Chapter 5
Unedited chapter. So hey! Chapter 5 is finally out! Woohoo! :D
Sorry for the misspelled words, wrong grammars, and wrong punctuation marks. I was in a hurry to update this.
Well, I hope you'll all like it. :)
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Yawning and stretching under the sunlight, the cool morning breeze greeted me as I stepped out of the cabin. It was a lovely day--too lovely to be around with guys to ruin it.
The first thing I did was head straight to Josh's cabin. Just when I was about to knock on the door, it swung open and a scared-looking nerd revealed himself.
"Oh Taylor! Thank God you're here!" he exclaimed, trying to catch his breath.
"What's the matter with you?" I asked, startled at his appearance. I mean, it's weird seeing a thin guy sweating hard early in the morning with a horrified look.
"Did you go for a run? You're sweating."
"Like a pig. I know." He bent down panting heavily. "It's-It's just... Oh my gosh..."
"Woah, take your time," I said, patting his back. "So what's your problem?"
"Josh... He's... Crazy..." Seeing him mention that bully's name like this made me pity him. Well, it was pretty obvious that he would be the one paired up with Jerkface Josh. It's hard to imagine one of the twins sharing the place with that jerk.
Leaving the nerd to breathe in some air outside I slowly walked in the dark, silent cabin. I walked in carefully keeping my eyes wide open to see if there were any traps. You might not know if there are actually any. Remember, Josh is Josh. He could do anything horrible to you.
One thing that caught my eye was a slightly opened door so I entered the room with caution. Once I got in I slowly closed the door the quietest way I could. It was dark like freaking dark. At first I thought that the lights in the room were too bright that when I turned around I had immediately gone blind. But then it was just dark.
I managed to find the light switch after bumping and tripping over almost everything that was in my way. I nearly screamed when I bumped my toe. After turning on the lights I was ready to puke the moment I had a clear vision of he whole entire room. Clothes were on the floor and hanging in the drawers in a messy way. Empty bags of chips and candy wrappers were everywhere. Pairs of shoes were scattered on the floor. The room smelled like men's cologne, sweaty socks, and some other scent I couldn't recognize. On the far end of the room, beside the window, was a king sized bed. I walked towards it and when I got closer to its side there was a box full of empty bottles of beer, beside it was another box still closed and sealed.
Josh was snoring and drooling on his pillow like a kid with the blankets tousled all over him. Just when I was about to wake him up, I hadn't noticed the empty bottle on the floor. The moment I took a step forward I slipped and landed my face flat on the hard wooden floor with a loud thud.
"Ouch..." I moaned in pain as I got up. "Aw shit," I swore a couple of times as I rubbed my aching nose. It felt like it was throbbing. Ugh! I am so gonna kill you, Josh!
It was a miracle that I actually got up on my feet. I couldn't feel my darn legs earlier. Brushing off the dirt on me, I was prepared to face that ugly, old troll. I turned around with an evil grin, but when I faced the bed it was empty.
"W-what? Where did that-" I could've finished my sentence if I wasn't attacked from behind. Before I knew it I was on the bed with a huge monster above me. Paralyzed in shock I couldn't speak. I just lied there staring at the bully on top of me.
"What are you doing here?" Josh said in a voice which sounded pretty erotic and somewhat scary. His face was flushed and he was breathing heavily. He's totally drunk, I thought.
"Answer me!" he demanded.
"I-I-I w-was just..." I stuttered as Josh stared at me with his piercing brown eyes. I knew that I couldn't say anything at this state. I needed to look somewhere else. I roamed my eyes and tried to find somewhere else to look at, but I couldn't because of Josh's half naked body that was hovering over me! I mean, seriously! His messy hair, his beautiful eyes, the way he's breathing, his toned skin, his large muscles, his wonderful abs..... WHAT THE FUCK AM I THINKING?!
"Hey...!" Josh shouted, bringing me back to my senses. "Y-you're not listening..." Suddenly, Josh dropped his body on me. At that moment, I knew that my face was red as a tomato. His hot breath tickled the skin on my neck which made me giggle a bit. I really wanted to scream but it's like something was stuck in my throat. With all my might, I tried to push him off me, but with this scrawny body it was obvious that I would fail. It sucks being weak.
"Mm..." Josh moaned, and was he...sniffing me?
"You smell good. You smell like...strawberries." Then he hugged me tight like he wasn't gonna let me go. If I was in an anime right now I would have died by too much nosebleed. Well, that would be a weird death.
Trying to push him off me again, he moved a bit to the side as he began to loosen his grip on me. Oh thank God! I mentally cheered. Just when I was about to push him some more he planted a kiss on my neck near my collarbone. It was like electricity just ran down my spine and it felt really...good.
My cheeks were burning hot now and it wasn't a nice feeling mixed with the pain of my throbbing nose. It felt like it was gonna bleed. I wanna scream right now, but why can't I?! I tried to speak, but it's like my voice disappeared. What the heck?!
"You're...warm," a voice spoke and the body on me lifted. Finally! I couldn't stand feeling Josh's sweaty skin anymore. I felt violated and disgusted at the same time.
Josh was now staring at me with a puzzled look. I had to admit he was cute and hot, but that's not the point now.
His hand reached over to my face and caressed my cheek softly like I was fine china and that I might easily break.
"Your face is red," he said, still caressing my cheek. I rolled my eyes and he chuckled. The moment I looked up back to him I met his gorgeous eyes, which felt like they could kill me right now. Looking into them made me feel like I was lost in a dream. It's like they put me in a trance or something. He smirked, which got me back to normal, and slowly leaned down to me.
Is he gonna... The mere thought of it made me shiver and I might barf.
Oh no.
Just then I felt something liquid coming out of my right nostril, and Josh immediately moved back when he saw it. I realized that my nose was bleeding for real since the scent of blood lingered. I sat up and pinched my nose to stop the bleeding. I took out my handkerchief and covered my nose with it. I released a sigh of relief. My bleeding nose just saved my life! If that didn't happen I would've been stuck in that awkward moment with Josh as he did that to me. I have to treat myself later.
I got up to my feet and walked out of the room, but before I did I needed to give that dumbass a punch first. I looked around the room only to find that he wasn't there anymore.
* * * * *
I decided to have breakfast before everybody else. I didn't want any of those idiots to ruin my day since Josh already ruined a bit of it. It was weird though. He wasn't in his cabin at all. I got out and asked the nerd where could he be, but he hasn't seen him either. Well, so much for just trying to get back my charger.
After a pleasant meal of bacon, fried eggs, and orange juice I headed back to my cabin. I had already planned to stay away from those freaks for the rest of the day, or until Allison comes to save me from them.
I was about to have a nap just when some freaking weirdo had to scream from outside. I hurriedly ran out of my cabin to see where that scream came from. Once I saw what was going on I regretted coming out.
"Taylor!" The second person who I didn't want to see today, or for the rest of my life, called out my name.
"Taylor! Help me!" Dave called out to get my attention. I wanted to ignore him and walk away, but I can't since I've already been spotted by everyone else.
I walked up to them, ignoring the weird stares of the other people around us.
"What the hell are you guys doing?!" I whisper screamed at them.
"Dave has some problems, but luckily I got Josh to tie him up to this pole before everything got worse." I looked at Josh, who was tightening the ropes that were on Dave as he squirmed to get free.
"You had tie him up here at the flagpole? Seriously?"
"Well, we had no other choice. It's better than trying to hold him the whole time, and besides, the flagpole is just in front of your cabin, which was very convenient for us." I mentally face palmed myself. I mean, really? Tie him up there where everyone else could see was a bad idea. They are just so stupid sometimes.
Dave started screaming again so we untied him and brought him in. We placed him on the couch and he looked around the room. He had the "really?" look on his face then he was quietly sobbing. I was confused. It was scary seeing a playboy like this. I mean, this isn't cool.
"So what's his problem?" I asked, looking at the pair standing before me.
"Well, you see..." the nerd paused for a while, probably thinking of what to say. After a while he sighed then spoke, "There's no TV."
"What?" I didn't understand at first until he explained to me the whole thing. I snapped after he finished. It was a ridiculous reason! Dave flipped out just because there was no television! That's so stupid and so immature.
"We couldn't do anything to calm him down," Josh spoke, looking at me coldy. I rolled my eyes at him. I still couldn't look at him straight in the eye because of what he did to me this morning. I need to erase that whole scene first before talking to him.
After a moment of thinking, something popped into my head. I didn't notice it before until now.
"Where's Luke?" I asked. "Maybe he knows what to do."
The nerd shrugged. "Haven't seen him."
"But did you look for him?" He slowly shook his head. I sighed.
"I'll go look for him." Before I exited the room, I reminded them of something. "Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone. Remember, this is my cabin you're in."
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I seriously don't trust those three staying in my cabin. Who knows what would they do? They might check the bed, the drawers, my bags... Oh hell no they won't!
"Maybe I should go back?" I began thinking for a while. Should I or should I not? I've come this far already, I should just keep on going.
While I continued to search for Dave's twin, I didn't realize that I was already walking into the forest. I couldn't find him in the lodge, the restaurant, the shop, the fishing pond. He just wasn't there. Following the trail I noticed that sky was beginning to get dark at the other side. I began running to the end of the trail. I need to finish this search before it gets dark.
Once I reached the end of the trail, the view there had put me into awe. I didn't know that there was a huge lake here. The view was astonishing. It was beautiful, captivating, and utterly magnificent. There were benches near the trees, small huts, picnic tables, boats, and a little playground for the children. Since I am a child at heart, I sat on the swings happily like a little girl. I enjoyed swinging so much that I almost forgot about the reason why I'm here. Just when I was about to stand up a familiar-looking figure got my attention. It was sitting all alone on the edge of the wharf. Without a second thought, I got up and walked towards it. The moment I got close to it, a sigh of relief escaped my lips.
"Luke?" I called out, still a bit unsure if it was actually him. When he turned around, all the nervousness in me washed away.
"Thank God, it's you," I said out loud and he looked away. Seriously? I stood beside him looking around the lake. The place was peaceful. Perfect for being alone.
"Mind if I sit?" He just shrugged and I sat down beside him. A cool breeze swept past me and I smiled. This place was just simply amazing. I looked at Luke as he stared off into the distance before us. Such a cold aura, I thought. I didn't know that I've been staring at him for so long because he suddenly looked at me with a weird look.
"What?" he asked and I was back to my senses.
"O-oh! Um, nothing," I said, looking away.
He sighed, "Why are you here?" It sounded like he was annoyed by my presence. Just so you know, I ain't leaving.
"Well, It's about your brother," I simply said.
"He flipped out, didn't he?"
"You know?" My eyes widened.
"I expected that since there were no televisions or computers around here. I'm not sure about the wifi though." He said like it wasn't something important.
"You should go to him," I said, about to get up.
"Why should I?" I froze when he said that sentence.
"He's your brother for Pete's sake!" I exclaimed. I was beginning to get pissed.
"So?"
"What do you mean 'so'? He's your twin brother! You help each other because you're siblings. You're family!"
"What if I don't want to?"
"What?" His sentence made me boil. I got up, and stood behind him. I just really wanna kick this jerk. How could he be this cold? Is he really like this? How could Dave deal with this kind of attitude? I can't stand this icy wall around him. This is why it feels awkward talking to him. This is why he seems so unapproachable.
"How could you say that? I mean, what's wrong with you?! Your brother needs you, and you just wander off to somewhere else. Dave needs you, Luke." He just sat there looking down. He was quiet for a while until he spoke.
"Nobody needs me."
Those three painful words shattered my heart. How could he say that?
"That's not true," I replied, calming down a bit as I sat down beside him again. "People need you. Well, Dave does."
"Yeah, just because of his stupid problem."
Well, he was right. It's stupid to freak out just because there was no television. You could find other ways to enjoy yourself, you know. Speaking about enjoying yourself...
"Do you enjoy being alone?" I asked with a calm voice.
He shrugged. "I don't know. I like it, but I hate it too."
"But being alone wouldn't help the people around you."
"Why?" He asks, looking at me.
"I already told you. There are others who need you."
"By others you mean Dave," he replied, looking away. Then there was a moment of silence. I can't believe him! I thought that there was something different about him, but he's actually just a cold-hearted, negative-thinking jerk. He's a pessimist. Why can't he be a bit positive sometimes?
"Nobody needs me," he says, getting up. "You're waisting your time talking to me-"
"I need you."
"What?" He seemed shocked. I got up and stood in front of him. He looked down at me, waiting for me to say something. I looked at his blue eyes. How could they look so gentle, but act so cold? I thought, staring at him for a while and suddenly pokes my forehead.
"Hey, say something," he pushes my head down. I muttered something he couldn't hear then looked up. Ugh! Stupid tall guys. I hate being short!
"Don't get this the wrong way, but yes, I need you." He looked at me like he was bored. C'mon Taylor! You can do better than that. I sighed and looked back at him.
"We need you, Luke. I need you, so please help. Dave's there acting weird and we couldn't do anything to calm him down. So please. I'm begging you. Look," I dropped down, "I'm on my knees now. Just please help us get your brother back to his normal self."
He stood there for a while then answered. "Fine," he said and walked away.
I smiled. Maybe there was actually something about Luke. Well, he may have something bad about him, but maybe he has a good side too. Probably I just need to know more about him to understand his ways. Seeing that he was getting far, I got up and followed him from behind.
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The moment we got back to my cabin, Josh and the nerd were struggling to keep Dave from freaking out and acting like a total weirdo.
"This is just ridiculous," I said.
"Absolutely stupid," Luke replied. "I feel ashamed that we're twins."
"It's actually kind of hard to believe that you are." We both laughed.
"Yeah, I guess it's unbelievable," Luke says, smiling, which made me smile too. "Well, he needs me."
As I watched Luke calm down his bro, I couldn't stop thinking about what just happened. I mean, Luke laughed and he smiled too! That was pretty rare of him to do those. I smiled at the image of him smiling. If only he could be more cheerful instead of acting like a gloomy person.
After about two hours of screams, shouts, stupid sentences, wrestling, and a bit of swearing, we finally got Dave to calm down.
"Jeez, I'm all tuckered out," the nerd says as he sits down on the armchair.
"It ain't only you," I said and plop down on the floor.
Josh takes the other armchair and mutters something that we couldn't hear as he stares at the burning flames in the fireplace. I closed my eyes for a moment then opened them. I looked around and got up seeing that something, or someone, was missing.
"Hey guys, where's Luke?" I asked. The nerd shrugged and went to sleep. I turned to Josh for an answer. He looked at me coldly.
"He's outside," he replied. "Why you looking for him?"
"Just wanna talk about something," I said.
"What're you gonna talk about?" he asks, sounding curious.
"Why are you asking? You're not a part of it."
"I just want to know, that's all." I raised my eyebrow at him. I wasn't impressed of his answer, but I didn't really care. I was only focused about going outside to see Luke.
The moment I walked out the door, I saw him standing there leaning on the wooden railing.
"Hey," I spoke and walked towards him.
"Hey," he greeted with a gentle smile.
"What're you doing out here all alone?" I asked looking at him. "I thought that you hated it."
"I also like it, you know," he corrects me. "I'm just looking at the stars."
"You like to stargaze?" He nods, looking back at the night sky. It was pretty. There were lots of stars twinkling like diamonds sparkling beautifully. I was busy admiring the beauty of the night sky that I almost didn't hear Luke speak.
"Hey Taylor, um, thanks," he spoke in a soft voice, almost like a whisper. I blinked at him. I just couldn't believe what I'm hearing. I decided to make fun of him.
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe what I just heard."
"Why? I just said thank you." He looks at me, confused.
"And was that the right way to say thank you?" I crossed my arms.
"Why? Is there another way of saying thank you?" He asked. I smiled evilly.
"Well, the way how people thank me is different. They don't just say it." Luke raises an eyebrow, looking unsure of me.
"So what do I have to do?" I wanted to laugh. I can't believe that he was going to do it. Hahaha!
Trying to keep in my laugh, I spoke to him casually. "First, you kneel on the floor." Luke kneels down. "Second, you bow down like how Muslims bow down to their God." He does it. "Third, you have to take off your shirt and-"
"Woah, woah, woah! I ain't doing that," he says getting up. I frowned at him.
"Why? You chicken?" I teased him.
"It's not that," he replied, with a cold stare.
"Then why couldn't you?" I asked him.
"It's just that..." He looks away like he's embarrassed. "It's because I'm insecure of myself."
I raised an eyebrow, "You mean your body?" He nods. I couldn't help but laugh at him. I mean, seriously?
"Hey, stop laughing. It's not funny." He sounded annoyed which made me laugh harder. He glared at me then I stopped laughing.
"Of course, it is!" I said, wiping away a tear. "You are insecure of that?" I pointed at his chest.
"Yeah, so what?" He had a puzzled look on his face.
"Dude, you're freaking hot! You got a perfect body that guys should be jealous of. Girls probably fall in love with your looks in an instant. Why should you be insecure about your great body?"
He looked away covering his mouth. His face was turning red, and he looked so adorable like that.
"Hey, I'm not lying," I said, smiling. He looked at me. Just when he was about to say something the door opened and Josh walked out of the cabin. He looked at me then at Luke.
"Um, sorry to disturb, but you should get your bro back to your cabin now before he wakes up and might start freaking out again." After he finished talking, he went back in and we followed.
We all went outside and said our goodbyes. I pitied Luke, who had to carry Dave on his back by himself.
"Are you sure you're gonna be fine?" I asked again.
"He's my brother. I'm the one responsible for him." I sighed. As much as I wanted to help him out I couldn't beat him at this.
"We're gonna leave now," the nerd says and Josh follows him as they head back to their cabin.
"We should leave, too," Luke announced. "Goodnight, Tay," he says with a small smile.
"Goodnight," I smiled back at him.
So yeah. Hoped you liked this chapter and sorry for the very late update. I know that some of you were very patient so thank you. :)
Yes, I read your messages. So here it is. I hope you'll also be patient for the next chapter. I have no idea when I'll upload it. Lol. Sorry in advance if it'll be late again.
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