Chapter 55 The wild attraction

Chapter 55 The wild attraction
SOFIA'S POV

"Okay we have to stick together and make sure were all in eyes view of each other." paolo says a we get out of the jeep. 

We missed the sunset but both of them insist that it was worth it to stay behind.

Maybe I'm the only one not having as much fun because I'm not under any influence.

The drive to this beach was about thirty minutes and it was mainly Mila and Paolo debriefing about the fun they had back at the rave.

"Miss Vescovi,your dad wants to talk to you." The driver says holding the phone out. 

I look over to him, then my bestfriends before picking up.

"Hey dad,"

"You're at party?" His tone is stern now.

"Mila and Paolo wanted me to experience summer differently."

He sighs over the phone.

"I want you home in the next hour."

I pause.

"No."

My chest thumps. I've never once disobeyed his orders...not to his face.

"What?" 

"I can't keep waiting to live, dad. I'm here, I'm safe and I have a driver you trust to protect me."

The line goes silent.

I can tell he wasn't expecting that.

"Okay. Give damiano the phone."

I hand the phone back to my driver before joining my friends next to the trunk.

Both of them have already changed into their swimsuits making me chuckle.

Couldn't wait to find a private place to do that?

"Aren't you going to change?" Mila asks handing me my swimsuit.

I chew on my bottom lip feeling the fabric of the swimsuit. 

"Maybe just the bikini top?" I ask and they nod in understanding before forlming a human sheild infront of me so I can change.

I take off the white tank top in one swift motion and throw on the bikini top, wrapping the strings tightly to avoid a nipslip.

"I'm done."

They turn impatiently.

"The shoes need to go too." Paolo points out.

"Okay guys. Wild summer has officially started!!" Mila takes out her hands and we both take them walking down to the beach where yachts are docked and people dressed in classy swimsuits.

This is a lot better than the crowded space from earlier.

A security woman asks for our tickets the same time a guy walks over to us only acknowledging Paolo.

"Paolito! il mio ragazzo preferito!" He does a double cheek kiss towering over Paolo. 

His flustered face is so evident under this light.

Mila and I steal glances at each other knowingly. No wonder he knows rome this well.

"Girls, this is Gio."

His face beams at the name.

"Gio, this is Mila and Sofia,my bestfriends."

"Nice to meet you Gio-" mila and I say at the same time.

He does look every bit the type of guy Paolo would be caught drooling over.

"they're with me." He says to the security lady and she hands us three bracelets.
It was that easy?

Paolo and Gio walk ahead of us talking like no one else around them mattered.

"How much are you willing to bet that they've already fucked."

I laugh.

Both guys look back concerned. Never have been a person with a civil laugh.

"Everything I own. They've definitely curved each other in all positions."

"You do have some freak in you after all Sof Pow."

"Some? Please," I flip my hair back making her chuckle. 

We wind up at the beach bar and everyone makes their orders. 

"And you uh..sofia?" Gio asks.

"A virgin mary." I say remembering what my moms signature drink always was.

Mila's phone rings and she ignores it after checking the caller ID. They settled on shots next to their cocktails and she doesn't hesistate to down each one in seconds.

No doubt the call was from her ex-boyfriend.

I don't blame her.

If I wasn't looking out for my health I'd have joined her.

"I want to show you my friends." Gio says pulling paolo with him and he gestures for us to follow.

I almost laugh.

Seems like he doesn't want to be along with the hot summer guy.

He leads us to the docked party boat thats less crowded because everyone else is on the shore.

Seems more fun than up here.

Mila's whole demeanor changes when her eyesland on someone behind me.

I turn and sport a guy by the bar drinking by himself.

"I think I just found my distraction." She walks past me towards the bar like she's on hypnosis.

I follow the pair to a section above.

A group of people our ages applauds when they see Gio.

"Guys these are my friends..." He introduces each one by name but my attention only draws when he introduces the last person.

"...and this is Fiorella. She's....well blunt but don't take it personally. She just doesn't drink." 

She takes a gulp from her bottle. 

Her eyes never leaving mine.

I stretch out my hand automatically. 

She leans forward then takes it. 

Everyone's eyes grow wide in shock.

Haven't they ever seen her shake a hand or she just doesn't do it at all?

"Nice to meet you....."

"Sofia." I say before snatching my hand back, feeling my cheeks burn. 

That amount of eye contact is too much, even for me.

They take turns asking me questions and I answer. 

I catch her stealing glances at me before she gets up and walks away.

I didn't think I was that boring.

Gio and Paolo excuse themselves and head downstairs. If I didn't know any better I'd say they were upto something.

My phone vibrates in my hand.

My eyes roll naturally. 

I already know who it is and I'm not sure I want to feel confused right now. 

So I get up and walk away from the group to get a better view on the upper part of the boat we're on. 

The breeze feels rewarding when I close my eyes and let it fan my face.

"Isn't it better to go for a swim if you're already romanticizing wind?" Fiorella's voice says out loud startling me a bit.

I hadn't noticed her.

"no it isn't. And I wouldn't take life advice from a person seated in the dark."

She chuckles.

It's an adorable sound.

"You're not from here, are you?"

"If from here you mean the beach then no. But I am from Rome."

She pauses. 

Then mutters something under her breath.

"what?"

"Nothing...i just said you're too pretty to be at one of these."

I scoff.

"Then you know nothing about me."

"Well I know you don't drink..." She walks slowly to where I'm standing by the edge.

Her eyes are a perfect hue under this lighting. 

I chuckle. 

That was too easy to notice. A virgin mary isn't exactly a discreet drink.

"I think everyone here knows that." A smirk rests on my face.

Her eyes move to my lips...then back to mine.

Then bottom lip disappears between her teeth.

I focus on that action. 

She takes a step to close to me, with almost no space between us. 

Then she leans in.

My eyes close naturally, waiting for the expected.

Then I feel her hot breath against my ear.

"I was right about you. This isn't your scene." Then she pulls away, and walks back to the group.

Somehow I feel my face flush. 

She's such a fucking tease. And she just met me so she's definitely wrong.

I do think this is my scene. 

Matter of fact I think this is the scene I deserve to be in right now.

I decide to find Mila because going back to the group would have miss know it all think she can keep teasing me.

Downstairs I spot Mila dancing with the guy from earlier. 

His hands one waist while she's swaying her hips.

I don't think I've seen her dance like that with anyone other than Luca.

I walk over to the dance floor, starting of slow with my dancing.

I feel eyes on me so I look up and immediately lock eyes with Fiorella. 

Her hands leaning over the barrier watching.

Her words come back to me.

The song stops just as I'm about to prove her wrong and then my favourite song comes on.

I don't think I can entertain her when my body is programmed to move to the beats of this song.

I start dancing again, feeling my hips sway and the adrenaline kicking in.