You're still a virgin

You're still a virgin
Marina's POV

As I sat in the car, my uneven breathing became even worse, and my hands danced on my lap nervously.

My nerves were all over the place, and even having Mark right beside me was not helping matters.

I was nervous for two separate completely different reasons. First, it was the fact that it's been thirty-six hours since Olivia threatened Rachel... Yes, I was counting.

Why wouldn't I count? My best friend like was I'm potential danger here.

While the second reason was because we were parked right outside my parent's mansion.

Yup, today was the day I was supposed to meet them.

I was beyond petrified and I couldn't stop my legs from shaking.

After all these years... Would they want to see me?

Do they even want to see me or were they just agreeing to this meeting because powerful people like Ethan Wright and Mark Walker asked them to?

Dozens of thoughts ran through my head as I stared ahead at the mansion in front of me.

"... Marina, answer me ". I heard Ethan say, and I blinked twice before looking toward the man in the driver's seat.

" What?"

Mark had an incredulous look on his face as he shook his head. " Really? You were not even listening to me? "

"What? " I repeated looking innocently confused.

Mark let out a sigh before pointing forward. " We're here."

I blinked again and looked toward where he was pointing.

The car had stopped and was literally directly in front of the mansion.

I shifted in my seat to look at Mark before giving him a nervous smile. " Are you really sure about this?" I asked trying my best to hide my nervousness.

"Marina..."

"Seriously Mark. Did you perhaps force them to do this or something? " As much as I wished it wasn't true, but that was what this looked like.

They weren't even outside to greet me, how was I sure they even wanted me back?

" Arina don't talk like that. " Mark reprimanded. " They are your parents, and no matter what happens they would definitely still want to see you. Both I and Ethan didn't even do anything much "

Yeah, of course, you don't need to do anything.

" Just hearing your surname is enough for them to anything you say ". I said with a dumb stare.

Mark frowned reaching out his hand to gently cup my face. " You know I didn't mean it like that".

" I know ". I leaned into the warm tingling sensation from his huge hand. " But I'm just not sure. "

I felt the need to rethink everything, especially meeting my parents, and thankfully as always, Mark understood.

"It's alright. I'll just be outside if you need anything, knock twice on the door. " He said calmly before placing a light peck on my forehead and leaving the car.

How did I manage to get a man so sweet and caring? I wondered to myself as I watched him leave the car. If not for the fact that I was having an internal conflict within myself about getting into the house, I would have called him back.

I didn't deserve someone as good as him, the same way Rachel didn't deserve a crazy stalker who wants to kill her if she doesn't leave Ethan.

Talking of Rachel...

I took out my phone and placed a video call to Rachel who picked it up after two rings.

" What's up? " She said making a crunching sound as she stared back at me from the phone.

My face lit up and an amused smile graded my cheeks. " What are you doing?" I asked leaning back on my seat so I could view Rachel's face and also her surroundings better.

" What does it look like I'm doing? " Rachel answered back. " I'm sitting in the living room watching an incredibly sweet movie as I panic in silence, waiting for whenever the bogeyman... " She rolled her eyes. " Well, in this case, bogeywoman would come for me. "

That was Rachel. I chuckled softly.

Even though I could tell she was terrified, she still managed to make it sound sarcastic.

" There is no way Olivia can get into that mansion, Ethan is here with you, right? ".

Rachel nodded as her lips hooked up in a smile. " You know that's the best thing about all this scary shit, Ethan. "

" Ever since two days ago when I came back from the mall, he has never left my side. We even slept on the same bed for the past two nights. It's just today he decided to head out to work because of an urgent matter," She said in a dreamy manner, and from the phone, I could see a light blush on her cheeks.

So I decided to tease her. " Oh... Is that all you both did, sleeping?" I asked wiggling my brows at her.

Rachel's face turned deep red. "Hey, stop it. " She groaned " Ethan is surprisingly a gentleman, unfortunately". The last word was a whisper, but I heard it anyway.

" Just like Mark..." I nodded, and Rachel immediately gave me a look. " Okay," I chucked, " Maybe Mark wasn't too gentlemanly since we have already... "

No matter how fast I stopped my mouth from speaking further, Rachel must have already gotten it.

" Really?! " She squealed and I had to push the phone far away from me.

Now it was my turn to blush. " What's the big deal?" I asked, trying to hide my face away from Rachel, which was practically impossible since I was in a car and there wasn't much space to move.

" What's the big deal?!" Rachel repeated almost screaming. " My baby girl is no longer a virgin. If that isn't a big deal, I don't know what is "

" What about the fact that the class of 2015 hottest female graduating student and player is still a virgin at the age of 26?" I asked back.

Rachel gasped in surprise as soon as I said that.

Not many people knew this, but Rachel who everybody thought would have lost her virginity probably by the age of 16, and have aborted dozens of pregnancies, was still a freaking virgin!

"Marina..."

" What? Did I lie? At least I'm no longer a virgin Mary while you are still one"

Rachel shook her head as she feigned anger. " I can't believe you would remind me that." She said. "But don't you worry, I don't plan on being a virgin for long. And I'm not yet 26, almost, almost! "

I could vaguely catch the rest of the words she said after ' I don't plan on being a virgin for long'

My interest got pricked. "Are you planning on forcing that poor dude?" I asked with a giggle, but Rachel's serious expression just made me clarify how right my statement was.

"Seriously?" I asked this time without the laughter.

"Why not?" Rachel shrugged. " I'm just waiting for everything to clear up with Olivia, and if I'm still alive by then, why not?"

" Don't say that; you'll get out of this alive. With all parts of your body intact ".

Rachel had never really been an optimist person, neither was she a pessimist either, but she just thought and said as she saw it. Right now, she was seeing a no-way-out situation, yet she chose to take my advice.

Just yesterday, she told me about everything Hannah had said and about her option of Err and Ethan having a fake breakup so they could deceive Olivia, and even though that seemed like a very good option, she didn't agree to it.

Mostly because she said Ethan would never let her leave him.

But yet she refused to just do the last thing I asked, tell Ethan about how crazy his sister's best friend was, but no... She said she wanted to keep it away from him. She doesn't want the man to be worried, she said.

What are men for if not to worry about their women?

"By the way what are you doing? " Rachel asked after a while before taking another handful of chips and plopping them into her mouth. I could guess she was eating more popcorn because of the crunching sounds her mouth made as she asked me. " You sound like you're in a car parked somewhere fancy."

Nice guess, I nodded.

I shook my head, snapping out of my thoughts before replying to her. "Yeah, I am. "

"Where?"

"In front of my parent's mansion. "