DAY 4 - Getting saucy...

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SCARLETT

Sore. That was the first word that sprung to mind when she woke up that morning. Tired, confused, horny, guilty, ashamed, excited...the other words jumbled around her brain as she heard the other islanders complaining about the bright lights. She opened her eyes to see Bobby smiling at her from the next bed.

"Morning gorgeous," he said in his soft Scottish lilt. "Sleep well?"

"I've slept better," she said, stretching her arms out and accidently knocking Ibrahim, who was just waking up. "Oh, sorry, Rahim!"

"I've never been punched out of bed by a girl before," he laughed. "Only kicked! Did you say you went for a swim last night or did I imagine that?"

"Yeah, just needed to get a bit of space after the recoupling, I felt so sad for Hannah," she said, guilt making her stomach churn as she spoke. Noah was still snoring away; Scarlett had no idea how Hope slept with him chuntering away next to her all night. Lottie was sat up in bed, her long colourful hair flowing over her shoulders. She stared at Scarlett but her face softened and she smiled when they made eye contact, just for a moment.

"Good night Lottie?" Scarlett asked.

"Why would I tell you!?" she snapped. Gary emerged from under his covers,

"Oi, keep it down Lottie, some of us are trying to sleep off an....active night," he said.

Scarlett felt her entire face flame red, was he actually going to just announce to everyone in the bedroom what had happened in the gym last night? "Marisol and I had a great night, if you know what I mean!" he continued, boasting to the others. Scarlett was floored. So, he'd slept with her and then got straight down to business with Marisol too? She lay back down so no one was looking at her, her stomach more in knots than it was before the recoupling.

"What do you mean?" Priya asked, sitting up in excitement at the idea of some gossip.

"Well, it was meant to be a little spooning when the lights went out but we might have had a little more," he laughed. Scarlett couldn't believe what she was hearing. She quickly got out of bed and rushed out the door to the bathroom, locking the door behind her. Turning on the shower she stripped off her pyjamas and stood under the almost scalding water that ran down her body, mixing with the tears that flowed from her eyes. How could she have been so stupid last night? In Gary's defence, he made it very clear it was in his words 'a hookup', 'a great fuck' and never said anything about them becoming an item or being exclusive. She'd gone along with it all very willingly and thoroughly enjoyed herself in the moment...but why did she now feel like shit? Leaning against the wall she slid down to the floor, buried her face in her hands and sobbed.

LOTTIE

Of course Marisol had been glad that Gary had saved her last night but she was surprised how strong he'd come on when he got into bed. They'd only had a little kiss, although it had felt like he would have gone further quite happily, but he was making it sound like waaaay more.

"Hang on a minute," she said, sitting up, "It was a peck on the lips Gary, a goodnight kiss. Let's not make this more than it was."

"Well, it felt special to me," he said as Lottie got up from her bed and walked quickly out of the bedroom to the bathroom. Finding the door locked she banged on it,

"Come on, I need a wee," she shouted and she heard the shower turn off. A moment later a very blotchy faced Scarlett opened the door. "You okay babes?" Lottie asked and Scarlett just nodded, tightening the towel she'd wrapped around her and walked past her towards the dressing room. Lottie didn't have time for whatever drama she was getting upset about. As she sat on the toilet she thought about last night; what would Hannah be thinking when they aired the footage of her kissing Gary. He was the only guy she was really interested in here but he seemed quite happy to be playing the field at the moment. She supposed that wasn't a bad strategy, to get to know everyone and Rocco certainly seemed interested in her. Every other boy in here seemed to be looking in Priya and Scarlett's direction; she felt that Hope really did need to watch her back around those two. 

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