Fragile: Must Handle With Care

Chapter 18: You Like Me

We arrive at the venue after what seems like a whole day worth of traveling. We got held up in traffic for like half an hour, which added to my anxiety. I'm not too keen on journeys that have a long duration and plus with all these text messages, I just can't cope.

The water sports park is amazing! It's so huge and I can see a lot of the sports from far away.

Upon our arrival, we are greeted by a young man, he looks like he's in his late twenties and he is quite short (MAJOR turn off), he's also bald. We all pop out of the car and walk to the man.

"Hi there, my name is Tobias but you can call me Toby and I'll be your instructor/supervisor while you participate in the activities" Toby shakes all of our hands and I wince a bit when he shakes Alex's because he hurt his right hand. Luckily, nothing happened.

"Sorry sir, I've seen your hand I'm not sure if you'll be able to participate" Toby tells Alex.

"I'm fine, it's just a little cut, it's not even that bad, SOME people just like to make a mountain out of a molehill for nothing!" Alex says shading me.

I try to protest but Toby begins speaking again, "Well if you're insisting that you're fine, you can participate, shall I take you to your rooms for the night?".

"Yes please" Hannah smiles sweetly.

Mason and Alex begin to take our luggage out of the car. I take the suitcase from Alex's grasp.

"What are you doing?" I ask Alex.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" He replies in a mean tone.

"It was a rhetorical question, idiot" I roll my eyes.

"What is the purpose of you annoying me?".

"I'm not letting you carry the suitcases to the rooms" I say sounding like a mother.

"Why? Because I scratched my hand? Wow.".

"It's not a scratch" I reply.

"Yes it is, what the hell" Alex rolls his eyes and takes the suitcase from my possession.

"Give it to me" I struggle as I try to take the suitcase back. Alex begin sniggering.

"Princess, you can't even lift the suitcase properly, I can carry stuff with just one of my hand, I'm not weak like you" He tells me cockily.

"Oh yeah?" I argue. I snatch the suitcase from Alex and I attempt to carry it. I can't do it. I feel so embarrassed because I acted too cocky and Alex and giving me the 'I told you so' look.

I accept defeat and I sulk whilst I hand the suitcase back to Alex.

"Do they always argue like this?" Toby  asks Hannah.

"Oh you have no idea!" Hannah chuckles.

"What a great couple they make!" Toby smiles at me and Alex. I so hope Alex didn't hear that because if he did, I'd never hear the end of it!

The boys grab all four suitcases and Toby takes us to the hotel that is nearby.

We booked two rooms: One for myself and Hannah and the other for the boys.

Toby hands us the keys and we walk to the rooms.

Mason and Hannah walk ahead with their suitcases whilst Alex is carrying mine and his own. I decide this is the perfect time to tell him about the anonymous messages and also that we need to keep Hannah and Mason together.

"Alex?" I ask him. My nerves spreading through my entire body.

"Yeah babe?".

"I need to tell you something, well two things" I say anxiously.

"Go on then" He smirks.

"First, Hannah has a huge crush on Mason and we need to get them two together"

"Well that's gonna be hard" Alex mumbles.

"What did you say?" I ask curiously.

"Nothing" Alex puts on the cheesiest smile ever and he looks kind of cute.

"Alex, I'm being serious" I whine as I slap his arm.

"I am too. And the second thing?".

"Well I don't know how to say this because it's really hard and just—".

"You like me" Alex cuts me off.

"What? No! That's absurd" I protest.

"I'm only joking, well what is it?" He asks.

"Earlier, in the car, I got—"

"Hun! Hurry up, you two are taking forever!" Hannah interrupts our conversation. I groan internally as Hannah and Mason begin to approach us.

"Hurry up man" Mason says to Alex.

"Okay! I'll be back princess" Alex winks at me and he walks to the rooms.

I don't know how to tell him. I'm too scared.