don’t know, wanting to be with me?" Leila laughed.

"Are you insane, can you not see she's only dating you to spite me?" Chase sighed and ran his fingers through his hair.

"Jesus Christ Leila. Why would Nicole go into so much trouble to spite you." he asked annoyed.

"Because Chase, you are the one thing I had that she couldn't have. Don’t you get it? She's trying to tear us apart."

"I'm not your fucking toy Leila, nor am I your prize. I choose who I wanna be with." He yelled angrily. "And if anybody is tearing us apart, it's you. Why can't you just accept this and we can all get on with things." He said with a calmer voice.

"You know what, Chase, you're right. You go ahead and date her. But don’t expect me to be around when you're with her because I won't be. I refuse to associate with a blood sucking whore like her." Leila said angrily. "Get out of my way."

Chase nodded and stepped aside. "Give me a second to get dressed and I'll drive you home." he said gazing into her eyes.

"Don’t bother, Dayne's picking me up." She said and brushed past him and headed for the front door.

"Leila?" Chase called from behind her. She stopped and looked back at him. "I'll see you later?" he asked his voice quiet.

"I wouldn’t count on it." she said and left slamming the door shut behind her. Chase stood in his spot and watched the door she just walked out of feeling empty and angry with no one other than himself.

Leila walked out of the building to find her brother Dayne sitting on the hood of his car waiting for her. He straightened when he saw her approach him. "Hey sis, what's wrong?" he asked with concern when he saw the unshed tears in her eyes.

Leila shook her head. "Nothing, just get me out of here." She said her voice breaking. Dayne nodded and opened the door for her and she slipped in. He looked up to find Chase watching Leila with the same look in his eyes from the window.

He knew Chase would never hurt Leila intentionally. Dayne was aware of his feelings for his sister, so he knew well enough not to go jump the gun and beat him for making her cry.

Once Dayne slid into the driver's seat and started the car a song began playing. He made a move to turn it down but Leila stopped him.

"What happened, Lei?" Dayne asked his sister who had tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Nicole happened." She spat out her name with venom. Dayne frowned confused.

"Nicole?" he questioned and Leila nodded.

"Yeah, she and Chase, they're now an item," she said with a shake of her head.

"You're kidding he knows how much you hate her, why would he date her?" Dayne asked but Leila shrugged.

"I don't know. I told him she's only doing it to spite me, but he wouldn’t listen."

Dayne's forehead creased as he thought about the situation. "Of course she is everyone knows how jealous of you Nicole is. She's never exactly been subtle about it either." Dayne said with a scoff. "Although, it makes sense that she would try and come between you and Chase. You two have always been inseparable. Therefore tearing you guys apart would make her feel like she's finally won." Dayne told his sister as they pulled up in front of their home.

Leila sighed dejectedly. "I don't get it, Day. How could someone take pleasure in tearing up another person's life?" she asked with a shake of her head.

Dayne glanced at his sister, his blue eyes narrowing. "Lei, can I ask you something?" he said turning to face her properly. She nodded.

"Sure."

"Do you have feelings for, Chase?" he asked awkwardly. Leila looked at him, her blue eyes wide with shock.

"What?" she asked incredulously. "Are you insane of course I don’t have feelings for Chase, What would make you think such a thing?" Dayne shrugged.

"I don't know you just seem to be really taking this badly, that’s all." Leila frowned and shrugged.

"His been my best friend ever since I was six, he's always been there. When I was scared of something, he would be there to comfort me. When I cried or was upset he was there to hold me. I guess he's kind of become an important part of my life, my other half." She said sadly. "And now I've lost him."

Dayne took her small hand into his and looked into her teary eyes. "Hey, you could never lose Chase, okay? It's just not possible. Don't let Nicole have one over you. Chase cares more about you than he could ever care about Nicole. You're his best friend, you know him better than he knows himself. You can use that to your advantage and break them up. Show that blood sucking leech whose boss. I mean come on, your Isabelle Tyler's daughter for Christ sakes." Dayne said making her smile somewhat.

Isabelle was known for her seduction skills. After all she did manage to seduce Jordan Callaway, the all time playboy. The gift was bound to be in the kids genes.

"You know what you're right. I'm not gonna let that bitch tear apart years of friendship. If she wants to play dirty then we'll play dirty. She's gonna regret the day she ever messed with Leila Callaway..." she said with a smirk.

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Ha, can anyone say like mother like daughter? I loved writing this chapter.

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I once again want to thank you all for the reviews. I'm sorry for the 'Kiss' that didn't happen. I think it was a bit early in the Chase/Leila relationship to start all that angst-y stuff.

I think a few chapters ago someone asked me how you pronounce Leila's name. Well it's...Ley-la.

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