The Lifeguard Hates You (Completed)

July Chapter 4

I have it all planned out for when Rory gets back from lunch with Candy. That's assuming Jay hasn't come to his senses and begged the girl to come back to both him and Earth and Body.

I can't lie and say I'm not worried he's done that, especially when Rory's late coming home from her lunch.

I've gotten the whole cabin romanticized. Candles are flickering, light music is playing, her favourite songs by Elvis, I have a candle lit dinner awaiting us, ordered especially from the Polished Elite kitchens of her favourite foods. I know she's just eaten lunch but I have it waiting in the oven to stay warm under the guise of it still cooking. I plan to waltz her to her favourite songs and maybe watch some of her favourite movies while I wait for her appetite to come back.

What I never anticipated was her bringing Candy with her when she came back.

But there she is, the two of them are carrying box a box each and Rory is laughing and giggling with her. For the first time since Rory has moved here, she looks happy.

Now am I pissed that she's happy with her EAB friend? A little, but I'm trying to understand her perspective.

She didn't move because she didn't like any of them, she moved because of Jay. Still I'm not happy that Candy is about to walk into my cabin and see the romantic surprise I have set out for Rory.

I mean I could work it to my advantage, she's obviously going to tell Jay that I've got Rory shacked up in an amazing place, top of the line everything and wooing her on the steady in a way that he probably couldn't even imagine. But irrationally I'm annoyed that Candy is going to think I'm going over the top, and that I'm clearly doing it because Rory is going majorly slow with me and I'm trying to speed things up. I mean... I shouldn't have to try this hard, I never have before.

So when Rory gets to the door I throw it open, I look nervous, mainly because I am and I smile sheepishly at the two girls.

"I really wish you have told me you were bringing someone back with you," I tell her. I then turn to Candy, "I'm sorry for what you're about to see but I wanted to do something nice for Rory."

I take the box from Rory first and turn to take it to her room. I've given her the second room because she wasn't comfortable rooming with me.

Am I mad at that Rory still doesn't want to sleep with me? No, more like concerned.

I mean maybe it's great to have a girl with morals, means I won't have to worry about her cheating on me, but I don't understand how she's managed to resist me until this point. Most girls broke by now. Most girls just jumped me.

Candy gets into the cabin and whistles lowly. "Whoa, someone's pulling out all the stops today," she says. Even Rory looks impressed for all of two seconds before concern dawns on that lovely face of hers.

"Wow, this is some surprise," she says softly but I can tell that she's not fully digging it. I show Candy where Rory's room is, with Rory trailing after her.

"Wow, bigger room too!" Candy explains. She turns to Rory and says in a hushed tone that she would totally move here too, but don't tell Jay that.

It wasn't meant for me to hear, I wasn't supposed to, but I did because I was desperately trying to eavesdrop.

Yes, tell Jay that, tell him it's amazing and Rory's so happy with me. Candy didn't stay long after dropping off the last of Rory's boxes and Rory seems a little sad and withdrawn. I luckily didn't get the argument until Candy had driven away and the front door was shut.

Rory is appraising the romantic scene I had created, but it no longer makes her smile. She turns to me quickly and I can see that I've upset her somehow.

"So, was this really for me?" she asks in a soft almost toneless voice. "Or was this for Jay?"

I'm honestly flabbergasted by this question... nay accusation. Was she implying that I was gay or something? Because if I was going to be gay, I was going to be flawless and more on-point or slaying than Beyoncé, or whatever it was Milo was constantly going on about. And my chosen partner would not, under any circumstances, be that slovenly sloppy sore loser.

"I don't understand," I managed to spit out. My hands are on my hips as I glare down at her.

Rory is not impressed and is glaring right back at me. "Was this really for me? Or did you know that Candy was coming so you got the place all romantic so she can take the word back to Jay and hurt him twice over?"

I narrow my eyes at her. Damn she was good. Okay, so that might have been in the back of my mind as I was lighting candles. But at least 85% of the effort had been for her.

I didn't want to try lying to her though because she'd just see through it with those stupid all-seeing eyes of hers so I said instead: "You think Jay is hurt? That he'd care about any of this?"

"No!" she shouts, and it's plain on her face that—out of everything—that is what was upsetting her most. "Of course not, which means you didn't have to go to all this trouble for nothing."

I cross to her quickly and put a hand on each of her shoulders. "I did this for you, to make you smile," I whisper to her. "I know you're nervous about your first day but you'll be okay and I wanted to use tonight to take your mind off of it."

She finally smiles and lets me kiss her, allowing us to both get lost in it. I try not to think about what she's most likely thinking about... because it's probably Jay and try to get her to take things farther. It's time I started pushing her to be my girlfriend in every way, especially the most fun way of in bed.

I strike out tonight like I did all others and I'm honestly starting to get pissed off. I really do think Nishyama would have gotten her in bed by now, if it had been him in my place. And that is unacceptable.