Damaged

Chapter Nine

"Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time." - Karl Marx

ANNA 

Sophie and I spend two hours getting ready, planning everything to perfection. "Here they come." Dante grins excitedly as we set up the chairs and campfire on the beach. The sun is setting on the horizon and everyone's starting to make their way down. Sophie left about forty minutes ago to get ready with Becks like they normally do, so she doesn't suspect anything. "This is exciting." I squeal as Dante sets the drinks on a table by the fire. We arranged with the beach security that we'll tidy everything up tomorrow morning. As everyone piles onto the beach animatedly they sit down on one of the chair's around the fire. Sophie, as planned, pulls out a chair for Becks before yanking it away just as she sits down. Everyone buckles with laughter as she gets to her feet and huffs, angrily brushing the sand from her pale pink maxi dress. "Oops sorry Becks, I wasn't paying attention." Sophie giggles, turning from her conversation with Bryan. "It's fine." She huffs, sitting on her chair. Dante and I are two seats away, meaning Dante is the only person separating Sophie and I. "This is your idea of revenge?" Dante whispers in my ear. He's already shuffled his seat closer to mine, and so he's close enough that whispering at any rate would be audible. "Be as flirtatious as you like, babe." I tell him with a smile. "Do I have permission?" He gasps in shock. "You have my permission." 

"Can I be dirty?" I hold my breath before nodding my head. "Be whatever you want, just make sure she hears you." I whisper through my smile, thrilling in the envy written all over Becks' expression as she glances over at Dante and I. "Yes boss." He smirks, kissing me aggressively. I pull back laughing as his hands bite into my hips.

DANTE 

The whole night Anna and I flirt over the camp fire, her bouncing back from everything I fire at her. She spends the night chatting to all the guys, her and Sophie keeping up appearances with Sophie sitting next to Becks, topping up her glass every half hour. By the time it's gone completely dark, we decide to kick it up a notch. "More drink anyone?" Anna offers, walking past with a few bottles of unopened beer. "Shouldn't I be asking you that?" I growl suggestively, pulling her onto my lap as she walks past. She giggles and blushes as I kiss her neck ferociously, this "act" being the easiest and most honest thing I've ever had to do. "Dante, stop it." She giggles, wriggling out of my grasp. I reach out and smack her ass, noticing how Becks purses her lips and looks the other way, her rage steaming from her. She gives Eleanor one bottle of beer and Jodie the other before passing Sophie the third bottle, the bottle she's been violently shaking on the other side of the fire for a while now. Sophie holds it diagonally away from her, right over Becks' lap as he looks over her shoulder at the sea. Sophie looks at Eleanor and Jodie as she talks to them, so she won't get the blame for the fizz of the beer as it overflows all over Becks as soon as Anna opens it with the bottle opener. "WHAT THE FUCK?!" Becks squeals, jumping to her feet with half the bottle of beer covering her dress. The guys and I don't try to cover our laughter, but the girls snigger against the backs of their hands as she shakes her dress of the beer. "Was that you?!" Becks screams at Anna. "How could it have been me?! I was only opening it for Sophie, jeeze." Anna turns on her heel and flips her hair as Sophie pushes Becks' chair back while she's distracted. "I can't believe that." Becks says sternly, lowering herself to her chair before collapsing on the sand, all of it sticking to her dress where the beer had been spilled. She leaps to her feet, shouting in anger. "I don't BELIEVE THIS!" She yells as Anna collapses on the sand in laughter on the other side of the fire. "Okay, c'mon maybe you should calm down." Sophie says, helping her onto her chair. "Don't tell me to calm down!" Becks hollers. "Well, why don't we play a game of pin the tail on the donkey?" Sophie suggests. "And what the hell do you think we are? Kids? How're we s'posed to play that with no walls?!" Sophie rolls her eyes as she brings out a piece of grey ribbon with some tape on the end and a grey blindfold to match. "Aw c'mon it'll be fun. Someone gets to go as the donkey and someone gets blindfolded." She explains cheerfully. "Aw yeah we used to love that game!" Bryan laughs, putting his beer down. "Okay so you can go first," Sophie says, extending the blindfold to her. "And one of us will go the donkey. You won't know who, but whoever they are will stay where they are. I'll be your partner and I'll give you directions to your donkey. You'll be spun ten times before you're allowed to go and stick the tail on the person's forehead." Becks nods her head slightly, still unconvinced. "Aw c'mon, I used to love this game!" Bryan cheers, sanding his hands. With that bit of encouragement Becks pulls the blindfold over her eyes and Sophie hands her the piece of ribbon. By this point Anna has casually made her way onto the little moon viewing deck a few feet away from us. I narrow my eyes as I realise that there's sand covering the wooden surface. Becks kicks her shoes off before Sophie says, "Okay..." She points over to Anna standing on the deck. "You're the donkey." A couple of the girls snigger and I swallow hard so I won't say anything to wipe the smiles off their faces. "Here we go!" Sophie squeals excitedly, starting to spin Becks. Everyone cheers animatedly, goading her on before falling unearthly silent so Becks won't be able to tell where she's going. As soon as she's stopped spinning, Sophie starts barking orders to Becks. I watch in awe as Sophie starts guiding Becks towards Anna on the deck. Anna stands with a smug smile and her arms folded, watching in glee as Becks staggers forward. "Okay right a bit, whoa stop!" Sophie calls sarcastically, knowing that it's too late. Becks looses her footing and falls into the waist-high sea, gasping and grabbing her blindfold off. "YOU?!" She yells at Anna, pointing up to her. "What?" Anna gasps innocently while everyone laughs hysterically. "YOU PUSHED ME!" Anna throws her hands in the air. "Hold up a minute I didn't touch you. You fell in because you were trying to reach me."