LIFE GOES ON - rob rausch

lingerie and lies

VICTORIA PICKED NERVOUSLY AT HER THIGH.

She wasn't used to being so exposed in front of other people, and the fact that there were cameras recording on top of that did little to ease her nerves.

"You look gorgeous," Rob whispered encouragingly underneath his breath, placing a gentle hand over hers as he leaned down to whisper in her ear.

Victoria sent a soft smile towards the man before pecking him on the cheek without another word. Rob's reassurance had sent a gentle surge of confidence through the girl and made her sit up a little straighter.
She was sitting on the couch surrounding the fire pit dressed in a black set of lingerie, the others wearing similar attire for the "underwear party" they were throwing as Ariana had put it.

"I'm not here to send anyone home tonight," Ariana said from her spot in front of the fire pit, looking at the islanders and doing her best to ease their clearly rattled nerves - after all, Ariana making an appearance always meant something big was about to go down.

"So you guys can relax!" she finished. "We're just going to have a fun party... and I never come to a party empty handed. I brought presents!"

Victoria looked curiously at Rob as JaNa and Hakeem began passing out the presents that Ariana had brought.
"What do you think is in it?" she asked, shaking the box curiously and making Rob laugh.

"I don't know, hopefully something good."

Victoria hummed in agreement as she returned her attention to Ariana as she prompted them to open their presents after they had all been passed out.
"Guess we'll find out now," Victoria murmured as she removed the lid from the box and stared down in confusion before pulling out a blindfold and a set of handcuffs.

"Huh, kinky," Rob said with a snort making Victoria roll her eyes and elbow him softly.

"I was thinking, an underwear party sounds kind of sexy... so let's have some fun," Ariana explained.
"Each couple can decide who is going to take on what role. One of you needs to be blindfolded and the other handcuffed."

Victoria eyed the handcuffs and rolled her eyes at the excited glint in Rob's eyes.
"Okay freak you can be handcuffed, I'll wear the blindfold," she teased making Rob laugh.

"What, don't wanna see my handsome face?"

"Spot on," she quipped, her tone lighthearted.

Rob simply shook his head and smiled as Victoria helped placed him in the cuffs before placing the blindfold over her own eyes.

The sea of darkness that followed surprised her, but she quickly oriented herself as Ariana began to speak once more.

"Okay, you guys all look amazing, is everyone feeling comfortable and sexy?" she asked, earning a few murmurs in reply.
"Oh and I almost forgot... I invited a couple of super sexy women to join the party!"

What followed were a few uneasy murmurs from the girls who had remained unblindfolded and more excited whispers from the boys.

Victoria squirmed in her seat uneasily.

"I know you two have been watching and some of these boys caught your eye. Now it's time to let them know who they are... with a kiss!" Ariana said, making a pit form in Victoria's stomach.

Something about not being able to see what these girls looked like or who they would be going to next made her uneasy, but perhaps the thing weighing most heavily on her mind was that she couldn't gauge Rob's reaction because she couldn't see his face.

She released a shaky breath before biting down on her lip.

"I trust you Rob, please don't make me regret that," she mumbled, only to get nothing in response at first.

"They're nowhere near us Vic. It's okay," he reassured after a moment, slightly easing the girls mind, even if it was only momentarily.

After a few moments, the first girl, Nicole, had gone and from the dissatisfied murmurs of the people next to her, Victoria could figure out she had kissed Kendall and Kordell.

Next, it was the other bombshell, Andrea's turn.

Victoria could feel the girl move next to her, the following sounds of kissing made her gag. As soon as Victoria had realized Andrea was moving in on Rob, her heart clenched and she did her best to scoot away from them. Hearing it right in her ear and hearing how long it had lasted really made Victoria's heart sink even further, a feeling she was doing her best to hide.
She knew Rob didn't choose Andrea but it didn't hurt any less, and with the blind fold blocking her vision, Victoria could only speculate if Rob was enjoying the kiss or not - something that was driving her mad.

"She's at Aaron now," Rob meekly said after a moment, to which Victoria simply stayed quiet.

"Vic?"

Victoria didn't reply once again, lost in her head as she attempted to convince herself the kiss was nothing, making Rob frown as Ariana began to speak once more.

"For those of you who haven't already, please meet Andrea and Nicole!"

Victoria lifted her mask and frowned. She was met with the sight of two beautiful girls, one of whom was smiling innocently at the group in a way that made Victoria's eye twitch.

"It's just part of the game," Victoria muttered bitterly at the camera as she sat in the beach hut dejectedly. "But it still doesn't suck. My man is just a bombshell attractor and it's getting annoying."

[ a/n ]: the witch is here