I don't own anything but my characters. Also I could not find Levi's last name so I chose something random for him so please, don't complain. /

The ages for the characters so everyone can remember, including myself:
Tali is twenty-four.
Eld is Thirty-one.
Oluo is twenty-nine.
Gunther is twenty-three.
Petra is twenty-three.
Erwin here is twenty-seven.
Levi is twenty-six. /


Chapter 7:


"Tali~" Petra yells as I keep my head under my pillow; woman, if you haven't noticed, I am hiding. Hiding under a God damn pillow, let me hide under this pillow!

I groan slightly under my pillow before sitting up in my bed, running my hands through my hair as I feel my hair being wild in the morning as always.

I sigh softly while standing up from my bed; I didn't sleep much at all last night, I think I was just over thinking the whole ring thing.

"Tali, that is such a cute ring!" Did I mention that I put it on? It actually fits me pretty well on my index finger.

"Thanks," I say while stretching out a little bit before gathering a bikini, shorts and a plain white tee shirt as I adventure to the shower; I need a shower, I always have a shower in the morning or else I'm a moody bitch for the rest of the day… okay… moodier bitch.

"Where did you get the ring from?" I hear Petra yell through the door as I strip down, kicking my clothes to the side while turning the shower on.

"I forgot," I reply through the door; she actually sounds like she is right against the door. I place my clothes down in the sink before getting into the shower. I really need to stop thinking about the damn ring. Yes, I have some feelings for Levi. Yes, the ring was a gift from him and it is really pretty. And yes to all this other shit that is gathering in my head.

I sigh softly into the shower as I look down at the ring on my finger; why didn't I take this little mush off? It is really pretty with the music notes on it and sliver looks a lot better than gold, so yeah, I really like it.

"Tali! Do you want to do some shopping with me once you're done?"

"I'm fine!" I yell while quickly washing my hair and body before rinsing off the soap and bubbles. Once that is done, I stand in the warm water for a couple of minutes before stepping out of the water. "I plan to do some swimming at the hotel pool!"

"But you don't know how to swim!"

"Well… if one of our group is free I'll ask if they can teach me!" I yell through the door while pulling my white one-piece swimsuit, with ruffles on the chest, on before pulling the shorts and plain shirt on. I pull my hair back into a tight small ponytail before walking out of the bathroom to see Petra giving me this huge pout.

Oh my God, that is just heart breaking. I would hug her but hugging her would be giving into her, something I must show that I will not stand for.

"Sorry Petra, I just need to cool my nerves," I say while giving her a small smile as she pouts a little more before smiling.

"Its fine, you don't get your gift till Tuesday then," she says as I shrug before nodding my head; I don't mind that, I just need to relax a bit and forget about the whole 'Levi-love' thing that happened yesterday. I don't want to over think anything shit and stupid when it isn't even supposed to be shit or stupid.

I grab my bag from the coffee table in the living room; walk over to my suitcase before dumping everything into it. Once that is done, I put everything I will need into my bag before closing the suitcase, heading for the door as I see Petra has already left. Oh well, more room for me.

I walk out of the hotel room; slowly ride down the elevator before walking into the lobby to see Petra talking to Levi, who is reading my book from yesterday. Damn, he is really fucking obsessed with that book. Maybe I should refer him to a specialist? But first, I need to find a specialist for him and myself.

I stare at the two for a moment, feeling my heart clench for a minor second before pushing it to the side and walking out to the hotel pool. Once I am out there, I place my towel down on a sun bed and get out the sun block. I am able to get most of the spots needed so with that done, I strip off the shorts and tee shirt and jump into the pool, sighing softly at the cool heated water.

I lift my leg up and out of the water as I stare at it before laughing softly; my legs and arms really are small compared to most people. I blame my mum for my height though; she made all of the girls in my family short.

The only swimming technique I know is the doggy paddle which is something my older sister, Lily taught me.

I try my best to doggy paddle around the pool, only to get tired half way through and grab onto the side of the pool to make sure I don't drown.

I cough a little bit as I feel some water had gone up my nose; oh for fuck sake that BURNS! I hate sunburns!

I feel my body freeze up as I feel two hands pick me up, out of the water from under my arms and feel my feet softly touch the cold tiles of the pool edge.

I look up to see Levi in a wet white tee shirt and black swimming trunks.

"Are you trying to fucking drown?" he questions with narrowed eyes as I laugh softly to myself. Maybe.

"No, it wasn't on my agenda but I can always add it if you want," I joke as he crosses his arms, showing off his six pact which I look to the floor to avoid looking at. I need to keep my hormones under control. "Oh, shit, I got you wet," I say while glancing to his shirt while taking my arms away from him as I feel this shock run up my back. Enough touching, it bad enough that I like him, I don't need to be attracted to him now.

"I know," he says while raising a brow at me, glancing down to his shirt before straight back to me, "is your sunburn affecting you brain?"

"Excuse me?"

"You're acting strange… more than usual," he says while stripping off his shirt and throwing it to a chair which has a towel on it.

"Oh really," I say while pulling my left hand behind my back, staring at the man with an uninterested look as I see him eye my right hand before looking to my left which is hidden.

"Let me see your left hand," he says as I narrow my eyes at him while taking a small step backwards as I try my best not to slip on the pool edge, it is slippery as fuck.

I shake my head softly to him as he narrows his eyes at me before sighing, softly shrugging his shoulders before looking me straight in the blue eyes and he stares with his cool grey ones.

"You leave me no choice," he says while walking towards me, wrapping his arms around my waist (which makes me blush a little more then I should), and jumping backwards into the pool, which makes me scream like a child being thrown into a pool.

Within seconds, I feel my head above the water as I spit out a long spray of water in Levi's direction. That was just plain cruel! Just plain fucking cruel!
I glare at the man as he simply gives me a tiny chuckle at my childish glaring as he smirks at me with this up tight look. Damn fucking bitch! I hope you get a foot cramp!

"I hope you get a foot cramp you prick!"

"Then you'll be going down with me brat," he says with his smirk as I glare at him, before whacking my fists against his shoulders as his arms are still around my waist and my bitch are a little closer to his face then I'd like. Hey, I like flirting and all, but when it comes to the people I actually like, I find it hard to flirt with them.

I whine in my throat with the biggest glare I can give the man in my position as I still see him smirking at me. I really want to fucking slap that dirty smirk off of his face right now!

I glare at the man before slapping his cheeks in a slightly hard way, making him narrow his eyes on me before sinking deeper into the water, making me squeal at the feel of water rising up my back. I don't like this feeling at all! Levi you bitch! Stop being a prick as well!

"Would you stop being a prick?"

"Only when you stop hiding the ring," he yells slightly back as I blink my eyes, feeling my cheeks burn for a moment till I give him my best glare back, wiggling to try to remove myself from his grasp. "You'll drown if you do that," he says like saying 'there are no clouds in the sky', which makes me stick my tongue out at him as that is the best insult I can give at the moment… oh wait… I got one.

"I know I'll drown, a watery grave sounds pretty damn nice right about now Little-Levi!" I yell at him as he rolls his eyes at me before slowly lowering himself till the water comes up to both of our shoulders; I really don't like this!

I glare at the man before kicking him in the shins while pushing away from him, only making myself go deeper into the deep end. My eyes widen as that thought slowly before quickly kicking my feet, trying to keep my head above the water as I try my best to swim to the shallow end.

I feel myself being picked up from the water as I see the shallow end get further and further away from me. I look back to see Levi pick me up and out of the water, putting me up onto the pool edge.

"Stop doing retarded things," he says while flicking my still sunburnt shoulder which makes me yelp in pain before glaring at him; that was STILL completely uncalled for!

"Well excuse me for not liking to be sinking into water where I can't feel the floor," I say while crossing my arms, feeling his gaze on me as I look to the side.
I hear the prick sigh while feeling a slight weight on my arms which are crossed. I look down to the man to see him leaning his forehead against my arms, giving other people a really perverted image, probably.

I keep myself from blushing as I uncross on of my arms to ruffle Levi's hair which is actually pretty soft though it is wet. So it's soft-wet… makes sense.

"I'm going to get out the pool now," I say while slowly pushing Levi's head back into its normal position, only to see him giving me this blank as hell look. Well, isn't that a charming look to get when you have an emotional moment with someone. Remind me to cross Levi's name off of the 'love-to-love' list. He is clearly not part of it.

"What did I do to deserve that look?" I asks with a slight chuckle as he rolls his eyes slightly before pushing away from the wall, going to the deep side of the pool before doing some laps… making him drool worthy. Damn bitch, he is eye candy, not drool worthy… never mind, he can be both.

I take a small deep breath before walking back to my chair, sitting down in it as I bring my towel up to wrap round my shoulders, pulling my hair out of its small ponytail while doing so. It feels all messy and knotty from the pool water.

I sigh softly while reaching into my bag to pull out my brush, clenching my teeth slightly as I try my best to brush the knots out of my hair. My fucking hair is a fucking prick! This fucking hurts like hell.

I look up from murdering my hair to see Levi still doing this lap thing from one side of the pool to the other.

I watch secretly as he looks like he is actually trying to race someone, trying to keep at the speed he is swimming at or faster. I try my best to keep my mouth shut before pulling myself away to murder my hair, which is proving to be a hell of a hard challenge; bloody fucking bitch doesn't want to fucking DIE!

"You'll become bald at the rate you're going at," I hear a familiar voice say as I simply roll my eyes at him.

"I'll have more hair on my head when I'm fifty then you will when you're twenty-seven," I reply while not even looking at the person but I can already feel the glares at the back of my skull. Oh ouch, it burns, I'm dying, and someone help me from the unbearable glares of hatred. Oh please, tell me someone noticed my sarcasm.

I glance up slightly to see a steaming Cameron but see no girlfriend, oh, maybe she left him. If she did I clap for that smart girl… if she hasn't… then I pity her very soul.

"So, how the fuck is your busted nose?" I question with a small smirk as I feel him becoming more and more irked. Oh yay, I'm doing my job right then.

"Fine, fucking fine. Your bastard of a boyfriend only busied it, defending a who-"

"He's not my boyfriend!" I yell a little louder then I wanted, cutting the bitch off from whatever he was going to say.

"Oi, son-of-a-bitch, dogs aren't welcome here," I hear Levi say as I turn my head to him, soaking wet from the pool with a towel wrapped round his neck. Damn, he is soo my eye candy with that lovely six pack of his. Makes me wonder how long it took for everyone in the group to get theirs.

I glance to Cameron, who is much taller than Levi and I, and see him getting red in the face, from anger; what else could it be?

"Oh, so why are you here then?" Cameron responds as I see Levi glare at him, looking like he is going to punch Cameron at any given moment but he doesn't, thankfully. If he did start a fucking fight, I'd no doubt be damn pulled into it and I don't feel like fighting… yet.

I decide to do the smart thing, yeah I know it is surprising when it is from me, and grab my bag before grabbing Levi's wrist.

"Let's go already," I say while pulling him in the direction of the lobby, grabbing his bag on the way there before letting his wrist go slowly. "You okay?" I ask Levi as he simply gives me this really cold look; I really don't like that look.

"No, I am not okay," he says while pushing his wet bangs out of his eyes, keeping this cold look on his face.

"Levi, can we talk more, in private?" I ask with slightly narrowed eyes as I do not want to create a scene; I've had enough attention in my life to last me a life time.
Levi doesn't even respond to my question, he just grabs my wrist a little bit too tight for my liking, before dragging me to the elevator. Once we're in, the ride to our floor is nothing but awkward.

I imagine quite a few bad things in my head when we walk towards his door. An argument, yelling, screaming, but… what seems to stand out most in my head is the slap Cameron gave me. Truthfully, I'm terrified right now. My palms are sweating, my heart is racing and my eyes are standing on the floor. Okay, I am not at all scared, I'm petrified.

My feet move on their own as I enter Levi's room, automatically stopping in the middle of the living room as I see Levi turn to me with the same cold expression he had downstairs.

I look back down to the floor as I feel myself holding my breath; I don't like this, I'm scared, I don't know what is going to happen. I want to know, I want to prepare myself.

"For fuck sake!" I hear Levi howl a little while I hear something being hit, something solid and thick. "I cannot stand that man. Were you fucking sane while you dated him? I ask you, were you?!" he yells even more as I stay glued to my point, scared to move and speak right now.

"Damn it, fucking damn it," he says in a quieter voice but the harshness isn't gone, not even a little bit. "What the fuck is wrong with that inhuman bastard, 'Ha, I'm fucking guessing you ran off on the bi-whore because of her disgusting sexually too huh. Ha, you're just like me. She isn't even worth a one nightstand, right man?' What kind of man says that? What kind of fuck monster says that about a woman he is meant to have loved," I look up slowly to see Levi, punching the wall beside him, his knuckles are actually bleeding. Raw, bruised and bleeding. "I am nothing like that bastard."

"I know," I say softly, looking up to Levi as he punches the wall again, his blood smearing onto the pale creamy wall.

I let Levi rant more while walking to the bathroom of this hotel room to find the first aid kit hidden behind some toothpaste shit.

I bring it back to the living room as I see more bloody marks on the wall. Levi is now sitting against the wall, staring at his bleeding knuckles like he is questioning how is got them bleeding.

I slowly sit down in front of him, moving my face slightly to see his and see no tears whatsoever, I see a more haunted look on his face. Like the face of someone who wants to cry but who has forgotten how to.

I open the kit up before slowly reaching for his left hand; I swear I felt him flinch for a second but it happened so fast, I think I may have imagined it.
Carefully, I wrap his knuckles in some disinfectant plasters and bandages before doing the same to the other.

"Levi, I know you're not like him," I say to him, looking him straight in his narrowed grey eyes as he stares back with this slightly blank look on his eyes. "I know you wouldn't hurt the people you care about," I say while smiling a little; showing him I completely believe that.

Levi only stares back at me in silences before leaning forwards, leaning his forehead against my shoulder. I let him; I am guessing that hold rant was about yesterday. He was keeping that all to himself. No wonder he blew up like that.

We stay in this position for awhile till I feel Levi pull away from me, slowly standing up from sitting with this look of pure… blank… just blank. Blank like a fucking sheet of paper. With that look on his face, he actually walks out of the room, in silence, not even a fucking cough from the guy.

"Tali get out of my room," he says from the other room as I narrow my eyes for a moment before standing up and walking into the room to see Levi, actually fucking sitting down, with a fucking NEWSPAPER in his hand. A God damn fucking NEWSPAPER FOR GOD SAKE! Who the fuck actually reads the newspaper!?
"Wait one moment-" I being only to get cut off by an evil glare, it is threatening and yelling 'get-out' at me. I take a deep breath before giving him a 'fine' look before stomping out of his room and slamming the door behind me.

Just what the fuck dude. I actually was freaking WORRIED about you. You know what, I don't give a shit. Do whatever you like, I couldn't care less.

I feel my phone vibrate as I walk back to my hotel room. I pull my phone out of my pocket to see a text from Erwin; it says 'be sure to have everything packed as we leave at midnight tomorrow'. Are you fucking kidding me? We leave in the middle of the fucking night AGAIN?

I sigh a little bit while pushing my keys into the room, opening it up before throwing my bag onto the floor before slamming the door shut behind me. Fuck my life, fuck my drama. Why won't someone destroy my drama already? I would pay you happily.

I lean against the door for a moment before walking into the bedroom, stare at my hand for a moment before slowly brushing my fingers over the music note ring.

I grit my teeth together as I pull the ring off of my finger and raise my arm to throw it but stop.

I take a slow shaky breath in before bringing my hand and ring to my chest, feeling small tears tickling my eyes but I wipe them away before they fall. No, I decided ages ago that I will never cry over a guy before. I don't want a repeat of that crap, ever again.

I wipe any leftover tears out of my eyes before throwing myself onto my bed, gripping the ring in my right hand as I sigh into the pillows. Why can't life just kill Cameron already so this drama can end?

I mean seriously? My life was pretty damn fucking great till I saw him in the lobby with his new toy. Why the fuck did he have to show his ugly face after months of not seeing him once?

I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket as I sigh and bring it up to my face, squinting slightly so I can read the God damn evil text.

'Tali~ where are you? Everyone is waiting for you and Levi so we can eat.' Petra says in a text as I frown a little bit before sending 'I don't feel like eating out today, I'll eat when we get home tomorrow,' I send but glare at my stomach as it decides to let out a low howl of a growl. Fuck you; you can wait a couple of hours to eat. Just because you're hungry / bored, doesn't mean I am.

I sigh to myself before throwing everything in my suitcase before changing into some clean clothes, a clean tee shirt and jeans, and after a shower that is.

Once that is all done, I slowly place the ring back on my finger before leaning back into my covers, smiling softly to myself as I feel sleep pulling me into the darkness. A little nap wouldn't hurt right? I mean, it's just sleep, correct?

"Tali! Wake up! Everyone is ready to go!" I hear a loud voice pulling me away from this lovely lulling sleep. I want to sleep Petra, just go away.
"I hear you," I say while turning towards Petra who is pouting over me, giving this look of 'hurry up please!' as I simply stare at her face before rolling off of my bed and standing up slowly.

I need to sleep more often. I pick up my suitcase and roll it across the floor as I follow after Petra, who leads me outside to where the guys are waiting in the cars. They may wait longer, I'm tired.

I lug my suitcase into the back of the car before jumping into Levi's car with Petra. I glance to Levi who is in front of me to see him staring at the road, a blank expression on his face as he turns the engine on before pulling out of the hotel parking lot, driving behind Erwin with the same expression on his face.

I frown softly seeing this before leaning my head against the window, letting myself surrender to sleep again as I feel my body go numb; I need way more fucking sleep, I may sound like a fucking damn cat but I feel knackered after all of that shit.

I wake up to the feeling of someone putting me down, this makes me snap my eyes open and look to the person to see Erwin. He gives me a slightly startled expression before chuckling slightly, placing me down on a settee… loveseats as I glance around; this is my living room.

"You slept right through the three hour trip," he says with this relaxed expression which quickly changes into a troubled one. "Did something happen with Levi again?"

"Yeah, but I'm sure he'll start talking to me soon," I say with a shake of my head as Erwin gives me an unsure look before nodding his head, ruffling my hair with a small smile as I growl slightly at this action. Hands off of my hair!

"I'll hold you to that, if something doesn't happen within the next couple days, I'll talk to him," he says as he pulls his hand away from my assaulted hair. My poor hair had bed head before, you just made it worse!

"Yeah, sure," I say back while sorting my partings out with my hair; damn it all, why does my hair have to be a prick?

With that said, Erwin nods his head before walking towards my front door, "Have a good night then," he says as I think about what time it should be; seeing as the trip was supposed to be between three to four hours, it is still very early in the morning.

I let out a long sigh before walking to my front door, locking it, walking in the direction of my bedroom before collapsing on top of the bed. I want to sleep so badly, my body is commanding it RIGHT NOW.

Without a second thought, I feel my mind and body being tugged off into dreamland; hopefully my dreams are happy for once.


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