She was afraid of falling but he was already prepared to catch her

-Uknown

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"Fine" he laughed slightly and tried to get some sleep. Meanwhile Alina was laid down looking at the ceiling remember her child years when the world was perfect and the only things she was afraid of was the boogie man.

Those two words made her think...

How does he still remember that? And why ?

The room was quiet and dark, you could only hear each other breaths that was when"How do you remember that?" She asked out of the blue breaking the peaceful or maybe disturbing silence

"What?" He asked with a sleepy voice

"The boogie man"

"Oh that" he gave a small chuckle opened his eyes and locked at the ceiling "I don't know it kinda stuck in my mind the way you used to hold me so I could protect you of the boogie man" he laughed "we had four at the time yet I felt like I was some kind of superhero just because I was being used as a shield for an unexisting creature."

" don't make fun of it I was truly scared of it"

"Don't you think I know?!" he asked but it wasn't a real question maybe because she knew the answer "you'd fall asleep glued to me" he took advantage of the dark to smile at the past

"Speak lower No one needs to know that "

"Ah I see you haven't told your friends about it... Thought you were the best of friends"

"I was four they don't need to know that"

"Yet I know" he smiled again "Do I win some kind of trophy for it?"

"You know because you were there"

"Yes but I could've just forgotten it"

"Don't go all smart ass just because you know one thing"

"One thing?!" he laughed and then he looked at her through the corner of his eyes, he bit his lower lip and took a good look at her, though it was dark he could still see her silhouette "I literally know it all" he said making her heart race speed up " the whole thing, the whole nine yards" he smirked

"You do not"

" do you want to make a bet?!"

"Do you live by bets?!"

"It takes one to know one"

"Fine" she said sitting in the bed "I bet you don't know me that well maybe you don't know me at all"

"Ok well... I bet I know you better than anyone in this planet no... In this universe... Yes I'm really increasing the scale" he said proud of himself

"Wow you really that confident?!"

"Yes, yes I am!"

"Fine! If I win the bet you'll have to tell my parents the truth about me coming to the trip"

"Ok... If I win you'll have to admit face to face that I am the person that best knows you in the world" he smiled

"Just that?!"

"Just that..."

"Ok done" she said laying in the bed again "Rules?" she asked

"You have one question! You have to ask one question... The same question for me and your friends whoever got it right wins"

"Ok fine" she said "time?"

"one month" he said smiling

"Alright consider it done"

"Ok" he said turning his back to her. She looked at him through the dark and watched his back. She fall asleep thinking about the bet and who'll turn out to win but her sleep was diststurbed 4 hours later by a phone call

"Hello?" Alina said in a sleepy voice

"Where are you?" She heard Zoey from the other side and Alina mentally cursed herself for not telling her friends where she had gone to "We are coming back to the dorm! Ohhhhh, Did you find some hottie, is that why you missing?"

Alina looked at her bed, where he was sleeping peacefully or at least it looked like it

"Ham- no,-"

"Ahhh girl I see you"

"You crazy bitch" she heard Gabe scream from the phone, but his screams were actually heard without the phone which meant they were close and ALina was suddenly startled, sitting quickly in the bed

"Where are you?"

"Going to our dorm now-"

"Shit" Alina cursed under her breath she got up and dressed a coat, she was wearing a tracksuit to sleep so she just needed a coat and shoes... oh and Colten

"But hey look if it's a guy it's completely fine" she heard Zoey from the other side, she got her shoes and the touched Colten to wake him up, grabbing his shoulder and moving him repeatedly "You deserve some time off, have fun, not to much though. Gabe what are you doing?"

"Is everything ok?" Alina asked and then heard burping sounds

"GABE MY JUMPSUIT"

"Sorry"

"Yeah he just vomited the whole alcohol, Thank god we are almost there"

"Well then bye! Take care of Gabe" Alina rushed still moving Colten

"Well you are really in a rush! Who is it—" Zoey didn't even finished the whole sentence and Alina turned off the call quickly she putted her phone on a pocket and shook Colten now with two hands

"Wake up you rock!" She exclaimed and quickly was grabbed and rolled over to the bed, her body passed on top of his though her legs were over his she was now facing him, and also on his embrace, her eyes analyzed his and the air seemed not enough in the room

"Will you stop shaking me and let me get some sleep?" He asked looking at her eyes, his warm breath reaching her face and although she was dressed with two layers of clothes his fingers grasped in her arms made her shiver

"We- we need to go"

"Where?"

"I don't know but Zoey and Gabe are coming and they can't see us here " she explained

"Oh I see... why?"

"Because... you're here, everyone would go crazy. You can't be here"

"That wasn't an explanation but ok?! I'll go with you" He said smiling, she rolled her eyes and tried to escape from his embrace

"ask nicely"

"Can you let me go?"

"Sure" He said still smiling automatically open his arms she got up with warm cheeks and he quickly got a coat and his shoes they let the room quietly and moved downstairs to the lobby

"Great, now where do we sleep?" He asked Alina tried to think, they couldn't go to a lot of places she remind herself of the mission of her friends, trying to catch Colten with Emma altought they had probably forgotten about it but now she was with him and this had everything to go wrong

"Do you know any places?" She asked him

"At this time the only places I would go to would be my room, the hot tub, my friend's room, chick's rooms-"

"Ok ok not helping" she stopped him, he chuckled

"I might know a place" he said she stood there looking at him to proceed

"It's not the perfect place to sleep, but no one will know we are there"

"Well that's good enough for me" she said " Let's go then"

"Calm down I'm still a bit drunk or maybe it's the fusion of drunkenness and the hangover" they walked for a long time in the halls of the big chalet till they were find with a locked door

"Shit" he said

"Great"

"Let's go around come on" he grabbed her hand and they walked outside it was freezing, and the snow was falling making Alina's nose red

"It's cold" She said with her lips shaking

"I know but we only need to walk till there" then she saw, it looked like a little house away from the chalet but it was in fact connect to the chalet by a little hall which she came to the realization that it was where that locked door would make them go through. Colten got near the big window of the house and opened it they got in freezing.

"Never fails" he said closing the door he placed his jacket on the wooden seat and started to undress himself... jacket...shirt... then pants

"What are you doing?" She said analyzing his strip

"Undressing"

"Aren't you freezing? Cause we were just in the snow outside..." Alina said not understanding his actions and blowing to her cold hands

"Exactly that's why I'm undressing, you should too" he said putting his pants and socks to the side, now just in boxers

"What?"

"It's a interior pool see?" He said she carefully walked and then saw the pool it was bubbling water, you could see the vapor coming out, the water was surely warm "So you coming?"

"Hm-" she didn't respond and he didn't wanted to wait so he got in the little pool, there was 2 pools in total, one larger to swim and other smaller that contained some jets to massage

She pondered whether to go or not, but she had troubles in her head like what if someone saw them and also she hadn't a proper bikini or swimsuit she only had ... underwear

After thinking and thinking -"Perk?" She asked with a timid voice he hummed

"Close your eyes"

"What?" He chuckled

"Can you close your eyes?"

"Everyone can...what are you doing?" He asked curious

"Just close your eyes and when I say to open you open them" taken back by the words not understanding what and why she was doing what she was doing he nodded and answered "Ok"

Sat at the smaller pool he closed his eyes and heard her "Are they closed"

"Yes"

"Ok" she said and then he heard a splash into the water, his eyes were still closed by the time, already inside the bigger pool she looked at him, he really did closed his eyes like he had promised "You can open them"

And he did, looking at her immediately when his eyes opened, she was at the bigger pool, her hair wet and so her face, her eye lids seemed darker and she looked happy

And prettier he thought

"Why are you there?" He questioned " are you afraid of me or what" mentioning the pool she was in

"I like to swim" she said, swimming from one said to another of the pool, he smiled watching her every move, he got out of the pool his body drained in water falling slow between his curves, she watched him from afar now at one end of the pool. Looking at her he carefully, slowly got in the pool as it challenging her once his body was all under water and only his head and shoulders were visible he started to swim to her as fast as he could.

Once she understood what he was doing she quickly did the same, like two kids playing tag, when he was at the other end of the pool she had arrive to the one he was previous at, he looked at her and smile, he shook his hair and said "do you really think you have a chance?"

"I will never know if I don't try" she said making him smirk, and just like that he tried to catch her again but they met at different sides of the pool again

She laughed " I think I have a chance"

"Let's see" he said, she swam back to the other side of the pool but in the middle something grabbed her foot she was pulled back and the she felt her back on his chest

"Not a chance. I will always catch you, I will always be there to catch you" he whispered to her ear, with a crazy thumping heart she turned to face him, closely she watched every feature of his

"Is that a certainty or a promise?" She said not really knowing where that confidence came from

"You can consider it both" he shrugged his shoulders and got close to her, he analyzed her lips, their shape and the drops of water falling from them, their breaths were heavier and hot. Unintentionally, or so she would say, she got close, maybe it was the water that pulled her maybe it was him, in fact, she got closer whisking him to take another step, another simple movement and when she thought he was about to kiss her -

"Nice underwear" he smirked taking a look down at her body under the water she quickly covered herself with her bare hands

"You jackass" she said

"White suits you" he teased and she splashed him water at his face

"Oh is that how you wanna play?" He smirked, and there they stood at 5 am playing with each other on the warm water.