I looked at the figure in front of me, wondering if I was hallucinating or not. 'Zed?'

'Hey beautiful.' He said with a smile, putting down the small suitcase he'd been carrying. I ran over to him and jumped, wrapping my legs around his waist and making him laugh as he held me in place. He kissed me gently. 'Miss me then?'

'You're here.'

'I guess so.' He laughed, gently putting me down on the floor. He pressed a kiss to my forehead and smiled down at him. 'Surprise.'

'I had no idea.'

'Good.' He grinned, giving Tina and Zoe a thumbs up. 'I was worried they'd cave.'

'They knew?'

'The whole time.' He smiled. 'I organised it with them a week ago and managed to get a room at the hotel.' He held up his key. 'Now why don't I go and put my stuff upstairs and then I'll meet you in the restaurant for lunch?'

'Sure.' I smiled and he kissed my forehead again. I watched as he walked past my friends, who all looked happy apart from Luke, who looked at me with sad eyes. I hated it when he did that. 'You guys are in trouble.' I said to Tina and Zoe. 'I can't believe you didn't tell me.'

'We were sworn to secrecy.' Zoe replied with a grin. 'Now let's get some food, I'm seriously starved.'

I couldn't help but smile as I sat drinking a mocktail on the terrace of the hotel. I'd slipped my sunglasses on, aware that people were passing by all the time and people had probably worked out from my Instagram that I was in Cancun enjoying Spring Break. With thousands and thousands of followers, one couldn't be too careful. Zed didn't take long to join us and he sat beside me with his hat and sunglasses on, quickly ordering himself a lemonade and then we all ordered our food.

'So what have you guys been up to?' Zed asked our group. 'Other than getting pretty sweet tans.' His hand met mine under the table and his fingers intertwined with mine.

'A lot of chilling and a lot of cocktail drinking.' Zoe smiled.

'We went on a boat party on Tuesday.' Tina added. 'And there was a pool party at the hotel yesterday.'

'Oh and Sky and Luke went and checked out some old stuff Monday.' Zoe said.

'Chichen Itza.' Luke corrected, looking across at me with a small smile. 'The Mayan ruins in Yucatan.'

'Oh cool.' Zed replied, looking at Luke with a smile. 'I've always wanted to go there, they look so well preserved.'

Luke's eyes flicked across to Zed's. 'They are.'

Nelson and Tina glanced at each other and I wondered if they felt as awkward as I did. Zed was trying and Luke wasn't helping.

'And Xenotes tomorrow.' Nelson said cheerfully. 'Looks beautiful, man, so cool.'

'Yeah.' Zed smiled. 'Definitely one of the most scenic places to swim in the world by the looks of it.' His thumb gently across the back of my hand. 'What are we doing later?'

'We've got tickets for us all for Justin Timberlake at the Hard Rock Hotel. He's performing and then there's a DJ after.' Zoe grinned. 'Nick got them for us, probably because he's totally adopted Sky as his sister.' I blushed and bit my lip. If only the press saw me that way. I knew Zed was feeling a bit anxious about the press now that our video had come out, especially as we'd been very Close and sexy, obviously matching up with the song name.

'Sweet.' Zed nodded, although I couldn't help but feel something was bothering him.

I really didn't want to strip to my bikini when we headed back up to the terrace after lunch. Luke and Zoe had gone off to catch up with some people we'd met on the boat party so that just left the four of us, two couples, to it. Tina eagerly stripped down to her bikini and jumped in the pool, closely followed by Nelson, but I felt anxious as Zed pulled off his shirt and put back on his sunglasses as he laid on the sunbed next to mine.

'You alright beautiful?' He asked as he looked over at the fully-clothed me.

'Yeah.' I nodded, blushing and fiddling with my loose curls. 'Could you maybe just look the other way the whole time we're up here?'

'What?' He laughed. 'You don't want me to see you in your bikini?' His laugh stopped when he saw the nervous look on my face. 'Sky, what have you got to be worried about?'

'Zed, you've dated models. They're tiny and leggy in comparison to me.' I folded my arms across my covered chest and sighed.

'But they were dead boring.' He replied. 'And you're my girlfriend, my soulfinder, the one who has actually managed to tame the bad boy, Zed Benedict.' He gave me a lopsided smile as he turned to face me.

'Tame?' I laughed.

'Well yeah…' He said, shyly. 'I've stopped smoking, I'm only drinking rarely and even then it's small amounts and I'm less of a jerk… I think.'

'Oh you can still be a jerk.' I teased and he mocked looking offended, making me lean forwards and kiss him.

'Seriously though, Sky, I don't like models and you're beautiful. You have nothing to be nervous about.' He said, his hand caressing my cheek. 'If anyone should be nervous it's me because you drive me crazy in all the right ways.' He leaned backwards and ran his hand through his hair. 'You're sexier than you think.' I blushed and bit my lip. 'You really should stop doing that.' He said, his thumb gently caressing my lip where I'd just bitten it. I looked up at the intense look in his eye and took a deep breath, pulling my t-shirt over my head. He watched as I slipped off my shorts too, leaving me in my black tie-string bikini. I blushed as Zed's eyes ran over my body and then he pulled me onto his lap, wrapping his arms around my waist. 'You are so beautiful and so sexy.' He whispered, gently kissing my lips. 'Now go and sit back on your sunbed before we get thrown out for too much PDA.'

It was nice having Zed's company as we messed about in the pool, Tina and I on the shoulders of our men and attempting to push each other off, and Zed helped me with lyrics as I sat and hummed and quietly sang some songs I hoped Kevin would like to hear when I got home. After a relaxed early dinner around the pool, we headed off to our rooms to get ready for our night out, the guys going off to Nelson's room, much to Luke's annoyance, and Tina joining Zoe and I in our room. She spread out different clothing options for each of us on the bed and we all looked at them together, trying to choose the best outfits for the VIP section by the front of the stage. The girls ruled out shorts, saying that we all needed to wear dresses for the party, which was fine with me. Tina decided on a short black dress with halterneck and cut out just under the bust, whereas Zoe decided to be brave in a white bodycon dress that finished just above her knees.

'You have to wear red.' Zoe instructed, taking away a few more outfit options. 'Zed liked you when you wore red at his party months ago.'

'We weren't even dating then.' I replied with a frown.

'Maybe not, but you told us he got angry at Jake for abandoning his sexy date.' Tina winked. 'So red it is.' She held up the two remaining dresses and held them up against me. 'Hmm I think this one.'

'Me too.' Zoe grinned. They'd chosen a deep red off-the-shoulder dress with lace around the sweetheart neckline and around the hem, which fell halfway down my thigh. We paired our outfits with our comfiest wedge sandals and Zoe and Tina tamed the frizz in my hair so the curls were sleeker, matching the subtle but classy makeup which brought out my tan and my blue eyes. After snapping a few pictures on the balcony, we were ready to go. We met the guys downstairs in the small lobby bar, where they were sat drinking beers, apart from Zed who was drinking coca cola from the bottom like he advertised it. He turned his head and his eyes widened as they looked me up and down, a smile of approval on his lips.

And my girl doesn't think she's sexy. He said into my head and the my girl made me blush and smile. He stood up as I walked over to him, grinning from ear to ear, and then he kissed my forehead when I reached him.

'She scrubs up pretty good, huh Zed?' Zoe smiled.

'She always looks good.' Zed said, smiling down at me. 'It would just be nice if she believed me.'

'Yeah, right.' Luke mumbled and Zed looked his way. 'Sky is crap and taking compliments, I've tried.'

'I bet you have.' Zed said and I tensed as Luke and my boyfriend narrowed eyes at each other.

'Dudes, let's go!' Nelson called out and I'd never been so thankful for his interruption.

Zed slipped my hand into his and nodded. 'Let's.'

The Hard Rock Hotel was busy when we arrived, but we just flashed our VIP lanyards and we were let straight into the designated area, where some people had paid extra to upgrade their tickets. I felt a bit bad that ours were free, but Nick had said that he and Justin were good mates and they'd toured together before. Our area was to the left of the stage and right by it, and about twenty other Spring Breakers were in our arena, already drinking as they danced to the pre-performance playlist. Thankfully, they didn't seem to notice Zed, Luke or I and just carried on dancing. Soon, the lights onstage dimmed and the introduction of a song started up, making the crowd go wild.

The lights flicked up just as Justin started to sing and girls screamed as he sang and danced around the stage. 'Don't be so quick to walk away
I wanna rock your body, please stay
You don't have to admit you wanna play
Just let me rock you till the break of day.'

Zoe grabbed me and spun me around as we both danced together right by the stage, singing along. She filmed us on her phone as Justin walked over, bending down and winking at us mid-song. I stopped her from screaming like a fangirl and embarrassing herself. As we danced and sang along to each song, I couldn't believe he was able to sing and dance like that at the same time. It was a skill I had yet to master and it made me wonder if that was why Kevin had made me sign up for dance as my minor in the summer term at college. I thought of how quickly Nick had learnt the dance for our video and realised that it was probably because he'd had dance lessons at some point.

'I'm going to have to steal my girl for this one if you don't mind.' Zed said, appearing behind me as Justin went into Like I love you.

'Sure.' Zoe smiled, walking back over to where Luke was stood. Zed wrapped his arms around my waist and we danced together like we had a few times before as we both sang along to the lyrics that reminded me of when I'd been at school, when it had come out. Soon Justin's performance was over and I danced with my girls to Can't Stop the Feeling, a song we'd heard many times on Spring Break. I was starting to think that was our song of the holiday. The crowd cheered as Justin's set was over and we went and sat down in the private lounge area with some drinks as the famous DJ started up his set. Zed tapped his foot from beside me as he sipped from his bottle of water and I twirled around the straw in my cocktail glass. It was weird being able to drink legally again, thanks to the age limit being eighteen in Mexico. I hummed along to I got a feeling and then Zoe was pulling me to my feet and into the main dance area, away from the VIP area, before I could stop her. She grabbed two shots from a nearby waiter and I winced as we downed them together, singing along. I looked up to see that Luke and Tina had joined us and were dancing beside us, beers in their hands.

'Tonight's the night, let's live it up
I got my money, let's spend it up
Go out and smash it like oh my God
Jump off that sofa, let's get, get off.'

We jumped up and down singing and I shook my hair about like a Taylor Swift wannabe, making my friends laugh. We made silly faces and took selfies from the dancefloor, just enjoying the atmosphere. This was what Spring Break was all about. Britney's Scream and Shout came on next and then I groaned as Nick's voice filled the air.

'No way are they playing this right now!' I said, dramatically.

'Everyone is dancing to your song.' Luke grinned across at me, holding up his camera and filming as I stood still, looking around at the crowd as they danced.

'Oh I want you close and close ain't close enough, no.'

I blushed as my voice came out of the speaker and Tina and Zoe sang along beside me, totally mocking me. I shoved them playfully and they grinned, holding my hands up in the air as Luke put his camera away.

'How does it feel hearing your voice being played at a club?' Luke laughed and I shook my head at him.

'Terrible.' I replied as Zed and Nelson appeared beside us.

'Nice work, baby.' Zed said, kissing my rosy red cheek.

'This is so embarrassing!'

'I think it's cool.' Zed replied.

'Don't you cringe when you see yourself on tv or on a billboard downtown?'

'Sure.' He smiled, 'but I bet you look at the billboards and think damn, my boyfriend is good looking.'

'I'm not sure your head fits in here.' I said, signalling to our surroundings. 'It's pretty cramped.'

'Then I guess it's lucky we're outside.' He teased, kissing my nose. 'Really though, I'm proud of you.' He held up the drinks he'd brought over (four beers) and passed them to Zoe, Tina and I. He held one out for Luke, who didn't look impressed. 'Dude, I got this for you, I don't want it, I'm on the good stuff.' He held up a bottle of water and Luke took the beer, taking a huge swig out of it as the song changed much to my relief. We danced as a group for a while and then Luke disappeared off as Zoe paired up with a guy that had been dancing close by to us for most of the evening. I finished my beer and placed it on a nearby table. I jumped at the feeling of hands around my waist and then I smelt the familiar aftershave. I turned around to face Zed and he smiled down at me.

'We've not danced enough together this evening.' He said as the intro of Justin Bieber's Beauty and a Beat started up through the speakers. His hands caressed my hips and I placed my hands on his shoulders as he looked down at me.

'I didn't want my friends to feel awkward.' I replied.

'Well they're okay.' He smiled. 'Zoe's with that guy, and Tina and Nelson are dancing together and last time I saw Luke he was with some red head.'

'That's not like Luke.' I said in surprise.

'Who knows.' He shrugged, pulling me closer. 'Show you off, tonight I wanna show you off.' Zed sang along to the music, making me smile. 'What you got, a billion could've never bought.'

We danced close together and then Zed turned me around so that we were moving together like we had in Nashville. The closeness made me feel flushed but then the alcohol kicked in and I just didn't care as I moved against Zed, his hands on my waist and his chest pressed against my shoulders. We danced like that for a while and then I turned back to face him and his lips crashed down on mine in the middle of the dancefloor. The kiss was hard and filled with passion and my knees felt weak as he pressed me against him.

'Oh my god, it's Zed Benedict!' A shrill scream shouted.

'Ah, shit.' Zed cursed with a frown, releasing me. 'Maybe it's time we got out of here.'

I looked out for my friends but then a girl was right by us, trying to take photos so Zed just grabbed my hand and pulled me through the crowd. We ran out of the hotel and down onto the beach, away from the lights and into the darkness. When we were sure no one was following, we paused and caught our breath. The beach was pretty much empty and I frowned at my shoes as they tried to sink into the dusty white sand.

'Well that sucked.' Zed groaned.

'I thought you didn't care if we went public.' I said, bending down and sliding my shoes off of my feet. I felt considerably smaller but it was better than breaking my ankle trying to walk on sand in heels.

'I don't.' He replied. 'What I do care about though is us both getting hounded in a club.' He ran his hand through his hair. 'Once someone knows then we don't get any peace all night and all I wanted was to dance with you.' His hand reached for my face and he gently stroked my cheek. There was a gentle thudding of the music from a nearby club and Zed smiled with recognition at Rihanna's song, We Found Love. Zed held out his hand for me and I took it, letting him spin me around in time to the music. We danced together on the sand and in the sea and then, when our clothes were soaking wet, Zed pulled me onto the sand beside him and we looked out at the ocean, completely dark apart from the reflection of the silver full moon.

'Zed?' I whispered in the darkness, my head resting against his shoulder.

'Mmm?'

'I'm glad you came.' I replied.

'Me too.' He gently pressed his lips against mine in the softest, most delicate kiss. 'Come on, let's go back to the hotel.'

'Can I stay with you?' I asked, my eyes searching his. He smiled and kissed me again.

'Always.'

We had to get up fairly early the following day because of our day trip, but I didn't mind. Zed, however, did. He was content curled up beside me and he wasn't happy when I left him to go and shower and get changed in my room. It also looked like I was doing the walk of shame as I'd slept in my dress, not going back to my room to get my pyjamas because I'd been tired. Not that I minded. I wasn't happy, however, when I walked up the corridor to see a girl sneaking out of Luke's room. It was completely unlike him. I was ready to criticise his behaviour to Zoe but then I opened my door to see a guy about to leave our room. The guy Zoe had been with the night before.

'Morning Sky.' He said and then he disappeared with a salute. I shook my head, my eyes wide and Zoe looked sheepish.

'I drank too much.' She replied, trying to pull a puppy dog face.

'I can't believe you.' I tutted. 'I'm glad I stayed with Zed now.'

'We came back early in case you came back…' She said sheepishly.

'And I've just seen a girl sneaking out of Luke's room!'

'No!' She gasped. 'That's not like him at all!'

'And it's not like you!' I said in disbelief. 'Look, I need to shower.'

'You could have showered with Zed.' She wriggled her eyebrows.

'Nothing happened.' I told her. 'I'm not ready for that.' I bit my lip as my cheeks reddened. 'But anyway, yes, I need to shower and you need to get ready. We've got breakfast in ten and the minibus will be picking us up in an hour.'

Luke was last to breakfast and Zoe had already filled Tina in on her 'busy' evening and we'd mentioned the girl leaving Luke's room too.

'Nice work man.' Nelson said, nudging Luke as he sat down. Luke looked up at me with a small smile and then looked away, looking at his toast instead. Zed tensed beside me and I squeezed his arm, sending him a confused look. He shrugged and tucked into his croissant. 'Well I hope it's not going to be this awkward all day.' Nelson said. 'We need to get through today and tonight.'

'I have a date tonight.' Luke said, breaking his silence. 'Sorry.'

'Does that mean I can go and meet up with Dean?' Zoe said hopefully and I assumed Dean was the guy who'd been sneaking out of our room at seven AM.

'Sure, whatever.' Tina shrugged. 'Zed, Sky, we can double date?' There was a clink as Luke's spoon hit his teacup.

'Okay.' Zed smiled. 'I actually was thinking of going somewhere a little out of town.'

'Oh?'

'Zed and I had a run in with some fans last night.' I replied. 'We had to leave the party early.'

'We wondered where you guys had gone.' Tina said. 'We just assumed we'd lost you in the crowd or you'd snuck off to go make-out somewhere.' I blushed and Zed squeezed my knee.

'Somewhere out of town sounds cool though.' Nelson said with a nod. 'We could grab dinner without these losers.' He winked at Luke and Zoe.

We started off our day at one Xenote, kayaking in pairs across the perfect water. Then we went to another where we ziplined across the water. The last one, however, after lunch, we spent the most time at and we swam in its warm waters. We ended up in a cave and Zed took pictures of each of our group in the cave, before turning to face me, a cheeky smile on his face.

'You're up to something.' I said, looking at his iPhone in its waterproof case.

'I am.' He smiled.

'Want to fill me in?'

'I'm just thinking I'd rather be the first one to post pictures of our relationship, not the press.'

I bit my lip nervously. 'So you're just openly going to post a picture of us.'

'Yeah but I like to play with the press a bit, cause some speculation.' He grinned. 'Nels, take a photo of us, would you?'

'Sure thing man.' Nelson took the iphone and hung the waterproof strap around his neck. 'Dare I ask what you're up to?'

'You'll see.' He smiled. 'I hope your photography skills are as good as they seem.'

'Of course.'

Zed lifted me in the water, so I was no longer stood on a rock and he wrapped my legs around his waist, which was still submerged. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he pressed his lips to mine, kissing me passionately. Tina and Zoe started whooping and I laughed, pulling back from Zed.

'That's some photo.' Nelson said as Zed put me back down into the water, which now felt cooler as it hit my shoulders. He passed Zed the iPhone and Zed hung it back around his neck, showing me the picture. It was clear we were kissing in the water in a cave and it was clear it was Zed because of his visible tattoo, but it wasn't easy to tell it was me. I just looked like a surprisingly slim blonde girl.

'Ready to cause some drama?' Zed said with a grin, going onto Instagram. I watched as he typed a caption for the picture.

Having a great mini-vacation with my beautiful girl.

He looked over at me as I blushed and he kissed my nose. 'I mean every word.'

I dropped by Luke's room that evening when I was changed and waiting for Tina to be ready to go. Zoe had already headed out on her date, leaving us the details of where she was going so she could check up on her if it was getting late, and Tina was still curling her hair, having straightened mine for me. I knocked on the door but there was no answer, so I opened it carefully, stepping inside. The room smelt of aftershave as I walked through it and I paused when I spotted Luke sat on the balcony, playing his guitar and singing.

'I know I can treat you better than he can
And any girl like you deserves a gentleman
Tell me why are we wasting time
On all your wasted crying
When you should be with me instead
I know I can treat you better
Better than he can.'

He stopped playing, humming to himself, and it was clear that he was in the middle of writing a song. A good song too.

'Luke?' I called out and he turned his head, his eyes widening when he realised I was stood there. He stood up, looking smart in his denim shirt, and he walked into the room.

'How long have you been stood there?' He asked, scratching the back of his neck like he often did when he was uncomfortable. I hated that I'd made him feel that way.

'Only a minute.' I replied. 'New song?'

'Yeah…' He paused for a moment, his eyes looking over my outfit. 'You look nice.' I hoped I did. I'd gone for subtle make-up with my pin-straight hair but Tina had chosen the black halter dress I was wearing. It had a floaty skirt that fell halfway up my thighs and made my legs look longer with the heels I was wearing.

'Thanks, you too.' I replied. 'I feel like things have been weird.'

'They've been fine.' His voice said a bit too abruptly. I flinched.

'I'm sorry Zed's here. I had no idea-'

'But you're glad.' He pointed out. 'Sky, it's your life, do whatever you want and I'll do what I want.'

'Like have one night stands?'

'I'm seeing Rebecca again tonight so that's not a one-night stand.' His attitude sucked and I frowned as he swigged a straight bottle of whiskey.

'Luke, should you really be drinking that?' I wrinkled my nose.

'I'm not here to be lectured Sky, I'm here to have fun and I've got to go so I'll see you in the morning.' He folded his arms across his chest and I frowned.

'Jeesh, you can be a jerk when you want to be.' I said with a frown. 'Whatever, Luke, enjoy your night.' I walked out, slamming the door on my way. I was still irritated when Tina was ready to go and she was pretty annoyed at Luke's crap mood too. Nonetheless, she told me to ignore it and just enjoy our last night in Cancun, so I put on my brave face and we headed downstairs to meet the guys.

'Wow.' Zed said when we came into view. Don't you girls look great?' He smiled, before pulling me in for a kiss. 'Especially my girl.' He whispered into my ear and I blushed.

'How's the world of Instagram?' I asked as he kissed my cheek.

'Buzzing with gossip.' He smiled. 'Only two people have said it looks like you so far though. Most people must think I'm pretty shallow as they've said it's a Victoria's Secret model.'

'It's your reputation, man.' Nelson said and Tina and I laughed.

'Thanks for your support.' Zed said sarcastically, but a smile played on his lips. 'It's trending on Twitter and so many gossip sites are wondering who my beautiful girl is.' He smiled down at me.

'Enough with the mushiness.' Tina teased. 'Where are we going, Zed? Not some seedy bar I hope as Sky and I have spent ages getting ready.'

'Would I really take you to a seedy bar?' He said, shaking his head. 'No, we're going for traditional and cultural.'

Zed had booked us a taxi, which took us to a little Mexican restaurant away from the tourist area we'd been staying in. It was small and friendly, with only a few tables, including the one Zed had somehow reserved for us in Spanish. The waiter had given us a little table on the terrace and he brought us food and complimentary mojitos to start off our evening.

'How did you find this place?' Tina asked, looking around at the twinkling fairylights. 'It's adorable.'

'Tripadvisor.' Zed grinned.

'That's Zed Benedict's secret?' Nelson laughed. 'Tripadvisor?'

'Sure.' He laughed. 'And they gave us free mojitos because they love my movies.' He smiled and held up his drink. 'Perks of the job.'

I sipped at the mojito, surprised that it was definitely the best cocktail I'd had all holiday. I tasted real. Zed took a few sips of his mojito and then donated it to Nelson, who was more than happy to finish it for him as we ordered our Mexican tapas food. The food was delicious and it was nice sitting and being able to talk as a foursome, especially as we'd not really hung out properly as just the four of us. Nelson and Zed had a lot in common, which was nice, and he made the effort to talk to Tina, including her in the conversation. It made me smile. He obviously cared enough what my friends thought and that meant a lot to me. After turning down dessert, thanks to eating too much, Zed paid the bill and posed for some pictures with the staff, before we headed to the bar opposite.

The bar was a Latin Bar and Zed had said it had been recommended on lots of websites as the best place for dancing in the Cancun area. The bar itself was one big room with a bar running alongside and seating areas at one end. At the other end there was a stage and a huge dancefloor, where people were already dancing when we arrived just after ten o'clock. Zed went to the bar and came back with tequila beer for us and he surprised me by having one himself. We found ourselves a seated area where we sat and watched people dance to the live music.

'These people are too good at dancing.' I said and Tina nodded.

'I've done salsa before and it's not easy.' She said to me. 'It's all about being smooth and fluid when you move.'

'Maybe you could teach me.' Nelson said, staring at her intensely.

'Or me, man.' Zed winked at Nelson playfully. 'I can salsa.'

'You're joking.'

'Not at all.' Zed said, leaning backwards and placing his arm around the back of my chair. 'My mother is Latino. I can speak the language and dance the dance.' He grinned and I looked at him in surprise. 'Want to dance, baby?'

'I have two left feet.' I replied.

'So you've said before but I think we both know that's not true.' He placed a kiss on top of my forehead and I took another swig of the Mexican beer. 'Humour me.' He pulled me to my feet and led me to a space on the dancefloor.

'I saw you talking on the phone
I know that you are not alone
But you steal my heart away
Yeah you steal my heart away.'

Zed led me in a few basic steps, taking my hands in his. The key is in the hips. He said into my head and then he turned me around. The next song was faster and more intense, so Zed held me closer as we danced together, stepping quicker. After an hour, I felt more confident with the dancing and Nelson and Tina had joined us on the dancefloor.

'Fancy heading to a club?' Zed asked them when we reached midnight and the live music finished off.

'Won't you get recognised?' I asked.

'Sky, either of you could get recognised.' Tina said, warily.

'It'll be dark.' Zed shrugged. 'Plus I thought we could head to where Zoe was and check she's alright.' I smiled at him, wanting to kiss him for that.

We caught a taxi back to the Hotel Zone of Cancun and managed to get into the club without having to queue, which was a bonus. Zed paid for all of our entry, despite Nelson's arguments, and then we headed into the busy main room where bodies danced about. People stood around the edge of the dancefloor, drinking their drinks and I knew it wasn't going to be easy to find Zoe. We sent her a text whilst the guys headed to the bar, returning with some beers for us and a water for Zed. We found ourselves a booth and sat down, waiting to hear from Zoe, but she didn't reply whilst we sat and drank two rounds of drinks.

'I love this song!' I said as Closer by the Chainsmokers blared through the speakers. Zed smiled, grabbing my hand and pulling me to the dancefloor, placing his hands on my hips as I moved mine to his shoulders.

'So baby pull me closer in the backseat of your Rover
That I know you can't afford
Bite that tattoo on your shoulder
Pull the sheets right off the corner
Of the mattress that you stole
From your roommate back in Boulder
We ain't ever getting older.'

We danced together, our bodies pressed up to each other and more so when I turned around, moving against him. His grip on my hips tightened and my cheeks flushed at the closeness. Damn I was attracted to him. More so then I'd ever been to anyone and I really wanted to kiss him. My phone buzzed in my bag and I pulled it out, trying to read the text message in the dimly-lit club.

I'm on my way back to the hotel with Dean. Are you okay to stay with Zed again? I'm not that drunk this time, he's just really cute. Xoxo Zo

All okay? Zed said into my head.

She's staying with him again. I replied. I can't believe her.

She's letting her head down. He replied. It's getting late, shall we find the others?

We found Nelson and Tina dancing together and we didn't really want to interrupt their sexy moves. I was afraid they were going to get thrown out of the club dancing like that. Zed laughed in my head and I knew he'd heard that thought from me. I pulled out my phone and sent them both a message.

Didn't want to interrupt your little lovefest. Zed and I are going back to the hotel so see you at breakfast. Sky xx

'Shall we walk back along by the sea?' Zed asked as we walked out of the nightclub. The music was still pounding as we walked past a bar on the strip, where a few people were hanging around outside smoking.

'Okay.' I nodded. 'It'll be quieter than walking up the street.'

'I was thinking more romantic.' He grinned. 'But we'll go with that.' We crossed the street and walked down the alley to the beach, which was empty apart from a few stumbling drunks. We walked right down to the ocean and I slipped off my shoes, walking along hand-in-hand with Zed towards our hotel. 'Still glad I came?' He asked as we moved away from the hustle and bustle to empty beaches.

'Definitely.' I smiled across at him.

'Good.' He kissed the top of my head. 'Want to do something crazy?' I raised my eyebrow at him and he signalled to the sea.

'It'll be freezing.'

'So?' He grinned. 'Once in a lifetime chance right now.' He looked around at the empty beach and pulled the shirt over his head.

'Are you seriously skinny dipping?'

'Not quite.' He replied. 'But almost.' He unfastened his belt and slipped off his jeans, pulled off his shoes and socks and ran into the water in his black Calvin Klein boxers. And damn he looked good. He hurried into the sea until he was up to his waist and then he turned back to face me. 'You coming?'

'You're crazy.' I replied.

'Don't make me come out there and drag you in.'

That wasn't going to be attractive. I unzipped my dress carefully, letting it fall onto the sand with my shoes and bag. Thankfully my underwear was matching, but I hadn't planned on anyone seeing it. I was wearing my black strapless lace wonderbra and matching pants, which weren't particularly exciting but still made me nervous to be standing in them. Then I stepped into the water, squealing at the coolness of it.

'Come here, I'll warm you up.' Zed said, holding out his arms. I hurried through the water to him and he wrapped his arms around my waist as I reached him. 'See, not so bad.' He said, smiling down at me.

'It's freezing.' I shivered and he pulled me towards him, lifting me up so that my legs wrapped around his waist as they had done in the cave earlier. His lips crashed against mine and he kissed me with enough passion to make more goosebumps appear on my cool skin. His tongue slipped into my mouth and moved gently against mine and he groaned as I ran my fingers through his hair. He pulled away, breathless, his eyes looking deep into mine.

'Let's get out before you turn blue.' He whispered and he carried me out of the water, placing me onto dry land. We slipped our clothes back on and jogged back to the hotel, which thankfully wasn't far. The receptionist didn't bat his eyelids as we passed him on our way to the lift and Zed hurried to unlock his door for us. He grabbed me a fluffy towel and wrapped me in it, making me sigh as I leaned against the sofa.

'I'm soaked.' I told him.

'You should take your clothes off.' He said cheekily and I glared at him. 'Seriously, though, you can't sleep in your dress or underwear, it's soaked and you'll make yourself sick.'

'Was this all some ploy to get me out of my dress, Zed Benedict?' I said with a raised eyebrow.

'Sadly, no.' He said with his lopsided smile. He opened the dresser and pulled out a pair of red American apparel boxers and a white tank top. 'Here.' I raised an eyebrow and he laughed. 'They're clean, don't worry. It's always useful to have spare clothes just incase.' He threw them my way as he grabbed his own towel and I walked into the bathroom.

I shivered as I took off my wet underwear and dress and I dried my body and my hair as much as I could before slipping on Zed's boxers and tank top. The top was pretty baggy thanks to Zed's muscles and I felt self-conscious not wearing a bra with it, but I had no choice really. I walked out of the bathroom, my arms folded across my chest, to find Zed already in his dry boxer shorts, ready for bed. His eyes wandered across my body and I bit my lip, blushing.

'I look ridiculous, I know.' I said and he shook his head.

'No, you look perfect.'