Joliette Bellamira
We're laying on our backs , after talking and laughing, after the sun has finally set, I'm laying on the dock with Carver Albevau, looking up at the stars.
"You come out here alone at night?" I ask him.
"Mhm" he hums.
"What happens if you fall in, and get caught in the peat and there's nobody to help you?" I ask.
"I'm a good swimmer." he says and I sigh.
"You can still drown." I reply.
"You worried about me?" he teases.
I roll my eyes to myself.
"nobody should come out here alone." I say.
"Then you'll just have to start coming with me." he says and I turn my head when I see him turn his towards me.
"I'll need someone to give me mouth to mouth." he says with a little smirk.
I move my arm and slap his forearm with the back of my hand.
He chuckles and then we're both looking back up at the stars.
I go to open my mouth to say something when I gasp and jump when I hear someone yell Carver's name. He sits up and looks over back towards where our cars are parked. I look too seeing a car parked near ours, and two figures standing at the side of the bog.
"Who is that?" I ask, terrified, my eyes unable to make anything out other than the size of them.
"It's just Kaz and Zephyr." he says and pushes up and stands.
"I'll be right back." he says, pulling on his boots and before I can even respond he's stepping off the dock and making his way across the wooden planks, my heart skipping with each step he takes, moving quickly from plank to plank, afraid he's going to fall in.
I sit there, hugging my legs to my chest as I watch him make it to his friends. I swallow as I look around, the water moving just enough for me to hear it lap against the wooden walk way and the side of the platform. I shiver at how dark and how quiet it is , other than the sounds of insects in the trees around the bog and in the grasses.
A few minutes laters Carver is walking back over, thankfully interrupting the way my mind was racing imagining the dead bodies in the bog coming to life and clawing at the sides of the platform.
"Everything okay?" I ask as he takes the last few planks and steps onto the platform.
"Everythings great" he says and then runs a hand through his hair and I look back towards where his friends are still standing.
"But, I do have to apologize..I need to cut this short." he says.
"I have to ..uh" he scratches the back of his head. "I have something that came up."
"Oh..okay" I say and nod and grabs my boots.
"I'm sorry Bellamira." he says and I give a little laugh and shake my head.
"Dont be, it's fine...I ...I had a good time." I say and he packs up the stuff he brought out to the dock and I help him fold up the blankets, he insists on carrying everything as we head back to other side of the bog, his friends still waiting.
"Joliette" Kazimir nods to me, with a small curve to his mouth, Zephyr giving me the same small grin.
"hi." I say meekly with a polite smile. I never talked to them much whenever I saw them, and they were both big guys, just like Carver, and I was surrounded my three men who towered over me.
"She coming with?" Zephyr asks.
"No." Carver says immediately and I turn my head.
"Where?" I ask, curiously and Carver is glaring at Zephyr and Kazimir.
I look to them , but they keep their mouths shut, and just nod at Carver and walk to their car.
I was curious, and even though it wasnt any of my business, and Carver didn't owe me any explanation, I selfishly wanted one.
After Carver puts his things in the back of his suv, he walks over to me and nods to my car.
"Let's get you in your car." he says and I silently obey, as I walk over to my car and he opens the drivers side door for me after I press the unlocking button on my fob.
"I had a good time tonight Bellamira" he says, his hand lifting, slipping behind my neck , his thumb pushing along my jaw and tilting my head back as he leans down and presses his sinful mouth to mine and I melt right there where I stand. No longer curious about what came up and ended the night too soon.
I push up on my toes slightly , grabbing at his jacket and pulling and he slides his free hand to the small of my back, pulling me into him as our mouths part and our tongues reconnect and I moan into his mouth as he curses against my lips. My tongue swipes his lower lip, playing with the piercing, I gently bite his lip and he groans, his hand sliding down my lower back and I want to lose it when I feel his large hand cup my ass cheek on on side and give it a panty dropping squeeze.
"you and your sweet fucking mouth" he groans and I want to beg him to keep kissing me, but he's already stopping, shortening each kiss, pulling away between each one just a little bit to look at me, and then he pulls the door open wider and nods.
"Get your sweet little ass in your car Bellamira" he says and I pout slightly and look at him.
"Why did they ask if I was coming with you? If it's somewhere I can go, I want to go with you." I say and he shakes his head.
"No." he says, the word not harsh, but stinging me anyways as my head rears backs.
"Okay." I say and get into my car , starting it and he rolls down the window then closes the door, and leans down , leaning into my car.
"I'll call you." he says.
"Yeah. Okay." I say with a single nod and he sighs.
"I can't bring you Bellamira." he says and I look at him.
I shrug. "Okay. It's fine."
Even though it wasn't, because now I was just growing irritated that I didnt even know where I wasnt allowed to go, or not wanted.
"I'm not willing to let anything change the way you look at me." he says.
I cock my brow. "How do I look at you?"
"Like im good for you. Like i'm worthy." he says and I just look at him.
"You are." I say and he gives me a small smile and a shake of his head.
"I'm not." he says, kisses my cheek and then pushes off the edge of my door and taps the roof of my car.
"Drive safe Bellamira" he says.
"You too." I reply and he walks around the front of my car, and I watch him turn his head and look at me in the windshield, those fucking blue eyes shining in my headlights, and the silver of his lip ring glinting along with the silver rings on his fingers.
I watch him get in his car, turn it out and then he looks over to me and juts his chin out, telling me to go first. Because of course Carver wont let me sit alone in my car at the Bog.
I pull up and around him instead of reversing and he follows, his friends in their suv behind him and we drive down the road, until we take the turn off the deserted road that leads to the bog and take a few more turns down a couple of long roads.
I had a feeling that Carver wasnt going in the same direction, but followed me just to make sure I was getting home okay, because he didnt veer off around me and keep going straight until I reached the entrance of my neighborhood.
A little honk from him as I turn makes me smile.
I pull up to my house, parking in my driveway and get out of my car. As I do, a car is pulling in behind me, and I smile, thinking it's Carver, and when I turn I see Briar's car and groan with a curse.
He quickly shuts off the car and opens the door.
"Where you been all night Jolie?" he asks walking over to me as I sigh and shut my car door.
"How is that any of your concern Briar?" I ask and cross my arms.
I'd ended things with Briar the day after the night at the bog when he was drunk and being persistent about hooking up. The day after Carver broke his nose. Which was still bruised, along with his cheek bone, and I couldnt say the sight didnt please me.
"Cause you're my fucking girl." Briar says coming closer and I roll my eyes.
"Is that why you put your dick in another girl? She your girl too?" I ask and cock my head.
"Jolie...cmon, you know that shit isn't fucking true...I dont know what the hell Carver's fucking problem is, or why he's out to ruin what we got baby" he says and I cringe.
"I'm not your baby, and don't lie to my face Briar. We are done." I say.
"Just, go home." I say and turn away , and just like the night at the bog he grabs ahold of my arm, a bit too tight and yanks me back.
"Come home with me." he says and I push at his chest.
"fuck off" I swat him and pull on my arm, his grip tightening.
"What, so you're gonna fuck Carver and his buddies? You know that's what they do right? They fucking rape girls together" Briar snarls.
"No they dont, you're so fucking twisted!" I say and pull at my arm.
I'd heard plenty of stories and rumors about Carver and his two best friends, not a single one involved them ever being cruel to females.
"Is that what you wanted Jolie?" Briar's jaw clenches. "Is that what you needed me to do? Fucking take it from you?" he asks and his other hand comes to my other arm and he pushes me against my car hard, and then reaches down between my legs and I push at his hand.
"Knock it off!" I screech and push at him again and again as he keeps taunting me, touching me and groping me.
"This what you fucking like Jolie?" he asks, his voice sounding so fucking mean and malicious.
"briar stop! stop it!" I yell as he pins me against my car and grabs my shirt and pulls it up and I try to push his hands away, but they maneuver around and up my shirt, his hands grabbing my tits.
"Stop!" I yell at him.
"You're mine." he growls.
"You dont tell me to stop." he says and I slap him, I slap him as hard as I can , his head jerks in shock that I struck him. I take that second to knee him in the dick and watch him jerk back, curling over, grabbing himself, and my heart is racing and I open my car door, throwing myself into the seat, panting as he curses and yells. I flip the lock and my hands shake as I put the key in the ignition.
"You fucking bitch!" Briar yells as I cry, turning the key in the ignition. Backing up, hitting his car, then turning into the grass in my yard and speeding away. My parents were out of town, and the car door was closer than the door to my house, and I won't fucking go back there tonight. Not after he acted like that. It was fucking terrifying how good of an actor he was at being a "nice guy" to me while "Dating" me, aka, stringing me along, while he screwed side pieces while waiting for me to give it up.
I don't pull over until I'm in a public place, at a twenty four our grocery store in town, and I park in a spot near the front and then with still shaky hands, I pull out my phone.
I call Edana. Carver's sister and the closest thing I have to a best friend. I tell her about Briar attacking me , she curses and yells , outraged for me, promising to cut his nuts off and thankfully insisting I come stay the night at her place.
She gave me pajama shorts and tank top to borrow. We sat up late, talking about what a dick Briar was, talked about him cheating on me.
"Tell me something though J..." she says eyeing me and I feel my brows lift in surprise at the way she's peering through the slits of her eyes.
"What?" I ask nervously.
"Why is MY brother, the one breaking Briar's face?" she asks.
I swallow.
"He...he found us..when Briar was grabbing me at the bog that night. He saw him." I say with a shrug.
"Uh huh." she quirks a brow.
"That the only reason?" she asks.
I shrug.
"Briar has a punchable face?" I ask and she laughs.
"No doubt about that...but you're seriously not going to tell me you're having secret hang outs with my brother?" she asks and my eyes pop.
"Busted." she says with a little grin.
"I ..."
"Were gonna tell me?" she cuts me off. "You're full of shit." she laughs.
"Ew, I always knew you had a crush on him bitch." she says.
"What?" I laugh slightly, not believing that she knew.
"It's so fucking obvious babe." she laughs.
"Obvious AND gross." she cringes and I flush red.
"Just...I know he's my brother..but...don't put all your eggs in the Carver basket mkay?" she says.
I chew my lip. "Yeah...okay"