"Don't worry Lena I won't. What's that?"

"A picture of my family." I blurt out.

"Cool. I fuck with that." he says and fist bumps me.

"This is so cool." he says again.

"Oh you carried shit like this around?" I turn to see Chris holding one of my knives.

"Well yeah. I wasn't allowed a firearm." I say

After a few minutes we head off to bed. Chris shows me to my room and I lay down just as he leaves. I get under the covers and turn off the lights. As soon as my head hit the pillow I fell asleep.

Suddenly I was back in Palestine. I was stuck it that awful trap, only this time I couldn't get out. I struggled and more that I moved the more that it hurt. I woke up in the middle of the night sweaty as hell. I rushed to open the window to get some fresh air. Behind me I heard the door open and close.

"Hey, I heard you scream, are you okay?" She asks

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me." I say looking out of the window.

"You've said that so many times now that it doesn't sound like a fucking word anymore." she says sitting down on the bed.

"I just had a nightmare. That's all." I say sitting on the other side of the bed.

"What kind of nightmare?" I stayed quiet

"Were back in Palestine?" she asks and I look up at her.

"What happened to you that you had to go over there?" she asks

"Nothing happened, I wanted to go. "I say

"Do you regret it?" she asks

"Not one bit." I say looking into her eyes.

"Why were you crying?"

"You should leave Scarlett" I say

She freezes and looks at me in shock.

"What?"

"That is the first time you called me by my first name." she says quietly.

"Well it bothered you. Didn't it?" I say

"How are you Lena?" she asks all of a sudden.

"I'm going to be okay." I say

"When I heard you were in surgery. I have to admit my heart dropped. I'm sorry I didn't know earlier." She says

"No worries. It's not like I plastered it on the news or something." I say she laughs at that.

"Do you still have the necklace?" I ask her. She reaches into her shirt and takes it out for me to see

"Do you want it back?" she asks

"No I was just curious if you had it."

"You're not a slut." she says quietly

"What?" I ask

"You're not a slut. The last time I saw you I said some awful things. I apologize for that." she says

"You don't have to apologize. I forgave you long ago." I say.

"Aren't you going to apologize too?"

"What for?" I ask her

"For lying to me about who you were."

"What?" I ask

"I saw your name in Chris's phone. You're put in as Agnes. I searched for the name into google and found an article about Agnes, William Adams's daughter that is out of the public eye."

"How did you know it was me?" I ask her shocked

"I wasn't 100% sure so I waited for the right moment and Chris helped me once again. When he handed you your fathers book to sign and to give to Colin." she says

"I'm sorry Scarlett. Believe me when I say I never meant to hurt you or lie to you." I say quietly.

"I'm not angry at you. I just want to know why you kept it from me too. I grew up with money. I wouldn't judge." she says

"I wasn't ready for that." I say

"Okay, I understand." she says

We sit there in silence. She sits closer to and I lean my head on her shoulder.

"I just wish I met you before you felt like you have to do everything on your own." She says

"If you met me then you'd probably hate me"

"I doubt that. I could never hate you." she says quietly.

"Colin's a good guy." I say

"Yeah he is" she says

"If he hurts you let me know."

"How did you know we're dating?"

"I didn't you just told me" I say smiling at her.

"What about you?" She asks

"What about me?"

"Did you meet someone?" She asks

"No, not really."

"I bet the boys drooled over you back in Palestine." she says

"Too bad I don't give a crap" I say

"You're 28 it is understandable to want to have no bounds." she says

"29." I correct her

"Right. My bad."

"Can I see the picture of your family?" she asks

"Sure, where is my phone?" I say getting up.

"Not that one. The one in your vest." she says

"It's all creased and you can barely see them. Wait let me search in my gallery." I say unlocking my phone.

I find the picture in a few seconds. It is one of our family portraits, only I wasn't in this one. It is only the three of them. I give her the phone to see.

"You look so like your mom" she says looking at the picture.

"Thank you. I get that a lot." I say

"Where are you in this picture?" She says handing me back my phone.

"This was for the company's website." I say

"Well do you have pictures with them besides this?" she asks

"I have a picture with my sister and one with my mother. I don't have one with my father though." I say

"Did you choose to not be in the pictures?"

"I was in high school when they took these. So I wasn't really home." I say

"Right, you told me you went to a private religious high school?"

"Yeah. It was in an isolated area in England." I say

"So basically a boarding school" She says.

"Yes, sure, a boarding school." I say.

"Did you want to go there?" She asks

"I wasn't asked anything. I was told I'd be going there." I say getting up.

I open my suitcase to find me a new shirt since this one is soaked.

"That seems awful. I'm sorry you had to go through that." She says

"It's fine, if I didn't go there I wouldn't be the person I am today." I say

I turn around and take my top off. I don't really care as long as she doesn't see my front. The back is just covered in a few scars. I hear her gasp when I took off my t shirt.

"What is it?" I ask her.

"Your back." she says and gets up.

"What about them?"

"You have scars everywhere" she says stopping me from putting my top on. She takes the t shirt out of my hand and turns me around to face her. I can see tears forming in her eyes as she observes my front.

"Hey I'm fine. Truly." I say holding her shoulders.

"Does it hurt?" She asks pointing to the bullet wounds and the scars from the surgery.

"No, they just itch sometimes." I say

"Can I see them up close?" She asks

"yes you can." And with that she guides me to the light and falls to her knees.

"Look what they did to your beautiful beautiful skin" she says touching around the scar with her fingers. I get goosebumps at that and try to suck in a breath. She trails her hands to my sides where a few scratches are and she curls her fingers and holds onto my waist.

"Are you uncomfortable?"

"Not.. not excatly the word I would use." I say out of breath all of a sudden.

She presses her soft lips onto one of my bullet wounds and I had to bite my lip to keep the noise from coming. I tensed my muscles and she started tracing my scars with her very talented tounge.

"Scarlett..mmm" I moan out and she gets up back on her feet, with her hand still on my bare waist. She has a different expression on her face from before. Now she looks flushed, her eyes almost black from her dilated pupils.

"We can't" I whisper

"Why not?" She asks

"Because, you're with Colin." I say

"We just have to make sure he doesn't find out." she says pulling me closer.

"I am not going to part take in your adultery." I say pulling away

"What if I broke up with him?" She says

"It's still a no. Scarlett we haven't seen each other for almost half a year. And you expect me to just fall into your arms?"

"No, but I thought you liked what I was doing" She says drawing circles on my back.

"I did, but then I didn't." I say. It is true. As soon as I remembered Colin I couldn't go forward. Even though I want to, so so bad.

"Don't break up with Colin." I say putting my shirt on.

"He is a great guy and I can tell he loves you. He's better for you than I would ever be." I say

"Why are you acting like this?" she asks

"This is me. I don't do this" I say

"What is this?"

"Relationships. I'm colder than you and I just am not the type." I say

"You can't possibly mean that. So you plan on staying alone forever?"

"I have friends. I plan on getting a dog too." I say

"And here I thought you weren't a money driven person"

"What gave you that impression?"

"The last four months of your life. You spent two months more just because you got more sponsors?"

"I have a responsibility grater than just my own income. This project was bigger than any of us here. It was for the good of people who have no one on their side. It's not for people like you or me. I developed this project with my uncle and I worked on in for months beforehand."

"You could have gotten killed." She says

"So what if I did!? I would have died anyways. Better for me to die doing something I love than to drown in a fucking lake in the middle of no where." I say

"Look, I'm sorry, but I was worried when I found out you went over there." She says

"It's fine. Let's go to bed." I say

"I'll see you in the morning." She says and leaves.

I set an alarm for 8 am and went back to sleep. I woke up before my alarm and went to change ny clothes. I wanted to make breakfast today since I was in the mood to cook. I put on some jeans and a tank top. Nothing too special. I put on my jordans as well and went downstairs. I walked into the living room and all of them were passed out. So I made sure to not make any noise and I walked into the kitchen. I'm going to need to make a lot of food. There are five boys in the house with Scarlett and I so I'll do a huge breakfast. I made a stack of pancakes and a stack of waffles. I then also cooked some bacon and eggs. I cut up two avocado's and put them on a plate. I also decided to hard boil some eggs because I know Chris eats them a lot. I made everyone coffee and some tea. I decided I'll set the table and them call them to eat. I brought a jug of water and a tray of glasses and put them on there. I served everything in the dining room and went back to the kitchen to make french toast too. After I was finished with everything I went to the living room to wake everyone up.

"Come on guys, breakfast is ready." I say softly

"ooh I am starving." Renner says waking up first.

"Can you wake the rest of them? I need to go get Scarlett." I say

"Sure, go ahead." He says

Scarlett is sleeping in Chris's bedroom. I know that because they wouldn't leave her alone there. I knock on the door because I don't know if she's awake. When I get no response I open the door. I catch her still asleep. She looks so peaceful. Alright I'm being creepy. I crouch down next to her and softly shake her shoulder.

"Heey, breakfast is ready, wake up." I say as gently ad possible.

"Scarlett, come on now get up. The food will get cold." I say again

"What food?" She asks with closed eyes.

"Breakfast. Now come on. I made coffee." I said opening the blinds.

"Fine. I'll be there in a minute."

"Great." I say and go back to the dining room. Everyone except Scarlett and me is already sat at the table, eating.

"Did you make all of this?" Mackie asks

"Yeah. I woke up early." I said

"The person that marries you is lu-cky." Renner says

"Thank you." I say smiling to myself

"Morning." Scarlett says joining us at the table.

"You made all this food and woke up sleeping beauty? You're impressive!" Jeremy says teasing Scarlett.

"Yeah. The last time we had to spill water on her to get her to wake up." Mackie says

"Really?" I ask

"Yeah! What did you use? A teaser?" Chris says smiling.

"Actually she woke me up with just shaking my shoulder. She didn't even need to shout or anything."

"She woke me up just the same. I was pissed at first but then she said breakfast was ready and my mood totally shifted." We all laugh at that.

Thoughtless chatter filled the room and laughter erupted from our mouths a few times. It felt like a breath of fresh air. We talked about everything and anything. We cleaned up together and the boys decided we should clean the house since we all stayed over. I didn't complain. Jeremy and I did the kitchen together and I never knew what of a goofball he is. He is so funny and just charismatic. I thought he was going to be the serious one of the group. Turns out.. it is the other way around.