CHAPTER 27: PERVERT
Stirring awake I yawn glad that no light is seeping through the room, luckily I shut the
curtains last night because some people are going to have very big migraines. After Val and
I's chat I dragged a mattress to the living room and Val lifted another one, I made him drag
Zac's heavy body on the mattress then I laid next to him- I didn't want him complaining the
next day about how sore he is. Val slept with Willow on the other mattress.
Looking beside me I see Zac and everyone still sound asleep, the spot next to Willow is
missing so obviously he woke up early. It's only 9 in the morning. I walk to the outside area
and spot him with a cigarette between his fingers, he blows out after taking a puff and the
smoke comes out of his mouth in rings.
"Why do you let everyone stomp over you and control your life?" Comes his deep voice. I
freeze and stare at his back, he obviously heard me. I stop next to him and look up at his
face in confusion, he looks down at me and drops his smoke onto the ground then stomps
on it lightly.
"Val, I don't exactly have a choice," I look down, my curly hair curtains around my face and I
sigh softly and look up at him again. He just doesn't understand, no one would really
understand.
"The marriage may be fake but the feelings are real." He mutters and looks down at me with
curious eyes, "you like him," he cocks his head to the door and I sit down on a chair.
"No!" I quickly say, he smirks obviously not believing me. "He forced me into this, he
threatened me and my family, he made my life a living hell. But, he protected me, he cared
for me, he made sure everything was fine, he stopped the bullying; how can I hate him? How
can I after being with him for so long and he hasn't been completely terrible? After all I'm just
a girl and he's a boy so naturally unwanted feelings come."
Val nods slowly, "so you're practically saying that you like like him. Not just like but like like." I
bite my lip and stare at the property then I look at him again and nods slowly.
"Unfortunately, I do." Shrugging to myself I let out a breath of air and look back inside at him,
his arm is laying across the mattress and his lips are parted. He looks so peaceful and
beautiful. And I like him.... this is so bad- he'll never reciprocate the feelings and he will keep
hurting me emotionally! "You love Willow though," I emphasise love, it's a big deal. Love.
He looks inside too and stares at her small frame, "of course I do." The big bad gang leaderValentino Lacuna admitting that he loves little innocent Willow Davids. What I'm sure of is
that she wouldn't want him smoking because it's bad for his health, so why does he do it? He
seems like he would do every little thing to make her like him.
"Why do you smoke when you realise you're hurting yourself and her, she obviously doesn't
want you to smoke," I raise an eyebrow.
"Yeah, she doesn't like me smoking but I can't help it. I just need to feel peace sometimes, I
just don't want to rely on her as my peace all the time because one day.... she'll leave me
too," Val whispers brokenly. So he wants to be independent and it helps him feel better. So
that's why people smoke!
"No she won't. And if she tries you stop her, you hold her tight and admit through your
stubborn self to her, say 'Willow I love you! And if you ever left... I wouldn't know what to do, I
wouldn't be able to BREATH because you make me feel alive and you make me breath' just
say all the cheesy crap," he actually smiles instead of smirking.
"Wanna know something?" I nod. "I've never told anyone my secrets or how I'm feeling and
after one night I tell you, I don't know why I trust you. Plus, I never smile in front of anyone
but Willow and I just did. People are usually scared of me- I can't blame them but yeah they
don't talk to me which I'm grateful for but I'm grateful that you talked to me," he smiles.
"Please just don't tell anyone about Zac and I's relationship being arranged, I trust you." Val
nods, our heads snap to the door when it opens. Willow blinks slowly and looks at us in
confusion, she winces then steps out and smiles.
"Good morning Claudia," she tiredly mutters, I wave with a small smile and look between her
and Val. She drags her feet to Val, he opens his arms wide with a big grin and love shining in
his eyes. She steps into his arms and places her head on his chest closing her eyes.
"Good morning beautiful," his arms enclose around her body and her arms wrap around his
waist in a vice grip.
"My head hurts," she mutters. "This hangover is killing me!" I chuckle and freeze when arms
go through my own and wrap around my waist, I look down seeing muscular hands pressed
into my stomach and pulling me into his chest.
"Isaac," I whisper, he spins me around and grins at me. He didn't drink that much last night,
he fell asleep though.
"Morning gorgeous," a smile spreads on my lips and I can't help but hug him, I feel like a
lovesick teenager. He wraps his own arms around me, maybe he's confused but I just want
to hug him.
"I'm never drinking again," Willow groans, I pull away from Zac but his arms stay around me
and I look at Val and Willow. He smirks and tucks a strand of hair behind her ear.
"C'mon I'll get you some Panadol," he chuckles and leads her in side. Looking back at Isaac
I see he's already looking at me, I'm so lucky that I can't blush! I'd probably be blushing right
now if I could.
His blue eyes pierce through my body, making everything tingle in a good way. He grabs my
hand and pulls me along somewhere, I follow without asking any questions. He stops and I
look around and gasp, I've never seen this place before. I knew he had acreage but I was
never bothered to look around, I should have. Many rose bushes surround the area, all in
different colours. The purples together, pinks together, blue together, yellow together, red
together. Then the hedges are shaped and cut perfectly, I can ever see a shape of a star- I
don't know how they did that. A water fountain sits in the middle of it all, water coming out of
the Angels mouth. The grass is so green and I can even see a pool house and a dam, not a
pool a dam. But dam water is good for your skin so I'll make sure to swim in there.
"It's beautiful," I whisper staring at the whole scenery in awe. I look up at him and he nods in
agreement, "let's go for a swim!" He raises his eyebrows and looks me up and down then
looks himself up and down.
"We don't have togs on," I shrug and take off my pants then pull my shirt over my head so
I'm left in my bra and underwear, his eyes trail over my body practically eye f*cking me and
he pulls his shirt over his head and pulls down his pants so he's in boxers. He checks me out
again and I bite my lip, he mutters something then shakes his head; I grab his hand and drag
him to the dam.
I scream in surprise when he lifts me into his arms, swinging my body over his shoulder so I
have a nice view of his back muscles rippling while holding me and his butt... its good! I
sound like a creep. He starts running, I look down noticing the wooden planks- we're on the
dock. I pound on his back, "no!" I yelp as he pulls me to his body so I'm no longer on his
shoulder but my legs are around his waist and he jumps into the water. I keep my eyes
closed and try to swim up but he holds me down by my hips, he swims up and I splutter the
water out of my mouth. My long hair covers my face and I glare at him, I look like Ursula
probably. I hit his chest and he laughs. "I wanted to take it slow when I went in, instead of
getting my boobs frozen off straight away," I scowl, he looks at my boobs and I cover them.
"Nah, its more fun this way." My legs are still around his waist, "I swear I can feel shît at the
bottom of this," I laugh, serves him right!
"You were checking out my boobs you perve!" He smirks and I try to swim away but he holds
my waist.
"I'm not going to deny it, very nice boobs by the way," he winks and I gasp and gape at him. I
splash him with water and he releases me so he can wipe his eyes, quickly I swim away
from him and he growls. "Watch out, I'm gonna catch you!" He sings and I laugh swimming
away from him as fast as I can.
"Never!" I shout and spin around, but I can't see him. I look around and swim backwards
slowly, oh god where is he? "Zac?!" I shout searching the dam for him. Panic starts to settle
within me and I swim forward, "Zac this isn't funny!" As hands grab my hips and pull me
underwater I scream letting a whole lot of water enter my mouth- a whole lot of dirty muddy
water! When we reach the surface again I slap him, "you scared me!"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to princess," he smiles and removes my hair from my face and picks up
a strand that's across my cheek.
We both look over at the dock in surprise when everyone starts to jump in, Willow is on Val's
back, Carter is on Joey's back and Aaliyah and Matt are holding hands and running towards
the Dam. The water splashes everywhere, big splashes and little ones. Val had a massive
splash, the water went directly on Joey's face. I swear Willow had a migraine and wouldn't
Joey and Carter have massive ones from the amount they were drinking?
"Joey! Carter! How do you not have a hangover?" I ask in surprise.
"I did when I woke up, I had like 2 tablets of Advil, Carter doesn't get hangovers which is
unfair!" I laugh and nod. I guess Willow felt better after most likely lots of water, sleep and
tablets. I place my hands on Zac's shoulders and wrap my legs around his waist so I'm on
his back.
"Piggy back!" I grin, he chuckles and swims his way over to the rest of the group. He stands
and groans, cringing in disgust when he touches the bottom of the dam.
"God this is disgusting," he mutters.
"Yes it is, you girls feel it. You're on our backs so we're the ones who have to touch it," Matt
grimaces. We all shake our heads, we are very much good where we are.
"Well I don't know about you girls but I prefer this position," Willow winks, Val is holding her
bridal style and an arm is around his neck. Aaliyah and I nod in agreement.
"I love being in my boyfriends strong arms," Aaliyah smirks and looks at Matt, her legs are
around his waist and he's holding her to him.
"Not for long," Val smirks and releases Willow so her body goes underwater, she flails her
arms around and treads water then grimaces and screams. Val thinking something's wrong
and being his protective self- grabs her and pulls her to his chest and looks at her in worry.
"Willow, what's wrong?" He asks in panic.
"I touched the floor of the dam, yuckie!!" He scowls when he realises that she isn't hurt and it
was just the mud on the ground making her scream like a baby.
His jaw clenches and anger I can see the anger in his dark eyes, "I thought you were hurt,
Willow!" He shouts, she sheepishly smiles and looks down.
"Sorry," he shakes his head and releases her and swims to the opposite side of the dam.
"Valentino! Stop being a child!" Willow whines, he turns to her and pins her with a glare. She
shrugs and waves him off, "he'll be fine, he just needs to cool off."
"Does he have anger management issues?" Aaliyah asks, Willow nods and looks at him
before looking at us and sighing. "Let's do piggy wars! Except we're on their shoulders!"
Aaliyah suggests, Willow grins and nods then looks at Val who is laying on his back.
"Val!" He looks up, "we're doing piggy back wars, wanna join?" He shakes his head and
goes to lay his head down again before Willow shouts, "don't complain when I'm on Matt's or
Zac's shoulders." His eyes darken and in possessiveness he swims over and grabs her by
the waist.
"Don't test me Willow," he growls in her ear. She smiles and wraps her arms around his neck
and kisses his cheek, the anger practically evaporates out of him after that movement and
he smiles in content.