Chapter 12
Kaylie's POV
Ding-dong. That was the sound of the doorbell to our suite. Payson, Lauren and I were still in bed, wrapped around by the white duvet. The curtains were closed so no light could peek through. I was still so sleepy so I couldn't be bothered to get up. Payson and Lauren had the same idea as me as they stayed in bed, stirring from side to side. I was in the middle so I was always under threat of being squished like a hot dog.
"Kaylie…go get the door," Lauren mumbled.
"You go. I'm still sleeping," I replied.
"Kaylieeeeeeeee," Payson exaggerated. I sighed in defeat and threw the blanket off – a revenge for making me go get the door.
"Hey!" they both screamed.
"You made me go get the door," I told them and wrapped a bathrobe around me and headed towards the door. I tiredly unlocked the door and pulled it open.
"Surprise!" I jumped back at the sudden outburst and looked up. There stood Drew, James and Tyler holding a bunch of bags.
"Too loud. What are you doing?" I questioned.
"We got you some stuff," Tyler replied and moved in for a hug. I didn't really want him hugging me, in a bathrobe, with my boyfriend just down the hall, so I remained still. By this time, Lauren and Payson were up and stood behind me, hair still a mess.
"What are you doing up so early?" Lauren grumbled.
The guys simply laughed. What the hell were they laughing about?
"Lo, its 11am," Drew chuckled. "Anyways, these are for you guys," he said and handed us the bags.
"What is it?" Payson asked.
"Why?" I uttered.
"Oh come on, can't we give my cousin and her best friends some stuff? We, well I, haven't seen you in five years. So these are the belated birthday, Christmas and any other holiday presents," Tyler smiled and handed me three bags. I looked at Lauren and Payson and saw that they both got three paper bags as well.
I peeked in the first bag and saw a box from Yves Saint Laurent. I couldn't contain my excitement. I quickly took out the box and opened the lid. In it was a pair of black gladiators.
"Oh my god! Thank you! Thank you, Tyler! How'd you know I wanted these?" I squealed and lunged towards Tyler for a hug.
After a while, he pulled back and laughed. "I just know you, Cruz." I got back to my seat and Tyler handed me the second back. This time, I recognized it: Balenciaga. I took the wrapped present out and slowly ripped the tissue paper apart. Inside was a silver Balenciaga Pewter. Tyler knows me too well. But how did he know I wanted these things? Five years ago, I wasn't into designer duds like I am today. Five years ago, Lauren, Payson and I were just average gymnasts. Lauren and I did have a few designer bags but that was presents from our parents. We never went shopping for expensive stuff except for leotards. So my question is, how does Tyler know all this? Even Austin, my boyfriend, doesn't know I wanted these things. I looked at him and all he did was smile. He gave me the smile that caused me to fall for him five years ago. I looked down and picked up the third paper bag. This time, I didn't recognize the logo.
"What's this from?" I asked Tyler absentmindedly.
"Oh, you don't know it. Well since the other two were designer, I thought I'd just go to some street stores and buy you something that wasn't designer," he explained.
"Oh," I replied and there was a hint of disappointment in my voice. He seemed to have differentiated that as he got out of his seat and came and sat next to me.
"Kaylie, I can go get you Chanel or something," he said softly.
"No, its okay. I haven't even opened it so I shouldn't judge," I replied, forcing a smile on my face. I slowly opened the paper bag, wishing that what he bought could stand up to bar raised by the previous two gifts. I took a breath and looked in. I took the wrapped present out and put it idly on my lap. My fingers were twitching at the bow and I pulled it. The bow was now gone and the paper wrapper opened with it. I gasped. It was the most beautiful charm bracelet I have ever seen. Around the bracelet, the charms were what I loved the most: gymnastics, pink, designer clothes, everything. I turned towards him and embraced him in a hug.
"Thank you," I whispered into his ears. His hands moved around my waist and began rubbing my back in circles. I pulled back and looked at him, a smile spreading across my face.
"I customized the charm bracelet for you," he said.
"Thank you," I repeated and held out my wrist and the charm bracelet. He understood and clasped it on my wrist.
"So, what are you girls planning to do today?" Drew asked. I turned to look at the rest of my friends and saw that Payson and Lauren were ecstatic with their gifts.
"Uh, not sure," Payson said. That's right, we forgot to plan what we were doing today. Damn.
"Maybe we could just have a day to ourselves. You know, girls only?" Lauren suggested. The thought of having a girls' day out sounded appealing to me.
"That'll be awesome," I agreed with Lauren.
"Yeah, we haven't had one of those in forever," Payson said.
"What? We had one the day before Emily left, remember?" I reminded Payson.
"No. That didn't count. That was a girls' night out and we didn't do anything except gossip," Payson explained.
"Right," I understood. I turned to the guys, "So there's our answer: girls' day out."
The boys laughed. "Okay, we'll leave you guys to it and see you all tonight? Your boyfriends, too?" James asked. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Tyler shoot James a death glare. What was that about? I couldn't be bothered to ask and I just nodded my head. The boys filed out of our rooms and we were left to enjoy our day.
"You know, we should wear our new things that Drew, James and Tyler kindly bought for us," Lauren proposed.
"Sounds good, let's get ready," Payson stated.
I went towards my luggage and pulled out a pair of black high-waist shorts and a cropped "I LA" tee. I strapped on my new black YSL gladiators. I took out my wallet; camera; sun block and a map from my Chanel bag and put it into my silver Balenciaga Pewter. I admired myself in the wall-length mirror in our suite and the outfit seemed to fit perfectly. I smiled and turned towards my friends.
Lauren was wearing ripped, dark-blue denim shorts and a strapless beige Gucci shirt (a gift from James). She put on her new beige Mary Janes (also from James) and a golden necklace that had her named carved (courtesy of James). She paired her look with a Prada purse.
I turned to see Payson fixing the hem of her skirt. She wore a baby blue Chloe skirt (from Drew) and a blank tank top that she neatly tucked into her skirt. She wore a new Swarovski head band (obviously from Drew) and a pair of Coach wedges. Lastly, she put on her new Chanel ring (Drew's present) and took out her Gucci bag.
We all stood side-by-side and admired our outfit.
"This calls for one of those teen moments," Lauren said.
"A what?" I giggled.
"You know, we take a picture and make silly faces," Lauren replied. I shook my head jokingly at her and reached into my new Balenciaga Pewter and pulled out my camera. I took the picture and we carried on doing that for a solid five minutes. We pulled as many poses as we could and by the end, we were laughing our heads off at our "teen moment". Our doorbell rang which automatically ended our "photo shoot". I was closest to the door so I opened it.
"Hey," I uttered while moving towards my boyfriend to give him a kiss. Lauren and Payson did the same thing. I pulled back and looked my boyfriend and his best friends up and down. They were wearing board shorts, a simple V-neck tee, sunglasses, and flip-flops.
"Where are you guys going?" Max asked.
"Oh, we're having a girls' day out. No boys," I told them.
"What? And here we were, thinking we'd have a day with our girlfriends by the beach," Austin gave me a pout.
"Sorry! Tomorrow?" I looked at him and wrapped my hands around his neck. He nodded and I leaned in. Our lips met halfway. I pulled back after a while, remembering that there were others around.
"New clothes?" Nicky asked all three of us.
"Uh, yeah," Lauren stuttered.
"Cool, when did you guys find the time to shop?" Max asked. Oh crap. If they find out that Tyler and his friends went on a spree for us, well-
"Tyler, Drew and James bought them for us," Payson said and interrupted my thoughts. Damn it. I looked at the guys and their facial expressions said it all. Why, oh, why did you have to say that, Payson? Lauren and I stared at Payson in disbelief and she finally caught on.
"Oh, I wasn't supposed to say that," she mumbled.
"Well, uh, we should go. Don't want to waste your tanning time and we need to go shopping," I said and pulled Lauren and Payson by their elbows out the door. I turned and gave Austin a quick peck on the cheeks and rushed to the elevators.
"Payson!" Lauren said first.
"Sorry! I wasn't thinking," Payson apologized.
"Oh, man. What are they going to do?" I questioned. Knowing our boyfriends, I wouldn't be surprised if the door to Tyler's room was knocked down.
"Um, how about we forget about it? Enjoy our girls' day out. No guys. None, at all," Lauren recommended. I nodded and so did Payson.
Tyler's POV
"Why the hell did you say we'd meet them and their boyfriends?" I demanded.
"Well, at that time, I wanted it to be subtle. You know. Not obvious otherwise they'd know something's up," James retorted.
"James does have a point, Ty. They're not as stupid as you said they were," Drew sighed. "We might need another plan if we really want them to be ours."
"You're right. What we've got planned tonight will not be enough. We need something else. But what?" I wondered. Before we could dive into planning Part B to the "We want the Rock Rebels" plan of ours, a knock stopped us. I got up and walked towards the door. I opened it.
"Oh, hey. Austin, what's up?" I asked and the next thing I knew, a sharp pain ignited from my abdomen. I looked down and saw Austin's fist against my stomach.
Austin's POV
Max, Nicky and I were dressed in board shorts and a simple tee, wanting to spend some time at the beach with our girlfriends. But here we are, outside their room, looking at them. Them three were dressed casually and they were wearing heels. Obviously they weren't planning to go to the beach. Apparently, they're having a girls' day out. Well, I guess they deserve it with everything that's happened. Nicky, Max and I always had guys' night out.
"New clothes?" Nicky asked all of a sudden. I didn't notice that before. I looked at Kaylie and she was wearing a new pair of shoes, a new bag and a new bracelet. I've got to admit, that bracelet was stunning – a lot like my Kaylie Cruz. Even with the high-waist shorts – that's what they were called, right? – I could see a part of her flesh below where her tee ended. Her tanned skin definitely turned me on.
"Uh, yeah," Lauren stuttered. What's with the stuttering? Kaylie, Payson and sure as hell Lauren never stuttered. What are they hiding?
"Cool, when did you guys find the time to shop?" Max asked. Huh, I was wondering the same thing.
"Tyler, Drew and James bought them for us," Payson said. What? Those three – what should I call them, douche bags? – bought stuff for our girls? I could feel anger rising and I stared blankly at Kaylie. Kaylie, however, was staring at Payson, wide-eyed.
"Oh, I wasn't supposed to say that," Payson mumbled. Damn right you shouldn't.
"Well, uh, we should go. Don't want to waste your tanning time and we need to go shopping," Kaylie quickly said and pulled Lauren and Payson by their elbows. She turned and gave me a quick peck on the cheeks. Cheeks? What? Why only cheeks? What about my lips? Damn you Tyler Tanner.
"What the hell?" Max said.
"They bought things for our girls?" Nicky rhetorically questioned.
"This. Is. War," I said, refraining from punching the wall. We were going to look for them but we didn't know what room they were in. We went down to reception.
"Mr. Tucker, Mr. Spencer, Mr. Russo, what can we-"
"What room is Tyler Tanner in?" I demanded, cutting off the male receptionist.
"Are you a friend of his?" the receptionist questioned. Oh my god. Are you serious? Does it look like I'm friends with that ass? I couldn't contain my anger anymore. I slammed my palm onto the table, making the receptionist jump and everyone turn towards us.
"Just give me the damn room number!" I yelled. I was mad. When Austin Tucker is mad, well, let's just say there's hell to pay. I felt sorry for the receptionist, he didn't do anything wrong to deserve this. But I didn't care at this moment.
"Uh, room 1607," the receptionist hurriedly said.
Nicky, Max and I stomped towards the elevators and we literally punched the button that illuminated the number 16.
"They're not even staying in an executive suite. Pathetic," I scoffed.
"What are you planning to do, Austin?" Max asked. I shot him a look.
"You'll find out," I replied. We reached floor 16 and I ran towards their room. I knocked on the door and waited for the bastards to open it.
"Oh, hey. Austin, what's up?" Tyler asked, opening the door. What's up? What's up is that you're about feel the wrath of Mr. Kobalt. I smirked and punched him in the abdomen. I remember doing this before, to Damon. Thinking about it, I punched two people because of Kaylie. My Kaylie Cruz.
"What the hell, man?" Tyler whimpered, holding himself against the wall. Drew and James got out of their bed and went towards the door to see what the commotion was.
"That's for buying things for our girlfriends," Nicky chimed in.
"What's the problem? It's only clothes and accessories. What's the big deal?" James shrugged.
"The big deal is that they are our girlfriends. Not yours," Nicky reminded.
"Also, we owed you guys a few punches from carrying our girlfriends bridal-style and giving them piggy back rides," Max stated. And with that, I punched Tyler, again; Nicky punched James and Max punched Drew. They recoiled, holding a hand to their stomach. Without another word, we turned and stomped towards the elevator.
"That felt good. Releasing my anger," I said.
"Yeah. I know," Nicky said and Max nodded.
Kaylie's POV
So we decided to hop on the limo and told him to drive us towards the biggest shopping mall. We spent at least 6 hours there. Going to our favorites stores such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Prada and of course, Forever 21. This shopping spree, I didn't get much except a few rings from Chanel and a few necklaces from Forever 21. We didn't seem to be "in the mood" for shopping today. We barely had any bags with us. We got out and decided to walk along the road, not knowing where it took us. The sky was getting dark quickly and we weren't sure where we were. We were getting hungry so we stopped by a restaurant on the side of the road.
We three ordered a salad and a few sandwiches and glasses of water. We gulped it all down and paid for our dinner. We got out and continued on our journey to find where the hell we were.
"Where are we?" Lauren asked.
"Honestly, Lo? No idea," I breathed. Could we be lost?"
"Hey, pretty ladies," a voice said and we heard footsteps behind us. Oh crap. Shit. Fuck. Damn. Oh my god.
"Just keep walking," Payson said loud enough so that only Lauren and I could hear.
"Aw, babe, come on. We just want to have a little fun here," another voice said. We ignored it and kept walking straight. We held onto each other's hands. We heard the footsteps quicken and at that moment, we knew we were screwed. We were wearing heels and we couldn't run fast in them. A hand caught my waist and whirled me around.
"You're hot, babe," the man said and leaned towards me while I tried to squirm out of his grasp.
"Let go of me!" Lauren shrieked.
"What's going on here?" I heard another deep voice said and the guys that were holding on to us stopped and turned us towards them. They slightly bowed and I figured that this was their boss.
"What have we here," he said victoriously, clasping his hands together. "Kaylie Cruz."
"How do you know me?"
"Don't be so modest, darling. Everyone knows who you are. I see you're with Payson and Lauren. Has your parents never told you to go walking in a dark street, especially at night?" None of us said a word so he continued, "What brings you three down this side of the island?" We stayed silent once again.
"Answer him," the guy that was holding my waist hissed, tightening his grip on me. I felt his hands move from my waist towards the front of my shorts, resting his hand on the top of my shorts with his thumbs inside the shorts. I froze. "Answer him," he demanded again.
"We went shopping and just followed the road and somehow we ended up here," I mumbled.
"I see. Where's your boyfriends?"
"At the hotel," I heard Lauren say. I looked at her for the first time since the boss showed up. The guy holding her was now placing kisses on her shoulder blades.
"What do you want from us?" Payson said. I turned to look at her and a guy was rubbing her thighs. She was in the most danger – she was wearing a skirt. I looked at my best friends' faces and could see they were frightened. All of a sudden, I could feel the vibration of my phone through the pockets of my shorts. The guy behind me felt it too as he fished the phone out of my pocket and looked at the Caller ID.
"It's your boyfriend," he said and then chuckled.
"We're going to answer it, but you cannot say a word. If you do, well, let's just say it won't be nice," the boss said. I nodded. The guy pressed the Answer button and put Austin on speakers.
"Kaylie? Babe?" No answer.
"Kaylie? Where are you?" No one moved.
"Kaylie? Kaylie! Are you okay?" I could tell his voice was now becoming urgent.
"Kaylie, where are you? I'll come get you." I could feel the urgency in his voice.
"Bye, Austin," the voice said and he pressed the End button.
Austin's POV
It was getting later every second and the girls were still no where to be seen. Where could they be? I took out my phone and called Kaylie. It rung. Once. Twice. Three times. Finally, she picked up. Max and Nicky were sitting with me, impatient.
"Kaylie? Babe?" I asked. No answer. What? Is she okay? I looked at the guys.
"Put it on speaker," Max said. I nodded my head and put her on speaker.
"Kaylie? Where are you?" Still, she didn't answer. What is wrong with her? She picked up and now she won't answer?
"Kaylie? Kaylie! Are you okay?" I urgently questioned. Nothing from her. This is not like her.
"Kaylie, where are you? I'll come get you," I shouted but still, she didn't answer.
"Bye, Austin," a deep voice said. That voice didn't belong to Drew, James or Tyler. I looked at Nicky and Max and saw they were shocked. What is happening to the girls? Where are they?
"Dude. Who the hell was that?" Max uttered.
"No fucking idea," I replied.
"Are you sure that was her number?" Nicky asked. I looked at my recent calls list and nodded. It was most definitely she.
"I think we should call 911," Nicky said. I typed in the three short numbers into my phone and pressed call.
"Hello. My name's Austin Tucker. My best friends, Max Spencer and Nicky Russo, and I need your help."
"Mr. Tucker. How may we help you?"
"Our girlfriends are missing. I'm afraid they may have been kidnapped," I said quietly. After a while, I hung up.
Kaylie's POV
Our one chance of getting out of this mess was gone. He hung up on my boyfriend. What is going to happen now? The boss moved closer towards me and leaned in. He was about an inch away from my lips.
"Please, don't," I breathed. He placed his hands on my shoulders and went for it. I squirmed in his grasp. I lifted my legs and kneed him in the groins. He automatically moved back and fell to his knees. Because of this simple act, all hell broke loose. The guys turned us around and faced them. This time, they were going in for the act and not waiting for the boss anymore. The guy was placing butterfly kisses on my neck and I couldn't get free. I was trapped.
"Hey, get the fuck away from our girls you shit heads!" a voice screamed. I recognized that it was Tyler's. A blur of motion happened before my eyes and I saw the guy that was holding on to me collapse and held onto his nose, which was now bleeding. Tyler, Drew and James brought the other guys down quickly and pulled us away from the dark street and onto the main street.
"Oh my god. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I don't think I can thank you guys enough!" Lauren said once we were surrounded by the moving traffic.
"You guys saved our lives," Payson muttered and gave Drew a peck on the cheeks. What would Max think if he saw that? But at this moment, none of us cared. We were away from those…those creeps.
"Oh my god, Tyler. How'd you know where we were?" I asked.
"Well, the limo driver said you guys went to the mall so we went there when you guys didn't come back to the hotel. We looked around and you guys weren't there so we went along the streets and asked the people in the stores on the street. Of course they knew who you were and slowly, we arrived here after asking about a hundred shopkeepers," Tyler replied. I took no time in hugging him. Once I pulled back, I gave him a "thank you" kiss.
"We should be heading back," James said. We nodded and went to the nearest bus stop. We weren't sure which bus we needed to take and it was almost midnight.
"Where are you guys going?" the bus driver asked when he pulled up to the bus stop.
"Uh, the Hilton?" I replied.
"Well, I'm not going to the Hilton but this is the last bus shift for tonight. I can get you guys to the main area," he said. We nodded and got on, paid the bus fee and sat down in the seats.
"We're getting off here," Tyler said fifteen stops later. Payson, Lauren and I nodded and picked up our bags and got off. Tyler seemed to have known the way around as he was leading us. We filed into a taxi that was waiting nearby and Tyler instructed him where to go. We got off and it looked remote. There were no tall buildings anywhere and there were barely any shops.
"Uh, where are we?" Lauren asked.
"I'm not sure, Lo," I began.
"For all I know, we're not in Honolulu anymore," Payson said.
"How do you know?" I questioned. Payson pointed to the board that said, 'Welcome to Loakai'.
"Where's Loakai?" Lauren said.
"It's a village," James replied.
"What? Why aren't we in Honolulu?" Lauren snapped.
"I told the cab to go to the Kalia but I guess I was speaking too fast and so here we are, in Loakai."
"What the hell? Those two places doesn't even sound similar," Lauren said. She has a point.
"Yeah, I know. Seems like the cab driver is kinda…you know. But since we're here, we should stay for the night at least. It's like 1 in the morning right now," James said. We all agreed and went into the rest house in this village.
Tyler's POV
We got two rooms in the rest house: one for the girls and one for us. So far so good.
"So, what happens next?" James asked, sitting on one of the beds.
"We keep them here for as long as possible," I smirked.
Author's note: HEY EVERYONE. sorry for the late update! as you all know, school started! YEEEPP. Junior year's going pretty well but i'm flooded with homework from AP BIO! so how's school for all of you?
anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter. what do you guys think Tyler's motives are? :D
i'm not making promises right now because, well, school's here! so anyways,
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