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Chapter 12: Is That How She Thinks of Me?
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Falling for You Chapter 13: It's Time To Shake Things Up
Rex"Thank you for calling New You Salon, this is Jana, how can I help you?"I can't believe I'm about to say this but, "Yeah, I was wondering if I could schedule an appointment for a hair cut with Chloe? The sooner the better.""Sure, let me just pull up her schedule. Is there a time and date that works best for you?""Nope. I can make anything work," I say, rather than repeating myself by blurting out sooner than later, like I'd like to."She has an opening on Monday at ten. Does that work?""Sure does.""Name?"Oh shit. I hesitate. She's going to know it's me if I say my name but at the same time, I don't want to lie."Rex," I finally tell her."Got 'ya down. See you Monday. Thanks so much!""Thanks."I toss my phone on the counter and run my fingers through my hair that absolutely does not need a cut. I don't know what I'm doing here. It's completely out of my comfort zone but the fact that I've thought about Chloe more times than I care to admit over the
Falling for You Chapter 14: Oh Just a Normal Day
Chloe"Morning, Jana. How was your weekend?""Boring. As usual."I grin at my grumpy friend. She's definitely living in the wrong town if she's looking for an exciting night life and an endless social calendar. Liberty isn't tiny, but it's still a small town. We're lucky to have the college so we have more restaurants and bars, at least."Sorry to hear that."She rolls her eyes and plays with a long strand of bright pink hair as she flips through a magazine. "You are not. You love how sleepy it is here." "Got me there. How's my schedule look today?" I didn't work over the weekend but when I left here on Friday it looked like it was going to be a busy day."You're full up. Saturday a few called in. Your first client should be here in about ten minutes. Just a men's hair cut, though.""Okay sounds good. I'm going to go put away my stuff. Try not to have too much fun out here."She gives me a deadpan look as she licks her finger and flips the page again. I don't know
Falling for You Chapter 15: I'm Wet
Chloe"Ahh!" I yell. I'm using my hand as a shield against the spray of water. The hose is flipping and flopping back and forth, jets of warm water streaming into the air and all over the both of us. Before I manage to get control of the situation, we're both nearly soaked. Even the floor is wet and slippery.Finally having the water turned off, which seemed to take much longer than it should have because I was taken by such surprise, I look over at Rex. I know my eyes are wide, my hair looks like I've just climbed out of the shower, but forgot to wash half of it because sections are completely dry while others are drenched.I wipe my face, my chest heaving."Well, I'm awake. What about you?"A burst of laughter bubbles out of me and I cover my mouth. That's never happened to me before. In fact, I'm not entirely sure that's ever happened to anyone ever. I don't know if it's because of my out of control nerves or something else entirely. I do know that I am incredibly embar
Falling for You Chapter 16: I Can't Believe I'm Calling Her
RexI sit in front of my computer screens fidgeting with a rip in the hem of my jeans, staring at my phone, wondering if I dare do what I'm about to do.No doubt if I make this call, I'll set myself up for a slew of shit I'm not sure I'm ready to take on. Yet, I don't see any other way.Lifting my phone to my ear, I wait while it rings once, twice, three times. I'm about to hang up, losing my nerve when a soft voice answers."Rex? What's wrong?""Nothing. Why would anything be wrong?""Um, because you're calling me in the middle of the day?""Oh. That's not so weird, right?""It is because you've never done it before," Olivia explains.I sit quietly as I try to decide what I'm about to say next."Rex?""Right. I have a question.""Obviously. Out with it. Is it anything to do with why you were at The Goat so early the other day? Or why you've not been flirting like normal with the ladies while you're bartending?""How would you know that?""I have my sourc
Falling for You Chapter 17: She's Laughing At Me
RexI give Olivia time to stop laughing before I growl, demanding her to stop."Oh please. Like you don't know exactly what you're doing. You. Rex Matthews. You know." I interrupt her before she has a chance to finish whatever she was going to say. "No, I don't. I know how to have sex with a woman after we've flirted for a few hours and not develop feelings or manage to get myself into a relationship. If there's eating involved, it's not at a restaurant," I tell her, just to be a shithead."Oh gross! Rex! Nope. I do not need to know this!"I chuckle, lean back in my chair, pleased with myself for shocking her when I hear her gag. I probably should feel bad because for a while I know she was feeling pretty nauseous from the pregnancy, but I also know she's just being dramatic. At least, I hope."What's wrong, Liv?" I tease."You're nasty.""Oh please. I'm honest. There's a difference.""Whatever. I'm not helping you anymore."I grin, scratch my scruff. "Yeah you
Falling for You Chapter 18: I'm Too Tired to Think. Obviously.
Chloe"Holy crap, I'm so tired."My boss, Ari, nods her head as she kicks off her shoes and starts massaging her feet. I'm not sure what happened to our schedules today, but they were packed from the time Rex walked out until now. I was so busy, I didn't get a chance to eat lunch and only managed to use the restroom once. Thank goodness Jana took pity on us and at least kept us hydrated. She did, however, stop us both and make us eat a granola bar.I think she felt guilty for overbooking both of us since she's the one who does all our scheduling. Normally having a hair cut scheduled while my client's hair is processing a color or high light wouldn't be a big deal. But for it to happen with every appointment without a single break throughout the day is overwhelming.My feet throb, my brain is tired, and my body aches all over. I grabbed a box of crackers to munch on while we recuperate but even lifting them to my mouth proves to be a lot of effort."I'm so sorry, guys."W
Falling for You Chapter 19: How Do You Forget a Guy Like Rex?
Chloe"I forgot.""Forgot what?" she mumbles while crunching, eyes closed.Jana looks at her and rolls her eyes then stands up, hands on her hips and glares at me. "Chlo! Rex is probably wondering what the hell happened!""Who's Rex?" Ari asks, lifting her head to look me in the eye."Shower boy," Jana explains."Ahh. I heard he's hot. Like, cover model hot.""He is," I blurt out before thinking better of it.Jana smirks then explains. "He is super hot. He's also incredibly hot for our girl, here. And she just stood him up for a date. I was right here and he wasn't even embarrassed about asking her out in front of everyone. They made a date for tonight and she totally ditched him!" She points a long finger at me, the pointed red tip of her fingernail wiggling in a circle in my direction. Full of blame, that one. I stand up, grab hold of her finger and turn it on herself. "It's not my fault! Who's the one who jacked up the schedule today?""Well, that's unnecessa
Falling for You Chapter 20: Are You Stalking Me?
Chloe"I live right there." He nods his head to the other side of my street and I bunch my eyebrows, even more confused than earlier."You're my neighbor?"He hands me the pizza then points across the street. "Sort of. Not there, there, but that's my house on the other side of their back yard," he explains. Running his hand over the back of his neck, he drops his head. "I'm coming across as a complete stalker, aren't I?""Um just a little bit."He laughs at my honesty. "Yeah, this is kind of new to me. Let me explain better, will you do that?""Do what?" I'm still not following anything he's saying. He called my work after getting his hair cut this morning to check up on me. Jana, my ex-friend, told him I was busy, then called him to let him know I'd left and he just happened to see me drive past him then happens to live a few blocks away?"Explain. I know, I know. I sound crazy. Insane, really. But honestly, it was all very innocent. Except for the hair cut this morni
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Falling for You Chapter 58: Are You Ready for This?
Rex"Miss Garcia?""That's me."Chloe stands from our place in the waiting area off of the resort's spa. I arranged for a day of pampering complete with making sure her hair and makeup is done for the wedding later this afternoon. By the time she walks down the aisle, she'll be relaxed and hopefully the tension and stress of the last few months will have washed away.Right after I proposed, we had a bit of a scare with the baby.She started spotting and since this was our first, we both panicked. The doctor assured us it was totally normal, but then her blood pressure started dipping. She'd be at work doing a client's hair and suddenly feel light headed with no warning. After the second time it happened, I made her see the doctor who put her on a limited work schedule, to put it simply. It wasn't bed rest, but for Chloe who loved her job, it might as well have been.She was cranky and irritable but soon started seeing the benefit of being home part-time and putting in
Falling for You Chapter 57: It's Time!
Rex"It's time, babe. It's time!" Chloe's voice is full of excitement as she nudges me awake. Her hair is still wet and she smells incredible. Fresh and clean and I really want to snag her around the waist, and pull her under me."What?""It's. Time!""Shit." I spring up out of bed, trip over the damn cat that never leaves my side, catch myself on the curtains in our bedroom and right myself."Are you okay?" Chloe asks, laughing before groaning."I'm good. Yeah. Are you?""Of course. I'm excited.""Me too, babe. But I'd be more excited if you would have let me sleep a bit longer.""I can't help it! This isn't on me and you know it."I grin. It's not her fault. It's actually mine. I was the one who suggest we elope and promised to take care of everything, including getting our flights scheduled for so early in the morning."You know, it'd be nice if you told me where we were going." She grins over her already packed suitcase. The one I packed for her so she'd be
Falling for You Chapter 56: It's Going to Hurt. A Lot.
Chloe"How are you feeling?"Liv glares at me and grits out, "Dandy! Just freaking dandy."I look at Rex and stretch my lips out in an eek face and he smothers a laugh."Okay then. Well, I'll leave you two to it.""No!" Ethan tries grabbing Rex by the arm but he's too quick."Unless you plan on being in the room with us when Chloe's giving birth, I suggest you let us go. This is your time. You got this.""No we do not!" Liv shouts. "There's nothing about this that we've got."The nurse comes in and says, "Let's check you, shall we? See how you're coming along?"Liv nods, shifting uncomfortably in her bed. She looks like hell. Beautiful as usual. Well, that's actually not true. Her face is splotchy, hair matted down from sweat, there's black under her eyes where her mascara has run.She reaches a hand out to me and I shoot wide eyes to Ethan who's already by her side. "You gonna tell her no?" he challenges and I shake my head.Rex moves quickly so he's standing
Falling for You Chapter 55: One month later
RexI'm nervous. Fuck me, but I think I'm going to throw up.But it's not every day that I get to ask this question, and I don't want to mess it up.I knock on the door to hopefully my future. "Come in.""Hi.""What's going on? Why'd you ask to see me like this?""I need to ask you something. And I really need you to hear me out before speaking because it's important.""Okay? You're acting really fucking weird, man. What's going on with you?"I place a small, black velvet box on his desk and I pop open the lid, presenting the small piece of jewelry to him.Ethan takes a close look, lifts it out of the soft cushion it's cradled in, inspects it before slipping it back in the box. "Ah, for me? You shouldn't have. But it's a little flashy for my taste. I prefer something a little more subtle. Not so many diamonds." I realize he's just trying to lighten the mood and he knows exactly what this box means, but I still have to say it. Need to. For Chloe. It's the right t
Falling for You Chapter 54: He Said Leave
ChloeTroy chuckles. This time when he looks at me, his eyes linger and my skin crawls. He might be attractive enough, but he's one of the creepiest men I've ever laid eyes on. I divert my attention quickly and Olivia reaches for my hand. "Oh don't worry. It's not you I give a shit about anymore, brother."He lifts his tumbler off the bar and raises it in Rex's direction then slides off his stool. I know where he's heading and if he follows through, there's no way it will turn out in his favor."Hey there. Welcome to The Flying Goat," Ethan says, stepping in front of Troy. His voice is devoid of any hospitality.Troy, though, is too stupid to get the not so subtle hint. "Uh, thanks?"He tries to step around him but is stopped by one of the Zeus twins.He's a tiny man surrounded by three large, angry men.I don't know how much of Rex's story any of them know, if anything at all, but they see the anger coming off Rex's body and know Troy is the cause of it.Troy turns
Falling for You Chapter 53: I Have a Bad Feeling
Chloe"Do you know him?" Olivia asks, staring at the guy's back."No. You?""No. But, gah, I swear he looks familiar.""Probably been in here before?""Maybe.""So how much longer?" I ask Olivia."Too long. Actually, no. I take that back. I've enjoyed being pregnant and it kind of scares me to think about what it will be like when the little nugget's out in the world.""Makes sense.""Anyway, I have about a month left. I'm hoping that I've hit my size limit."I nod, not trusting myself not to say something stupid.Rex comes out of the office and sees me sitting down with Olivia and makes his way toward us.He kisses me on the forehead then leans down to give Olivia a hug."How are the mamas doing?" The level of excitement that he has over this baby has surprised me. I'm only a few months along, though, and I know we need to be careful. Things can happen this early on."Good," I grin up at him and his eyes soften."Rex, do you know that guy?" Olivia asks
Falling for You Chapter 52: He's a Bit Overprotective
Chloe"Hey! What are you doing here?" Ethan crushes me in a hug when I walk through the back door with Rex.I nod at Rex and grin. "He couldn't live without me.""He's so needy," Ethan teases with a wink."I know. It's a burden.""I bet. Kind of annoying, huh? Does he follow you around like a puppy? Always getting in your way.""All the time! I really want some space but what can I do?""I'm right here you know.""We know." Ethan and I say the words at the same time and Rex groans, leaving us to it as we laugh at his grumbling. Ever since I announced I was pregnant, Ethan and I turned a corner.The common thread of expecting our first child has brought us together, creating a bond. The fact that he's my brother is something I think we're both still getting used to. But every time I look at him, I see hints of my mother. Being pregnant makes me miss her even more than I did before. I know she'd be by my side through every step, in the delivery room if I wanted her t
Falling for You Chapter 51: Happy New Year
Chloe"Happy New Year, gorgeous.""Aren't you supposed to say that at midnight?""What's the point of only celebrating for a minute?""Hmm," I suppose that's true, I purr, leaning into his touch."I'm sorry I have to work today.""Don't apologize. It's not like you're working all night. Just for a few hours, right?""Yeah. The Zeus twins will take over tonight and Ethan hired two others that were experienced enough they can dive right in."I trail my finger around through the coarse hair on his chest. "Will you miss it?" He told Ethan he was pulling back, as in no more nights and weekends. Which only leaves him filling in when they're short on help. It was Rex's decision"Bartending? No.""I thought you loved it, though.""I love working with Ethan, even Penny. And once upon a time, until a sexy as hell redhead came into my life, I liked the attention it brought.""But not anymore?" I ask, grinning."Not anymore."We're lying in my bed, Malcom on Rex's fe
Falling for You Chapter 50: Did You Hear Her Right?
Rex"Ethan?"Chloe's lips are pressed together so tightly, the skin is turning white."What? Do you want me to say grace?"Olivia looks at her husband like he's an idiot. "Did you hear Chloe?""Yeah?"Paul grumbles. "Boy. Think about what Chloe said.""Merry Christmas?""No. The other thing."We all watch as he finally gets a clue. He stands up quickly, his chair falling back and landing against the tile with a loud thwack."Uncle?!"Chloe nods, my emotional girl's eyes flooding with tears again."You asshole! You got my sister pregnant?!"I almost laugh. Almost. But I'm smart enough not to. Rather, I just raise my hands. "Hey, it's not like I did that alone.""Wrong answer, man."Olivia's laughing so hard, she's clutching her stomach and bending over. "You. You are such an idiot!""I'm an idiot? How am I the idiot in this scenario?""Because you are!""Oh good come back, babe."Paul stands up, pushes Ethan out of the way while he makes his way
