Red, Hot Summer

DAY 11 - A Villa at Peace?

SCARLETT

No one was up early after most of them not even getting to bed until nearly 4am. Thankfully the producers had let them all sleep in and when Scarlett finally woke she was alone in the bedroom. The sunlight was pouring in through the windows and all the beds were unmade and empty. Stretching, she climbed out of bed and peered out of the window, where she could see the others all hanging out at the gym already. Jakub seemed to be holding court with the girls hanging onto his every word. Scarlett wasn't sure what they saw in him, he gave her the ick. Just as she turned to head out of the bedroom, Bobby walked into the room. She felt her heart skip a beat as he smiled at her. His skin glistened and his hair was wet with sweat, sticking to his forehead.

"Been pumping iron?" Scarlett asked him, looking at his muscles.

"You know me, lass, always the first in the gym, could spend hours there," he laughed, flexing his arms at her. "I did a quick workout and now it's brunch o'clock. Was coming to see if you were up and fancied something...?" The question felt loaded and Scarlett bit her lip, remembering the feel of his hand on her last night. "To eat, I mean," he said, his cheeks blushing.

"Always," she laughed. "I could go for some eggy bread!"

"Consider it done," he said, "I'll see you down there."

"You need a shower, I can smell you from here," she called after him as he jogged out the room. Making her way quickly to the dressing room she changed into a red swimsuit with large slashes across it showing off her toned stomach and cleavage, and slipped some gold sandals on. Pulling her hair into two messy spacebuns she put on a quick swipe of cotton candy chapstick and grabbed her sunglasses. When she got down to the garden she could see Bobby was busy in the kitchen and she headed over to join the others in the gym, giving him a wave. Jakub was lounging across the grass idly lifting one enormous weight up and down as the others sat around him, listening to him talk. She was surprised to see Priya, Chelsea and Lottie all sat near each other without any blood being shed. Scarlett felt rather uneasy to see them all sat together; she couldn't imagine them being friends but at least no one was yelling today. Gary looked up as Scarlett walked over and grinned at her.

"Scarlett, didn't think you needed that much beauty sleep, you're hot already," Jakub said. He was wearing the tiniest black and orange shorts that left no one in any doubt of how large he was downstairs. "I love that outfit, hot stuff," he said.

"Thanks," Scarlett replied, sitting herself on the beanbag next to Priya. "You okay today, babe?" she said quietly to her and Priya nodded. Jakub changed position, spreading his legs apart as he changed the weight to a different hand. It seemed to be doing something for some of the other girls but was doing nothing for her.

"I was hoping you'd join us soon. I've just been telling the others all about myself" Jakub droned on as Gary rolled his eyes, causing Scarlett to stifle a giggle. 

"Jakub's a body builder," Priya told her, "As if that wasn't obvious!" She winked at him. "He's even made it to the regional semi-finals in his last competition."

"Should have been the finals," Jakub said. "The whole competition was a joke, not trying to brag but I was definitely final material, top of the competition."

"You definitely should have been in the finals, babe," Priya said. Scarlett looked at her in surprise; she seemed really interested in the new guy and Scarlett couldn't see why. He seemed very full of himself and rather dull. 

PRIYA

She was desperate to show Noah she wasn't interested in him anymore and was going to take every opportunity to flirt with Jakub in front of him. Noah had grabbed her this morning to give her some half baked apology about how fit he thought she was and how much she turned him on and that he'd just got carried away. He rambled on that he wanted to get to know Hope more so couldn't get to know Priya. He'd sort of apologised for insinuating that everyone would think she was a slut but she'd walked away half way through him still talking. Lucas had barely looked at her since last night and she'd gone to sleep before he came to bed. She knew she owed him an apology but it was hard to find the words to say what she felt, because honestly- she didn't know how she felt anymore. Apart from numb. She definitely felt numb today. She really wanted to tell Scarlett what had happened with Noah but would she think badly of her? Priya had a sneaking suspicion that Scarlett wasn't quite so squeaky clean as everyone thought; her and Gary had kept looking at each other guiltily since Chelsea's outburst last night and Priya was sure that Lottie wasn't the only person who'd experienced a ride on Gary's crane!