Chapter 5
"IVY!" someone shouted whilst shaking my shoulder violently to wake me up in the middle of the night, well 4.30 in the morning "What?" I mumbled whilst sitting up "You're lying on your living room floor in last nights clothes with some boy I'm pretty sure you've never met before!" the person said, my brain wasn't functioning properly so I couldn't figure out who it was "So?" I said like a four year old brat "Get up!" the person said, they pulled me up so I was forced to look at them, it was Alex "Aw, has your little fuck buddy gone home?" I snapped, his face dropped a little bit and I regretted what I said instantly.
ALEX
"Aw, has your little fuck buddy gone home?" she snapped, I knew she was referring to Georgia and I was about to spit something back about the boy in the garden but I knew it would just make her feel bad.
"Come on" I said as I practically dragged her up the stairs "Which one is your room?" I asked and she pointed to the bottom of the hall, I could tell she was really drunk by her lack of stability so I picked her up and carried her down the hall, I tried the door but it was locked "Where's the key?" I asked "Under the plant pot on the table" she said I moved the plant pot and got the key, letting myself into her bedroom "Great hiding place" I thought out loud "Well nobody found it" she pointed out.
I put her on the bed and started rummaging through her drawers "What are you doing?" she asked "Looking for something for you to sleep in" I said, one I had looked in countless drawers filled with makeup, hair shit, bras and underwear. I give up and took my t-shirt off and threw it to her "Sleep in that" I said "Why are you being so nice to me?" she asked once she had took off her skirt and top and replaced it with my top and I was taking off her shoes "Because, your nice to me, usually" I muttered the last word but she still heard it "What do you mean by usually?" she asked "Nothing" I lied, I really meant that she made me feel like I had been punched in the stomach by a kangaroo "Liar!" she said, seeing straight through me "Well, it's just that I thought you liked me. And I know you didn't mean to but you kind of lead me on" I said "What? I lead you on?" she said angrily "Well yeah" I said "So you weren't leading me on when you called me pretty, flirted with me and asked for my number?" she said "I did those things because I like you!" I snapped back "So how am I leading you on?" she said "I saw you kissing some boy in the garden" I admitted "That's why I made out with that girl" I continued "I didn't kiss anyone before I saw you kissing..." she stopped "Oh, you mean when Jordan kissed me after me saying I didn't like him?" she said "Fuck" I thought out loud "I feel like such a dick. I saw him kissing you, and thought you liked him or whatever, so I drowned my sorrows and she came onto me" I explained
IVY
...she came onto me" he explained. I didn't know what to say, that confirmed that he liked me, but he's kissed Georgia, that right there is the ultimate turn off.
He just stood there looking at me "You can sit down if you want" I said as I lay down and curled up into a ball "Do you always sleep like that?" he asked "Yeah, why?" I asked sleepily "That's the perfect spooning position" he said, my cheeks flushed, did he want to spoon me? That idea was completely thrown out the window as I realized something, his top smelt like cheap perfume, Georgia's cheap perfume. I took it off instantly "It smells like her" I said coldly as I threw the t-shirt back to him and pulled the covers over me so he couldn't see my half naked self. I was hoping he would stay, just a little bit longer but I felt his weight lift off the bed and then heard the door open and close. Fuck.
~Ain't that the way it always starts, a simple round of conversations~ are the lyrics that woke me up at 6 in the morning, I literally crawled across my bedroom floor and turned off, then felt like punching myself for not turning it off last night like I do every Friday night.
I crawled back across my room and got back into bed in an attempt to go back to sleep, but once I'm up, I'm up. Plus I had to pee.
I got out of my bed and put the covers straight.
I think I'm the only teenager in the world who instantly makes their bed as they get up.
Then I went into the bathroom, pee'd and showered. My hang over didn't kick in until I flipped my head over in order to dry my hair, but I powered through then went downstairs to find a mass of bodies in the middle of the floor, they've usually all gone by 6.45 the next morning. Turns out it was just Faith, Frances, Alex, Jack and the other band mates whose name I didn't remember.
I assume they wouldn't enjoy being awake at this time on a Saturday morning so I crept past them and headed to the kitchen, where the smell of alcohol added to my hangover. I got an aspirin from the downstairs bathroom and downed it with the aid of water. Then I set to work, I went round and picked up empty bottles and plastic cups from the whole of downstairs and threw them out. Then took all the un-opened bottles to my room and put them in the mini fridge.
Then I emptied all the half full bottles of whatever down the sink and threw them in the garbage too. It didn't take as long as I had expected so I still didn't want to wake them up.
I wiped down the counter, island and pretty much any other surface that had been dirtied; this took a lot longer than expected because alcohol is sticky.
Then I vacuumed (we have a silent vacuum so the sleeping beauties in my living room still weren't awakened) and moped the floor.
While I was sat in the garden waiting for the floor to dry, I heard a 'whoa', a thud then an 'ah fuck' I couldn't help but laugh as I went into the kitchen to investigate "Who the fuck washes a floor at nine o clock in the morning?" Jack exclaimed "I had nothing better to do, shits boring at this time of day" I laughed, helping him up "Wow, you've really cleaned up in there" he said sitting on the swing seat with me "Well someone had to do it and I felt bad leaving it to the cleaners" I said "You have cleaners?" he exclaimed "Fuck. I sound rich don't I?" I moaned "Is that a bad thing?" he asked "Well whenever someone thinks you're rich, they think you're a stuck up bitch" I said "Well I don't think that, and Alex doesn't either. He said you and your friends the only genuine girls at your school" he said, I doubt Alex actually said that, I mean there's more nice people than horrible people at my school, just the horrible ones get noticed first, but I just smiled at Jack and bathed in the sunlight. "I'm kind of hungry" Jack said, I assume he was thinking out loud because he went bright red when I looked at him "Well what do you want?" I asked standing up and walking into the kitchen, followed by Jack "Food?" he said, sounding serious but he cracked a smile "Well, you're in luck" I said as I opened the fridge which had just been stocked, it was full from top to bottom. Im pretty sure Jack drooled a little "Can you make pancakes?" he asked excitedly "Mhm" I said as he handed me egg, milk and butter and smiled like a child. I set to work as he played about on my laptop.
"Smells good, what's cookin' good lookin'" Faith said as she stumbled into the kitchen still in last night's outfit
"Pancakes" Jack said before I could answer, making us both laugh "Whoa, did you clean up?" she asked, sounding amazed at the idea
"Yes actually I did! You can borrow some joggers and a t-shirt if you want" I offered whilst laughing at her current hung over state.
"That'd be great" she said, dragging herself out of the kitchen
"So do you always stay the morning after a party?" I asked Jack
"Not usually, Alex wanted to make sure you were ok. He really cares about you y'know" he said, he looked serious, I just smiled awkwardly.
I don't know how Alex could possibly have feelings for me, he'd only known me two days?
I served the pancakes and kept making more for anyone who wanted one.
"So what are we doing today?" Rian asked as we sat around the kitchen table finishing off the pancakes.
"I say beach" Frances suggested, everyone seem pretty happy with the idea so it was decided, today we beach.
"Are you guys actually going in the water?" Faith asked, I don't know why but she wasn't comfortable in the sea.
"Fuck yeah" Alex shouted, unaware of the question mainly being aimed at Frances and me.
"Hot girls in bikinis, what more can you ask for?" Jack said, staring at us.
I don't know why but I wasn't shy around these guys, they made me feel a lot more comfortable that other people did, it I was like I'd known them for years.
ALEX
Two hours after leaving Ivy's we were sat on the beach relaxing, all seven of us
"So who's up for the ocean?" Jack asked
"Sure"
"Let's go"
"I'm down!"
All the girls agreed, Faith seemed a bit wary though, maybe she was scared of the water?
"I'm impressed, most girls are to bothered about their hair and makeup to go in the sea" Zack pointed out
"We're not most girls" Frances said while taking off her shorts to reveal a bikini. The other girls did the same and the guys and I took of our tops.
"Run!" Rian shouted and everyone dropped whatever they were holding and ran down to the sea.
The cold sea was a shock to the system but felt great on my skin. I couldn't help noticing how gorgeous Ivy looked in her bikini.
Not just because she was in a bikini, that just added to it.
She was like a natural beauty, even with barely any makeup on and her hair pulled back, she looked amazing.
Upon realizing this, I also realized I couldn't just be friends with her.
I had to have her.
"SHARK!" Jack shouted as he jumped on my back, pulling me under the water and interrupting my thoughts
"Dude get your dick off my back!" I shouted.
IVY
"SHARK" someone shouted, fuck. I knew they were only joking and probably so did Faith, but she still freaked out and ran back to shore.
I followed her out to make sure she was ok.
She was shaking and had gone pale.
I don't know why she is so terrified of the sea and everything in it, she just is.
She got out her phone and dialed the mysterious number she always calls whenever she gets like this; I'm dying to find out who it is!
"Hey" I heard a voice say as I was sat with all our stuff
"Hi" I smiled as I saw Alex standing there "Can I sit?" he asked shyly
"Sure" I replied as I moved along
"How come you're not in the water?" he asked
"I could ask you the same thing"
"I got out because you did" he said
"Oh, well I'm not in because Faith freaked out and I wanted to make sure she was ok" I said
"Look, I've been meaning to talk to you" he began
"About what?" I asked, knowing fine well what he wanted to talk about
"Us" he said plainly, my shyness took over instantly.
"Um, ok" I said, which is when he noticed I was uneasy.
"Look, I'm not usually the kind of guy to talk about my feelings, but I think today should be a day I start. I like you Ivy, and I know that sounds crazy because we've only known each other for two days and I kissed that girl last night, but I do, I like you" he said all in one sentence, without taking a breath until the end.
"Slow down, I like you too, I think. But I don't want to jump in to anything to fast" I said
"Well, we'll take it slow" he said "Would you go on a date with me Ivy Sanders" he asked gentlemanly
"I would love to, Alex Gaskarth" I said, grinning while I did so