Breaking the Madness

Fifteen - Part One

Anna POV

"This is going to be fun," I smiled at Hades in my hand.
As I made my way up to my way up to my room I had been thinking about what Luc had been talking to me about before he gave me Hades. Swimming, sun and bikinis.
Luc thought i'd look good in a bikini.
And for some reason, that had to do with the endless bubbles in my stomach, I wanted to oblige his want to see me semi naked.
The thought of being semi naked near him made heat flush over my cheeks. I blushed. I didn't blush often.

Luc was always so kind to me, I wanted to be kind to him as well. I wanted his eyes to shine with happiness, the same way he made mine sparkle as bright as the sun. I had forgotten all the bad things he had done and replaced them with good memories of his smile. Forgive and forget. That's what they always say.

Pushing open the door I was met with a pleasant surprise.

There was a ferret cage sitting in the corner of my shadow filled room. On top of it was a note.

I hope Hades likes his new home, take good care of him petal - L

Luc had gotten a cage for me, I bit my lip as a gently placed my little fur ball into the little hammock inside the cage. Luc once again had done something so incredibly special for me.

I rushed over to my cupboard. I was going to go swimming and sun baking with Luc. Just like he wanted.

I was determined. I would see him smile.

However, the smile that was currently plaster on my face slipped off. There was no bikini in my closet, nor was there any kind of swim wear. Slamming the doors shut again, I sat in the floor.

I wanted to make him smile.

That was when an idea hit me and I rushed out of my room and down towards Jens. I flung open the door.

"Jen Jen!!" i exclaimed excitedly.

There was a thump as someone fell off jens bed onto the floor. It was not Jen. No, Jen was on the bed as red as a ripe tomato.

"Annie!" She cried as she tried to pull the sheet up, to hide her lack of a shirt.

I giggled why wasn't she wearing a shirt? silly Jen jen.

"Hi Anna." the lump on the floor sighed as they sat up.

It was jared. he was also lacking a shirt.

I tilted my head to the side, why weren't they wearing shirts. Last time I checked, wearing shirts was extremely important. it was basic etiquette.

"Oh hi Jared." I smiled.

"Annie? Ummmm.... What do up need?" Jen asked me still as red as a romantic rose.

My gaze flicked back to her, "A bikini."

Jen frowned, "why do you need a Bikini? Tour not thinking of going swimming are you?"

I looked at the ground.

"Anna!" she gasped. "You can't swim Anna! you know that...you don't know how!"

I bit my lip, "I'm not going to swim I promise, I'm just going to sit in the sun."

She sighed in relief. She crawled off the bed and picked her shirt off the ground to put it on, whilst picking up Jarred's shirt and flinging it at him. He laughed fondly at her.

Thank god they were putting in shirts.

Jen went over to her set of draws and started to sort through it to find me a bikini. I hope she picked out a pretty one. I wanted to look nice for my Luc.

My Luc.

I giggled. Maybe he really was my Luc. I hope he was. I didn't want to share him with someone else. Luc was mine.

"What's so funny Anna?" Jared asked as he pulled his shirt over his head.

"Nothing."

He roles his eyes and Jen came back over to me handing me a bright red Bikini. It was simple, yet beautiful at the same time.
Smiling, I thanked my sister and left the room to put on the bikini. I had a small feeling that as soon as I left the would take off their shirts again and start to eat each other's faces. I shook my head.

And people thought I was weird.

I quickly put on the bikini and shook my hair out of the pony tail it had been in. it seemed more natural to not have my hair tied up. But then I would not know what people usually do when they swim. I had never swum before.

I raced down to the lake that was situated at the brink of the forrest. I climbed the rocks that surround the large pool of water. I hoped that Luc would be here.

He was.

But he had his back to me as he gazed up into the sky. His skin was slightly tanned and his back was defined and muscular. His shoulders were broad and drool worthy. Luc looked perfect in my eyes.
As if sensing my presence, he turned around and smiled at me. I blushed again for the second time today. His chest was just as nice to look at as his back.

He looked me up and down, heat searing into me from his gaze.
He smiled, "I'm glad you came petal."
With that Luc dove off the rock into the water making a splash.

I ran to the edge of the rock and looked down into the water. I wanted to join him in the water but I couldn't. I was afraid.

Luc surfaced and looked up at me.

"Do you trust me Petal?"

Did I trust Luc? I didn't know, but something about him made me feel so incredibly safe.

"If you do.... Jump."

It was so simple. Jump or don't jump. Yet I felt as if he was asking something else. It was as if he was asking he go choose between the fear that kept me rooted to my spot on land or the courage it would take to jump into the unknown with him. It was as if he was asking me to choose - him or Jaiden.

Simple. Jump or don't jump.

I closed my eyes and thought of Luc's strong arms that waited for me in the water. The arms they I knew would always keep me safe.

I sucked in a deep breath and jumped into the water that consumed me.