Storm clouds

Chapter 14- Phantasm

''Wow!'' I breathed.

It was perfect. A glimpse of an acrylic brush of blue that seemed to have a vast endlessness. The dull sandy beach that gave way to the bottle green sea.

The wind breezed through and let my hair fly behind. A sense of serene calmness washed over me. I closed my eyes, breathing in the scent of the sultry sea air, listening to the melody of the subtle waves and the sudden screech of a seagull.

I felt at ease after a long time. All I really wanted was a tight hug. Suddenly a jolt of desire ran deep through me. I wanted a hug, yes, but I wanted it from Seb. Along with the desire came a rush of guilt as the person who brought me here was Carson and not the one with whom I would want to be here. Even if our relationship wasn't exactly DTR but still.

In case your wondering what DTR is, then let me tell you, its to Define the Relationship. Since I was literally clueless about my and Sebastian's relationship.

Were we friends, good friends, best friends or were we lurking on the border of something much more deeper? Again, it didn't mean that I was ready to date and I am pretty sure Seb knows that too. The realization dawned on me then and I realized why he was taking it slow. But I couldn't shrug the feeling of something wrong, a foreboding of something going immensely disastrous. 

Having the fresh wash of breeze that swept over me, made all those worries seem somehow silly. I let go of it for the present and decided to enjoy this rare moment of serenity.

''Am I forgiven?'' His voice breaks me out of my haze.

''Umm..'' I put a finger on my chin and act as if I was in deep thought.

''Well, I don't know!'' I say nonchalantly.

'' Oh come on!'' he says, giving me that puppy dog eyes.

When he realizes that I wasn't giving in, he gives a mock groan of frustation, ''Fine, I am Sorry!'' He finally lets out.

''Alright, Apology Accepted!'' I say and give him a sickly sweet smile.

''Your so evil!'' He eludes.

''Happy realisation moment! Though I didn't expect you to figure it out so quick!'', sarcasm dripping out of my each word.

''Don't you think that I am very nice?'', he asks with an evil glint in his cerulean eyes.

I shrug as we walk closer to the waves, the smooth cold water hitting my feet as I walked on the smooth, soft sand.

''Very well!'' He mutters underneath his breath and all of a sudden, I feel my legs give away as strong muscular hands pulled me up. Seriously, this was getting old and as usual I started banging him up to put me down.

He kept on walking closer to the waters still, all the while carrying me in his arms while I kept on thrashing around, which clearly had no impact on him. Even if I knew he won't loose his grip on me, unless purposefully, I still had a slight fear claw at me at my insides.

What if he lost his grip and dropped me down? Well, unless that's what he intended to do.

Shit! Royal Shit!

''Let me down!'' I yell.

''Alright, alright. I will. Anyway, that's what I wanted to do!'' He says, shrugging.

My eyes widen and then I feel myself falling out of his arms. I clutch my eyes shut, as my back hit the cold water. I sink into it, soaking my clothes in the process. My arms flail around for support but I only thrashed into the water. The water wasn't so deep here but enough to drown in if I didn't stand. I get up to feel the water was waist high.

Coughing water out that I inhaled due to the sudden splash, I rub water out off my face. 

What the hell?

I turn around to see Carson shirtless in the water behind me.
His toned muscles gave way to his strong muscular, broad shoulders.

I gasped, splattering water out of my mouth. Seriously? First he drives me here in my own car, then he picks me up and throws me in the water and next, even before you know it, he's already shirtless in the water, maybe in the hope of seducing you. From fun crazed friend to an asshole in a few minutes. Exactly, why I hate guys......see?

Panic rises from within me..... remembering Drew, his taunting eyes, his smirk plastered face. Spinning around, I splash around to get out of the water. Even before I could get out, I feel strong arms encircling me from behind and pulling me back.

A warmth rushed through with me, a similar feeling but never the same. Could be something to do with same blood.

The water was less deep here and I stamp at his leg with full force and elbow him in the jaw, earning a satisfying crunching noise.

Swimming out, I dash for my car. The dark blue entrailed the sky as it neared dusk. I ran but my legs felt like Jell-O. No matter how hard I wanted to run, it seemed like I was slowing down.

Suddenly I feel two strong arms encircle me as my body impacts the other. Without thinking, I wrap my arms around him as I sob into his shirt. The smell of his cologne washed through me.

''Shhh....'', he rubbed circles on my back, trying to calm me down.

I move away from him after I sober up. I don't know what happened.

'' I am Sorry for wetting your shirt again. This time the whole of you actually!'' I apologize to him.

'' What are you doing here like this? And from the way you were running, it was almost like someone was going to attempt to kill you or something!'' He says with a smile at an effort to lighten the mood but his voice held concern at its edge.

''It was your-'' before I could complete, a voice which I so didn't want to hear now interrupts, ''Hello Brother!''

I turn around with Sebastian's arm still on my back to see a shirtless Carson with a sly smile. His eyes were blank however, his shirt lay on his right shoulder. His whole upper torso was now in full view. His strong muscled chest gave way to perfectly defined eight packs. My eyes however, unwillingly lingered on him. Tearing my eyes away, I look down at my soaked sneakers.

I felt like punching myself, I acted like a complete douchebag. I really needed to let go of Drew's ghost. My obsession over him literally led to the invention of some sort of heartbreak phobia.

''Well.... You need to get changed or your gonna catch a cold, Emma!'' Sebastian says in a low, raspy voice.

I nod.

We turn around and he takes me to his dark Mercedes Benz and I wait there, as he opens it to retrieve something.

It was a black hoodie with the words S-W-A-G written behind.
I raise my eyebrow in question.

Self-centered much?

''Thanks'', I say as I take the hoodie from him.

I walk towards my car and swing in. Shutting the door, I turn the heater up. Shrugging off my white cottonette, I pull the hoodie on and zip it.
I stay in the warmth, letting the cold seep out while I made up my mind. Should I go out there and face the chaos that I made amongst the two brothers, or should I just forget it ever happened and drive off.

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