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Chapter 10: One Hell of a Vacation! (Part III: Beach and stuff)
Jellal
I have never felt so happy in my entire life. Everything that happened a while ago was just surreal. I admit, even I couldn't believe myself, I was never a people person so I never really lasted in a conversation. But, what happened a while ago was just a solid proof that I'm changing. For the better…..And I can't believe it's all because of a person named Erza Scarlet.
Her determination for things just makes me admire her. She does a lot of things unexpectedly, she may be awkward about some things like those mature stuff but her innocence just makes her ten times cuter and all the more likeable. However, these feelings I feel for her would just stay as that…..She is the total opposite of me. I could never love somebody like her, she'll just be that distant star that I'll continue admiring from a far. The more she gets closer to me, the more she'll get hurt. I say these things and yet here I am standing idly by the doorstep of our room touching the part of my face that she tenderly kissed a few minutes ago.
I sighed in defeat. "Most of the things I'm thinking that I can't, I probably would…..She's already got me bad and that's not good."
I opened the door of our room and met silence. Laxus and the others weren't back yet. I wonder why….Anyway, all I wanted to do now was to lay on the bed and sleep. These things that are happening right now tires me mentally and emotionally. I need to get my act straight. But for now, I appreciate this relationship that Erza and I have. Everything starts with friendship anyway…..so who knows? Let's just leave that to fate…..and sleep.
Erza
When I first met Jellal I swore I hated him, I actually thought he was some arrogant douche bag….But after that little chat we had on the cliff, my views of him changed. He experienced a lot of trials at such a young age. Nonetheless, he never gave up. I respect him, I mean….It really is rare to see guys like him. Before, Mira used to hook me up with some random guys but all of them suffered some serious injuries…
Why? Well, I really get pissed when you're talking to someone and all they did was to look at your body nodding like they actually understood something but they're actually thinking about how to get you in their beds….I may be innocent about those things but I'm not stupid to actually pretend that I don't know what's going on. Perverted men who're hitting on me usually lands on the hospital bed with several broken bones…..
The moment I went inside the room, they were all on me.
"You ditched us!" Mira yelled while she was laid on the bed and browsing her phone.
"I know and I really am sorry about that. Something came up." I went directly to the closet to get me some clothes and towel then headed straight to the bathroom.
"Don't you mean "Jellal" came up?"
"W-well, something like that…." I turned the shower on and I adjusted it to make it cold since I needed to cool myself down. My mind wandered off to the events a while ago. So to say, I was pleased about what happened.
"What happened, Erza? Come on tell us! Let's just make that the punishment of not being at the beach this afternoon."
"Yah sure, Cana! When I'm done I'll tell you guys….."
"Oh…and Erza?"
"Hmmmmm?"
"Did you know that we're actually staying here for free?"
"Huh? How'd that happen?"
That's odd, a group of teenagers staying in the Akane Resort for free is just blasphemy. I mean one would be jumping up and down because of joy if this opportunity was given to them.
"Jellal owns this place….."
"You mean the room?"
"No….The resort and everything that's in it…"
When she said that I almost landed on the tiles but my reflexes were great so I just toppled a bunch of shampoo bottles…..WHAT? I knew he was rich but seriously?!
"Erza? Are you okay there?"
"Yah….just shocked."
"Oh ok…"
"By the way…. Lucy? Where's Natsu and Gray?" The pink haired teen and the stripper weren't inside the room.
"Ahhhhhhh! They are with Laxus, Ultear and Meredy. Oh and before I forget. They actually asked us to join them in the dinner area."
"Oh?"
"Yah! Natsu was hyped cause it's buffet type…." I went out of the bathroom fully clothed well yah. I was just wearing a simple black long-sleeved turtleneck and a white skirt.
"Lucy really knows Natsu well…..I wonder about the things they talk about…."
"Cana!" Lucy yelled while putting her pink tank top on
"Lu-chan must really like Natsu….."
"Levy, I thought we were friends?!"
"Juvia is so happy for love-rival"
"Argh…."
I went and sat on the bed while they were teasing Lucy. Does Jellal even like me? Well, I sure do like him but what about what he feels? I actually asked him how he felt but I was met by the sickening sound of silence.
"Thinking about something, Erza?"
"N-no! Who are you texting?" I immediately changed the topic before it wanders off to uncharted territory.
"Laxus…." It was unlikely to see the great demon match-maker Mirajane Strauss to blush but I guess there's a side of a person that is unknown to everyone.
"So, your boyfriend finally learned how to text his girlfriend….."
"He texts me even before…."
"Laxus? Seriously...But anyway at least he does now."
I glanced at Lucy's direction and heard her cries of help but none of them actually stopped. Seriously? I stood up and decided to help the helpless blonde.
"Erza? I have a favor to ask you…."
I looked over my shoulder to actually glance at Mirajane
"Hmmmm?
"Could you tell Jellal to dress up and be ready? I don't think he knows that we should be at the dinner hall tonight."
"Couldn't they just call him or something?"
"Sweetie, if they could then I wouldn't have asked you…."
"If this is one of your "match-making" schemes again. I swear I'm going to tell Laxus that you actually bought a…" Mirajane charged at me and covered my mouth with her hand.
"It's not! Now don't tell him!" Mirajane was blushing like crazy. I nodded. Then she proceeded to remove her hand from my mouth.
I can't believe Jellal and I would again find ourselves secluded on a four-sided location called room. I sighed. "Fine…."
"Great! Now you girls ready?"
"Yup!"
"Let's go!"
All of them continued to leave the room and head to the dinner hall
"How about Erza?" Levy asked before leaving the room.
"She and Jellal will meet up with us on the hall." Lucy explained and Levy just nodded
"I hope there will be no ditching happening again…."
"Cana! That comment was unnecessary!" I charged at the door but before I knew it they already got in the elevator.
"I must be crazy….." I muttered as I locked the door and went on the opposite side of it. What am I going to do? What if he thought I was some thief then pin me on the bed again? I swear if we get stuck in that position again, I might consider the option of kissing him. Might… if I still am sane enough to choose the options wisely.
My brain went haywire when I was already in front of his hotel room. It's his room, I mean it isn't proper for girls to just barge in the room of the guy…Right? I mean what if he's naked… Have some decency, Erza! Don't think about him naked! I twisted the doorknob and it was open. Why isn't he locking the door? I wanted to just go in but that would be trespassing.
"Here goes…" I knocked on the door. Twice, thrice but still he's not answering. I waited for a couple of minutes but there are no signs of him opening the door. But, I still waited…..A couple passed by and laughed at something that they found amusing.
"It seems like she can't get inside her room…."
"Let her be, hon" They still laughed and that pissed me off. I opened the door and went inside. Who's stuck outside her room now?
"Shit….." I barged into his room just because of a flimsy couple.
"You're better than that….." I was talking to myself which is a pretty bad sign. The room was dim, I had to turn the lights on in the living room area to actually see where I was going. There were two doors in the room. I don't know which is which so I checked both.
I first checked the left room door and the moment I went in I heard something break under my foot. I lifted it up and saw it was some potato chip. This was Laxus' room…Definitely. I went in front of the other door. To go in or not to go in? This intense thinking grinds my gears. To hell about what he thinks I'm going in.
The coldness of the room enveloped my entire body. It was dark, so I immediately looked for some source of light. Other than the main light that is, if he was sleeping I didn't want to give him some rude awakening. I decided to just open the lamp instead….However, it wasn't that easy. The moment I approached the bed, the sight of him sleeping peacefully just made me feel guilty of opening the lamp. He was wearing nothing…He shifted to his right so the blanket went lower and I actually saw him wearing some boxers.
"Oh god….Stop staring!" I told myself quietly as I reached for the switch of the lamp. I opened the light and quietly chuckled at his face that was currently cringing. He's so cute….
A groan broke me out of my trance, so I looked at him and saw him shifting uncomfortably. I looked my watch and saw it was already half passed eight. I decided that it was time for him to wake up.
"Jellal….." I shook his arm in attempt to wake him up. But nothing happened
"Jellal, wake up. We're going to eat stuff." I shook his arm relentlessly but he's not stirring up.
"I dmon't whanna whake up…" I heard him mutter while stuffing his head on a pile of pillows.
"You have to. Now get up!"
"No…"
My patience was drawing thin. I'm not really a person who waits for results, I am a person who wants the results the moment I ask for it. I'm not going to wait and stay like this for hours. I'm also hungry so if this guy won't budge. I'm going to take some desperate measures.
"Jellal Fernandes, last call. Wake up or be forced to wake up."
"Mhake mhee….."
That was it. I went up the bed and straddled his lying form. I eased myself comfortably on his stomach .I purposely made my hands brush on his shoulder blades, down to his clavicle, then his chest and finally rested on his sides. I started out slow and built a rhythm. I heard him groan…..so I took the hint and did it fast, I heard him chuckle but that wasn't what I wanted. I tickled him…..hard. His movements in attempt to throw me off the bed made the four legged structure shake but I didn't care, he needed to wake up.
"Ahhahahahahahhahahahah…..s-stop please!"
"No, unless you fully convince me you're awake."
"Gahahahahahahaahah….h-how hahhahhaha…." He twisted and turned but I balanced myself on his body that I wouldn't fall off the bed. He was gasping for air.
"So, who am I?"
He squinted, tears were already dripping on the sides of his eyes and this was because of laughing. He gripped both of my hands, it wasn't too tight but it was enough to stop me from my advances.
"Erza, I'm awake." He smiled and released my hands. All I could do was to stare at his eyes. They were so mesmerizing….
"Hey…. What are you doing here?" Jellal sat down so we were face to face. My hands were on his shoulders and I was sitting on his lap.
"Oh! I uhhhhh… I was told that we were supposed to go to the dining hall. So, I went and woke you up since you obviously didn't know that we are supposed to go there." I lamely explained.
Jellal
I don't think that she knows what she's doing but Erza, in my room and straddling me was just outrageous. If I was some guy I would've taken advantage of her and say that she was the one who went here. But, I'm not like that. I respected women any kind of them. She said something about eating but I really am not hungry.
"We're going to eat? But I'm not…"
"You're not hungry?" I could hear disappointment in her voice, she waited for me to wake up only to be met with a no as an answer. I didn't want her to feel that way.
"No, I mean I'm not dressed yet…" I looked at her and she was dressed but I was just wearing my boxers. I also noticed another thing though…Her skirt were riding high up her legs. Too much skin! It was a crumpled mess, I don't know if she knew that though….I was stopping a nose bleed from happening.
"Yah! I'll just wait for you in the living room." She stood up and straightened her skirt and walked fast until she reached the exit.
I stood up and headed to the bathroom. After that I went directly to my closet and tossed over a navy blue long-sleeved cotton shirt. I left two buttons open. Then just wore a light brown cargo shorts. I went out of my room then headed to Erza. She was texting someone and I'm not one to pry so I just tapped her shoulder.
"I'm done. Let's go." She stood up and followed me closely. She walked to the elevator as I locked the door of the room. I followed her closely anyway.
"I heard that you own this place…" She said as she called the elevator.
"I just handle it. My mother owns it."
An off key sound was heard as the elevator door opened. We went in and I pressed the ground floor button.
"Sooooooooooooo…"
"Hmmmm?"
We both looked at each other and just laughed. We couldn't even start a topic, how odd.
"How's your friends doing?"
"Don't know haven't seen them after our quest a while ago."
"Quest? Really….You make it sound so serious." She giggled quietly that only I could hear. It was cute….
"It has a good ring to it though…."
The elevator door opened and it already was our destination. I led her through the halls and onto the dining vicinity. The people on the dining area were quite few, most probably because the food was quite expensive. Maybe I should lower down the price of food here. But it didn't bother those other people who had every single penny to spare and it didn't bother us as well.
I saw Meredy wave at us so we proceeded to walk to their table. Everything was going well until someone hugged me from behind. My knees buckled since I wasn't ready and the person who jumped and clung on my back was heavy, I toppled over the person…
"Natsu!" A frustrated yell came from Erza as she glared at her friend
"Sorry, Erza. This guy is just awesome! Thanks for giving this thingy free! The food is awesome!"
What do I say?! Awkward! "Uhhh….yeah! No problem!"
"Great! I approve your courting…I mean your relationship with Erza. But, don't make her cry or I swear I'll kill you!"
"What?!" I blushed hard and I looked at Erza she also was blushing. She was speechless and that made the situation intolerable.
"Good! Now stand up so I can stand as well. I also want to eat….."
"Oh sure….." I stood up and brushed my shorts and straightened my shirt. I offered a hand to pull him up and he accepted. When he stood up he walked away like nothing happened and went directly to the buffet table. I was about to walk to the table when someone stopped me by tugging the sleeve of my shirt.
"Je-Jellal….. Sorry. Natsu is just like that." She looked like she was really sorry about her friend's behavior.
I just smiled then held her hand and pulled her with me heading to the table. "It's okay. I'll get used to it."
"Yeah…."
"Come on, don't look sad. It wasn't a big deal. Wait until you get to know Ultear more." I cheered her up. It really wasn't nice to see her nervous and all that.
She still looked down….
"Hey!"
No response.
"Scarlet."
She really is not responding. I stopped walking and looked at her.
"Beautiful…."
She looked at me then blushed really hard. I wanted to laugh but she'll get weird again so I didn't.
"Now that I got your attention, I wanted to tell you that you should go and get some food already."
"Oh of course….." She scrambled off to go to the buffet table and got some food. I checked my phone and saw one missed call. I really needed to give him my answer now. I headed outside to call the person. Ultear noticed me and she was about to stand up but I signaled her not to.
"Just going to call someone…" I sent her a message for her to know why. So with that, I proceeded to the exit of the hotel.
As I stepped out of the hotel the cold breeze brushed through me. It was quite freezing outside but it was tolerable if people were like me, who's fond of the cold weather. To come and think of it I wasn't able to go to the beach this morning. So, I headed to that place. It also seemed like a perfect place to call my brother…..Seigrain.
The beach area was isolated. No one was there probably because it was half past nine in the evening. It was quiet…. Just the way I like it. I brought out my phone and browsed the call log. This is it. This decision would surely hurt those people who have drawn close to me. But, I needed to do this. I pressed the call button and placed the phone on my ear. It was dialing until it was picked up by someone.
"Your answer?"
How nostalgic this event was. The voice was utterly familiar.
"Yes….."
"That's great, Brother! Wendy misses you so much, mom too."
"When's the flight?" I felt sadder than ever. The thought of me leaving just broke my heart to millions of pieces.
"I'll tell you when it's settled. But it would surely be somewhere this year. I know leaving your friends behind is saddening but, things are becoming uncontrollable here. Mother and Father are settling for a divorce."
"I knew it would result to that. Italy, huh…. And here I thought I would never go back to that place again."
"Brother….. You already like someone there huh…"
I just chuckled. Twins really do have some of this telepathic thing.
"How'd you know?"
I heard a chuckle on the other end of the line. "Gut feeling….It's okay to have that feeling but please do tell her soon. About this news I mean."
I sighed. "Yeah….."
"I guess this is it. It was nice talking to you, if you're back and felt this need of visiting me. Don't go to the house, let's meet up at some place. Mother isn't living here anymore so as Wendy. It's only Dad, me and a bitch." I laughed at his comment as he cleared his throat…. My brother isn't a person of swearing. But when he does, it means that he's annoyed.
"I mean another woman. Pardon me for my bad language. But anyway, I'm working for father. I visit mom from time to time so yah you'll have a grand arrival when you get here."
"I wouldn't want that!"
"I was kidding…. It's just the press. Oh don't forget to tell this woman that you like about this news. I need to hang up now… Tell Ultear I miss her."
"Sure! Goodbye, brother…"
"You too, see you soon…" The line ended. This is why I didn't want to associate myself that much. I can't imagine leaving Erza behind. I have fallen for her, but I'm not willing to tell her. Yet. When the right time comes…Maybe, I would finally consider it. This was depressing but what can I do…. I would go nowhere if I worry about this, all I can do for now is have fun and make memories that I could at least bring with me when I leave. That's right! Keep your chin up, Fernandes!
For now…. I wanted to go back to my room. I didn't feel like eating especially when I see Erza looking at me like everything's alright, seeing my new found friends laughing like there was more years with us together to look forward to. I don't even know if I could tell it to her right now. But, I should tell it soon before we get involved to each other more than we intended to. On the other hand, I guess some solitude here in the beach would be fine.
Erza
Seriously, how can he do that? In just one snap of a finger he already got me blushing… I continued getting some random food while thinking about the occurrence a while ago. When I was done I approached the table and sat beside Mira. It was fun eating with new friends. It seems like our circle of friendship just expanded. I mean there's Ultear, Meredy and Jellal.
Everybody settled down on their seats and proceeded to eat. But, I saw a chair that was currently empty.
"Hey, where's Jellal?"
I looked at all of them but it seems like they didn't know where he was…
"Saw im' go out…." Natsu said while stuffing a drumstick in his mouth. Where's he headed? I was about to stand up when Ultear said something.
"Oh… don't worry Erza. Jellal just headed outside to call someone. It's no big deal really." I sat down and proceeded to eat my food. I just shrugged the feeling of uneasiness off and just joined their discussion about stuff. I just felt quite disappointed since Jellal couldn't join us tonight. We chatted for a bit and ate for quite some time. Natsu, Gray and Laxus just couldn't get enough of the food.
When I couldn't stand the anxiety, I stood up. "I'll be going to the restroom…"
"Sure…." I heard Mira say so I went to the exit of the hotel. They probably didn't notice this but I didn't care anymore. When I was outside…. Where the hell would he be? I'm so stupid, I went out thinking I could find him without any damned hints of where he could be. What is the most attracting place here?!
A group of girls passed by my side giggling about something…
"Hey there's this hot guy on the beach…."
"I know right! He had this blue hair and oh my god!"
The giggling faded when they went inside the hotel. Wait…Did they say a hot guy with blue hair by the beach? Well that sounded like Jellal to me. I sped off to that destination. When I reached it I was only met by the sounds of the waves on the ocean….The cold wind blew past me. No signs of Jellal Fernandes. I guess it's just me and the waves here…..or Not.
"Well, still a fine woman, Scarlet." The disgusting sound of his voice made me cringe.
"Get out of my sight."
"Come on, Erza… You're pretty sad. How bout we have fun on my bed tonight?"
"Get the fuck away from me, Bacchus! Your arrogance disgusts me."
He approached me but I stood my ground. I was never one for stepping back.
"Really now….I swear it would be fun."
"Really? I bet it would be gross….Just like your last name."
"It's Groh…"
Was it? Damn! Either way it fits his personality. The strong smell of alcohol engulfed my nose and it sure was stronger than Cana's.
"You reek of alcohol. Get away from me!" I pushed him but he grabbed my arm and pulled me to his chest. We were so close but I made our distance closer when I head butted him with my forehead.
"Fuck!"
"I did tell you to get away from me….." I looked around and tried to spot Jellal but he was never there.
"Feisty as ever….. I do warn you though, I'll get to you sometime."
"Go away!"
With that he scrambled off to another direction far away from mine. Suddenly he disappeared. I must be sleepy. Why was I even expecting him to come and save me? I guess, he wouldn't always be there huh… This was utterly depressing. I made my way back to the hotel hoping to have a goodnight sleep.
Jellal
I watched the occurrence from a far…..Or behind the large rock by the beach. That guy….I'm going to kill him. I continued watching, Erza looked frantic as she scanned the area looking for something or maybe someone. Maybe a guy she met in the dining hall. The perverted guy left and walked off approaching my direction. I swear I waited for him to get near so I can scare his guts out. When he was already there I grabbed him by his shirt and shoved him to the rock.
"Who the fuck are you?!"
He smelled really disgusting. He was drunk that makes this scaring all the more exciting.
"None of your business! Let go!"
I didn't instead I punched his face and when he landed on the floor I kicked his gut.
"Get away from her or the next time I see you I'll kill you."
He chuckled, "Who are you? Her boyfriend?"
"Yes, now stay away from her or die!"
He stood up and brushed the sand off his clothes, "Chill man, I never thought she already has a boyfriend."
"Well, now you know….." I went away and walked back to the hotel. Her boyfriend huh….. What a lie. I know I'll never be that guy, and if I ever would that would just probably be a dream that would never come true. How long will I even stay in Italy? I might never come back….
I went inside and headed straight to the elevator. It was quiet….which is not good. It means I've got more time to regret about the decision I made. The elevator door opened on the 5th floor.
"If it isn't Jellal….."
"Ultear…." I addressed the person.
"You suck."
I snickered. "I know."
"Where the hell were you? Erza was loo-"
"I said yes..."
"I know you would, I can't blame you for your decision. Your super sad expression gives it all away."
Silence ensued as we both waited for the elevator to stop at our destination.
"Tell Erza…and the others."
"I will."
"You better."
The elevator door opened and we walked until we reached our respective rooms. Ultear went in the room beside our room. I also went in my room.
"Dude! Too bad you didn't taste the awesome food."
"I wasn't hungry….."
I slumped on the sofa and grabbed the remote to turn the television on.
"You know you look like a love sick high school girl…"
"Really? I look that bad."
"Really. Anyway, tomorrow morning we're going to the beach again this time you and Erza should be there."
"We would. Don't worry."
I kept switching on the channel but nothing seemed so interesting.
"What did you two do…I hope you did nothing on our sofa."
I kicked his leg and glared at him.
"You've got a dirty mind."
He laughed and sat inches away from my slumped position on the sofa. "What?! You can't blame me. I've got to tell you though, Erza has no experience in this."
"No way!" I was shocked so that was why she wasn't comfortable in talking about that. But, with her nice body. It's impossible that none tried.
"Yes way…" He was still laughing but wait a second….
"How the hell did you know?!"
"Dude, chill Mira slipped and told me…."
"She's your girlfriend right?"
"Yeah wanna talk about women's sizes?"
"Go away!" We laughed care freely as we talked about a bunch of things. Until Laxus said he'd get some shut eye. It was already 12 in the morning…
"G'night, buddy."
"Yup!" When he went in his room I turned off the television. How can I tell them? Laxus, Ultear and Meredy already knew…..Anyway, it's not like its important. Maybe I'll tell them some other time. I walked back to my room and reduced my clothing to my boxers and laid on the bed. I closed my eyes and hoping sleep would calm my mind.
I was awaken by the bright light of the sun that seeped through the windows of my room. I attempted to block it out but when I did an irritating noise replaced it. It came from outside of the room. It was loud like really deafening. I stood up and opened my door an inch wide to see what's happening.
I heard chorus of 'Good morning, Jellal' as soon as I opened the door. All of them were here like from Erza's group of friends to my group. But…It was only the girls. I wonder where the guys went.
"Oh! Good morning!" I smiled at them and closed the door. I went in the bathroom to prepare for today's event.
Erza
"Seems like lover boy just woke up….."
"Shut up!" It's starting again the teasing and everything. It was okay if we were on our room but we weren't. If this would go on Jellal might actually know that I like him.
"He sure is hot…." Cana slurred while drinking something.
"Where did you get that?!"
"In their fridge….They've got tons of it. I know they're willing to share."
"Cana! That's improper! Put it back!" I was grabbing some of the cans from her but it was already empty.
"Too late, Erza… I already drank it all."
"Puke it out!"
"I'm pretty sure they wouldn't want to drink that again….."
"Lucy! Just help me clean this up…."
I grabbed the cans one by one and threw it in the bin.
I heard him clear his throat, so I looked up, "Hey….. I'll just clean that."
He wore a dark blue beach shorts and a white dress shirt that was untucked. The dress shirt wasn't that thick it was kinda thin so it fits the beach….. Why does he look good in everything he wears?
"I-It's okay…. I'll do it."
"I insist" He took the cans away from my grasp and did the same to those on the floor. Then placed it in the bin. I took a seat beside Lucy on the sofa.
"If you don't mind me asking….Where are the guys?"
"They asked us to wait for you…."
"Why you guys though?"
"Cause Laxus said you don't hit girls. We were told that you're not a morning person."
I wanted to make Cana stop from talking. She was talking too much…I mean What if she slips and say that I like Jellal? That would just be devastating.
"You're Cana right? I must tell you…It's not that I'm not a morning person. I mean I love mornings, it's just that I'm not a waking up person." Jellal smiled at us as we giggled about his comment.
"You're cool! I like you!" Cana slumped an arm around his shoulders and he just smiled…
"Thanks! So you guys waited right? Let's go the beach like right now."
"Sure!" One by one they stood up and headed to the hall. I was the last one to leave, but before I could leave he grabbed my arm effectively stopping me. I looked back and saw him smiling sheepishly.
"Sorry… Heard you were looking for me last night."
I slid my arm out of his grasp and smiled back.
"It's okay…Really." How can I not forgive him when he's smiling like that? There was some magic in his smile that just break my walls and just made me say yes…
"I also wanted to tell you that. I-I'm…"
"You're?"
He looked troubled, he avoided eye contact and mumbled something I could not understand.
"What?"
"Hungry…" He was definitely hiding something. Did he just lie to me? But maybe it's something personal. So, I'm letting him off the hook this time.
"Of course! You didn't eat last night. We could go to the dining area to get some breakfast. We already ate though…"
"Oh…It's okay we could go to the beach like right now!" He grabbed my hand and we ran through the hallways until we reached the elevator just in time to stop it before it closed.
"Here I thought you two were going to ditch us again….."
"We're not!"
The elevator door shut and all of us were pretty excited for this beach thing. When it opened we immediately ran through the halls and went outside of the hotel. We were like a bunch of kids running past every single person. We immediately took a cool place on the beach and laid down on the mats there.
I looked at the guys and saw them swimming. It was a good day, Natsu and Gray weren't fighting, this was pretty odd. I scanned the area and he went missing again. Where the hell is Jellal? I sighed. I just untied my top and laid on the mat face down. The warmth of the sun surrounded my back. I enfolded my arms so my head could lay on it. I closed my eyes so I could enjoy this state of relaxation.
"Hey, Erza…. Want some?" I opened my eyes and saw him propped up on his elbows to support his weight. He was offering me some shaved ice with some toppings on it but all that was clear to me was his well-toned body…He's so hot! Why did he remove his shirt? Now he's got me all distracted.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
I shifted my eyes away from him before he notices I was staring. I diverted the topic and grabbed some sun screen and tossed it to him.
"Mind if you put some on my back?"
"No problem!" He placed the shaved ice down and squeezed some sunscreen on the palm of his hands then rubbed them together.
Before I knew it he descended his hands on the skin of my back. His slightly calloused hands spread the sun screen on my back. He continued doing this for a long while it was already like he was massaging my back. I closed my eyes savoring the feeling of his hands on my skin. I unconsciously let out a sigh of liking… He withdrew his hands and this left me feeling disappointed. He then sat down beside my lying form eating his shaved ice.
"Hey, give me some!"
He smiled then scooped some and fed it to me using his spoon. I took it and when my lips descended to it…..Oh god this was yummy! I licked the spoon clean and asked him for more.
Jellal
Fuck! She's killing me! She licked the spoon, doesn't she realize how sensual her action was. My heart sped up and I already felt turned on by her actions. I was getting hard…. Calm down, Jellal! It's nothing… Totally nothing….. I calmed down a bit….
"More…."
"Oh uhhhhhh sure…" I kept giving her the ice and at times she let out a moan of satisfaction. She really doesn't know what she's doing…Later did I knew the glass was already empty.
"Damn! I'm sorry….I finished it all. It was rather delicious."
"No problem! I really bought that for you."
I beamed at her and she just nodded. I stared at the ocean and it seems like it had some decent waves. Some surfing would do….
"Hey, I'll just go and swim."
"Sure!" I stood up and headed to the surf board store. While making my way there I could notice some stares coming from the female population. I waved it off and continued on. When I entered the store I was immediately welcomed by the owner.
"Mr. Jellal! It's nice to see you here again!"
"Nice to see you too, George!"
"I've still got your board intact! Here, it's all prepared for you!"
I took the board and headed to the exit.
"Thanks!"
I ran all the way through the beach to reach the ocean. The moment I stepped in it, the warmth of the water flooded my feet. I continued to walk until the water got neck deep, so I swam my way through the water. I used the board so that I could float and used my arms to paddle. When I got to the destination I wanted a bunch of surfers were also there.
I waited for some waves and when the big one came I rode it and it made me feel euphoric.
Erza
I was done relaxing on the beach. I looked around and spotted Lucy sitting beside me.
"Lucy, can you tie it?"
"Sure!" As soon as she was done I went to the waters to swim for a bit.
I swam until the waters where deeper. I always liked to challenge myself. When I got nearer I spotted Jellal who's currently…..Surfing? I watched him ride the waves and I was pretty amused. He was good at it, who knew he did this sport. This made me want to know him better, know his hobbies and pretty much everything. He's some mysterious guy… I continued exploring the ocean, I dived deeper from time to time. I went up to catch some oxygen only to be face to face with stunning green eyes.
"You're impressive!" He grinned childishly so I just smirked at him.
"Aren't I?"
"Well, your confidence wouldn't get you that far…" He smirked cockily
I raised my eyebrow questioningly
"What are you suggesting, Jellal?"
"Let's have a race! You see that rock there?" He pointed out
Oh god really? Was he really this childish? I looked at the direction he pointed at and saw the huge rock that was isolated. It was pretty far from the crowded area of the beach. No people were near the region
"You sure do love to embarrass yourself…."
"I'm not gonna lose this time, Scarlet!"
"Why's that?"
He chuckled about something and looked so smug afterwards... What the hell was he thinking?
"The loser…. Would…. Run around the 12th floor with only their undergarments…. And I'm way ahead of you!"
He swam and hell he swam fast but… There's no way I'm going to lose with a stake that high! I immediately followed closely, it was challenging. The waves were just hitting us, and this made the swimming harder. I sped up and it seems like he didn't notice this, but after that I could see his eyes widen as he saw me ahead of him. I didn't brag about it until we reached the goal. I was the one who first reached the rock.
The moment I reached it I leaned my back on it and tried to catch my breath. He trudged closely with an aura of defeat surrounding him and leaned on the rock as well. But, he was close to me. His arm was placed beside the right side of my head and his body was just a tad bit close to mine. He was panting but the heaving of his chest and the water that was dripping down from his well-toned body sent shivers run down my spine.
I snickered as I saw him pouting, he looked like a kid who just lost his candy. I decided to tease him a bit, "You lost again….."
"That was just beginner's luck!"
"No it wasn't….This is your second time of losing." He chuckled quietly, I found him extremely handsome.
As he looked up it was then I realized that our faces were closer than a while ago. I leaned back as far as I could but the rock was preventing me to do so. His arm bent a little so he could make the distance closer. I was trapped between his body and the cold hard rock. My brain stopped working when I felt his nose touched mine. I was breathing erratically, our lips were just millimeters apart. Before I knew it I started to close the distance. I didn't know why I was doing this, maybe because of the heat…Our lips brushed slightly.
"Oh my god I'm so sorry!" A voice broke us apart. I looked at Jellal and it seems like he was as shocked as I was. He pushed himself away from the rock as I looked down on my feet, I could feel a blush creeping up my face.
"I'm really sorry, I never thought…." I soon viewed the person who….Thankfully stopped the act of stupidity from happening. I wanted to thank her so badly, I stared at the woman…
"Oh it's okay, really…you can leave now…." I watched her fleeting form and glanced at Jellal once more. His back was facing me so I couldn't really see his expression. God knows what will happen if that continued…. I let out a sigh of relief. It's not like I didn't want it, it's just that I don't think it's time for that yet.
"Hey…I'm sorry. I didn't know what I was doing." Jellal bowed in an apologetic way.
"I-It's alright, I think I got carried away too. I'm also sorry." He stood straight this time, he scratched the back of his head and grinned sheepishly, he had a slight tinge of pink on his cheeks.
"So….You're running with just your underwear later."
I walked ahead of him and decided to change the topic. I headed to the small shack by the beach, he followed close by.
"Yah….I shouldn't have made that bet."
"Hey! A punishment's a punishment!"
"Yeah…I'll do it anyway, Scarlet. Don't worry you can even check on me while doing the punish-"He smirked then I punched his gut…..maybe a little harder than I intended to.
"Pervert!"
"Wow…You really could pack a punch. I was kidding." He rubbed the part that I attacked while catching his breath.
We kept on walking until we reached the mini shack-bar place. I still couldn't forget about that almost kiss, I admit there are a lot of instances where our lips became that close….close to kissing. All of those were just teasing and usually unintentional. But, this time it was like I wanted to do it but I…..Arghhh! I don't know! I just want to dig a hole and go die in it!
"Erza? What do you want?"
"You….." My eyes widen in shock….Shit! Did I just say that? I must've been thinking so much about that…
He chuckled then raised an eyebrow questioningly, "Me?"
Come on! Think of something, Erza! You were born ready for these kind of things. However, I wasn't. I knew I was blushing.
"I was asking about what you like… Don't get any funny ideas!"
I looked away blushing, he still kept chuckling.
"Don't worry I wasn't. But was I supposed to?"
"Definitely not!" I stormed away like it didn't affect me. But the truth is, it really did.
I looked for some table and when I spotted one I immediately sat on the chair. All these weird things was just making me exhausted. He then proceeded to approach the table and when he did he sat on the opposite side.
"What do you want? I already have something in mind, all that's missing is your order."
"Just strawberry cheesecake…"
"Alright! Wait here."
He left and ordered. I was left thinking about how stupid I looked today. This is bad…The more we're together the more I fall for him. I don't even know if he likes me back.
He soon came back with our orders. We ate in silence…or hoped we did.
"Hey, just wanted to ask you more questions about the childhood you had. I mean if you'd want to."
"Shoot."
"Okay then! You lost your parents right? So who took care of you?"
"I was sent to an orphanage. Since, our relatives didn't know what to do with me. I understood why, it's probably because they had their families to feed as well. And as I told you I don't want to burden other people."
"I see. In the orphanage, did you make friends?"
"Yes. But only few."
I slowly stabbed the lifeless cake and shoved some of it in my mouth.
"Why's that?"
"It's because of my personality. I was never a people person before I met those guys."
"Same here. I was never one until I met you." I stared at him but that comment of his doesn't seem to bother him. It was like a normal compliment but I was happy to know that.
"Really?"
"Really. Ultear was my only friend before, then when she adopted Meredy I became friends with her too. Then Laxus. Just them, then you came and introduced me to your lively friends. Which by the way is why I'm really thankful that you came."
He looked up and smiled at me, I was left speechless and all I could do was smile back.
"I'm happy to know that! That's what friends do right?"
"Right!"
Jellal
Her smile just made it harder for me to tell her. I think it's alright not to I mean it sure isn't going to be anytime soon, right? And it's not like she's going to fall for me.
We continued eating peacefully. When we were done we headed back to the location of the beach where we left our friends. We reached the area by dusk.
"We already ate! Where were you two?" Natsu said while building a sand castle. The others were minding their own business.
"We went to some shack."
"Really?!" He looked so confused but I didn't know why. Erza made her way to her friends.
"Why? Is there any problem?"
He shrugged, "Nothin much….I just heard this girl a while ago talking about a red-headed woman and a blue haired guy making out at the shore. I just thought it was you two. But to know you guys were in a shack maybe it wasn't."
My blood ran cold and sweat began to form on my forehead. I could also feel my face heating up, I already forgot about that! I noticed that all the attention were on both Erza and I. She stopped in her tracks and blushed madly.
I had nothing to say, I wasn't good at lying. Thus, I just waited for Erza to cover it up. She composed herself. She looked utterly confident right now.
"I assure you we didn't "kiss""
"Yeah" Laxus said mockingly, everybody were giving us some suggestive glances. I saw that this set Erza off, she charged off to Natsu. When he noticed this he ran for his dear life. Well, he better. When I looked back at my friends they were still looking at me.
I sighed, "What?"
All of them shook their heads and went back to what they were doing. Seriously? Why did someone had to see that? After a few minutes later we all decided to go back to our room to get some rest after a long day. Erza and the others went to their respective rooms and so did we.
"Woah! So much for taking things slowly…"
"We didn't kiss!"
"A witness says otherwise."
I literally did the facepalm and trudged sluggishly to my room.
"That was pretty courageous of you. Doing it in the open, I never knew Erza was one for PDA."
"She isn't. We. Did. Not. Kiss. Nor make out…."
I went in the room and slammed the door shut. I collapsed on the bed and looked up the ceiling. Why don't they just believe you? I groaned and closed my eyes. Hoping that this occurrence wouldn't be remembered by everyone tomorrow.
Tomorrow came so fast. We all ate breakfast together and talked about random things. We laughed we teased, like a normal group of friends would. After eating, instead of going to the beach we went to other places the resort could offer. We went to the swimming pool and swam a little bit there. Erza and I weren't stuck in an awkward event or anything. It was because we wanted to spend time with our friends and just have fun. To enjoy the vacation while it lasted.
"Natsu! What the hell are you doing?!"
I looked at the event and saw Natsu doing something beyond the ordinary. He was riding this inflatable boat on the pool but he didn't seem happy. In fact he looked nauseous.
"Luce….Help me. It looked fun but it turned out to be uncomfortable…." He was on the verge of vomiting.
"Natsu has motion sickness…."
I heard Levy say.
"Really?"
"Yup! So what kind of books do you like? Genre or whatsoever."
"I'm more of a suspense and mystery guy. I also like the classics."
"Cool! Wanna know what type of books Erza like?"
I was intrigued. Never knew Erza was one for reading.
"What is it?"
"She likes those inappropriate or racy novels." She sniggered
"What?"
"Ya know those erotic and smutty books." After she said that she was dragged by an enraged Erza.
"Don't mind her." I just nodded hoping that I wouldn't have to face her wrath. But, seriously? Racy novels? I see her as an action or maybe suspense woman but I could settle with that.
"Whatever you say….." I kept on swimming until I reached the gutter of the pool. I viewed the episode that's happening in front of me. I was glad to see that I met them. Even though, sometimes they're weird. They're still awesome. We were having the time of our lives, I mean who wouldn't. Vacation never lasted long enough, after this we'd surely be those serious college students trying to pass every exam they'd have. This was why we enjoyed it before it was over.
I couldn't tell her after all….Maybe some other time.
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