It's not a Cinderella story

chapter 11

My head pops out of the water and I get an idea. 

I start thrashing in the water, my arms and legs trying to reach the edge of the pool. 

"Coree!" Tyler calls out. Through the water splashing everywhere, I see him reach out his had towards me.  I grab it but instead of hoisting myself up, I pull him in, causing the laughter that was originally there to grow louder. I even see some people on the floor clutching their stomachs.

Tyler's head pops up, water droplets falling down his shirtless form, and he glares at me jokingly before grabbing my hips and throwing me further away form him. 

My head breaks the water surface and I find him with a playful smirk on his soft lips- I mean gross, ew. "You fucker!" I yell shedding off the cardigan, taking a double check so I cans see that the angel wings are still there, before throwing it on the deck. I swim my way over and jump on him putting his head in headlock. I bring him the water he shakes out of the lock and lunges at me. I duck at the right time and begin splashing him with water. after he gets the water out of his eyes, he starts copying me. 

After a while, people start joining in, shedding of their over clothes and pushing one and another in. I even see Neo get thrown in by Chris and Sydnie shove a guy about her weight with blonde hair in.

I go to splash him once more, but Tyler grabs my wrist and pulls me against him while his other hand finds the small of my back. I look up to find all the playfulness leave his face as he stares into my eyes. I watch as he sweeps his gaze form the top of my wet head to my eyebrows, nose, cheeks and my lips, and I find my self doing the same. 

"Coree..." He breaths, his voice coming out husky and strained as if he's holding back on something. I think you know what that thing is dear, Coralie, My conscience tells me but I ignore it, too absorbed in the moment. 

His head dips down and I find my eyes fluttering close, his breath fans my face and-.

"Coree! We need to get home now!" My eyes fly open and I push Tyler away. he stumbles back into the water and I mutter and apology. I turn around to find Sydnie with a towel wrapped around her body, her cell phone in her hand. I glance back at Tyler and watch as he straitens up and looks at me. I blush and get out of the pool, before he see the dumb affect he has on me now. 

"What?" I ask as Neo, who appeared after getting Chris's number, hands me a towel

"Angelo and Birtha are back." Sydnie informs me. Shit, shit, shit!  

"How bad is it?"

"Well she came home to see none of the chores done and you gone. So, if you were to put it on a scale on  of one to ten, it would be eleven."

My eyes close and I squeeze my lips into a thin line. I'm done for,  I think, she is going to whip me so hard that I will die form the blood loss.

"What's going on?" Tyler's, I hate to admit, Angelic voice speaks out form behind me. 

"Does he know?" Syd whispers and I shake my head no.

I turn toward him and see him and Chris wiping off the water from their clothes and selves. "Nothing I just really need to get home, fast." 

"Why?" Ty asks.

I chew on my lip as I try to find a suitable reason. "Godzi-I mean, Angelo, didn't know I left because she was doing 'business' up in Hollywood, but she came home early and I haven't done anything I have to do. So long story short, I am in trouble."

"Do you need a ride back?" Chris asks.

"How fast can you drive and not get caught by the police?" I question.