Chapter Twenty-Eight
"I'm not being on your team, Devin. You always lose," I tell him, it's our first morning at the hotel, so naturally we went swimming. We're about to play chicken. Nick and Theo are already in the pool. Theo is on Nick's shoulders. Devin and I haven't gotten in yet.
"You don't really have a choice," Devin says.
"Theo! Can I be on your team?" I ask him. Devin glares at me. I shove him with as much force as I can, but his fingers latch onto my hips and we both go tumbling into the water. I sulk underwater for a couple of seconds before I come up for air. Devin's swimming over to the shallow end, where Nick and Theo are. I swim over there too.
"You ready? I'll go underwater and you climb onto my shoulders," Devin tells me. I nod. He goes underwater and I go underwater too. I feel around for his shoulders and then wrap my legs around his neck. My hands go around his head. His hands wrap around my thighs, securing me to him.
We resurface. "You ready to lose?" Devin asks Theo and Nick.
"Jesus, Devin, don't talk shit to them. I'm the one that has to try to shove two grown ass men over," I say.
"It's okay," Devin says. He whispers softly, "I'll cheat. You worry about Theo and I'll deal with my brother." I roll my eyes.
"Okay! Three, two, one. Go!" Theo says. We start trying to shove each other and neither of us are very successful.
"Now!" Devin hisses at me.
"Fuck, don-" But he's already doing it. Devin rams his foot into his brother's balls. Nick's face is a mask of pain. He crumples into the water.
"Ha! We won!" Devin yells. His brother resurfaces, out for blood.
"You're dead, you piece of fucking shit!" Nick yells.
"Put me down!" I yell at Devin. He takes me off his shoulders but keeps his hands high on my waist and has me in front of him. He's hiding behind me.
"Riley, I really like you, but if you don't move I'll throw you to Theo so I can kill Devin," Nick says. On que Theo opens his arms out wide.
"Here, I'll kill him for you," I say and Devin's eyes widen. He tries to turn away but I slam my elbow into his balls. "There? That make everyone happy?" I ask. Nick and Theo are both in shock. And Devin's whimpering. I smirk and climb out of the pool. I walk to the deep end and do a perfect dive into the water.
I swim over to the boys. "I'm gonna get lunch," I say and climb out of the pool and walk over to my towel. I wrap it around my waist and wring out my hair. The boys get out of the pool and we all walk up to the hotel room. I snatch a pair of sweatpants, a tank top, a bra and underwear from my bag and dart into the bathroom.
I change and throw my hair up into a bun. I walk out of the bathroom. Devin, Nick and Theo are all ready. I slip on sneakers and then we walk down to the lunch buffet that they have. I get food and then walk to our table. Devin's already there. Nick and Theo are still getting food.
"I'm sorry that I elbowed your balls, it was a mean thing to do and I shouldn't have done it," I say to him.
"You shouldn't have done that," he agrees.
"Well, if you're going to be a prick about it, than you did actually deserve that. I mean seriously, you shoved me in front of you. In the path of your brother. That was a dick move," I tell him. He shrugs. Nick and Theo sit down.
"So, we're going to go out tonight. We'll leave around four or five," Theo says. I nod. Devin yawns.
"Are you tired?" I ask him. He nods and then yawns again. I yawn too. "I am too." We finish eating and then walk back up to the room. "I'm gonna take a nap," I say and take my hair out of it's bun. I slip under the covers. I feel Devin slip in next to me, his arms wrapping around my waist.
I fall asleep to the sound of Theo and Nick arguing about what to watch on TV. When I wake up my head's on Devin's chest. Nick and Theo are still arguing about what to watch. I hit Devin.
"Wake up! I wanna go swimming and you're coming with me," I tell him. He blinks, rubs his eyes and then nods. I grab my swimsuit which is a basic green one piece. I walk out and Devin walks in. He changes quickly and then we walk down to the pool.
I dive into the water and tread, waiting for him to come on. He cannonballs in and I laugh and splash him. He splashes me back. I get out of the pool and cannonball in, he manages to evade the splash. "Damn it!" I say. He grins. He gets out of the pool and jumps in. I duck under water.
We continue our little war for a while. Nick and Theo walk over to where we are. "We're going to leave now. We'll be back early in the morning. You better behave, and by you I mean Devin," Nick says.
Devin pretends to look offended. "Me? When do I ever misbehave?" he asks. Nick looks like he wants to hit his brother. I smirk at Theo. He smirks back.
"Have fun. I think I'll be able to control him," I say, jerking a thumb at Devin. They nod and say goodbye. They leave and Devin gets out of the water. I swim over to the shallow end of the pool. Devin swims over to where I am.
"I bet I can do a handstand longer than you can," Devin says.
"I doubt that, but I'm not going to do a competition. Swimming is supposed to be relaxing you know," I say and swim away. I float on my back. I feel Devin right next to me in the water. I know he's about to do something.
I sigh. I continue to float. I might as well relax for the few seconds that I have. But he doesn't do anything. I go underwater and come up for air. When I come up he's right there. And I'm leaning closer to him. He's leaning closer to me. My gaze drops to his lips, and they're only a couple of centimeters away from mine.
I want him to kiss me. I want him him to close the distance between us. I want him to run his hands along my body. And I have no idea why I want these things to happen. I think he's going to kiss me because he's staring at my lips and he's still leaning closer. My heart hammers in my chest and I'm pretty sure he can hear it.
But then he wrenches his body away from mine and swims under water. Leaving me staring stupidly at where he used to be. What's wrong with me?
I swim over to the deep end of the pool and sink to the bottom of it. I let the water carry my body to the surface as I think. I climb out of the pool and grab my towel. "I'm ready to leave," I tell Devin. I wrap a towel around my waist and wait for him to climb out.
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