CHAPTER 5 – UNEXPECTED ANSWERS


Arora slammed the front door behind her, as Bianca and Nick looked up from the table.
“Ro you okay?” Bianca inquired her eyes filled with question
“I'm fine” Arora mumbled making her way down the hall
“You hungry there’s plenty here” Nick called as Arora kept walking
“Not hungry thanks” she called back before closing the door to her room behind her
“Okay that’s not the same Ro, talk about body snatchers” Nick laughed
“Yeah” Bianca mumbled knowing full well where Arora had gone last night.

~ AT THE SAME TIME ~

“Okay set?” Tatum inquired looking one last time into her beach bag
“I think you got everything” Alika smiled slipping on her sunglasses
“Then we can go?” Christina inquired looking down at her watch
“Yeah sure, oh no wait, shit, I forgot something” Tatum laughed running down the hall
“See this is why we cant take her anywhere” Alika chuckled
Tatum stared at herself in her bathroom mirror, she wouldn’t say she was fat, not by any stretch of the imagination, but she had an ideal weight and she had to keep it that way. The pills were just to make sure she didn’t put on too much, with the camera constantly on you, you had to make sure you looked good. She opened the small bottle in the bathroom cabinet and took out 2 small with capsules, she filled the glass beside the sink with water and downed the pills quickly. She grabbed up her bag and headed back down the hall.
“Okay ready” she smiled as the others started out the door.

~ 10 MINUTES LATER ~

Chastity woke to the sound of pelting water coming from the bathroom adjoined to her room. She slid out of bed wrapping a dressing coat around her, and headed down the hall.

Five minutes later AJ appeared in the kitchen rubbing his wet hair with a towel and clothed in a pair of red satin boxers.

“Morning” he winked as he sat down at the breakfast bar
“Afternoon more like it, can you believe we slept in this late” Chastity smiled sipping back on the orange juice she had in her hand
“You look beautiful” AJ purred as Chastity leaned across the bench
“Really? Morning hair and all? I don’t even have any make up on” she chuckled
AJ looked across at her, and in an instant he knew what he was determined to do.
“Chas I need to ask you something” he announced bounding off the stool
“Sure, what?” she questioned placing the empty glass in the dishwasher
AJ scooted around into the kitchen, and stood before Chastity.
“Um” he started
“Yeah?” she smiled turning around to face him fully
“Stay there” he announced before darting out of the room
“Men” Chastity laughed to herself
He returned his hands behind his back.
“Are we ready to continue” Chastity smiled
“Yeah, um, Chas I just need you to listen to me okay, I don’t want you to say anything, not till I'm done, I just want you to listen”
“Ooooookay” she replied slowly
“We’ve been through so much together Chas, we’ve had the up’s we’ve had the downs and everything in between. I guess what I'm trying to say, is that I love you Chas, every part of you with every part of me, and I was thinking, well hoping, God this isn’t coming out right” AJ sighed frustrated with himself
“Just say it straight AJ, whatever you have to say”
“Chastity Amanda Silver, will you marry me?” AJ blurted out hurriedly as he pulled a small black open box from behind his back

Chastity looked down at the diamond-encrusted ring with shock.
“Oh my god” she stuttered in disbelief
“Will you?” AJ repeated slowly

Chastity stepped back utter shock written all over her face.
“No” she stammered, “I cant, I mean god we can’t get married”
“Why not?”
“Because we just cant, god” she mumbled shaking her head
“Chas you’ve gone like deathly white and –“
“I can’t marry you,” she screamed with fright before running down the hall and slamming the door to the bathroom.

AJ stood in disbelief as his hand holding the black box slumped down to his side.

Chastity slammed her body against the back of the bathroom door, her heart pounding through the roof.

“God is he mad,” she mumbled incoherently “Marriage, I so don’t think so,” she added

It was a relatively well known fact amongst the girls that Chastity was petrified of marriage, it was one of the only things that scared the living daylights out of her – no one, not even Chastity really knew why, but nevertheless they knew it was a taboo subject.

~ AT THE SAME TIME ~

Arora roughly yanked her hair up into a tight ponytail and grabbed up her Gym bag. She slammed the door behind her as she walked into the hallway.
“I'm going out for a while,” she announced stopping in the doorway to the lounge
“Fine, like it would matter what I say” Bianca mumbled as she opened the ranch slider out onto the deck
“Good” Arora responded walking out the front door

“So Nickolas what have we got planned this glorious day?” Bianca inquired as Nick leant up casually against the railing
“When you call me Nickolas it’s like you’re my mother” Nick smiled shading his eyes from the sun with his hand
“Well then you better do what I say” Bianca winked
“Or?”
“Or you’ll get spanked” Bianca laughed
“I might just enjoy that”
“I bet you would” Bianca smiled removing the top and shorts she had on to reveal a small metallic green bikini. She slipped along to the sun chair lounger and flopped down into it.
“Knowing this damn weather it rain tomorrow so I better catch some rays well I can” she sighed pulling her sunglasses of her head and placing them over her eyes.
“You look, so hot” Nick winked walking in closer to the chair
“Duh Nick, that’s because I'm wroth it” Bianca laughed flicking her curling hair behind her ear
“Those ad’s are like porn”
“And why would that be?”
“Because do you have any idea how sexy you look in them”
“Yeah well” Bianca smiled leaning further down into the comfort of the chair, hiking one leg over the other
Nick hands ran up the inside of her leg, pushing it back down flat. He smiled devilishly as he sat down on her lap.
“What are you doing?” she laughed
He shrugged as his hand slid underneath her bikini top coupling her in his hand.
“Ah Nick, we’re on the deck, people down there on the beach can see us” Bianca laughed slapping his hand away
“Na, they can only see like from the neck up” Nick winked fingering around her nipple
“Nickolas stop it” Bianca giggled as his other hand slipped around her side, tickling her.
His left hand slipped back around to her front as his right hand concentrated on her upper region. His left hand slipped down he bottom half of her bikini.
“Come on, I think you’ve had enough” Bianca whispered knowing full well where this was going
“Just relax Bianca, no one can see us” Nick sighed running his left hand between her legs.
Bianca grabbed his left hand as his fingers walked between her.
“I don’t do fingers Nickolas, I prefer the real thing” she smiled
He smiled back removing his hand. He pushed the bottom of her bikini over to one side, repeating the process with his own shorts.
“You mind if I go straight in?” he whispered
“Do what you gotta do Nicky” Bianca breathed as she felt him push up against her
He entered her slowly, taking in the amazing feeling that surrounded him. His hands held onto her side, as he delved deeper. The powerful sun beat down on them as he without hesitation launched himself back and forward. She clasped at his bare back, his surging pushing her to the height of ecstasy. They continued oblivious to the world around them, unbeknownst to them a stranger sat perched binoculars in his hands staring down from his cliff top position, smiling victoriously to himself.

~ HALF AN HOUR LATER ~

The knock on the front door resounded through the house as Bianca looked at Nick who was lying on the second lounger face downward, partially asleep.

“Nicky can you get that?” Bianca pouted poking his arm
Nick groaned slightly before pulling himself out of the chair and trudging inside. He opened the door to see Brian’s tired face looking back at him.
“Yo Rok, what’s up?” Nick inquired
“Is Arora here?” Brian questioned simply
“Na she left almost an hour ago”
“Oh”
Bianca spun her head around to look through the glass ranch slider. She sighed quietly – it was Brian and she didn’t have to be a genius to put two and two together.
“Do you know where I can find her?” Brian asked delving his hands into his pockets
“Na sorry man I don’t know”
“Try the Gym down on Second Ave in the city. She usually goes there, 3rd floor dance studio usually” Bianca muttered leaning up against the ranch slider door
“Thanks Bianca, I really mean that” Brian responded
“Don’t get me wrong Brian you’re a nice guy, but I doubt she’ll listen to you, Arora’s changed she’s not the same girl you knew, maybe you should just give up” Bianca sighed walking into the house
“I'm not giving up” Brian announced
“Yeah well it’s your heart I guess” Bianca smiled “But don’t say I didn’t warn you” Bianca added

~ 10 MINUTES LATER ~

“Shit, no, that’s wrong” Arora mumbled to herself as she stared scrutinizing herself in the long wall mirror
She wiped the small trail of sweat from her forehead pushing back any stray hairs at the same time. Her green eyes widened as she focused intently on the dance routine she was determined to master. She’d ignored the doctor who’d told her to lay of any strenuous exercising for a while sighting that her bones seemed stressed and brittle. She’d laughed him of the moment she stepped out of his office. “What did he know?” she determined. Ignoring the pain that would shoot through her shins she continued her rigorous regime, of running, dancing, swimming, anything that stopped her thinking about him.
Her kneecap ached but she was determined not to let that hinder her performance. Vixen were going on tour in a matter of weeks and she wanted – no needed this to be flawless. She darted back to her starting position and imagined the music in her head. She moved with ease and grace, accentuating every move she made, unaware that Brian watched from the doorway, mesmerized.
“Fuck” she mumbled losing the beat count in her head and stopping abruptly
“I thought you were good,” Brian said timidly walking into the empty room
“What do you want?” Arora questioned picking her drink bottle into her hands
“To talk” Brian responded
“I don’t want to talk” she said coldly turning around, truth was she was annoyed at herself for going to him last night.
“You have a tattoo,” Brian said softly noticing the symbol on her lower back
She spun back around.
“It stands for pain, you inspired it,” she muttered harshly
“Look Arora I don’t know what else to say, I'm lost for words here, I mean you come over, we make love, doesn’t that mean anything to you?”
“Don’t you get it Brian I don’t want to hear any of your words, I don’t want to listen to you and last night was a mistake”
“How can you say it was a mistake?”
“Because it was. It was a one night stand Brian call it whatever you want, but trust me when I say that what we had died a long time ago”
“Did it?”
“Isn’t that what I just said?’
“That’s not what your eyes say”
“You wouldn’t know anymore Brian”
“I know you well enough-“
“That’s just it you don’t know me, maybe once you did, but that stupid little girl died Brian, she’s gone, I'm not that Arora anymore, in fact I can pretty much guarantee you wouldn’t want to know what the new Arora is like”
“You really believe that?”
“I KNOW that Brian. That girl is dead, because she left her heart in other peoples hand, her happiness depended on theirs. Where were you 9 months ago Brian? 6 months? 1 month? Where were you then? And now you come back, just when I get back on my feet and finally try and get over you, you come back, how dare you how fucking dare you! You have no right to be back here, and I'm sorry for last night I am, but I guess now you know what it feels like to wake up in the morning and for the person you love not to be there” Arora hissed grabbing up her stuff and running out the door.
Brian was left speechless, what right did he have to come back? He’s expected her to be somewhat angry, but not like she was – he never expected to get the response he just got.



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