Desolation

forty five

Stephen's POV

"I swear to God, if you fucking throw me in I will kick you so damn hard in the balls that your dick will go inside your ass," she looked at me threateningly while desperately clutching her arms around my neck as if her life depended on it.

I couldn't help but find the entire situation humorous. I had Rose, lifted in my arms while I was standing there on the very edge of the lake that was surrounded by different types of rocks and plants. The water was a clear blue, reflecting some of the stones and the huge trees that surrounded us. It was absolutely breathtaking just like the grumpy woman that I was holding in my arms.

"Feeling violent today, are we?" I asked amusedly while looking down at her but she just glared at me.

"God, you're so fucking annoying. If I'm going down, so are you. I'm not letting you go," she tightened her hold on me, if that was even possible, to prove what she had just said. It seemed kind of impossible to throw her into the water when she was attached to me like second skin.

Nevertheless, I still tried to mess with her though. I lowered my arms down and bent forward so that she was much closer to the water now but I didn't completely let her go, just doing that was enough to have her screaming at me again.

"Stephen, don't fucking do it," she glowered at me with fierce copper eyes, "Why isn't anyone else trying to help me out of this? You bunch are completely useless," she stretched her head to the side so that she could look behind me at everybody else who was doing their own thing, completely unconcerned with the ruckus we were creating.

I took that short moment of distraction that she unknowingly created for herself and dropped my arms from her body, completely letting her go. I heard her awfully screaming before her body crashed into the water with a huge wave, creating bubbles everywhere. I couldn't stop the laugh that escaped my lips and soon I was hunched over, trying to catch my breath from my laughing fit. I expected her head to pop out of the surface and for her to start yelling at me but none of that happened, everything was calm for a couple of seconds and that's when I started getting worried.

The smile got wiped off of my face when Rose didn't come up out of the water and I could see her nowhere from the surface. I frantically walked around to the right side of the lake, hoping I could see a bit more clearly but it was absolutely useless, I couldn't see shit.

"Fucking hell," I threaded my fingers through my hair, getting impatient with every second that passed by. I pulled my phone and wallet out of the pockets of my jeans before diving into the lake myself. The water was cold but in a soothing way as I swam deeper, trying to look for Rose but there was nothing except for the plants that grew underwater.

The lake wasn't necessarily huge but it wasn't tiny either. I searched the entire area, wondering where the fuck she could be. This made absolutely no sense, if something had happened to her, I swear to God I wasn't ever going to be able to forgive myself. I finally gave up and let my body come up to the surface, feeling defeated with myself I ran my fingers through my wet hair. I was still looking around the water in case I ended up catching a glimpse of her somewhere but absolutely fucking nothing.

"Hey, pretty boy, you looking for something?" I instantly knew whose voice it was without even having to turn my head to see, "Or should I say a someone?" I could clearly hear the amusement in her voice and I finally turned myself around.

There she was, sitting on one of the large rocks near the lake, drenched from head to toe with a teasing smile on her face. She looked very pleased with herself for making an absolute fool out of me and I couldn't help but roll my eyes even though a slight grin tugged at my lips.