Chapter 18

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"Come on, everyone just needs a little burst of confidence. A random compliment can make someone's day."-Lana Cole

You stick to me like glue

Oh, it's true

I can't get you off my brain

When you came in the room

Didn't know what to do

Boy, I melted so fast

It was a sweet rapida

I sunk to the ground

You swept me off my feet and

Artist: Bridgit Mendler

Song:Quicksand

Sage’s Pov.

The festival was beautiful and the dancers even asked for volunteers, and not judge a book, but I had a feeling that Lana could dance. She grabbed me and Aubrey’s hands and forced us to learn with her. The dancers took us to the back, and we threw on the grass skirts and danced. I was having the time of my life.

As I was swaying to the music, I could feel eyes on me; and not just any eyes, I felt Blaze’s. I don’t know how I could tell but it gave me familiar tingles. I looked over to him and found him staring at me in some sort of trance. Zac waved a beer in front of his face snapping his attention away from my body. I’m not going to lie; I liked the attention I got from Blaze. I liked it a lot, a little too much probably. But I’m sure it’s because I haven’t had a boy pay attention to me in a long time.

They started to play a catchy tune and all the couples got up to dance. We strutted back to the chairs, and before I could sit next to him, Blaze pulled me down on his lap. I let out a surprise squeak and he wrapped his arms around my stomach.

“Blaze what are you doing?” I asked because he was a little handsy, and was rubbing his face in my hair and inhaling.

“Nothing, just smelling” He gave a small smirk and then I looked onto the table and saw three beers. Of course Blaze was being affectionate, he was drunk; or at least a little buzzed. I felt a little ounce of courage so I got up, with much protest from Blaze and pulled him up and onto the dance floor. About time we got up there a slower song was playing.

I swayed with him lightly my arms extended their full length and on his shoulder, and his hands on my waist. We were dancing as if we were two adolescent kids in puberty, who are each other’s first crush. But out of nowhere Blaze gets a little impatient and pulls me close. I allow him to control my moves because I knew he was just a little drunk. He spun me around and pulled me back to him, with my back against his chest and my butt against his private area and we slowly rocked to the beat.

If anything this was the sweetest moment I’ve ever had with Blaze, and he didn’t even realize. I closed my eyes and didn’t open them till Zac called for us. I was disappointed that we had to go, but I know that all good things have to come to an end. I smiled and pulled Blaze off to where our friends stood.

Once we were back in the car I noticed that Stacy and Marnie were missing. I mean I do hate them but I wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to them.

“Where’s TweedleDee and TweedleDum?” I asked Aubrey, knowing that she would have noticed.

“Oh they left for the hotel an hour ago, they weren’t ‘having fun’ and they brought some guys with them the last I saw.” Aubrey replied nonchalant I laughed because I knew that she could care less. Even though there was more space since the two unwanted guests were gone, I still sat on Blaze’s lap absorbing all his affection he was giving up.

We all walked up to our rooms talking about the good time we had and we arrived at our door, Blaze pinned me to the wall and kissed me on the neck, I giggled nervously and pushed him away unsure of what to do. I never have been in this situation and it seemed a bit too sexually frustrated.

“Hey, don’t get Sage pregnant. She’s waiting till marriage respect that Blaze,” Aubrey tried to scold, but failed, and erupted in laughter.

“I’ll try,” he chuckled hiccupping a little and kissing my neck once more. I was a bit uncomfortable at that comment. I knew Blaze wasn’t going to force me, whether he was drunk or sober but the thought of this all being fake popped into my mind. I was starting to get caught up in the lie and that’s a problem.

Zac came for the rescue and pulled him away though. “Do you want me to watch after him tonight?” He was a little worried and you could see it over his face.

“No, I think we’re fine. I’ll just put him to sleep.” Zac looked at me again before walking through his door for reassurance, but I gave him a smile.

Blaze smirked at me, grabbed my wrist, slid our card into the lock, and pulled me into our room. He bit his lip and looked at me from under his eyelashes. In a flash we were on the bed jumping and I was laughing at his childlike antics. He held my hands and we jumped together laughing loudly.

I jumped with him till he got tired and laid down. He propped his arms out and gestured for me to come to him. I thought against it, but I complied anyway and laid next to him. That apparently wasn’t good enough because he pulled me till I was practically lying on his chest. I mean as long as it’s comfortable I guess I’ll be fine.

I fell asleep that way and when I woke up, Blaze was in the same position but awake and reading a book. I lifted my head from his chest and looked at him confused. Why didn’t he wake me up, or move me off of him?

I blinked a couple of times, before I sat up and scratched my hair. “Oh I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to sleep on you. Why didn’t you wake me up?”

“Sage its fine. I was comfortable, you were sleeping, and everything was fine.” I was going to reply but he said something that was shocking. “What do you want to do today?”

“Uh, I don’t-uh the beach maybe?” My mouth was kind of wide open because I couldn’t believe he actually wanted to do something.

“Alright, then get ready and we’ll go.” He told me getting up and digging in his back for what I assumed he was looking for his shorts. I grabbed my swimsuit and darted into the bathroom, brushing my teeth and my hair back into a ponytail. I came out and saw Blaze slipping on a shirt and his tennis shoes. I pulled on some shorts, a t-shirt, and white wedges and we headed out the room and into the hall where everyone else were waiting.

The beach was right across the road so we decided to walk, much to the rich girls’, aka Marnie and Stacy’s protest. Once we touched the soft, burning hot and tan sand we looked for a place to sit. I laid my towel down and set up my umbrella, and laid down with a book. Blaze laid next to me with a book of his own.

Aubrey kicked sand at us and yelled, “Oh no we don’t, boring couple! No reading, get in the water.” I squinted my eyes, and looked at her through my big glasses.

“Aubrey, we like to read. What ‘s wrong with that? Maybe Blaze—” I was cut off by Blaze suddenly getting up and dusting the sand off of him, he offered me a hand that I stared at warily.

“Come on, let’s go in the water.” Maybe he was taking the ‘have fun’ thing as a challenge, and I wasn’t going to stop it, so I grabbed his hand and he pulled me up.

A huge smile graced Aubrey’s face, and Blaze and I took off the clothes that layered our swimsuits. Oh and my glasses. Again staring at Blaze wasn’t very hard, his tan body was beautiful and was comparable to the sand. His green eyes were like light emeralds right now, but glowed like Peridot stones in the sun light. His face twitched and set into a slight smile, and it caused me to fully beam at him.

“Looks like the forty-minute happy Blaze is back better enjoy it while it lasts, girl.” Aubrey winked running after Mark, who was laughing loudly. I looked back at Zac and Lana for a brief second to see that she was on her phone, on Instagram I assume, and Zac was peeking at her, through his Ray Ban Wayfarer shades.

Before I could see where Blaze was I was suddenly lifted into arms and was rapidly heading towards the ocean. I looked up and Blaze was laughing and running full speed. I screamed and begged him to put me down but he refused.  I held onto Blaze and braced myself for the impact of the super cold water.

We made a splash and when I came up for air I couldn’t see Blaze. I rubbed the water out of my face and panicked, I looked around worried that he may have drowned. I felt something grab my leg and lifted me into the air and almost out of the water. He pulled me down a tap to where his arms were wrapped tightly around my thighs, under my butt, and I was looking down at him. He used one arm to wipe the water and hair from his face, but kept the other secure around me so I wouldn’t fall.

He laughed so hard before saying “You should have seen your face! Did you really think I would drown?” I looked over into the vast ocean a little pissed at him.

“Come on Sage, I was just playing. You were the one to tell me to ‘have fun’ that ‘s what I’m doing.” I rolled my eyes and smiled down at him. He looked to the right abruptly, and cause me to look the same way, there was a couple paparazzi taking pictures of us. I knew what this meant, that I would have to kiss Blaze again. I braced myself for it, because his kisses sent me somewhere uncomfortable, and cause me to feel things I shouldn’t.

He looked into my eyes and I leaned down, as his lips pressed to mine, all will was gone. I couldn’t think anymore, and I definitely wasn’t aware of my surroundings. I felt hands on my butt and I squeaked causing him to let go of me and drop me into the water.

I wasn’t ready for the sudden drop, so the water went up my nose, when he pulled me up I was coughing up ocean water and my nose was burning. He lifted me in his arms and carried us out the water; I think that was enough excitement for today. I calmed my racing heart, and freed my thoughtful mind from the kiss. That was a little more than I was expecting, and it wasn’t something that should’ve continued so good thing it didn’t.

He sat me on my towel and laid on his picking his book up again and sliding on his sun glasses, shielding me from seeing his eyes that told me things. I bit my lip and looked away from Blaze to my right and listened in on what Lana and Zac were talking about.

Zac put on a seductive smile and licked his lips, “Hey, is that bikini felt?” She gave him a confused look before he could finish, because she didn’t get where he was going with it. “Would it like to be?” Once he finished she rolled her eyes drinking from her pink Vitamin water.

“Is that shirt stained? Would you like it to be?” She replied.

“Whoa Lana, if you wanted me to take off my shirt you could’ve just asked” Zac told her slipping his shirt over his head. Zac’s body was impressive and again it made him look like the stereotypical Californian boy.

“Please say those three little words that will make my day.” Zac tried again.

“Please fuck off.” She told him with a smile, he turned over laid on his back pouting. Then a girl with brown skin, short brown hair, and a bikini on passed his line of vision and he got up quicker than I could blink. He flashed Lana and I a smile and dashed off to find the girl. Lana laughed and looked back towards her phone, and I rolled over and looked up towards the umbrella top.

I was broken out of my daze when Aubrey’s loud voice pierced my ears. “That was some kiss in that water Blaze! Didn’t think you had that kind in you. Wow, even when you kissed Tasha Brown in the junior high play you weren’t that passionate, and your part was Romeo.”

That made a little uncomfortable, but they were in a play, and it was way back in Junior high. I don’t know why Aubrey wouldn’t think that Blaze would become a better kisser by then. But now that I think about it, Junior High was before he changed. But I rather not dwell on it now though.

“Yeah way to go! That was so not Pg, that was borderline Pg-13 with the whole grabbing Sage’s bu—” Mark started but I cut him off before he brought up something that I rather not discuss or bring up.

“Let’s not go there! And uhm yeah thanks… I guess. Well I’m hungry and I got to pee, so let’s head up.” I offered and looked around looking for Zac, Stacy, and Marnie. Honestly she hasn’t been as big of a problem as I thought she would be.

Zac was running up to us, with a smile on his face, which I pretty sure is because he just got the pretty girl’s number, and Stacy was looking bored with her arms cross her chest, while Marnie was talking into the phone in a hushed voice, with a serious look on her face. Who could she be talking to that made her serious? I could only imagine.

Once she saw me looking, she scowled and closed the phone, prancing her way over to Blaze.

“Hey Blaze how was the beach for you?” She asked sweetly pulling on his arm and giving him a bright smile, with her perfectly white teeth.

I looked over to Lana who was already looking at me with a look that said ‘is she serious?’ I just shrugged and shook my head.

“Well there’s this great little café near here that we can go to, they sell all kinds of different slushies and fruity drinks. It’s a short walk down the street?” Lana told us, and we picked up our things heading back into the hotel and agreeing to meet down in the lobby after showering and changing.

We met in the lobby as promised but we were now waiting for the bimbos to show.

“Ya know Lana, you could have my body.” Zac offered as if he thought she was going to jump into his arms, and they would run away into the sunset.

“Yo no lo quiero,” She told him in Spanish, holding his face and stage whispering into his ear.

“Don’t know what you said, but it sounded sexy,” He replied with his eyes wide and mystified, and nodding his head.

She just giggled, closed his mouth and rolled her eyes, “Estupido.”

I laughed because I took Spanish in high school for four years so I know that she said ‘She doesn’t want it’. And Zac would never know.

I walked over to Zac and told him in a voice no one could hear but him “You have a thing for Lana. I can tease you about that, like you tease me about Blaze.” I smiled thinking I was victorious for once.

“Nah, it won’t work, because unlike you, I’ll admit it. Nothing’s more fun than the chase.” He smiled looking up dramatically.

“That sounds more like the Player’s Pledge to me.” I retorted bitterly.

“Ahh, beautiful isn’t it?” He sighed as if he was talking about his goal in life, that he was reaching. I guess he kind of was, but still that’s nothing to be proud about!

Once Billy and Mandy, I mean Stacy and Marnie came we ready to go, an hour later.

Stacy hovered close to Zac, and batted her eyes at him a lot. Which didn’t happen until lately, which is weird because Stacy had no interest (which is hard to believe) in Zac at first?

“So Blaze, remember that night in Vegas, two years ago?” She glanced over at me from the corner of her eyes as if to make sure I was listening.

“I’d rather forget it Marnie.” He mumbled removing her arm off of him. I smiled inwardly, glad that he did that, because it was starting to bother me. What happen between them in Vegas? I would have to ask Zac later.

The night was actually fun, because once again Blaze actually engaged in the group discussions and enjoyed himself, it made my heart swell just at the thought, the morning wasn’t so good as last night.

I woke up alone, and you would think it wouldn’t have any effect. I mean come on I’ve been sleeping alone since I was six. But I wondered where Blaze was. I didn’t have to wonder too long, because I found a note laying next to me, and letting me know that everyone went to breakfast, and to just meet them down there. I smiled at the note and skipped off to the bathroom.

Once I arrived downstairs, my smile was wiped right off my face. Marnie was sitting in, what I knew was probably my seat, and leaning in while talking to Blaze and he was talking back as if nothing was wrong. She spilled something on him and he let her wipe it off of his chest. I knew it was probably innocent to him, but knowing her it wasn’t. I knew I had no right to be jealous and I wasn’t! But we were supposed to be the couple here not Muttley!

I was angry and I didn’t think I could be in her presence without ripping out a piece of her hair, or messing her face up, so I just turned around and walked away. I wasn’t even hungry anyway.

It was an hour later when Blaze showed up in the room with a silver platter dish, and I was still angry while staring at the TV.

“I brought you food. Why didn’t you come down?” He asked a little concerned.

After just that time

When my eyes, got their fix

I lost my mind

Now I find that I-I-I m craving it

I wanna see you again

The way you're looking and you re

So stuck in my head

I think I m loosing it

Does Sage have the right to be jealous? Who was Marnie talking to on the phone?