Inevitable

Chapter 26

When we pulled in to Zayn's driveway there were expensive cars EVERYWHERE.

I stare wide eyed at the cars in front of me. Harry and Liam's Audi's are there. Louis' Porche behind them along with Niall's Range Rover. I laugh a little at the look of all of the cars together, noticing that they're all basically the same color.

"You're laughing because they're all the kind of the same color too, right?" Jess asks through giggles.

"Yes I am, They should have at least got a variety!"

We pay the driver and get out of the cab. His house is big. It was white and had brown wood paneling like a cottage. We weave through the boys'  recklessly parked cars and reach the front door.

"Should we just walk in?" I ask Jess.

"Yeah, I don't think he'll mind." She shrugs.

She knocks on the door then opens it "Hello?!" she yells.

Zayn peeks his head around the corner, his face instantly lights up seeing Jess. He jogs to her and hugs her. "Hey babe, Glad you guys made it." He says as he pulls her away. Jess is nothing but smiles. She's so giddy she can't even speak.

He grabs her hand  and we walk to the kitchen. We enter the room and all the guys are talking. The 5sos boys aren't here yet.

Zayn clears his throat. "Boys, Jess and Rhenn are here."

The boys' conversation dies down.

"Hey long time no see!" Liam says as he walks over and hugs us both.

I just smile at him.

"Hey guys." Niall says.

Whoa what the hell? Niall has tattoos?! I stare at him in utter shock. Uhm... I'm gunna pass out.

"Since when did you have tattoos Niall!?" Jess basically yells at him.

"Oh shit. I forgot they didn't know." Zayn says

"It's chill, I'll explain." Niall proceeds "Management makes me hide them so we all have an image to uphold. Zayn is the bad boy of the group, but hes too nice so he has tattoos and smokes to keep the image. Management didn't make him do those things though. He does them on his own. But in all reality I'm the asshole but I have to hide it." He chuckles. "All my tats are air brushed over every time we go out in public or they are easy to cover up."

I look at his arms and notice that none of his tattoos are huge. I'm dumbfounded.

I stare at him still. Processing. "Wow, do us fans have it all wrong." I say quietly.

"For real." Jess says equally as quiet.

"Sooo...let's go swim?" the voice says. I definitely didn't want to hear his. I dart my eyes in a glare towards where he stands.

"Yeah mate, let's go." Harry turns around to face him.

The boys pile out of the screen door and down the hill towards the lake.

"You guys can go up stairs to change in any of the rooms."

Turning on my heel, I march up the stairs. Jess is right behind me. We strip in a bedroom and set our bags by the door. I leave my hair down, flipping it  behind my shoulders. Jess grabs our sunglasses and hands me mine.

"You ready for this?"

I look out the window where the boys are laughing and pushing each other in the lake.

"Yep, ready as I'll ever be."

With that, we walk down stairs. Harry is turning on some music so it blares out of the house. Audible from the lake. He looks at us with a cold look and walks away. Not even a hello,

"What's up his ass?" Jess whisper to me.

I shrug wondering the same thing.

We walk down the hill and hear whistling coming from the lake. It's Zayn. I look at Jess and nudge her with my elbow. She just laughs and smiles at him from a distance. When we reach the boys the giggling dies down and I feel eyes on me. I scan them to see who's staring. I look at Louis and find his eyes one me. He can't see my eyes so, I take this opportunity and check him out. His torso is tan and toned. The tattoo across his collar bone is glistening with water and the goose bumps are starting to form on his skin . I watch, mesmorized as the water trickles down his cheek to the corner of his mouth. I'm literally almost drooling until, I feel hands on my sides picking me up. "No no no no!" I scream at my captor. "Yes Rhenn, you have to go in the water it's the rule!" "Liam I will kill you! I scream just before I hit the water.

I'm submerged under the lake water and  swim my way back up to the top. My hair is all over my face. I reach the surface and take in a big gulp of air. I fling my head back and look at him while the boys are laughing hysterically. "Mother fucker. You're dead." I glare at Liam who holds his hands up in defence.

I turn and pull my self back on the dock.

"Whoa Rhennie, What is that on your back?' Niall asks

"Oh my god is it a bug?" I squeal freaking out.

He laughs at my girly scream. "No your tattoo. Is that a Claddagh?" He grins.

"Yes!" I smile back at him.

He swims over too me and asks me to turn around. I do as I'm told so my butt is on the edge in front of him. He touches it and follows the lines with his finger, sending shivers down my spine. I bite my lip to keep from laughing.

Someone in front of me clears their throat. My head snaps up to see Michael and the boys trailingbehind him. Michael looks pissed off.

Niall retracts his finger. "That's really cool. I like it. I havent seen one of those in a long time."

He starts to swim away as I tell him thank you. He replies with a wink and joins Louis and harry swimming.

I look back up to Michael. "Mikey what's wrong?"

"Oh uhm, nothing. I'm just not in a great mood."

"You wanna talk about it?" I offer.

"Nah, I'm good. Uhm I'm gunna go talk to Zayn."

He looks away sadly and walks to where Zayn is horsing around with Liam.

Jess pulls herself up next to me. "What the hell was that with Niall?"

"He saw my tramp stamp and wanted to see it closer."

"He was totally flirting with you."

"No way! He wasn't, he was just checking out my tattoo."

"Mhmm right, I'm not the only one who noticed either. Mikey wasn't all that happy seeing Niall touch you. Someone's a little jealous. That part of our plan happened and we didn't even have to do anything. Now all you have to do tonight is warm up to him and boom your golden, that is, if he shows interest back. I have no doubt he will though."

I smack myself on the forehead and slide it down my face. I groan in frustration and spread my towel out. I get on my stomach and rest my cheek on my arms. I watch the boys mess with each other in the water. Louis hasn't said a word to me. But he cant stop looking over here. I look down a little and see Mikey's legs slung over the dock and dangling in the water. It hits him just below his swim trunks. He's still talking to Zayn. They're both deep in conversation.

I sigh to myself and turn my head towards Jess. She's on her back with her eyes closed.

"This is going to be a long freaking night Jess. I have two goals. Number one: Talk to Lou. Number Two: Find out if Mikey is interested. Do you think I can get those two goals accomplished all in one night?"

She shifts her head to look at me. "Absolutely, I'll help you. Don't worry Rhenn. We will figure this shit out."

Frustrated, I shut my eyes and hum in response.