The Quarterback lives in my Basement

Chapter 17 - Wrinkled cheeks and forehead kisses

Bella's Pov

Steven seemed to hesitate before telling me he wanted me to meet someone, I don't know why or who he wanted me to met but I could sense it was someone important to him.

"Who?" I asked confused tilting my head slightly

"You'll see soon enough" he said smiling and fishing for his keys in his pocket.

We head out to his car where he opens the car door for me to get in instantly my cheeks begin to flush a light shade of pink. He gets into his car and drives to a retirement home and I look over to him confused as I didn't expect to end up at a retirement home.

He parks the by the front entrance, and we both unbuckle our seat belts but before I can open the door he grabs onto my forearm to stop me.

"You're probably wondering why we are at a retirement home"

I nodded and he takes a deep breath as he runs his fingers through his brown hair.

"My grandma lives here, she's used to be at the same hospital as Ericka but they moved her here, she has cancer too but breast cancer"

"I'm sorry" I don't know what else to say for the first time I see Steven in a way many probably haven't, he seems vulnerable and I'm not sure how to react to this sudden change of character. He smiles slightly and opens his car door as I do the same.

We both walk in and the interior is manly tan with white rim and a golden cmstaircase lays in the middle of the room. Steven walks over to the reception and the lady in the front smiles and looks up at Steven.

"Hello Steven, how are you today"

"Good how are you Susan"

"I'm fine...and who's this" she says directing her attention to me in a curious smile.

"This is Bella...a friend of mine" he says smiling down at me.

Butterflies explode in my stomach and my heart skips a beat. Steven considers me his friend..I find myself smiling at the ground and the thought of it.

"What are you smiling at?" Steven mutters looking down at me. I quickly snap out of my haze and look up at him.

"Oh um nothing" I say my cheeks firing up

We walk into a nice room with the wall painted a ruby red; the back wall had a big window and a rocking chair facing the view. As soon as we walk in I see a small little women her hair thin and pure white.

"Steven my boy is that you" She turns her head towards us and instantly her green eyes are piercing and defiantly her most noticeable feature and her small wrinkled cheeks are naturally a light shade of pink. I smile at that sight of her; she seemed so excited to see Steven as she wore the brightest smile I have ever seen anybody wear.

"And who's this beautiful young lady" she said with a smile that warmed my heart.

"I'm Isabella, Steven's friend" I said looking up at Steven who had his eyes focused on his grandmother with the same bright smile she has and a glint of happiness in his eyes making me feel warm inside to see two people so happy to see each other.

"Hello Nana, how are you feeling?" Steven says as we take a seat on the small couch beside her.

"Well better now that you are here"

They both talked for a while and I stayed quit letting them talk I didn't want to intervene they seemed so seemed so happy. Suddenly Steven got a phone call and stepped out of the room. His grandmother turned her eyes towards me and I could see from the corner of my eyes that she was smiling.

"My name is Denise by the way"

"Well hello Denise" I said with a warm smile

"Are you sure you and my Steven are just friends?" She says with a wink. My heart sinks a little from the question even though we are just friends.

"Yes just friends" I say with a small chuckle

"Just keep an open mind he might surprise you, the way I saw you two walk in and how you look and him and how he looks at you reminds me of me and my late husband, it's funny really at first we were at each other necks and then we slowly opened up to each other and soon enough we found ourselves in love"

I smiled at her short but sweet story.

"You must be something special, I've asked for years to meet his friends Aaron and Cole but he wouldn't allow it, but you he seems to have just meet and yet here you are" I would have cringed at the name of Cole but everything she said left me in shock, I'm the first to meet his grandma. I was about to speak when Steven walked but into the room to say goodbye to Denise and kiss her on the cheek. I waved goodbye and smiled at her and she gave me a wink as Steven turned around.

We got into the car and buckled our seat belts my mind still on what Steven's grandma had said.

"I liked her" I said smiling ahead

"Yea I thought you would"

We drove forward and I noticed my head begin to feel heavy and soon enough I was knocked out sleeping. I suddenly woke up only to open my eyes slightly to see Steven right in front me, and I noticed he was carrying me up the stairs one arm under my knees and the other around my back. His arms heated the area of my body he was touching. His chest rubbed on the left side of my body with every step he took.

Once he got to my room he lightly laid me down and I shut my eyes so he wouldn't notice that I was awake. He pulled the blanket over me the was on my foot of my bed. He moved a small piece of hair away from my face and kissed me lightly on the bruise on my cheek bone. My heart pumped a million beats per second, that I'm surprised he couldn't hear it He slowly leaned back and whispered

"What on earth are you doing to me Bella"

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