Friends & Paradise

Chapter 36 - A Night Like The First (Natasha's POV)

"Bye, Nash, it was great having you for dinner tonight!" Joan said, as Jason and I left the suite.

"Bye, it was awesome to be here tonight!" I said, as we stepped outside the suite.

Jason closed the door to the suite, and then grabbed my hand. Before we made our way down the hall, he gave me a peck on the lips.

"I wanted to do that ever since we went inside my house, but, I knew you'd feel a little uncomfortable because my parents were there." He shrugged.

I smiled, and then kissed him once more.

"Do you want to go back to your suite now, or we could just walk around the resort?"

"Let's walk around, like that first night. I don't need to go home right now." I said.

We held hands as we walked down the hallway, and then into the elevator. Jason pressed the button to go down to the lobby. I looked at him curiously, and then asked,

"Where do you plan on taking me?"

"Somewhere special." He said.

"To us?"

He smiled at me, and then kissed my cheek. "To me and you."

Then, the elevator doors opened, and we walked through the almost-empty lobby and out through a door. We walked a cement pathway, that I recognized from almost a week ago, when Jason and I left CRUSH to go to the pool and talk. Then, we walked through the rows of lounge chairs, and we found a round sunbed with shades on top. We walked towards it, and I lay down in it, while Jason moved the shade away so that we could see the stars while lying there. Then, he walked over to the sunbed, and got in.

Once he was next to me, I moved closer and placed my head on his chest, while listening to his rapid heartbeat. He took a deep breath, and then grabbed my hand with his right hand, and had his left arm around my back while stroking my shoulder with his left thumb.

"This is nice, huh?" He asked.

"Yeah. I've never felt so peaceful." I said.

"...Have you ever had any other boyfriends?"

"No. There was going to be a boyfriend, but I guess I just ruined it. All because I was clueless of what I was getting myself into, and it got to a point where I didn't know what I was telling the guy. I mean, I hadn't even met him or talked to him in person, only like a few hello's and that's it. But I'm glad that nothing happened with him. It seemed like a relationship with him would've been a little too complicated."

"I don't know if this will sound a little too selfish, but I'm glad you waited." He said, while looking down at me.

"Me too." I said, while looking up at him and kissing him. "So, what about you?"

"I've never had any boyfriends, and I don't plan to."

I laughed. "No, I mean, have you ever had any other girlfriends?"

"I have...There was only one before you."

"That's Sophia, isn't she?"

"Yeah."

"Do you mind telling me about her?"

"Not at all. I mean, I've known her basically my whole life. She and I met back in first grade, when I entered Bralton Academy, a school for rich kids that my dad used to go to, and we just became friends. Over time, we became closer; and then before Senior prom, I had developed a small crush on her and asked her out for prom. She agreed and went with me. We spent the party together, and a little over the summer too. It was just in the middle of summer when I realized I was head over heels in love with her. One day, I got to her house to ask her if she had any plans for the future and everything, and then it surprised me to see her with some other douche-bag, who I don't even know, and they were sitting on her couch basically making out. I didn't say anything to her for a couple of days. And then, she got sick of me ignoring her, and she decided to break up with me. The thing that hurt me the most about her, is that she made me fall so hard in love with her, and then she just broke my heart in two seconds. I haven't seen her ever since."

"And you don't like her anymore, do you?"

"No, now I love you."

"What if she comes back and wants you? What if she suddenly gets to your house and your parents open the door for her 'cause she is from your same rank, and then basically persuades you to go with her and then leave me and then--"

I was cut off by a kiss.

"That will never happen, because she's the past and you're my present and future. Nash, I really love you. Don't you ever think I don't."

"...You promise to love me for as long as possible?" I asked, kind of nervous.

He shook his head, no. "I promise to love you forever."

He leaned down once again, and kissed me. This time, I kissed back, and we enveloped in a kiss. Then, music started playing out of speakers. The song, 'When I'm With You' by Faber Drive began playing. We stopped kissing for a few minutes, before Jason got up from the sunbed, and extended his hand towards me.

"Want to dance?" Jason asked me.

"In the middle of the pool area?" I asked incredulously.

"There's music. C'mon, it's a beautiful night out here." He pleaded.

I finally agreed, and then grabbed his hand. He twirled me around, before placing his right hand in my waist, and he held myhand with his right one. My right hand held his left, while my left hand rested on his shoulder. We swayed to the music, until suddenly, thunder roared through the sky. And then, rain started falling. I was drenched from head to foot, and so was he.

"Does it ever rain here in The Bahamas?" I asked, half laughing.

"Not very often, but I guess that's good." He said smiling.

"Good, why?"

"You wouldn't get mad at me, since you're already wet,  if I did this," He said, and then pushed me inside the pool. I looked up at him, and then he jumped inside the pool right behind me.

"Don't you think next time we come around here, maybe a swimsuit would be a good idea?" I asked.

He swam near me, and held my waist with both of his hands. "It wouldn't be as fun as this." He admitted.

I wrapped my arms around his shoulders, and then leaned closer and kissed him. Then, he guided one of my legs to hook around his waist, and I did the same with the other. Then, his hands moved to the small in my back, and mine tangeled in his hair. Then, we broke the kiss and were forehead to forehead for brief seconds.

"I love you." He whispered.

"I love you more." I said.

He smiled, and then leaned in for another kiss.

After making out in the pool for a little while, we left the pool area, drenched in pool water, and then walked over to the elevator. We got inside, and then went up to my floor. Jason dropped me off in my suite, and kissed me goodnight. I opened the door to my suite, and then walked inside. My friends were already asleep. So, I walked over to my bedroom and closed the door.

I took a shower to clean myself out of the pool water, and then changed into warm pajamas. I quickly dried my hair with the hair-dryer, not really caring much since I'll just wash it again tomorrow morning, and then got inside my bed and went to sleep.

I remembered that I had to do a major favor to Amber. And that is, to finally talk to Jeremy about what happened last night. She seemed extremely depressed about it, so he better have a good reason as to why he just let Ivana, Cameron's sister, kiss him like that. And if he doesn't...well, let's just say no one hurts my cousin without having me showing them a piece of my mind. I let whatever happened with Tom go, because Amber told me that he wasn't worth it, but I will not let this Jeremy thing go.

No matter if she really loves him, he still needs a good explanation as to why he kissed Ivana.