REVENGE

Late Night Swim

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Emily's p.o.v

We are all now sitting at the dinner table in the dining room and I am suffocating from all the testosterones in the room. I AM THE ONLY GIRL IN THIS HOUSE WITH SEVEN OTHER BOYS. SEVEN!!!! And they all look like pigs scoffing down the lasagne I made for dinner.

After about five minutes of non-stop eating, they finally slowed down and started eating like normal people. Luckily, I made extra food so that we can eat the leftovers for lunch tomorrow but as soon as the boys started eating, that idea died. Just like my sanity.

I was getting sick of the silence and if someone didn't start a conversation soon, I would head to my room and watch movies for the rest of the night. "When did you learn how to dance like that?" Thankfully Tyler broke the silence. But how did he know I could dance? He must have been in the gym when I was dancing earlier.

Honestly, I don't care if he saw or not. "When I went to Italy, I needed a way to release all my bottled-up emotion other than just sparring. I was walking in town one afternoon and I came across a flash mob. After their dance they started running off, and I followed. When they finally stopped running and took their masks off, I caught up to them. they must have recognised me when they were doing their dance so they were about to run again but I stopped them.

I asked them if they could teach me how to dance like that and they agreed if I promised to keep their Identity a secret. They gave me the name of the studio they went to and I showed up the next day. Dancing became a big part of my life at that point. almost as if I couldn't live without it. A few weeks after I joined the studio, I met Dylan and we became really close friends. But a months after that something bad happened and to try and distract myself, I focused on my training to become the future leader of my gang. It practically consumed me so I didn't have as much time to dance anymore. Dylan also got into some shit and I ended up saving him. After that he made a blood oath to me and became one of my most trusted members and my third in command when I became leader. A lot has happened in the past two years, it almost feels like it's been 5 years. And my life doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon with the bounty and everything else." I didn't have anything to hide when it came to my dancing, it is one of the few things I am proud of.

"What happened?" Alex asked. "That does not concern any of you" I replied sharply, not wanting to relieve the painful memories. Taking the hint, Levi changed the subject before Alex could say anything else. "Do you think you could teach me how to dance?" He asked. "Maybe" I replied.

The boys sitting in front of me are very different people compared too who they were before (not including Dylan or Blake). They have all individually apologised to me and I appreciated it. But I still haven't forgiven them, not fully anyway. Even though what they have shown me they changed, I can't bring myself to just forgive them just because they smile at me now. And even if I forgive the boys, I can't forgive Alex.

I want to, but I can't. He hurt me the most considering we were so close when he turned his back on me. We were practically inseparable. And then high school started and it was like he completely forgot about all those happy memories, almost as if he forgot I was his twin and I was just a nerd who he could pick on. I don't think I could ever fully forgive him.

We continued dinner but this time it wasn't silent, we were all exchanging funny stories, each one seemingly funnier than the next, and I even think Dylan is warming up to the guys.

~~~time skip~~~

I woke up from yet another one of my night terrors covered in a thick blanket of sweat and panting like I had just run a marathon. I used to have nightmares all the time but after I moved to Italy they started to lessen. But after the Incident new nightmares haunted me. And now, after I moved back here, the nightmares combined and doubled, effectively stealing many hours of sleep from me. I am lucky I didn't scream this time. I used to wake up screaming every night and I know that if the nightmares continue to get worse, I am going to start screaming again and I don't want to alert everyone in the house of my nightmares because that will lead to questions. Questions I don't want to answer. I looked at the clock and the time read 1:23am

knowing I won't be able to sleep anymore, I decided to take a late-night swim. I changed into my swimmers and made my way down to the pool. When I got there, I was shocked to see that I wasn't alone. Sitting at the edge of the pool was Blake. He looked deep in thought so instead of interrupting him, I put my towel on a chair and made my way over to the edge of the pool. He hasn't noticed my yet so I just plonked myself down next to him while watching my feet move in the water. I turned my head to look at Blake who was already staring at me.

"Couldn't sleep?" I asked trying to start a conversation to which, he just nodded in reply. "Same" We stayed silent for another five minutes before he finally decided to speak up "When did you learn to speak Italian." He surprised me with his question. That's what he's thinking about? "That teacher was stupid; she just didn't expect me to understand what she was saying so she just spoke her mind to make the class feel stupid that they couldn't understand her. I learnt how to speak Italian along with a few other languages when high school started. When I was the nerd in my school, I had no friends. And because I had no friends, I had a lot of spare time. I decided to dedicate my time to learning new languages, learning new instruments and working on my art techniques. I always wanted to travel the world, that is why I was so determined to learn as many languages as I could. And thankfully I did, it really comes in handy when I am making deals with gangs in other countries. Enough about me, I want to learn more about you now. Tell me about yourself Mr Badboy." I don't know why, but when I am with Blake, I'm an open book whether I want to be read or not. But I feel like I can trust him with my deepest darkest secrets. I don't know why but I do.

"Well my full name is Blake Andy Locksworth, I have a sister and my family and I are originally from Italy, we moved here for business reasons. I took over the family business from my father last year and I am best friends with your brother. I love your cooking; it reminds me so much of my mother's cooking. I should invite you over to dinner sometime so you can meet my family. I have a feeling they will take a great liking to you."

I blushed and looked down, away from his heated gaze so that he wouldn't see the blush creep up to my cheeks. His hand reached for my chin, gently taking it in his hand and lifting it up so that we were once again staring into each other's eyes. "Don't hide your face from me, it's too beautiful to hide. And besides, I love to see the effect I have on you. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one effected by these feelings."

My blushed deepened at his charming words. Then the perfect idea struck me like lightning. I almost forgot we were sitting on the edge of a pool. Almost. I raised my arms as if I was going to hug him but then pushed him into the pool as soon as my hand touched his back. When he came back up in the water, he had a shocked look on his face but it soon turned into a playful glare as he watched me rolling around on the ground laughing. All of a sudden, I was scooped up bridal style into Blake's wet arms.

I sequel in surprise and start struggling to get out of Blake's iron grip as he walks back to the edge of the pool that I had rolled away from while I was laughing. But alas, my attempts proved to be futile as he prepared to through me in the pool. As he throws me, I grab onto his arm and pull him into the pool with me.

We both emerge from the water and start splashing each other, engaging in a water war that raged on for the next 30 minutes. After our little war, Blake and I went to sit on the pool step so that we were still in the water just not swimming or standing. We talked about our life and funny moments and just anything and everything that came into our minds, no matter how strange or weird it was. We even had a 15-minute fight about whether or not Nutella is better than Vegemite.

Personally, I think Nutella is better than Vegemite but Blake thinks otherwise. We just continued to mess around in the water and talk for a while longer, forgetting about everyone and everything and before we knew it, the sun started to rise. "I have the best idea" Blake suddenly blurted out. Intrigued by what this 'idea' could be, I gestured with my hands for him to continue. "Let's prank the boy's"

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