A Rebel Love Story
A/N: Heyyy world! I am really sorry for the long update but my family flew in town and its impossible to write with 5 little kids all under the age of 7 in the house. ITS IMPOSSIBLE! TRUST ME! So here it is; right off the presses. A fresh hot chapter for this story. Hope you all like it and Enjoy!
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Chapter 5
Recap: Well this is just peachy. I had just been kissed by someone who I don't even know if has a reputation as a player and I'm just so fricken confused. This had better be tha last time I ever dream of Will Herondale or I just might have to be admitted into an insane asylum.
"So what do you feel like doing today?" I asked Jesse.
"I'm probably going to go out for some breakfast and maybe hit the gym later." she replied nonchalantly.
"Since when do you workout?" I had never known Jessamine to be someone who worked out constantly.
"Tessa. I work at a bar. We need to be fit and look good for that and special cases like yours on Saturday. If you hadn't still been fit from being in juvie and doing hard manual labor, we would have been screwed. So ever since I got this job, I've been hitting the gym almost every week day that I can."
"Hmm...Makes sense enough." I took another sip of coffee and added a little sugar to the bitter substance. Taking a test sip, I found it much more satisfying.
"Its not a bad idea to workout Tessa. You could come out with me and we could spend the day in London. After all, you haven't seen it in almost four years and a lot can change." She's right. A lot can change in four years. My best guess is either all of my past "friends" are either in jail now or dead on the street. Either way, none of it is or was my fault.
"Sounds cool." I said as I poured another cup of coffee.
"Great. Let me get changed and pack my gym bag. Grab a small purse or something and a water bottle out from the cupboard. Fill it with water or tea. Nothing with a lot of sugar or you're gonna die with in the same hour. Put a pair of cotton shorts and a tank top or a sports bra, or whatever you like to workout in, in the small purse. Also, put on some tennis shoes.
Okay. Be back in a minute."
I went to my closet again and grabbed a pitch black hobobag and put a neon yellow sports bra in and a pair of gray cotton jeggings. In the midst of all the dressy shoes, I found a pair of neon yellow and balck tennis shoes to go with it. Throwing a couple of hair ties and a small towel in, i flipped the light in my room off and shut the door.
Grabbing a black water bottle from the cupboard, I opened the fridge and found a bottles of green tea in the door. I grabbed two and poured them in the bottle. Sealing the lid tightly, I slif the bottle in the bag with my change of clothes.
Sitting on the stool by the counter, I grabbed a baby orange and peeled it. Eating it slice by slice, I replayed last nights events in my mind over and over again. What happened last night? First he's a sarcastic jackass who's making fun of my name, the next minute he's being all nice, sweet and sexy. I just don't get it. I don't understand William Herondale. At all.
Just then, Jesse came out dressed in black fitted yoga pants and a hot pink sports bra with a gray jacket unzipped.
"Got your stuff ready?" she asked.
"Yeah. I'm ready for whatever you can throw at me."
"We'll see." She filled a blue bottle with some water and put it in her bag. "I gotta grab my keys and we'll be out in a sec."
"Fine."
She came out of her room and beelined straight for the front door with me flanked behind her. We left the apartments and got in her car and headed for the gym.
"This isn't a typical gym like you're used to. Here it's called the Institute and they have the basic stuff and the not so basic stuff. They have a normal track for running and a weight room with tredmills and cycles, but I honestly enjoy the not so normal stuff. They have Martial Arts and my personal favorite Hand to Hand combat. There's also a pool and yoga and tai chi classes that loosen and relax the muscles before and after workouts."
"Who runs this place? It sounds interesting." I ask her.
"Charlotte and her husband Henry run the Institute. and just so I don't get chastised about not telling you, Jem and Will tend to frequent this place as well. They tend to stick with the weapons, but they also use the pool and sometimes the hand to hand." OH HELL NO! NOT AGAIN!
"Please tell me that you're joking with me this time?" I pleaded.
"I wouldn't have told you if I was." she looked sorry that she told me.
Well, I didn't bring a jacket so if I see him, he gets to see me in my neon yellow sports bra. Shit..
We showed up in front of a stone building that resembeled a small castle with black cast iron gates.
A young lady probably in her early twenties came out from the Institute. She was extremely beautiful. She had a soft look on her face and a scar that ran slong the side of her cheek. It didn't marr her beauty, but it wasn't something that could not be seen.
Jesse got out of the car and handed the keys to the woman. "Sophie, this is my cousin Tessa. Tessa this is Sophie. She helps Charlotte with the Institute and helps park the cars in the back since its kind of a tight fit back there."
"That's sweet of her to do that."
"About the scar on her cheek, don't stare at it. She worked for a very wealthy family when she was 17 and the son tried to seduce her and rape her. She refused and fought back. At her rejection, he took and knife and cut open her face out of spite saying that if he couldn't have her, he would make sure that nobody would ever want her again."
"That's terrible. Did the son get arrested?"
"That's the sad thing. He didn't get arrested. Sophie tried to tell the house owners, but the son told them that she tried to seduce him and he was just protecting his virtue. She wound up here after Charlotte found her living in an abandoned building. By then her cheek was badly infected. Charlotte had the infection healed, but the scar couldn't be."
"That's horrible. Something should have been done."
"There was something done. It wasn't suppost to happen, but it did." She started as we headed up the stairs for the Institute. "Charlotte tracked down the family and told them what happened and all of a sudden in the middle of the conversation the family was shot and killed. Charlotte had hidden away from the assailants that's why she lived. Don't talk about what I just told you. It's not something that either of them want to remember."
"You have my word." That's terrible. What happened to Sophie and Charlotte. It's unforgivable.
When we entered the Institute, we found Charlotte standing off to the side talking to a man which I assumed was Henry. He kissed Charlotte on the cheek and went off somewhere.
"Nice to see you Jessamine and Tessa. Here for your normal session?" Charlotte asked.
"Yeah. I figured I'd show Tessa the ropes here."
"That's fine. Tessa, nice job on Saturday. Thank you for filling in for Christine. She'll be fine, but out for a while. Other than that, you got the job. You'll work the weekends with Jessamine and nothing like Saturday will happen again.
It better not!
"Have fun!" Charlotte called as she took off in the opposite direction of Henry.
"So do you want to go to Martial Arts for hand to hand first?"
"Hand to Hand sound fun."
A smile slowly spread across her face as she pulled me into an empty room with gray walls and a lightly padded floor. This room was fricken HUGE! I walk in an all of a sudden there's a grunt and Jesse pulled my arm back as a guy with light hair flies past me and into the wall.
I look a bit closer and I see that it's Jem. He doesn't even notice us because a split second later he's up and charging back at where he flew from. Looking in that direction, I see black hair and ocean blue eyes. Will.
Shit..
Punches and kicks began flying until Will had Jem pinned to the ground by sitting on him. I looked at Jesse and she's just smiling at the two of them.
"You know that's cheating Will. You can't sit on your opponent."
"Shut up Jessamine. If I hadn't I would have lost."
"You would have deserved it too."
"Will.." Jem said.."Get your ass off me you damn cheater!"
"No because if I do, you'll kick my ass."
"Excatly! No let me up." He just shook his head no.
"Jesse. Help me." Jem pleaded.
"Fine." she set her bag down and headed for the two boys. Grabbing Will by the shoulders she pulled him off Jem and threw him across the room.
"Thanks Jesse." Jem said as he pulled himself up.
"Welcome Jem."
"It's nice to have my normal sparring partner back. That one.." he gestured over to Will, "likes to cheat."
"Fine" she said. "Let's spar." she threw a lighting fast punch and he caught her fist in his hand.
Seconds later, limbs are flying in fury. I hadn't noticed, but Will was standing right next to me watching me laugh at Jem and Jessamine.
"It's funny to watch them isn't it?" Will's voice broke my stare.
"It is." I replied back.
"You're not wearing make-up today."
"Of course I'm not. Who in the world dolls up to go workout?"
"You do look better that way." A compliment? Wow!
"Thanks. Wanna spar? Its kinda boring just watching these two."
"Sure." The reason I picked hand to hand was because I already know how to. I picked up on it in juvie. I was called the Leaf in the Wind. No one could touch me, but I could hit them so hard that they would see stars.
"I promise I'll go easy on you Tessa." He thinks I can't do this. Haha. He's in for a bit of a shock.
"Aww, thanks so much Will." I said with as much sarcasim as I could muster. "You can even throw the first punch."
"Whatever you say Angel." Bring it on jackass! I dare you!
I stood about 15 feet away from Will. My face was stone; completely emotionless and muscles were relaxed. Will stared at me with the same sort of expression, except he had that stupid smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth and a mischevious glimmer in his eye.
He takes one slow step forword, and a second later he's running at me with everything he's got. He thinks he's fast, but I spent 4 years avoiding people like him, as soon as he's with in a 2 foot range, I side step to the right and he runs right past me. Turning sharply on my ankle, I run up from behind him and trip him. I watched him fall on his face.
Within the same minute, I have him flat on his back and he's breathing hard and shocked at the same time. His blue eyes are wide with shock that said 'how the hell did this just happen?'.
I had his arms pinned above his head with my hands. I smirked down at him and looked around and found Jem and Jesse staring right at us.
"Tessa, did you just pin Will down?" Jem asked.
"Yes. Why?" I ask.
All of a sudden, he starts clapping and smiling like a crazy person. "Looks like Will has finally found his match. WIll you gotta step up your game. For you to be beaten by a woman is just shameful."
"Okay Tessa. You win you can let me up now." I started to get up and all of a sudden, my wrists are grabbed and with in a split second I'm beneath him.
"What do have to say now Angel?" he cockily asked. You're still an ass. A very stupid ass.
"Just this: Kiss my ass Will Herondale!" I knee him in the stomach and he slides off me and I have him pinned on his stomach and his hands behind his back. I laugh and ease up a little as soon as I realize that his face is squished into the mat.
Hmph...Dork..
Jessamine's hand came to my shoulder "I have never seen anybody handle Will like this or even get the best of him like you do. Where and when did you learn to do that Tessa?"
"Do I need to answer that question?" The tension in the air was so thick that you could cut it with a knife. I didn't want people to know about my past and that's just how it's going to stay. I hoped that Jessamine could read my face clearly and get the message.
Jessamine gave a short nod and I got off of Will. I went to my abandoned bag and dug out my towel and water bottle of tea. Taking a couple sips of the cool tea felt good on the inside.
"Jessamine, I'm going to the pool. I'll see you later."
"Grab a suit out of my bag. I knew that you would hit the pool, so I grabbed and extra swimsuit for you."
"Thanks Jess." I rummaged through her bag and grabbed a solid dark blue one piece out of it and headed to the pool, leaving a confused Will and Jem behind.
Finding the changing room, I put all of my stuff in a locker and grabbed a towel. I stripped down and slid on the bathing suit. It was a little small at the waist, but it still fit. I turned around to fix the twisted strap in the back and noticed that it was a pretty much open back suit thats stopped right above my ass. Yup. There's my tattoo. It's not like anybody else is going to be in there with me.
The smell of chlorine assaulted my senses when I walked into the pool room. It was empty so I am completely thrilled at that point. I looked at the depth of the pool and saw that it ranged from 5 feet to 12 feet deep It looked about 100 to 150 feet long and about 30 feet wide. Damn this pool is HUGE! Perfect.
Setting my towel down on the chair closest to me, I looked into the crystal blue water and thought this is where i'm going to drown all my sorrows and pains.
With that, I dove in head first and started doing laps. What started out with only 5 came to 10. Then 15 and after that, well, I lost count. Coming up for air, I rested my head and arms on the cool tile of the pool side. My breathing was heavy and somewhat out of control.
"Are you okay, Tessa?" a deep voice resounded in the area. I looked up and saw will sitting on the edge of the pool next to me with his feet in the water. He was in a pair of black trunks and shirtless. I could careless about the way he's dressed.
"I'm fine. I said, wiping my face of water.
"Tessa, I know that I can seem like an ass sometimes, but I really do care about you. So if you want to talk we can. You seemed really upset back there."
"It's nothing. Just something that I really don't want to ever talk about again. So please. If you want to help me, don't ask me about that." My eyes pleaded with him.
"Okay. I understand." Cutting the awkward tension in the air "So when was the last time you had fun in the water and not just doing laps?"
"That is a really stupid question, but it's been a long time." I pulled myself up onto the ledge next to him.
"That's a crying shame Tessa. You're only 18. You still have a couple years to enjoy yourself."
"You know what?" I asked with devious intentions in mind.
"Tell me what?" he asked.
"THIS!" With a swift push of my hands I sent Will flying into the water. He came up a few seconds later sputtering and somewhat ticked off.
"You're in so much trouble Tessa Gray!" I slid into the water and began swimming away from him. I got a good couple yards in front of him and I was pretty satisfied with that. That is, until I heard the water churning behind me. A strong hand grabbed my ankle. I turned around to try and pry it away from me, but came face to face with Will.
"You're not going anywhere."
In an instant, the atmosphere changed. It felt just like it did on Saturday night. His hands were holding me under my butt, supporting my buoyed weight. If he wasn't holding me I would be completely submerged.
"Tessa" he whispered my name. I had never heard my name come out so gentle and soft. "I can't forget that night. The kiss, the feeling of your soft skin, how you tasted. It's completely intoxicating." His forehead rested against mine.
I stared into his eyes and fell under the same spell. Will was the only person who had ever made me feel this way. I couldn't describe it. It almost felt as if I could tell him what I really wanted to, but deep inside me I knew I couldn't.
"What do you want from me?" I whisper as I stare into the depths of his eyes.
One of his hands comes up and pulls my hair out of its ponytail. He pushes a few stray strands out of my face and moves so close that our lips are only a mere millimeter away from touching. He stared at me with his eyes lowered. His eyelashes almost brushing his cheeks made his look.. I'm not going to finish that sentence.
"Everything" was the last thing he said before it all happened.
He caught my lips in a searing hot kiss that made my insides melt like butter. I was helpless against him. He knew how to control me. His lips and hands made sure of that. He commanded my mouth and it obeyed his every order. My fingers twisted in his wet hair earning a deep groan from him.
The feeling of his chest rumbling from the deep groan was enough to send shivers up my body. I want nothing more than to melt into the water and disappear with him. The heat coming off his body makes the water seem like ice cubes. Any amount of space between us is gone as I pressed deeply into his body, reveling in the warmth that came off him.
His lips leave mine only for the sake of them trailing over my neck. Between little nibbles and licks it felt as if the world had vanished and nothing else exsisted. Moans of sheer pleasure escape my lips as he continues his slow assault on my body.
"You taste so good." he whispers into the crook of my neck. "Like lavender and sunshine."
I didn't even respond to his statement, I just pull him back to me and kissed him with everything in me.
I didn't want to admit it, but I'm falling fast. And when I fall fast I fall hard. Everything that's happening is beyond my control anymore. Will's hand slid down my bare back, drawing little lazy circles over my tattoo. My legs clung around his waist, letting my hands flow down his back, feeling the taut muscles under his skin.
One strong finger hooked the strap of my swimsuit and slowly began to pull it down my arm. I lowered my arms from his shoulders and let him continue to pull the strap down. It was low enough to just expose the swell of my breast, not the peak.
Placing a gentle kiss on my shoulder, a shudder ran through my body at the soft brush of his lips.
"Tessa.."
"Will.." Our names came off eachothers lips like a sirens song.
The sounds of lockers opening and shutting broke us apart. Fixing the strap of my bathhing suit, I lifted myself out of the pool and went to my towel to dry off. Will followed soon after. People started coming in soon after we got out of the pool.
I finished drying off the rest of my body before I started to walk away back to the locker room while drying my hair. My skin still burned from the feeling of Will's hands. Everywhere he touched me sparks just ignited along my skin. If I don't figure out a way to stay away from Will Herondale, I just might disappear into thin air.
A/N: Well...Tessa is having a very difficult time trying to stay away from our favorite William isn't she? Poor Tessa.. She can hold herself in a fight, but she can't control her own emotions or horomones. What ever will she do? Wait and see people. Wait and see. I hope you all liked this chapter and I thank you for putting up with my and my forever updates. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, leave reviews and comments in the proper sections and I shall see ya'll later. I love you all to the moon to the stars and back. XOXO!
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