A Rebel Love Story
A/N: HELLLOOOO! I have missed you all so, so much! I am so fricken excited to bring you this new chapter because I have been dying to post this and for some unforseen reason, I lost my computer for a span of time...Yeah, don't ask how I did that or where it was... Ignoring that, I hope you all like this new chapter!
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Chapter 6
Recap: 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.
I stood in the shower in the locker room completely stunned. I hadn't known Will for more than a week and it already seems like I could possible be...
DAMN IT TESSA! You know better than this. Someone like Will... Really Tessa? Really?
I could see it in him. He's like a poisonious snake. So beautiful to look at but so deadly. It's one of those things that's like if I were to give my heart to him, he'd crush it in his hands right in front of me. I don't think I would be able to withstand that kind of pain.
I had already experenced the loss and pain of a friend and family. Why would I want to experence heartache? I couldn't take it. I wouldn't be able to. I'm still mending old wounds that have had salt poured on.
Whatever I'm feeling is just a small infatuation with Will. I couldn't possibly love someone like him. I'm glad the locker showers are empty. It gives me time to scald my skin with hot water and clear my thoughts.
Pouring conditioner in my hands, I slid it through my tresses while processing all my thoughts. Out of this thought process I had gained 3 things to add to my life lessons/ general life advice:
1) Mend old wounds before opening new ones
2) Scalding hot water does wonders for sore muscles
3) I am not in love with Will Herondale; its just a passing phase
Smiling with satisfaction, I rinsed out the conditioner and grabbed my towel, wrapping it tightly around my body. Heading back for my clothes, I rang the excess water out of my hair onto another towel before sliding all my clothes on.
Putting my hair into a knot on the back of my head, I slid my shoes on and left, carrying my bag. Digging for my phone, I found that I had a couple missed calls and a few texts from Jessamine. All of them were asking me if I had disappeared off the planet.
Dumb Questions Jessamine. Very Dumb..
Going back to the sparring room, I found Jem and Jessamine sitting in the middle of the floor breathing heave and glistening with sweat. Wow.. Never expected Jessamine to be okay with sweating like that..
Looking up from their conversation, Jesse went into "mom" mode..
"Where have you been?! I've been trying to text you for a while now!" There she is... Mom Mode.
"Like I said I was at the pool. I didn't wanna ruin the phone so I left it in the locker room in my bag."
Sighing deeply, she ran a hand over the hair that had fallen in her face, pushing it back.
"Okay. Now that we found you, I was wondering what you thought about going out for lunch?"
That was the fastest mom lecture ever! As for lunch, that sounded pretty damn good.
"Sure, sounds great. I haven't had a decent meal in a long time. What'd you have in mind?"
"Well, I know this great Italian place not that far from here and I thought that we'd bring Will and Jem with us. I know Will is annoying sometimes.." No kidding (-.-") " but Jem's good company."
"I couldn't get rid of Will even if I wanted to. Where I go, he follows. We've been friends since I was 6 years old. Like I said before, just ignore the insignificant things that fall out of his mouth."
"None of the things that fall out of my mouth are insignificant, thank you very much." I turned and found will leaning against the entrance way.
"Yes it is. Quite frankly most of it is." Not phased by the comment, he sighed.
"Whatever you say James." Averting his attention to Jessamine. "As for lunch, I thought you'd never ask."
"Fantasic! We will have to make a stop before lunch to change. It's not a formal place, but we would look silly to show up in workout clothes covered in sweat. You know where it is right Jem?"
"Of course. If I didn't I'd say that I didn't really live in London." Small chuckles filled the room at his comment.
"Great. I'll take Tessa home and get changed. We'll meet at.." she glanced over at the clock "2:30. How's that?"
"Perfect as usual." Giving us a sweet smile. "I'll see you ladies at 2:30 then. I'll take this rascal home and get him cleaned up."
Picking our bags up, We walked out of the Institute and back to Jesse's car.
"So how nice is this place? I already showered so I just need to change."
"Like I said. Its not so much formal, but I wouldn't recommend jeans and a t-shirt with tennis shoes."
"So none of my normal wardrobe, to put it bluntly."
"Yes. Pretty much."
"Fine." I sighed.
I really don't like being out of my comfort zone of my everyday wear. I basically live in jeans and t-shirts. The ride back didn't seem as long as the ride to the Institute. Before I know it, we're heading up the elevator to the apartment.
Going off in different directions, I went to my closet to try and find something presentable. Against my better judgement, I picked a backless black dress with a delicate floral print that came about 2 inches above my knees and paired it with a simple white cardigan. Pairing it with simple white strappy heels, I looked it over in the mirror, still on the hanger.
It'll do I thought to myself.
Undressing, I grabbed a fresh bra and with the matching panties from my dresser. Sliding the whole thing on, well, it didn't look bad, but I'm over stepping my boundaries by alot. Sitting in front of the mirror, I took my hair out and found it curled from the knot I had my hair in from earlier.
Leaving a few face framing strands out I just did a simple side braid and didn't bother with any make-up what so ever. I slipped off my usual jewlery and exchanged it for simple gold hoops and a simple sapphire ring on my pointer finger with the matching bracelet on my right wrist.
Grabbing a black purse from my closet I slipped all my essentials in. Meaning my phone, a bottle of lotion and and a few mints.
Doing one last minute check in the mirror, I left my room. Out in the kitchen, I see Jessamine strapping on a pair of black heels which are paired with a loose beige dress and a green military style jacket. Her hairs in it's natural curls and she's only wearing a little bit of make up. She's wearing a plain silver necklace with an angel on it and a few gold bracelets on her wrist.
"Well don't you look nice." I commented, which made her head fly up and look at me. Her eyes went wide and blinked rapidly.
"You put that on willingly? I think the last time you were in a dress, you were five and you threw the biggest fit about it." Well, she's not wrong.
"I told them that I would if they put me in the dress. They didn't listen." I shurgged my shoulders and crossed my arms.
"True. But this is a big improvement."
"Thanks. I guess."
"Alright lets go. We've got about 10 minutes before we're suppost to meet the guys." By the Angel, heaven forbid that we are late for Will Herondale.
We arrved at exactly 2:30 at some place that I have never heard of before. Jessamine gave her keys to the valet and he took off with the car to the parking lot.
The outsde looked like a two story bulilding with a balcony hanging over our heads. Two thin marble pllars stood outsde the gold trimmed double doors that were decorated with an elegant frosted design.
Walking in, I'm greeted with the smell of freshly made pasta and warm bread fresh out of the oven. The carpet is red and the walls are beige with beautiful netural accents to compliment the room perfectly. Stone statues stood on pillars and flowers in tall vases were in the corners of the rooms.
Walkng up to a poduim where a middle aged woman probably in her early thirties was scribbling down something in a rushed manner. Noticing us approaching, she put down her pen and pulled out a paper from underneath the book she was writing in.
Dressed in a deep red shirt with a cream over vest and a pencil skirt and black pumps she straightened up very quickly right before we arrived. In a heavy Italian accent she began to speak.
"Welcome to Annamaria and Angelo's Bistro Miss Theresa and Miss Jessamine. Your table has already been selected and your company is expecting you upstairs on the balcony floor.
I'll have someone take you upstairs. One moment please." She turned swiftly and walked away quickly only to return with a young man about 22 or so. Not bad looking either.
"My name is Giovanni and I shall be escorting you upstairs to your table." His voice was deep and, like the woman thick with an Italian accent. I'm guessing to distinguish servants and managers the uniforms differed. Giovanni was dressed in black slacks with a crisp long sleeve dress shirt, a black vest and a ocean blue tie. How ironic for it to resemble someones eyes.
Coming to a set of silver double doors, he opened them for us and led us to the far left side of the balcony floor which is absolutely stunning. Looking out I can see the entire city of London. I missed seeing London like this. I would go outside on my aunt's balcony and stare at London in all its glory at night. I used to think that the moon had made my hair its natural wavy state since I liked to shower at night and sit outside.
I finished drinking in the sight before I continued heading to the table. Sitting in a dark blue dress shirt was none other than the king of sarcasm himself. Jem, of course, was positioned next to Will dressed in a soft gray dress shirt and white pants. The table sat 4, like a normal table and not a booth thing, and was covered in a spotless white table cloth with a pearl vase of roses in the middle of it.
I sat next to Jem when we arrived, which is across from Will, but across is better than next to at least at this moment in time.
"On time as always Jessamine. Nice to see you again Tessa." Jem gave us a pleasent genuine smile as always.
"I always am James." she looked at Will for a moment. "I'm impressed James. You took a mutt and made him into a purebreed." I wanted to burst out laughing, but I bit my tounge and didn't. And I'm glad I didn't either because of what fell out of Will's mouth next.
"Your one to talk. You took your angel of a cousin and made her a stripper/ lap dancer/ bar tender at a strip bar."
"First off William. I didn't make her into a lap dancer/ stripper. It was her choice because she wanted to hellp us out that night and the bar tending thing. That's all she is now. A bar tender. She won't ever strip or dancer for guys again. Secondly, I was only kidding Will. You do look nice. Right Tess?" she turned to me all of a sudden.
"Oh yeah. Sure." Just as I met Will's unexpected gaze, a woman of probably 20 came through the doors dressed like the manager except instead of a black skirt and white shirt, she wore a white pencil skirt with a red vest and a black tie and matching pumps. Her dark brown hair was pulled back into a thick braid that ran down to the middle of her back. She was thin like Jessamine and I, but a little more curvy around the waist and hips and slightly bigger breasts. One thing I noticed was the engagement ring on her finger so that kind of relieved me a little.
Wait.. Why should I be worried about what Will might do? He can have her. It's not like I have a claim on him.
"Welcome to Annamaria and Angelo's Bistro. My name is Angelissa and will be your waitress this evening. May I offer you a bottle of wine to start with?"
I was shocked when Will answered for us.
"Yes please. A bottle of 1947 Pinot Noir and four glasses would be exceptional. Keep it on ice please."
"Of course. I shall be right back with your wine. Here are your menus. I shall return in a little bit to take your order if you are ready."
"Thank you Miss." He averted his attention to the menu infront of him.
I'm curious now. "Will I didn't know you drank wine. Let alone such an exceptional wine at that."
Not moving his head at all, his eyes looked up and caught mine. If it was possible his eyes look sexier than ever.
"There's a lot you don't know about me. As for the wine, I appreciate the exceptional things in life when I see them." The look he gave me sent a chill up my spine. Averting my eyes, I looked back down at the menu.
Shortly after, Angelissa came back with the wine and took the french onion soup sounded absolutely heavenly right about now. Everyone else ordered an Italian seasoned steak or angel hair pasta with a white alfredo sauce with parmasan garlic encrusted chicken, or always did love her angel hair pasta. Even as a kid. So not much has changed after all.
The waitress gave a curt nod of the head and departed to fill the order. Of course, Will took control of the wine bottle. Taking our glasses and pouring, suprisingly, the proper amount of wine in each glass.
"Shall we toast?" Jem asked, taking his glass from Will.
"Alright, James. A toast to an goo-" Will cut Jessamine off.
"A toast to the expectional beauty of the world." Will said. He held my gaze the entire time he spoke. I didn't turn away this time. I held his gaze for as long as he held mine.
"Alright Will, I'll toast to that." Jessamine said as she raised her glass. Jem shook his head in approval and I raised mine as well without a word.
We all toasted and sipped the wine and made small talk before the food arrived a half hour later. I thought I'd been happy to be out of juvie, but I've missed good food and the feelings of good company.
We sat at the table and ate our meals and enjoyed the stories that everyone else shared. I didn't really have much considering I've been elsewhere for quite some time. I hadn't noticed that the sky was darkening and the sun was nearly setting.
Despite how much, I didn't like Will's cocky personality, he was really comical. His wild stories had us all in stitches and we couldn't help but laugh. Finishing lunch/ dinner, we paid the tab and went our seperate ways. Meaning that Jessie left with Jem and I was stuck with Mr. Cocky Pain in the Ass Will Herondale.
"It looks like we've both lost our companions for the rest of the night. Care to join me on a walk Tessa?" For once, he didn't say something that absolutely pissed me off or made me want to roll my eyes at him.
"A walk sound pretty good right about now."
The streets were pretty much empty, except for the one person closing up their shop or resturant. The street lamps lit the streets as we walked though them. I can't believe how much time has lapsed since we had lunch. We had eaten and sat and talked for about 6 hours before we left. I had forgotten how nice it felt to sit and talk with good people.
"You've been awfully quiet Tessa. Are you okay?" Worry furrowed in his brows. Of course. I had not been paying attention because i'm lost in my own thoughts.
"Of course. I'm fine. Just thinking about things." Out of the blue before I could control my own words I blurted "So tell me about yourself Will." He looked at me questioningly at first, but smirked and looked ahead as he talked.
"I spend most of my time reading or training in the gym like today. I have a younger sister named Cecily and my parents live in Wales with her. I like to frequent a certain bar, which you by now, know. I also have secrets."
"We all have secrets Will." I met his eyes for a few brief moments and looked away from him and mumbled "some more than others."
We had walked right into the middle of Hyde Park and sat at a bench that over looked the main pond. I looked up at the stars and turned my gaze to Will for the smallest second and caught the sight of only half of his face which was lit by a close by lampost.
"Its so beautiful tonight. The stars are so bright. I used to come outside on walks with my dad when I was little. I would stare at the stars as my dad held my hand and walked with me. " I could feel the smile spread on my face as I remembered the smell of my fathers cologne and the feeling of his calloused hands holding mine. My gaze softened at the happy memory.
"May I ask you something Tessa?" Will asked.
"Of course." I replied.
"Why do you always act like you hate me?" The air in my throat closed up.
"I don't hate you Will. It's just..I've spent alot of time in places that I should have never ended up. It's just how I had to act if I wanted to survive in that world." I couldn't look at him. It's true that I hadn't been the most polite person in the world to Will. I had just become so numb to the feeling of having respect for other people and their feelings.
"Come on.." he stood up and extended his hand out to me for me to take it. I reached up and took it, letting him pull me somewhere deep into the woods. Finally, I could see an entrance to a clearing.
"This is where I used to come after my studies. I love to watch the moon rise and the swans swim in the pond." He stepped aside and revealed a beautiful clearing that had a pond that took up about half the area and the opening in the trees showed the entire full moon. The water was still with the occasional ripple from a fallen leaf. Beautiful vines with white flowers hung from the trees and sweet smell that came form them was exotic and lovely.
I walked closer to the pond and stood at it's edge overlooking its beauty. I felt two hands being placed on my shoulders. The left sliding up and down the curve of my neck and into my hair . The feeling was soft, erotic. It was enough to make me loll my head off to the side as the other slid down my arm in a feather like caresses.
I heard his voice right by my ear, so low that it was barely a whisper "I have a secret to tell you Tessa." I could feel the heat fo his breath on my ear.
"What?" I sighed out. My body was defying me, surrendering to his touch.
"I remember that we kissed." he said.
"That's not a secret that's a fact." I replied. Confusion momentarily blinded me.
"I know. The secret is that I still want to. I want to more than anything right now." His voice had become so rich, so deep and seductive. My eyes had been nearly closed to where I could only see the movement of Will's face coming closer to mine before I felt the soft brush of his lips on mine. "Wi-" I barely got the word out before his lips claimed mine in a deep kiss. My eyes fluttered shut at the intense feeling of his lips on mine.
His one had stayed in my hair as the right traveled down my arm and twined his fingers with mine. I pulled away ever so slightly. my breath is shakey, unsteady as I barely whisper "Why does my heart do this every time we kiss?"
"It beats so rapidly because you don't hate or despise me." I could just stare at him in silent wonder as he said this
"How would you know that?" He took my hand and pressed it over his heart. I could feel the pounding of his heart like mine.
"It beats so rapidly because you love me, just as much as I love you." I looked over his features looking for anything that told me that he was just bullshitting me and flirting with me, but I found nothing of the sorts. He was being honest and true.
I couldn't deny that. I really do love Will. We've only known eachother for a few days, but I can't deny what I feel anymore. I just can't. I turn in his arms and stare at him in silent wonder because we both knew as much as we were standing there, it was true. The last thing I could remember feeling that night was the soft caress of the last kiss he gave me before we walked home.
A/N: Hello Fanfictioners of the world! I have finally finished this chapter and I am so INCREDIBLY sorry that it took me so long to update. I started school and its a pain in the ass with Honors and AP classes. Best and worst part: I'm in the running for Validictorian of my class. It has something to do with my classes pushing my GPA past a 4.0 or somthing. Whatever I'm babbling again... I hope you all enjoy this new update and love it almost as much as I love you guys reading it. I will try my bestest to update quicker next time. See ya'll realllllly soon :) Bye ^.^
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