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Chapter 5

"No, I don't. What happened in the pool?"

"We had a little competetion, you and I." He smiles to himself.

"Who won?" I ask him.

"I'd say I did." He smirks. Candice finishes her heaving and sits up. She flushes the toilet and washes her mouth out. I stand up and help her back to Veronica's room.

"We need to get going." I tell him. He nods his head.

"I'll drive you. So you don't have to look like you had a walk of shame or anything." Chace says and walks into his room. He comes out a few seconds later with keys in his hand. He helps me with Candice, who still can't coordinate her movements very well. We walk down the stairs and out the door. The light shown so bad in our eyes, we all three squinted as we walked to Chace's mustang.

We put Candice in the backseat where she leaned her head on the window. I got into the passenger seat and Chace got into the drivers seat. He started the car and we drove.

"Can you just take me to my house?" Candice asks. He nods his head and turns toward where Candice lived. We drove in silence the entire way there, but it was better than having music or anything at the moment. We pull up into Candice's driveway and I help her get out.

"I'm going to help her inside and get her changed into her pajamas if you want to wait here. Or you can come inside. It doesn't matter." I inform Chace.

"I'll help you." He says and gets out of the car. It was then that I realized he was still in just his pajama pants. His muscles looked great with the light shining on them. We helped Candice get out of the car. I let go of her so I could get the hidden key from under the mat to unlock the door. I opened the door and we were greeted by her dog, Milo. He was a little pug, and he was the cutest pug I had ever met.

"Hi Milo." I say reaching out to pet him. Chace brings Candice inside and he asks me where he should put her. I stand up and grab her other arm and lead the way to her room. "You should probably step out while I help her change." I tell Chace. He nods and walks out of the room and closes the door. I help Candice out of her costume and into her pajamas.

"Thanks Porter. You're the best." She says and falls back asleep. I walk out of the room and see Chace playing with Milo.

"Where are her parents?" He asks me.

"Probably setting up the property for the haunted house tonight. We help out every year." I tell him.

"The one that's on Lake road?"

"That's the one." I smile.

"I've been to that, and it's so good!" He says standing up. I smile up at him and laugh.

"They work really hard on it each year. Candice and I are normally the ones who take the tickets." I say to him.

"I really like how it's more than just a house though. Like it has food and drinks and music and games for kids. It's really cool. I've gone with Veronica and my brother Luke every year."

"It's a lot of fun." I tell him. We walk out the door and lock it. I text Candice's mom and tell her that she's at home sleeping. I then texted my mom telling her I was on my way home.

"So why were we in the same bed together last night?" I ask Chace.

He laughs and smiles at me. "Well just letting you know, we didn't have sex. If that's what you want to know." I breathe out a sigh of relief.

"Thank God."

"Some guy was being a total creep and so I had you go upstairs to get away from him because he was trying to take advantage of you. You passed out on the floor and I put you in my bed. I stayed in there to make sure the guy didn't come looking for you. He was more drunk than you, so he probably passed out in the house somewhere." He explains. I nod my head and wonder who it was. I can't remember a single thing after spin the bottle.