(Chapter 22- Lake Trip With The Bad Boy Pt. 4)

I can’t help how my heart swells at the sight of him. Regardless how my parents are feeling right now I am on top of the world because he’s here. I stand up from my chair and walk in the direction of my bad boy with nothing holding me back. I know it had only been barely an hour since I last saw him but it already felt like an eternity to me.

“Just where do you think you’re going?” Mom yells after me clearly in disapproval. It’s a good thing I’m not gonna let that stop me.

“Hey.” He smiles like some kind of Greek God in his fitted white t-shirt, black leather jacket and dark denim jeans.

It sure didn’t take him long to look completely irresistible. Of course it doesn’t take much for him. He’s always irresistible to me.

“Hey.” I smile back before wrapping my arms around his neck and leaning in to meet his lips. His muscled torso doesn’t escape my attention.

I give him a long passionate kiss just to show him how much I missed his presence and I think he instantly knew because he returned it with just as much passion. His hand gently brushes though my long hair and I fight to hold back the moan in my throat. Just as I start to pull away he nips on my bottom lip to tease me. I know I must have a goofy looking grin on my face right now.

“I missed you to.” He chuckles.

I look down and blush at his statement that’s when I notice I’m still wearing the same thing I had on last night. Oh no. I must look horrible. Here he is the picture of perfection and he I am still in my clothes from yesterday. I resist the urge to face palm myself and look back up at him with I’m sure is a red face.

“What?” He asks studying me.

Before answering I look back towards my cabin and wonder if it would be possible for me get by my mom and Blake without being stopped.

Wait what am I thinking? She’s my mom. Of course she’ll stop me for an explanation. Ugh she makes me so mad sometimes!

I sigh turning back to Brody and am met with his questioning eyes.

“I need to get dressed. I’ve been kind of busy since I got back.”

“I noticed.” He states looking towards Blake’s direction.

I can already feel the tension in the air between them. I hope he isn’t mad or take it the wrong way. That would not be good right now. We hadn’t even been together a week and an argument was not what we needed.

“I’m gonna go get changed and while I’m gone I think you and Blake should talk.” I say in a barely audible voice.

His eyes quickly snap in my direction and he doesn’t mask the surprise on his face. Who could blame him though? We both swore to make him suffer for all eternity.

“What?”

“I just think there was a misunderstanding between you two and I think you might like to know what he said to me.” I answer.

His face changes from surprise to serious. “No Farrah. I don’t care what he has to say and you shouldn’t either. He’ a liar and a manipulator, that’s it. You can’t believe anything he says.”

I can easily tell this is a sensitive subject for him so I quickly drop it. This is between him and Blake and it’s quite obvious he doesn’t want me in the middle of it so if that’s what he wants then that’s what I’ll do. Besides he might be right about Blake. I’m not sure yet.

“Farrah!” Mom calls again. I can tell she’s growing more irritated by the minute.

“I’ll be right back.” I say turning from him before mom has the chance to do anything else. I’m honestly surprised that she hasn’t brought my dad out yet.

I walk toward my mother’s direction and I can see a small part of satisfaction on her face until I keep on walking past her and then I hear her gasp. Yep I’m gonna get it. I hear her foot step follow behind me into the cabin but she doesn’t say anything. After passing by several other rooms I finally arrive at mine and enter it with mom still on my heels. 

When I hear the door close behind me I know that we are about to have a confrontation and there was no way to avoid it. I wonder why she doesn’t want anyone else to hear though.

“Was this your plan all along, to bring him here?” She asks.

After pulling the outfit I want to wear for the day from my suitcase I decide to answer her. “Yes.”

“Don’t you lie to me missy. I know-” She quickly cuts off and stands in silence for a moment before continuing. “Wait you’re admitting it?”

“Yes.” I repeat.

There was no need to lie about it. I wanted her to know exactly why I did it to. And I already know that’s the next question to come.

“Why would you do something like this? Was it to ruin our trip?”

“Yes but you ruined it for me to when you invited Blake along.” I state.

Before she can continue with her rant I step into the in room bathroom to change. You would think once the door is closed in someone’s face they would stop talking but no, she just keeps going. Although I missed the first part of what she said by slamming the door I can still hear her perfectly much to my disappointment. They really should make doors thicker.

“….After that I knew he was bad news. That’s when I thought of getting you away from him by going on this trip. I was hoping with the fresh air and new scenery you would change your mind about him. Plus figured if you spent some time with Blake you would forget about him.”

When I was fully dressed I yank the door open and stare at her. I had a feeling I needed to hear the first part of her speech.

“After what?”

She sighs in annoyance. “After I saw his background check.” 

“You did a background check on him?” I shout. “Why?”

She had no right to do that. He gave her no reason to look into his past. Someone must have tipped her off, but who?

“I had to.” She defended. “You can just imagine my embarrassment during my club meeting when I went around bragging about who my daughter was dating only to find out he was a delinquent! You wouldn’t believe the stories I heard about him. I even talked with some of the other mothers of the girls he was with. And Farrah, he is not a nice boy.”

What has she heard? I knew Brody had a reputation as bad boy but I only went by the rumors but she had rumors and proof. It couldn’t be that bad, could it? I’m sure it was nothing more than a few fights and maybe one arrest but he isn’t like that now. At least not around me. I guess this explains her sudden turn against him though.

“That was the past mom. He isn’t like that now. He’s different.”

“How can you be so sure? You don’t know what he’s doing when you’re not together.” She says.

Hmm… I suppose she’s right about that but I just can’t imagine him doing anything bad. I mean he’s just not that guy anymore. He’s sweet and, kind and, considerate of my feelings. How can a guy like that be bad?

“I trust him so, that’s all that matters.” I shrug.

She narrows her eyes at me and places her hands on her hips as I walk past her to find my shoes. This was her classic upset look she gives me anytime I’ve gone too far and it usually works but now that I am with Brody it isn’t a scary as I remember it. I guess you can say I’ve gotten some backbone since we’ve gotten together.

“You know I haven’t told your father about this in hopes you would come to your senses but I’m starting to see now that’s not going to happen.”

I spot my flats in the corner of the room and quickly walk over to them. Since we will be on the boat all day I don’t think I will need my hiking shoes. And that’s a good thing. I need to eliminate myself from as much danger as possible. The woods aren’t my friend. And neither are the rocks apparently.

“Don’t judge him by his past. Let him show you he is different. Please?”

I know my mom could be reasonable when she wanted, she wasn’t a total monster. Sometimes you just had to talk her into things. If I give her something she wants she’s more apt to give me something I want. That’s how it has always worked in our house hold I just need to figure out how to go about this.

“I don’t know. I don’t believe he can just change like that and I don’t want to be the laughing stock of my Women’s club meeting if this goes awry. Those women talk Farrah.”

Don’t I know it. They live to gossip. I think that’s why the club was formed. It was solely so they could get together and gossip about the lives of other people. And that’s another thing about my mom. She cares way too much about what people think of her especially after she hears them talk down about other people. She’s doesn’t want to be on the receiving end of it all so she tries to play up this perfect life to those snooty Women. I would never be in a club like that. The only people in that club I could stand were Olivia and Grace’s moms. I think they were in it for the same reason my mom was. Just to say they were in it.

“But wouldn’t you like to prove them wrong? Show them that it was just because he hadn’t met the right person and your daughter changed him when their daughters couldn’t.” I reply slightly changing the words Brody once said to me to get me to go along with the fake dating scheme.

She looks intrigued by my words and I can tell she’s taking them into consideration. Now I all I need was to give her a little push and pray that it works. It would be a lot easier if she was on my side.

“Well….”

“After all he is Mr. Bauer’s son, remember?” I add.

Not that it mattered to me any but apparently it did to my mom. I still didn’t know why he was so important and I didn’t care. I wasn’t dating his family I’m dating him.

She drops her angry look and exchanges it for one of content and I know that it has worked to my advantage. I guess trip isn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be.

“Alright.” She agrees. “But….”

There is always a but.

“If he does anything to get in trouble or gets you in trouble that’s it. You end it. Okay? That is my deal. I won’t have him dragging my daughter to jail with him.” She finishes.

I take in her words carefully and wonder if I should make this deal with her. If he does one thing out of line then I know she will request that I end it. She is always on to follow through with her deals. I just hope I can keep him out of trouble. It seems to be easy so far so I should have anything to worry about right?

“Ok it’s a deal.”

She smiles her pleased smile again and turns to exit the room before I stop her. I can’t let her leave without the truth.

“Oh and Blake cheated on me with Megan. That’s why we aren’t together anymore.”

I know she didn’t ask but I felt that she should know what her precious Blake was actually like. Maybe this will change her mind about him.

“We all make mistakes Farrah. We just have to learn to forgive.” She says. “But never forget. You made the right choice.”

With that being her last words she was gone.

Wow, just wow. She actually agrees with me on something. That’s a very rare occasion. She’s is usually the one that insists on being right all the time because according to her “She’s the adult.” I hope this isn’t some kind of dream and I’m going to wake up any minute. That would be horrible after I’ve made so much progress with my mom and Blake.

After making sure I’m ready I rush out the door to get to Brody just to make sure no fights have broken out after I just agreed to keep him out of trouble. Now it’s more important than ever to try to patch things up between them to ensure they get along. It’s the only way to keep them from trying to kill each other. I just have to figure out what to do about it.

Blake’s POV

I stare across the distance at Brody giving him a smug smile. It was perfect timing that he showed up when he did.  I know that it was killing him that I was talking to Farrah. Now he knows how I felt when he was flirting with Kristen in front of me. Regardless what I told him about it all being a game, I actually like her. If he knew the truth he would have just gone after her that much more so by lying I felt like I had a better chance. Ever since then I’ve just hated Brody. I didn’t like him that much before but when the Kristen thing happened I vowed to make him regret it and Farrah is the perfect way to do that.

I do want her back plus it would kill Brody. Besides she isn’t really happy with him. He’s just a rebound relationship for her. She’ll forgive me eventually and when she does I’ll be here waiting for her. I can’t believe how stupid I was to get with Megan. If not for that I would still be with her.

Brody starts to make his way to me and I know neither one of us will leave without having words. It was long overdue anyway.

“Coleman.” He greets once he reaches me.

“Bauer.” I reply. “You always did know how to crash a party.”

“And you always know how to play dirty.” He says. “You know your attempts to get my girlfriend are quite humorous really. How many times did she turn you down this time?”

“She didn’t. And if you hadn’t shown up I’d say you would be short a girlfriend right now.”

Yes I was lying through my teeth but he didn’t know that. I knew my chances with Farrah were slim to none but I wasn’t giving up. Sure I had never gone through so much to get a girl in my life but Farrah is different. I’m gonna a have to take it to the next level if I want to get her back.

“You know if I didn’t know the kind of person you are I might believe it but you’re just too good a lying. It comes naturally to you, doesn’t it?”

He was trying my nerves and he knew it. If it were up to me I’d have a repeat of the football game but I know that’s not the way to get Farrah back but I had another way and it included a person of the past.

“What’s going on?” Farrah’s voice interrupted us.

Farrah’s POV

Panic quickly sets in when I see two furious guys stand less than four feet from each other and I know that I have to do something before one of them throws a punch and my mom gets to see firsthand what went down at the football game before. This is not what I needed now that I actually got her to agree to give Brody a chance.

“What’s going on?” I ask as I close in on them.

Both their heads snap in my direction as I get their attention. Brody makes a move in my direction and wraps his arm around my waist pulling me to his side in what seemed like a territorial manor. Needless to say this didn’t please Blake in the least bit. Not that it mattered but, I wish they could at least ignore each other if they couldn’t get along.

He turns from us and stomps off in the direction of the boat where everyone is already at staring in our direction. Well I guess it’s no secret he’s here now but no one seems quite as upset about it as Blake.

“This should be fun.” Brody chuckles in my ear before pulling me to the awaiting people.

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Two hours later Brody and I are in his car our way back home. Let’s just say that the boat ride didn’t last as long as it was suppose to. It turns out there was a yellow jacket bee on board that stung Heather on the shoulder and the cheek causing it to swell up to twice times its normal size and she wanted to leave immediately. Yeah, it wasn’t very pleasant. Luckily she wasn’t allergic or else we would be on our way to the hospital right now instead of home. I think she’s just mostly irritated more than anything.

Truth be told I’m glad to be going home anyway. I can’t wait to tell Olivia and Grace the adventures of the trip plus I missed them.

“Someone’s happy.” Brody states glancing over at me.

“You can’t tell me you’re not happy to be leaving to.” I chuckle.

“Are you kidding, I could have lived with torturing Blake a little longer.” He grins. “Besides I wouldn’t have complained to more alone time with you either.”

My face heats up at that and I cover my cheek to keep him from seeing my blush although I’m sure I just made it more obvious now.

“That I will miss.” I admit shyly.

Who wouldn’t miss alone time with this bad boy? He’s well…kind of perfect.

Once I’m back in complete cell phone range again my phone immediately goes off with several notifications. A few texts and voicemails along with some Facebook notifications, finally I’m back in the real world again. If not for Brody, being without my phone apart from the few times it actually worked, it would have been torture.

Since our trip was cut a day short that leaves me with all of tomorrow to spend with Olivia and Grace and I can find out if anything interesting happened while I was gone.

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A/N

Hi guys, it’s been a while hasn’t it? Now before anyone gets angry with me let me explain. First my mom had a health scare but I’m not going to go into that too much because I really don’t want to talk about it. Then my 18 month old had an allergic reaction to something and I had to take him to the doctor  and then the very next day I had to take him to get his 18 month shots. On top of all of this I was getting very intense headaches/migraines and had to go to the doctor over that. Six days with a migraine is not normal. It turns out it’s from stress. Well that’s what the doctor said anyway. So now I have to eliminate as much stress as I can from my life right now.

That being said I can get on the next part of my message. I am cutting down on updates to once a week for now. I am also not going to post when I will update anymore because when it doesn’t happen people start getting angry and upset with me which only makes me angry and upset. From now on I will post a week from when I update providing nothing comes up. Please understand I am only human and I do have a life outside of Wattpad that sometimes tends to be hectic but I am doing the best I can.  

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This chapter is unedited as always so I apologize for any mistakes and the length and uneventfulness of this chapter. I will try to make future chapters longer and better but due to everything going on right now this was all I could give. Please just stick with me.

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