Second Chances

Day Two, Part Four - Never have I ever...

I follow Noah from a distance as he approaches the others all sitting around the pool. Groups of chatter are going on, as I decide who I should join. Chelsea and Miki are laughing at something Levi is saying, AJ is chatting with Talia, then Bruno, Genevieve, Tai and Will are laying on the grass, looking like they are just dozing and catching some rays. Noah heads towards AJ and Talia, I watch as the girls smile at him with ease.

I sit away from the groups, to have a moment to myself and dip my feet into the pool to cool off. The late afternoon sun strongly beats down, it feels amazing on my skin. Closing my eyes I enjoy listening to the chatter around me and the sounds of the water lapping around my legs.

It's not long before I hear someone shift to sit down besides me, I open my eyes to see Talia with a small smile upon her lips.

Not knowing how this conversation was going to go I opened it up cheerfully. "Hey, how you doing?"

"Good, urm... Can we go have a chat?" She asks, fiddling with the ends of her hair.

I agree and we slip off to the day beds.

I wait for her to start, she looks slightly uncomfortable as she fidgets on the bed.

"So I wanted to talk to you, about how your date with AJ went." She says.

"Oh. Well I think it went okay, I mean we got on well. How about you?" I ask curiously. Not giving her too much to go off of, but intrigued to know how hers went.

"It went really well, we just clicked you know. I like her, I mean she is gorgeous so obviously I fancy her. The date just confirmed that we had that emotional connection too and I wanted to see where your head was at after your guys date. She said she had fun on all the dates, but wouldn't go into detail. So I just wanted to let you know where I was at, see how you guys got on and what you spoke about." She fiddles with her hair again.

"I'm glad you had a good date and made that connection, but I don't feel comfortable discussing what we spoke about on our date. Just like I wouldn't expect you to tell me what you did on your date, as that's between you and her. So I'm going to ask you not to pry into ours. All I will say is that we had fun." I answer.

"Luna look, I really like AJ and I want to grow our connection further. That's not going to happen if you're in the picture, so I'm asking for you to back off." She says bluntly.

I almost laughed at her boldness. "Talia, we don't really know each other. One thing about me though, I really don't like it when someone tells me to do something that I don't want to do. I'm sure you're the same, so it's bold that you would ask me to do that. Considering it's only day 2 and AJ asked me to go on the date and not the other way around. So unless she says she wants to close our connection off, I'm not going anywhere."

I stand up and walk away, back to the group around the pool. I don't even look back to see if Talia is following me, as I stand besides AJ. She is in the middle of a conversation with Chelsea and Genevieve.
I place my hand on the middle of her back and feel her shiver at my touch, I drag my nails slowly around to her hip before dropping my hand to my side. I joined their conversation about what we thought tonight had in store for us.

Not a chance I was gonna back off, just because some jealous chick told me to. It actually made me just want to flirt more. There was definitely something between AJ and myself, you could feel the sexual tension we had on the date and from being beside her now. Until AJ herself told me to back off I wasn't going to listen to anyone else.

A member of production interrupts our chatter and tells us to get ready for the evening.

The dressing room is in chaos, after everyone had showered and started to get ready. Scented spray fills the air, make up products line the tables and clothes are strewn over the floor as the girls find the 'right' outfit.
I picked a simple green cross over maxi dress, straightened my hair and put a minimal amount of make up on. I was ready before the other girl's, so I made my way to the kitchen to get some water.