Torn // Emilio Martinez

Chapter 56

Bella

I woke up with Emilio still lying next to me from where we had fallen asleep the night before. I looked over and saw that he was still asleep so I wiggled out of his arms and went downstairs since I was already starving.

The house felt quiet without Marcus, Lucas, Cyrus and Darius. It was like something was missing. I respected their decision though, and I knew maybe we all needed space before everything could go back to normal. 

I sat at the island with a bowl of cereal like I had almost every morning and from the corner of my eye saw my boyfriend trot into the room, his hair slightly messy and his eyes tired. I smiled at him and apologized for waking him up, to which his response was a small "it's okay" followed by a peck on the lips. Emilio took a seat beside me and rested his head on my shoulder, clearly still tired.
"You can go back to bed, babe," I chuckled, taking another spoonful.
"No, I want to be with you," he mumbled.

After finishing eating, Emilio and I both took showers and got ready for the day.
"Hey, B!" he called out to me from his room.
"Yeah?"

He came jogging out of his room to meet me in the hall.
"Let's go out today. I wanna take you somewhere to get your mind off everything," he smiled.
"I would like that."

***

I sat with Ivan on the couch as Emilio had something he needed to do before we went anywhere.
"Are you and Emilio okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, he apologized for getting mad the other day and saying that comment about us. All is good. Are you okay?" he asked me, still feeling bad about everything.
"Yeah, just exhausted by all the drama," I chuckled.
"Makes sense, everything's gonna be okay though," he comforted, rubbing his hand on my shoulder for a brief moment.
"Thanks Ivanito, you're the best," I smiled.
"I try," he smirked.

Emilio came running down the stairs and smiled at me, telling me he was ready to go.

"You gonna be okay alone Ivan?" he asked.
"Yeah," he shrugged, giving us a smile.
"See you later bro," Emilio waved.
"Bye guys, love you!" Ivan said as we walked out the front door and got into the car.

***

We drove and we parked in front of a cute ice cream parlour, causing a huge smile to grow onto my face.
"You know me so well!" I grinned.
"I know if one thing can cheer you up it's ice cream," he winked.
"Ice cream and Emilio Martinez," I flirted, pressing a kiss to his cheek before getting out of car, practically running inside to get ice cream.

After ordering it we sat down at a table outside, enjoying the California sun on our skin. We sat and talked without once mentioned the events the night of the party, or anything about Marcus and Lucas moving out. It was nice to have a nice time with Emilio without talking about anyone else, and without having to think of other bullshit going on in our lives.

After eating ice cream, we walked down the street, going into random stores and looking at stuff aimlessly, not really knowing what we wanted to do, just knowing that we wanted to be out of the house and that we wanted to be together.

After walking around we ended up going to the beach. We found one that wasn't very popular, so the amount of people actually there was very slim. Emilio rolled up his pants and we walked along the water, our bare feet being hit by the water as his hand intertwined with mine.

As I looked out onto the horizon, I fluttered my eyes shut as I enjoyed the warm breeze through my hair. When I opened my eyes again I realized Emilio was staring at me, causing me to blush.
"What?" I asked.
"You're so cute," he chuckled.
"I just love the beach, it's so beautiful and calming," I smiled.
"You're even more beautiful," he smiled.
"You're so cheesy, Martinez," I chuckled, nudging him lightly with my elbow.
"But you love it."
"I do, I love everything about you," I said. He leaned in and pressed his lips against mine, his hands finding my waist. I put my hands on the back of his neck and pulled him closer, his warm lips feeling perfect against mine.

I pulled away and the smile I had on my face had grown five times as big, finally feeling like everything was okay, forgetting about everything that had been making me sad and anxious, just being here with Emilio made me the happiest girl in the world.

We walked up a small cliff and sat on the edge of the rock, looking at the waves crash against the hot white sand as the reflection of the sun glistened off of it.
"Wanna jump?" Emilio asked, looking at me.
"Are you crazy?" I asked, laughing because I assumed he was joking.
"I'm a savage, Bella. Come on!" he encouraged, standing up.
"Emilio we don't even have bathing suits," I laughed.
"So?"

For some reason, Emilio brought out the daring side of me. I would almost never do this, but I stood up with him, looking at the water at the bottom of the cliff, feeling almost welcoming. It was sort of high, but not high enough for anything seriously bad to happen. I pulled off my shorts and shirt, leaving me in my bra and underwear, which honestly just looked like a bikini, no one would be able to know the difference.

Emilio pulled off his shirt and his pants as well. We decided we would just come back for our clothes after we jumped, hoping no one would take them.

"Are we really doing this?" I asked.
"Hell yeah," he nodded, giving me an encouraging smile.
"Together?" I asked.

Without saying anything, Emilio grabbed my hand, and we took a step closer to the edge.
"1," he said.
"2"
"3!!!"

We both jumped off the edge, squeezing each others hands as we fell towards the water. The blast of cold hit my body as I hit the water, swimming up to the top, rubbing my eyes so I could see. Emilio's head popped up and he laughed, swimming over to me.
"I can't believe I just did that," I laughed, feeling on the top of the world.
"You're a savage, baby," he laughed.

We swam to part of the water where we could stand, and he pulled me closer, pressing his lips to me again.

"At least I didn't die," I laughed.

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Here's a cute update with lots of Bemilio since I feel like we needed a chapter of just them being cute without drama!!

Let me know what you guys think!!

-Rachael