Red, Hot Summer

DAY 23 - Give Your Heart A Break

SCARLETT

When she opened her eyes and saw Bobby lying next to her, she couldn't help but giggle remembering last night. It felt good to just feel free and laugh again and it finally felt like she was putting the drama of the last few weeks behind her. She felt him stir and he smiled as his eyes fluttered open.

"Are you watching me sleep?" he mumbled and she felt herself blush.

"I was just checking you hadn't turned into an owl," she replied and ruffled his hair. "No feathers yet." He chuckled softly and snuggled up close to her.

"Not yet," he murmured then laughed quietly to himself. "That was so funny, although I'm still slightly grossed out that it turned Rahim and Jo on."

"Hard same," Scarlett whispered back. 

"Cuppa?" Bobby said and Scarlett nodded then opened her mouth, "I know, 4 sugars," Bobby butted in. She grinned at him; no one made a morning cuppa like he did and she snuggled under the covers and waited for him to come back. The lights were still off in the room and she could hear another couple whispering in bed. When Bobby returned, he plumped up the pillows and then climbed in next to Scarlett, passing her a mug. 

"This is just so right, you know?" Scarlett said to him as she sipped her tea, and he looked at her in surprise. 

"What do you mean?" he asked her, feeling hope rise up inside him.

"The amount of sugar in this," she replied, closing her eyes. "Other people think I'm joking when I say 4 and usually halve it, but you get it spot on, every time. Just how I like it, Bobby." He felt himself twitch at her words and tried to pull his mind out the gutter. "When we get out of here, we're still going to hang out, aren't we?" she asked him.

"Of course! I want to take you out and show you off to all my mates," Bobby said. 

"I can't wait to meet them!" she whispered. "And for you to meet my friends and come down to London and bake for me, I mean them." He pressed a kiss to the side of her head as she leant on his shoulder. "Where should we hang out first?"

"I want to go to one of those adult ball pits," Bobby enthused, "And the waxwork museum! And Buckingham Palace. Oh, and hit up all the bakeries in London."

"That is a lot of bakeries," Scarlett replied, "But I'm up for the challenge!"

"I knew you would be, lass," he chuckled. 

The lights came on to the sounds of groans from the islanders. As Scarlett looked across the room she locked eyes with Noah. He smiled at her for a moment before Hope grabbed his face and kissed him loudly.

"I'm going to get dressed," she told Bobby, jumping out of bed and walking to the dressing room. His t-shirt just skimmed her bottom as she walked across the room, several of the islanders admiring her cheeks as she went.

Scarlett tried not to think about Noah's smile as she quickly got dressed into a bright red bikini that showed a lot of underboob, but she soon found herself grinning as she realised that she was the first person he'd looked for when he woke up. She knew she had to forget about him, and Chelsea dragging her outside to the bean bags was a welcome distraction. Most of the boys were in the kitchen when they came outside and Gary let out a low whistle when he saw Scarlett's bikini. Bobby had never really understood why girls would wear underboob bikinis but he, and several of the others, certainly weren't complaining as they watched her walk across the grass with Chelsea.

"That was a good recoupling last night, wasn't it?" Chelsea said. "Elijah is sooooooooooo hot!! I couldn't keep my hands off him last night, if you know what I mean? Even the bedroom owls couldn't ruin the mood! You and Bobby were so funny, I really thought you were fucking for a moment!"