****Delilah's POV****
The first person to talk to tonight on my list was Luca, even just to make sure he was comfortable sharing the bed tonight. You could see from all the garden chats things were still very open between everyone, I'd seen Luca talking to Tasha and Gemma speaking to both Liam and Davide.
I think you're in that weird state where no-one kind of knows what they want yet, I mean I haven't even really spoken to any of the guys yet really
I spotted him speaking to Liam and took my opportunity to go over there. "Hey, can I grab you for a chat?"
"Yeah sure."
"I'll leave you guys to it." Liam vacated his sport around the fire pit, so I took a seat leaving a suitable amount of distance between Luca and I.
"How are you?" I asked.
"I'm good, had a good first night. Got my ear sucked by a gorgeous girl so can't really complain."
"I hope not, thankfully both your ears were clean."
"Yeah that wouldn't have been nice."
"Have you been speaking to any of the other girls? Anyone particularly taking your fancy right now?"
"Except you." A little bit of reassurance went a long way in my eyes so I was thankful he included me. "Tasha did pull me for a chat earlier, I think she wanted to see what I was saying"
"I think you've got to get to know everyone at this stage."
"Is that what you're feeling?" He questioned.
"I mean you're definitely not a closed book so I've got to keep my options open, see what everyone's saying."
"It's hard to say after day one innit?"
"Yeah and I completely get that."
"We'll have to see what it's like tonight, how close we get in bed."
"Are you up for a little cuddle?"
"Yeah, I mean I don't think any girl would be complaining in my position."
"I'll tell you a little bedtime story as well."
"The one thing though that I didn't think I need and now I'm here I think that I will need it, is my bed socks." I told him.
An almost jokingly disgusted look appears on his face at that. "You sleep with socks on?"
"Not always but it's still quite cold here."
"You can always like tuck your feet between my legs."
"Do you think that constitutes as footsies?"
"I mean I can play back if that's what you want..."
"Depends now nice your feet are."
When it was finally time to go to bed for the first time, I had a quick chat to Indiyah in the dressing room. I don't think she's feeling Ikenna but at the same time I think at this stage it's hard to shut anything down completely. I had a little pale pink silk shorts and shirt combo but I couldn't go to sleep without the little secret I had stored away in one of the suitcases. Reaching into my one in the corner I could feel the plush fabric against my fingertips and pulled out a pale blue blanket, just around the size of my torso.
"What's the blanket?" Luca asked as I joined him in the bed, leaving a few inches between us as we watched everyone else get ready.
"This was Theo's, when he heard I was going away for a few weeks he told me to keep this and he'd sleep with the blanket I have." Even though it was only the first night and I've been away from him longer than the week I've been gone, I couldn't help but feel all the emotions I felt when I left him.
"Who is he staying with now? His dad?"
"Oh no, his dad isn't in the picture. My family are amazing though, my parents will have him for most of the time and then he's been promised a few sleepovers from my siblings."
"Are you missing him?"
"Yeah, I know it will come in waves but it's just because it's the first night as well."
"Even more of a reason for a cuddle." As the lights went down he reached over to place my head on his chest and wrapped his arm loosely round my shoulder to keep me close, with the blanket firmly in the grasp. "Is this alright?"
"It's perfect."
****
Waking up the next morning we hadn't moved much from the position we went to sleep in, though his hand was now settled firmly on my waist.
"Morning." I whispered catching his attention from Andrew across from us.
"Morning to you too. Sleep well?"
"Really well, you're a good cuddler."
"I pride myself on that."
The boys all made their way outside so I planted myself next to Tasha in her bed with all the other girls around us.
"I woke up and then he woke up and he did have a little smile on his face." Tasha confessed. "And then he just put his arm around me and we started cuddling."
"Aw."
"Do you know what though, I actually really liked it."
"I could see you from over there, you looked like a Cheshire cat." Amber commented. "Anyone else do any cuddling?"
"I could see you and Luca getting close." Indiyah raised her eyebrows at my silence. "I could see you girl."
"Yeah we had a little cuddle, we kind of had a little heart to heart before bed and then he pulled me over to him. It was nice though, not too much but he's a good cuddler."
"I think if Dami would have touched me I would have been like 'get off me'. No I'm joking but I did actually wake up this morning and realise he is quite good looking, I think yesterday I must have been like overwhelmed or overtired." Amber explained. "I don't know but I think we're both not used to having to graft someone."
"What about you and Ikenna?" I asked Indiyah.
"He's a really nice guy but I feel like that's all I keep saying about him. Yesterday I was maybe too harsh on thinking he's not my type but I just don't want the pressure, I want to take it slow."
"I think as well this place tricks your mind." I told them all. "Like it's so hard to think about where your head is at because there's never really any alone time like you would have back home."
"What about you Gem?" Amber asked. "You look pissed off."
"I was literally like hanging off the bed, no touching at all. It's just a bit awkward cos Davide was next to me in the bed and I slept looking out that way so he was just there."
I got changed for the day into a little white bikini before taking myself out into the sun on the bean bags alone from all the boys in the corner, closing my eyes from the blaring sun.
"Delilah," A very thick Italian accent broke the silence though and I opened my eyes to find him taking a seat opposite me. "Am I alright to sit?"
"Yeah of course, so how are you feeling about tonight?"
"I'm feeling excited, it was lonely last night sleeping alone and watching you all together. You're with Luca right?"
"I am."
"Is that like who you would normally go for, he's younger than you, does age matter?"
"I wouldn't judge someone on their age if they're like 22/23, I don't think I would go any younger than that."
"Would you date an older guy?"
"Talking about yourself?" I questioned earning a cheeky grin from him. "Yeah it's the same really, maybe they're more suited to what I want. I need someone who's quite mature, knows what he wants. What about you?"
"I usually find myself with younger girls, but my ex was older. I think it's a bit like the colour of the hair, I don't care if you're a blonde or a brunette, I just want to get to know your personality and your mind set."
"Yeah completely."
"You're a beautiful girl though and I want to get to know you better."
"Thank you, so what have you come in here for then? A long term thing?"
"Yeah I'm 27 now and I want to ideally find that life long partner, someone to marry and have kids with. What did you think of me walking in?"
"Obviously you're attractive but you already know that. You seem quite confident but obviously all the girls have got their eyes on you so I don't know usually in these sorts of situations I would be inclined to take a back seat and make you take the lead. What do you think of me so far?"
"I've said I think you're a beautiful girl. I've heard you want probably the same things as me. I think we would be well matched."
"I guess we'll have to wait and see."
I'm not sure about Davide, I feel like at the moment he knows he's got all the girls at his feat and he's playing that. I know he's older and maybe more suited towards me than the other guys but maybe a bit less fun to be around, I don't know but I don't want to shut anything down just yet
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Our first challenge was that afternoon with the traditional fact reveals in a girls vs boys challenge. Each islander would be presented with a statement and would have to kiss the islander they think it is.
"This islander once turned down a threesome because he didn't want to pay towards the hotel." Amber read out the first statement and got it right giving Liam a kiss.
"This girl's boyfriend found nudes of her that were not sent to him." Andrew read out and got it right giving quite a steamy kiss to Tasha.
"This girl has kissed over ten different girls." Liam read the next one. "Got to be someone quite mature. I reckon maybe Delilah. Come out love."
I wasn't complaining about being chosen for this one, I had confessed that he was in my top two guys. He lightly gave my arse a quite pat before bending down to give me a soft but quite nice kiss, just the right amount of tongue. He wasn't correct though with the correct answer being Tasha.
Yeah I'm not complaining about the kiss with Liam, it was a good kiss.
"This boy has spent over £1000 on a first date." Tasha read out. "I think it's you." I'm not going to lie it was a bit awkward watching her pull Luca out of the crowd for a kiss and he seemed to enjoy it as well."
"This boy had a threesome in a nightclub with two American girls." Indiyah incorrectly guessed Dami for that one with it being Andrew.
"This girl once mistakenly took up a job in a strip club." Dami read out. "I honestly have no idea on that one." I think he just went for Amber for that reason. "The correct answer is Delilah."
I swear everyone's heads haven't turned that quickly in so long. "Explain." Indiyah pushed.
"So naïve me in the first year of uni thought it was just a normal bar and then yeah they brought out the uniform, basically just a lingerie set." I don't think the boys were expecting that with their eyes almost out their heads. "I worked the night though, it was good money."
"You go girl." Amber shouted.
Luca: Man she is something else
"This girl once fell off her bed whilst the guy was giving her an orgasm." Ikenna read out. "I think it might be Delilah you know."
He waved the detector at me to bring me forward, swiping it across my body before leaning down to give me a kiss. I'm not going to lie there was a bit too much tongue in there for me with a guy that I haven't even properly spoke to yet. It was incorrect anyway with Amber being the correct answer.
"This girl changed her number the day after breaking up with her boyfriend." Davide read out. "I feel like we're all just going for Delilah now but this could genuinely be you." This one surprised me probably the most as it was such a short kiss, our lips barely touched before he pulled away again. "Correct."
"You've got to cut toxic people out of your life." I told them all and I could presume they all knew who I was talking about.
"This girl's favourite sex position is the broken eagle." Luca was up next, causing Amber to let out a little scream. "I think you've made it pretty obvious that it's you." They again shared quite a short kiss, but it turned out to be incorrect with the correct answer being Gemma.
My turn finally came. "This boy has a heart shaped birthmark on his penis." I knew we were winning so even though we thought the correct answer was Dami, I couldn't turn down this opportunity to have my choice. "Come on Luca."
I reached our for him placing him in the middle before gliding the detector over his shorts and chest. Making eye contact with him I couldn't help but lean in and place our lips together with minimal tongue action, both our lips just sliding against each other. I could hear the other's cheering but I blocked them all out for a few second to enjoy the moment.
It was a good kiss, yeah really good.
The girls won the challenge and back in the villa we had a little debrief about what went down.
"I feel like I had the best kiss with Luca." Tasha confessed to us all.
"Better than Andrew?" Amber confirmed.
"I think so."
"Have you talked to him?" Indiyah asked. "What vibes do you get from that?"
"Yeah we had a chat earlier today and I got quite good vibes from him, he seemed quite open to get to know me."
"What do you think about that?" Indiyah turned to me.
"Yeah we had a chat last night and just said we both need to keep our options open. I think we're both getting to know others. It's absolutely fine with me.
****Luca's POV****
"So what are we feeling after that challenge?" Ikenna asked. "Who's shocked you the most?"
"Come on man none of us can lie, it's definitely Delilah and the strip club." Liam said. "That's hot man."
"She kissed quite a few of us in that challenge as well, I got one, you did, Luca and Davide as well."
"She's got no idea how attractive she is." I couldn't help but voice my opinion.
"She is stunning." Liam confessed. "Like just everything about her."
"She seems to have good chat as well, quite naturally flirty." I told them all. "Like last night I could have stayed up talking to her for so much longer."
"Yeah she was with me as well." Davide said.
"I think I'm going to pull her for a chat tonight." Liam said, "our kiss was quite good, so yeah I need to take this opportunity to get to know her a bit better, she's definitely in my top three. That's alright with you right?"
"Yeah it's only the second day, she's definitely in my top three as well though." I had to make sure he was clear of my intentions.
I'm getting on quite well with Liam but I know he's got his eyes on Delilah, I'll just have to watch out for them.
****Delilah's POV****
That evening I think everyone was becoming a bit more apprehensive about Davide and the choice he had to make. I went for a more casual look tonight with a two piece beige set just showing the top of my midriff.
"Cheers to Davide." I said as we all stood in the garden. "Here's to making good choices. Cheers everyone."
"Fancy going for a chat." I was not expecting it but Liam came up behind me, gently resting his hand on my waist.
"Yeah of course." I took him over to the fire pit. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I just feel like we haven't had the chance to properly speak yet."
"How are you feeling about Gemma?" I had to ask.
"I feel like it's alright but I want to get to know other girls. Obviously that's why I'm here, I know you said yesterday you was attracted to me but I want to confirm that's like mutual." From his voice he seemed quite nervous about saying that.
"I'm honoured. So what is it you do?"
"I'm a masters student, so still at uni but yeah I'm hoping to finish soon."
"Must be quite clever then."
"I can show you a thing or two..."
"Tell me more." I cheekily giggled. "I bet you've used that line on thousands of girls."
"Nah only the best ones, so what about you? You got your chance to kiss quite a few guys in that challenge, which was the best?"
"I mean a girl's got to have some secrets. You was definitely in the top four though." I could see the confusion in his face as he tried to work out where I placed him.
"Oh brilliant!" Sarcasm dripped from his voice as the penny dropped that there were only four I kissed.
"Come on, I bet I wasn't your top one."
"I only had you and Amber. I think you would be the best out of that."
"Good, not quite as secretive as I am."
"Got to lay my cards out."
"I've got a text." Davide shouted. "Davide it's now time for you to pick the girl you want to couple up with. Can all icelanders please gather around the fire pit. #thatsamore"
I'm going to presume he meant islanders.
I took my spot next to Luca, his arm automatically coming around my shoulders as Davide stood in front of us.
"You good?" I heard Luca whisper.
"I don't think it will be me, we're all good."
"Ok, naturally it hasn't been an easy decision to make because in only 24 hours it's difficult to try to get to know everyone and try to make the correct decision. So I decided to couple up with this girl because it's not just attraction, I mean yes she is a stunning girl but I felt like we had a good time and I would like to know her more. So the girl I would like to couple up with is..."
"Gemma."
Gemma left Liam to go and stand with Davide, who immediately got a text. "Liam you are now single, at the end of the week all islanders will take part in a recoupling. The islander not picked to be in a couple will be dumped from the island #lostagem #getonyourgraft."
"Shit."
****Author's Note****
I hope you like this chapter.
Just in case anyone hadn't worked it out, the italics and bold are them speaking in the beach hut.
Again I'm really sorry for the infrequent updates but I'm hoping to get up to speed this weekend.
Just a quick snapshot of Luca in there, I want to keep some questions as to how he's feeling.
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