Books & a Baller

The First Recoupling - Day 3

Noah

Cara and I had returned from our date, and the second we walked in the door of the villa Priya and Lottie had swept her away for a girls chat. It had seemed when Priya walked in, her and Lottie weren't going to get along, but somehow Cara had pulled them together, and the 3 of them had become attached at the hip. Cara somehow had that effect on people, myself included, her calm, easy going presence was needed in the villa, I saw how well she had handled Hannah and Marisol this morning. Pushing Hannah in the direction of Bobby was a great idea, Marisol and Gary clearly had a connection, and we had come back into the villa to find Hannah with Bobby sprawled out on the day beds, his head in her lap.
I wandered into the kitchen to make a tea, when Marisol appeared.
"Hey Noah, how was the date?"

"Incredible," I couldn't wipe the smile off my face.

"It seems that way, I just overheard Cara telling the girls about it, she was glowing!"

"Really!?" I felt my cheeks flush red.

"Aw look at you, blushing! You really like her don't you?"

"Look, it's only early days, but I feel something there for sure. Tea?" I pulled a second mug from the cabinet.

"Oh no thanks hun, I'm a coffee kinda girl," Marisol shifted her gaze up to the roof terrace, she looked like there was something she wasn't telling me.

I put the second mug back in the cabinet, and spooned some sugar into mine, stirred it gently and took a sip. "Okay, spill? What happened while we were gone?"

"Nothing happened, Gary and I have been in the gym most of the afternoon, it's fun to watch him workout. The way the sweat glistens on his chest, just does something to me.."

"I feel like you didn't come here to talk to me about Gary?"

She sighed, "Okay its Rocco and Hope."

"Rocco and Hope?!"

"Yeah, it's clear that Lottie and Rocco are butting heads right, and obviously you're not picking Hope tonight, so she's trying to find a way to make sure she gets picked tonight."

"But as far as we know, no one is leaving tonight?"

"Exactly, as far as we know. But this is love island babe, anything could happen!"

"So, Hope is trying to crack on with Rocco?"

"Yep, they've been on the roof terrace all afternoon, none of us have seen or spoken to them."

"What about Lottie?"

"She's acting unfazed, but I can see that she's worried, she hasn't made a connection with anyone, and she's worried her time might be up."

"Bloody Hope honestly, it's only day 3 and it's so obvious she's only here to play the game. She tried to act super couply with me right away, I get the impression she's going for the power couple route, because everyone knows the couple who's been together since day one makes it to the final."

"That's what I think too, anyway, just thought I'd fill you in on the goings on of the villa while you and Cara were getting frisky," she winked at me. I liked Marisol, she reminded me of my little sisters, she was wise beyond her years and seemed to tease me the same way they did.

"Frisky? We weren't, I, I mean, we didn't, didn't do anything," I felt my cheeks flush red again.

"In just teasing Noah!" She laughed at my embarrassment. "Besides I think it's nice, good for you two for clicking with each other so quickly."

"I just, I like her a a lot already, but I'm scared."

"Why's that"

"I wear my heart on my sleeve you know, and when I fall for someone, I fall hard and fast. I've been hurt for that before, and I know Cara has been hurt too, but, I need to look out for myself in here, you know?"