Chapter 10: A blooming passion
"We're here!" beamed down Carlos to Amie who was still tucked in his arms.
"Yeah we are, so you can put me down now, you know."
"Oh right. Sorry." Carlos let Amie down from his arms and ran his hair through his black hair, looking abit embarrassed.
His eyes raked over her body, taking in her tousled hair, her pink cheeks; her aqua bikini-He suddenly stared at her, at her chest and then quickly looked away. A red blush was creeping over his cheeks. Amie felt abit uncomfortable, why wasn't he meeting her eyes… hadn't he ever seen a girl wear a bikini top before?
"What's wrong?" She asked, folding her arms over her chest, obstructing his view because he kept sneaking glances and then looking away, with a flustered expression on his face.
"Um…- your- um, your top- its.. well…"
Amie instantly looked down when she heard the word 'top'. Oh. That's what he meant. Shit, this is a little bit embarrassing. Amie's strapless bikini had shifted down, dangerously low because of the motion when Carlos was running off with her in his arms. Her boobs were almost popping out. She hurriedly turned around, facing a wall, to adjust her bikini top properly back again. Awkward. Awkward. Awkward. I don't want to turn around, this is SOOOO awkward.
But she did. "Um. Thanks for that."
"Oh, yeah, er, no worries- lets swim now." And without another word, he dove into the pool. Amie let out a relieved phew. Thank goodness Carlos diverted the awkward scene. And I really need to go shopping for new bikinis.
She dove into the pool in one smooth movement.
30 mins later, the tense moment had disappeared and both teenagers had forgotten about it completely. They were having so much fun, splashing each other with the cool, clear water. In a bid to avoid Amie splashing him, Carlos did this amazing spinning movement under the water that reminded Amie of a tornado. When Carlos rose back up, she begged him, "Oh my god, can you teach me what you just did? That was so cool."
"Sure. Okay, so what you do is you twist your body under the water, but at the same time, swim. So, it looks like your spinning really fast."
Amie dove under water and twisted her body. "Like that?"
"No, you have to swim at the same time. It's called the 'Cyclone', Kendall taught it to me. "
"Okay, I'll try again." She tried it again, and she spun around 2 times then rose back up again. "Did I do it right?"
"No, you need to keep your body straight, here I'll help you." He swam closer, his strong arms gliding through the water. Carlos put his hands around her slender waist and held her straight. "I'll dive down with you the same time. Ready?"
Amie did not respond straightaway, she was staring at where his hands were. Didn't he realize how he was making her feel by putting his hands where they were? The skin on skin contact was killing her, she wanted him to stop torturing her and just kiss her right there and then. Wait, what?! What am I even thinking-
"Amie? You ready?" His voice broke into her thoughts with a jolt. "Y-Yeah." She heard her voice shaking, just like her knees were. Suddenly, Carlos dove down into the blue water, bringing her with him and he pushed her body around and she was spinning and spinning and spinning-
Amie wasn't spinning anymore. Carlos had grabbed hold of her waist and he grinned at her in the crystal blue water. She grinned back, she had done it. Her black hair was drifting above her, as if it was dancing in the water. They stayed there, legs moving to keep them afloat, smiling at each other. Amie realized that his arms were still around her waist and she also realized that she needed air. She pointed upwards, gesturing that she was going to swim upwards and he nodded.
As soon as they reached the top, they both started to gasp for much needed air. "I'm going to dry off now, you coming?" Amie swam through the teen filled pool, trying to find a path out. "Yeah, sure." Carlos followed behind her, greeting some guys on his way. Amie turned her head around for a second to check whether Carlos was still behind her and she bumped into someone who emitted a loud "Oww!"
It was a pretty blonde girl, with large blue crinkly eyes and a purple star patterned bikini.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't look where I was looking, I really am sorry-", babbled Amie.
"Jo, you've met Amie by her traditional way, I see. She likes to greet people by hurting them in some form. I met her when she ran her suitcase over my foot, it still hasn't recovered." Carlos chuckled, teasing a blushing Amie.
Jo pretended to frown at Carlos, "Carlos, stop teasing the poor girl, alright? Hey, Amie, I'm Jo. You must be the new girl from Australia. How do you like the Palm Woods? Met Bitters yet?"
"Great to meet you, Jo. Yeah, I love it. Its really good and everyone's really nice. Yes, I've met Mr. Bitters; I had to talk to him when I got my key card from him. He's very… loud. Don't you go to Palm Woods High? I've seen you there."
Jo smiled, "Yeah, I do. You should sit with us at school, I always see you on the computers during lunch and recess. And yes, Mr. Bitters is a very loud hotel manager."
"I don't really know anyone here, so I just hang in the computer room and send emails to my friends back home or chill with the boys. Sure, I'd love to sit your group-"
Chapter 11: Laughter is a good medicine for tears
A girl with dark curls and pale skin was standing in front of Amie suddenly. She took one look at Carlos and Amie and the next second she was screaming at Amie. "OH MY GOD, HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME? CARLOS IS MINE, I THOUGHT WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, HOW DARE YOU THINK YOU COULD HURT MY FEELINGS, I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU!"
Everyone in the pool fell quiet and stared at the random girl for a second. A second later, they were back to their own business. Amie was speechless. "Er… I have no idea about what you're talking about." She turned to Carlos for help and noticed that he was going red trying to keep his laughter down. Jo had already broken and was virtually pissing her pants laughing. The random girl was giggling and reached over to Amie in the pool and hugged her. "I'm sorry." She said with an apologetic look on her face. Amie was getting more confused by the second. What was going on?
Carlos spoke up, half-laughing, "Okay, I think its time I bring you out of the dark. You have officially met Camille, Palm Wood's famous method actress. Don't worry, she does that to all the newcomers. When we first arrived, she slapped Kendall on the face because she was practicing for a soap opera and she had to be dramatic. Camille is now Logan's girlfriend and oh- Jo is going out with Kendall, so you have basically met two of the Big Time Rush girlfriends."
"Nice to meet you." Camille put her hand for Amie to shake, grinning the whole time. "I really am sorry for that, but its just Palm Woods tradition, all part of the welcome for the new comers."
Amie grinned back, "No worries. But you freaked me out, though. I was like, what the hell's going on?!, in my head. You're a really good actress, by the way."
Carlos and Jo nodded their heads, both agreeing that she was. Camille put on an 'Aww shucks' expression and giggled again. "Thanks. Not being a creep or anything… but you're really pretty. What are you, a model or something?"
Amie glanced at Carlos and Jo and they all laughed in unison. "What?' asked Camille, looking confused.
"Camille, she is a model", stated a smiling Carlos.
"I knew it."
Carlos spoke up, " Look guys, it was fun introducing Amie to you guys but my toes have turned into prunes. Amie and I need to get out of this pool before my whole body turns into a human prune."
Everyone laughed, and Jo nodded her head, " Sure, see ya guys later. No one wants to see Carlos turn into a human prune. Oh, wait. Amie, can I talk to you for a second?"
Amie turned to Carlos who nodded, "Yeah, I'll meet you down here later, after I change." He walked out of the pool and grabbed his towel out of a bench nearby.
Jo leaned in to Amie and said in a low voice, "Carlos likes you." Camille nodded, her dark curls bouncing up and down, "He does."
Amie stared at them for a while. "What?"
"You heard us, Carlos likes you. It was so obvious." Camille had an amused smile on her face.
Amie blinked. "How was it obvious?"
Jo spoke up, smiling. "I saw what you two were up to, honey. Just before you bumped into me, I saw you two being all lovey-dovey in the pool. He has this love-struck puppy look on his face these days and he's always talking about you. And when we were talking just before, he kept staring at you."
"Really?" Amie smiled, she was pretty sure Jo wasn't the only one who had caught their little moment in the pool.
Camille grinned, "He's so cute when he's in love. You better not break his heart, you hear me?"
Amie's smile disappeared when one name entered her mind. Kaleb.
"I… I have a- a… boyfriend." She spat her last word out; it didn't seem to want to come out.
"What!?" Jo and Camille both exclaimed in unison. "You have a boyfriend?"
Camille's eyes flashed, "Look, I don't care if you're the new girl, but I will not let you break Carlos's heart, got it? He's been through too much, you can't just waltz in here and be all flirty and capture his heart, only for him to find out that you have a FREAKING boyfriend?! What kind of person are you?"
Jo looked worried, "No, Camille doesn't mean it like that-"
"No, it's true. What she is saying is true, I probably do seem like a horrible person right now, but hear me out. I did not mean for Carlos to start liking me, I didn't even know that he liked me. I'm confused myself; I don't even know whether I have feelings for him yet. But what I do know is that Carlos is a great guy and I would never want to break his heart. I don't know what to do, I d-didn't mean for any of this to h-happen and-"
Amie started crying, there and then in the pool. It was all too much for her. Jo and Camille stood there awkwardly before Camille paddled through the water and hugged Amie.
"I'm so sorry, I get angry real fast and I don't think about what I say, I didn't mean to sound like a bitch, I'm sorry."
"N-no, its, o-okay." sniffled Amie. Jo declared that it was time to get out of the pool and the three girls waded out. They found an empty lounge chair and all squeezed into it. Jo found some tissues in her beach bag and passed them to Amie.
"T-thanks." She blew her nose quite loudly, causing some girls sunbathing nearby to glance up. Camille giggled, "Wow, wasn't that a great introduction for Amie? She ended up crying and she just met us."
The three girls all looked at each other briefly, all three of them were dripping wet. They all started spontaneously laughing, as the scene that met their eyes was hilarious. They laughed and laughed until Amie had tears rolling down her cheeks. They would have gone on laughing their heads off if Carlos hadn't interrupted by bringing the other boys with him to hang with the girls.
"Umm, why are you guys laughing?" Kendall had a concerned look on his face (He also had a bruise on his cheek)
"Kendall, babe!" Jo literally jumped on Kendall and they gave each other a peck. Kendall promptly picked Jo up and walked off with her.
"Oh, all right then-" Amie was intervened when Camille grabbed Logan by his collar in a flash and started making out with him straightaway.
It was just Carlos and Amie standing there awkwardly. (James was massaging cream on a random girls back somewhere)
" Um, what just happened?" Amie could hear squelchy noises coming loud and clear from Camille and Logan next to her.
Carlos had a simple one-worded reply. "Hormones."
A/N: I've decided that I'll only put up the next few chapters if I get 3 reviews, you'll find out where Amie's relationship with Kaleb and Carlos goes :)
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