The million dollar man

Chapter twenty-three

//Bella's POV//
During the traveling stage of the party days out, me and Carmen were having heart to heart.
"So, tell me about yourself." She said holding my hand to reassure me that she wasn't going anywhere. "My names not Carmen and yours isn't Lana but I don't mind, we all need our alter-egos to keep us going." I smiled at that.
"I've been broken since the day I was born." I said with a lengthy sigh. "I've never been the smartest, I had to have a private tutor as well as school when I was younger, they tested me for all sorts but they came to the conclusion, I was simply too 'open minded and creative' so I was so into freedom that I didn't care." I explained. "When I was 11, my parents, they died, that's when i turned into a party girl until a year ago, ish."
"Party girl? You still are! You appear out of no where and I trust you so much, you're like my best friend, in fact you are!"
"How'd you end up in this lot?"
"My brother, he was involved and went missing so I joined in to see if I could find him."
"Have you?"
"No but I'm hopeful I will soon."
"I'll help you, we have a long road ahead of us but we'll get there in the end." Carmen smiled and wrapped her arm around my shoulders as we walked.
"What do you have waiting for you sugar?"
"A gorgeous million dollar man who just seems to understand me but I fear he will find someone prettier than me."
"The way he looked at you, back there, even if someone prettier came along, but they won't because you're stunning, like seriously, be a model! Anyway, he would always stick by your side, I can tell, how he looks at you is how Jim looks at Harry and how I look at Isaac." She said with a smile, I nodded and smiled at that thought. "And if he did leave you, then he'd have us to deal with." I laughed and shook my head.

A few days later, I was laid on a beach. Smoked up and I was giggling to myself.
"Lana." Carmen whispered.
"Hey." I said crawling over and sipping the vodka. It burned but I didn't care.
"We're so fucked." I always wanted to be high on a beach, and now I am, it's beautiful. I laid down and sighed, watching the sky change from dark blue to light blue, pink, orange with a tint of a yellow from the sun. I managed to drag myself up and watched the horizon carefully.
"Where are we?" I asked Harry.
"Miami, just us 5 left, me, you, Jim, Isaac and Carmen." Harry slurred. I knew us 5 were closer with each other than the others but I didn't say anything. I just enjoyed the sunrise and sighed, I needed my million dollar man. I was missing him... Which surprised me because I hadn't missed any man before.
"We're going back to New York after this." Jim said coming round to the world, he went too hard last night and I'm surprised he didn't end up in hospital! I picked up a joint and sparked it up.
"Final one?" I asked taking a drag.
"Yes." Carmen said taking it from me. The beach was gorgeous and it made me realised, I needed a holiday in Spain or Brazil or Mexico or even Italy. I smiled, maybe I just needed a holiday and Damien needed a break from work. I noticed two black cars pull up.
"Who's that?" I asked.
"I'm not sure." Isaac replied, I stood up, Damien got out of the car. He looked pissed off. Oh god, I gulped and stood there, not sure what to do. He walked over with local Leo's and I quickly put out the drugs.

//Damien's POV//
My parents had threatened to have Bella locked up in a rehab because of her partying ways! I was pissed off at them, I got out of the car. Bella stood up and her friends followed, she looked terrified. I realised it was because of me, I was taking a too hard approach on her and that scared her more than anything. I saw her hands shaking and tears rolling down her cheeks. I had scared her to the point she was scared of me.
"Wait here." I told my security team. I jumped over the wall and walked over to the gorgeous girl.
"Don't hurt me." She said, I grabbed her arms gently and pulled her close. The other 4 softened up and nodded.
"I would never hurt you." I said kissing her cheek. "My parents, they want to take you to rehab because they don't understand you and they've had someone follow you for the past few days, I've tried explaining but, I need to take you home and you need to explain why you party and tell them everything."
"I'm sorry." She apologised. "I've caused you too much trouble."
"No, you haven't, you are perfect but right now, I need you to come home, and yes we will be bringing those 4." Their eyes lit up and they smirked.
"Let's go then." I said. Bella wrapped her arm around my waist and threw her other one around her friend.
"Come on Carms." The younger girl slurred. I chuckled and shook my head.

With her, I felt young and free. That's all I ever needed.