"Revive Me With Just One Touch..."

This couldn't possibly be anymore awkward and by this I meant
my outfit.Jalen had only packed me a swimsuit, a skimpy
swimsuit, and no towel!

What the fuck am I going to do in a swimsuit...SWIM?! Ha ha ha

I held the duffel bag as close to my body as I possibly could.I could
hear whistles and catcalls directed my way and I dropped my head in
humiliation.Don't get me wrong I'm in no way ashamed of my body but I
never really was comfortable with showing it off.

"Hey Vela...WOAH!".

I shut my eyes tight as I reached where everyone was laying on the
beach,"Please.Don't."

"Velair looks sexy and Mikey won't stop drooling",Leila said in a sing-
song voice.

I dropped to my knees and wrapped Jaime's towel around myself,"I
dislike you very much right now".

Jalen yanked the towel away,"Aww c'mon baby you look amazing! Right
guys".

I tried to cover up again my wrapping my hands around myself but Jalen
would just smack them away.

Vic nodded,"Yeah, you look good".

Jamie smiled at me,"It'd be crazy for anyone not to look at you".

I was positive I was a thousand different shades of pink by now.

Mike didn't say a thing, I leaned forward to put my finger under his
chin and lifted his mouth closed."It's not polite to stare Mike".

His eyes dropped and his cheeks burned red, I'd never seen that and
frankly I wish I had.Up until I realized I'd given him a full view of
cleavage.

Ay..Ay..Ay..how embarassing!

"What do you think Tony?",Jamie asked him with a smirk.

I cocked my head, waiting for Tony's reply.
He put his drink down and locked eyes with me, his eyes didn't wander
up and down my exposed self.Not once.

And then he just shrugged,"Doesn't matter".

I felt a little piece of me break, that couldn't have hurt anymore
than it did.
The tension could be cut with a knife.

Vic cleared his throat,"So..surfing anyone?".

Leila joined in,"Yeah c'mon Vic can teach us..umm Velair will you be
okay here by-".

Tony stopped her,"I'll stay with her".

I didn't so much as glance at him but I caught Mike's stare as he
stalked away.

"So are you going to stay in broad sunlight and burn, or join me under
the shade?".

I was already feeling the burn and against my better will I scooted
closer to Tony.

A couple times he tried to strike up a conversation but I ended them
quickly with one word replies or simple nods.I mostly kept my
attention on our friends in the water.

"Are you really going to keep giving me the silent treatment?".

I turned my head towards Tony,"I'm not giving you the silent
treatment, I'm talking to you right now".

"Barely".

I shrugged.

Tony sighed in frustration,"Come on, we're going for a walk".

When I didn't so much as move, he grabbed my hands and pulled me to my
feet,"I don't mind dragging you, but it won't look so good".

I rolled my eyes and trudged on behind him,"Where are we going? And
can we not, I'm half-naked".

He chuckled, pulled his shirt over his head and handed it to me.I
stood frozen, this was a billion times better than I had imagined.

I mean I hadn't imagined anything but if I had than it wouldn't be
this good.I'm sounding like such a creeper.

"Take it.I'm not going to bite..for now".

I smirked,"How do I know for sure?".

He winked,"You'll just have to wait and see".

I rolled my eyes and pulled Tony's shirt on, it did a goodjob covering
up my top half.Tony led us down the beach, as far away from the waters
edge,until we were a few feet from under the pier.

My fear got the best of me and I jumped forward, almost knocking Tony
down.You know if he wasn't so muscular.

He pulled me around to his left side so he was facing the ocean and
wrapped an arm securely around my waist.

It helped but not by a lot,"T-Tony can w-we g-go now?".

He shook his head and practically shoved me forward,"We're almost
there Velair, nothings going to happen in the next 2 minutes".

The goosebumps rose all over my skin,"Yeah that's what the girl said
in 'I'll always know what you did last summer'".

He laughed,"That movie was fucking horrible!".

I grumbled,"Shut up, I'm trying to prove a point".

"Well stop. We're here".

All I saw before me was a huge graffitied wall, Tony dropped his hand
and pulled back at the wall.He pulled hard enough to open up a small
gap only big enough for us one person to go in at a time.I made him go
first.

After he was in, he grabbed my hand and pulled me through.My breath
caught in my throat, we were at this beautiful clearing.

"Wow, this is..wow".

He laughed and pulled me down onto the softer sand,"I like this place
a lot better than the beach".

"What is this place?".

"My mom used to bring me here when she 'tried to understand' me.She
said it was the only place that I was real with her".

My eyes wandered around, the waves were quieter and the sun didn't
shine so bright.Everything seemed so much softer and I understood what
his mom meant.

"And you brought me here..why?".

Tony's hand found mine again and he pulled me onto his lap, you could
just imagine my surprise."Because I wanted to be 'real' with you".

My eyebrows knit together,"What do you mean?".

"I want to explain to you why I said what you looked like didn't
matter".

I waited for him to continue.

"I didn't mean for it to come out the way it did, Mike was already
foaming at the mouth for you.I just didn't want to-"

"Woah..wait explain to me will you, why Mike looks at me like I'm
something to eat?".

He rolled his eyes,"He likes you,I guess".

I thought about it,"Hmmm..okay.Keep going".

"Ooh right,well I didn't want to embarass myself in front of you, Jaime
had already set me u-"

"How would you embara-".

Tony cupped his hand over my mouth,"I'll explain everything if you
just let me finish.Will you let me finish?".

I nodded and he removed his hand,"Good.Now I would be embarassed
because I like you, I really like you and when I saw how much Mike was
making you blush I figured you must really like him".

"I was blushing because I was prancing around half naked. It's not
something I do on a daily basis you know".

"Well look what I meant by 'doesn't matter' was well exactly that.It
doesn't matter to me whether your in this",he motioned his hand at my
clothing,"or if you're in your 'jammies'".

I dropped my head to hide my smile,"Uh huh".

He grabbed my chin and pulled my face up to look at him,"I don't care
about what you wear,you'd be beautiful in a garbage bag".

I looked into his captivating eyes, his breath feathered into my skin.He looked down at my lips first and I leaned into him.
I felt his nose brush mine and leaned in further.
My eyes only traveled once and even then only for a second but anything can happen in a second, right?

"M-MOTHER!".