"Guys I'm going to see what that idiot is doing." Mar had the urge to go and check up on Ross.
She left her friends. They were utterly confused and watched in disbelieve as she turned around and walked towards the boys' s Caravan. Why did she feel sorry for him? He did hurt her after all..so why is she doing this? So they were right...She did like him! The boys didn't notice because they were preparing the barbecue they were going to have, except Dylan who looked hurt by it. His face showing sadness. Ross was a jerk but she still was nice to him.
"Ross... are you awake?" She asked going in. The smell of alcohol was still there unfortunately.
"Yeah. What the hell happened? My head hurts. " he was rubbing his head.
"You drank more than you should have ." Mar said smiling in amusement.
"Wait...Mariah?" He said rubbing his eyes not believing who was there. Of course. How can he believe it when all that he does is bully her?
"Uh yeah. I'm going I just came to check up on you. I was the one who got you here cause I swear you were about to faint out there." Awkward much ?
"Thanks."
"No problem. There is some food. When you're ready come out....oh and yeah. Can you please shower? You kind of don't smell nice!" She said showing a discusted face.
"Uh ... yeah ... sure !" He said in embarssment because he knew she was right.
"You know I didn't mean to hit you. I'm sorry." She was just outside the door when he apologised. She took a step back in and turned facing him. " Ross Scott is apologising to me. I'm flattered!" She pointed at him then at herself." You're still an ass and It feels so good telling you that in your face." She said laughing. Then she turned to leave.
"Ha.ha.ha." Ross said sarcastically.
After about fifteen minutes Ross came out looking fresh. With his blonde hair and that crazy hairstyle he always wore. It was kind of messy. He went near Mariah who was texting on her phone.
"Hi" Ross began.
"Heyy" Mar looked up for a second and returned texting and after a few minutes of awkwardness between her and Ross, Nat reached them.
" Heyy..ugh we're going to throw a party tonight. We figured that no one lives here and so we could put the music up and dance?" Nat was excited.
"That's a great idea. Who came up with this?" Mariah was always curious and then again who's not?
Nat was facing her shoes. Ross was still there.She noticed that him and Dylan being friends still don't go well with eachother. They are what girls calls 'frenemies' "Uhhhh....Dylan."
"Of course he did." Ross left them looking annoyed.
"What's his problem anyways?" Kirsten reached them along with Mark.
"Only god knows what is going in that kids mind." Mark stated. He was Ross's friend don't get me wrong. But the boys didn't always get along with him, not mark and not any of the boys. Ross was the biggest bad boy of the boys group which of course everybody drooled on. The other boys weren't as bad as him even if they were called bad boys. Dylan and Mark didn't like the way he treated the girls or 'chicks' as they called them. Grant and Mirko didn't either but they were just scared to admit it and to stand up to Ross. That's because he had a temper like no other. He was always right even if he was wrong.
The party :
"Guys. You know we do this like every night. What's so special about this so called party?" Mariah stated the obvious. The music was loud !
"Music and yeah you get to to drink." Mark yelled his voice barely recognizable.
" Yeah...About the drinking part. We do that EVERY NIGHT !! " Mar sighed.
"She tried to drink last time. You saw what happened right?" Ross teased.
"Ass."
"Smart ass"
"I take that as a compliment." Mar told him in amusment. It was the first time he was being nice to her and actually joking instead of hurting her. They were getting along more or less.
" I'm so trashed." Carla was yelling with a bottle of wine in her hands. She was drunk.
"Oh my god." Mar started laughing.
"You got to stop saying that." Nat told her.
"What?"
"Oh my god. You say it all the time!"
"I'll try next time okay?"
Nat handed her a red bull. She loved it. She turned to Ross. "You stay away from alcohol. I'm not going to help you next time." Mar turned facing her drunk friend. " Carla.... Help me. She's going to fall any minute now." Ross helped her. Carla was dancing and drinking at the same time.
" I want to party ,come on, leave me." Carla cried.
"Okay but drink this. And give me that wine." Mar gave her a warning look and a bottle of water and Carla handed the bottle.
" Where did you get this from anyways? " she asked Carla who only shrugged while trying to keep balance.
"So she gets to stay out here doing whatever and when I get drunk I have to go to sleep?" Ross chuckled, teasing.
" You where breaking a bottle for god's sake and you wouldn't stop. What was I supposed to do?Someone could have got hurt and that includes you!"
"Okay, okay. No need to get so defensive."
"I'm not defensive." She said defensively.
"Yeah you are." Still teasing but truthfully.
"Ughh. Bye" She waved and reached Nat and the others.
Ross kept looking at her while she walked away, smiling. Mar knew he was looking at her but didn't dare to turn. Instead she lowered her head and tucked some hair behind her ear and blushed a bit in a shy matter. She smiled happily knowing the boys she once liked and maybe still liked was being nice to her. Of course she wasn't falling for it because she knew that any chance he got he would bully her. That was his attitude. No one could change it.
"Hey!" Mirko scoffed annoyed by the fact that someone stopped the music.
"Why would you do that?" He waved his hand furiously at Mariah who apparently had stopped the music.
"I'm bored...." She said truthfully.
"So?"
"So let's just do something different tonight. I was thinking truth or dare? Anyone?"
They all gathered around the fire that Ross supposedly lit. They didn't use a bottle. They just chose whoever they wanted. Things took a wrong turn whenever it was Ross's turn and even Mark's. They had dirty ideas and you could see the disgust in Dylan's face. He tried to stop them but it was impossible.
" Natalie!" Ross shouted.
"W-What?" She looked stunned.
"Your turn!" He was wearing the exact same smirk he always wore on his face.
"No...Choose somebody else."
"Ok then. Mark pass the ice bucket." Smirk still plastered on his face.
"No. You wouldn't!"
"Don't underestimate him Nat. Just do it." Mariah whispered to her friend.
"I'll do it. Dare than." She looked terrified. "Darn it." She scoffed.
"Right Decision. Kiss Dylan!" Amusement was cleary shown on his face. He had to get back to Dylan for spending so much time with Mariah.He didn't know why he felt like that but he did and he couldn't resist thinking about Mariah and Dylan being together.What the hell was worng with him? Why did he feel like that? It never happened before for any girl except for Mariah and he still didn't know why. He tried to ignore it but it was more than impossible to do. He got angry just thinking about Dylan and Mariah being together for a moment let alone if they really got together in the near future. Dylan's eyes widened as he listened to the ridiculous dare he just heard.
"Bu-but...I couldn't. I can't." Nat stuttered while blushing.
"Your choice. Mark bucket."
Dylan had listened enough and...
"Nonsense. Leave her alone. If she doesn't want to do it she won't do it. " He snapped. He woke up from where he was sitting and walked to face Ross who was sitting opposite of him.
"She doesn't want to or you don't want to? You didn't have any problems before kissing everyone who walked by you and now what? You saw Mariah and just .... BOOM ! Mr. Play boy of the year has a crush!" He woke up facing Dylan ready for a fight. Mariah blushed. He clenched his fists.
"You're calling me a play boy when you practically slept with the whole school? Mariah is right,you are an ass and a big one too." Mar was on the verge of crying when she heard that Ross had slept with pretty much every girl of his school.
"That's it!" Ross was about to punch Dylan when Mar appeared out of nowhere and stepped in between them. " STOP ! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FRIENDS!" She yelled.
"Supposed that is!" Dylan stepped away furious sitting back down where he once sat as he opened a beer and drank it in one gulp.
"So you are going to kiss or what?" Carla said definetly still drunk. Mariah threw her a death glare. "What? The dare is still on!" She yelled and starting to laugh at nothing.
"I don't think either of them are comfortable with it. Gosh this is all my fault. This was my idea." Mariah looked unhappy. " And I thought I told you not to drink anymore!" Mar pointed at the bottle of beer Carla had in her hands. and she only shrugged.
"Ughh. No it wasn't your fault. I should have just kissed him and that's it. You were trying to lighten up the air because we practically do the same thing everyday." She told Mar. "It was my fault because I just stood there contemplating, doing nothing looking schocked where I coud have just walked there kissed him and it could have been over in a second! " She immediatly stood up and walked towards Dylan which was practically drinking another beer. She bent down and kissed him. His eyes widened as Nat did this but immediatly closed his eyes and gave in the kiss.
"WOOOHOOO" Everyone shouted as Mar looked in disbelieve smiling. She knew it was Natalie's first kiss. So here's a thing. Mariah is known also as the love doctor or matchmaker of the year...of every year that is! As she saw those two kissing she immediately had the impression that they would look so adorable together. She liked Dylan but only as a friend and she knew that she only liked one guy.
"I thought you said it was supposed to last in a second. More like a minute or two to me !" Mar shouted to Nat teasing her. Nat blushed. Even in that awfully dark night, her face could show that it had become red in embarssment. She backed away from a totally shocked Dylan even if she wasn't and didn't want to. His lips were so soft she could just kiss him every minute she got. His eyes widened and his mouth hanged open literally. Then Nat looked away and went back in her place.
" What just happened?" Nat asked Mariah.
"I think you just had your first kiss." She giggled. "I'm sorry I inturrepted your little hook up there but I thought you would thank me later cause you know you TOTALLY don't have a crush on one of these boys especially not Dylan!" She said sarcastically. Nat hit her." I don't ! Why would you get that idea?"
"Well you practically sucked the life out of him. And you think I don't notice? When you look at him you become red in the face and whenever he's near you you just look at the ground. I think you have a crush and a big one too!"
"I don't. Believe me. And you talk for your self Mrs. Scott !" She stuck her tongue out at Mariah.
"I think you seriously want that ice bucket put on your head tonight. Come on, you know I'm right. They don't call me the love doctor for nothing!"
"Nothing can escape you..can't it? Nat said.
"Just things that involve love!" It was true. Mariah was an expert in these thing even if she never had a real boyfriend." Now, I want all the dets. Care to tell me?" She asked her friend in victory.
They walked away from there friends as Nat strated telling Mar how she started to like Dylan when she first saw him on facebook. " I didn't have a crush. I-I just liked him until I found myself stalking him. It became worst when I became jealous of how many girls he had photos with. It was ridiculous. I liked a guy I even didn't know." She continued telling how she hid it from Mar because she knew Mar would try and get them together. She didn't want that because she didn't know him and how he wouldn't have liked her. " You underestimate yourself Nat." Mar had told her. Then she told her how happy she was that she was coming to this trip and she could finally get to know him even if she didn't have a chance with him because he hangs around with a lot of pretty girls. She even told her how she fell for him more when he stood up for Mariah beacuse he was 'soooo sweet'. She told her how she was even jealous of Mariah sometimes beacuse they spent a lot of time together. And lastly she told her how she wanted to kiss him so badly but didn't at first when Ross told her because she didn't know how to kiss and she finally decided to do it and how soft his lips felt against hers and how she didn't want to let go!
"I swear you two are so cute together. And believe me. You know how I have an eye for these things. You are perfect for each other. And you shouldn't be jealous because I swear I don't like him like that!" Mar told her friend.
"I know and I'm sorry but I can't help it sometimes." Nat apologised.
"You don't have to. I know how you feel. When Carla first told me that Ross was disturbing her because he was trying to flirt with her and every chance he got he would 'bother her' I was so jealous that If she was infront of me I could have just ripped her eyes out of her sockets. And it was wrong of me because It wasn't her fault. So don't apologise."
"So you admit you like him? Huh...So we are right!"
"Yeah I guess you are. But Its more than a crush. I can't help it. You know? Even when he hurts me I can't help but feel like that. I think I'm fall-" She was cut off by the sickening view infront of her. Tears started to find their way out instantly. She buried her face in her hands as Nat who was in front of her looked buffled and perplexed. " What's wrong? What the hell is happening?!" She asked Mar.
"R-R-Ross..... H-He Is Ki-K-Kissing C-Carla ! " She alleged in between sobbs.
" What? Where?" She said as she hugged Mar.
"B-Behind you." Her hands where still buried in her hands. " And h-here I was declaring my that I-I''m f-falling f-fo-for him!" She tried to wipe her tears but they just came flowing down her face.
"Calm Down.. What an ass." She said while turning and looking at Ross who was clearly sucking Carla's face. " She is clearly drunk and he took advantage of her. She wouldn't do that if she was sober...would she? " Mariah was more relaxed now.
" No. No she wouldn't." She took Nat's hands off of her and made her way to Ross who was infront of Carla who was leaning against a Caravan. Mar had a mixture of anger, sadness, and jealousy spread in her eyes.
" What the hell do you think your doing? " She tore off Ross's face off of Carla's. He looked perplexed." She's clearly drunk and you know that.You are taking advantage of her!" Mar tried to hold back the tears.
"W-What? I didn't do anything. This isn't my fault. She kissed me!"
"I don't believe you." Mar hissed.
"Don't believe me but its the fucking truth. She pulled me along and kissed me."
"Mind your language. And if that was true you could have just pushed her away. You can't even keep it in your pants can you?" She looked seriously hurt.
"Why would I push her away? I'm not anybody's boyfriend and ever since we got here, we fight all the time. And why do you care anyways? You clearly fuckin hate me and it's fine by me. Now go and cry to that shithead over there like you mostly do like the fuckin baby you are! And I. DIDN'T. KISS. HER. She kissed me. Don't believe me. Fine."
Tears where about to be shed and so Mariah urged to get away from there as soon as possible. Worst of all is that she mostly believed him. He looked sincere when he told he didn't kiss Carla. Carla wouldn't kiss him....would she?
"Carla let's go." She grabbed Carla's hand and tried to walk away. " His lips are so cute and soft..haha...hahah" Carla laughed clearly more drunk than before.
Mariah held back the tears. Why did she always cry? .Ross was right. She was a crybaby. She held strong. He wasn't her boyfriend. He was her.....bully. The worst part of all is that she liked him. And the boy she liked had said terrible things to her.
"Mar are you ok?" Nat asked Mar, looking worried.
"Fine. Please can you put her in the caravan. Make her come to her senses. I need to go for a walk."
"Now? Its dark. Someone should come with you." Nat scoffed.
"No. I'm going alone. And besides...What other can happen after this?"
She had just started walking when someone tugged to her wrist and made her turn around. " What the he-" Ross was looking at her. " We need to talk."
" I have nothing to say to you." Mar replied.
"But I do. Let's go in the caravan."
"You'll have to make me cause I'm not coming." Mar tried to walk away instantly but Ross just got hold of her wrist again.
"It will either be the easy way or the hard way. Don't make me use the hard way." He looked determined.
" Fine. Just let me go. " She said with defeat.
In the caravan :
" I'm sorry I told you those things. But seriously she did kiss me." Ross looked calm at Mar's disbelieve.
"I still don't believe you. And I don't believe your apologies either."
"But you will have to. It wasn't my fault and I didn't kiss her. And I AM SORRY."
"Why do you insist on telling me you didn't kiss her? I'm not your friend. I'm sure as hell NOT your girlfriend and I'm not your anything. I still don't believe you. And I think your drunk. I don't think you remained sober after that fight with Dylan."
"I don't know why I keep insisting but I feel I have too. And I'm not fuckin drunk. "
"Mind your lang-" She again was cut of by him. That seemed to happen a lot.
"Yeah yeah. Mind your language. I got it. Now can you for once believe me? I didn't kiss her. I'm not drunk and I'm sorry."
"I'm leaving. Bye" Mar turned but appearantly she wasn't too fast as Ross tugged at her wrist again
"You are going to listen to me. After that little game you came up with, Carla came up to me and shoved me along. You hadtold me to help you with her and since I saw her like that I tried to give her a bottle of water but instead she shoved me along the caravan and stuck her lips to mine. It was a minute before you arrived.I swear. I don't even know why you reacted like that ! I don't even know why I'm reacting like this!!"
"Carla is one of my closest friends and you where trying...or so I thought...that you wanted to get in her pants cause you know its practically your thing!" Mar told him partially lying.
"And I just told you I wasn't. And it wasn't that. Why did you react like that? You seemed jealous." Part of him wanted that she was jealous only he didn't know why !
"I wasn't. I told you why and now I'm leaving. So can you please remove your filty hand off of mine? Thanks."
"Do you at least believe me?" He hoped that she did.
"Ok so I admit she was drunk so maybe that's why she did it. So yes I believe you. But I'm sick of you. Now bye." Again turning but he was fast enough to grab her my the wrist again.
"Why do you behave like this?" Annoyance clearly was plastered on his face.
"Like What?" She shouted.
"On one hand you seem totally jealous and on the other hand you go and cry to shithead!!" Ross was now shouting too.
"Stop calling him that." Mar yelled.
"Why? Why should I stop? We all now we aren't that big of friends." He yelled even more.
"But you still shouldn't call other people names. I don't know where this courage is coming from. Maybe it's from all the names you have been calling me these past few years, Remember our chats? I do ! Stop calling him names cause he's sweeter than you'll ever be. He's been so caring since we arrived here. If you didn't want that you shouldn't have called me names. I can bare it cause I have been bullied many many times now especially from you but don't ever mess with my friends cause I will rip your special parts out and shove'em up your ass !" Her face was glowing with redness. Not from ebarssment but from how furious she was. Everything she had kept inside of her these whole years and this trip made its way out. Well half of it.
Awe made its way to his face with a mix of perplexity."Mariah tell me the truth. Do you like Dylan?"